Donald Jason Flamm investigation, and lawsuits that reached the New York Supreme Court by 1949. Flamm was eventually paid a settlement but did not get WMCA back. Noble had sold the station in 1943 to Nathan Straus, former Federal Housing Authority administrator, for $1,250,000 in order to found the “Blue Network,” which became the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The Congressional investigation of the FCC absolved Noble, but drew a blistering dissent from the Republican minority. In 1944, lawyer John J. Sirica resigned as chief counsel to the Select Committee in protest of the handling of the case. Donald Flamm was then offered a
Ames Broadcasting Company to Carroll Broadcasting Company. Betty Baudler currently is the owner of Sign Pro and president of Baudler Enterprises. Ames Broadcasting Company Ames Broadcasting Company, also "Lake City Broadcasting" was formed under the owner Betty Baudler Horras, who started out as a bookkeeper before becoming the first woman to own a radio station in Iowa. The small company owned and operated 3 radio stations in West Central Iowa. KCYZ, KASI-AM, KIKD-FM were owned by Ames or Lake City Broadcasting Company, but later sold. KCYZ (then KCCQ), KASI-AM radio stations that were located in Ames, Iowa were sold to Jacor that merged