Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

STATIONS CONTINUED in SHREVEPORT, La. the STATION f * with the HAS THE VIEWERS * 157,980 TELEVISION HOMES IN KTBS-TV AREA. 13,120 more homes and approximately 40,000 MORE VIEWERS than Station B. * 136,860 HOMES REACHED MONTHLY. 6,740 more homes and approximately 20,000 MORE VIEWERS than Station B. 131,870 HOMES REACHED WEEKLY. 5,120 more homes and approximately 15,000 MORE VIEWERS than Station B. * Latest Nielsen Survey KTBS-7i> CHANNEL SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA E. NEWTON WRAY, President & Gen. Mgr. NBC and ABC Represented by Edward Petry & Co., Inc. Page 88 • December 9, 1957 Mayor, Though Backing Radio-Tv, Denies Them Entry to Ohio Court Electronic media should be allowed in courtrooms, Mayor Wilson Stapleton of Shaker Heights, Ohio, said last week after he had been forced to reverse a previous decision that would have allowed KYW-TV Cleveland to film a traffic court session. The mayor presides as judge at the city's traffic court. The decision was reversed after the Cleveland Bar Assn. termed the proposed coverage "a violation of the canon of judicial ethics." Mayor Stapleton said, "Until bar associations resolve their thinking on this point, I must withdraw permission for tv coverage. Personally, I feel that we should let every type of media into the courtroom, even as reporters can come in to report the court activities. We should let the people see what is going on in the courts and thus gain an even greater respect for the courts. Furthermore, by showing to them the activities of their courts, we will be realizing greater educational values." The program, Justice, was to have been presented in connection with the Cleveland celebration of "Know Your Law Week." KYW-TV said it had tried to be the first tv station in the Greater Cleveland area to enter a courtroom while in session. The Justice series is designed to enlighten the Northern Ohio audience regarding court procedure and activities. 15 Stations Join WRFM Campaign To Promote Fm Radios for Cars WRFM (FM) New York, originator of an audience letter campaign to urge automobile manufacturers to include fm car radios as standard equipment, reported last week it has been joined in the effort by 15 fm stations throughout the country and by United Fm Inc., Los Angeles. WRFM and the cooperating stations are scheduling 5-12 announcements daily encouraging listeners to write to automotive VOTE . . . VOTE A one-word injunction to "Vote!" slipped into the stream of consciousness of Atlantans last week, as WAKE Atlanta tried a variation of the lowlevel audio approach [Special Report Dec. 2]. A continuous tape system enabled disc jockeys to fade in repetitions of the single-word announcement thousands of times in a 36-hour period, according to Morton J. Wagner, executive vice president in charge of the Bartell Group station, who sold the idea to the Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Twice each hour the company was identified as sponsor, and listeners were reminded that voting is a democratic privilege to be exercised by everyone qualified. Early returns from the general election Wednesday indicated a record turnout, according to Mr. Wagner. MR. BEAUDIN firms in support of an individual manufacturer. Announcements for manufacturers are rotated to blanket the automotive field, the station said. Fm stations now participating in the fm car radio drive include WKJF Pittsburgh; KTRH-FM Houston; KONO-FM San Antonio; WGAU-FM Athens, Ga.; WJTN-FM Jamestown, N. Y.; WEBQ-FM Harrisburg, 111.; WSVS-FM Crewe, Va.; WASH Washington, D. C; WITH-FM Baltimore; KRHM Los Angeles; WSNJ-FM Bridgeton, N. J.; KG LA Los Angeles; WXHR Cambridge, Mass.; WCOU-FM Lewiston, Me.; WFLN Philadelphia, and WRFM. Ralph Beaudin Named KQV Head As AB-PT Takes Over Officially Appointment of Ralph Beaudin as vice president and general manager of KQV Pittsburgh [At Deadline, Nov. 11] was announced formally last Thursday as American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres officially took ownership of the station. AB-PT bought the station, on 1410 kc with 5 kw, from Earl F. Reed and Irwin D. Wolf Jr. for about $700,000 [Stations, Oct. 28]. Leonard H. Goldenson, president of AB-PT and also of Allegheny Broadcasting Corp., KQV licensee which becomes an AB-PT subsidiary, announced the appointment of Mr. Beaudin to the Pittsburgh post. Mr. Beaudin has been manager of WBNY Buffalo, and before that was with KOWH Omaha as an account executive and with KOIL Omaha in a similar capacity. Mr. Goldenson said AB-PT acquired KQV "with a single aim: To make this station the best in service to the people of Pittsburgh." As one of the oldest stations in America, he said, "KQV has a long and honored background. AB-PT will use its full resources to build on this record to make KQV the leader in its coverage area." KQV, established in 1922, is the fifth wholly-owned AB-PT radio outlet. The others are WABC New York, WXYZ Detroit, KABC Los Angeles and KGO San Francisco. In addition AB-PT owns 50% of WLS Chicago. In television it owns five vhf stations. KDKA-TV Films Trial in Pa. Court films described by KDKA-TV Pittsburgh as "the first ever taken during a Pennsylvania trial" were shown on the station Nov. 29 during the Bill Burns 11 p.m. newscast. The films were shot during a Clarion County murder trial by Jerry Agnew, KDKA-TV cameraman, with permission of Judge Lloyd Weaver and the defendant. Judge Weaver observed later that the trial was not in any way impaired by the presence of the photographer, who used available lighting. Broadcasting