j WKNX-TV in Saginaw, has Bacon moved to stop construction of to FHnt television slation in its or . immediate area. most| WKNX-TV petitioned the Fed- up eral Communications Commis- ‘Yes. Judge'." New Move On |To Stop WJRT Saginaw Station Sees Business Loss home Mauck, were was Township was door. been into house. The Lake Huron Broadcasting tvp-jCorp.. operator of station will junior clubs Central. will community instructional sports Eyster “name” jockey tennis of 10th called replace noncollege sion to stay the grant of WJRT to build the station about 10 miles from the Saginaw city limits. The FCC granted approval of j the Channel 12 transmitter site near Chesaning. April 14, clear ing the way for WJRT to pro ceed with construction despite an earlier WKNX-TV protest. In its latest petition, WKNX- TV, which operates on UHF Channel 57, said the WJRT site' was chosen "purely and simply’ for the purpose of taking away the Saginaw station’s CBS net work affiliation. WKNX-TV pointed out that the WJRT transmitter location j would be more than 20 miles i' from the nearest city limit of Flint. . William J. Edwards, Lake Huron Broadcasting president, | said serious economic injury would result if the FCC decision is not changed. Of importance to the public, he stated, is the fact that Saginaw, a major city, could be left without its own television station and its own means of local public expression if WJRT is allowed to build in Saginaw County. “It‘ now seems incongruous that a Detroit station can be permitted to use a Flint televi sion ‘channel to put a Saginaw station out of busines by mov ing right into Saginaw County,” he declared. Edwards- said WJRT should build its station at Flint if it is sincere in its statements that it will be a Flint station. In Detroit, WJR said in a statement it is “disappointed” by the WKNX-TV protest “on the basis of alleged economic hard ship. WJR said it is conceivable the protest could delay WJRT con struction plans for a short time, but the FCC usually expedites such matters and WJRT hopes to be telecasting on Channel 12 by “late Summer.”