Sioux City Journal du lieu suivant : Sioux City, Iowa • 34

THE SIOLX CITT Sl'NDAV JOl'RNAL. Oct 195S hday ICTIV' First Anniversary Today with Birt Celebrates Graduate of loiva Stale Gives KTIV Neivs on Markets Two Network Programs ill "Top T) ORN and growing in Sioux m. Visitors will be conducted on guided tours' of the station's facilities, treated to favors and prizes by station advertisers and be given an opportunity to win aVards in an audience participation question game. Home Woman Has Control Over KTIV Traffic The traffic manager of television station KTIV a poung woman from Superior, Neb. She is Mrs.

Diane Uslaner, J) City, television station; viewers also will get in on the KTIV will observe its first an-; full with some awards to be niversary of telecasting -with a made to viewers who can cor-birthday party today at its 10th rectly answer telephoned que-rlreet and Grandview boulevard ries. studios. Portions of the big) Four attendance awards, in-birthday party will be aired to- eluding a color television set, who came to KTIV a year ago ay beginning 41 12 o'clock also will be made. cay -J 'A MM A. stree't and Grandview boule-vard are exceptionally well planned and outfitted.

A series of offices flank the the main entrance on 10th street. Beyond these are located the film telecasting equipment room, the- film library and darkroom, an engineer's workshop and the complex control room 1 with soundproofed windows looking out upon the pa-clous television studio, itself. The control room is built several feet higher than the floor of the studio to afforcf the production manager and other technicians the clearest possible view of cameras, lights, the microphone boom and the subjects appearing on the home screens. Has Balanced Schedule A well balanced schedule of local and N. B.

shows makes up KTIV telecasting day. This season's fare will include a liberal serving of drama, music, comedy, news, sports, children's shows and color spectaculars. Entertainment figures whose names have become household words such as George Gobel, Sid Caeser, Loretta Young, Groucho Marx, Martin and Lewis. Eddie Fisher, Dinah directly from Syracuse university, Syracuse, N. where she received a master's degree in radio-television.

Diane received her Cachclor of arts degree with distinction from the University of Nebraska. She majored in English and while at Nebraska "was active in radio and dramatics She received radio and theater acting awards In college and also was a member of the summer stock Com iC' Organized on December 29, 1953, under the joint operation of the Perkins Bros. Co. and the KCOM Broadcasting station KTIV went qn the air at 6 p. October 10, 1954, On its assigned channel 4 and with an initial power of 50,000 watts.

Change to Maximum Power Approval for an increase from 50,000 to 100,000 watts effective radiative power was granted by the federal communications commission 13, 1955, and five days later the changeover to the stepped up power output was' an accomplished fact. The station's 550-foot tower, capped by an 83-foot antenna, is the highest man made structure in this vicinity. The tower and transmitter building are located pany at Lincoln's Hayloft noon. From a modest openinr night program of four hours of telecasting one year ago October II, the station has expanded its program day, increased its power and introduced many new tele- vision personalities and net work stars to viewers in the course of the last 13 months. A pair of outstanding N.

B. C. programs, 1976, which will give the viewers a peek at the world of 20 years hence, and Show Biz, a color spectacular with a gal-exy of stars, will be the frosting on KTIVs birthday cake program today. Studios Open to Public The station's studios will be opened to the public from noon to 6 p. m.

today with special telecasts emanating from the studios from noon to 2::30 p. m. and from 3:30 p. m. to 5:30 p.

theater in 1952. While attending was 'writer, producer, director and mistress-of-ceremonies on various television series presented by the university over fa STUDIO PRODUCTIONS ARE COM- cilities of WSYR-TV. She also plest studio productions require extenaive amounts of equipment and many technicians. PLEX "Three minutes to go," indicates Max Schindler, program director. Even the sim A 1950 graduate of Iowa Stat college, Bill Fleming, 26, above) JIIM y'v." mm in ,111.1 fiuyaw 1 worked in the following crew positions for WSYR-T.

V.i lighting, audio, switching, floor manager, projection, boom and camera. She first joined KTIV as head of the continuity department. a eiimmarv nf tha livo. C1" uf avc Shore, Perry Como, Robert "Ue I Montgomery and Jack Webb, to The KTIV studios at 10th namebut few, may be seen Hew 1956 tMjix 1 over KTIV this season. in short space of 12 months, KTIV personalities Ken Way-man, Bob Wilson, Tom Searles and Bill Fleming have become familar to thousands of Sioux-I landers whose homes they visit i daily via the magic of televi-I sion.

Wayman is the station's news director; Searles presents the weather twice daily over channel 'Wilson offers the stock market news to KTIV view, ers each day, Monday through Friday, at 9:20 p. m. Bill, a native of Albert City, was graduated from Iowa State college with a bachelor of science degree in agricultural journalism. Following a two-year stint in the army, he joined radio KAYL in Storm Lake, in 1953 as farm director. Bill served in that capacity until last May when he came to Sioux City and began work with the Sioux City Livestock Market News and Educational foundation.

He was first seen on KTIV In August and has been supplying Siouxlanders with livestock market news five nights a week since that time. Bill is single and resides at 1121 Jones street. latest news in the sports world msmi and Fleming reports livestock market activities five nights a Owners of T. Sets Are Urged Not to Tinker CHICAGO Television set owners who have the urge to tinker with their receivers shouldn't. According to Ray DcC6la, director of engineering for a large television manufacturer, a number of recent "fiMt-yourself" books have made the job of repairing a television set look as easy as opening a can of soup.

"Many persons, whose knowledge of television was limited to tuning in their set, have been ledto believe they were expert enough to dismantle a receiver and put it back together without having 13S parti left over;" DeCola said. He explained that a new 21-inch receiver has over 1.600 in C) week. "vMore Color Telecasts From the moment KTIV be I 33 c-in gan operation it was equipped 4 ii in i T. ilP for televising network color shows as the recent production of Heidi and the seven-game world series. This season N.

B. C. will telecast numerous shows in color," including the "earlier mentioned extravaganza, Show Biz, which may be seen tonight EDITS FILM Shirley Stevens, film editor for television station KTIV, reviews a reel of film preparatory to its use "on the air." Racks of boxes containing film of all types, spot news, feature material and commercial "spots" can be seen In the background. dividual including tiny strips of wire, nuts, bolts, washers, screws, tubes, condensers stealstfrom the rest of the com-! gratitude and hate. He tries to pany and in it he recalls scenes! understand the stranee bein television set usually can make the simple adjustments necessary to assure a good picture, he strongly recommended that any difficulty involving more than a -nut, washer and a bolt be referred to a competent service man.

"Our advice to would-be tink-eres is don't." with his family, all ofi whom within him and to miree him-! ind r.c?istor?- During assembly Ben Silver Is Busy Newsman on Station KTIV DeCola said, more than 2,000 GET A DEMONSTRATION NOW AT BEKINS try It yourself, you'll be thrilled yet delighted with this sensational New Flash--Matie Console. $39995 NO MONEY DOWN 3.95 PER WEEK zero second ar- at 5:30 o'clock over KTIV. A home owned corpora- tion KTIV it headed by Dietrich Dirks, president and manager W. R. Perkins is chairman of the board.

Other officers include E. T. Flaherty, executive vice president: Duane Kidder, president; Miss Eliza-' beta Sammons, treasurer and Carlton Corbett, secretary. In addition to the officers, who also serve as directors, W. loved him and all of whom he had destroyed with his In- self before the riveS.

soldered connections are made. While the average owner of a A. Klinger and Henry C. Shull siiiir' or Co are directors. Today station officials extend rTf7V 1 IjJ 1 a warm invitation to residents of the KTIV area to "drop in" on their birthday party, view the station's facilities and the meet the staff members who have provided viewers with 2) txsr.

KTIV WAREHOUSE FURNITURE STORE Selected Iowa 5ft aW Wesley Way Pk.H5ol Sow Cry, 1 mum many pleasant hours of enter tairiment and information. urn in sioux cut rttsr in iioux citt rusr sioux city AH 7 7 America's Finest Air Conditioning! 1 for most efficiency for necessary quietness for greater output for more comfort 9 In Your Home Ben Silver (above) joined the KTIV news department last March after receiving his master of arts degree in journalism at the University of Iowa. Ben is a native of New York, having graduated from high school there before joining the army, where he served as an infantryman from 1945 to 1946. Following his hitch in service, Ben enrolled at Iowa university and'was graduated with a bachelor's degree In 1950. A three-years period as a real estate salesman in his native city accupied the KTIV newsman before he returned to Iowa to continue his studies.

Ben, with News Director Ken Wayman, has become a familiar figure wjth his camera and notebook at the scene of news happenings about the KTIV area. Ben appears on the channel 4 news period Saturday nights. He is married and lives at 1217 31st street. Stay WARM in Winter Stay COOL In Summer i c-vi i i -v- 4 with the sensational YEAR 'ROUND NEED 0 T. V.

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way to acquire all of your appliances without large "out-of-budget" expenditure. jEome in tomorrow and let us prove it. ''Congratulations KTIV on BIG 1 it Birthday Drama About G.I. in aw ar altlrr horr AiM-nn anil, avallahla far oar a ami warm air faraara. KTIV Frlgidaire Installation by John Cassavetes, Glcnda Far- rell and Paul Hartman will play leading roles In The Expcnda-; ble House, the initial drama of the new television playhouse tonight ever KTIV.

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BAXTER CO. 'A rtl SVM Piirct St, himself on the eve he has set for his self-destruction. The title derives from a typical, average American house which is on the site near a tower holding the latest H-bomb. Remnants of the house! If thera ar.any are to be tested following th bomb blast. To this tmuse Pvt.

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