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Re: 'K' v. 'W' Television Station Callsigns

Wesrock@aol.com
Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:05:45 EDT

In a message dated Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:06:02 -0000, markrobt@comcast.net
Mark Roberts) writes:

> It's not unique. KOMU-TV was and is still owned by the University of
> Missouri, and is the NBC affiliate for Columbia and Jefferson City.
> From 1953 until 1956, it was the only station in the area and carried
> all three networks. From 1956 until 1971, it was also the secondary
> ABC affiliate for the market.

> Its newsroom is staffed by School of Journalism instructors and
> students, who report and produce the station's newscasts.

> It had a jam-packed schedule, with the late afternoon "downtime" from
> the network being filled with ABC programming. Likewise, the "Tonight
> Show" was joined in progress at 11 pm for many, many years in order to
> fit an ABC program in at 10:30 pm.

> It also had the dubious distinction of being the last NBC affiliate

The University of Missouri also publishes a commercial daily newspaper
in competition with a locally-owned one, with not only its newsroom
but its advertising department staffed by School of Journalism
instructors and students.

Certainly real world training for both news editors and reporters and
also advertising salesmen and saleswomen.

The privately-owned newspaper feels strongly it is unfair competition.

Wes Leatherock
wesrock@aol.com
wleathus@yahoo.com

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