Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1961)

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Our Finest Hours in 1960 included Spring Into Color, for the first time in history 17-hours of color in one day; The Missile Story, developed by KMTV News and appearing in headlines from coast to coast; The Night They Shot Down St. Nicholas, a prime time original live drama; Playhouse Awards, the first telecast of Omaha's Henry Fonda — Dorothy McGuire awards; Your Doctor and You, the seventh annual KMTV series of medical programs; Spring Music Festival in color, the first television appearance of the Omaha Symphony; Meet the Candidates, a 13-week pre-election series s x pitting opposing candidates on the same program; Six White Crosses, dedi1^ cated to safety and to the memory of six Omaha crash victims; The Second k Annual KMTV Awards Dinner, honora\ ing civic leaders for effective use of tele^ vision public service; Birth of a Decade, Omaha's growth in the '50's and predictions for the '60's; Playground ChamIk pions, the seventh annual KMTV series of city Park competition; The Hidden l City, Omaha's first continuing series of || in-depth specials; The Hunter and His Gun, safety in the field; 'Twas the Night | Before Christmas, a live color drama1 tization of Clement Moore's poem; Jean's Story Time, Omaha's only live children's religious program series; Cavalcade of '60, the year's top news ■ stories; All Star Bowling, the nation's ■ only daily live television coverage of the f 1960 All Star Tournament; TV Class1 room, now in the tenth year and one of the nation's first programs to offer courses for college credit; First Lutheran Service, Omaha's only remote of f local Christmas observances; The Amendments, pro's and con's of proposed Nebraska Constitutional changes; European Reports, featuring two KMTV News trips to Europe and Africa; and a virtual sweep of the Omar ha Radio TV Council uGold Frame" Awards for public interest programming. We have even bigger plans 1961. KMTV 3 Omaha and Lincoln Represented nationally by Edward Petry and Co.