Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1962)

! ENTREE TO CANADA Specialists Canadian Markets Broadcast Media ^ Canada's foremost radio and television time sales organization ... for 27 years Canada's leading station representatives . . ^ Now in key cities throughout the country. . . In New York call CIRCLE 6-1425. All-Canada Radio and Television Limited Scott Inc., of Maynard, Mass., concluded that "most television commercials are louder than the rest of the program." The Scott company makes noise-analysis measuring equipment as well as high-fidelity components. Sen. Case said that the current commission study "should lead to a sound solution" and that "action by the commission is necessary because some broadcasters do not follow the high standards which most of the broadcasting industry does maintain." "Willful and repeated violations" brought WDOV-AM-FM Dover, Del., a $5,000 fine from the FCC, that agency announced last week. The Dover station had been charged by the commission with broadcasting commercial programs after its regular hours during Hurricane Esther on Sept. 19, 1961, and then not entering the broadcasts in its program log. The violations were at first denied but later admitted by William S. Cook, vice president and general manager of WDOVAM-FM (Broadcasting, June 11). In addition to the commercial operations during an emergency the station was also charged with attempting to mislead the commission and engaging in "double billing" local advertising to "de The historic association of President Kennedy with television was to be accentuated tonight by an unprecedented appearance of a U. S. president in a special three-network tv interview reviewing his two years in office. Plans were announced last week for the telecast scheduled Dec. 17 at 6:307:30 p.m. on ABC-TV and CBS-TV, and 8:30-9:30 p.m. on NBC-TV. The program, to be entitled "After Two Years: a Conversation With the President," was to be taped at 10 o'clock on the morning of the telecast in the Oval Room of the White House. The "panel" of newsmen as announced last week: network White House correspondents, William H. Lawrence of ABC, George Herman of CBS, and Sander Vanocur of NBC. According to advance reports from the networks, the program would be edited to an hour's length, though the interview, it was said, could run two hours. Editing was to be handled at the networks' discretion and by a "com A new deadline The deadline for filing responses to the FCC's political questionnaires has been extended to Jan. 14, 1963, from Dec. 28, the commission has announced. The extension was at the request of a number of licensees with considerable political broadcasting activities to record, the FCC said, but stations should still try to file their responses as early as possible so the material can be more promptly processed. Late last week some stations had not as yet received their questionnaires. ceive national advertisers," the FCC said. The FCC's Broadcast Bureau had at first demanded that WDOV's license be revoked (Broadcasting, July 30), but then decided that the station should be fined $10,000 (Broadcasting, Oct. 8), which is the maximum under commission rules. WDOV-TV had asked that any fine be kept small because of the size of the market in which it is situated, low profits of late, and because of the recent adverse publicity resulting from the commission's actions against it (Broadcasting, Oct. 15). mittee" of three: Reuven Frank (NBC), Ernest Leiser (CBS) and Robert Quinn (ABC). Production representatives: William B. Monroe Jr. (NBC), Robert Fleming (ABC), and Fred W. Friendly (CBS). Don Hewitt of CBS News was named director. Network exposure helps feature film syndication Initial network exposure makes feature films "even more valuable" when they are sold subsequently via syndication to stations, Erwin H. Ezzes, executive vice president of United Artists Assoc., maintained last week in reporting that the United Artists Showcase for the Sixties feature film package has been sold in 85 markets over the past four months. 1 Mr. Ezzes noted that 13 of Ihe 33 post1950 features in the package were presented originally on ABC-TV's Sunday Night Movie (8-10 p.m.). The rate of station sales, he said, is "higher" PROGRAMMING White House review to set tv precedent TV NETWORKS JOIN IN PRESIDENTIAL RECAP SPECIAL WDOV outlets fined $5,000 for violations 72 BROADCASTING, December 17, 1962