Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1963)

TvQ's top ten for December by age lotai Age Groups Audience C 1 1 b-1 1 10 17 1 0 1A H AO ■in i RanK Program IVU IVU IVU IVU 1 VU IVU 1 Beverly Hillbillies (CBS) 54 79 74 45 43 42 2 Bonanza (NBC) 51 59 54 45 47 53 2 Red Skelton Hour (CBS) 51 75 63 46 45 43 4 Sat. Night Movies (NBC) 50 63 66 50 44 32 5 Doctor Kildare (NBC) 45 61 51 45 33 46 6 Andy Griffith (CBS) 43 63 43 38 37 44 6 Ben Casey (ABC) 43 49 46 41 43 42 6 Combat (ABC) 43 59 51 48 27 34 9 World of Color (NBC) 41 69 47 32 32 38 9 Gallant Men (ABC) 41 57 47 45 30 25 * Percentage of viewers familiar with a show who consider it "one of my favorites." Copyright Home Testing Institute Inc., 1962. the new series, the fourth put into production at MGM-Tv for 1963-64. Others are: The Travels of Jaimie Mac Pheeters, The Human Comedy and Mr. Novak. Extras, producers may arbitrate spat A dispute by Screen Extras Guild with the producers of films for television over the proper pay for stand-ins who work on more than one episode of a series in single days seems headed for arbitration after principals failed to reach a settlement in negotiations. The union is standing firm on a provision of the SEG contract prohibiting extras from working in multiple pictures for the same day's pay. The producers say the ruling was not intended to apply to stand-ins working on series for which two or more episodes may be filmed together, noting that the stand-in is not on camera and does not appear in the program, so he is not wearing out his welcome with tv audiences through over-exposure. Instructed by the SEG board to "take any and all steps necessary to resist these unwarranted interpretations of our contract," the guild's executive secretary, H. O'Neil Shanks, and Robert W. Gilbert, legal counsel, are preparing to take the issue to arbitration barring an immediate settlement with the producers, which is considered unlikely. Mel Blanc comedy records A long-playing record of short comedy bits for radio stations will soon be released by Mel Blanc Assoc., Hollywood. It will be the first of a series of such records which will be leased on a year's basis, with stations guaranteed exclusivity within a 100 mile radius. An introductory disc has just been finished. Billed as "The Comedy Ad-Lib Library," the package will include drop-in lines, time signals, station breaks, running gags, lead-ins to commercials and weather, one-minute vignettes and vocal sound effects. New supplementary material will be sent to each station every 45 days. for the Northwestern Ohio Market and GET IT by using WSPD RADIO TOLEDO Adult programming built with integrity, imagination and insight gives WSPD audience domination all day long in this rich market-place of Northwestern Ohio. A market that— * is 1st in Ohio in economic diversification * has over 1,750 manufacturers in its retail trade area * has the 9th largest and fastest growing port in the nation -the largest coal port in the world * has great purchasing power1st in per capita income among Ohio markets for the past 7 years * is 1st in Ohio per household retail sales * is an export-import center for a 5-state area * is 1st in Ohio in value of farm products sold Ask your Katz man for the complete story. WS16 LOS ANGELES PHILADELPHIA CLEVELAND MIAMI TOLEDO DETROIT KGBS WIBG WJW WGBS WSPD triBK STORER NEW YORK MILWAUKEE CLEVELAND ATLANTA TOLEDO DETROIT BROADCASTING COMPANY WHN WITI-TV WAGA-W WSPD-TV mBK-TV BROADCASTING, January 14, 1963 63