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an a THE HARTFORD COURANTi July 196! hairs for the present. Daytime programs will remain as they are now, sponsored by advertisers and broadcast without fee. They available to the public, the per-1 at a moderate cr-st to people who centage of the public watching cannot now enjoy them will cer-television has stopped tainly advance the national lnter-and at any given time, some 75 est far more than the blind de-million potential viewers are not fense of the status quo." watching evening television. "Therefore, it does not seemi Thfre are now 45 million unreasonable to allow for an ex-1 American homes with electricity pansion of a new entertainment and 93 per cent of these have arm which, In our opinion, will television sets Channel 18 Improves Reception will be receivable as usual even after a TV set has been provid-i ed with the decoder necessary for 'receiving subscription programs. Improved transmission quality for its regular commercial pro-prams, as well as the best possible transmission for its ncv Television Technicians To Address (he Public m.m?iW 1 subscription operation will be pro-! Engineers vided bv more than $100,000 worth ectuives at technicians, and ex-Channel 18, Station be complementary rather than competitive." continued: "Referring to the contention by subscription TV's antagonists that they represent the national interest, I think that by this time it must be clear that their version of national interest consists in defending the business they now have in their present form and at present levels of public patronage." O'Neil concluded, "We believe that subscription TV, by offering entertainment and special events ELECTRONICS IS OUR PROFESSION NOT A SIDELINE RADIO TV SERVICE LAB 104 Main Straet, Thompwnville Rl 5-3167 of RCA projection equipment pur- WHCT-TV, will be included on the chased and installed recently by foster of the Speakers' Bureau Channel 18.

to be maintained by the Informa- The new equipment includes tion Center for the purpose of projectors fur both 35 millimeter addressing women's clubs, serv-and 16 millimeter films, Charles ice groups, church organizations Wood, station manager, ex-and others on the subject of sub-plained. "The larger size is the scription television, one used by most modern theat-j Among those listed by the ers, and will enable us to show bureau are station manager pictures intended for wide screen Charles Wood, announcer and projection. Since we will be show- master of ceremonies C. P. Pat-ing many new films we feel we terson RKO General personnel should have the projectors neces- from New York, and Zenith Radio sary to give them the best quali- Corporation representatives from ty.

Chicago. "These will be used nut only, The history of subscription tele-for subscription programs, but vision and its operation will be will improve the quality of our described by these experts. Miss regular commercial transmis- Lynda Johnson, director of the sion." station's. Information Center. Subscription television pro-will accept requests for speakers grams ill be limited by WHCT and will serve as co ordinator (Channel 18) primarily to evening! for the Speakers Bureau.

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P'Ct. r0 Subscription TV will be waived for pioneer sub- ing. These games will be broad-scribers and paid only after; cast without subscription charge Oct. 1. on the regular Channel' 18 wave- (Continued from Page 27) cision to permit RKO General Fees Varied I length.

tw4. Inc. to conduct a three-year test Each program received after Firms Chose Hartford feai li.r The ARROWHEAD Model K2015 of the Zenjth Phonevision will have its own fee. rang-and Mayor William E. Glynn.

by js subsidjary. RK0 Gen.jng from 2- t0 a $3 50 max. Opener Not Coded erai Phonevision, at Channel 18. Umum a price which will be ex- The opening program was not The advance number of in-jtremely rare, station officials coded to be seen only through quiries received at th? informa- said. specially equipped sets, so all tinn center at Channel 18 decisive-j The viewer may choose to see television viewers in the Channel ly provided one xiint people as manv or as few events as he Officials said Hartford was chosen by RKO General and Zenith because the city met FCC specifications as a four-station, inter-mixed market, and because Hartford is a highly representative American city.

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