TV Broadcasts Start Toinorrow TfOS51ia Stations Take To Air During This Week BY DSAN POHLENZ Staff Writaf Mar Jmnal u4 Bta It's here. Television has come to Lincoln. Starting tomorrow at high noon scores of Lincoln TV screens will come liv with the first regularly-scheduled programs to be received by ordinary video sets in the Capital City. Color Video 'Long Way OfP Lincolnites delaying purchase of a television set until color TV becomes available will have a long wait, according to John W. Craig, general manager of the Crosley division of Avco Manufacturing corporation. Craig said the FCC has made it clear that no color proposals will be considered unless they provide for that reception by existing receivers with relatively minor modifications. The Crosley executive said that improved programming, price adjustments and public recognition that present sets will give long service, has spread television. Nets Pledge Sets Won't Be Outdated Business Bureau Surveys Outlook Present television receiving sets will not become obsolete with prospective changes in telecast frequencies, the Lincoln Better Business bureau reported Saturday. A survey by the national Bet ter Business bureau shows that there is no danger of these sets becoming obsolete "in the foreseeable future." ACCORDING to Wayne Coy, chairman of the federal communications commission, there have been no proposals to elim inate the very high television frequencies now used by the major networks. Mark Woods, president of the American Broadcasting company, reported that ABC plans to continue broadcasting its tele vision network programs by very high frequency stations, irrespec tive of authorization of ultra' high frequency baTids for com mercial television. He said ABC also contemplates ultimate addition of commercial ultra-high frequency stations to the network in certain instances to expand network coverage. FRANK STANTON, CBS president, replied that Columbia will make Us TV network pro grams available to its TV sta tlons regardless of whether they are VHF or UHF stations, provided operating standards for the latter will permit simultaneous feeding of programs. Dr. Allen B. Dumont, who heads the Dumont Laboratories, Inc., advised the bureau that television receivers purchased today will be able to receive present channels indefinitely. Gustav li. Margrad, vice presi dent of the National Broadcast ing company, replied that au thorization of commercial televi sion operations in the ultra high frequency band would not cause NBC to discontinue its network television programs by stations operating on the very high fre quency band. Admiral Boosts Output UHiUAuu. A substantial in crease In output of the Admiral corporation's television receivers has been announced by J. B, Huarisa, executive vice president. An increase from 10,000 to 13,500 sets weekly has been made Huarisa Station WOW-TV will launch its premiere broadcast with a weather report, a farm program and an interview-type show, all originating in the station's Omaha studios. A studio variety program, a homemaklng show, cartoons, feature films and special salute programs will fill out the remainder of the first day's schedule. ON TTICRSDAY, Station KMTV, also of Omaha, takes to the air with a basic two-hours-a-night schedule. James Moore, KMTVs promotion chief, said other features will be added "as good shows become available." Moore said KMTV was not yet ,ready to list its opening nlght'a schedule, but "we're lining up three or four really hot items." RECEPTION tests by both WOW-T and KMTV in the Lincoln area have surpassed the expectations of video engineers. "Frankly," Moore said, "this thing has been way beyond our fondest hopes. But I want to inject a word of caution. Our tests are not complete, and while we've had reports of fine reception from Beatrice, Hastings, Alvo, Eagle, Murdock, Syracuse, Millard and that whole neck of the woods, we're not ready to say that's all there is to it "Some people in Lincoln may not get good reception right at first. It'll take a good deal of tuning to get the antennae Just exacUy right. People downtown, near big buildings, may have some trouble at first. We're not Interested in deceiving anyone. Reception may be good one day and lousy the next, but right npw the reports are very encouraging." JOE nEROLD, head of WOW TV section, said tests by his station show "reception from Lincoln and that area all very good. In fact, surprising. We've had reports from 150 to 200 miles away. We consider 80 miles very good. Indeed. "With a stack folded dipole antenna, and with directors and reflectors, there's no reason anyone, with their antenna up a decent height, can't receive us very well." WOW-TV plans extensive erage of the Nebraska state fair next week, the first program starting at 1 p. m. Labor day. They'll air two shows a day sending a signal to a relay station atop the capitol tower where it'll be beamed to a booster station at Gretna, then on into Omaha for transmission. The same station will televise Husker home football games in the same manner. One feature of the TV gridiron coverage will be the use of the "zoomar'Mens familiar to news-reel-goers. The lens is a device which brings longshots into close- ups almost instantly. WOW-TV Will offer National Broadcasting company network shows, on films at first, then as "live" shows as soon as relay equipment becomes available some time next year. KM! V has connection with three networks, CBS, ABC and DuMont Moore said KMTV plana to keep its schedule simple, adding local shows later. WOW-TV will offer Knkl Fran and Ollie, one of TV's best children's programs, INS news-reel, Woody Woodpecker and half a dozen other toD-drawrr network entertainment, according KMTV. Moore said, will Crusade in Europe, Arthur God- irey, ine Uoldberes. the Lnn Ranger and the best in dramatic productions.