TV Guide (April 9, 1955)

Page scan 00082 from TV Guide

Record Details:

Title:
TV Guide
Date:
April 9, 1955
Publisher:
Philadelphia: Triangle Publications, Inc.
Volume:
TV Guide - New York (April 9, 1955)
Leaf #:
00082
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
August 28, 2022
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NETWORK, TROUBLE Calling Dr. Kildare: or at least TV repairman, at KTTV, Hollywood. Direct approach: WBKB, Chicago, hopes viewer won't go away. Under wraps: WKJG, Fort Wayne, Ind., finds itself in some difficulty. Headache: WTTV, Bloomington, Ind., takes a dim view of trouble. Operating a television station is rather like living in a goldfish bowl. You can’t keep a secret. For instance, when trouble knocks out either sound or picture, viewers by the thousands leap to their sets and wildly start twirling the knobs. To sooth the rest¬ less into sticking with the channel, stations rush up pacifying—and often clever—“emergency standby” cards. Actually, the practice dates way back to the days of the silent movies. Then, operators flashed such scintillating slides before the audience as, “While reels are being changed, our pianist will render popular selections.” PLEASE STAND BY Not even a pop: and WMAR, in Baltimore, finds itself speechless. 19