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By PAUL KASKO The Yuma Daily SunConstruction is scheduled to begin on Yuma's newest television station by mid-September, and the station's owners hope to begin broadcasting by January.In another development, 45 percent of KCAA Channel 11 was bought last month by Sun Belt Broadcasting Co. of Las Vegas, Nev. Sun Belt is owned by six stockholders, including former Yuman Hank Tester.The same stockholders also operate NBC’s Las Vegas affiliate KVBC-TV.The remaining 55 percent is owned equally by A. Bates Butler in, a Tucson attorney, and Clyde E. Pettit Jr., a Stuttgart, Ark., and Washington, D.C., businessman.Butler, Pettit and Tucson attorney James Mather staked $10,000 each and bought the construction j»r-mit for $30,000 from the former owner, Manning Tale-casting Inc., through federal bankruptcy court last year.The trio formed Yuma Television Association (YTA)and preceded with plans to get the station operating.YTA conducted a marketing study, selected atransmission tower site and hired a Phoenix television consultant-engineer to help with plans to open the316,000-watt station.But in June, Sun Belt bought out Mather for an undisclosed amount. It also bought portions of Pettit’s and Butler’s original investments.The owners have yet to settle on a name for their new partnership.Under terms of an agreement between the three owners, Sun Belt must buy out Butler and Pettit two years after the station officially signs on the air, Janet Rogers, a Sun Belt stockholder and lawyer, said Thursday.Probably sometime in 1990, Sun Belt will own the Yuma station, she said. And our people in Las Vegas are very excited about it. We’re excited about Yuma, and our opportunities there. We will be a great addition to the community.Designs are already prepared for an 8,500 square-foot studio to be built in the city of Yuma, Jim Rogers,See TV, Page 2
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Fri, Jul 10, 1987
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