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Show An Open Letter About Milford Television Matters over which we have no control are adversely effecting ef-fecting us in our ability to deliver to you the kind of television which we desire to deliver and which you have a right to receive. re-ceive. ' ' The problem is rooted in the fact that television transmission transmis-sion is in its infancy. Incidentally, we were the first concern in Utah to provide television to fringe areas. We had no guide-posts to go by and we have been the first pioneers and experimenters. The real reason that Salt Lake City perfect, television cannot be delivered into Southern Utah is because of the great distance from our area to Salt Lake City... Due to the distance from Salt Lake, TV signals constantly vary front good to poor. ..We believe that we have more wire in the air than any similar business in America. Distances, lack of a dense population, and operations by intermeddling people untrained in this kind of television have given us problems to overcome unique in the United States. Despite the problems we are now facing it is our determination de-termination to move forward and to exert our efforts to deliver to you the best possible television and at this time we want to extend our thanks to you, our customers, for your confidence and continued patronage. In the past many thousands of dollars have been spent to perfect our signal but recently we have suffered a setback caused by the deterioration of our signal. We have investigated investi-gated this and are convinced that several boosters being operated oper-ated in our general area is the source of our problem. Wo experienced intermittent interference with our signal by the boosters as early as November, 1956, which has continued to the present, but during the last two weeks interruptions have been so intense that we have been jammed off the air for various periods of time. This jamming appears to come from Milford, Minersville, and north of Beaver. OUR KIND OF TELEVISION TRANSMISSION HAS THE SANCTION OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICA-TIONS COMMISSION of the United States of America. OPERATORS OF BOOSTERS KNOW, OR SHOULD KNOW, that they DO NOT HAVE SUCH SANCTION. In fact, many operators of boosters have been notified by the Federal Communications Commission that their' operations are unlawful. The reason the Federal Communications Commission Com-mission refuses to license boosters is not based on any desire to restrict the coverage of television. It is based on sound engineering studies which show that THE USE OF BOOSTERS BOOST-ERS CAN LEAD TO DISASTROUS RESULTS. Boosters interfere with the orderly plan of signal distribution for they) pick up all signals in the air and give them coverage beyond that contemplated by the Commission. This interference causes signals to cancel out, changes the location of airplane beacons insofar as the airplane's equipment uses them to measure distance, and disrupts the orderly plan of signal allocation al-location without which there can be no orderly expansion and development of television. THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION COMMIS-SION HAS ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION TO PUT THESE BOOSTERS OUT OF OPERATION, but unfortunately unfortu-nately this matter is now before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Washington, D. C, on a question of jurisdiction, and until the Court renders its decision the. FCC is enjoined from action. IT IS ALMOST A FOREGONE FORE-GONE CONCLUSION that the Court will support the FCC, ' in which case ALL BOOSTERS WILL BE PUT OUT OF OPERATION. Operators of boosters who encourage people to 6pend money for antennas to receive booster signals have shouldered shoul-dered a substantial monal burden in view of the attitude of the Federal Communications Commission, for the antennas an-tennas will be useless when the boosters are put out of operation (as they most likely will be) and the antenna will have no use even in the event that translators are ever feasible in Southern Utah. In fact, the end result may be no television at all. Your company plans to employ every proper resource to . protect itself against this to-say-the-least-questionable conduct con-duct and will continue in its efforts to deliver the best available avail-able signal to its subscribers by using the latest electronic advancements. ad-vancements. We believe that our customers are entitled to know these unusual odds under which we are now laboring. If you feel as we do, it is in order for you to make a protest to the Federal Fed-eral Communications Commission, New Customhouse Bldg., Denver, Colo. Operators of boosters have no right to interfere inter-fere with your signal. We have made a protest on our own behalf and will continue to urge the F.C.C. to protect us so that you may receive the quality of service to which you are entitled. It would be a sad day for people in Southern Utah and indeed ironic if persons without experience and know-how in fringe are"a television transmission could disrupt a lawfully authorized operated television business by ruining our signal, for surely that would drive our legitimate operation out of business. In the final analysis all we have to offer you is a servicer".'-!". wtchiWe television signal. A continuation of tke present conduct may very well result in elimination entirely en-tirely of television in Southern Utah. The history of do- gooders throughout time is fraught with instances where well-meaning persons have destroyed the very thing that they have set out to accomplish. We are exerting our strength that this will not happen to television in Southern Utah, for WE STAND READY TO SUPPLY LEGAL, DEPENDABLE TELEVISION TO MINERS VILLE AND BEAVER AS . WELL AS TO THOSE AREAS PRESENTLY SERVED, PROVIDED THIS UNWARRANTED INTERFERENCE IS ELIMINATED. SEVIER TV CABLE J By T. COLLINS JACKSON. |