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. 4—IDAHO.STATE JOURNAL, W«dn»»day. February 19, 1964KTLE-TV Gives Up After 414-Year LifeTelevision stall on KTLF, never very robust in Us abort life, Has apparently died a I age of 4]A years,General Manager Gloria. Dillard, in a letter to the Poeolello Chamber of Commerce, said the Pocatello station, is ''black and will remain so until such lima as it is sold or liquidated. KTLE. on channel six, bad been operating for a few hours iti the eve* ring sincQ last summer in an effort to keep its lrCC permit.However, an effort to rally advertising support among merchants here tailed almost entirely-“I have spent hundreds of hours contacting Pocatello merchants and have never had nn outright 'no* (for purchasing advertising) but the next time I monitored oilier stations these very same merchants were nd-| verUsing on these stations, Mrs. Dillard's letter stated,Mrs. Dillard has been manager of radio station KB LI in Black-fool for eight yoars.^She was not avoitabte to inquiries from the Journal.Thu station went on the air July 23, 1959, after sale of more than $600,090 in stock, Its troubles began when the National Broadcasting Company switched its programs to KIFC, channel eight, Idaho Falls, in January of 1961. Soon thereafter, Ihe si at ion went off the air unlit its vain effort to return last year.A lawsuit against NBC for breach of contract failed, as did attempts to gain affiliation with another network.Technical difficulties developed about, Feb. 9 in the station's broadcasting tower, and it was : impossible to make repairs because of weather conditions,,---.— i !
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Wed, Feb 19, 1964
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Sammi B.
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