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20 OFF THIS WEEK ONLY! CALL 35D-6900 country from Florida to California. Last year Betsy covered all the California Angels games east of the Mississippi River and a full schedule or N.C.A.A. football games. She also covered the New York end of the 1966 Emmy Awards telecast and Garry Moore's on-location show at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Fla. (both for CBS), President Johnson's return from Southeast Asia and the annual Christmas tree lighting at the White House (for ABC), the Christmas service at the Washington Episcopal Cathedral (for NBC) and five Gemini-Titan space launches from various mission control centers around the country (for ABC and CBS).

LAST January 1 Betsy was in Miami for the Orange Bowl parade, regatta and football game. Driving all night, she reached Philadelphia the next day and covered the Mummers' Parade for CBS. She came home to Baltimore to be on hand for the opening-night TV coverage at the Morris Mechanic Theater, and 'immediately after left for Omaha, where she taped the national figure skating championships for showing on ABCs "Wide World of Sports." Now Betsy is on her way to Las Vegas, where shell be used in producing a late-evening talk-and-variety show that will soon be syndicated as the legendary Kilroy left his name on during World War II. Betsy owes her existence to the fact that the three TV networks are committed to many more remote pickups news specials, space snots and most particularly 'sports events than they have the equipment and the personnel to handle. The nets try to plug the gap by hiring mobile TV units and crews from individual stations, but there's still a shortage.

To take advantage of this opportunity Ron Spangler and Lary Lewman founded LewRon Television Productions. Lewman, actor and announcer, was known to Baltimore children for many years as Pete the Pirate. Spangler directed his show. The two men spent a year lining up financial backing and early last year when Betsy was ready-left WBAL-TV to start on their own. Betsy is a tractor truck with a 40-foot semi-trailer containing four TV color cameras, three video-tape recorders, sound equipment and a complete control room.

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