Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-11-26
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The following letter the editor has been received oy
The Tribune and in that were acquainted WIN tne
situation and this new monkey wrench going to hold off
good televon reception in Tabor City for couple OF
wears unless some one does compromising, we
thought it worthy of this weeks editorial column
Dear Sir: !
No doubt YOU have noticed lately increase in interest
and enthusiasm over the probability of local teevson in
Wilmington The recent removal of the ban on new Nv
stations by the Federal Communications COMMISSION open
ed the gate to new and teevislon stations through
out the country Wilmington, Co. at the time OF the pan
removal not only aocated one channel out was al
located two commercial televson channels This meant
of course that the FEC would allow as many as TWO
commercial televson stations Zone operating on cnane
6VHF and operating on channel ~, Ohr) Ill VII
mngton At the time that the ban was removed the
FEC realizing that flood of applications for the allo-
Gated channels would forthcoming from prospective sa
ton operators the plan would follow IN pro-
cessin applications The basic plan was that thoSe
cities without TV and where only one application was
filed for each aocated channel would be processed fst
The applications representing cities IN this group "oo
be considered according to population
Shortly after the above announced station WMFD
made public that had applied for channel g. Ihls natu
ally put Wilmington in relatively high position on the
FEC list since application was fled Tor one chael
in a city which now has not nv.
Some three four weeks ago, after tine F.C.C nao
issued licenses to number of larger cities and was near
ing consideration of Wilmingtons application, read
from the afternoon paper that WGN had just then made
an application for license to operate TV station here
This application made, not for channel 29 the other
aocated channel but for channel g. the same one that
WMFD had previously applied for. few days LATER IN
the November 15 1852 issue of the Wilmington Morning
Star the following article datelned Washington, u w.
appeared and read as follows:
"The Federal Communications Commission today
said it would be matter of months possibly even
year or more before Wilmington would have tele-
vision locally. Reason for this, according to FCC.
officials is that both local radio stations are applying
for the same TV channel. This necesstates hearing
which will not take place until all 'uncontested ap-
plications are settled by the Commission"
Now my only interest in this matter is wanting to see
the people of Wilmington and the surrounding area have
access to this new and far reaching media of entertain
ment as quickly as possible. 1t matters not to me who
operates on which channel.
If only one channel had been allocated to Wilmington
could we'll understand why than one application
would be made for the channel 1t is quite puzzllng
however, to why, when two commercial channels are
available, both applicants apply for channel when the
other channel (No. 29) is without application. AS
usual the general public suffers by this delay since they
are the ones that will 'wa on for local teevision.
Assuming that both applicants sincerely interested
in getting TV to Wilmington with the least possible delay
would like suggest that in the public interest and in
spirit of cooperation the two applicants consider this
situation which has arisen and among themselves to
amend the application in such way that would apply
for channel and the other for channel 49, This would
not only hasten local elevision but would give Whining
ton two operating stations in much shorter period of
time than would take to get station licensed in the
above mentond situation.
If the above suggestion is followed am the peo
pie of Wilmington and the surrounding would hail
this public spirited move admirable quality the
part of both applicants.
Yours very truly,
]. r. Weaver
Wr;r i11o. r.