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"By using closed circuit television installed by Bell Telephone, we can put three channels of instruction into every high school in South Carolina . . . at a cost of only $12.67 per pupil per year.
In 1959, South Carolina educators were planning a statewide classroom television system to raise the level of instruction in every school in the state.
But which kind of transmission would provide a more reliable signal and reach more students with more courses at less cost— broadcast or closed circuit?
Four broadcast channels had been set aside for educational purposes in South Carolina by the Federal Communications Commission. Together these stations would cover only one third of the state. And each one would provide only one channel of instruction to schools within reach of its signal.
A closed circuit system, on the other hand, can be desis^ned to connect every school in the slate by cable or microivave facilities. And, most important, each school can teceive more than one channel of televised instruction at the same time.
South Carolina authorities turned to Southern Bell Tele])hone and Telegraph Company and Independent Telephone Companies for estimates on (^ost. Drawing on Bell System
-R. Lynn Kalmbach, General Manager South Carolina Educational Television Center
experience in commercial network transmission and the ETV experiment in Hagerstown, Maryland, telephone company engineers were able to propose a network that would transmit three channels of instruction in 36 subjects daily to all high schools in the state. And at a cast of only $12.67 per pupil including production and transmission!
And leasing transmission facilities and service from the telephone company rather than having the state purchase, install and maintain its own equipment would reduce the capital funds needed.
This closed circuit television network is now serving 140 schools in all 46 counties in the state. Eventually, it will cover all 413 high schools and 1200 elementary schools in South Carolina.
Why not call your local Bell Telephone Company? They will be happy to arrange for a Communications Consultant to meet with you at your convenience. He'll show you how multi-channel closed circuit television can help meet the educational needs of your growing community — at a cost you can afford. There's no obligation, of course.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM