Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 63

V'Ti'V "s-: cnaocfica Getting Cfu 678 audience iti focus "There is no Ch 67 explained a man from Roelyn Heights "I can see Ch 67 all the time" explained a man from Far Rockaway TV Guide" Well today I am going to end slanders like these twice and for all about Long one and only commercial TV station WSNL in Central Is-lip the cultural center of Suffolk County by publishing the results of the first authoritative survey of the Ch 67 audience The readers of this column asked several months ago to clrop everything including their Sunday Newsdays and try to get Ch 67 They were given instructions on how to conduct such a survey Time in Ch 67 The number can be found on -the UHF dial do not confuse this with the VHP dial usually directly Three hundred and sixty-nine readers volunteered for this scientific study which for the first time would trace the path of a UHF signal over the Long Island land mass The count of viewers was the most significant study along these lines since the last Audubon Society bird count The survey proved conclusively: 1 That there is a Ch 67 out thereintheairlt is not a hype conjured up by an aggressive communicator to sell commercials to unsuspecting local businessmen who are too busy watching VHF stations for fun and profit to watch anything on the UHF dial 2 That WSNL-TV which was described by a public relations consultant as its sharp programing teeth of 3000000 watts toward the fat untapped market of more than 3000000 living on Long is more narrowly seen in Nassau County than in Suffolk County Perhaps the new station should go to a dentist and have its teeth further shmpened (It has been promising for months to increase its power to 5000000 watts) 3 That the signal definitely goes beyond Central Islip Ch 67 also is seen perfectly in Islip Terrace the survey found "I have never had so much fun watching TV as I have since Ch 67 came on the responded contented viewer Sherry Mion of Islip Terrace "Its first days were incredible On the very first show of Island Tonight the host walked on camera threw his arms wide and said to-uhh and looked helplessly into the wings He had forgotten the name of his show! On Chef Nicola's first show he was making eggs and as he was grinding pepper into the bowl he exclaimed -my It seems a screw from the bottom of the pepper mill fell into the bond These funnyinci-dents would have been edited out of a taped show That night I called WSNL and told them how much I enjoyed their live The survey performed a valuable public service Before the survey I used to get many letters like station had trouble getting the pictures West Hempstead the survey found may be the best place far getting the sound perfectly The official results of the survey: -The best town for viewing Ch 67 Hartford Conn On Long Island these are the Top 20 Ch 67 towns Smithtown Nine out of nine respondents saw Ch 67 All nine also had TV sets the survey ascertained We had made a point of asking this basic question this was a scientific poll because a lot of people see TV shows without their TV sets on because of such factors as drink drugs and active imaginations Babylon Also had a perfect viewing record (nine out of nine) but one said the picture was a Central Islip West Islip blip Terrace Farmingdale Lindenhurst Freeport Selden Commack Riverhead Huntington Levittown Coram Wantagh North Babylon Deer Park Merrick Wyandanch Kings Park Other towns that appear to be pretty good but are in the category because of the smattering of replies: Setauket East Setauket South Setauket East Islip East Patchogue Ron-konkoma Bav Shore Amity Harbor Medford Center Moriches Brightwaters Baldwin Stony Brook Centereach Northport East Northport Bayville Fort Salonga Nesconset Bellmore North Bellmore Brentwood South Westbury Massapequa Bohemia Woodbury Carle Place Copiague Holbrook Southold West- Baby km Lake Rankonkoma Lake Grove Lakeview North Merrick Savyille Elmont Ridge Cutchogue Holtsville Brookhaven Mastic Beach Centerpart Lawrence Roosevelt The Bottom 12 towns for seeing Ch 67 Hewlett Apparently nobody has yet seen Ch 67 me of the few deprivations in this town New Hyde Park Zero per cent can see it here Valley Stream: 75 per cent say they get it Roslyn Heights Flower Hill (Port Washington) Floral Park Manhasset Glen Cove Two of the respondents who see it even have roof antennas'! there must be something defective in their equipment) Rockville Centre Mineola Westbury Malverne The other towns that have bad reception are too numerous to mention The major centers of mixed some can see some despite a variety of auxiliary viewing equipment such as roof antennas coat hangers loops and according to one respondent the IUD appear to be Oceanside Syosset Plain-view Franklin Square Seaford Betbpage and Jericho Now that cleared up the reception mystery and I can be reasonably sure that at least 30 per cent of my readers will know what I am talking about I plan to begin reviewing Ch 67 shows in earnest Lode for a critique soon of the best of the classics appear on our explained an informed Ch 67 source II Kmll) OuitntiH kjr Ait jddutk this one from FYetz of East Meadow: can I do to get the Ch 67 he asked My standard form-letter reply was: closer to the But now I know enough to say up on your roof and risk breaking your neck by installing a special bow-tie Five out of six of neighbors in blast Meadow responding to the survey said they could see Ch 67 by using the proper It also is now known for a that people who are curious about seeing Ch 67 should not move to Garden City know that my set and antenna are capable of very good reports volunteer viewer Penney of Laurel Street all local and some quite distant UHF stations such as New Haven and Hartford in Connecticut and Chs 47 and 50 in New Jersey But given up on Ch 67 the sound is fine but the picture is The situation is out of focus in certain towns While most of the respondents in W'antagh report--ed being able to see Ch 67 especially with proper roof antennas Richard Palazzo dissented do not get Ch 67 very well on any of the in my house regardless of he type of antenna I guess it matter though because I've seen all of their shows when they were on television the first time he said Gordon Baker who lives in Hempstead with a-four-bay bow-tie roof antenna said he excel- lent Baker is the Associate News Director of WSNL-TV Sixty per cent of the respondents in Hempstead not associated with directing the 8:08 WMC-FM: Mat Bw Piece Sen tiTArkl 8:00 WMGA: ImUI Yankees a Texas 8:15 WffifB: Sense Pheae-ie 8:38 PM-MM: MM Condders Beady Contest" 18:00 mvC: Bplaaa Discussion 10:00 WU8: Mdandea Menriews and specid reports 18:00 PM-WHIS: tows Gtebreaee 10:00 BUM: Sped Ben Boating safety and antiques 18:00 MlYtfM: toyteyL "Three Billion aid "Alter Liverpool 18:80 PM-wmi: Swvfee Near Organ recltd 10:80 WWIIJ BSJa: SMs TcrinL 10:05 PM-WCSfcUriFM DM Newsmaidng interviews 18:38 MIU: EM Lit Dm RiM of David Lsvinsky" 10:35 IMIS: Fn Me totoa Herbert Sten Chainnan of Pres Nixon's Council a Economic Advisors 11:00 PM-WM: Bar dBecaite Billy Graham 11:38 WHO: WSmss to BM Sews 11:45 PM-WGU: Iks Meats a DaaBw Mdiica Trenscendentd meditation WWB: Jazz Continuum til 8 AM WW: Bq Breedcad Music tom the 70s and 30s (stores) WBIC: led a Ibewe Black entertainment and talk TV SWITCHES Hire are the latest changes mads by thn television networks and local stations Today 3S Bsw Guest Bruce Llewellyn president of One Hundred Black Men IB: MOO Marika Saadiy SdeeL "Forms of Creation tom the Biblical to the Scientific" 11-SB FeMc Newt "School Guests Peter O'Brien president of toe Counci of Supervisors and AdmMstotors and David Seeiy executive director of Public Educational Association Bees 0 FmetkeBatoe Guest Herbert of Pres Ident Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers 12:38 PM fiewosbere Guest Ken McRpley president of the Patol-men'e Benevolent Association 12:30 PM Med Me tows Guest Sen JWFuibrigM (QAffcJi chair-- man oithe Senate Foreign Relations Committee 12:38 PM BewiCsHiMcs Guests New Jersey Sett John Russo and New Jersey Hep Albert Bursteift 1:38 PM 0 Neon ad Ikmwsri Guest Sen Cart Curt (RNeb) 8:38 PM 0 PeNb Mbits "Consumer Rip-off" 5:38 PM Psrimly Mat Guests John Hetrick Clark professor African history at Hunter Colege and Sylvia Ardyn Boone author of "West African Travel" 1:80 PM tows Sped New Leaders Giscvd aid (60 min) 7:00 PM 1874 finest Festhrd Pends (90 min) 8:38 PM 88 WsehtReports on llegal bugging equipment the Panama Canal and a film by Lord Snowden "Born to Be SmaR" 10:38 PM (B firitf Um Kidnaper the Victim the Society" Guest Atlanta Constitution editor Reg Murphy (60 min RADIO BEST Today 18:08 WBJ: CNsty Encefia BqaiL Nassau's Ralph Cass' 18:15 WHLfc Sspsntisof SafOtL 11:45 AM-VHLklbpeit tom Mtaef 12:15 WMU: toped torn WiHesbe 2:15 MM: BmeML San Francisco a Mela 8:00 WUfclnaes and Answers Sen Cart Curtis (IMfeb) 4:85 PM-MOt: lasMa lee Head Local reports 4:30 WOO: Ask Veer tapeaia Rep Lester Wolff (D-Kensinfl-ton) 5:05 1808: Mysbry IMtf Die Honor Within" with Don rO ktet-i VIA8: LL Spacto Interviews wito Cesar Chavez and Howard Samuels WHTCBL JWle toe City Seeps Concert music (store!) 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