The Minneapolis Star from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 13

FA, July 17. 1953- THE MESNEAFOUS STAR 13 More i4rea TV Channels Coming to Life Ruben, Minneapolis theater executive. WEAU-TV hopes to start telecasting on VHF channel 13 in November at Eau Claire, Wis. The station has bought property in Washington Heights, where it will construct a radio-TV By DONALD BROSTROM MiiuinpolU Star Staff Wrtw A pair of familiar call letters will turn up on channel 11 of your television set late this sum-mer in the first expansion of local telecasting in four years. Officials of WMIN and WTCN promise the stations Xi the by SeVl- sharing their channel on a ou-du basis.

Addition of the third TV outlet in Minneapolis and St. Paul comes at a time when thousands of Upper Midwesterners are getting or are about to get their first look at TV screens. i (now WCCO-TV) began telecasting on channel call letters bUght WCCOradio. changed its Rudman Television Co. of Dallas, Texas, for Minot and Bismarck.

The future of educational TV in Minnesota is in doubt at present. Walter Finke of Minneapolis resigned June 5 as chairman of the statewide citizens committee for educational TV, and files were turned over to Dean Schweickhard, state education commissioner. The statewide group at its final meeting: URGED that a 'local citizens committee in Duluth-Superior continue plans to use channel 8 there. SUGGESTED a Twin Cities committee be formed under guidance of Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools superintendents.

URGED Gov. Anderson to name an interim statewide committee to continue groundwork watts this fall from the present 13,000. It ties in with the four networks, is on the air daily from 5 p.m. to midnight, adds a novel touch in using nearly all live commercials. Television Is coming to Bismarck on or about Oct.

1, according to officials of KFYR-TV at North Dakota's capital city. The VHF station is assigned channel 5. F. E. Fitz-simonds, manager, said Dro- grams will be relayed by microwave from Bismarck's Radio Center to a 670-foot transmitting tower the station will erect 11 miles east of the city.

Operator is the Meyer Broadcasting Co. of Bismarck, which also runs KFYR-Radio. South Dakota's first TV station, KELO-TV at Sioux Falls, began telecasting recently on VHF channel 11 with an NBC primary connection and also served by CBS, ABC and Du Mont. The station is on the air 4:30 to 11:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, noon to midnight Saturdays and Sundays.

Owners are Joe Floyd, president and general manager; N. L. (Larry) Bentson of WMIN in the Twin Cities, and E. R. began tniitSfJiT Midwes aHn on the air, fulltime telecasting on channel 5 April 27, 1948.

building. Harry Hyett, manager, said the station will have 50,000 watts power and network affiliations. Central Broadcasting Co. operates the radio and TV properties, also has radio stations at Duluth-Superior, Rice Lake and Madison, and Virginia, Minn. Despite the rash of TV station openings in this area, only the surface has been scratched.

The federal communications commission (FCC) last year allocated 14 VHF and 34 UHF channels to Minnesota, 16 VHF and 17 UHF channels to North Dakota and 12 VHF and 18 UHF channels to South Dakota. Some were reserved for noncommercial educational units. Several applications are on file for additional Twin Cities stations. Some Upper Midwest applicants have been allocated channel but have not yet disclosed Intentions, such as the Those were the days of ttny screens and "canned" network enlarged; cable connection, completed to make "live" network programs possible. In their sharethe-channel plan, WMIN and wtpm Saturday's Hours, this week only, 9 rru.

Mvn xnty wm snare a common transmitter Foshav Tn.r "oor of the MOPSY PAVING BACK ONE DOtLAR A WEEK MILL BC FINE IF YOU CAN GUAR ANTEETO INE ONE HUNDRED Aw AEARS MORE, may have stimulated it, in fact. KCJB-TV operates on 3,000 watts, will go to about 29,000 Oct. 1, carries CBS, NBC andj Du Mont film programs. Daily hours are 3:45 to 11 p.m. Signal good on average of 63 miles from Minot.

Firm has applied for channel 4 at Valley City, N. also operates radio stations in Minot and Jamestown, N. D. WDAY-TV at Fargo, N. started telecasts June 1 on VHF channel 6.

Tom Barnes, manager, says the signal is good at 75 miles. The station will go to 65.000 Hours: to 1 p.m. W111 retain its own call letters. anienna atop the tower also Minot Mallards baseball team. John W.

Boler, president of the North Dakota Broadcasting wich owns the station, says TV has not hurt attenrtsnxo Saturday 9 A.M. Ml ln preparation for asking 1955 legislature to sponsor a statewide network. The 1953 legislature turned down such a proposal. Last week a joint committee of Minneapolis and St. Paul residents met to study ways and means of obtaining channel 2, the television channel set aside for educational purposes In the Twin Cities.

The committee, named by public school superintendents of both cities, will study public attitudes toward and the support available for a Twin Cities educational TV outlet. WAITERS END STRIKE NEW YORK Seventy restaurants, closed since Monday because of a waiters' strike, have settled a pension fund dispute with an AFL union and will reopen today. 1 1.1 ni rher nneaa: mm Poles to Contribute to U.N. Program GENEVA, SWITZERLAND OP) Poland joined the Soviet Union today In granting financial support for the first time to the United Nations technical assistance program for under, developed countries. Julius Katz-Suchy, Polish delegate, told the economic and social council the Polish government had decided to contribute 300,000 zlotys (about $75,000) to the United Nations fund for technical assistance.

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(Larry) Bentson. president of the WMIN Broadcasting said the stations' authorized maximum strength of 316,000 watts will make them the most powerful in this section of the country and among the strongest in the nation. They will carry ABC network programs. WMIN will originate local shows from studios on the fifth floor of St. Paul's Hamm building, now being remodeled.

It feds shifted radio operations to its transmitter on Frontenac place in the Midway. WTCN-TV will have studios on the third floor of the Calhoun Beach hotel in Minneapolis, also will use a two-story-high gymnasium there. The station's executive of. fkes and WTCN-radio will move later to the hotel from quarters now shared with WCCO-TV In the Radio City theater building. Ed Smith, general manager of WTCN, says the new TV ouf-Ipi will be "strong on public service" programs.

Principal stockholder and active in the WTCN operating company is Robert Butler, former ambassador to Cuba. Meanwhile, plans to launch what would have been the Twin Cities' first ultra high frequency (UHF) outlet have slowed up. (Other local stations are on very high frequency VHF. Victor Tedesco, partner in WCOVV with brothers Albert and Nicholas and father Antonio, says the station won't he on the air until next spring "at the earliest." Potential investors, he explains, are conservative about UHF. prefer to watch UHF developments elsewhere first.

The station has been assigned channel 17. owns property at Hewitt and Prior avenues in the Midway for future use. Minnesota's first UHF station started telecasting June 7 when WFTV began serving the DuluthSupprior area on channel 3S. Duluth previously was served only by Twin Cities stations, with reception spotty. The 20.000-watt station is served by the four networks, is on the air from 2 to 11 p.m.

daily. Owner is Great Plains Television Properties of Minnesota. headed by Herbert Scheftel of New York. KROCTV was scheduled to begin telecasting at Rochester, Thursday on VHF channel 10. Initial strength is 22.000 watts, with a boost to 107.000 watts due in November.

It will be served by NBC, ABC and Du Mont. David Gentling, manager, said first operating hours will be 5:30 to 11 p.m. daily. The Southern Minnesota Broadcasting headed by Mrs. Gregory Bentling, has built a studio-transmitter structure atop the highest ground in the area.

2.8 miles west of Rochester. Fifth Minnesota city to join TV ranks will he Austin, where KMMT is scheduled to air programs on VHF channel 6 about Aug. 1 after running test patterns this month. McCurnln. manager, said the.

station will have 18t-100-watt power, expert to have network ties. Initial hours of operation will be 5 p.m. to about midnight. Harry Smith of Austin heads the operating firm, Minnesota-Iowa Television Co. Plans of WJON-TV at St.

Cloud, are not so far ad-, vanced as at other points. The: station is assigned VHF channel 7. Management hopes to be on air this year. To Minot, N. went the distinction of heing the first Upper Midwest community outside the Twin Cities to have a TV station.

KCJB-TV started telecasting April 4 on VHF channel 1.1 after eight months of closed circuit experimental operation during which employes were trained and "bugs" eliminated. About per cent of the station's programs are local, including telecasts of half the home games of the professional II A VV So Employes May See UM lh AquatemVial Parade. jlj' Shop in Air-Cooled I Comfort at DajWs Nil 0 My mV Bit 111? Mi Enjoij Lunch in Dayton's 'WL' ut $ku Room Saturday from 11 vxw i arm vvcai kvxvv a Keep Palm isooi Beacli Fashion This luxury-lined Palm Beach three-piece Suit gives you the versatility you've wanted in a Summer outfit. Matching coat and trousers put you ready for a formal date. Rotate the coat with contrasting slacks and you're ready for a game of golf, a day in the country or just plain loafing.

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