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The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 61

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The Lincoln Stari
Location:
Lincoln, Nebraska
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61
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Nebraska Radio-TV Year Review New Defense Piililieily Office Will Be Set Tp WASHINGTON. (NANA). for his 25 years of farm broad- show presented daily at 13th and Government bigwigs intend to casting. Oat 11 45 am. I Youth activities and Another local show of special year old, Omaha KMTV has coverage also highlighted the interest is by George Randol com- KMTV Although little more than City Measures Combat Faults In Sanitation jHtumrv 2H, Ilf Denta I IM ru SI Mnv JOITIN VI fur reached total of 70 program program time for the hours a week in keeping pace 1951, the station mtrodiue 006 on-the-air with the mounting number of personality a month to listeners television sets in the area.

ments on Broadway show news and local entertainment highlights. When the station began commercial programming Sept. 1, 1949, there were less than 4,000 KLMS The past set up a new defense publicity office soon. It will be molde'd on the old office of war information and its purpose will be to clear sanitation in regard to public advance speeches and news re- patmg establi.shments, private leases of all defense officiabs. water supplies, dispo al and other areas have re- Gold Into Hleler IMl 1 i Cb rb.

I 1 1 rv I'h kt Mtxne an tiike b. ik Activities for the city di-T i hmi t.ustoincr an I'ic Names Ibnir a I I llovaltv Mark 1 ar fi 'iu a in In wb-n the 1 in Omaha. A year operation when the completed coaxial cable made it possible to receive programs directly from the net- work.s—the total had reached 37.000. The most recent report puts the number of sets at 60,000, Prior to the comple- first full KLMS has been a big one for 1 000 -watt news and During the year KLMS became affiliated with the Liberty Broadcasting system In addition to broadcasting all of the Big Seven conference basketball director, for the year ending PITTSBURGH. (UP).

A park- 3 1950 ing meter in suburban Mt. jj, regard to public eating e.s- banon gave up a gidd piece, p.hiishments, the division: which some motorist inadvert- estaldish- KOWH In the 19 months since Robert H. and Todd Storz radio station KOWH from the Omaha World-Herald, physical facilities have been remodeled, cntly dropped into the meter new air personalities and staff slot to pay or an park- members added, and overall ing. policy revised. A noteworthy change is temperature reports are pre.

I programming, which provides i sented. tion. film showings and kme- games, the station pre.sentcd top five minutes of news before every Highlights in the year ope recordings dominated the baseball and football events. hour. Originally set up to report include home-and-away abbreviated telecast.

Now live The KLMS news and public- Korean war developments to the piav broadca.sts of both the Oma- shows occupy the spotlight. affairs headed by Tom I six-state listeners, the ha hockey games ur- 1 RefUtered menfs. 2. Inspected 3. Made 900 field 09 estahlish- f.iiilty pri e.lur.;s In water m.idc and 4K.i vnuts and s'Ht lettei improvement Tfie div.

egrer, ti p- pett nnit sewage a result. tank sewage dispn.al terns and 12 privien were eni- 1 jro. ill nan- a- 1 4. Held ten food handler Ktjuitetl in aeeerd.ince with ap- classes, attended by 20(1 persons standards 'N I Ti r. y.ill 111 A rd Ltrfe pes at 17 biP it 1'ft arks i -ime are eltli tie.M' en wn ei.Innie-.

irgim.i ue r.i itain's vir. in vs hlle 1 Maryi.md named Ch I and his wife, Lun' XIV Ktan his name to ui.a- an i. KMTV. too, is empha- Sorensen-was active, offering SIS on live shows. During the listeners on-the-scene reports on week of Jan.

15 14 tdecast tht? May 8th flood, the Peru r.s' Td 5. Issued 2.5 court citations. As a result. 80 CHtablishments the divi.Min aLo Inspe. ted sanitation fa- ing honu's, ca ide! r-'" cilities: 2.50 corrected faulty apartment homes tel Kin Omaha Mntui! 125 improved lighting and village hooL.

pu sulTw I of fmid processing rooms: 9d cor- camps, pools and Lm- j.j feature is now a cause of listener------------------- Program Director Oaylord Day I were produced viewers. for channel 3 KFAB other major news stories. Howard A Shuman is president of the Lincoln Broadcasting Avery credits the brief newscasts Calling wnicn imKca Vsn faulTv refncer- mendations for for the climb of the veterans from Korea with loved- corrected provements. KOWH ngarann.nlitips in- oilCS and home, i nmni Station. KOWH personalities in elude Russ Walt Kavanaugh, Don Loughnane, Sandy wns, and tre.ims in In other at'iMS during the ir, Vii ini.i rorun'finoride rival patrons Among th.it st ite''- LiO intie are Kind George, Kmg Wulnim, ce Kilw.ird, Grorce, nice William and facilities; rolii cIi.

oI.n. and m.i'i** recom- Anne. anitation im- NTUS I 1 no title are 'iro. City, Charlotte, 1 Fredpfick, Heni '1 .1 1 There are fu' r. A'(S as Mirg.

Ch Ihrei- a 1 p-to -m, .1 i -S iri' a A Pr Ini (o' in 1 1 an 1 i i'h queen. 'T'i A 1 r' 1 1 ve i I 1-, 01 IH namM il 'T 'i 1 ire IG m- 1 i A fi, I var-i- "f' I il ar 1 Duche .1 fV wvve a pv i Mir -'h as Kiiii' 1 'n. Lr p- iv i.v n. l.n 1 I iv: Kn 1 a Ki er. a (if.

ar 1 nwiva- nia a iTi 1 caned "Peratc, KLM.S and J. Ru.s.sell Joynt is general gandler. manager. Horace Heidt, Gene Hersholt and Rex Allen were among the entertainers that appeared before KFAB Lincoln and Omaha microphones during 1950. Auditions were held in both Lincoln and Omaha for Heidt's Youth show, a which was broadcast coast-to- roast from Lincoln by the station.

Hersholt, Christian," and cowboy movie star Allen, visited the station. farm editor, Bill Macdonald was cited by the county extension agents during their Idncoln conference. He attended KOLN KBON-FM After popular endorsement by i-Council Bluffs bus riders KOIL was con- ducted Jan. 1, 1951, by KOIL when the radio station entered KOLN expanded Omaha-Councll Bluffs bus riders show of local and regional in- run of TransR terest during 1950. Under new manager Harold E.

new quarters in the studio wing I The ta.sk entailed the moving of Aquila Court build- and program director William E. Luras, the station inaugurated a program for listeners around Lincoln. Harold Allen became farm editor. KOLN presents 18 newscasts and commentaries daily, and for radio, KBON-FM began Transit kv operations March 1, 19.50. of many pieces of hP i'Tp With 105 buses i a 11 I cate equipment and the job ol equipped with fixed-tuned, crys- disconnecting and reinstalling tal controlled receivers, a new 1 hundreds of lines and cables.

En- type of FM broadcasting was; gineers inoveci the complete idu- brought to 74.000 daily Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway bus riders. The station is also heard in 15,000 Omaha FM the fourth year carries Nebraska such''me'etings as the National Wesleyan and Nebraska Unlver- 4-H Club congress, the Inter- sity ba.sketball games- Lynne national Livestock show and the i reed and Paul Jensen con- national meeting of radio farm tinued Penny for Your directors. He wag also honored i a man-on-the-street homes. Music, In the mood of the hour, is programmed from 6 a. m.

to 9 p. m. On the quarter-hour, one- minute news capsules, sports scores, public service features and complete time, weather and dio with no interruption in KOIL programming. For several days, programs originated from studios in both the new and old locations. For over 15 years, the station w'as located in the Omaha Na- 110 North 12th tional Bank building.

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