| Show Town TV Annual Meet He Hears rs of System Growth The regular annual stockholders ers meeting of Town Television Inc met Monday to hear reports re reports reports re- re ports of the past years year's progress and nd elect officers The stockholders picked G. G U U. Foote as president again a position tion ion he has held since the organization or- or of the local corpora- corpora tion Ion Highlighting the progress report was vas the release of figures that hat revealed a forty per percent cen cent Increase In customer usage over feet teet of new line construction construction tion ion and an increase to over 1000 patrons In addition to Mr Foote officers officers cers ers elected included Glen Lile and R. R S. S McDonald vice presIdents presidents dents Wm T. T Mines as secretary secretary secre- secre tary ary and Ray flay Scovil as a member mem memo ber her of the board of directors Mr lr Scovil assumed the position left eft vacant by the death of H H. B. B Evans Over 90 per cent of the stockholders stockholders stock- stock holders In the corporation were present resent to listen to the annual report and elect o o Construction of a new mIcrowave microwave microwave micro mIcro- wave unit at Beaver Deaver Point high In n the Wasatch Mountains was reported on by director H. H D. D Lie LIle lie He told the group that power power was now available at the site Ite and the building to house the unit Is completed two days of finishing work will be required for the project Town TV director and MIdland Midland MId MId- land and Telephone Co president J. J V. V Corbin reported that electronic elec elec- equipment planning for forthe forthe forthe the project Is completed Also Mr Corbin said there appeared to o be no reason reason Why Federal Communication Commission approval approval ap ap- ap and complete op operating condition installation could not be accomplished within 90 days or less Midland handles the microwave phase of the TV system system tem em and is the FCC approved carrier arrier President Foote commented on the new Installation and the expected improvement the new link ink will bring lIe He said that continual V testing of the Beaver Point signal has proven the quality to be better than originally lally supposed Consistency strength and dependability are very satisfactory The picture quality produced by the signal signals is s equal to that in Salt Lake Valley By Dy moving to Beaver Deaver Point he said the initial receiver receiver re- re elver is 65 miles nearer to Salt Lake ake City and the strength of the he TV signal 50 times greater than han now being used The present rec receiving site Is 72 miles north of Moab at Cedar Mountain and the signal Ignal receives only minimum strength Working Working Work Work- ing with the minimum signal has proven costly and difficult I in order to bring quality television television tele tele- vision on four channels to Moab The anticipated growth of the local system was outlined by director E E. E. E Drake He told officers and directors that financial fi financial fl fi- planning envisioned a 50 per cent Increase In the system during 1962 The planning In Includes In eludes replacement extension and Improvement of new and existing lines New construction to reach outlying areas not served now would exceed feet of ot line Mr Drake sal saId |
