The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 37

THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Tuesday August 29 T967 TC Ultra High Frequency Station Comes Of Age In Charlotte WCCB-TV Jumps Into Area Viewing Spotlight Favorites New Shows On ABC After almost three years of slow but steady growth WCCB-TV (Channel It!) will leapfrog into Ihe area viewing spotlight this season The UIIF station will offer a full schedule of ABC network shows and will be the exclusive station in tins area for award-winning ABC programming Channel 11 also is i fie onlv station in the area that wilt he carrying the full Hi-game schedule of NCAA foothill Hus fall In the past WCCB-TV Ins carried shows from ill throe of Ihe major ne' works AB CBS and NBC It ha I no trouble getting iii'auik shows hut it often had liti'i-cuhy holding out them Two of the city's oMier stations had first call on network shows and mull even call no a sh iv that WCCB-TV had scheduled and two of the prime shows led premiered in lhi roa on WCCB-TV then move I in 'o other stations alt-'r ivoig proved their mettle NEW TWIST But this fall prog-'ino -m takes a turn Several lop I ABC shows will move ruin the city's two oilier major stations to WCCB TV la addition It pnlirdy ne-v shows will In making Hour debut on 1-1 i i ing Eighteen" And in color lo going to he a grp it year for viewers" said Cv Bahakel president of Bdia-kel Broadcasting Compaov which owns WCCB-TV the first lime in this area they will have available all major network og in its normal lime period-'-For Bahakel the BC if-filiation is evidence thnl Ilia UHF station has come of one proves there is no longer any stigma r-ini I 1 wilh UHF (ultra high Im-qtiunry'" lie said Wilh each of Ihe dn major stations affilial eh a difioront nelwoik Bahakei said area viewers should yi all network n-ograms a the times they are hedut-i he on the air w-iihoq my delays The Dynamic Duo becomes the Terrific Trio when Batgirl (Yvonne Craig) joins Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) as Batman Premieres Thursday September 14 on WCCB TV from 7:30 to 3 pm Kathie Brown as Angie Dow and Buddy Foster as Johnny Dow provide the feeling of "family" for Talph Taeger as Hondo the tight-lipped loner tensed for action in the untamed Southwest Hondo premieres in color Friday September 8 from 8:30 to 9:30 pm on WCCB TV Owner Earned Law Degree As Announcer Columbia just after an atmouneer had said "This is a Bahakel WII PRICE? She wanted to order a Bah ik'd from the station if it wasn't too expensive UHF Tuning Critical WCCB-TV C'y IV Bahakel is lav yr )io turned into a practicing broadcaster The friendly soft spoken native of Birmingham worked his way through the I 'Diversity of Alabama law school try announcing at a local radio station And after lie got his I av degree tie says jokingly that he decided to "open a radio station and make some money so I could ho an honest practicing But the pull of hroaa ie '-a ing was too strong and Hie day that he opened his fust radio station in Kosciusko Miss was the day lie cea-ed to be a lawyer That was 20 year- a i He no longer owns lire Kosciusko station but lie does own oil operate six radio stations and Id television si atoms- including WCCB TV 'I'Vinnel tit i here Bahakel resun o'd" the defunct Channel ilii opera1 ion here in llllil applied for and received a change I a Channel 111 and went on tin air in November of that year I increased the power to I he present lO'jOOOO waits and this year sooner than many had anticipated recoil 1 full ABC net worn affiliation BCSY MAN Active in Chamber of Commerce and other civic off Bahakel directs his broadcasting activities from Chorhii'c Offices are maintained in the Merchandise Mart near the WCCB-TV studios at 1 Television riaee (behind the Coliseum) Now a major factor in broadcasting Bahakel likes recall some of the days when he was less well know Like the first lime he ralhd Other stations in the Bahakel network are these: Radio KXKL AM FM at Walerloo Iowa WDOD AM FM Chattanooga Tenn WWOD AM FM Lynchburg Vo I Kingsport Tenn WLBJ AM bars id" is Ihe best for good color reception IMPROVEMENTS The criliral tuning necessary to receive a UHF signal has come under the scrutiny of the Federal Communications Commission says Tit-man and it is qihte likely that Ihe FCC soon will require in'imificlorers to install m-ire exact tuning equipment on all sols Antenna dum also is important to good reception Toman continued Most new sets have small looo antennas on Che rear These loops should lie turned in different directions until picture reception is at its strangest If adjust irenl of the looo antenna doesn't produce the hoped for results try moving Hie set a few inches or turn it in a slightly different direction Contrary to what some servicemen sometimes tell customers no high expensive antenna should he necessary to receive Channel signal in Mecklenburg County Tit-man said The only exceptions to this are very low areas or locations where high trees or buildings might block out the signal SUGGESTION If an outside antenna is desired Titman recommends FM Bowling Green Ky and A Greenwood Miss Television WABG-TV Greenwood Miss WBIM-TV Jackson Tenn WOLO-TV Columbia SC and WKR-TV Montgomery Ala Procedure that il not lie located more than 10 feet from the set If your present outside VHF nnlcnna is within this distance of your television set then the UIIF antenna may be mounted cm the VHF mast Otherwise a small separate outside antenna can lie installed just outside a wind iw Tilman said lie always recommend- In anlenna installers that i-iood I nlo'-l ires not ll I i I 'ad" wires he used lor an tennas And the lead-in wires should he kepi a a ay from gutters and window-screens eifh'-'i of which will block recepHoii Separate ie id in wires should he use I I IIF and VHF anl'ainas In- continued you have one of those expensive an'ennas design'd to work with one lead-in wire vou mus! luue two one for UIIF and one for VI IK" Practically nil of (lie outside com criers being soi locally are reliable Tilman said and can he counted on for long trouble-l ret services Some eonverlers ulilre hal-(cries "and these batteries don't last forever" Tilman said you have one of those containing batteries and you getting the reception you should perhaps the batteries should lie hanged ABC headquarters in New York is Bahakel calling from Kosciusko Mississippi" he told the operator "Would you mind placing your call again sir? We have such a bad connection you wouldn't believe what I pist heard" she replied Then there was the ln'v who called li is station ik Barbara Perkins stars as Betty Anderson Cord on ABC-TV's Peyton Place now twice weekly Monday and Wednesday on WCCB-TV from 9:30 to 10 pm Lana Wood plays Sandy Webber on Peyton Place twice weekly on WCCB-TV The tuning of a UIIF television set is critical procedure and it you're not receiving WCCB-TV as clearly as you think von should tuning may he your problem of the calls we get from viewers are from people who don't know exactly how to lone their sets" said Guv Tilmau WCCB-TV's chief engineer Timing a UIIF set is simi-1 -1 to tuning a radio It's necessary to move the dial until the best possible signal is being received To get Channel 13 on a set equipped with built in UIIF eonvert'T Til man savs you turn (he main tuning knot) to then turn the other tuning knob slowly in either direction until the picture and sound are clear If your converter is the outside type you turn the main tuner to Channel li then tune in the picture and sound liv slowly turning the tuning knob until liolh come in strong Tilman suggosls If your set is a color set the UHF Inning control should he turned until you can see sound hats'' in the picture (when someone is talking) then carefully turn the knob hack until the bars disappear The point at which the sound PATTERN Programming in lee has been somChme a bodge podge ilh some Mm being ailed in (tiudoHo v-era! days later tli in cities "Piogramming people in.