Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

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... the Thumb . . . plus the Saginaw Valley . . . ALL IN ONE BIG BUY! WFDF's BIG new signal* delivers all of Northeastern Michigan in one BIG buy! To Flint add Saginaw, Bay City, the rich Thumb, and the heart of the North. NCS #2 shows WFDF as the outstate regional leader and this big new signal will add even more. Call Katz for full details. *daytime Represented by The KATZ AGENCY 910 on the dial NBC Affiliate in Flint, Michigan TRADE ASSNS. continued wire vs. open circuit or tv stations licensed by FCC — but I am suggesting that each should have its opportunity so that the public may make the ultimate choice." Portland, Ore., Denver Are Next On NARTB Regional Series Two regional meetings will be held this week by NARTB, following last week's session at Kansas City (story page 44). Region 8 (Wash., Ore., Calif., Nev., Ariz., Hawaii) meets today (Monday) and tomorrow at the Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Ore. Region 7 (Mountain States) meets Thursday-Friday at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver. Gov. Robert D. Holmes, of Oregon, former manager of KAST Astoria, will be today's luncheon speaker. At Denver the guest speakers will be Sen. Gordon Allott (RColo.), addressing tonight's banquet, and Robert Eastman, American Broadcasting Network president, at the Friday luncheon. A programming panel at Portland this afternoon will discuss new ideas. Taking part will be Cliff Gill, KBIG Los Angeles; Mel Bailey, KEX Portland, and Donald Whitman, KITI Chehalis, Wash. A radio news panel will be moderated by Richard M. Brown, KPOJ Portland. Panel members will be Bob Forward, KMPC Los Angeles; Jack Matranga, KGMS Sacramento, Calif., and Richard Eimers, Associated Press, Portland. Members of a Tuesday morning radio sales panel will be William D. Shaw, KSFO San Francisco; Lee Bishop, KORE Eugene, Ore.; Lew Avery, Avery-Knodel, and Art Moore, of Moore & Assoc., Seattle. The Thursday afternoon radio program discussion at Denver will include John Schile, KGVO Missoula, Mont.; Lee Fondren, KLZ Denver; Cliff Hendrix, KCSJ Pueblo, Colo., and William Shutts, KVOC Casper, Wyo. Participating in the news panel will be John Henry, KOA Denver; Rex Campbell, KSL Salt Lake City; Cecil Heftel, KLIX Twin Falls, Idaho, and Les Nichols, KIMN Denver. William Grant, KOA and David M. Segal, KOSI, both Denver, will lead a panel on radio-affiliate-independent problems Friday morning. News Awards to WRVA, WBOF At Va. AP Broadcasters Meeting WRVA Richmond and WBOF Virginia Beach, both Virginia, received the Douglas Southall Freeman awards of the Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters, last week, at the fall meeting of the Virginia and Chesapeake (Maryland-District of Columbia) AP Radio Assns. in Virginia Beach. The awards, named in honor of the late editor, historian and radio commentator, were presented by Frank H. Fuller, chief of the AP Richmond bureau. The awards are given for public service through radio journalism. WRVA, under Jack Clements, news director, won in the metropolitan division for its legislative reporting and especially for its handling of the news of segregation-integration legislation in Virginia. WBOF, under Leo Hoarty, took the award in the non-metropolitan division in reporting and promoting community enterprises in Virginia Beach and its environs. Page 46 • October 14, 1957 Broadcasting