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KIVA SeeksHalt WorkfuCcasKBLU-TVbrattilt;dlt;u.-iAnother petition against KBLU-TV has been filed by KIVA-TV,Robert Crites, of KBLU, said today.S«ixrrThe new petition asks that theFederal Communications Commis-1 sion order KBLU-TV to cease and desist from any further construction of the new television station. KBLU-TV has erected its broad- j casting tower and is proceeding s! with installation of other telecast- i ing equipment.!ntiti«The petition, called a “Motion s for Stay states that ..thej establishment of any other new 1 television station within the coverage area of KIVA-TV' would afford economic competition which * j would result in the degradation or s destruction of television service ■ | w. hin the Yuma Valley and Im-3 peri a 1 Valley areas contrary to the | it 1' public interest. I tl.stlt;tlpliThe Motion for Stay” referredto a recent 146-page economic |e study, an engineering report and?! a multitude of prior pleadingsfrom KIVA to back up the newpe ition, Crites said. KIVA quotes the economic report by Dr. Irston R. Barnes to show that KIVAwould be forced off the air bythe competition resulting from asecond TV station.foi-aaoaHitttl uti pt’i’it1 KIVA has two other petitions d before the FCC now. The first, ad j Motion for Stay, asked that d KBLU not be allowed to consu-mate the transfer of ownership to is Desert Telecasting Co., Inc.BSiscI:o The second, a Petition for Re-n j consideration, asked that FCCreconsider its approval of the ?- ownership transfer. Attached to ie this peti ion was the 146-page eeo- o nomic report on the Yuma and lid Imperial Valleys. The report fore- | \id cast no more than a modest rate I1 of economic grow.h for the area, i
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Tue, Sep 17, 1963
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