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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 '
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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 -
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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 .:-
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Never Lets You
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AT NO
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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
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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.
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