U. S. Radio (Jan-Dec 1960)

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HOMETOWN U.S.A. Station log ► News: Radio stations across the couiitiy recently found tliemselves making the news while rejjorting it. In New York C^ity. police were tracking down suspects in a recent double slaying by beer liotilc Avhen a lip came liom upstate newsman Michael [. Morgan. W'l LM Klmira. Mr. .Morgan had examined an Associated Press lejjori ol the Queens slaying when he ran across two leads that looked like a local angle. A note near the bodies relerred to a parole board. A beer i)ottle was the minder weapon. He recalled iliat an Klmira man had recent l\ l)cen reliasicl l)\ New ^■()l k Stale i'aiole lio.iicl allei ser\ing 17 yeais lor second-degree nuirdei. The victim had l)een slain will) a l)i<)kcii 1)111 l)()tile. David Froh (center), manager, WILS Lansing, Mich., presents annual station award to outstanding radio-tv seniors at Michigan State. Officials get "Private Eye" cards from Dub Murray (center) KLUE Longview, Tex. Cards enl'le listeners to win cash prizes for news tips. .Mr. .Morgan telephoned an AP slatter in New \()rk City, whn contacted police. The ensuing investigation brought a confession from the ex-con\ic t. plus praise lor the police, press and ladio coopeialion liom New ^ Ol k Police (iominissionei .Stephen P. Kemied\. \\'S(.\ i)ii minghain's "Night Oul" disc jockey got a news tip irom a slianger who teIe])honeci that all the prisoners had sawed tluii wa\ oul ol Fairfield jail. He called the jail to verily the report. The oHicei in charge went to check his prisoners, lound them missing. W'SCiN's conclusion: 1 he unidentilied caller must have been an escajK'd prisoner, since the jail was iniaware that a break-out had occurred. Irony ol the story: W'SGN's news slogan — 'When news breaks oul, W'SCiN breaks in." In .\tlania, a WSH newsman helped to recover an esca|)eci prisoner. While on tialhc p;ftrol duty in the station helicopter, Ted Highlower heard jjolicc broadcast a lookout for a prisoner escaped fiom a work detail truck. He turned liie helicopter toward the scene, spotted the prisoner and alerted jjolice. While the helicopter hovered o\ei the prisoner, patrol cars rushed to the scene. \VSB reports that the pi isoner was in ciistoch live minutes altei the first police bulletin. ► Programming: W |\\ Clexehiiicl, in line with its re(cnth installed "bcautilul music ladio" lormat, accepts only 10 spcjiisois i)er hour, with spots running in three dusters, according to Managing Director fames I.. Bailey. Popular album music programming has brought about this commercial policy, and Mr. Bailey reports that response from advertisers has resulted in many new accounts. Another Storer Broadcasting Company station, RGBS (formerly KPOPJ Los Angeles, has loilowed \\')\\"s turn to popular album programming. KCiBS programs music ihioughout the day, interspersed with news on the hour, headlines on the hall hour. .Morning selections are loilowed with time, weather and traffic repoi ts. ]a// comes IS hours a dav to San Francisco on KHIP-F.M. The station formerly operated as RPl'PFM, carrying show tunes, ja//, sports and chatter, .\uclience response to ja// was so high, according to owner Franklin Mieuli, that he switched lo all-ja//. He explains that San Francisco has long been recogiii/ed as the center of American jaz/ activity. ► Public service: 111 an ellort to jMe\eiit iralfic accidents over the coming long Labor Day weekend, station KTRE Lufkin, Texas, will man an "Ojjeration Deathwatch" coflee booth. Kl RE tried this approach to liafhc' safety during the Independence Day weekend, serving coflee, milk, solt drinks, rolls and cookies Iree lo holiday motorists, .\ppioximalely 5,()()() persons visited the coffee booth during its (iO-hour operation. Success of the booth was noted by the Texas Depaitiiient ol Public Salelv, which had |)iedictecl 27 traffic deaths: cjiily three minor accidents marred the holiday in the six counties surrounding Lulkin. Relreshmenls lor "Operation Deathwatch" Aveie donated by local business firms. \VC.\r Philadelphia recently aired a one-hour documentary on alcoholism lo mark the 25th anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous. Title ol the program was "One Deadly Drink," a reference to the one drink that olten makes the difference between a drunk and an alcoholic. Part ol the program was devoted to case histories, the remainder to commentary by medical authorities. • • • U. S. RADIO Auuust 1!)G0