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Fort Lauderdale News from Fort Lauderdale, Florida • Page 62

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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FORT LAUDERDALE NEWS. Friday, Juno 12, 1959 23-1 Public Service Is Channel 10 Motto Dance IIosl Liked national company of "South Pacific" and was disc Jockey in Chicago. i Ts 4. ployment experts are among those who have been featured on the show. Youth Asks Business.

Sunday noon program which has prominent businessmen in their field answer questions by high school students, also has proved an invaluable service to the community. Then, ef course, there arc the lighter local shews such as Ten's Bandstand, Kid Gloves, Talk of the Town, Just for Fun and the Jim Dooley Show. All of these not only provide entertainment, but give the area a place where people can possibly realize secret desire to be "on camera." feature headed by Bill Bayer regularly features a local problem or issue and calls upon the principals to iron them out right in the open. RUSSELL VISITS Recently. Ft.

Lauderdale Mayor John Russell was among guests at a show discussing South Florida's fight for more representation in the Legislature. The show went a long way toward helping to unite Dade and Broward forces, move which eventually led to an Improved reapportionment setup being formulated. "Be Advised," although the average "Maverick" fan might not go for It, offers another valuable service in its weekday morning show. Representatives of the Miami library, the Metro government, the Navy, and em Bill Wyler. host of the Saturday afternoon "Ten's Bandstand." is a highly popular figure with the area's tat-n-aners.

After his first year with the program, hi fan rlub numbered more than 12,509 and be also has 10,000 members In his teen club with rhaa-ters In junior high and sen-, lor high schools. With Channel 10 since It went on the air, he has a wide background in radio and TV. Before coming to Channel 17 and then to Channel 10. Wyler was In the army, toured for nine months with While lawyers iu Washington battle desperately for Its life, Miami's WPST Channel 101 goes about the business of television If nothing is happening. Facing the loss of its license over alleged discrepancies in the issuance, the station owned by National Airlines is too busy offering the area's biggest package of local shows to be too concerned with litigation.

Tea might say tbey live an ta the letter af their umt, since WPST stands for Public Service Television and Channel 10 is the undisputed champion en that score. Headed by its two top local names Jim Dooley and Alec Gibson Channel 10 has built a reputation for giving South Florida a little more besides the run-of-the-mill local news and pitter-patter shows for idle housewives. Take Important," for example, the Sunday evening sLarV'- i mi A BILL YLER Pied Piper of teens PINE CREST DAY CAMP Florida's Finest and Best Equipped For Boys and Girls Ages 4 to 15 ENROLL NOW Camp Starts June 8th CALL FT. LAUDERDALE JA 4-3453 For Information and Booklet 1515 E. Broward Blvd.

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. VI i MOTOROLA 7 0M AM. BtAG PIC1UM TUM I 1Q Compact Six. Tub Sentry System.

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Fischer Staff Of Channel 7 Donald F. Fischer, veteran broadcaster and public relations executive, has joined the staff of WCKT-TV, Channel 7, in Miami, according to an announcement this week by Charles Kelly, station manager. As director of audience promotion, Fischer will handle publicity and advertising for the station. He was formerly a program manager for WGBS of the Storer Broadcasting Company, program director of WQAM, spent five years, as presidential announcer for the National Broadcasting Company, and headed his own public relations firm of Fischer Associates, Miami. GARNER IN 'CASH' HOLLYWOOD CPU "Cash McCall," the first picture for James Garner since "Up Periscope." is scheduled to start shortly, and Garner's TV series will halt production until he Is through.

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