[N.B.C trade releases]. (1954)

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^ ; MB C w B (f i— r sw F B CO '?*c* . J'OO DO NOT REMOVE >• Jn TRADE NEWS January 21, 195^ NBC SIGNS WVEC-TV, NORFOLKTIDEWATER (VA.) UHF OUTLET, TO NEW TWO-YEAR CONTRACT AS A BASIC STATION FOR NETWORK The National Broadcasting Company has torn up its old contract with Station WVEC-TV and today signed a new two-year agreement with the Norfolk-Tidewater (Va.) UHF station. Announcement of the new contract, which makes WVEC-TV a basic station on the NBC -TV network, was made by Harry Bannister, NBC Vice President in charge of Station Relations, and Thomas P. Chisman, President and General Manager of the Peninsula Broadcasting Corpora¬ tion, which owns WVEC-TV. Commenting on the new contract, Bannister said: "Our new affiliation agreement with Station WVEC-TV is a reaffirmation of our original and fundamental belief in the ability of UHF television to provide a valuable and complete program service to communities where it is established. More than that, it is a tribute to the great job done by Mr. Tom Chisman and his fine staff in quickly building a substantial audience for his station ±n the Tide¬ water area of Virginia. The efforts of the WVEC-TV organization in building and promoting UHF have nade it possible for NBC to extend program service to thousands of families in the WVEC-TV viewing area, and that audience is continuing to grow." Welcoming the new agreement, Chisman said: (more ) PRESS DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 2 0, NEW YORK