Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1958)

• 7/10 • 7/10 • 7/10 • 7/10 • 7/10 • 7/10 • 7/IU o • K O o • •V o or the entire month of March, . 2 v, • 1958, Pulse, Inc., conducted a tele 0 2 sj ^ vision audience study in Lubbock, S • • o ^ ^ Texas, based on 100,800 quarter b • 1 ° hour reports. The results of this ^ • , 2 Pulse study show that KDUB TV ^ S • continues to command the major • 2 . share of television viewing in the ° ^ Lubbock market with seve.n of the ° 2 *>| S: top ten once-a-week shows. g iv • o V, iv • o iv • o -v Is • o ~v rv • o tv o o o IV • o "v IV • o IV o IV o IV o o IV o APIIL SET COUNT KDUB-TV: 157,726 KPAR-TV: 91,994 KEDY-TV: 67,826 TOTAL: 317,546 o • v| ~V o o • v| v. o • v| ■v. o • © VI o VI o v| o KDUB-TV LUBBOCK, TEXAS KPAR-TV ABILENE SWEETWATER KEDY-TV BIG SPRING, TEXAS VI VI STATIONS D.J. FREED— BLAMED IN BOSTON NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES:, THE BRANHAM COMPANY Pr**id*nt and Gen. Mgr., W. D. "DUB" ROGERS Notional Solw Mgr. E. A. "Buxi" Haiutt Boston was in revolt last week against rock and roll music and in the process Alan Freed, WINS New York disc jockey and a rock and roll radio pioneer, was implicated. A grand jury in Boston's Suffolk County Thursday indicted Mr. Freed on charges of violating Massachusetts' "anti-anarchy" law, setting in motion legal machinery against the WINS d.j. who had taken his personal, non-broadcast rock and roll stage show with Jerry Lee Lewis into the Boston Arena May 3. The indictment's impact made itself felt in New York hours later where WINS Thursday night — without explanation — yanked Mr. Freed's The Big Beat (7-11 p.m.) and substituted "soothing" popular music with m.c. Paul Sherman. Speculation immediately arose whether Mr. Freed and WINS had parted company but neither station officials nor the disc jockey could be reached for comment late Thursday. The Boston jury deliberated less than three hours after hearing testimony of witnesses including several victims of the Saturday night escapade. Boston police charged Mr. Freed with making statements to his audience that later led to a fracas outside of the arena. Mr. Freed, according to news reports, denied the charges and explained that the violence (a stabbing, beatings and a robbery) took place far from the locale of his show staged for rock and roll enthusiasts. He also denied making inflammatory statements to the audience. Mr. Freed was indicted on a charge of "inciting the unlawful destruction of property" during the rock 'n' roll session at the arena. As announced by the District Attorney in Boston, the indictment said the disc jockey "by speech did advocate, advise, counsel and incite the destruction of real and personal property." Mr. Freed was not being held in Boston. As of Thursday night, there were no reported steps toward extradition, and Mr. Freed had canceled other stops of his tour (Lewiston, Me., and Providence). WINS in New York reported that Mr. Freed was at his Stamford, Conn., home and was "incommunicado." He was said to be preparing a statement for release this week. The station said it was not associated with the tour. The Sunday before the indictment and the day after the arena troubles, Boston Mayor John B. Hynes and District Attorney Garrett H. Byrne officially banned public demonstrations of rock and roll. The Lewiston, Me., event went on without Mr. Freed. Emceed by WLAM disc jockey Frank Sweeney, this show was marred by an arrest of a youngster who insisted he share the stage with the performers. The show at Providence (also without Mr. Freed) was policed by 20 officers, policewomen, plainclothesmen and others. A scheduled program at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's field house in Troy, N.Y., where proceeds would have gone to the Catholic Youth Organization charities in that area, was cancelled by WTRY Troy executives because of the "riot" (as one Boston newspaper headlined the clash on page one). The Boston Herald reported that State Sen. William D. Fleming (D-Worcester), will seek legislation banning rock and roll from state-owned buildings and quoted the senator, "I don't think that rock and roll music was the primary cause of the trouble ... I have been informed that certain products, narcotics, were sold. It was not the music which sent the youngsters along the path of destruction." A proposed "concert" Thursday at New Haven's Arena Theatre was canceled by theatre managers, and the townsmen of New Britain, Conn., also posted a "Stay Out" sign to Mr. Freed and friends. In Trenton. N. J., Wednesday night, Maj. Gen. James Cantwell, commander of the state national guard, canceled a Friday night concert that was to have been held in the Newark, N. J., Sussex Ave. Armory. Acting Attorney General David D. Furman concurred with the guard's action, as did Newark Police Director Joseph P. Sugrue. Both said they had acted "for the public's safety." The New Haven theatre executive who canceled the Freed show was backed by local police. After a six-hour hearing, New Haven Judge Sidney A. Johnson said the police "did not exceed [its] authority" after counsel for the WINS d.j. had objected. Following announcement in New York and Newark papers that the Newark Friday night event was to be canceled — WINS itself made no mention of it on the air — the station found itself besieged by "hundreds of phone calls" from teenagers demanding a refund under the mistaken impression that WINS was promoting the event. Mr. Freed's personal promoter, exwelterweight boxer "Izzie" Grove, picketed Newark City Hall Thursday but was removed by local police, according to WINS. The station, at about 4.T5 p.m. Thursday, also was subjected to a bomb scare and station personnel evacuated the premises until police reported the call was a hoax. Throughout, WINS maintained a discreet "hands-off" position. Vice President-General Manager H. G. (Jock) Fearnhead said that WINS "in no way is connected with this tour," that "as far as we are concerned Mr. Freed is on leave of absence," and that he would return to work this week. Mr. Fearnhead's explanation was made before WINS decided to cancel Big Beat that night. Campbell Named Branham V.P. The advancement of Thomas B. Campbell from director of sales for radio and television of the Branham Co., station representative, to vice president in charge of station relations was announced last week by Monroe H. Long, board chairman. Mr. Campbell joined the radio sales staff of Branham in 1941 and was named sales director in 1952. In his new post Mr. Campbell will supervise station relations activities of the 1 1 Branham offices. Page 72 • May 12, 1958 Broadcasting