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i 1 s s s EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, January 16, 19S5 Plans for Roseburg TV Station Described By Smullin; Would Pick Up KBES-TV Shows ?. Plans for extended television service in Roseburg were an nounced there last week- A story ,in the Roseburg News Review, ' "written by Staff Writer Chuck Grell, explains the plant. r: The story follows: plans for a television station to provide first-class service to central Douglas county and to extend its signals to as faraway as Corvallis and Coos Bay have been outlined by one of the appli cants for televising on channel 4, Roseburg, William Smullin, Medford, sec retary-treasurer of the Southern Oregon Broadcasting Co., re vealed details in a visit to Rose burg Thursday: 1. A 5,000 -watt transmitter would be located on 4,250-foot Mt. Scott, north of Glide. 2. Complete coverage of Doug' las county, including the Lower Umpqua area, would be resolved. Powerful Station, Smullin said power of the sta tion would be strong enough for all Sections of the immediate county area to receive television with no trouble. In some sec tions, pictures w i 1 1 . be vivid enough for reception without re sort to outside aerials. The firm's application still is before the Federal Communica tions Commission, along with that of the Southwest Oregon Television Broadcasting Corp., a Roseburg firm. Both seek per mission to operate a station on channel 4. Hearing Expected Smullin said he expects the FCC to set the date of a hearing within the next 60 to 90 days, but wouldn't estimate when or where -hearings on the applica tion might start. However, he did guess roughly that television will be available here "in one to five years.' Power of the station, he said, actually will be souped up by Installation of a three-element transmission antenna on the Mt. Scott site. Programming in Medford Initially, all programming would be done in Medford, with the local station to pick up pro grams broadcast from KBES-TV, channel 5, the pilot station of Smullin's company. Facilities here would be reserved to show ing of slides and films for local programs. Network programs and live studio broadcasting would emanate from Medford. Smullin said the firm eventual ly might seek to build a studio in Roseburg, but there would be none for the time being. Pickup of the Medford programs would be from the air, with micro waves not being utilized for . transmission. . The area in which "city serv- ' :"lLLice" signals could be picked up T!C with only basic antenna ' would r. '.:, be bounded roughly by Canyon ; ;,: ville, Tenmile, Elkton, Cottage i? Grove and Tiller. -"A" Service " ItScwi "A" service would extend to jGlendale, Bridge, Scottsburg, 4 y, Goshen and Diamond Lake. "B" 'service would include Ashland, "liiTOphir, most of Coos county, sciWaldport, Corvallis, Sweet Home 2SSnd would take in Cresent and hUoquin in central Oregon. , The areas are included in en r gineering information made .ats available to the FCC in the com f 'pany's proposal to broadcast. Hi "Viewers would need more com- . -j&plex television antennas in the i i: a ana a areas. In its initial stages, Smullin oraid, it is anticipated that ex- lii-'pansion will follow the lines vifX taken in Medford, where the gcompany built its first TV sta- sffiixtion, KBES-TV. There network "1 Eii programs were broadcast until enough television sets were in f is . 4 use to warrant sales in adver- o tising, Then-local programs were em phasized, with a . studio being opened in Medford. A possible pattern for TV here is in the company's operation at Eureka, Calif. Network pro grams are picked up in Curry county from KBES-TV and Micro-waved to Eureka. A studio has been built there for broad cast of local programs. The Cali fornia station is KIEM-TV, chan nel 3. If the application is approved by the FCC, shows on all four major networks will be made available to this area. KBES-TV is affiliated with Columbia Broadcasting System, but con tracts for programs from Nation al Broadcasting Co., American Broadcasting Co., and the Du Mont Network are made. At first, according to con pany's application, Medford pro grams may be designed for con sumption here, with Douglas county events possibly being fea tured. Call letters haven't been chosen for the proposed station, Smullin said. The station will cost an estimated $109,000 to Lconstruct, and anticipated rev enues in the first year-of opera tion would be about $60,000. Probable cost of operation the first year would be $58,000. Smullin-is a veteran in com munications. He was a news paperman until 1933, when he started in radio in Eureka. In 1939, he joined with Amos Voor hies of Grants Pass to form the Southern Oregon Broadcasting Co., and the firm and its affil iates now run two television and two radio stations. CLIMAXING WEEK of "cloak and dagger" activities, David Brown, executive secretary of leftist Civil Rights Congress, Is treated In Los Angeles for cut arms, self-inflicted according to Los Angeles police in suicide attempt. Earlier in week Brown, who claimed to be FBI spy, was a "kidnap" victim. -(International) Congressmen Rap Decision by CAB Washington (U.R) Oregon's congressional delegation, con sisting of two Democrats, three Republicans and one Independ ent, joined Saturday in protest ing to President Eisenhower a tentative decision by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which would halt Portland-Alaska air service. A letter to the president charged that the proposed CAB decision would be discriminat ing against Oregon and highly unfair." The CAB tentatively has decided to terminate the tem porary operating certificates be tween Alaska and the Northwest of Alaska Airlines and Pacific Northern Airlines. These are the only ones of four which con nect Alaska directly with Port land. . Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, a Democrat, said he had been joined in a letter to the Presi dent by Sen. Wayne Morse, an Independent; . by , Rep. Edith Green, a Democrat, and ly Re publican Reps. Harris Ellsworth, Sam Coon and. Walter Norblad. Linn Farmers Union Opposed to Sales Tax Albany (U.R) The Linn County Farmer's Union was on record Saturday as opposed to a state sales tax. In its annual convention here, the group passed a resolution criticizing a sales tax because it was not based on a persons abil ity to pay. In other action., the farmers' bloc threw its support behind a high federal built dam in Hells Canyon, opposition to the Colum bia Interstate Compact and sup port of the Hjll Amendment to divert off shore, oil revenues to aid schools. V ' '.7$.. ';.SP-.". ; :....-.. - i? mi 9 : Z ? 1'. Take the Family Out to Dine: If s a real treat to eat a delicious home - cooked meal with no fuss . . no dishes to do after. Choose your favorite restaurant and be sura to - DRINK Holiday Inn Coffee Shop Steak House Cafe Maury's Corner Eaton's Dinner House Trailways Cafe Hotel Medford Lulu's Cafe El Rogue Cafe Red Streak Cafe Rogue Valley; Country Club Busy" Bee Cafe .:- "The Pick-Up That Never Lets You Down" : AT NO EXTRA COST! Al White's Rogue Restaurant Groceteria Hotel Jackson Brown's Cafe WimeCafe Whistle Stop Cafe Big Y Super Market Kim's Restaurant Top Notch Cafe Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop Other restaurants or cafes wishing to cooperate and be included on our future ads Call Med ford 2-8212. Ad paid by Milk Producers Leaguo and Jackson County Pomona Grange. - Clatsop Senator Raps Historic Water Pact Portland (U.R) Signing of a historic water power develop ment compact here has been sharply criticized by Oregon State Sen. Robert D. Holmes of Clatsop county. Holmes' sharply worded ob jection to the compact however, will not prevent it from being signed as he is the only dissenter in Oregon's 11 member delega tion. "Tainted With Politics" Holmes charged the compact commission was "loaded with Republicans and tainted with politics." He said Oregon would suffer tremendously from the power and 'water clauses of the compact, even though the com mission primarily is an advisory one. The Columbia Interstate Com pact is seeking to promote an "orderly, integrated and com prehensive" development of the Northwest's water resources. Thel agreement is being signed by representatives from seven of the western states. Only one delegate was miss ing at the conclave Saturday morning. He was George Clyde, from Salt Lake City, Utah, whose plane was delayed. He was ex pected to arrive here later in the day. After signing, the compact will go to the various state leg islatures for ratification, then to the U. S. Congress. Under the agreement, each state retains the right to veto any decisions formulated by the com? pact. Teenagers Ask Removal Of Trashy Magazines Portland (U.R) More than 250 teenagers and Youth for Christ religious leaders met here Friday night and endorsed reso lutions asking for a "higher moral plane" in radio, television and comic books. The group called specifically for the elimination of porno graphic materials from the city's newsstands. SEE CITY APPLIANCE FOR FUEL and ELECTRIC MONARCH Combination Ranges CITY APPLIANCE, INC. 127 No. Central Opposite Penney's - Ph. 3-5743 K US SALUTE... NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL . dEEK . JANUARY 17th to 22nd - .'-.--v.. a;v v;v;y. uv HIS WEEK is observed in recognition of the role of the Printing . 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