Variety (November 1963)

a viewers the glamor of “wide open} nity feels, could. get right down to. 42 RABIO-TELEVISION Wedacsday, November 6, 1968. “From Wyatt = To Bible Continued: from ‘pase 25. eolors?): would seem. to. peg: the the Esthers, the Ruths, the ‘Naomils; eost-per-thousand as too ‘high for. advertisers’ economics in the less than peak sets-in-use of the early. evening Sabbath . hour, « Madison Ave. tv experts suspect that ABC might even be willing. to: ‘absorb some of the program loss which it eould amortize over. the remainder of Sunday night . ‘for -which . the. Bible series, should it. live up to the. lusty vitality’ of . ABC's ‘sales. elaims, is shrewdly . calculated to portrayal of Moses; in several. continuous. episodes, could be of. major the old ABC stars” precedent, he} ‘Jonah; | Bible series is: based ‘on ‘the. hieh | provide a Nielsen-sturdy lead-in. | Nielsen rating it won last year by the. telecasting of “David, the Out-| ly Sunday Punch =] Tru y Sunday | law” which Bill Goetz produced for’ For it’s figured: that the Old ABC in Israel and. England in: the ‘Testament themes with their’ unin-. ‘summer of ’60.. And while the sub-} hibited .characters. (and the De-j ject included some ‘torrid love |. Mille-inspired sex-action): could | scenes, ‘there is no. record of. any | give ABC's faltering Sunday night | adverse. reaction... even more Sunday punch than. 'a| With the old ‘action-adventure tvt “Maverick” or a “Lawman”: did formats losing favor (as witness.| when. ABC was riding the Nielsen | the. Nielsen failure of the WBcrest three years. ago—and at the: produced “Temple Houston’. west-. game time a Sunday punch -that|ern or the steep audience decline | could render the critics of sex and | of ‘77 Sunset: Strip”), the other. violence almost powerless to counnetworks ‘are expected to. follow ter-attack. For, as.the agency men | the:Jead of ABC in pursuit of new read it, why should a. Senator ways .to: cling -to proven audience. Dodd or an FCC chairman Henry building motifs.. In this .connec-. want to quarrel with the’ Bible-| tion ABC has met with good sucdocumented portrayal of the at-|cess with its. own. production . of | tempted seduction of. Joseph. by | “Combat,” which. is essentially a} the nymphomanic wife of the Cap| “Wagon. Train”. of World. War II, tain of the Pharoah’s guards, any | with. its story line: of. patriotism: more than the Legion of Decency‘ and herofc sacrifice. sparing it the would toss a curb. at a DeMille barbs of the anti-violence factions. Bible spec. : |: And if the American flag protects (Just how effectively. “DeMille -a “Combat,” ‘the tv afficiandos. created the blueprint in turning-the | predict that the Bible :source mate-. “hosoms-backed-by-the-Bible” trick | rial will position: “Great -Stories: will be demonstrated for Coast-to-|.From the Bible” more than a sling-. Coast tv audiences next aonth in a| shot’s range from the outrageous DeMille special on’ NBC.) “slings. and arrows” of the D.C. The new series,. it's balieved; ‘sleuths: who: would. find it. difficult,: could benefit from fitting under | if. not impossible;. to criticize «a. ‘tv |the umbrella of religious teaching program whose -very story line as enunciated in that portion of the comes directly from. the Bible. | Bible to which all three faiths | subscribe. While the series cer-|.) ... wee: tainly gains acceptance from such Mail Response on + Hob. Showing of “Advocate public. service overtones,. it’s Still Pours m'To WBZ. strictly entertainment. potential ‘is | . Boston, Nov. 5. unquestioned. Just as the old and too frequent ABC westerns gave its | ‘When a legit show closes—that’s it.: Not . so-in -tv. As: witness: the ease. . of ~ Westinghouse’: s “much -vaunted . telecast. . of full. Jength |play, “The Advocate, simul‘taneously. with its opening on ‘Broadway... Although : -the: « play ‘With A Cast of Thousands’: closed, ‘the: ‘ty melody. -still Angers. After the Joseph four-parter, the’ on in. Boston. at WBZ-TV, = ABC-MGM-produced series can tap | The Hub Westinghouse’ station : the rich. and limitless Old Testa-} | ment story material—the Davids, has: received more than 300 letters |. spaces and gingham gowned fron-. tier maidens,” the new Biblical} subjects, the. "Madison Ave. frater-| . audience-winning’ fundamentals in |, the same manner as the highly successful Hollywood “sandals. -& bosoms”: feature films which. have ‘repeatedly turned Biblical text into boxoffice gold, about the. play, with | only four | | negative’ ‘ones, and they. are still |. }eoming in at this’ late. ‘date: The] | mail’ count. was more: favorable | ' than the overnight.. phone calls, | which ‘went . down, at. 96 ‘for. and, 21 no °° Combined letter: and: phone. re: action, also word of. mouth;: Tep-. [resents one of biggest viewer. reIt] sponses for a. single: program in | station’s’ history,. according to WBZ-TV officials. It was bigger. than ‘the. reaction to ‘Reginald | ‘Rose’s documentary. two. -years.ago. on the. same Sacco-Vanzetti. ease. Most of the letters received express |i thanks for. the. show t to the: station -and sponsors. |. 7 the Jonahs, et al. For. ‘example, one |. agency man points out that an-early |. ‘help in leading ABC “‘to the ‘Niel-1: ‘gen. promised. land” and, -in line| :. ‘with the Hugh O'Brian “being back]. suggests. Clint (“Cheyenne”) Walk| er as. ‘Moses, Robert. (“Untouch-]. ables”) Stack 4s David and Kookie | (“TT ‘Sunset Strip”). Byrnes, as. . ‘Much: of the ABC -faith in. a tv] ~ ‘Moppet Makes: It. : ” .Cleveland, Nov. 5. . ‘Betleving simplicity “makes _ —"} forthe: best type of advert ing,. Sheldon A. Saltman, pro= : ‘for. WIW-TY, asked. his: five “year-old son, Steven, to finger © draw his ideas:of such things | as a supermarket, money truck, ete. to illustrate “acquisitives” . :; to-purchase. -. . Steven's. drawings, xefined ° -slightly. by staff artists, clicked, 7 and: the: Storer outlet. is now ‘using... the ; -moppet's‘uoaging tive. offerings. as the ‘illustra-" .’ tion ‘for a trade: series of Pro: 7 nouncements. | FCC, NAB Tackle | Tower Problems| “Washington, Nov. 5. FCC .and-the NAB teamed up to give. -a.one-two punch’ to: the: tall | tower regulations proposed. by ‘the’ . Federal Aviation . -Agency.. ‘Commision’ ss. criticism was. dt ; ‘rected against the “preposal for | FAA to recommend ‘against towers: which might, have “an adverse .effect on air navigation. * FCC. sug| ‘on’ -the present |. standard .of opposing ‘those an-}.: “hazard”. . ‘ gested relying . ‘tennas which create | a to air ‘travel, Renewing its. ~aitacke on the. FAA rule which. would. require . -broad-: casters to go-.through -.a: formal FAA: hearing before* getting, their towers..approved. -NAB .termed : this ‘a “‘neediess'| duplication. of. time;. effort and ex-. pense,” saying FCC is the agency. to ‘decide if ‘a: station’ can be : built.. ‘FAA: is. only. supposed. to ‘advise. ‘FCC on tower problems, NAB said.. ‘Also criticized by .FCCwere. re | quirements for’ FAA. approval of ‘| antennas ‘located: on: sights higher ‘|than.an airport. elevation. {mission said this. rule. would delay |” | processing « .of many.. applications: : Com-. Commission. said _ its licensing _| procédures. would -also. be. compli‘eated by the proposed” ‘rule’ that FAA.-be ‘notified and okay radio. | station ‘antennas Jocated:. on air-. | port roofs. Under present require| ments: airport antennas under 20 feet don’t..need FAA approval. FCC ‘also: asked that radio and | tv towers. -be. eliminated from the: proposed proviso «© ‘limiting -FAA: tower approval: -to more-than'18 months ‘for a-broad “casting application. to 80: ‘through | | the: FCC. mill. a Wi in Chilo —_ Continued: from: page. — — ticulate ‘mouthpiece, “for’. these groups, on -3) Politics 2 are ‘also. important: as’ 1964 is-anelection year. and the |: present. government. ‘coalition: (which. has -far: more’ -money.: for |. such purposes than’ the other can-]. ‘didates) had hoped to make it the first: “ty election.” 4). The tv situation. is at. ‘present ‘before. Congress. The. minority: fa-.|. vors tv. exclusively in the hands of the universities, ‘allowing them ‘to accept ads. (without. sponsor con trol of programs)... The. ‘apparent 4 majority. favors the establishment | | = ‘of_ commercial. tv. | in retail sales. per household* That’s Minneapolis-St. Paul, with retail sales of. $4,649 per household. In this: key. mar-. ket, KSTP-TV ‘is. the first ~ television station Serving. ve 810, 800 homes. 100,000 WATTS . °° NBC. ‘MINNEAPOLIS « ST PAUL 7 out by. Catholics, — |: 5). Those in favor of educational ; tv in the. hands of the ‘universities are not only: intellectuals and left‘| wingers. The influential “Consejo [de ‘Rectores,” a council formed. by. ‘the. presidents ofall the Univer|. sities has also given. it its backing. | 6): The. ‘strongest. force. working -| at. present ‘against commercial’ tv {.. is. the. Catholic Church. Cardinal _| Silva Henriquez issued a statement jin which: he unequivocally: con -|demned commercial ‘tv-as a danger: both’ in a moral’ ‘and a cultural | sense. However, when this problem “came to its first vote in Congress,. several. Catholic senators, caught. [in the dilemma: between their -church and: their ‘economic inter‘ests, favored: the latter..This. prob= |. ‘lem is. at present. being thrashed -Lebanon-Larieaster, Pa “ay B. . | ‘Sondheim. has been: named: general {manager of WLYH-TV, :the Triangle ‘station here. He moves over {from KFRE-TV, -Fresno, where he ‘Was ‘ales: manager, Q “motion and: publicity. director. of, —the ability of area: viewers. ° an 1 proposals, -NAB lashed” out’-at a ‘tion” bill, NAB. v.p.. Howard: Bell in effect told a Senate. Committee. ‘exception, backed legislation. aimed at thwarting government agencies the ‘press: and public. Tow. written would open to public are now only. protected by an FCC. {rule and if the Freedom of .Infor ‘should not: lose. its. present’ con cally been. respectéd by the -gov-. m ernment as private: information. | able the: value to the public would be. nil while. the damage to ‘a busi | 18.-month ‘periods. Commission said. this is j° ‘unrealistic since it sometimes takes | pelling public -interest consideraons” -to warrant ‘its: ‘publication. 7 tion bill generally, Bell. said it. -+would be a-milestone in eliminating the. growing trend toward “secrecy. | Flemming Flindt’s: Eurdvision: top-| ‘new. Danish tv. ballet. ‘over the -and: almost sure. ‘to. be ‘shown: on ‘it “Ballet Ballade.” -ing. palaces; . | Couple, dancing their way. through }-all the ‘ages: of: history which takes ~ Soviet Writer Hates Seal | Moscow: celebrated the Soviet Television ‘Networ! F otted ”_wersary. ‘when suddenly an. outburst of angry criticism . .. birthday party: it was the Soviet: paper. Literaturnaja, ae . published an article written by a Soviet writer . : said things about Soviet Television that. ee Tha antone, thought: . could be. printed in Russia after the Tsar walked ‘out ‘of his of “half a.century ago.” :. “Television programs in our country ‘are ‘dead duit . ove: Television ae has no people who know how to write ... Television does. not tect Len “its people how to-do their job’... Television has no money, etc.” Gulia related in his paper how. one evening he opened: his No. 1 ° Channel | ‘and saw a program. “about smelting of metal.” Angrily . che turned over to program No. 2: What he saw there made him . -eVen.more indignant: they showed “how to burn bricks and build: factories.” He made up his mind to wait: awhile, but when he: tuned. in station“No. 1 and No. 2 the fun was definitely over: Soviet. Television ‘said “Good Night To. You” as. the time was already: 11. p.m: —tlosing time for tv in the. Soviet Union, a country of. early ‘bed going manners. “Who. wants: a. television like. that?” asks writer. Gulia in. his. paper. * Next: day ‘when ‘he watched’ news ‘program he was even. more disappointed: they just read: the: news. behind. an: enormous still. of the Kremlin. Guys. with ‘papers in hands. alternated. on the screen “presenting news.” -The Soviet writer Gulia demands radical: changes in: Soviet Tele. vision Network. ‘He wants Television to “‘be.on. the spot,” present newsreels, give. people “real entertainment” and-stop showing old ‘war films.: “Education: and Socialism, Yes" ¥ writes Gulla, “but. in van entertaining. form!” ~ 7 Freedom: of Info Bill Deplored As. Inviting Sa “Washington, oopi 1 ucht Jona eat ome informe] gssctedReiter “pros in ‘favor of a “Freedom. of Informacontroller John McMillan; “who . next January ‘becomes . general: manager. of. the. company | in suc-_ cession to Capt. Tom ‘Brownrigg, is -currently. working ~ on. exec changes within the company Which will become effective on Jani. 1... | Primarily, McMillan: has. ‘apBut ‘he warned that the bill as pointed 31-year-old | Lord. ‘Windle-" “London;Nov.5. Bell said. NAB,: with one major. from’ suppressing information from purview . broadcasters’ financial data held at FCC. . : as chief program ‘executive. Latter _ He: said’ thefinancial. records joined A-R in 1957 in the advertis-" ing. department. He: later _ grad‘uated to the company’s head: of mation : bill: passed they would. be | features, a: job now held. by ‘Cyril available to all snoopers.. ‘Bennett. ae ‘He said’ profit -and loss~ data |. Assisting: Lord. ‘Windleshami: ‘will be. Ray Dicks who becomes. pro‘gram production executive; Cyril. : Francis, exec in cofttey: of: hitteker . | Planning. and ‘Ge ey Whitta er, If-these records were made avail-. ‘senior technical exec. Also in. ‘January, MeMillan is to.. bring. about a major. -Tearrange‘ment. of ‘the station’s creative set-. 1up: Without. specifie details yet forthcoming, it-is revealed. : that ‘the -creative ‘division of ‘the London weekday. major: will: split into five groups. . These ‘groups willbe headed .by Elkan. Alian, .: Cyril Bennett, ‘Anthony “Kearey .(who | joins A-R = in®’ March form Associated TeleVision), Eric Maschwitz and Guthrie More. "ON DANGH TY REAL ESTATE 3 ‘Hot: on. the heels = “(and toes) “ofl Denmark’s. international ballet star fidential status which has histori-. ness could: be _Substantial, Bell sai “He-said the. ‘public’ at large” has no. interest. in -such financial information -and noted.-no “com As for: the. Freedom of Informa-. in. government. | BALLET REAL HOT f OFFICE ‘SPACE 54-55 STS... “850. 7TH AVE. scorer ballet version of playwright Ionesco’s: “The. 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