Daniel H. Overmyer

Daniel H. Overmyer
Born Daniel Harrison Overmyer
(1924-12-06)December 6, 1924
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Died July 24, 2012(2012-07-24) (aged 87)
Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater Denison University
Occupation Businessman, warehouse mogul
Years active 1947-1986
Spouse(s)
Shirley Overmyer
(m. 1943; d. 1994)
Children Sons
John Overmyer
Edward Overmyer

Daughters
Barbara Overmyer
Elizabeth Overmyer
Olga Overmyer

Daniel Harrison Overmyer (December 6, 1924 — July 24, 2012) was an American businessman and warehouse mogul. During the height of his career, Overmyer was referred to as "the king of warehousing".[1]

Overmyer founded and operated the D.H. Overmyer Warehouse Company which included more than 350 warehouses and 32 million square feet of space in North America and Europe. He also founded the Overmyer Communications Company in 1964. The OCC, as it was called, was originally intended to operate the seven UHF television stations which were to be the owned-and-operated stations of the Overmyer Network, a failed attempt by Overmyer to create a fourth television network. The Overmyer Network folded into the United Network in May 1967. The network was unsuccessful and ceased operation after one month on the air in June 1967.[2]

Early life and education

Overmyer was born in Ohio's fourth-largest city, Toledo. He was the only child of Harrison Morton "Harry" Overmyer (September 4, 1888–June 4, 1960)[3] and his wife Cora Belle Overmyer (November 11, 1887–December 14, 1963).[4][5]

Overmyer's father, who was of German descent, owned and operated a chain of grocery stores in and around Toledo before he went into the warehousing business. His father founded the Merchants and Manufacturers Warehouse Co. which operated from Atlanta until the mid 20th century.[6]

Overmyer was also the great-great-great-grandson of Capt. John George Overmire. Overmire was a native of Germany who immigrated to America in 1751 who later went on to serve under then-General George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Overmyer was also a distant cousin of a Civil War soldier and a descendant to Gov. William Bradford.[7]

Overmyer, although born in Toledo, grew up in the nearby village of Ottawa Hills. He graduated from Ottawa Hills High School then attended and graduated from Denison University in Granville, Ohio.[1] During his time at Denison in 1943, Overmyer was drafted into the army. He served as a private and a transport warrant officer during World War II. Overmyer helped with barge unloadings during the landings in Normandy on D-Day.[8]

Career

Warehousing

Overmyer opened his first of many warehouses to come in 1947 in Toledo. His warehouse chain would soon expand to both Akron and Canton, Ohio. Soon after that expansion, Overmyer founded the D.H. Overmyer Warehouse Company which would further expand his company all over the state.

Soon as the 1960s and '70s came and passed, Overmyer's company expanded across the nation and soon across all of North America. Overmyer's warehouse included 350 warehouses and 32 million square feet of space in both North America and Europe.[1]

Network television mogul

Overmyer Communications Company

In 1963, warehouse mogul Overmyer turned his attention to television. On April 15, Overmyer filed an application for a new television station on channel 79 in Toledo.[9] Toledo had two commercial VHF stations: CBS affiliate WTOL-TV and WSPD-TV (now WTVG), an ABC affiliate; NBC programming was shared between the stations.[10] Two other companies filed applications for channel 79, Producers Inc and Springfield Television Broadcasting Corporation.[11][12] In February 1964 the FCC announced that a comparative hearing would be held before awarding the construction permit.[13] On March 2, 1964, Springfield Television Inc. petitioned the FCC to add to the proceedings the issue of D. H. Overmyer's financial qualifications to construct and operate the station. This same issue would arise again in 1968 during hearings held by the U.S. House of Representatives when Overmyer and the FCC were called to explain financial aspects in the sale of several Overmyer owned TV station construction permits. Springfield claimed that the bank loans Overmyer intended to use were not firm commitments, and the warehouse company had insufficient funds to make loans to the communications company. On April 29, 1964, the FCC denied the petition to add these considerations to the proceedings, claiming that Overmyer had already satisfied the financial qualifications requirement.[14] In June 1964, the formation of the D.H. Overmyer Communications Company was announced by the firm's executive vice president, Robert F. Adams. The Company headquarters was established in New York City, and work began to acquire the full complement of TV properties allowed under the FCC rules.[15][16]

In September 1964, Overmyer reached an agreement with the two competitors to withdraw their applications in return for payment of out of pocket expenses.[17] Springfield Broadcasting went on to start WKEF-TV, a UHF station, in Dayton, Ohio later that same month.[18] On March 11, 1965, Overmyer received his construction permit for channel 79.[19] The requested call letters were WDHO-TV (now WNWO-TV), based on Overmyer’s initials.[20][21] The station would later receive FCC approval on August 6, 1965 to change to channel 24 from channel 79. WDHO-TV signed on-the-air May 3, 1966, as an independent, having no network affiliation.[22][23][24] In addition, Overmyer Communications Company purchased the construction permits of dark station WATL-TV channel 36 in Atlanta (operated 1954-55 as WQXI-TV), WNOP-TV channel 74 in Newport, Kentucky (the future WXIX-TV, in the Cincinnati market) and KBAY-TV channel 20 (the future KEMO-TV now KOFY-TV) in San Francisco.[25][26][27] WNOP-TV and KBAY-TV were construction permits only, neither station had ever been on the air.[28][29][30][31][32][33][34] The Overmyer Communications Company also applied for new stations on channel 55 in Stamford, Connecticut; channel 17 in Rosenberg, Texas (in the Houston area); and channel 29 in Dallas.[35][36][37] Overmyer also requested a waiver from the FCC rule that limited ownership to seven stations. If approved, the eighth station would be the off-the-air WAND-TV (operated 1953-54 as WKJF-TV, now WPGH-TV) channel 53 in Pittsburgh.[38][39]

Overmyer withdrew his application for the Stamford station on May 11, 1965 after his waiver request was denied.[40][41] The WNOP-TV sale was approved on March 10, 1965, followed by WATL-TV on May 12, 1965, WAND-TV on July 28, 1965, Houston on August 12, 1965, and KBAY-TV on October 20, 1965 (Overmyer held 80 percent[42]).[43][44][45][46][47] Overmyer was never awarded a construction permit for the Dallas station, and it remained before the FCC as an application until later being withdrawn. Each station was incorporated separately, and grouped under the Overmyer Communications Company.[48][49] The Company began large scale purchases of equipment for the TV stations in the fall of 1965.[50][51][52][53] During 1966 extensive purchases of programming for the stations was made at a cost of $3 Million.[54] The call letters chosen for the stations were the initials of Daniel Overmyer, his wife, and children.[55] Other than the Toledo station, progress in building the remaining stations was delayed extensively due to difficulty in finding suitable sites for the tall towers needed for the antennas.[56] In 1966, sites were established for the stations. KEMO-TV in San Francisco had extensive construction at both the transmitter and studio. WSCO-TV in Cincinnati had major work completed at the transmitter site, but no studio construction started. WBMO-TV in Atlanta and WECO-TV in Pittsburgh had sites chosen, equipment delivered, but no construction work started. KJDO-TV in Houston had no site arrangements made, and no equipment delivered. WDHO-TV in Toledo had been the only station of the group to go into operation.[57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64]

Due to massive financial problems found in the fall of 1966 with an affiliated company, Green and White Construction, Mr Overmyer was forced to find outside funding for the television stations.[65][66] In March 1967, negotiations were started with AVC Corporation for sale of an interest in five of the construction permits of D.H. Overmyer Communications, none of which were on the air. At the same time, AVC also arranged separately to purchase WPHL-TV, an operational UHF station in Philadelphia. The Overmyer sale was of eighty per cent of each of the construction permits for Atlanta (WBMO-TV), Cincinnati (WSCO-TV), San Francisco (KEMO-TV), Pittsburgh (WECO-TV) and Houston (KJDO-TV). The agreement for transfer of the five Overmyer permits to AVC was signed on March 28, 1967. The Overmyer construction permit transfers and the WPHL-TV sale were presented to the FCC for consideration in June 1967. The FCC approval of both transfers came on December 8, 1967.[67][68][69][70][71][72] WDHO-TV in Toledo was not involved in the sale, and remained wholly owned by Overmyer Communication Company. Overmyer had previously withdrawn his application for the Dallas station in October 1967.[73] The FCC approval of entire package was controversial because of the waiver of the FCC rule, then in effect, that restricted ownership to three TV stations in the top 50 markets. This revised FCC rule was adopted in June 1965 after the original Overmyer Construction permit applications were made. Those applications had been processed, and permits awarded, in 1965 under the old rule that limited the applicant to seven TV stations.[74] In addition, the financial terms appeared to violate the FCC rule against recovery of more than the out of pocket expenses needed to prosecute the construction permits. The commission vote had been close, at 4 to 3 to approve the sale. The written opinions of the FCC commissioners formed much of the basis of a subsequent congressional investigation. Within days of the sale approval, the commissioners were called to a meeting with the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, which oversees the FCC. Chairman Harley O. Staggers (D-W.V.) told the commissioners at the December 15, 1967 meeting to expect a major investigation of their decision.[75][76]

After the sale on March 28, 1967, AVC formed a Philadelphia based subsidiary named U.S. Communications Corporation. This subsidiary would hold the five former Overmyer construction permits, and UHF station WPHL-TV in Philadelphia. Since it was an investment company, and having no experience in broadcasting, AVC was the source of capital while the management team and former owners of WPHL-TV, Leonard Stevens and Aaron Katz, brought their broadcasting background to the station group.[77][78][79][80] Mr. Overmyer had no management role nor ownership interest in the U.S. Communications Corporation itself, however, he did own 20 percent of the stock in each of four U.S. Communications subsidiary corporations that were permittees of WATL-TV in Atlanta, WPGH-TV in Pittsburgh, WXIX-TV in Cincinnati and KJDO-TV in Houston. Overmyer did not own any interest in WPHL-TV in Philadelphia or KEMO-TV in San Francisco. Twenty percent of KEMO-TV was held by Overmyer's original partner in that station, Sherrill C. Corwin. Overmyer did have an option to buy Corwin's twenty per cent, but did not exercise that option[81][82][83][84][85][86] AVC held an option to force D. H. Overmyer to sell his twenty per cent interest in the stations, however, AVC never exercised that option.[87][88][48][89]

Because of the unusual financial terms of the sale, including a three million dollar loan, and a purchase option arrangement with AVC, the U.S. Congress began an investigation in 1968.[90][91][92][93][94] The investigation resulted in hearings held in Washington D.C. in July 1968 where Daniel Overmyer and several associates, along with FCC staff and commissioners, testified before the House Investigation Subcommittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.[95][96][97][98] The investigation was wide ranging, examining D. H. Overmyer's financial qualifications to obtain the original construction permits, as well as details of the out of pocket expenses, along with the loan and purchase option of Overmyer's twenty per cent interest. The FCC began proposing new rules that tightened control over construction permit transfers.[99] The House report, released in May 1969, was a scathing opinion of the FCC approval of the sale.[100] Major changes in the FCC rules regarding the sale of construction permits were enacted to strenghthen the policy forbidding profiteering from the transfer of construction permits.[101] A series of hearings investigating D.H. Overmyer were held by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lasting from 1970 until 1980.[102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109] The goal of the hearings was to determine if Daniel H. Overmyer personally misrepresented his out of pocket expenses to the FCC in the sale of the construction permits to AVC. Additionally, if Mr. Overmyer did misrepresent the expenses, what legal remedies could the FCC impose? The FCC suspended the license renewal of WDHO-TV pending the results of the investigation. The FCC decision of 1980 denied a request for further review of the Overmyer case. This left standing a 1974 ruling by Administrative Law Judge Herbert Scharfman that the FCC had failed to prove intentional misrepresentation of the out of pocket expenses.

Four of the five stations would sign on in 1968-69 under majority ownership of U.S. Communications Corporation. KEMO-TV in San Francisco (no Overmyer ownership interest) started April 1, 1968, WXIX-TV in Cincinnati on August 1, 1968, WPGH-TV in Pittsburgh on February 1, 1969 and WATL-TV in Atlanta on August 16, 1969. The U.S. Communications group also included WPHL-TV in Philadelphia (no Overmyer ownership interest) which began operation in September 1965.[110][111][112] The Houston station (KJDO-TV) was never constructed, and the construction permit was deleted by the FCC in October 1971.[113]

Overmyer Network

On July 12, 1966 Overmyer announced plans to create a fourth television network to compete against the Big Three television networks. He named the network the Overmyer Network and hired former ABC president Oliver Treyz.[114] Overmyer also received exclusive rights to the Continental Football League.[115] He also had plans to begin a daily late-night talk show from Las Vegas. WDHO in Toledo and WPIX in New York were to be the Overmyer Network's flagship stations.[116]

However, Overmyer and Treyz did not have enough finances to launch the network in the fall of 1967 as they had hoped. So in early 1967, Overmyer officials went to the board of directors of the Mutual Broadcasting System to discuss a merger of the two networks, requesting some $500,000 to crank up production of the late-night show, and more money to keep the network going until advertising dollars began to come in.

The Mutual board of directors turned down the merger proposal. But three Mutual stockholders; Texas oil operator Jack McGlothlin; grain dealer, oil investor and land developer Willard Garvey; and James Nichols, a Texas advertising and public-relations man; thought enough of the idea to form a separate group with 11 wealthy western businessmen to buy the Overmyer Network and rename it the United Network.[117][118]

The United Network along with The Las Vegas Show hosted by Bill Dana premiered on May 1, 1967. Due to low ratings and costly bills and financial issues, the United Network folded exactly one month after it started on June 1, 1967.[119][120]

A lawsuit was filed by the television services company, LewRon Television, against D.H. Overmyer Leasing Co regarding payment on services provided to telecast The Las Vegas Show.[121]

Bankruptcy

Due to poor advertising revenue, WATL-TV in Atlanta and KEMO-TV in San Francisco left the air on March 31, 1971, with WPGH-TV in Pittsburgh following on August 16, 1971.[122][123][124] All three were sold and returned to the air with the same call letters, WATL-TV in 1976, KEMO-TV in 1972 and WPGH-TV in 1974. WXIX-TV in Cincinnati was sold for assumption of debt to Metromedia Corporation in 1972, after nearly having been taken off the air in August 1971.[125][126][127][128][129][130][131] These sales ended all of Overmyer’s interest in the U.S. Communications subsidiaries while WDHO-TV remained on the air as Toledo's ABC network affiliate (affiliated in 1969[132]). The Toledo station was then the only operational TV station owned by D.H. Overmyer. It was held under the D.H. Overmyer Telecasting Company founded in 1966 specifically for WDHO-TV.[133][134] In 1973, Overmyer's warehouses also began shutting down production and entered Chapter 11 in New York.[135][136] In 1976, D.H. Overmyer Telecasting Company, Inc. filed a petition under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York. This proceeding was dismissed in 1980 and appealed by Overmyer. The appeal was denied and, on the same day, Telecasting refiled under Chapter 11 in Cleveland, Ohio. On March 28, 1981, the Cleveland bankruptcy court awarded control of Telecasting to FNBB (First National Bank of Boston).[137][138][139] The Bank of Boston eventually sold WDHO-TV through bankruptcy to a local group, Toledo Television Investors, Ltd. for $19.6 million in 1986.[140][141] Until it was sold, WDHO-TV was operated by D.H. Overmyer in a debtor in possession legal arrangement with the bank.

On August 7, 1981, the Overmyer leasing company, operating as Hadar, which also was in Chapter 11, filed a proof of claim for $859,481.80 in the Telecasting bankruptcy proceedings. This event would lead to the indictment of Overmyer.[137]

On January 28, 1986, Overmyer and Edmund M. Connery were indicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The indictment charged Overmyer and Connery with six counts of bankruptcy fraud, two counts of conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud, and one count of mail fraud. Connery, charged in six counts, was granted a severance.[142]

Overmyer was convicted by a federal jury in Akron and sentenced to five years in federal prison. He had the decision overturned only to have that decision appealed in the appellant court. In 1989, Overmyer was sentenced again, this time to six months in federal prison and fined nearly $850,000.

Personal life

Marriage and children

Overmyer married his wife Shirley in 1943. They had four children; John, Edward, Barbara, Elizabeth. His daughter Olga was an adopted child from his second marriage. Overmyer's wife Shirley preceded him death in 1994 and then his daughter Barbara preceded him in death in February 2005.

Illness and death

In the mid-1980s, Overmyer and Shirley relocated to Denver. In 2009, Overmyer suffered a debilitating stroke. Shortly after, he moved to an assisted living facility in Tarzana, California to be closer to his son John. Overmyer died on July 24, 2012 at the Providence Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana. He was 87 years old. His funeral was held on Sunday July 29 at the Reeb Funeral Home in Sylvania, Ohio. He was buried in Toledo Memorial Park in Sylvania, Ohio.[143]

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