Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1955)

INTERNATIONAL tion broadcasts come under the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., even those on independent stations. The three major Ontario parties, ProgressiveConservative, Liberal and Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, will share without charge four and one-fourth hours on 1 1 Ontario tv stations and five hours on radio stations. The tv time consists of three half-hour, three 15-minute and three 10-minute periods, with three local 15-minute periods on CBC stations CBOT Ottawa and CBLT Toronto. Free-time telecasts will be on eight tv stations on microwave network from May 19 to June 6, with kinescope on three stations not yet connected with the network. On radio. 15 Ontario stations will be on the network in 18 quarter-hour periods and three 10-minute periods from May 12 to June 6. Rehearsal time up to three hours for a halfhour free-time political telecast is provided, and programs can take the form of a straight talk, discussion involving two or more speakers or question-and-answer presentation, with only bona fide party representatives participating. CBS Newsfilm to Cover For England's New ITN CBS NEWSFILM will supply filmed news coverage of North and South America and the Far East to Independent Television News Ltd. of England under a contract signed in New York last week. The agreement was signed by Aidan Crawley, edtior of ITN, and Sig Mickelson, CBS vice president in charge of news and public affairs. Also present at the negotiations were Philip Dorte, director of operations of ITN, and Howard Kany, CBS Newsfilm manager. ITN is the news programming company set up by the new Independent Television Authority that was created upon authorization of commercial tv in Great Britain. Under the contract, ITN will receive full syndicated film coverage of the news by more than 250 Newsfilm cameramen, soundmen and correspondents located in world capitals and news centers in more than 50 countries. CBS Newsfilm also draws upon a library of more than 5 million feet of film of past news events and color and background material. Commentaries and news shows are distributed in addition to "spot" news coverage. The ITN contract adds Great Britain to the list of Newsfilm customers which, in addition to stations in U. S., include tv stations in Japan, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Alaska and Hawaii. To the Salt Mines A NEW "voice of America" may have been heard behind the Russian Iron Curtain and it may have been the first of its kind not sponsored by the U. S. Information Agency's Voice of America program. On April 22, KBYR Anchorage, Alaska, directed a message to Siberia at the start of its regular noon newscast. It was broadcast by Jack Wandell, KBYR news editor, after he was advised that the KBYR music and news programs were being received in the Bering Sea and Nunivak. The station believes it was the first time a privately-owned longwave radio station has attempted to reach people behind the "Iron Curtain." Mr. Wandell, in his message, described the freedom that the American press and radio stations enjoy and he told those people who were receiving KBYR's programs: "Keep listening and you will hear the truth." Canada's April Radio Poll TOP eight evening programs reported for April by the Radio Panel of International Surveys Ltd., Montreal, were (in percentage of homes reached): Our Miss Brooks 15%, CBC News (Canadian) 14, Lux Radio Theatre 13, Take a Chance (Canadian) 6, CBC News Roundup (Canadian) 6, Toronto Symphony Concert (Canadian) 4, Championship Fights 4 and Byng's Choice (Canadian) 3. Daytime leading programs reported by the Radio Panel of Canada were Ma Perkins 32, Pepper Young's Family 29, Right to Happiness 29, Guiding Light 28 and The Happy Gang (Canadian) 25. CARTB to Urge Control Shift CANADIAN INDEPENDENT broadcasters are slated to appear before the Parliamentary Broadcasting Committee at Ottawa on May 24 when the full board of the Canadian Assn. of Radio & Television Broadcasters is expected to present further reasons for the appointment of an independent regulatory body to control both independent and Canadian Broadcasting Corp. stations. The CARTB also is expected to urge the committee to recommend a change in government policy in regard to licensing second tv stations in cities. Elliott-Haynes Releases Radio Ratings for April APRIL national ratings of Elliott-Haynes Ltd., [ Toronto, list six Canadian evening radio network shows, led by Our Miss Brooks with a ! rating of 15.2, and Wayne & Shuster (Cana i dian) 9.9, Army Show (Canadian) 9.8, Singing Stars of Tomorrow (Canadian) 9, Championship Fights 8.6 and Toronto Symphony Concert (Canadian) 5.5. National ratings on transcribed evening shows placed these four on top: People Are Funny \ 16.5, Denny Vaughan Show (Canadian) 11.8, Fun Parade (Canadian) 10.3 and Take a Chance (Canadian) 8.7. Daytime network shows numbered 12, with j leading five being Ma Perkins 14.4, Guiding Light 13.6, Pepper Young's Family 13, Right to Happiness 12.5 and Road of Life 11.7. Leading five French-language evening network shows were Un Homme et Son Peche 37.3, Le Survenant 27.6, La Famille Plouffe 26.9, La Voik du CARC 18.9 and Tambour Battant 16.5. Leading French-language daytime network programs were Vies de Femmes 31.5, Je Vous ai Tant Aime 28.2, Jeunesse Doree 27.2, Rue Principale 27 and Les Joyeux Troubadours 26.9. Canada Considers Troop Tvs TV STATIONS with limited range for use in ' entertaining troops at defense bases in Canada, used by both U. S. and Canadian troops, are now under consideration by the Canadian government. The Canadian Army is understood to have negotiated for establishment of a noncommercial tv station at Churchill, Man., on the west shore of Hudson Bay, along the lines j of the army radio station CHFC Churchill. Funds for the tv station would come from the regimental institutes. United States forces have j also requested tv stations at bases they are using jj in northern Canada. Two Canada Tvs Set Debut CKVR-TV Barrie, Ont. (ch. 3), expects to be on the air by Sept. 15, according to owner Ralph Snelgrove, who also owns CKBB Barrie. CKNX-TV Wingham, Ont., plans to be on the air early in October, in time for the World Series baseball games. The ch. 8 station was recently recommended for a tv license by the board of governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Three Ams Merge for Tv THREE British Columbia radio stations — CKOK Penticton, CKOV Kelowna and CJIB |, Vernon — have formed Okanagan Valley Tele I vision Co. and plan to apply for a tv station license, with transmitter to be located at Westbank, near Kelowna. Jim Brown, CKOV, is | president of the company, which expects to invest $500,000 in the tv station. 1,376,101 Tv Sets in Canada CANADA had 1,376,101 television receivers in use at the end of March, according to tabulations of the Canadian Radio & Television j Manufacturers Assn. and All-Canada Television, Toronto. Of these, 724,103 were in the province of Ontario, 401,794 in the province of Quebec, 104,403 sets in the three prairie 1 provinces, 100,339 in British Columbia, and 45,462 in the four Atlantic Coast provinces. THE LATEST WCKY What in Radio Can You Buy tor 6$? Here's What! 1,000 Listening Homes Here's Where! 823,500 Homes in 10 Southern States1 Here's How! WCKY Open 1 minute rate $50.00 823 | 50.00 [M^ WCKY Audience, according to Nielsen Coverage Service. Where in Radio Can You Buy More for 6<£? Page 140-D • May 23, 1955 Broadcasting Telecasting