Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1961)

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Almost nobody cuts off the local news pictures. If you want your viewers back night after night, show them the drama, humor and excitement that lie around every corner in their town. For fast, low cost delivery of your news films, put the Mini-Rapid Processor on your team. FAIRCHILD MINI-RAPID had been praised and criticized by the trade press. "I do not think I have allowed myself to be too much impressed with either the praise or the criticism," he said. He recalled his speech to the joint NAB board in Palm Springs, Calif., last winter when he spoke about "the major needs of broadcasting." The highly critical talk brought "a heartwarming avalanche of favorable replies," he said, urging him not to let anyone dissuade him from his course. Both Mr. Hatch and Mr. Wasilewski said they felt the Oct. 6 FCC-NAB logging conference would bring important relief from the oppressive requirements imposed in proposed new FCC rules. In his luncheon speeches Gov. Collins said NAB's improved relations with the government could not have been achieved if the association "had created an atmosphere of furor and distrust by screaming invectives, as some of the observers of the broadcasting scene and some broadcasters would have us do. Government relation problems do not go away if you scream at them. Screams may sound good and look good in print, but often this is a good way to magnify your problem rather than minimize it." He cited the FCC-NAB logging conference Oct. 6 as an example of effective government relations, calling it the first such meeting in history. Flames Fanned ■ As to basic freedoms, he said many broadcasters feel the rights inherent in the First Amendment are now in jeopardy under policies of the FCC and Chairman Minow. "Some trade press editors most vigorously have fanned the flame of this fear to a high pitch. Now, understand, I do not treat this matter lightly. But at the same time I simply do not believe the facts justify the extremism that has been expressed and I would not be honest with you if I didn't say just that. "I do not believe that the FCC intends to try to coerce broadcasters at any time to put on the air specific programs or specific categories of programs because it may approve or desire such." He added that if that ever happens, he will use every resource to combat it. Gov. Collins said Chairman Minow overstated his case at the NAB May convention in calling tv programming a vast wasteland. He said he spurned suggestions he declare war on the chairman because there was justification for much of the criticism and he didn't want it to appear that broadcasters were arraying themselves against the public interest. Chairman Minow has become "the white knight" or people's champion for better tv, he said. As to radio, he said the medium is plagued 100' of 16mm negative — in less than 20 minutes — 20 cents per 100 feet — 400' capacity — dry-to-dry processing — premeasured chemicals — daylight operation — self -threading — leaderless 13" x 13" x 27" only 65 lbs. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION FAIRCHILD CAMERA AND INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 580 MIDLAND AVENUE, YONKERS, N. Y. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION BROADCASTING, October 16, 1961 63