Poe RR ee ig money 4 oe in TV sets || YY SG A TOUR OF THE NEW TERRACE STATION i. * y obstac yy Las tig Ys LO *The advent.‘of television in Rrince Rupert through new fa- Gilties of CFTK-TV centred at Terrace, has been the biggest thing in years on the city’s commercial row. ‘ Wundreds of thousands of dol- lars worth of television sets are { being sold, principally by local |. wy Wusinesses. . - ' x A.dozen stores today are doing @:boom business in the new en- ; tertainment devices, While most % With the surge in business in gets has come a corresponding increase in. service. Radio and TV. servicemen. in Prince Ru- pert are reported working at Gapacity as sets go into homes throughout the city and district. » Effect of the. new entertain- ment extends beyond the city’s borders. TV claims interest in the entire northwest coastal area, and in severa] points off Prince Rupert where sets have been tested, reception is report- gd good, This has been the case dn the Queen Charlotte Islands, for instance. ° * Hartley Bay, south of Prince Rupert, and Ketchikan, Alaska, Have received the pictures ex- t 4 Folk music fans are regular sold here |W MAIN STUDIO at the television station in Terrac foot prick-lined cement-flcorea room with pull drapes lining There are two carncras to film the news, sports, and weather broadcasts besides live interviews-and square dancing. As yet. the station has no facilities for filming. “events outside —- Staff photos by Phylis Bowman walls. of the buildings. CONGRATULATIONS EXTENDED He U7 y thy os Le ty thy LUE EE eis a 33 by’36 Daily News Staff Writer Television has become a real- ity in Prince Rupert almost four} years to the day it was first planned and hoped for. Ever since this possibility of having TV here was discussed November 23,: Fred Webcr, managing director of Skeena Broadcasters Ltd., who made several trips to Ot-. tawa to petition for a licence to operate TV in this area. _ When the licence was granted May 28 of this year, construc- tion of the studio was”started’ shortly after, and hopes ran’ high. 4 And last Thursday television. finally came to Prince Rupert. On November 27, official word was received from the Depart- ment of Transport in Ottawa that Channel 6, Prince Rupert, had been added to the Domin- ion-wide network. COMPLETE SCHEDULE the By PHYLIS BOWMAN) 1 erating department, it was learn- ‘}on another micro-wave to Prince Ihave taken pictures off of a TV TV crashe sports broadcast, are pulled in turn, in front of} Weber their blackboard, one large room, which is about 33 by 36 fect is used for all the programs. ed in a visit to the Terrace stu- dio. «Mr, Weber said there was still some equipment to be installed and adjusted. He showed where the films are piped out on a micro-wave to the main trans- reflector set on the river side of Highway 16 just east of Tele- graph Point, and the transmit- ‘ter is high up on a mountain on the other side of the river. The tower is set on top of a practic- ‘ally inaccessible rock cliff. The films on which the pro- gtams are shown are not ordi- nary film, Called “kinascopes,” they differ in the fact that they monitor. TECHNICIAN . One’ technician operates the films before they are sent out to the transmitter, through a large machine set in a cabinet on the wall. Another technician, called a “switcher,” controls sev- cannot be announced ‘as yet, as the screen. Another technician form on the live program called | “Totem Roundup” at 10 p.m. on; lined up for the Parent-Teach- their drapes| interviews and programs, said, For example, last so that, the} week, Mr. MacDonald interview- ed members of the Model Plane Club, and members of the Kiti- | mat and Terrace Fire Depart- | i { | 1 i \ { i t ments. When the square dancers per- A monthiy program has been welfare supervisor, ceiling, and several targe “scoop” * ny . {discuss school children and some y , - & lof their problems. . For the February program, it is hoped that the leaders of the Pririce Rupert PTA’s will ar- range a program, and then Kiti- mat can take its turn. LIVE DRAMA SHOW Another program planned is a live drama show, which will be put on on a Sunday night. Terrace Little Theatre will pre- 'sent a one-act play first, and then the Prince Rupert Little Theatre Association has been in- vited to present a play of their ichoice the following month. | Kitimat Little Theatre will also ‘take their turn in the plan. ahaaws Mr.' just “love to get on the live net- work.” . “TE would cut our work way down,” he said, “but it would cost about $400,000 a year. We cannot expect live TV here for two or three years at the earli- est.” ‘ Anyone who pays a visit to 6f them are~ long established in city council mitter on Copper Mountain, for appliance and radio dealers in 1958, local residents have been| where it is beamed to the Kwin- Wednesday's, the drapes cover) crs Association. On January 9,|the studios would realize “that Pe ain ah new market, has me. Tan ooticl hopefully, but with itsa pickup point and then sent ne an blackboards around the) the rere ae nas plane we are mes ey to be re- ilted.in the opening of a few some skepticism, room. a panel consisting of a doctor, a|celving as well as we are.” businesses. ‘ Last December, interest waS! Rupert. Lines and lines of brilliant a minister | Insurmountable obstacles have revived with visits here of J. “The pickup point is a large | uorescent lights hang from the|and a high school principal, with | been tackled and overcome, : Pp . a magistrate as chairman, to|}seemingly hopeless problems have been dealt with, the wea- ther and timing changes have been solved, and the crew there is working against a heavy dead- line with new equipment and as yet unorganized programming. Canadian talent on Playdate’ Playdate will present 31 plays, most of them by Canadian play- wrights and starring Canadian actors, will be presented this fal] and winter on CFTK-TV. The one-hour drama series is in its iplacards. It is he who has de- second season on CBC-TV. An. : tionally. clear. Y commmey wonnoe NEW TELEVISION STATION snmetist si! stctea nue ae aa ember 0 = . COUNTRY HOEDOWN TC E oO commercial spots started Tues- eral buttons and switches on a A a no yer ta ente mem er of Lloyd Bochner and Barbara oo day, but a complete schedule | panel to regulate the picture on & 4 ithe staff is Art Bates, who iS} Ghijcott will star in an early Base clever with his paintings and| pjaydate production entitled The Pinedus Affair. It tells the story FRED WEBER ... manager Station CFTK-TV is to be congratulated for its history-making inauguration of television to the Prince Rupert, Terrace and Kitimat areas.. - : : The Daily News joins residents of the three areas in extending special preise to those who strived under various mechanical complications and adverse weather conditions to make the new venture possible. there may be some changes | remains at the transmitter on made. Copper Mountain during broad- Norman MacDonald, program ;cast periods. director, said that many of the Two cameras are used for live difficulties will be ironed out broadcasts in the main studio. shortly and a_ stable program |The large brick-walled building will be announced within twotis lined with drapes all around weeks. its walls, and there are several enh , ane were! it a ae ee ; At present, the studio has on:bldckboards mounted also. nede sald ae nat eee id bel ‘e can be slipped easily into the: bre. , Prince Rupert and the other centres serviced by the hand stacks and stacks of films| For the news broadcasts, the lifted sn order to take anglel wrens to be filmed on cue. | The noted British actress . vu: . ; . which are scheduled to be shown ‘drapes are simply pulled aside] 445 ii tl t dio look! Many of the staff double as| Gladys Cooper, stars with Fran- Terrace station will indeed enjoy many hours of varied jpy Rupert sponsors, some of to reveal a blackboard with the| 5208 manne | ne Studio 100K! snnouncers, and all of them are! ces Hyland and Paul Harding in ‘ a which are the Donna Reed show,|world picture on it, and. the somewhat large. i “most enthusiastic” over the new! Question of Fact. Paladin, Car 54 and Ben Casey. announcer sits at a small table | LIVE INTERVIEWS i project and are willing to tell A Bernard Slade drama, Men the station lany visitor how it operates. ' Don't Make Passes, is also sched- There are still many difficul- ,in front of it. As time. goes on, ties to be overcome in the op-! For the weather man and!hopes to have many: live. local Mr. Weber said they would | uled for Playdate. viewers of Country Hoedown with Gordie Tapp as host and featuring Tommy Common, Tommy Hunter, the Hames Sis- ters, A] Cherney and the Sing- ing, Swinging Eight. The show 1§ seen Friday nights at 8. - ‘signed all of the pictures which of a music critic (in an un- Lohtes ; _jare used during station breaks. named European state), arrested lights focus on the subject being For the commercials, Art draws ¢,, 9g minor traffic offence — filmed and produce more light.; pictures, or pastes them, on 10-) ona held by the authorities on Mr. Weber said more scoop'inch by 12-inch cardboard. la trumped-up murder . charge lights have yet to arrive and be! The picture is photographed: For political “reasons, his case Sy eh { : : . installed. ‘and made into a slide, so that pecomes a national cause cele- * The hectic and hilarious home life of entertainer Danny Wil- liams provides a season of half- Hour comedies on the “Danny Thomas Show,” Mondays at 8 ym, Danny Thomas and Mar- jorie Lord star. as Danny and Kathy Williams; with their. two children. 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