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Evening Express Thursday April 28 1977 Ponai Settling JBELM TV At New Location WCSH lb affiliate NOW OPEN! 4S riday if Near Dearing High School I No obligation to buy additional portraits Chevron 4 CHEVRON GASOLINES OILS SAT 30 One sitting per subject $1 per subject tor additional subjects groups or individuals in the same family Persons under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian he might not only recoup His losses but make a little extra profit The logistics of the move were formidable on one floor in small boxlike offices which had been hotel rooms the new technologies came in we were constantly adding on at the old Powers said gives us an opportunity to get out of the The basement level at 1 Congress Sq serves as a loading bay for trucks bringing films and supplies By LYN LILJEHOLM Staff Writer Maine Group Says Thomson Remarks Untrue PORTLAND Maine (AP) A Maine an tinuclear group has criticized Gov Meldrim Thomson for and statements That terrorists are behind demonstration at the Seabrook NH nuclear power plant construction site The Nuclear Reaction stressed Wednesday that the planned occupation would be peaceful Joel reund a spokesman for the group said the guiding principle of the demon organizers was nonviolence The News Center 6 at WCSH is broadcasting from new: studios in the former New England Telephone Building at 1 Congress Square Zeroing in on newsmen John Dougherty (left) of' Littlejohn Island and Jack Curran of" Portia nd ar cameraman David Plummer of Saco and (liaison) Barry Atwood of Sebago Lake alsoa i news photographer 1 At right engineer A Norman Larue of Lewiston operates the minitor console? (Staff Photos by William Michaud) any given extension when its line is free Powers said the move was made because of the crowding at the old' The art department photography department an audio production facility and the copy writers are on the third floor The promotion 279 J299 WCSH TV is now broadcasting from its new headquarters at 1 Congress Square the forme nuW England Telephone Co building Purchase of the building renovations that included a complete two story addition to house the broadcasting studio and new equipment amounted to $15 million according to Donald Powers executive vice president of Maine Broadcasting System Maine Broadcasting in cludes Portland and Bangor TV operations and WCSH and WLBZ radio The move from its Congress Square studios which Channel 6 had oc cupied for 24 years to its RESH LARGE NATIVE HADDOCK ILLETS OceanSt CarWi 51 Ocean St So Portland Me The move had to await extensive renovations in cluding the construction of a complete new broadcasting studio two stories high the installation of I i a 1 1 sophisticated control cen ters? and the building of a 150 foot transmission tower RCA technicians who built the communications center for the Kennedy Space Center designed and custom made master control room and production room both of which were prewired at the factory for the Congress Square location The control rooms? or "nerve of the broadcasting operation have cables timed down to I WED THURS BI 27 28 29 and houses a prop room for the studio The first floor contains the broadcasting studio plus a smaller studio convertible to a waiting room or through? office is also its wall oi glass aajacent io the big studio a viewing room The control rooms backed by massive walls of wiring and cables are next to the studio There is also a projection room for tape and slide 'machines an 'workshop and offices for the production and engineering staff Half of the second floor is given over to the television news department Station Manager Bruce was replaced by a 3000 amp $30000 overhead lighting system controlled by a master panel with 100tCongress Square Hotel in lighting where studio operated arrangements The tower mounted on the studio roof sends and ISH HOUSE 889 Brighton Ave Portland Me 772 4024 Biadtefts One ot I he Slop Shop Tomato Gamble May Bring Salad Days MIAMI (UPI) When frost wiped out his $800000 tomato crop Joe Torcise tightened his belt and said helps those who help Then he went rout and helped himself? Torcise made arrangements immediately to buy 10 million tomato plants in Mexico for $250000 He had them flown here on three 727 jets and planted them But there was a catch The 400 acres of tomatoes had to be grown and ready before the crops in northern parts of the state came in to drive prices down If they ripened into har vestable condition within 90 days he had a chance It was nip and tuck until this week when it began to look as though his quarter million dollar gamble would payoff The 42 year old son Of an Italian immigrant the only major South lorida grower to taker the chance on a second crop began har vesting tomatoes as prices rose to their highest: level since 'the freeze in January Agriculture officials said US Grade 1 tomatoes are selling for as high as $12 for a 30pound carton a $5 in crease over last average price If the weatherstays mild 89c RESH ROM OUR OWN ISHING BOAT WHILE THEY LAST We pack lobsters to travel Lobsters cooked fret of charge Lobsters sold at competitive prices ALSO RESH ISH 1 CUSK COD HADDOCK OPEN DAILY 9 TO 6OPEN THIS SUN 9 TO 4 PARKING IN THE REAR BOUQUET MIXED LOWERS $285 Plus Tax A RIfi SAT ONLY HADDOCK ROE here Executive offices and the business office are on the fourth floor The move completed 10 days ago shifts all of Maine operations out of the old Congress Square Hotel The radio station which moved to Scarborough last year was 53 years in the downtown location It was a charter member of the National Broadcasting office is there plus a sales Network when it joined it department and secretarial back in 1926 When WCSH staff A conference room is i oegan uiuduidsuug still in the process of being 1953 it too became an NBC completed affiliate A The lorist yk jX 67 Brentwood Street Member TD 775 3166 CD TOP QUALITY WASH WAX PLUS HARBOR ISH MARKET 9 Custom Hs Wilf Across rom Boones 1 WE ALSO HAVE A INE SELECTION I LIVE LOBSTERS AT COMPETETIVE PRICES' 1 ALSO RESH: Haddock Sole Cusk Cod Roe? Steamers Mussels Maine Crabmeat ALSO ROZEN: Shrimp all sizes Clams Alaskan King Crabmeat Lobstermeat Lobster Bodymeat Smelts Snails rog legs rv 1 Tt Telephone Orders Open Mon ri 8:30 to 5:30 Sat 9 4 Tel 775 We also accept tooa coupons RESH BABY HADDOCK ILLET RESH NATIVE HALIBUT STEAKS RESH SCALLOPS LIVE CRABS resh rozen Pealed A Deveined CUDIMD coo 200 unnillll count per pound) 8x10 cnlqrPorti'arc to IN THE AIR! (I) BunchSpecial to to to to to receives signals from the WCSH transmitter in East Sebago Broadcasting radius is 70 to 80 miles In addition the four floors at 1 Congress Sq were outfitted with Dimension 400 a solid state program controlled telephone system It haS the capability on individual phones of coding to transfer calls and for wards calls to another staffer It also has a time reminder a paging system to' summon a user and a micro seconds Engineers system for in man 10 to 15 monitors in coming calls: whic It nnu nivon each control room new headquarters was just The old one citv block But the lighting Channel 6 had used logistics ot the move were formidable Tons of equipment miles of TV cameras and film processing equipment had to be moved and in all without a hitch in programming TUES APRIL: 26 DAILY: 10 AM 8PM Riverside Main St Westbrook Ocean St Car Wash UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Hours 8 AM 5 PM Monday thru Saturday 9 AM A Sunday 119 dozen only88 Choose from our selection of eight scenic and color backgrounds Select additional portraits and save up to 1 3 compared to 1 975 prices See our new large Decorator Portrait Your complete satisfaction guaranteed or your money cheerfully refunded 11 3 iS ill1' it it 1 1 pt K3 fci 1 I IIHHbwMj i I i I Wl nrr fi iyi' i S22f a 4 Ki z' I 1 3 I I 1 tHr iB 'H1 iH': 'll 9 fti h9 I i IB I I I I II LI 3 L' bib ash'Wnii I UV on 1 iwwm 111 11 I 11 KBe' i 4 i.