Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

GOVERNMENT continued to hit the spot the AIMS the thing AIMS (Association of Independent Metropolitan Stations) offers a made to order list of stations ready to deliver maximum audience in 21 different cities. AIMS the most active group in the Broadcasting Industry through periodic meetings and fact loaded monthly newsletters from all members, can supply you with most of the answers to your broadcast advertising problems. When you buy . . . BUY AIMS the perfect station list for every campaign. You can expect the leading independent to be the best buy on the market . . . CITY STATION REPRESENTATIVE Baton Rouge, La. WIBR The Walker Co. Buffalo, N. Y. WBNY Jack Masla and Co., Inc. West Coast — Lee F. O'Connell Co. Dallas, Tex. KIXL H-R Representatives, Inc. Southwest — Clarke Brown Co. Des Moines, Iowa KSO John E. Pearson Co. Evanston, III. WNMP Evansville, Ind. WIKY John E. Pearson Co. Houston 1, Tex. KNUZ Forjoe & Co., Inc. Southern — Clarke & Brown Co. Indianapolis 22, Ind. WXLW John E. Pearson Co. Jackson, Miss. WJXN Grant Webb & Co. Little Rock, Ark. KVLC Richard O'Connell Inc. Midwest — Radio-TV Representatives, Inc. Southern & Denver — Clarke Brown Co. West Coast — Tracy Moore & Associates, Inc. Louisville 2, Ky. WKYW Burn-Smith Co., Inc. Regional — Kentucky Radio Sales Omaha, Neb. KOWH Adam Young, Inc. San Antonio, Tex. KITE Avery-Knodel, Inc. Seattle, Wash. KOL The Boiling Co., Inc. Spokane, Wash. KLYK Grant Webb & Co. Stockton, Calif. KSTN George P. Hollingbery Co. Syracuse, N. Y. WOLF The Walker Co. Tulsa, Okla. KFMJ Jack Masla & Co., Inc. West Springfield, Mass. WTXL The Walker Co. Wichita, Kan. KWBB George P. Hollingbery Co. Southern — Clarke Brown Co. Worcester, Mass. WNEB The Boiling Co., Inc. would be required either to go off the air or j to switch to 640 kc or 1240 kc to broadcast !] civil defense instructions on intermittent | cluster basis. In addition to warning broadcasters, the I Conelrad weather alerts will trigger warnings I to law enforcement agencies, industrial plants, schools, hospitals and other organiza , tions which possess the Conelrad receivers. The Commission hopes the new Conelrad service will induce manufacturers to provide a simple speaker muting circuit in all standard, fm and tv receivers. This would make it possible for any home set to receive the Conelrad alert direct and greatly enhance the effectiveness of the warning system, the FCC believes. In this respect, Kenneth W. Miller, U. S. supervisor of Conelrad, is writing letters to industry trade associations and set manufacturers urging them to incorporate the new circuit in designs of future receivers to be put on the market. The Conelrad skywave key stations, practically all of them 24-hour outlets, include KIRO, KOMO and KING, all Seattle; KEX Portland, Ore.; WHO Des Moines; KCMO and WHB, both Kansas City; KMOX St. Louis; WOW, KFAB and KOIL, all Omaha; KOY Phoenix; KMIN Denver; KSL Salt Lake City; WHO Des Moines; KXEL Waterloo, Iowa; WJR Detroit; KDKA Pittsburgh; WHAM Rochester, N. Y.; WKBW Buffalo. N. Y.; KDAL Duluth, Minn.; WCCO and WLOL, both Minneapolis. WABC, WCBS, WRCA, and WOR, all New York; WCAU and WIP, both Philadelphia; WBZ and WHDH, both Boston; WGY Schenectady, N. Y.; KFI, KMPC and KNX, all Los Angeles; KNBC and KCBS, both San Francisco; KFBK Sacramento, Calif.; KRLD and WFAA, both Dallas; WBAP and KXOL, both Ft. Worth; KONO San Antonio; WSB Atlanta; WNOE and WWL, both New Orleans; WTSP St. Petersburg, Fla.; WGN and WMAQ, both Chicago; WLW and WCKY, both Cincinnati; WMPS Memphis; WSM and WLAC, both Nashville; WBAL Baltimore; WTOP and WWDC, both Washington, and WRVA Richmond, Va. Many Wills Ask Their Way In WTVW (TV) Management Row The FCC has been asked to approve the establishment of a voting trust for a group of stockholders of a station — with the principal stockholder requesting that the Commission turn down the application and the attorney for the station pointing out that Commission action is unnecessary. WTVW (TV) Evansville, Ind. (ch. 7), is the station in question. For the past year, principal stockholder Rex Schepp has been in conflict with other stockholders. Earlier this year, an injunction was obtained forbidding Mr. Schepp to exercise any official functions in the management of the station. It was agreed to relinquish voting rights in Class A stock, of which Mr. Schepp is majority holder, to WTVW stockholder Freman Keyes, formerly of Russel M. Seeds Co., now senior member of the new New York advertising agency, Page 68 • December 16, 1957 Broadcasting