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THE EL PASO TIMES, Tuesday, June 28, 1977 Twin Plant Benefits Wide-Ranging Page 14-G Iff yWff fJOWJB CT Bob Head, of Industrial Development Corp. (IDC) of EI Paso, said the twin-plant concept is "beginning to boom in regard to prospects looking. The devaluation has increased interest by a large margin." Head's organization aims at improving El Paso's industrial position by disseminating information and compiling labor, industrial and manufacturing statistics for potential customers and planners. "About one third of the industrial requests we get are for twin-plant information. In my opinion, the outlook is tremendously promising," he said.

"I think the direction taken by PrnciHnn! Pnrinir, i 1 .1 -J 'u muin; uie forecast more promising still," Head said. Hendrix added, "Just recently a border to gain access to the tariff breaks. "Employment over here is at its peak," Tres Hendrix, leasing and sales officer at Juarez Industiral Park, said. "In our particular park, we have leased an additional 130,000 square feet in the last few months. The peso devaluation has raised the interest level quite a bit," he added.

Hendrix said the overall twin-plant employment in Juarez is about 25,000, which represents a 25 per cent increase from June of last year. "It would be speculative to say our expansion is solely due to the peso problem, and it would be misleading because our own increase is due to current customers who wished to expand," Hendrix explained. Still, he said, "the devaluation makes us more competitive with places like Japan, with very low labor costs. Average wages over here now are about $1 per hour including fringe benefits." By JEFF BARTON El Paso's chief asset from an industrial standpoint is its proximity to Mexico. Add the Mexican government's maquila (Border manufacturing) program and you have El Paso's "twin plant" industrial concept.

It's simple: American manufacturers build plants in Mexico to take advantage of large, inexpensive labor pools and receive tariff breaks from each government as raw materials and finished products cross the border. Mexican workers benefit from higher than average (Mexican) wages. Mexico's economy benefits from an influx of dollars. American manufacturers benefit from increased prnrturtinn and lower labor costs. American labor unions, habitually opposed to the practice, actually benefit from the program because many manufacturers expand product lines and employment on this side of the 0X 4S3kW Bfk pm) 0m wot form of export tax credit has been ex-i tended to include maquila That helps even more." Television Is Fastest Growing Medium With more employees, supplies and equipment.

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Oregon. UTEP'si weekly Prospector hopes to join the daily derby this fall. Larger circulation magazines printed in the El Paso area include Southwest Art i Form, an art magazine; Avenue, a) women's magazine; El Paso Today, printed by El Paso Chamber of Com-' merce; and NOVA, UTEP Alumni; magazine. Our sister city, Juarez, boasts two; television stations the local XEJ.H Channel 5, and XEPM, Channel 2,: satellite from Mexico City. It outstrips El Paso in number of radio! stations with 15 -11 AM and four FM.

All; are Spanish music and programming: except XROK-AM, 800, English and rock; programming. Other AM stations include: XECJ, 1490; XEF, 1420; XEFV, 1000; XEJ, 970; I XEJPV, 1560; XEP 1300; XEPZ, 1190; 1 XEWG, 1240; XEWR, 1110; and XEYC 1460. FM stations include: XHEM, 103.5; XH-! By CAROL VIESCAS Television is the fastest growing media in the El Paso area. A few years ago there were only three major, nationally affiliated television stations. Since then, two local stations have been added with a third entering the airwaves this fall.

KDBC, Channel 4, El Paso's first television station, began broadcasting as KROD on Dec. 14, 1952, and is a Columbia Broadcasting Station affiliate. It was soon followed by KTSM, Channel 9, the National Broadcasting Company affiliate Jan. 4, 1954 and KVIA, Channel 13, the American Broadcasting Company affiliate, in June 1962. Of the three, KVIA has changed call letters the most, from KOKE to KILT to KELP and to KVIA when it was bought last year by Marsh Media.

In the last year, two local stations have sprung up, cable Channel 8, International Christian Television, and cable Channel 12, Parochial Schools TV. ICT, which has family and Christian programming, hopes to become KCIK-TV, Channel 14 on UHF by this fall. Channel 12 is dedicated to full-time use for parochial schools and runs during school hours, generally from 10:30 a.m. to 4 or 5 p.m. Bv fall, El Paso should add the fourth national affiliate to the TV dial, KCOS, Channel 7, a Public Broadcasting System affiliate.

Some controversy has flared over El Paso's Teleprompter Cable TV 16 channels including PBS, Los Angeles and local stations and Home Box Office at monthly charge by eager viewers who have been splicing themselves into lines for free. El Paso also offers a wide variety of radio listening on 13 channels, five AM, five FM and three combined AM-FM. KAMA-AM, 1060, is El Paso's only Spanish language music and programming station, and runs during daytime hours. Rock stations include KELP-AM, 920, Top 40 and oldies, 24 hours; KINT-AM, 1590, 15 hours and FM, 97.5, 24 hours; and KPAS-FM, 94, album oriented, which changed from Christian programming last fall. Country has grown more popular with three stations, KHEY-AM, 690, 24 hours; K102-FM, 102, progressive, 18 hours; and KISO-AM, 1150, daytime hours.

Easy listening music is found on KEZB-FM, 96 24 hours; KROD-AM, 600, 24 hours; KSET-AM, 1340, and KSET-FM, 94.7, both 24 hours, which has added pop singers such as the Carpenters, Newton-John and Denver to its formerly instrumental listening over the last year; and KTSM-AM, 1380, and KTSM-FM, 99.9, both 19 hours. Completing the list is University of Texas at El Paso's KTEP-FM, 88.5, 18 hours, which offers a variety of music from classics to jazz and educational programs. Two daily newspapers and two weekly INSURANCE Surety Tower, 6044 Gateway East 778-991 1 PX, 98.7; XHTO, 100.9; and XHIM, 105.1. Juarez also has dozens of weekly, monthly and irregular newspaper publications. Daily newspapers include El Fronterizo, El Mexicano, El Continental, Correo, Diario de Juarez, La Cronica and La Obra Periodistica.

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