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Show teDevosnoira commemtairy pany later. Hey There, Buddy Have You Got A Flint- - trust you to mail will it back I Justice Holmes looked up at him with some irritation and said, My dear man, the problem is not where is my ticket? The problem is where as going? Mr. Labunski felt that was appropriate to the radio industry, and I I also appropriate to telefeel back up this feeling, vision. Federal Communications some quote Commission figures on radio and televisions take in Utah for 1964. The figures for 1965 have not been compiled yet it says here. I it is To I Television's gross for Salt Lake City's three commercial stations was: Network sales . $1,064,850 National sales by local stations .. 2,478,750 Local sales . . 1,963,343 By Dick Hughes Let's hear it for Dave Susskind who had guts enough to stand up on the Emmy show this year and tell the television industry they should have given an Emmy to Sir John Gielgud for performing in award winning specials, not to Susskind for producing one. And who was the writer who won an Emmy and thanked the industry but also had courage enough to ask, If Im this good why was blacklisted in this industry for ten years Suss-kind- s I of my life? We agree also with an NBC release on NBC's 40th anniversary in the middle of the celebration Pacific ocean, which means the anniversary was celebrated at Honolulu, Hawaii. Stephen B. Labunski, president of NBC radio, got up and told the story about Oliver Wendell Holmes on a train. The distinguished jurist was unable to find his ticket. While he fumbled through his pockets the conductor recognised him and said, Mr. Holmes, don't worry; you don't need the ticket. Youll probably find it after you get off the train, and I'm sure the Pennsylvania railroad com on the basis of figures from two years ago. so won't, much But one conclusion from such poor net figures is perhaps radio and television could make more money if they had something better to sell than so much of the copycat, repetitious stuff filling the airwaves today. won't tell you what should fill the airwaves instead, but only say that if radio and television weren't so full of fear new ideas would evolve through the efforts of talented people working in the broadcasting industry The fear I'm talking about is the kind of thing that prompted a change in a dramatic script being sponsored on television by Ronson. Instead of one of the characters m the script Have you got a match?" asking, the script was changed by Ronson executives to read, Have you got a lighter?" How silly can you get? And where do executives in the broadcasting industry really expect to go with attitudes like that about their product7 It is but to laugh. days product Total income .. $5,116,513 Match this against total expenses of $4,289,890 and you get a net income for all three Utah commercial television stations of only $826,-623- . because split say "only three ways that net averages $275,-541- . When you realize that it takes a minimum, according to informed guessers in the industry, of $3 million to open a new television station, that take isnt very much, especially when our local stations have far more than that plowed into their I businesses. For radio; Network sales . ..$ National sales by local Local stations sales Total income .. .. . 58,604 698,842 1,770,356 .$2,398,413 Less total expenses for the eleven Utah radio stations reporting of $2,354,485 this leaves a net divided eleven ways of $43,928. Either all Utah's stations arent making much at all or some are taking a loss while others are making something of a profit, but hardly anything to holler at the moon about. Its dangerous to talk about to |