Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 31

Richmond Timea-Dfopatch Fri Feb 19 1982 C-7 V- WRLH for sun 7 i 1 I I I rfs a Jt ft fv fV hopes boards proclaiming for radio spots advertising that Channels 6 8 and 12 are the best reasons for turning to Channel 35 and large ads taken out in TV Guide There was even a daily series of newspaper ads telling you in theory what would be airing that night It is a good campaign it would have been even better if the station had gotten on the air when they expected it to Channel optimism and an advertising campaign that didn't let up caused a great deal of confusion in the minds of people who were interested LACY BOTH AXE RCA CoiotTrtk and CABLE READY Viewing TV Columnist Douglas Durden in watching what they thought was a station on the air On Sunday one staff member reportedly logged in 399 telephone calls in two hours a number of them from people who thought the problem was in their TV sets still being optimistic If if if If they get a bright sunny day with no wind the station can get on the air within nine hours says Jacobs So when can we actually expect to see WRLH? A look out the window should tell you Clear skies Channel 35's delight Rainy skies off the air another night APPLIANCES LACY It could almost be considered a case study in how not to launch a new TV station Eager no anxious to get independent channel WRLH-TV off the ground during a rating sweeps month (thereby coming to the attention of advertisers via the Nielsen and Arbitral books) Channel 35 was working right down to the wire to get on the air Finally two elements were left to install: the micro-wave tower and the antenna No problem one-day Job station personnel were saying this time a week ago anticipating a Saturday start But what they reckon with was a siege of bad weather snow wind rain each preventing hoisting the antenna on top of the 1200-foot-plus tower at the Midlothian Turnpike transmitter site Yes right Monday was a beautiful day but it turned out to produce 50-mph winds at the top of the tower And yes also right It beat raining all that hard But while workers have been able' to get to the top of the tower for preliminary work "the act of raising the antenna and attaching it has to done in clear explained program manager Jim Jacobs cannot allow any water to get Into the transminion Actually weather-related problems started long before last week which is how Channel 85 found itself in a last-minute situation to begin with Initially said Jacobs there was a problem getting equipment delivered to Richmond because of bad weather elsewhere And once the equipment was delivered they had problems getting some of it dowta the transmitter unpaved road "The weather has been killing said Jacobs sitting here with rain on our faces It was totally unforeseen Obviously we launch the massive campaign we did without being totally we were going on the air We bad commercials produced to run for George That massive campaign built around the theme an the has included bUl- Radio highlights ul WEET-AM The a DHOW JUUBIffiJOB Service Lariie Vbst II e-a WIVE-AM Boa Air krnreh with the Ri IMS pm WRFK-FM Comedy end fcM ml WRFX-FM Ra-1 Comedy and drama by WRFK-FM Chicaao Oicheetra Itzhak Perlman iit to the Tehalkeveky VtoUn to the OKheetra perform! 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