KUDI Head Buys Stock In KRTV Radio station KUDI President Paul Crain has purchased a 26½ per cent block of KRTV, Channel 3, stock. The announcement was made by Dan Snyder, president of KRTV. The price was not reported in: a prepared statement. However, the release stated, Crain purchased stock previously owned by five persons: Forrest Arthur, Harry Fraser, Bernard Murphy, Josephine Brooker and Jim Kovich. Crain, with a group of Washington residents, purchased KUDI from Snyder and his associates in 1957. The radio and TV stations will operate independently, Snyder said. He reported Crain will take an active part in operation of the television station. Snyder also announced Crain will become a director of KRTV at the firm's annual stockholder's meeting here May 26. Crain has resided here with his wife and four children one year. He was formerly interested in a Washington State radio station and one in North Dakota.