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Post by TvNewsVet on Mar 31, 2007 10:16:51 GMT -5
Ted's book has been out of print for years.
You might find it in a used book store's Kentucky section, or inquire to Host directly.
Ted alludes to the network "switch" in his account of Kincaid's efforts to get into television.
Per Ted, apparently, many of Taft's properties signed on as CBS affiliates (WKRC), but Taft had a falling-out over compensation fees.
KRC and KXP/KYT became ABC affiliates. ABC put the heat on Kincaid to keep the affiliation after he bought "27", but Grizzard, et.al. pushed for CBS and won.
How does a station affiliated with two networks "cherry-pick" its programs? Either it followed the national ratings and picked the more popular show, or based its choice on how much compensation each network would pay to carry a particular program.
Given how tight the operating margins were in those early days, I'm betting on the latter.
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Post by Jeff Easley on Apr 1, 2007 17:42:49 GMT -5
If you go to www.bookfinder.com and search "Ted Grizzard" in authors,you'll find 2 copies of"Chickenmakes" from different sellers offered for under $20 each.
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Post by John Hourigan on Apr 5, 2007 19:28:01 GMT -5
I received an e-mail from Barbara Howard, VP of programming at WKYT -- she said that WKYT will air a 50th anniversary special on June 2, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
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Post by John Hourigan on Apr 28, 2007 16:49:38 GMT -5
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Post by John Hourigan on Jun 3, 2007 18:39:43 GMT -5
Did anybody happen to catch the WKYT 50th anniversary special that aired on June 2 and, if so, was it any good? (I was planning on having a relative in Lexington tape it for me but I forgot.)
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Post by Jessie on Jun 4, 2007 14:41:33 GMT -5
I missed the first part. What I saw was clips of 911, who won the Kentucky Derby and when Kentucky won a national championship, but nothing on the history of WKYT. I had to turn it off when I was watching. Wonder if the first part was any better.
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Post by Jala on Jul 19, 2007 1:00:37 GMT -5
As John Hourigan pointed out WKYT became a primary affiliate of ABC in 1961. The ad slick shows they originally were a primary CBS affiliate but changed to ABC in the 60's and back to CBS later on. That's why it is confusing. Looks like they couldn't make up their mind. After committing to a network they couldn't just jump around and air what they wanted although they are listed as both an ABC and CBS affiliate for much of the 1960's. John pointed out that WKYT was not carrying the Ed Sullivan Show when the Beatles first appeared in 1964. I was wondering were Lexington residents even able to see the show on another station? In March of 1964 - WLEX was listed as an affiliate of NBC and CBS, while WKYT was listed as an affiliate of ABC and CBS. Normally I would assume WLEX broadcast the Beatles that night but they were not carrying Sullivan according to my March 1964 TV Guide, just a few days before the historic broadcast. So what did the people do that night? No Beatles? The event was heavily promoted ahead of time so it's not like no one saw it coming.
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Post by Broadcasting Old School on Jul 19, 2007 1:20:27 GMT -5
The network programming choices all go back to those signed contracts that are quietly done behind closed doors in smoke filled rooms.
Instead of the Ed Sullivan Show, WKYT aired The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" from ABC a short lived show (1963-64) starring Kurt Russell as Jaimie McPheeters.
WLEX was showing the Imogene Coco show opposite Sullivan in 1964.
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Post by Jim Galloway on Jul 19, 2007 13:12:05 GMT -5
Back when I was at WLEX-TV I was told that a particular sponsor would tell the network "We will pay the top 100 markets" or however many they wanted. Therefore, if Lexington was not in the number they could carry another program possibly locally sponsored that would actually pay the bills. It may be different now since that was 50-years ago.
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Post by John Hourigan on Jul 21, 2007 15:21:28 GMT -5
To Jala's question in terms of where could Lexington residents watch the Beatles on Ed Sullivan -- given that few television sets prior to 1964 even had the built-in capabilities to receive UHF signals (requiring the viewer to purchase a separate UHF converter to watch channels 18 and 27), to watch television in Lexington in the 1950s and early 1960s meant that one had to erect a VHF antenna and pull in stations from Cincinnati and Louisville to receive the full complement of network affiliates. (However, the Louisville ABC affiliate was a UHF station -- WLKY channel 32.)
As a result, it's likely that several Lexingtonians watched the Beatles on Ed Sullivan on either WHAS channel 11 in Louisville or WCPO channel 9 in Cincinnati.
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Post by TV City on Jul 21, 2007 20:51:12 GMT -5
Thank you John for the info. That's an advantage that small towns sometimes had over larger cities back in the day, we had cable. In the '50's and '60's here in Hazard the cable lineup included WHTN and WSAZ in Huntington, WBIR and WATE in Knoxville, WJHL in Johnson City, WCYB in Bristol, and WCHS in Charleston. For some reason we didn't have any of the Lexington stations on cable here in Hazard at that time. That didn't happen until the mid '60's. Another advantage of having as least two stations carrying the same network on the cable, we didn't miss network shows when a station decided to pre-empt with some local programming.
Interesting John that Lexingtonians had to watch the Beatles on Ed Sullivan from a Louisville or Cincinnati station.
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Post by AdamKY on Mar 26, 2010 21:02:04 GMT -5
Notes:
The original call letters for WKYT were WLAP-TV, later WKXP-TV.
The station was sold (along with WLAP AM & FM) for $346k to local investors in 1957. The TV station alone was then sold to Taft for $100k in 1958 when it switched to ABC as it primary affiliate.
The affiliation changed to CBS with the sign-on of WTVQ. The primary reason for switching to CBS was the long standing relationship co-owned WVLK radio had with the network.
The September 1957 date was when the station license was issued. Prior to that date it operated under program test authority.
Garvice Kincaid, along with Roy White, applied for what became WTVQ. Kincaid was turned down by the FCC for the allocation due WVLK radio having had issues with the commission. Following this he made an offer to Taft for WKYT.
Yes, I realize this thread is ancient.
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Post by John Hourigan on May 14, 2010 10:58:12 GMT -5
Another recent interesting note is that WKYT has petitioned the FCC to move its digital signal to UHF channel 36 that was previously occupied by WTVQ prior to the switchover to digital. Interesting that WKYT will soon be broadcasting on its competitor's former channel assignment.
Let's see -- WKYT has broadcasted on channel 27 (analog), then moved its signal to channel 13 (digital), and now will be moving yet again to channel 36 (digital). Good grief, this is getting ridiculous for any one who still depends on over-the-air reception for their television viewing. Makes one think that there is much more efficient uses of the spectrum (for things such as broadband, etc.) than all of this channel hopping.
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Post by WKYT channel hoping on May 28, 2010 21:16:58 GMT -5
This is supposition on my part… Using a VHF channel was a power cost consideration.
WKYT’s VHF channel 13 assignment requires 30 kW while the UHF channel 36 assignment requires 1,000 kW. That would translate into quite a difference in the power bill.
Working against the VHF channel 13 assignment is the fact that virtually no one in the Lexington TV market has a VHF antenna. While the other Lexington stations remained on UHF frequencies WKYT became the ‘odd man out’ causing them to lose viewers in areas not served by cable. Additionally, VHF frequencies are more prone to impulse noise impact.
This is supposition on my part… Reverting back to a UHF channel was an income consideration.
Further, WKYT’s use of the channel 13 frequency in Lexington required that co-owned WBKO-13 in Bowling Green, KY operate at reduced power in order to avoid interference.
The kicker: WKYT’s original digital assignment was a UHF channel.
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Post by John Hourigan on May 29, 2010 19:04:56 GMT -5
Agree with all the points -- but why wouldn't WKYT just revert back to its UHF channel 27 position instead of channel 36?
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