To Record eeence SERIES Gril et WORLD IDEALLY SUITED TO WELL over 100 million people saw or heard play -by -play accounts of the 1952 World's Series last week, thanks to radio, television and the REGIONAL BROADCASTING Co., which picked up a tab of more than $1 million for rights alone, plus radio and TV time charges amounting to many hundreds of thousands of dollars. Gillette in the last week of 1950 major U. S. event. negotiated a six -year agreement TV coverage included the 64 with the baseball commissioner, NBC -TV affiliates in as many then A. B. Chandler, giving the cities, plus the four TV stations of razor manufacturer exclusive Mutual stockholders - WOR -TV broadcasting rights to all World's New York, WGN -TV Chicago, Series and All -Star games through KHJ -TV Los Angeles and WNAC- 1956. The price was a flat $1 mil- TV Boston. The WOR -TV crew, lion a year for the telecasting which had telecast the Dodgers privileges and an overall package home games throughout the year, price of $1,370,000 for the radio originated the pickups from Ebbetts right s. Concurrently, Gillette Field in Brooklyn. TV pickups signed a contract with MBS to from were han- broadcast the games by radio for dled by the crew of WPIX (TV) the full six years and subsequently New York, which telecasts the negotiated a TV deal with NBC - Yankees' home games. WPIX and TV which runs through 1954. WINS also broadcast the games from Yankee Stadium on TV and This year, Gillette added 100 in- radio, respectively, but without pay dependent stations to the 560 Mutual affiliates broadcasting the from Gillette, under a rule that in the stations carrying a team's home series games U. S.; placed games through the season may the broadcasts on the CBC stations broadcast that team's World's ...the in Canada, with the play -by -play its park. also broadcast in French Series games from home accounts , who has been de- Type 315 5000 Watt in Eastern Canada; and added a -American network which re- scribing Dodgers games since 1939, Latin and , with as long a AM TRANSMITTER ceived their reports in Spanish. Armed Forces sent record with the Yankees, an- The Network nounced the telecasts. Ralph Giffen, the series to U. S. fighting men Present day regional stations and WOR -TV camera director, super- and women around the globe vised the video pickups from Eb- utilizing directional antenna the Voice of America told the rest betta Field; Jack Murphy those of the world about this annual from Yankee Stadium. , systems find this modern trans- who does the MBS "Game Of The mitter ideally suited to their Day," and of WGN Chicago handled the radio play - requirements. No features that by- play accounts, with , Gillette fight announcer, supplying would improve performance, color. reliability, and ease of instal- lation have been omitted. Buckingham Appointed Important refinements, such as A. O. BUCKINGHAM, advertising extra equipment for matching consultant, has been named man- aging director, Young & Rubicam transmitter output to highly Ltd., London. He succeeds George D. Bryson, who is to return to selective load circuits, are this country as a vice president included. Complete details and contact supervisor of the agen- cy's New York office, Sigurd S. furnished on request. Larmon, president, announced last week.

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