Sponsor (Apr-June 1959)

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With the largest NAB convention completed, SPONSOR ASKS: What was your reaction to the NAB With more member stations brought together than ever before at the NAB convention, stations report what was accomplished Robert W. Ferguson, executive vice president. IT RTF-TV. Wheeling, West Va. I felt that this year's NAB Convention was one of the most effective I've ever been to from an industry standpoint. Many of the business sessions were just what the doctor ordered and many questions I had concerning labor relations, allocations programing, equipment etc. were answered for me by one of the many forum meetings or sessions. Much of the government agency information discussed at various sessions was also pretty pertinent to problems I encounter from time to time at my station and many questions I had on these subjects were cleared up by the extremel) lively discussions. I heard a great deal of criticism concerning the fact that the film and package people weren't given the opportunity to ballyhoo their products as they had in other \ears. I. for / would like to see a Uv only' convention one. feel that the film people should be given a chance to show their properties but I don't feel that the convention should be turned into a circus to accommodate these supplemental activities. We're still in the broadcasting business and I 111 just as much interested in whal I used i" broadcast a I am in w hat I do broadcast. The equipment exhibits and the tremendous competitive spirit prevalenl in these equipment show ings li\ poed -,(. these normally dry showings quite a bit. The advances our industry has taken in the past few years makes it imperative that a station operator stay right on top of all developments, particularly, along technical lines. The way television is moving today the NAB Convention gives an operator one of his few opportunities to see everything at one time and three days is hardly enough time to hear what you want to hear, see what you want to see, make decisions that have to be made on programs and equipment if you want to stay ahead of the competition and still get a chance to see your old friends. Frankly. I would like to see a "television only" convention. Not that I have anything against radio. luit television has widened its scope so much in the past few years that there is little enough time to cover the necessities. Maybe one day we'll get two separate conventions so that the tv people can concentrate on their end and the radio people can concentrate on radio. I think on the whole this convention was a lively and educational one and the NAB should be given a pat on the back for its efforts. George Townsend, vice president. WWLP, Springfield. Mass. The NAB Convention each year is purported to be a convention "for the industry."" However, as usual, one portion of the industry was neglected and the convention turned out to It the same one-side-of-the-coin storj it has been in the past. I'm referring of course to the uhf portion of the Industry. To the best of m\ recollection, there are still some Jill commercial uhf stations on the air. doing, I presume, a pretty good job of providing a television sen ice to the public However, on all sides at the ((invention the term uhf seems to carry the same connotation as measles or some such hands-oH illness. It seems strange to me that 80 members in good standing of their various < (immunities should be pariahs at a convention where the avowed interest of the guiding organization is to create a better understanding of the indus // de faulted on the uhf problem r * try's problems and to promote an interchange of ideas covering all areas of the television industry. Nowhere in the convention lineuj however, was there one session de voted to one of the most importafe problems facing the industry as i whole. The problem of what is goinf to happen to the uhf portion ol tin industry or. for that matter what i\ going to happen to the vhf portioi of the industry if certain emergency situations might arise. The convention policy seemed t| be "if we don't look at it maybe I will go away." I nfortunately. mani| of us have had our money and ou future invested in this partialis recognition from the powers-that-t that there is such a thins as uhf. As far as the remainder of the cot vention is concerned, the film peop and the equipment manufacture! have a different view of uhf activitii than our colleagues in that othi spectrum band as they seem to ha' devoted quite a bit of attention our needs. Now if some of that ohjectivi could filter down to the people wl arrange the summit discussions i the convention roster, who knov perhaps one of these convention tin the agenda might carry a session tr would be of interest to those (SO s tion operators. II sI'ONsOH I VPRIL 19