U. S. Radio (Jan-Dec 1961)

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thai fm was a superior medium and that a significant proportion of the people in the Baltimore area would recognize it as such and would respond accordingly. We shared the listening public's abhorrence of am's trend to jingle, jangle, juke-box noise. With their intelligence insulted uid senses numbed by a continual stream of tasteless commercials punctuated with nasal insinuations of rock and roll, more and more people welcomed fm. The continual commercial bom haidmcnt and the cacophom of offkey teen age amours did more to create fm listeners than any other single factor. At the same time this situation created the problem of furnishing a non-commercial or anticommercial fm listener. How, then, Profile of WFMIVTs business shows long contracts, 21% national billing, SPOTS PROGRAMS PREFERRED TYPE OF LIVE OR OR TIME OF DAYS OF SERVICE TAPE SPOTS LENGTH DAY WEEK BANKING Live Spots 1:00 R.O.S.** No pref., heavy on weekend BANKING Live Spots 1:00 4 8 p.m. None AUTO SALES Tape bpots 1 nn 1:00 6 8 p.m. None TIRES Live bpots 1:00 R.O.S. 7/4-weekend MOVING & STORAGE Live Pgms. :1b seg. d:oU-4d p.m. Tues & Thurs REAL ESTATE Live Spots 1 nn 1:00 R.O.S. Weekends INVESTMENT Live Spots 1:00 6 8 p.m. None FM CONVERTERS Live Spots Pgms. 1:00 Hr. seg. 6 7 p.m. in ii ~ 10-11 p.m. Spots — none Segs 10-11 p.m. LANGUAGE Tape Spots i nn 1:00 8 9 p.m. Mon/Thur/Sat POLITICAL Tape bpots i nn 1:00 R.O.S. None INTERIOR DECORATOR* Live bpots 1 nn 1:00 R.O.S. None CANDY Live Spots i nn 1:00 R.O.S. Sun thru Fri FOOTBALL (Note: only fm sta. used)Tape Spots :10 R.O.S. Tue/Wed/Thur LONDON FLIGHTS Live Spots 1:00 6-11 p.m. None REAL ESTATE (Note: book review) Tape Spots 1:00 Tue./Sat. Tue-Sat ART OBJECTS* Live Spots 1:00 6-10 p.m. None OIL HEAT (first fm buy) Tape Spots 1:00 R.O.S. None ORIENTAL RUGS Live Spots 1:00 R.O.S. Sat/Sun/Mon FURNITURE Live Spots :10 6-11 p.m. Mon/Thur/Fri HI-FI EQUIPMENT Tape Spots 1:00 6-10 p.m. Tue Sun HI-FI EQUIPMENT Live Spots :30 R.O.S. None HI-FI EQUIPMENT Live Spots 1:00 R.O.S. None HI-FI EQUIPMENT Live Spots 1:00 8-10 d m Mon Tup Thur Sat Sun RUG CLEANING Live Spots 1:00 6-10 p.m. All exc. Sun RUG CLEANING Tape Spots 1:00 6 8 p.m. None RUG CLEANING Tape Spots 1:00 6 8 p.m. None BROADWAY SHOWS Spots R.O.S. None LAUNDRY Live Pgms. 15:00 6 & 7 p.m. Mon/Wed RESTAURANT Live Spots 1:00 6 8 p.m. All exc Tue RESTAURANT Live Spots :30 6-10 p.m. None RESTAURANT Live Spots :10 R.O.S. None RESTAURANT Live Spots 1:00 6 8 p.m. None HOTELS Live Spots 1:00 8-10 p.m. Mon/Thu/Fri EXHIBITION Live Spots :10 R.O.S. None ROOFING Spots 1:00 6 8 p.m. None MEMBERSHIP Spots 1:00 5-10 p.m. None ORGAN Live Spots 1:00 4 5 p.m. Sat ORGAN Tape Spots :30 R.O.S. None •First time in radio. **Run-of-sehedule. 62 U. S. RADIO/September 1961