Channel 38 Tower Erection Slated

Channel 38 Tower Erection Slated Columbus' third television station, NBC affiliate WYEA (Channel 38), rapidly nearing completion with telecast date set at Oct. 22-26, will "see" the rise of its 1,390 foot transmitting tower Wednesday, according to Maury Farrell, general manager of the $1.5 million complex. "Erecting the tower is the biggest step toward actually going on the "air," commented Farrell, who stated that the e tower is currently under construction on the ground site, located on Buena Vista Road, two and a half miles beyond the Lindsay Creek Bypass. "An earlier completion date had been set at Sept. 1, but had to be postponed when RCA Broadcast Systems Division in Camden, N. J. underwent employe walk-outs," explained Farrell, adding that "WYEA contracted the Camden firm to provide complete color studio and transmitting systems." The color equipment has been completed since the strikes are over and is being moved into the station's ouilding, he said. "The Doctors," a soap opera previously aired in the area by a local ABC station, will be carried by Channel 38. Farrell said that he had received numerous calls inquiring about the program by viewers of the popular daytime show. "Peyton Place," a night time serial that made names of many of its actors and actresses will be rerun by the station which will offer Alfred Hitchcock reruns when the other two Columbus sta- tions are telecasting evening news. Evening news will be telecast by channel 38 daily from 5:30 to 6 "All station personnel has not been hired,' Farrell stated, naming an Alabama native and graduate of Mississippi State University. James Hemphill, as a newscaster. Hemphill has 20 years experience in this field. President of WYEA is Charles F. Grisham of Huntsville, Ala., president of the local station's proprietor, Eagle Broadcasting Company. Columbus directors of the station are David Rothschild II, J. Kyle Spencer, and John H. Swift. Retired Official Dies in Atlanta ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) - Dr. Allen C. Smith, 65, retired deputy state superintendent of schools, died in a hospital Wednesday, where he had gone for a routine physical examination. Smith, 65, had retired last June but was employed as a consultant by the State Department of Education. Smith was a native of Turner County and began his career in education as a principal in Calhoun County in 1926. He became area representative for the department in 1948 and was named deputy superintendent in 1967. He was graduated from Young Harris College, the University of Georgia, and obtained his master of arts degree from Duke University.

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Channel 38 Tower Erection Slated

Channel 38 Tower Erection Slated

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