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KOAA, Channels 5 and 30KOAA, Channels 5 and 30, prides itself on being a community oriented station.Coverage of Air Force Academy football games, the state fair, the Range Ride, Pops on Ice, the Colorado Springs Symphony, telethons and the Pageant Parade of the Rockies are only a few examples of the station’s community involve ment given by KOAA president and general manager John Gilbert.Gilbert foresees continued growth in the local news area and planned expansion in com munity involvement.According to Dave Rose, di rector of news and operations, 1984 and early 1985 were an important time for the station because of a new $1.2 million transmitter, which brings Channel 5 into Colorado Springs with a stronger signal KOAA also added a $175,000 switcher and digital effects unit “For advertisers this means fancier, more modern production,” he said.-s*■ - - .v■ - lt;'.*V , ... J '■. * '_ - . ■-* t. \ ' ' • • . -.vf w (V. .lt;* jfcv*... ■. ' *- ’. Jin ... S ■■v■ v-■NBC also spent several hundred thousand dollars adding equipment to its affiliate's plant in Pueblo. “All NBC programming is now received by satellite,” said Rose. “The days of videotape and microwave are gone.”Rose also revealed that NBC is talking about a separate Mountain Time Zone feed. “It would be our very own,” he said. “This is the first time a network ever gave a care about the time zone we are in. It was always 10 Eastern, 9 Central.”KKTV Channel 11KKTV, Channel 11, cites ag gressive community leadership as its goal.Says Jim Lucas, general manager, “We feel our goals must coincide with what works best with our customers’ andviewers’ needs.”A CBS affiliate, the station was purchased by Ackerley Communications of Seattle, WTash., in 1983, making a majorchange in the direction of the station, said Lucas.“That's why our new slogan is ‘On the Go,”’ said promotion director Mary Moore.The station added a variety of new equipment. A new $26,000 steerable satellite dish gives the station added flexibility with syndicated and sports programming, said Moore. In addition, the dish serves as a backup source for network program feeds.Multi-camera remote (mobile)production units allow the station to produce live or taped presentations such as the new, local “4-Star Bowling.KRDO, Channel 13ABC affiliate KRDO, Channel 13, went “state of the art with close to $1 million in improve rnents in 1984,” said Mark Zacharias, promotion manager“It was rather a banner year for us,” he saidMost important was the installation of two satellite dishes, one to receive ABC program ming “This is the wave of the future,” said Zacharias. “Everyone will receive network programs by satellite full time rather than by videotape. It’s a major improvement. There is a much cleaner picture and no weather interference like what we had with the microwave.”While the one dish is fixed on ABC, the other receives syndi cated and special programs but has “unlimited possibilities.”KRDO also added three new studio cameras, which, Zacharias said, provide a cleaner picture for the local newscasts. Other additions in eluded a two-channel digital effects unit for production and news, a new editing suite for clients, three-quarter-inch editing equipment, field production equipment such as lights and a camera, a digital routing switcher for three separate audio and video signals, a film editor and computerized weather graphics that are updated at any time “by making a telephone call and pushing a button.”In addition, the station, which is owned by Pikes Peak Broad casting Co., completed a two year remodeling and renovation program.“In 1985 we will continue tc update,” said Zacharias On the programming side,Zacharias noted “more local programming, combined with a strong commitment to news and to community service projects are the 1985 goals of KRDO.”KTSC, Channel 8 For KTSC, Channel 8,1985 will signal a giant step forward.There will be everything from new equipment to a new studio.In the spring of 1984, Denver architect Temple Buell donated a large building in Pueblo to the University of Southern Colorado Foundation. The foundation of fered space in the former super market to the public television Station so it can consolidate its offices, studios and all facilities KTSC is licensed to the Uni versity of Southern Colorado In addition, the station received a $327,595 grant from the Public Telecommunications Fa cilities Program for new equipment. The three-to-one matching grant brought $245,696 from the federal government. The remainder was provided by the university and the Boettcher Foundation.“We'll replace some of our old, antique equipment and we’re very excited about it,” said chief engineer Tom Aube. To be added are two cameras, new lighting equipment for the studio, a remote control for the transmitter, a character (graphics) generator, audio mixer, remote production switcher, new studio monitors, a new slide projector system and a new 150-foot STL (satellite to transmitter) tower for Buell Center The STL will give a better audio and video signal.“What this new equipment means is there should be improvement both on-air and withthe signal,” said Aube. “ThereSunday, Feb 24, 1985 Gazette Telegraph—GG19n» irri^ .u;. .'-vnrTTTi ■: mi -immwer. —««s. — jto. ......■■■him ■ —..... — — . — «.n—i ' jj-----— .....- —-.......... —----- -will be more and better graphics and no more off-center slides Our on-air and studio shows will have more sparkle.”The new equipment is being ordered and will be installed in Buell Center by the summer It is expected that it will be the end of 1985 before the staff is trained and all the equipment is fully operational in the new studio, “During this transition period, though, the viewers will see an improvement as we add and work with the equipment,” saidAubeThe station has been the recipient of increased viewer support during 1984 and 1985, noted station development director Bob Adams“Even with shorter pledge periods we are bringing in 4-5 percent more pledges.” The three 1984 membership pledge festivalsraised $175,000, 6 percent more than in 1983, he said “And that was in four lessnights'”As a result, the March pledge festival, which begins March 9, will conclude as soon as the $110,000 goal is reached. “The festival is scheduled for 16 nights, but we’ll stop the pledge breaks whenever we reach our goal, no matter when that is,” said Adams.“We feel very good about the station, the new studio, the increased support, everything,” he saidinKXRM, Channel 21Colorado Springs’ newest tele vision station, independent KXRM, Channel 21 (UHF), went on the air Jan 22Owned by Light Communications of Colorado Springs and the Lloyd Communications Group of Rockford, 111 , KXRM broadcasts family-oriented and religious programs, movies, CBS Late Night and PAC-I0 basketballAccording to general managei Larry Douglas, the station was conceived in 1978 as a Christian station but the format was expanded.It will he added to Colorado Springs Cablevision as early as spring I mm mm——i.\\FOLLOW THE LEADERGOING IN STYLEThe Gold Wing Aspencade” is designed around one principle It's not where you go, it’s how you get there* That's why it's powered by an ultra smooth 1182cc liquid cooled engine, which is virtually maintenance-free That's why it features a wind-tunnel designed fairing/luggage combination for maximum rider comfort. 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Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Sun, Feb 24, 1985
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