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Wal TV Station WillpadliGo on the Air Suiulaj7wi$21phmfoTelevision station KNBS TV of | The station received its formal ciWalla Walla will start telecasting programming approval this week asfrom the Federal Communica- diRons Commission, making it pos-jm sible to go on the air Sunday.on channel 22 Sunday at 12.55 p.m., Lyle Bond, vice president and station manager, said Thursday. . iJLLipiTechnical facilities of the station are located on Pikes’ Peak.jai just across the state line Studios rr and business offices are in re- D modeled quarters on Alder be-! ei tween First and Colville.USubscribers to Blue Mountains TV cable in Walla Walla will receive the statical on channel 2 and KNBS will also be on the cable systems in Athena. Pendleton. the Tri-Cities and other communities.The staff and management entertained the Walla Walla business community at a the Marcus Whitman Hotel Wednesday night with approximately 200 in attendance Hosts included most of the officers of Northwest Broadcasting System, owners of KNBS. Warren Gray is president and general manager; Chuck ’ (Connors, a TV movie performer, ris executive vice president; Rod-iney J. Holton, secretary and btuti-’ ness manager. William Barclay, 11 vice president and chief engineer and W, R. Wallace, treasurer and production director.h(uSIeifisihiPlieSFhuetiipAKNBS is the only independent, t ’full-time television station in Southeastern Washington and Northeastern Oregon. Stations at r 5 Pasco and l^ewiston are satellite operations of a Yakima station.Bond said the new station will operate until about 10 45 Sunday Starting Me tion will be from noon to midnight€IJ1pmk1*rv(KNBS is affiliated with the Am* e erican Broadcasting System Additional network programs wih he added along with local feat-n ures, filmed shows, news, weath-tg er and sports and movies, the,, je management said.In addition to network and e other programs, there will be•n three news broadcasts daily, ater 11:56 am, 6 15 and 10:30 pm.Please See Page 9, Col. 3
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Walla Walla, Washington, US
Thu, Dec 31, 1959
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