Broadcasting Telecasting (Jul-Sep 1963)

the application set for hearing to determine whether he was financially qualified and whether his estimate of firstyear revenue was reasonable. The commission at one time also proposed to consider whether Riverton could support more than one AM station without any resulting loss or degradation of service, but it later dropped this issue (Broadcasting, July 23, 1962). Mr. Ross last August petitioned for reconsideration, saying the commission should either grant his application without a hearing or, in the alternative, order kvow to apply for an early renewal of its license so that the two ap plications could be considered in a comparative hearing. He added that another AM application in Riverton, submitted by Hugh Jordan Scott, should also be considered in the same hearing. The commission last April denied his petition (Broadcasting, May 6), and prehearing conferences in the proceeding began in May. In his letter to his counsel, Vincent A. Pepper, Mr. Ross said that, after reviewing the various pleadings in the case, he finds it very obvious this federal agency has no intention of granting a construction permit . . . now or at any future date, regardless of how many hearings they may hold. ..." 'ORFORD FjARD & / HUE flSHION worford, You're so innocent, don'cha realize that effortful people can sometimes propucemoke than they initially estimated ? , SURE, TILLIE,, LIKE WWtV. THEY ESTIMATEP THAT SATELLITE WrWUP-TV WOULD APP 395% MORE VIEWERS. ThC ACTUAL 85% INCREASE IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE EXPECTATION . GOLLY HOW CONSERVATIVE CAN YOU G-ET ?/? DOUBLED THE EXPECTATION! Last summer when our WWUP-TV satellite at Sault Ste. Marie went on the air, we estimated we'd increase our market and audience by 39.5%. But then the Nov., '62 ARB showed an 85% increase. ARB also says that we now cover an area with 492,100 TV homes — actually about three times more population than Atlanta! Have you discovered Upstate Michigan? It's America's greatest "sleeper market." It includes nearly a million people. Its retail sales are nearly a BILLION DOLLARS. If you want an increase in your Michigan sales, use a few extra television dollars Upstate, where they face a lot less competition! Ask Avery-Knodel for the facts. &/*&efy* Station* RADIO WHO KALAMAZ00-8ATTLE CHEEK WIEF GRAND RAPIDS WJEF-FM GRAND RAPIOS-KALAMAZOO WWTV-FM CADILLAC TELEVISION . WKZO-TV GRAND RAPIOS-KALAMAZOO WWTV/ CADILLAC-TRAVERSE CITV VWWUP-TV SAULT STE. MARIE KOLN-TV/ LINCOLN. NEBRASKA /KGIN-TV GRAND ISLAND, NEB. WWTV/WWUPTV CADILLAC-TRAVERSE CITV / SAULT STE. MARIE CHANNEL 9 ANTENNA 1640' A. A. T. CIS • ABC CHANNEL 10 ANTENNA 1114' A. A. T. CBS • ABC Avry-Knodel, Inc., t.c/uiiv. Nolionol KapraHnloMw License bill vetoed Florida Governor Farris Bryant has vetoed a bill approved by the state legislature which would have required survey firms to obtain a license from the secretary of state to do business in Florida (Broadcasting, July 1). The bill, introduced by Senator Clayton Mapoles, owner of weby Milton, Fla., required each survey firm (including broadcast audience measurement companies) to get a $50 license fee and post a $500 bond. The Florida Association of Broadcasters did not take a position on the bill. 50 (GOVERNMENT) Microphone in court called prejudicial A Georgia court has held that the use of a broadcast microphone in a courtroom prejudiced the rights of a defendant in an embezzlement trial. It ordered a new trial. It is believed to be one of the first rulings adverse to broadcast coverage of a trial after permission had been granted for the microphone to be used by the trial judge. Coverage of the trial of Miss Betty R. Hudson was by wgga Gainesville, Ga. Miss Hudson was convicted of hiking checks while employed as a clerk of the Hall County Commission in Gainesville. Permission to cover the trial was given to wgga by the trial judge under two conditions: (1) wgga was not to broadcast any part of the trial until it was completed, and (2) the delayed broadcast was to contain significant parts of trial, not just excerpts in news reports. The station agreed to these conditions and after Miss Hudson's conviction broadcast the salient excerpts of the trial as a special feature. In the appeal to the state circuit court, Miss Hudson's attorney claimed that because the wgga microphone was only five feet away from defense counsel table, he was inhibited from consulting with his client because he feared their conversation might be picked up. The appeals court agreed with this argument: Because of the apprehensiveness of the counsel and client, the court said, "we cannot say this was an unprejudiced trial." The presence of the microprone so close to the defendant, the circuit court said, was "calculated to prejudice the rights of the defendant to a fair and unprejudiced trial." BROADCASTING, July 22, 1963