The Sidney herald., 1956-02-09
.TV Drive Under
Way; Local Goal
Set AT S7O,5OO

Del Al 0IU,0UU
DO you want T-V? That viii
be one of the most frequent ques'
tons heard in Richland county
in the next few weeks. Organi
cation of the Richland county
area committee of the Missouri
Valley Television Corp, under
the general craftsmanship of DR.
G.. A. Beagle, has now beer
completed, and plans laid fol
contracting personally every fami-
ly unit and business in the area
The local campaign will be one
of many simultaneous drives be-
ing conducted in the area to be
served by the new station which
will be located approximately 1C
miles from WilIiston. Goals have
been established for each area,
and it is hoped that all quotas
may be met by April 18th. If this
is done, construction of the new
$350,000 station may be started
Immediately, and programs may
then be seen as early as July l,
1856. The overall goal of $780,
900 is sought in order to provide
100000 operating capital, for
the first few years of operation.
Membership certificates are be-
ing sold on the basis of 500 for
a family unit and $50 individual
memberships. The corporation
will be non-profit in character.
Viewers in the Sidney area will
be guaranteed a Class A picture.
Leaders in the campaign to pro-
vide this area with television en-
phasize that the 500 asked for
is actually less than what would
have to be paid for a closed cir
cult T-V. Installation charges for
closed T-V generally run to $3.50
with monthly charges thereafter
of $500 to $500 per month. If
the present plan succeeds viewers
of course will receive "live" T-V
programs. Most programs to be-
gin with will probably be re-
layed from station KFYR-TV in
Bismarck, N. D., although some
local programs and advertising
r planned.
The corporation will be owned
by. all who purchase membership
certificates. Directors, both tenn
porary and permanent will be
elected by the members. The
memberships will be non-assess-
able. In the event that sufficient
funds cannot be raised, and this
is considered very unlikely, then
900 of the money paid in by sub
scribers will be returned to them.
The additional 1917 is allocated
for necessary expenses in or
ganizing and promoting the cor
poration, but if 1919 were not
used for this. then the subscrib-
ing members would get back
more than 90% of the money they
paid in.
The local area comprises the
country south of the Missouri
River and east of the Circle area
to the North Dakota border, and
will include Sidney, Fairview,
Richey, and part of
Dawson county. The goal set for
this area is s7O,5oo. Williams
County, NJ. D.. (Williston) alone
has agreed to raise $780, 900
which is by far the biggest quo
"a. Latest reports available in
iicate that the campaign is sue
seeding rapidly in Williston,
Scobey, Wolf Point and other
Dakota areas.
Plans developed for the rural
areas of Richland county are to
let up committees in each COM
nunity, with workers to contact
very resident by township. Some
# these committees are function
ng already. Separate chairmen
will be active in Fairview, Lam
,ert, and Richey. A. J. Huber and
Duncan Noyes are serving as CO.
'hairmen for the Fairview area,
md Oscar Petrik is chairman for
he Lambert community.
For the city of Sidney, a large
Committee has been organized
nd expect to contact every bust
.ess and every residence within
he next several weeks. A COM
1ittee under the craftsmanship of
0. Eckley has been active al
eady in contracting business. To
ate the sum of $685. has been
eceived in cash and SLIPS in
Lodges, making the current total ;
{ $e,110 raised toward the goal.
his is increasing daily. All resi- ]
ents of Sidney and surrounding
reas r urged to apply either i,
t the Richland National Bank or !
lie Sidney National Bank for :
membership certificates rather :
waiting for someone to con- :
them personally. This will :
our goal of being reached :
lster and with less effort. :
Co-chairmen of the Sidney resi- T
entail committees are as fol-
/
Area 2. r. L. Potts; Area 8, +
jansel Woods and H. w. Tur- =
sr; Area 4, Cliff Kallevig and =
'ajor Guffanti; Area S, Ed Tho e
'rson and Claire Evanson; Area 2
L.. j. Lee and Jack Knoop; r
rea z R. D. Criger and E. E. :
imondson; Area 8, Harold Mer- .
r and Kent Anderson; Area 8, =
ob Wilkins and Don Haga; Area r
/. Bert Lalonde and Dick Tip
TT; Area IL, Curt Ball and G
ath Dasinger; Area IL, John o
eschkei and Pete Tofte; Area S;
Rod Hopcap opd Paw C,oa1- n