Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1963)

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TELEVISION DIGEST-5 ji NEW SERIES VOL. 3, No. 34 ; UPCOMING STATIONS: WHYY-TV (Ch. 12 ETV) WilL mington, Del. is keeping to Sept. 12 programming target, I writes Gen. Mgr. Richard S. Burdick. GE transmitter is H to be ready Aug. 26, Stainless 864-ft. tower Aug. 28. I WNTV (Ch. 29 ETV) Greenville, S. C. hopes to be on air Sept. 15, reports Chief Engineer Charles S. Morris. Renovation of building for TV is well under way but delivery of GE transmitter has been delayed pending approval of HEW grant. Its 146-ft. tower was built by Greenville Iron & Steel Co. Morris has no target at present for S.C. Educational TV Commission's other CP, WITV (Ch. 7) Charleston, which will use existing 162-ft. Stainless tower. WHNT-TV (Ch. 10) Huntsville, Ala. has 25 -kw RCA transmitter on hand, expects to begin Oct. 1 as CBS affiliate, says John Godbold, secy.-treas. It has 254-ft. ' used Blaw-Knox tower, will have RCA antenna. Charles Grishan, ex-WAPI-TV Birmingham, will be gen. mgr. Rep: Venard, Torbet & McConnell. WOHP-TV (Ch. 8) High Point, N. C. expects to meet Oct. 1 target for start with ABC, writes Pres. & Gen. Mgr. James W. Coan. Construction of studios & transmitter house has been completed. RCA 25 -kw transmitter is on hand, and 1255 -ft. Kline tower is 20% completed. Storer will be rep. Guests of President Kennedy at White House limcheon for broadcasters (see p. 1): Gene Autry, Roger W. Clipp, John H. DeWitt Jr. , Herbert E. Evans, John E. Fetzer, John W. Kluge, Norman Knight, Clair R. McCollough, Donald McGannon, C. Wrede Petersmeyer, Ward L. Quaal, William B. Quarton, J. Leonard Reinsch, Lawrence H. Rogers n, Edgar B. Stern Jr. , George B. Storer Sr. , ' Harold C. Stuart, E. R. Vadeboncoeur, Mitchell Wolfson. Conservative Party of N. Y. State has reversed its position on equal time. It now favors suspension of Sec. 315 of Communications Act for all elections in 1963 & 1964, though it testified year ago against suspension for 1962 elections. Party's experience during last year's campaigns showed broadcasters were "fair" in their I treatment of minority parties, wrote Charles E. Rice, I vice chmn. , to Senate Commerce Subcommittee. More so than newspapers, he said. He agreed with industry that equal -time law makes broadcasters "over-cautious," , resulting in less time available for politicasts. Puller dlBClOBure of regulatory agency rules & decisions would be required by HR8046, introduced by Rep. Fascell (D-Fla. ). Measure underscores growing congressional concern over regulatory agency power (Vol. 3:32 p2). It provides that all regulations be printed I in "Federal Register" before they're effective, that voting of agency members be available for inspection. TVb flTBt 3-hour news special, on civil rights, will be presented by NBC-TV Sept. 2, 7:30-10:30 p. m. It will deal with history of problem, present all sides of issues, cover international reaction and England's handling similar problem. A. C, Nielsen Co. and "Esquire" magazine have formed Neodata Services Inc. , Boulder, Colo. , for subscription fulfillment through electronic data processing. (Facilities were formerly owned by "Esquire, " serviced about 20 magazine clients. Series of restrictions on networks is again proposed by FCC's Office of Network Study in 75-page memo for Sept. 18 Commission agenda. It's much same as proposal submitted about year ago (Vol. 2:50 p2), suggesting rule prohibiting networks from program syndication and from ownership of more than 50% of prime-time entertainment programs. When first submitted, we suggested that some proposals might have a bit more chance with more New Frontier commissioners. We think that still holds, and there are more such commissioners. "Biggest thing since the Hiss program, " according to one FCC staff member, is reaction to FCC's statement on "fairness doctrine" (Vol. 3:30 p3). Rising number of vitriolic letters, primarily from extreme right wing, accuse Commission of saying broadcasters must give free time to communists, that FCCis"anti-religous," "anti-American," "against states' rights," wants "govt, control of stations, " etc. Flow of mail jumped sharply after test ban treaty was negotiated. FCC's official TV financial report for 1962 is expected in Sept. , according to H. H. Goldin, Broadcast Bureau asst, chief. He said there' s every indication that NAB' s figures, showing excellent improvement over 1961 (Vol. 3:28 p4), will be substantiated. AM-FM report is expected at year' s end. New reporting form (No. 324) requires tabulation of payments to owners & their "close" relatives, will give more accurate picture of performance, according to Goldin. HEW has received 7 new applications for ETV construction grants, making total of 24, for $3,971,692: School District of Kansas City, $102,000 to expand Ch. 19; Florida Central East Coast ETV Inc., $232,179 to activate Orlando Ch. 24; Bowling Green State U., $96, 898 to activate Ch. 70; Oregon State Board of Higher Education, $208,258 to expand Corvallis Ch. 7, also $106,292 to expand Portland Ch. 10; U. of South Dakota, $14,351 to improve Vermillion Ch. 2; Board of Education of Ogden, Utah, $56,296, to improve Ch. 9. North Carolina ETV bill, passed by Assembly, gives U. of North Carolina (Ch. 4 WUNC) $1,250,000 for construction of additional ETV transmitters & microwave links, plus $250,000 for operation 1963-1965. Studios are at Chapel HHl; N. C. State College, Raleigh; Woman's College, Greensboro. TV Cable of Austin Inc, reports 100 miles of CATV cable strung, plans Sept, start of service in the Tex. city. Pres. John Campbell has named as gen. mgr. , W. R. Lastinger, recently mgr. of Carlsbad, N. M. system. Pay-TV would be boon to uhf, according to Teleglobe system developer Sol Sagall. Writing in "Telefilm" magazine, he also urges that FCC change its rules to allow test of each pay-TV system in more than one market. Time Inc. made grant to ETV WNDT N. Y. for live coverage of 2-week opening sessions of U. N. General Assembly. Five-station ETV network in Pennsylvania has moved step closer. Bill providing $970, 000 for project was signed by Gov. Scranton. TV AffUiates Corp. will hold West Coast programming conference Aug. 26-27 in San Francisco, for exchange of ideas among subscriber program dir's.