Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1963)

color, representing about 48% of the station's weekly programing. With the new color expansion, the station will be adding about S500.000 worth of new technical facilities, including six image orthicon color cameras. Its Broadway studios will be remodeled for live color. The New York Mets (National League) home baseball games will be colorcast. Program notes . . . For next season ■ A half-hour situation comedy titled Kibbee Hates Fitch is being produced for the NBC-TV 1964-65 season by Ellen Enterprises Inc. and United Artists Television Inc. The comedy is the property of Neil (Doc) Simon, whose Ellen Co. is a PKL earnings up in nine-month period Papert, Koenig. Lois, the first agency to issue stock to the public, last week presented a financial statement for the nine month period ending Aug. 31, showing a gain of $76,661 in net income over the same period in 1962. PKL reported its application to the Quotations Committee of the National Association of Securities Dealers for daily listing of quotations in the "eastern list" of newspapers has been approved. The listing will reportedly begin this month. Nine months ending Aug. 3 1 : 1963 1962 Gross billings from which commissions and service fees are derived S14,252.315.00 S10r215. 865.00 Commission and service fee income 2.189.633.00 1.633,224.00 Operating expenses : Production and service costs 870,658.00 598,519.00 Selling, general and administration expenses 791,691.00 668.054.00 Total operating expenses 1.622.619.00 1,266,573.00 Net oDerating income 527,014.00 366.651.00 Other income 643 Net income before federal income tax 527.657.00 366,651.00 Federal income tax 271,379.00 187,034.00 Net income 256,278.00 179,617.00 Number of shares outstanding 511,910 511.910 Outlet Co. has drop in broadcast revenue Total retail sales of the Outlet Co., Providence. R. I., were up, but revenues from broadcasting (less expenses), service charges and miscellaneous sources as well as net earnings were down in the first six months of the year compared with the same period in 1962. The Outlet Co. is a department store which also owns wjar-am-tv Providence, and recently acquired wdbo-am BROADCASTING, Octeber 7, 1963 co-producer. The series will be based upon life in a fire station. Krebiozen show offered ■ Wjrz Newark is offering to interested stations tapes of its program, "Krebiozen — the Doctor's Side of the Controversy." The hour program on the controversial drug is available on a cost basis from Wade T. Nixdorff, director of public relations, wjrz, 32 Green Street, Newark. Post mortems ■ Second guessing is the keystone of a new sports show on were Cleveland following Cleveland Browns pro football games. Entitled Second Guess, and created by Charles L. Getz Jr., partner in Wendell and Getz Advertising Agency, Cleveland, the program uses experts who argue, criticize and commend points in the just-com FINANCIAL REPORTS pleted game. Former Cleveland star Cliff Lewis, John Carroll University coach John Ray and Ken Hildebrand, of were, provide the post-mortems. Second Guess shifted from wgar to were Oct. 6 on conclusion of the baseball season. Cooperative council ■ Wvmc Mount Carmel, 111., not only has permission to broadcast live and direct the bi-weekly meetings of the town's city council, it got the local legislators to change the meeting time from evening to afternoon to accommodate the daytimers scheduling problems. Noting that citizens have a right to know what goes on at the council meeting, the mayor of Mount Carmel said "radio is an excellent way to give them a front-row seat." fm-tv Orlando, Fla. (Broadcasting, July 22). SLx months ended July 27: Retail sales $7 Revenues from broadcasting, less expenses; service charges and other miscellaneous sources Total revenues Cost of goods sold and operating expenses Earnings before federal income tax Federal income taxes Net earnings 1963 ,251,608 726.575 ,978,183 1962 $7,031,310 1.111,063 8,142,373 7,656,352 7,440,361 321,831 702,012 144.500 365.665 177,331 336.347 Meredith earnings up,sees further progress Progress in improved programing will come only from unregulated economic endeavor, Meredith Publishing Co. says in its annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30. "We feel that further intrusion of federal regulation in this area is neither warranted nor, in the long run, bene Everyone's Calling! FIRST TO . . . . . develop TELEPHONE CALL-IN Radio Programs . . . that have the community interest first ; — (Now on many top U.S. Radio stations.) RAHALL RADIO a leader in their areas, in . . . Public Interest Sales Programming. Rahall Radio -"Community Minded WLCY ... St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida WKAP . . . Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton WNAR . . . Norrisrown-Philadelphia Area WWNR... Beckley, W. Virginia • Represented Nationally by H-R N. Joe Rahall, President 87