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Citv Gets TY Station as New Year TCastiiig StartsKNBS-TV, the first television' worked together in radio and telestation in Southeastern Washing- j vision in California and made ton and Northeastern Oregon j plans for their started telecasting here early in January.years ago.Walla Walla was selected afterThe affiliate of the American la study and survey that coveredCo. is owned by most parts of the United States,BroadcastingNorthwest Broadcasting System. Studios are located on Alder be-Bond said.Although ABC is the primarytween First and Colville and more network of the station, KNBS will than $200,000 worth of technical stress local programs and local transmitting equipment is atop personalities. Local productions in-Pikes Peak in the Blue Mountains, a few miles southeast of Walla Wallaelude the Bondwagon heard twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday nights, Northwest Bandstand,Company engineers this winter a teen-age dance party in the stu-; used snowmobiles and four-wheel dios Saturday nights and a weekly, ! drive vehicles to reach the trans- Square Dance party with square mitter and when the snow be- dance clubs from all over the In-came deeper in January men re- land Empire participating in the mained at the site three days at studios, Bond said, a time since living quarters were Th® station also provides localalso provided there.Available Two WaysThe station telecasts on channel 22 UHF, and subscribers to Blue Mountains TV cable in Wralla J Walla receive the station on channel 3. KNBS is also on the cable i systems in Pendleton. Athena, the Tri-Cities and other communities.Officials in the company include Warren Gray, president and general manager; Chuck Connors, TV-movie performer, executivenew s, a sports program conducted daily by Dean Derby and a weather program by Ed Rebman, formerly with the Walla Walla weather bureau.Rod Alexander of Whitman College has a weekly program and a new production to start soon. Bond said, will be a Peoples’ Forum Sundays at 7 p.m.The station carries most of the top ABC network show* along with some from other networks and others are to be added as[they are purchased for this mar-ton, secretary and business manager; Lyle Bond, vice presidentand station manager; W’illiam Barclay, vice president and chief engineer and W. R. Wallace, treasurer and production director.Donald Harris, Walla Walla, is sales manager.Bond said 28 persons are now employed by the station.Californians Invest Hereket. Bond said. KNBS operates on 273,000 watts reported to be the most powerful in the InlandEmpire..The company officials have midday.I gBH alteration nunThe word “noon’’ originally meant 3 p.m., at which time the church service called “nones’’ was held. Later the time was altered and the term applied to
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Walla Walla, Washington, US
Sun, Feb 21, 1960
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