The Daily Republic from Mitchell, South Dakota • Page 18

'fit "fl -g 'onflflctW AUVtf gHLt Nineteen Newest Mitchell Industry Begins Operations With Telecasts Sunday Eve The newest Mitchell fpranf Into life Strtdey. KORN-TV begin telecasting en Channel Five frith 23,000 watU power Sunday to mark the beginning of the hew station In the edutheast outskirts of Mitchell's elty limits. tl culminated two and ttalf yean of lor Ray station managi and pretMmM of the corporation wtileli twM the television station, The new Matlon contains up to 10 rooms which house flees, equipment rooms, transmitter, control rooms, and other rooms and offices necessary for the operation of a TV station. The station hopes to blanket an tret of 16 countim surrounding Mitchell. In early reports from test patterns thrown on the air, the station received of elear reception from as far away as Napier, to the south.

At its beginning the NBC-affitlated station, will telecast from 4:30 p.m. through its last program which begins at 12 midnight. the management that by the time of the national political conventions, the station will be ear- Her In the day and that by fall, telecasting will begin each morning. The staff of KORN has grown by seven since the addition of television to the radio operation and now numbers 17, Including the administrative and clerical staff. Eppel says he anticipates three more persoui must be added soon.

The technical equipment and office space is housed in a building which contains square feet. In addition-to two TV transmitter and 506-foot tower, the Installed necesaa In near future. Stodto, transmitter and for RORN-TV to located hi BMW bnlUIng southeast of elty HmlU abovt one- naif mile oontk OB Highway n. The bulMlnr for the new tele- ttaUon MM feet and stndke, control and Instalment dark for Instrument panels, aovtral still a movie camera, dark room for developing film, photographic room for printing and proces sing film and art workrooms. Eppel Mid the formal open house for the station will be held "some- ceMing and and ether and necessary for the operation of a television station, The 566-foot antenna Into the iky Immediately to the rear of the station.

Oreneer of technical opt rations of tranamlttora, control nnlta and raieh, to lota Dohorty, chief engineer for KORN-TV. Doherty to ptetnted Monday afternoon making minor adjustmenla on the ramom control ult of moot Important rooms of the Ike room which of the controls. An Important and mtogrol part of KOHN-TV to photo, graphy dark room and workihop. Heeding thto department and photographer for the studio la Don Arshom. a student at DWU during the past year, Ho to shown preparing film as onlarger.

Arahom to foremriy eff With eye to the art workroom. eemmewlel art, ep- Ruth RetblWawfer, BTRICTLY BUSINEM CARTHAGE, Tenn. (Jfl Chances are this no politic al significance, but Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn) part owner of feed mill here. His name is Or a dy Nixon.

COMPACT CARS TRIED CHICAGO UK The compact car is being tested for police work in Chicago, San Francisco, i 1 lechB fer KORN-TV are pletnred they -work" the control board for the television station. Both men are new additions to the staff at KORN. At left, farthest from camera, to Oaylord Ayers, formerly of Madison, centlnnlty and technical director. Nearest the camera la BUI Hontmann, formerly of Avon, aostotant engineer. (Republic by Raymond) Washington, D.

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