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TV STATION ROLL-CALL
1948-1949
KLAC-TV, Hollywood, Calif.
KLAC-TV broke ground on Mt. Wilson, 35 miles from home studio and about 5700 feet above sea level, on June 14, 1948. Installation of two 200 foot towers, to be topped by 48 foot antenna commenced almost immediately. The building which now houses the generators, controls, and two complete apartments for operating staff members, was also started at that time.
On September 7th, of that year, KLAC-TV broadcast its first program, the USC-Utah football game. At present, the station is broadcasting from its recently completed 30 x 40 foot studio, and utilizing, for stand-by,
an AM studio with a 25 x 25 foot working space. The equipment both at
the studios and the transmitter is RCA.
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Don Fedderson Vice President
WIV AC-TV, Boston, Mass.
WNAC-TV went on the air with an informal video program schedule late in June 1948 with the Republican Convention highlights, and officially on October 10, 1948. Its transmitter is located in Medford, Mass. As of December 31, 1948 the number of sponsors using the station was 13. The program schedule, 10 hour per week, breaks down to 4^ hours of film, and 5% hours of live entertainment. There are approximately 35,000 television receivers in the area.
The studio equipment includes three image orthicon studio cameras mounted on one-man dollies, two 35mm and two 16mm film projectors, one slide projector and two film camera chains. The station also operates a complete mobile unit for remote pick-ups.
Linus Travers Exec. V.P.&G. Mgr.
WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee, Wis.
WTMJ-TV grew out of many years of television research and experiments by the Journal Co., starting in 1930 when a license was received for experimental station W9XD. As WTMJ-TV, it began commercial operations on December 3, 1947 as the only television station in Wisconsin. The station serves an area with a population of nearly a million. At the end of the first H year of operation on December 1, 1948, there were 11,295 sets in the Milwaukee area. This figure nearly tripled in the last four months of the year. Station is programming seven days a week and an average of 33 hours per week.
Sixty-nine advertisers used the station during the first year. The station is affiliated with the NBC, ABC and CBS television networks.
Walter J. Damm V.P. & Gen. Mgr.
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