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other radio station." CKCW-TV Moncton, N.B., was recommended for a satellite tv station at Upsalquitch Lake, N.B., on ch. 12 with 141 kw video and 77 kw audio and antenna 1,331 feet above average terrain. Recommendation was made since CKCW-TV which has network affiliation with Canadian Broadcasting Corp., will provide its own microwave network, will build studios and provide local service at Campbellton, N.B., within a year. Two other applicants for tv stations in the area were turned down. An application for a new fm station at Toronto was denied A. W. Ness of Toronto on grounds that "commitments of applicant would have the effect of establishing a religious station." The BBG felt such stations should not be licensed but that all stations should incorporate religious broadcasting in their programming. More Wattage • Power increases were recommended for CHOW Welland, Ont., from 500 watts to 1 kw on 1470 kc, and operation on a full-time basis instead of daytime only; CKX Brandon, Man., from 5 kw to 10 kw daytime and 5 kw nights on 1150 kc; CHCL Cold Lake, Alta., from 10 watts to 50 watts on 1450 kc; CFHR Hay River, N.W.T., from 25 watts to 40 watts on 1490 kc; CFUN Vancouver, B.C., from 1 kw to 10 kw nights on 1410 kc; CKNW New Westminster, B.C., from 5 kw to 10 kw day and 5 kw nights on 980 kc; CKRM Regina, Sask., from 5 kw to 1 0 kw day and 5 kw nights on 980 kc; and CHEK-TV Victoria, B.C., from 1.8 kw video to 100 kw video and 900 watts audio to 50 kw audio on ch. 6, with antenna 1,555 feet above average terrain. CHBC-TV-1, Penticton, B.C., a satellite of CHBC-TV Kelowna, B.C., has been recommended for its own satellite at Oliver, B.C., on ch. 8 with 110 watts video and 55 watts audio and antenna 1,346 feet above average terrain. Permission to erect new studios in neighboring communities has been recommended for CFSL Weyburn, Sask., and CJGX Yorkton, Sask. Ampex in Canada Ampex of Canada Ltd. has been formed to market all Ampex magnetic tape recorder products in the Dominion. It is a subsidiary of Ampex International S. A., Fribourg, Switzerland, which is itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ampex Corp., Redwood City, Calif. Marketing of Videotape tv recorders and other video products will be conducted from the company's headquarters at 1458 Kipling Ave. North, Rexdale, Ont. Ampex digital and analogue data recorders will be marketed by a branch office in the Commonwealth Bldg., Ottawa. Ampex professional audio recorders and home music systems will continue to be sold by appointed distributors throughout Canada. German tv tape West Germany now has an allGerman tv tape recorder, manufactured by Fernseh GmbH., a subsidiary of the German Bosch electric corporation. Heretofore, only Ampex machines were used there, adapted to the 625-line tv standard by a concern in that country. The new recorder is in the experimental stages and will be developed further before being offered to stations, the company reports. It also claims the manufacturing cost will be lower to enable the product to compete with Ampex in Germany. Telefunken GmbH, is also said to be developing a tape recorder for tv. Kenya eyes tv Television for Kenya, Africa, has been recommended by a special commission appointed by the Kenya government last October. Target date is mid1961. Operating costs would be obtained through advertising revenue, according to the report, but the government could apply to the British Colonial Development and Welfare fund for a grant of £180,000 ($504,000) to establish a tv station. As a result of the report, Kenya may soon seek an agreement of the African counties on tv channel allocations. • Abroad in brief On and off the Ginza • Dentsu Adv. Ltd., Tokyo, is opening a New York service office at 342 Madison Ave. One of the world's largest agencies, billing more than $100 million annually, Dentsu office will help agencies service Japanese clients and handle placements in Japan for its own U.S. clients. These include Max Factor, Peabody & Co. (Sanforized process), Northwest Airlines and others. George Yoshioka will be head of the New York office. Olympics range • Some 60 million Europeans, including 20 million Russians, will probably view American commercial tv pictures of the Winter Olympic Games, Squaw Valley, Calif., according to the U.S. Information Agency. The Russians will be allowed one-timeonly use of 1 5 hours of CBS-TV's special series. Other countries slated to use the films once are Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and Italy, the USIA reports. Czechoslovakia is negotiating for a similar arrangement. PROMINENT BROADCASTERS Choose STAINLESS TOWERS Robert W. 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