[N.B.C trade releases]. (1961)

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December 6, 196 1 TOURNAMENT OP ROSES PARADE BLOSSOMS OUT WITH MANY FEATURES THAT WILL BE IN RANGE OF NBC -TV'S COLOR CAMERAS JAN. 1 Procession Precedes Color Broadcasts of Rose and Sugar Bowl Games NBC-TV's eighth color presentation of the Tournament of Roses Parade at Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 1 (11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. EST) will launch a block of New Year's Day color network programming which will last more than seven-and-a-half hours and cover three of the holiday's most celebrated events. Immediately following the parade, NBC-TV will switch to New Orleans for the color coverage of the 28th annual Sugar Bowl Game fl:45 p.m. EST to completion). NBC-TV next will focus its color cameras on the 48th annual Rose Bowl Game (4:45 p.m. EST to completion). The Sugar Bowl Game pits the Razorbacks of the University of Arkansas against the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide, while the Rose Bowl Game finds the Gophers of the University of Minnesota facing the Bruins from the University of California at Los Angeles. Both games will be carried by NBC Radio as well as NBC-TV. The first 15 minutes of the parade coverage (11:30-11:45 a.m. EST), showing preparations for the three events, will be partly a blackand-white broadcast. (more ) PRESS DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 20, NEW YORK