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New: York Firm OK 4N June 1969 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Derby5 "The Roller which Louis. He is a graduate of Yale University and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Executive vice-president for the Evans Broadcasting Corp. is Thomas E.

Carrol. He has been with a number of broadcast operations, domestic and foreign, commercial and educational, through association (1953-1967) with Time Incorporated. Carroll is a graduate of Yale University, with an A.B. degree. He received a J.D.

degree from the University of Michigan School of Law, and he has an M.B.A. degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. In 1965, he was awarded the Institute of Broadcasting financial management's distinguished service award. The first of the Evans stations to go on the air will be KDNL-TV, Channel 30, in St. Louis, scheduled to begin broadcasting today.

The station has set up its studios in CBS Network's former KMOX-TV property, 1300 Cole street. KMEC-TV. Channel 33, in Dallas, which was acquired May 14, is scheduled to begin broadcasting later this year, according to Evans. The other properties await Federal Communications Commission approval. One of the newest names in group ownership of broadcast properties is the Evans Broadcasting Corp.

with headquarters in New York City. Included in Evans's initial interests are stations KDNL-TV, Channel 30, St. Louis; permit for KMEC-TV, Channel 33, Dallas, and pending applications for construction permits for Hartford, Pittsburgh, and for the license of Channel 14, Worcester, Mass. The corporation is backed by Thomas M. Evans, New York financier and industrialist.

He is chairman and chief executive officer of the H. K. Porter the Crane both manufacturing concerns, Evans Incorporated, an underwriting and brokerage firm, and the Evans Investment Corp. Evans's son, Edward P. Evans, will direct the broadcasting interests as president of the corporation.

The younger Evans has been in the family business interests since 1963 and has been vice-president of Evans director of a Investment Corporation, director of Huttig Sash Door in St. Louis, and director of Midwest Rubber Reclaiming in East St. was seen last year by more than 10,000,000 viewers, has been called a riot on roller skates. It will be seen every Saturday afternoon from 3: 30 to 4:30 in color on KDNL-TV. "Roller Derby" promoter Gerry Seltzer is the son of Leo Seltzer, who instituted The Roller Derby in Chicago in 1935.

Damon Runyon, the sports columnist, wrote the rules. The skaters are on salary, under contract for one season. They earn $10,000 to $12,000 a year. There are 13 members to a squad for men and women. For Whisper-Quiet Qualify Cool the newest Idea in Group Owner Thomas M.

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Louis from Omaha, where he was associated with KETV, an ABC television network affiliate. Petrik had been local sales manager with KETV, and had also had been chief engineer and program manager for the station. Prior to that, he worked as operations manager for WJMR-TV, New Orleans, and before that, he was with the General Electric Co. as a broadcast development engineer. Heisagraduateof Iowa State University and received a B.S.

degree in electrical engineering. In 1965, he received a master's degree in business administration from Creighton University. Petrik, his i Constance, and their four children, Terry, Bruce, David, and Kim, will re side at 14340 Ladue Road, Ches terfield. "We plan to make our station an integral part of the commu A Letter way to make you feel better Quality Since 1885 nity," Petrik said, "and we want people to come to know us as TV-30." AIR CONDITIONING YORK York's new whole house air conditioner is so low, so compact, so whisper-quiet, your neighbors won't even see or hear how comfortable you are! With York Air Conditioning you will enjoy the same Total Comfort as guests at Bel-Air Motel, famed Busch Stadium, and other St. Louis landmark buildings.

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