Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

HERE'S WHY IT'S YOUR BEST BUY: MORE VIEWERS / in every ARB survey of the Raleigh-Durham area MORE COVERAGE ... a total of more than 2 Million Population 18# more for your monev than Station A 21 7$ more than station B Get the full picture on WRAL-TV TOP POWER CHANNEL 5 RALEIG H jgCj N. C. Represented by H-R OPEN MIKE CONTINUED necessary, nor even that good journalism is a public trust. It is of the utmost necessity and importance to obtain trained newsmen and to have news broadcasting included as a major subject in journalism schools. It is of primary importance to establish news seminars now for both current station newsmen and station management to help them both understand that they must fulfill those responsibilities to the public guaranteed by the Constitution, and not merely fulfill those responsibilities required by the FCC. . . . To editorialize merely to attempt to "command the respect of public officials," or to "become a force" in the community, or to use the editorials only as a "mechanism that can fight back," would only indicate a lack of understanding of the public trust that makes editorializing necessary. William J. Wiggins Director of Promotion & Advertising WTOP Washington, D. C. Fm Tuners Via Tv editor: It is a shame the way we (or somebody) have let fm die. Fm radio that is. Couldn't you or the broadcasters, or both, petition Electronic Industries Assn. (again, or somebody) to urge television receiver manufacturers to incorporate fm in all new television sets? There is a lot of blank spectrum (as far as commercial radio and tv is concerned) between tv ch. 6 (82-88 mc) and ch. 7 (174-180 mc). Our fm broadcast band begins right where ch. 6 stops. Why couldn't the fm band be added to tv tuners right here? Fine tuning would be used for "bandspread." Tv antennas are broad-banded enough to serve for fm as well as normal tv reception. Switching to the new "fm channel" could also kill the tv horizontal oscillator section as well as other not needed circuits, or a separate "tv-fm" switch could be incorporated. Actually, this fm feature incorporated in new tv sets would cost the manufacturer less than a dollar. But look what a shot-in-thearm it would give fm radio. (And, too, modern television sets are "hotter" than the runof-the-mill fm sets and therefore reception should be excellent). Ed Howell Technical Supervisor WMIX-AM-FM Mt. Vernon, III. Lads in Uniform Tuned in, Too editor: Your article [International, Oct. 7] which deals with transmission of the World Series to many parts of the world ... is far from complete. Armed Forces Radio & Television Service, for the third year in a row shipped kinescope recordings to all Armed Forces Television Service outlets overseas (23 in all parts of the globe). All received the film within 24 to 48 hours after the game. More than 100 radio stations are in the Armed Forces Radio Service. There are THE FAMILY DENVER Denver families buy the products and services they see advertised on KBTV because KBTV is the only Denver station programmed for the entire family . . . For the highest-rated one-minute availabilities, Daytime or Nighttime in Denver, see Peters, Griffin, Woodward, Inc. NOW! KBTV John C. Mullins Prewdent Denver's Family Station Joe Herold Station Manager Page 20 • November 18, 1957 Broadcasting