Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

A WWL-TV catches TV Movie-ers while they're AWAKE! At 10:45 every Monday-thru-Friday night and at 10:30 on Saturdays and Sundays, THEATRE 4 comes on strong with another outstanding feature film. Channel 4's 10:30 (M-F) News-SportsWeather is the perfect attraction to hold viewers on WWL-TV. THEATRE 4 is the waichable night movie in New Orleans. Your Katz Representative has the specifics for spot sales. Or call Howard Summerville or Harry Stone at Express 4444, New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS • CBS IN THE CRESCENT CITY GOVERNMENT CONTINUED operation possible but did not confirm or deny that Russia is working on such a sputnik. "Maybe in 10 years, tv programs will be transmitted from the moon to the earth," the Red spokesman said. However, a fortnight ago a Hungarian newspaper quoted a Russian scientist as saying that his country plans a tv relay station nearly 22,000 miles high which will enable people on various continents to watch Soviet tv. Scientists in Washington discounted Rep. Patterson's statement that a one-ton satellite at 22,000 miles could jam earth-bound radio-tv stations and broadcast its own signals on all tv channels. The United Press quoted one unidentified expert as saying it would take a "fantastic" amount of power to accomplish such a feat. It was pointed out that the satellite would have to transmit over 22,000 miles a signal comparable to what powerful tv stations send out over a relatively few miles. In the present "state of the art" this seems impossible, the scientist said. The FCC had no comment on the possibility of a Russian solar tv station. Boston Ch. 5 Grant Argued In U. S. Court of Appeals The controversial Boston ch. 5 case, in which the FCC granted that vhf facility to Boston Herald-Traveler Inc., was argued in U. S. Appeals Court in Washington last week — with the FCC's policy on diversity of the media of communications and allegations of antitrust activities by the Boston newspaper at issue. The FCC awarded the hotly-contested ch. 5 — the third vhf assignment in the New England metropolis — to the Boston Herald and Traveler (WHDH-Choate interests) last April. Denied were Massachusetts Bay Telecasters Inc.. Greater Boston Television Corp., and Allen B. DuMont Labs. Inc. The Commission's decision reversed an examiner's 1956 initial decision, despite charges by the Boston Globe that the Herald-Traveler had threatened the Globe with a newspaper war and implied it would use the tv station to put the Globe out of business. Massachusetts Bay and Greater Boston appealed the Commission's grant. The argument was heard by Chief Judge Henry W. Edgerton and Circuit Judges Charles A. Danaher and Warren E. Burger. Defending the Commission's decision was the agency's assistant general counsel, Richard A. Solomon, together with WHDH-TV counsel William J. Dempsey. The attack on the Commission's action was argued by Henry E. Foley for Massachusetts Bay and Joseph P. Maloney for Greater Boston. Schreiber in Moline Group Frank P. Schreiber, former manager of WGN-AM-TV Chicago, is 10% owner of Moline Television Corp., which filed last week as an applicant for ch. 8 in Moline, 111. There are currently six applicants for the Moline channel. The other five are Community Telecasting Corp., Uliway Television Inc., Midland Broadcasting Co., Public Service Broadcasting Co. and Tele-View News Co. Tele-View News has received Page 64 • December 16, 1957 Broadcasting