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concerned about the implications of censorship in the legislation. He noted that Shakespeare's plays were sometimes "pretty bloody."' He wanted to know where the line would be drawn. Times have changed, WTVW tells the FCC The record in the Evansville, Ind.. deintermixture case should be reopened. WTVW (Tv'l Evansville. which would lose its ch. 7 by deintermixture. said last week in a request to the FCC. WTX^^V (ch. 7), which would be shifted to a uhf channel (31) to give Evansville three uhf stations under an examiners initial decision issued in Februan, 1961, said the examiner's reasoning no longer applies. The examiner had anticipated that loss of service in the area by a shift of ch. 7 to Louisville would be offset by a contemplated power-antenna boost for WEHT (TV') Evansville (ch. 50): but the FCC denied the boost, the vhf station said. WTA'W also noted Louisville now has a uhf station which would be threatened by addition of ch. 7 as the third vhf station in that city. KOMA fined $5,000 for rule violations KOMA Oklahoma City last week was fined S5,000 for violating FCC rules. According to the commission. KOMA. a 50-kw station on 1520 kc with nighttime directional antenna, operated after midnight with daytime facilities and with field strength above that authorized. Last fall the FCC charged KOMA with the violations and proposed a 510,000 fine (Broadcasting. Nov. 7. 1961). The station, owned by Storz Broadcasting Co., replied that its violations were not "willful or repeated" and maintained a fine should not be imposed (Bro-\dcasting, Jan. 1). In its order reducing the fine, the FCC said it '"cannot agree [with KONL\] that the sanction should be nominal"' but decided to fine the station only $5,000 after taking into consideration the factors raised by the licensee. FCC reserves etv's in Elmira, Albany Ch. 30 Elmira and ch. 23 Albany, both New York, were reserved for educational t^.' use in rulemaking finalized last week by the FCC. Both channels have been available for commercial operation but neither had been sought by broadcasters. The Elmira reallocation was requested by the National Educational Tv & Radio Center. New York U. LEADS IN SERVICE LEADS IN ACCEPTANCE LEADS IN AUDIENCE Being a good neighbor is a full-time aim at WIBC ! Our news and weather, sports, farm coverage, business news, editorials, public affairs programs, music ... all are designed to provide Indianapolis and Indiana listeners with the dependable and believable radio service they \vant. ^Ve strive always to live up to our slogan . . .""The Friendlv \"oice of Indiana."" The plaque above, awarded to ^VIBC Farm Service Director Harry Andrews by the Indiana Farm-City Committee, is but one of many indications that ^VIBC is succeeding in being a truly good neighbor. Agencies concerned with community service have recognized WIBC countless times over many years for its civic conscience. Being a good neighbor has maintained for WIBC the largest audience morning, afternoon and evening in Indianapolis and Indiana.* That tremendous audience is available to you . . . the national advertiser. *Pul5e Metropoliian Area Survey, April, 1962 *Pulse 46-County Area Survey, April, 1961 2835 N, Illinois Street Indianapolis 8, Indiana 50.000 WATTS WIBC The Friendly Voice of Indiana JOHN BLAIR & COMPANY National Representative <£> WIBC IS A MEMBER OF THE BLAIR GROUP PLAN BROADCASTING, July 2, 1962 39