The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 27

ie THE KANSAS CITY TIMES SB Thursday QtihfMlMl New Channels May Give TV Viewer Wider Choice get there are too many details to be worked out But in the not too distant future Kansas Citians should be able to watch something besides the news weather and sports at 6 important to all businessmen I think there is plenty of room for two more a third one might cramp the market a bit at this The two stations have yet to set an actual broadcasting tar- Brazilian folk medicine used such plants as rauwolfia for centuries before modern science discovered the beneficial substances reserpine and serpasil in the plant 5 phone and Telegraph company test board a set rate of $400 a said Wodlinger you can have as many Ideal loops as you think you But local television officials such as Wodlinger Francis and Jerry Hillard of WDAF-TV seem to think programing equipment and a building are the least of the independent worries problem will be not the expenses but the fact that they have a lack of a source of said Francis advertisers support you and before advertisers will spend money with you they have to be sure somebody is watching their Despite problems the two companies are moving headlong into establishing the stations They seem to be facing problems with open eyes even the problem that as Wodlinger put it "they will probably lose a quarter of a million dollars a year for the first five The FCC says Kansas City has an ample market for supporting more television stations Tremble believes Kansas City should have had television statons from the welcome them to the Francis added think another station or two would be good for all of thinly the market here is Tremble said fact that Kansas City is a growing vibrant market is THESE TELEVISION channel numbers have been allocated to Kansas City by the Federal Communications commission Channels 4 5 and 9 very high frequency channels are in operation and are net-work-affiliated Channels 19 and 68 both ultra high-frequency channels are educational stations channel 19 is operated by the Kansas City Board of Education Channels 41 50 and 62 also channels are allocated for commercial use but at the present time none is on the air A9 v)ar Reg A There is a Cake Box Stare near you For the address of the one nearest you phone WA 1-2030 and white for a lot less money today you just dare go black and white lose at least half of your All three stations in Kansas City are owned by larger corporations based in other towns Officials of these stations aay they have complete autonomy in running their stations and that they serve the public as well as a locally owned station would larger corporations can do a better job just because of the size of their said Harry Francis program director of KCMO-TV could a locally owned station do that we added Wodlinger very interested in seeking out the needs of the local public But Tremble and Wodlinger obviously disagree one of the reasons in this said Tremble what I think of all the stations being owned by outside Network stations have a responsibility to their affiliated networks Although they can pre-empt almost any program they choose to naturally they tend to stay within the programing designs of their network advantage of being an independent station is that you can schedule anything you want to schedule at any continued Tremble It will be possible for commercial stations to Come up with a brand new way of programing for the residents of Kansas City In other cities that have unaffiliated stations on the air a big drawing force is the fact that they can schedule a program opposite a net work one that reaches persons of exactly opposite tastes Programs Are Available Both firms that have been approved to operate stations contend that the networks haven't got all the programs worth watching under contract a whole realm of syndicated independent productions to choose Tremble said are many sporting events particularly boxing that viewers in Kansas City never see a few shows a year that have to do with ballet drama or symphony orchestras have a lot of movies and several talk shows to choose from I think have any trouble filling up our air The two men said there also were some network shows not cleared by the local affiliated stations Tremble said all the two stations would have to do would be to maintain a local loop to tap the American Tele cane box Sale of Sterling Savings on the finest sterling Grand opportunity to add to your present service or select the perfect gift But hurry offer is limited Full selection of patterns Top to bottom: Martinique First Frost Belle Rose Vivant Grandeur Sentimental Young Love Damask Rose Lasting Spring Stanton Hall our existence just to work out the legal ramifications of building a the second year we built the had plans of putting our tower atop the Power Light Ottman said everyone around here is going up with their towers If going to compete have to go firm has chosen what he calls a 2-acre of the Smiley Driving range 4300 Johnson drive Fairway Neither firm has begun construction for several reasons had our construction permit extended several said Tremble want everything to be as right as it can he before we actually get into this Local station managers and directors say running a television station correctly takes a lot of money Most agree it takes well over a million dollars just to buy the equipment Mark Wodlinger station manager of KMBC-TV said a station needed at least two color cameras costing about $80-000 apiece three film cameras costing $40000 apiece at least a couple of tape recorders at $75000 apiece and of course lighting for color which runs about four times the cost for lighting for black and white to statistics put out by the American Research bureau in July 1968 stations in the 6-county area should have about a 48 per cent explained Tremble means about 48 per cent of the sets in the area can receive transmissions half of that number is color You could go black By Rosalind Eilingsworth (A Member of The Star's Staff) AT 6 Monday through Friday nights on television channel 4 you can watch the news weather and sports Or if you prefer you can turn to channel 5 and watch the news weather and sports Or you might even turn to channels 9 13 or 27 for more of the same And until recently there even a remote possibility of having an alternative For some time now the Federal Communications commission has had six commercial television channels allocated to the Greater Kansas City area (Also allocated to the area are channels 19 and 68 educational channels Only three of the channels 4 5 and are in use These three channels are very high frequency CV F) channels the type of channels television started out with The other three commercial channels 41 50 and 62 are ultrahigh frequency channels These channels are the television counterpart of FM radio stations should be plenty of television for Kansas City if they were all on the said Harold Bourell engineer in charge of this FCC district In federal legislation passed in 1964 under the direction of the FCC all television receivers manufactured after April 30 of that year were required to be equipped with a channel selector numbered from through 83 Channels 14 through 82 are Permits for Two Of the three commercial channels available here only two of them even have been issued construction permits Westport Television Inc and Allied Broadcasting company both for the most part locally owned applied more than two years ago for construction the first step in establishing a television station At the present time both companies are only in the steps of constructing a television station The third channel 62 originally was applied for by Dick Bailey president of Sports network But recently it has been taken over by TVUE Associates Inc of Houston-Galves-ton area They have announced no plans yet for construction FCC grants you a construction permit that is good for only six Sidney Tremble general manager of Westport Television the applicant for channel 41 said a fellow wants to put a television station on the air and all he wants to do he can do it in six months But really much more complicated than Proof of Financing The FCC issues its construction permits only after an application for a channel has been approved The applicant has to prove it is financially capable not only of buying the equipment to operate a station but also of keeping the station running for a even at a loss they do is issue you a license to lose Trem- I hie said Throughout the country independent commercial sta- tions have been giving the national networks a rough time And although the percentages have begun to level off independents have been taking bigger nibbles of the television viewing audience pie For example in Los Angeles in 1966 the independents took a 20 per cent share and in 1967 23 per cent And in New York those years they took a 20 and a 21 per cent share respectively- no way you can actually compete with the networks on a program-to-pro-gram said Tremble you have to do is give the viewers a choice something they tune in on the three Neither Tremble nor James Ottman a stockholder and spokesman for Allied the applicant for channel 50 say they have any visions of trying to program the way the networks do The two companies attempting to set up stations here reached the point of thinking about programing They have had trouble even finding the proper site for a station want to tell you I have been in every old building ih Kansas City looking for a place to build this studio and all we wanted was 10000 to 15000 square feet of Tremble said took us the better part of the first year of Save on serving pieces: Reg Sale 13i00 butter knife $10 1300 sugar spoon $10 2150 serving spoon 1750 2150 pierced ser spoon 1750 2425 gravy ladle 1925 2425 cold mdat fork 1925 2425 pie serving knife 1925 Save $3 on place setting pieces: Reg Sale 925 teaspoon 625 900 spreader $6 1225 soup spoon 925 1225 ice tea spoon 925 1295 salad fork 925 1300 place knife $10 1 425 place fork 11 25 TRIES TO LEARN ISRAELI INTENT Egyptian Memorandum Provide Task for N- Envoy ABBA EWm REPLY However Nothing Expected Before Return From Tel Aviv United Nations An Egyptian memorandum to Gunnar Jarring envoy asks him to find out from Israel whether it will withdraw from all the Arab territories it occupied last year The memorandum also asks him to find out whether Israel ready to the Security resolution of last November 22 which affirmed principles and requirements for settlement of the Arab-Israeli war of June 5-10 1967 Released by Egypt The contents of the memorandum became known yesterday Mahmoud Riad Egyptian foreign minister handed it to Jarring Saturday and Abba Eban Israeli foreign minister took it back with him Tuesday night on a trip to Jerusalem to report to the cabinet He is expected to give reaction to questions when he returns to New York and resumes talks with Jarring next Tuesday or Wednesday Israeli sources indicated thal Israel is not likely to declare now either that it will withdraw from all the occupied territories or that it is ready to implement the resolution the basis for Jar ring's peace mission as special representative to the Middle East They said the resolution called for implementation not by the parties but only by Secretary General Thant The resolution Thant to name a special representative to promote a settlement accordance with the principles and in it But it only those principles and prov sions In so doing it sets out that lasting peace should include Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territories and Arab acknowledgment of Israeli sovereignty within and recognized The Israeli sources said Israel could not declare itself on withdrawal until it knew where the boundaries should be and it would not know that until it learned whether the Arabs foresaw an armed frontier or an open frontier memorandum was his reaction to one Eban had given Jarring October 10 setting forth 9-point formula for peace Add Air Clash Data Tel Aviv Israeli and Egyptian jet fighters clashed yesterday for the first time since the Arab-Israeli war of June 5-10 1967 snarling into a brief action above the Suez canal An Egyptian military spokesman in Cairo declared a flight of four Israeli jets violated Egyptian air space over Ismailia a midway point on the canal and two were shot down and a third was hit this successful he said Egyptian planes returned safely to their The Israeli army denied any losses and said its pilots accomplished their purpose of blocking an aerial intrusion planes did not violate Egyptian air space and they all returned safely to a spokesman said in Tel Aviv Cairo claim is sheer The story here was that the Is- raeli jets took off and intercepted two of Soviet-built MIGs near Ismailia and the Egyptians then turned back The Israeli spokesman did not say whether fire was exchanged BULGAR TROOPS LEAVE Polish and Hungarians Also Gone From Czechoslovakia Vienna In a report from Prague a Bulgarian news agency A reported Bulgarian occupation troops in Czechoslovakia left for home yesterday Earlier reports said Polish and Hungarian occupation troops cleared out of Czechoslovakia and returned home Businesses See More Hiring Almost one-third of 25 industrial or business concerns in Kansas City expect increases in their hiring in the next 60 days an independent survey has reported Manpower Inc the company which conducted the survey said 29 per rent of the companies expect to hire more workers 67 per cent said employment levels would remain the same and the rest said they know what they would do Not one of the companies however said they expected to decrease For the area including Kansas Missouri Iowa Nebraska and North and South Dakota 28 per cent of the companies expected to hire more workers 64 per cent said their levels would remain stable six per cent said they expected decreases and two per cent had no opinion Bargain hunters bag their limit when they 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