Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1957)

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SAGA OF EARL REVEAL MANY may have felt like it at one time or another but it was left to Earl Reveal of Charleston, S. C, to do it. Mr. Reveal, watching western movies on WCHS-TV (ch. 8 in Charleston), decided he "didn't want his kids watching those movies on tv." Not being a man to use words loosely, Mr. Reveal thereupon fired three .38 slugs through the set. That ended the immediate annoyance, but the gentleman's woes multiplied. His wife's testimony convicted him of discharging a firearm within city limits, and he received 10 days in jail and a $25 fine. His solitude has led him to realize the long-range futility of his protest; western movies are still going strong, and he no longer has the tv set it took him 18 months to pay for. The Charleston Gazette (perhaps transferring a little animosity of its own) devoted several stories and an editorial to the incident, but their stories had Mr. Reveal shooting Arthur Godfrey. What the paper has against Mr. Godfrey we don't know, but a comment of theirs sums up the whole incident: "The shooting's great on channel eight." WBKB Move Affects Program WBKB (TV) Chicago has announced that effective last Monday, it has curtailed its Movietime, USA late evening film series and dropped another program to "ease" its operation during move of facilities of the ABC o&o outlet to its new quarters in the State Lake Bldg. [B»T, March 4]. Late version of Movietime, USA, comprising 20th Century Fox films aired 11:30 p.m.1 a.m., will be dropped Sun.-Thurs. (but retained on Fri. and Sat.) and replaced with news, sports commentary and Candid Camera segments, following the 10 p.m. Movietime, USA series. Major factor in the cancellation was a lack of adequate sales response, according to a station spokesman. Breakfast Bandstand (7-8 a.m.) also is being dropped by the station, but the format will be retained in a new series featuring Ronny Born, it was reported by WBKB. NBC-TV to Salute Baseball NBC-TV will present an hour-and-a-half color program entitled Salute to Baseball on April 13 (Sat., 9-10:30 p.m. EST) with dancer Gene Kelly as host and Ed Gardner as monologist. Others who will appear on the special show are Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick and 18 major league baseball players. The network also announced that Leo Durocher, Lindsey Nelsen and Jim Woods will be assigned as announcers to NBC-TV's major league baseball series on Saturday afternoons, beginning April 6. NOW in Detroit on CHANNEL 9 7 Days a Week / POPEYE has been the kiddies' favorite since way back when! We've teamed him up with Detroit's own TOBY DAVID as Capt. Jolly and have the greatest "sell-faring" team ever to talk to those important youngsters who influence a big part of mother's buying. Spot participation is available. CKLW-TV GUARDIAN BLDG., DETROIT 26, MICH. YOUNG TELEVISION CORPORATION National Representative J. E. Campeau President Broadcasting Telecasting March 18, 1957 • Page 107