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-LI WSIX-TV Tops Them All In The Nashville Area LEADING IN . . . 7 out of TOP 10 3 out of TOP 5 SHOWS* Station Index • WSlXsELLS WITH TOWER HEIGHT 2049 ft. above sea level . . . None taller permitted in this area by CAA. • WSlXsELLS WITH POWER 316,000 powerful warts . . . -narimum permitted by FCC. • WSlXsELLS WITH EFFICIENCY Maximum coverage and low cost per -housond make WSIX-TV your most efficient buy in the rich Tennessee, Kentucky, Aloboma TVA area. (X) CHECK THESE FACTS: (X| TV Homes — 370.700 (X) Population — 1,965.500 Effective Buying Income $2,155,868,000 IstaH Soles — : 85 308,000 TV <? LAND ' THE CENTRA. SOU1 I NASHVILLE 7~TT i Vol 14, No. 11 • 12-MARCH I960 SPONSOR TMC WEEKLY MAGAZINE TV/RADIO ADVERTISERS USE DIGEST OF ARTICLES 35 38 39 40 42 45 46 \1 What's ahead on net tv? Next season's net program lineup heeds government and public counsel^ add public Bervice, new shows. But westerns are still riding high! Noodles hot in tv spot Harrisburg co. creates authentic Pa. Dutch atmosphere in tv spots; soft-seU technique wins expanded distribution and 57% sales ri-e Agencies and stations: partners in ad tango Hal .Smith. \.p.. Needham. Louis & Brorby, Chicago, reveals results] of mchdsg. study, explain? why tango partners are stations and agenciesi Timebuyer X and those '73 Young Men' A worried timebuyer (whose wife put the bug in his head) asksf SPONSOR if it deliberately omitted him from its recent article! Radio: new king of the newsbeat Lntil a few years ago. radio news was branded wishy-washy, no more than recitations from the teletype. Now it has found itself, and here's why Winter's worst storms can't snow out tv Broadcasters show their ingenuity operating under harsh conditions as marooned crew keeps tv -tation on air with public service information New stars in the N.Y. moving sky Low-pressure radio builds reliability image for local mover and hikes his tonnage 16% in nine months; promotions tie in with radio campaign Viewing trends at the halfway mark ^e-tern-. suspense -hows are on top in Nielsen -tudy comparing tuning habits by program type with net schedule. Also included: Tv Basics FEATURES 14 Commercial Commentary 72 Film-Scope 31 49th & Madison 76 News & Idea Wrap-Up 6 \<w -maker of the Week 76 Picture Wrap-Up 26 Reps At Work Seller"? Viewpoint 54 Sponsor Asks 74 Sponsor Hears 1 9 Sponsor-Scope 90 Sponsor Speaks 56 Spot Buys 90 Ten-Second Spots 86 Tv and Radio Newsmakers 7 1 Washington Week Member of Business Publications Audit of Circulations Inc. SPONSOR PUBLICATIONS INC. combined with TV. Executive, Editorial, Circulation and Advertising Offices: 40 E. 49th St. (49 & Madison) New York 17, N. Y. Telephone: MUrrn Hill 8-2772. Chicago Office: 612 N. Michigan Ave. Phone: Superior 7-9S63. Birmingham Office: Town House, Birmingham. Phone: FAirfax 4-6529. Los Angeles Office: 6087 Snarl Boulevard. Phone: Hollywood 4-8089. Printing Office: 3110 Elm Ava., Baltimore 11, Md. Subscriptions: U S. $8 a year. Canada & other Western Hemisphere Countries S9 i year. Other Foreign countries $11 per year. Single copies 40c. Printed in U.S.A. Address all correspondence to 40 E. 49th St., N. Y. 17, N. Y. MUrray Hill 8-2772. Published wtekry by SPONSOR Publications Inc. 2nd class postage paid at Baltimore, Md. 1960 Sponsor Publications Inc. SPONSOR 12 MARCH 1960