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Congratulations WBKB
AND
ABC
ON YOUR
NEW FACILITIES
PLANNED
AND
DESIGNED
FOR THE
PRESENT
AND
FUTURE
from A FRIEND
are in use. Only 50% of the space presently is allocated and, again, provision is made for expansion to color. A sister film-editing room is housed in a film department with four editing booths for screening, a theatre for viewing by small groups and a storage room.
Other features in construction: "waylite" cement-composition blocks; zoned air-conditioning on all three floors, so that any breakdown in one zone will not affect units cooling other zones; special freight elevators, etc.
For a pictorial look at some of WBKB's new facilities — and at the work of the Montana & Schultz and Polk combine — see the following pages.
SOME MILESTONES AT WBKB (TV)
► Started experimental operation as W9XBK in September 1939— first tv station in Chicago, third in the United States — with 15 minutes daily of programming (newscasts and film shorts) from kitchenette-apartment size control room in old State Lake Bldg., 190 N. State St.
► Served as training center for 80,000 Navy radar operators during World War II (from January 1942 to August 1945), with John Balaban, president of Balaban & Katz (owner of W9XBK), offering personnel, space and equipment. Capt. William C. Eddy, first manager of WBKB and leading electronics engineer, was commanding officer of school (now head of Television Assoc. Inc., Michigan City, Ind., consultant firm).
► Manned operations during war years with Women's Auxiliary Television Technicians ("The Watts"), who functioned as camera operators.
► Obtained FCC license and construction permit for commercial tv operation on ch. 4 in August and debuted as WBKB (TV) Oct. 13, 1943.
► Merged physically with ABC o&o WENR-TV in 1953, after consolidation of United Paramount Theatres Inc. and ABC and formation of new American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres Inc. Feb. 9, assuming WBKB (TV) call letters on ch. 7.
► Appointed Sterling C. Quinlan publicity
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TEN YEARS AGO this was the master control room at WBKB, modern then but a far cry from the new central control facility (see opposite page).
o
N
R
A T
U
I
O N
S
ON A GOOD MOVE
from your
Wednesday Nite Fights"
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TELECASTER
JACK DREES
ABC
CHICAGO
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