AFTV Channel 8
A.cialCj Alaska
April 7, 1963
A LETTER TO OUR VIEWERS:
Sometime during the next week-and-a-half, families on Adak mil
get to know each other again, sailors will re-tell sea stories
they haven’t heard for months and people will come to work in
the mornings without the usual bleary- and baggy-eyed stares.
TV will he off the air. - ■
We urge you to rest now, while you can, for when Channel 8 returns
to the'airwaves, you won’t want to take your eyes off The Tube.
On its way (via air freight) to give you a brighter, clearer picture,
is more than $20,000-worth of new telecasting equipment—projectors,
telecine cameras, studio cameras, control consoles, monitors, .etc.
New-accessory equipment (lights, drapes, microphones) will .enable
us to resume our live children1 s programs, news shows and interview
panels.
And, in just a few more months, we hope to receive a new transmitter
to boost our power output so we can fill in those ’’holes” in the •
Birehwood and New Village areas.
You’ 11 even be able to tell Perry Mason from Hamilton Burger.
So, your reception tills next week-and-a-half will be spottier than
usual. We1*!!, be installing, calibrating, re-wiring, experimenting
and fiddlingwith control levers. And, for a time, we’ll be off
the air completely. (We’ve published a schedule, anyway, so you’ll’
know what* s supposed to be on.)
When-we db go off"the air, please don’t call the Offlcer-of-the-Day,
Just- enjoy yourself. By the end of the month, you’ll be in the same
old rut. '•
Very truly yours,
THE CHANNEL 8 STAB
Broadcasting Coast-to-Const...(almost)