Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1961)

Page scan 000109 from Broadcasting Telecasting

Record Details:

Title:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Date:
Oct-Dec 1961
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Broadcasting Publications Inc.
Volume:
Broadcasting
Leaf #:
000109
Language:
English
Subjects:
radio and television periodical, Broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
June 13, 2024
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WWL-TV NEW ORLEANS It's Agreed! WWL-TV Programming means Quality Integrity Imagination and above all ACCEPTANCE PUBLIC SERVICE ACCEPTANCE: Ninety-minute local production of Julius Caesar, programmed in prime time, received overwhelming acclaim! "... the type of television that should be encouraged and supported . . . something different, something of quality," Bob Sublette, New Orleans States-Item Television Critic. And national recognition— Robert Guy, WWL-TV Program Director and producer of Julius Caesar, is invited to lecture at Pittsburgh's WQED, the Nation's most outstanding Educational Television Station. NEWS ACCEPTANCE: WWL-TV News Director Bill Reed swept the TV news awards of the New Orleans Press Club. "Year's Best News Story"— "Year's Best Feature Story"— "Year's Best Running News Story." FARM PROGRAM ACCEPTANCE: WWL-TV Farm Director George Shannon's "Spotlight on Dairying" program acclaimed as the "Nation's Finest" by the National Milk Producers Federation. WWL-TV is the only New Orleans television station with a full time Agricultural Department. SPECIAL EVENTS ACCEPTANCE: WWL-TV Special Events Director Mark Hepler awarded a CBS Fellowship at Columbia for 1961 for his outstanding achievements in public service and special events programming. WWL-TV is proud to have won this award for the 2nd time in 3 years. COMPETITION'S ACCEPTANCE: The Editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune requested a repeat performance of a "Channel 4 Reports" program on the school integration crisis. Request granted, of course, again in prime viewing time. WWL-TV NEW ORLEANS REPRESENTED NATIONALLY BY KATZ AGENCY BROADCASTING, October 9, 1961 3