Variety (November 1963)

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< This is the fifth straight y year NBC Television has led the field i in automobile adyertising. ‘But we teally wouldn't like that to get around. First thing you know, some conclusion-jumpers * willl assume our television network i is strictly a vehicle for vehicles. . The plain, non-gingerbread truth is that the types. of s sponsors. on NBC are as varied as our : program schedule—a schedule whose versatility ‘attracts more advertisers than any other network. ; Sponsors have their special ways of making. * friends. ‘Kraft chooses the tension-filled suspense’ play and the tension-less Perry Como. Du Pont favors both fictional drama and reallife specials. ‘Hallmark i is equally at home with classical and ‘contemporary. theatre. In the news area, ‘the Guif Oil Corporation ‘backs the famed “Instant Specials’ ’ while the. “Huntley-Brinkley Report” i is sponsored by. companies as diverse ; as the Aluminum Company of America and the American Home Products Corporation. : Even the aforementioned auto-makers (who, after all, have a common. goal of selling cars). ‘ke a. variety, of NBC shows for: displaying | their wares, ce Chevrolet’ S television stage i is the action-filled. Ponderosa of “Bonanza,” while: Ford’s setting “ist the hardly-more-serene. suburbia of “Hazel. ” Chry sler’s S television messages are. ‘brought ‘home through a full-hour drama series and the a comedy-variety. of Bob Hope. ; Buick is is represented on such diverse offerings as “Sing Along With Mitch, ” “Eleventh Hour,” “Mr. Novak” and “Saturday Night at the ] Movies.” And, for the day of October 1, the. ° entire J johnny Carson” and “Today” shows were ‘purchased. by Pontiac for. the. television: ; unveiling of its: 1964 models. And it’s not merely the giants of American. . business and industry who choose to usé NBC. We. also serve many, mary medium-sized and cough-drops to’ potatoes. . in fact, there’ Ss only. one type of small company we'd advise not. to. advertise on. NBC: the one os that wants to stay that way. ee serving 41 0; 000 000 people all over the world