Broadcasting (Apr - June 1950)

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«SS1 Color Hearing :> tinned from Telecasting 8) various type of sets and said jster was prepared to go into production of color camera is for the CBS system, elvin Kohner, electrical engidirecting color work for WebChicago, recommended use of edestal-type color converter for e TV sets. He revealed the i has received orders for color verters from Westinghouse, lco, RCA and Crosley. FAM RENEWAL •: rotects WFBM-TV Channel sJIIntINUED operation of HIFAM ..U method of high frequency AM i i|-adcasting — is assured at least a$| a time as a result of FCC ap•val of an application by Sarkes .ian for license renewal of his Mperimental station KS2XAP in j'jomington, Ind. FFCC's decision, rendered April Sf i approved further renewal of — license until June 1, subject to Edition the station not operate , its frequency of 87.75 mc during time WFBM-TV Indianapolis in operation. WFBM-TV, asned Channel 6 (82-88 mc), is 46 les from Bloomington. " While ordinarily such probable erference with an assigned fre5 ency would be cause to bar a P^knt, FCC said, the rules were fiived because: ". . . The program research, which the applicant oposes, is intended to develop a •vice to be operated on frequenIs other than those allocated such rcioirvice in the Table of Allocations." jjHIFAM is projected by Mr. TarHn, a consulting engineer and !rf'dio manufacturer, as an economkfa and frequency-saving system Broadcasting, May 3, 1948]. Mr. ^jjirzian has been experimenting th his method of broadcasting 1_ nearly four years since his sta'"fyn first went into operation in ratyay 1946. In June 1949, Examiner '" fl Fred Johnson Jr. recommended H an initial decision a grant of Mr. rec|arzian's application for renewal Broadcasting, June 27, 1949]. His ^":ense had been renewed or tem; ■ irarily extended since 1945. Mr. :' ' arzian and his wife own and opiate WTTS and WTTV (TV), Hith in Bloomington. d -AcCOLLISTER WILL Estate Is $237,000 pef|OWARD J. McCollister, Los Angles TV-radio representative, and •t-'s wife Helen, killed with their tmro children in a plane crash on enpril 8 [Broadcasting, April 17], enift an estate estimated at $237,ijjbo according to statement filed in iws Angeles probate court last m eek. iiy| Regional station representative 7-usiness which Mr. McCollister Df3perated with his brother Paul W. [cCollister, will continue under — irection of latter. age 75 • BROADCASTING TV WESTERNS Autry Forms Film Firm GENE AUTRY, film and radio singing cowboy star, with Armand Schaefer, president-producer of Gene Autry Productions, and Mitchell J. Hamilburg, head of his own Hollywood talent agency, have organized Flying-A Pictures to produce a series of TV western films. Mr. Autry will be starred in the series. Production is scheduled to start about May 10 on the first six of the half-hour films. Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Chicago, sponsor of the CBS Gene Autry Show, will also sponsor the video series on TV stations of that network starting in July. Mr. Schaefer will act as executive producer with Lou Gray, associate producer, on the series. Films will be made simultaneously on location, with full cast and production crew, according to Mr. Schaefer. New company is entirely separate from Gene Autry Productions, which makes pictures for theatrical release. To clarify its position, Columbia Pictures Corp. announced that it was in no way associated with Mr. Autry in production of the television series. Its policy on television remains the same and the film company is not entering the TV field in any way. Studio officials stated that Columbia Pictures was not in partnership with Mr. Autry for the production of television films, and the proposed series will not be made on its Gower St. lot. Mr. Autry also is principal owner of KOPO Tucson and KOOL Phoenix, and recently sold his stockholding in KOWL Santa Monica, Calif., to Arthur H. Croghan, thus making the latter sole owner. SELLING POWER TV Moves Crosley Products CONVINCED of TV's selling power are executives of J. N. Ceazan Co., Los Angeles distributor of Crosley refrigerators and Crosley custom home freezers, and Electra City, cooperating Hollywood dealer, who sponsor weekly Music in the Morgan Manner on KECA-TV Los Angeles. Within a few hours after program went off the air on March 29, Electra City sold 22 freezers at an average price of $250 each, and nine refrigerators at an average of $300 each, according to Jimmy Fritz, vice president of Ted H. Factor Agency, Los Angeles, servicing the distributor account. Buyers said purchases were made after seeing the merchandise on TV. As a result of that telecast, 25 prospective customers also came to Electra City to inquire about further details of both units. More than 300 phone calls were also received at the store for additional information, thus giving the firm new leads. Memphis On March 1st of this year, WMCT joined the Cable . . . the first television station in the South to bring top shows direct and live from New York and Chicago to the Memphis market area. There is a tremendous television interest in Memphis today, as reflected by the more than 25,000 sets now in use. As the only television station in Memphis, WMCT has an audience in the Nation's twentieth largest wholesale market — an audience that represents the cream of this two billion market. For program and spot availabilities, we suggest you contact your nearest Branham office, now. ^25,000^ SETS IN USE NOW According to latest cvailoblc . distributor's salts flgurcs.^^/ WMCT now programs afternoon and night, daily. Complete facilities available for both program and spot sound-on-film production, live shows and kinescopes. National Representatives The Branham Company Owned and operated by the Commercial Appeal CHANNEL 4 • MEMPHIS AFFILIATED WITH NBC Also affiliated with CBS, ABC, and Dumont Si TV . sssi . .■■ . April 24, 1950 TELECASTING • Page 13