Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1962)

This is what the July report showed: Overall Picture Quality Percentage of locations where grade is equal or better Picture Channel 0 L Channel 7 flhannpl v 1 la 1 1 1 1 u 1 31 Grade Indoor Roof-top Indoor Roof-top Indoor Roof-top 1 18% 64% 25% 66% 17% 56% 2 66 93 68 92 54 87 3 88 98 90 97 77 95 4 97 100 98 99 89 99 5 100 100 100 100 98 100 6 100 100 100 100 100 100 (Grade 3), marginal (Grade 4), inferior (Grade 5) and unusable (Grade 6). Other Checks ■ Besides the FCC checks, measurements beyond the 25mile perimeter were made by the Assn. of Maximum Service Telecasters. AMST is an organization of existing stations using maximum authorized power (most of them vhf). The AMST tests, including the checking of color broadcasts, are continuing under special arrangements with New York City. The locations used in the FCC test were chosen by the Bureau of the Census to ensure a proper random selection. Receiver installations were made by the Jerrold Electronics Corp., Philadelphia, which also made field strength measurements and supervised the grading of pictures. Measurements were submitted to the FCC without evaluation. The commission in turn forwarded the readings to the National Bureau of Standards where they are being fed into a computer for final conclusions. In buying the equipment of the station, now renamed WNYC-TV, New York officials figure they are getting $1.3 million worth of equipment for the $384,000 paid to RCA. The figure is based mainly on the difference in what the federal government paid RCA for leasing the 50 kw transmitter and the value of that equipment today. WNYC-TV radiates 890 kw of visual power. FCC officials have announced they are turning back to the U.S. Treasury about $250,000 of the $2 million they received to run the New York uhf test. All the FCC members were present at the New York takeover ceremonies except Robert T. Bartley and T. A. M. Craven. Appreciation ■ Commissioner Robert E. Lee, the FCC member who pushed hardest for the New York test, presented certificates of appreciation to Mayor Robert F. Wagner and Mr. Siegel for the city's cooperation in the experiment. Mr. Minow handed the mayor the license for WNYC-TV and a replica of the title to the antenna and other equipment. Mayor Wagner thanked the FCC and others who participated in the uhf operation. Speaking particularly to New York broadcasters, he said he has "only words of praise for the sense of responsibility" they have shown. WNYC-TV, Mayor Wagner said, will continue to be experimental in terms of techniques and programming. The results will be made available to other broadcasters, he said. Describing the aims of the new station, Mr. Siegel said they will range well beyond exclusively educational objectives. He added: "It must be this new outlet's effort to move its cameras across the entire spectrum of life in the city, and our pro BR0ADCASTING, November 5, 1962 gram plans will be unique in scope. Telecasts of such municipal activities as the training programs of the police, fire, health and hospital departments ... to name but a few, are well within the province of the public interest because they serve the ultimate benefit of the population as a whole. "It will be as much a part of our responsibility to explore the problems of minorities among us as it will be to feature the outstanding events in the city's many concert halls. "We will bring as much care to special programs for such groups as the disabled, our senior citizens, our pre-school children and our high school dropouts, as we will bring to our full coverage of the sessions of the United Nations. "It is not WNYC-TV's intention to make its product a mere duplication of the efforts of educational programming. It is the range of our objectives that will make our operation unique and it will always be clear that the city's tv station is concerning itself with municipal activity in all its variety." Police Lineup ■ One of the functions already in use on ch. 31, even as it was being used by the FCC in its testing program, is a regular police lineup originated from police headquarters in Manhattan and transmitted over the air to police precincts throughout the five boroughs. Using a Teleglobe scrambling device, the daily police lineup cannot be received by the general public. General viewers receive an audio signal to indicate that there is no defect in the operation of their sets. Technical topics... Scope-O-Trol ■ The Acme Electric Corp., Cuba, N. Y., announces an improved version of their Scope-O-Trol, an instrument particularly useful in connection with oscilloscope observations. The new design includes restyled operating panel, new enclosure, more precise regulating components and improved circuitry. Jerrold introduces ■ Jerrold Electronics Corp. has announced a new video sweep generator (Model 1015) covering the 1 kc to 15 mc range for testing frequency response of crystal filters and similar networks. The generator, priced at $2,540, comes in three types: wide sweep, narrow sweep and c.w. TelePrompTer Corp. buys Conley firm TelePrompTer Corp., New York, announced last week completion of the acquisition of Conley Electronics Corp., Evanston, 111., (Broadcasting, Sept. 17). The company was purchased for about $1 million, according to Irving B. Kahn, chairman and president of TelePrompTer. The New York firm, a catv owner and hi-fi components maker, also completed refinancing of a long-term debt through a 6% six-year loan of $2.4 million from the Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago. Conley Electronics will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary, retaining its present management, Mr. Kahn said. ^Poul H. Raymer, National Representative 71 AS? ( ) Wherever They Live.. Within the 8,000 sq. miles that encircle South Bend live 1.3 million people. And wherever they live in this area the powerful WSBT-TV signal can reach them, thanks to our new 1047 ft. tower and 498,200 watts. Get the facts on The New World of WSBT-TV. It's a $2 billion market, and growing! LWSBT-TV SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Channel 22