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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Page
22
A reader letters column features critics of half time shows and TV sports coverage, sparking rebuttals about bands, parades, and media influence. Another letter lauds TV commentary, praising Jack Webb and KTLA for a college blackout dispute. The exchange underscores audience diversity over televised football and broadcasts.
A dense TV schedule lists KNKY KABC XCOP KNSC KHS KWHY KTLA KYTY KCET KMEX with 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM lineups. Programs include Westerns, comedies, dramas, news, movies, and specials featuring Pat Boone Bob Crane Shari Lewis James Stewart Gilligan’s Island more across channel blocks and networks.
H and B American Corp said it agreed to buy a 70 percent stake in TV Receptors Inc owner of a community CATV system under construction in San Bernardino California. It also acquired 81 percent of Mountain Cable TV Inc with option on the remaining 19 percent. No price disclosed. basin construction for both CATV projects is expected to total about 3 million dollars.
Louis Menocal, 19, a Harvard freshman, reportedly ate 50 eggs in 50 minutes in Wellesley Mass. on a debt dare. Egged on by about 35 Wellesley College students, he demolished eggs prepared in various ways and vowed not to eat another egg.
New York networks move to revamp Saturday morning kids programming amid criticism of current cartoons. Educational networks partner with foundations and government to launch 26-week preschool series. NBC CBS announce new concepts returning to Bugs Bunny style cartoons with high grade shows and specials.
The FCC narrowly approves the $1 million sale of KSAN-TV Channel 32 in San Francisco from S. M. Patterson to Metro Media, Inc. Metro Media already owns four other TV stations in major markets, marking the first top-50 policy exception as the commission cites a compelling public interest.
A cluttered list of radio calls plus a rough schedule of programs across stations. Entries include NHL hockey Kings vs St Louis, Oakland basketball, UCLA vs Houston, and various music and talk shows with times ranging from 8:00 to 11:00 pm, followed by program notes and host names.
CBS issues guidelines to halt political jokes during the Presidential campaign year. A spokesman in Los Angeles described the instruction as a verbal guideline for producers to follow on variety programs.
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