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V o l . 3 No. 11
Bethpage Is Waiting
Serving Bethpage - Ploinview - Island Trees - Plainedge - Seaford
Thursday, January 9, 1969
10< per copy
Stay Tuned For Channel 2 7
Bethpage Area residents will
be getting extra value from their
television sets when the Long
T s land Education T e l e v i s i on
Council, Inc., comes oh the air
late in January with Channel 21.
The non-commercial,com-munity
station's inaugural
broadcasting day is scheduled
for Monday, Jan. 27. On that
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gramming from 9 a.m. to 9p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
At least one or two weeks
earlier there will, be preview
programming. Viewers then will
be able to tune in between noon
and 4 p.m. to sample the types
of community, public service,
and educational programs the
station will be offering.
Located at Mitchel Field in
Garden City, Channel 21 (WUW)
will cover the entire length of
Long island, including Brooklyn
and Queens. Residents as far
as the Riverhead area will be
able to receive the station out
to Montauk and Orient Points.
About 60 per cent of television
receivers in the Bethpage area
homes are now capable of re­c
e i v i n g ultra high frequency
channels such as Channel 21.
By Federal law, all sets built
since 19G4 had to be so equipped.
Sets older than that can be con­verted,
however* to receive all
channels, including UHF, by
means of an adapter.
With the advent of Channel 21,
residents of Nassau and Suffolk
will, for the firjjiMimej. Jiay£_.
-te7lT3rvTsion programing with a
Long Island orientationmaintains
William J. Pearce, general man­ager.
"The population concentration
we will be serving in just these
two counties," said Pearce, "is
the l a r g e s t anywhere in the
country without its own TV sta­tion.
"Now, with the approximately
2 1/2 million people in Nassau
and Suffolk about to have their
own TV outlet, we are well aware
of our responsibility to meet
the many varied and particular
concerns, interests, and needs
of all segments of the Long
Island community," he added.
To this end, Mr. Pearce in­dicated,
Channel 21 will con­tinually
seek to offer a wide
Some Facts About UHF
UHF: stands for Ultra High
Frequency television channels
of which there are 70—chan­nels
14 through 83. Below
these are the VHF, or Very
High Frequency, channels—
2 through 13—with which most
people are more familiar.
. WHY USE UHF? The ,12
VHF channels accommodate
some 650 TV stations through­out
the country but more are'
needed. The UHF stations*
make possible an additional
3,000 plus TV outlets in the
U.S.
WHO CAN RECEIVE UHF?
By law, all TV sets manu­factured
since April 30, 1964
are equipped both for VHF
and UHF reception. If your
set is older, it is probably
for VHF only. However, you do
not have to buy a new set to
receive UHF, although, de­pending
on a number of fac­tors,
including the age of your
present set, it might be worth­while
considering a new pur­chase,
o
HOW TO CONVERT: There
are three ways to convert a
set for all-channel reception:
install in your set a 70-chan­nel
tuner; install a strip-type
tuner for each UHF chan­nel
desired; mount on or near
your set a 70-channel tuner.
HOW MUCH? The cost for
converting to all-channel re­ception
depends on the type
of conversion desired, the
model of your set, and your
location. You can obtain actual
costs from your TV dealer or
serviceman.
RECEPTION QUALITY?
UHF pictures are as good as
VHF but good reception for
both depends on the quality of
the installation. One major
UHF advantage is that it is not
affected by ignition systems,
industrial equipment, and the
like. UHF reception—just as
VHF—varies with terrain,
location of the receiving set,
and—in some cases — with
weather changes. TV trans­mitter
power is important too.
Channel 21's transmitter in
Garden City, an almost 700,-
000-watt unit, is the most
powerful transmitter in the
entire metropolitan area.
A SPECIAL ANTENNA?
Possibly. It all. depends on
your location and distance
from the transmitting source.
Various kinds of indoor and
outdoor antennas are avail­able
with each best suited to
particular signal conditions.
All portable TV sets sold after
April 1964 are already
equipped with the necessary
loop-type antenna. Depending
on distance from the trans­mitter,
this may be all that
is needed.
HOW DO I START? Con­sult
your TV dealer or serv­iceman
to obtain accurate in­formation
about your individ-.
ual requirements.
range of informational, educa­tional,
cultural, and public af­fairs
programing.
"Whenever possible and to as
great a degree as we are able,"
he explained "we will involve
the community in the station's
programing. The station should
be a means of local expression
for individuals arid groups. In _
~hWway, weTfiBpe that Channel 21
can make a significant contribu­tion
towards fostering a sense
of community for all of Long
Island while, at the same time,
adding to the residents' aware­ness
of the importance of Long
I sland nationally."
In addition to Long Island,
Channel 21's coverage area will
include Manhattan, Statenlsland,
lower Westchester, and portions
of northeast New Jersey and
southwest Oonnectieirt. The sta-rratter
Is tr»..im«j«* powenui in
the entire metropolitan anea.
' The bulk of the new TV out­let's
daytime programing will
c o n s i s t of instructional, in-school
courses for elementary
and secondary levels. >
The first half-hour of the 12-
hour broadcasting day will be a
pre-school program. There will
also be a pre-school program
just prior to the noon hour,
followed by management and
supervisory training programs
for business and industry. Late
afternoon offerings will provide
a mixture of in-service teacher
training, children's shows and
general interest communiiy pro­grams.
Evening programing will offer
two hours of c o l l e g e credit*
courses in conjunction withthe
State University of New York,
and community i n t e r e s t pro­grams.
Owned and operated by the
Long Island Educational Tele­vision
Council, Inc., the non­profit
station is governed by a
non-salaried board of trustees
composed of leading citizens
prominent in Long Island busi­ness,
education, and community
life.
The president of the board is
Dr. John C. Lackas, a resident
of Syosset. A profesor at
Queensboro Community College,
'he resigned his post last year
as dean of administration there
to devote more time to teach­ing,
writing, and community ac­tivities.
As a non-commercial opera­tion,
the Long I sland Educational
Television Council will look for
continuing support to the com­munity
—lopal business and in­dustry,
private individuals (both
through direct contributions and
subscription to Channel 21's pro­gram
guide), local government
agencies, foundations, and local
and state education offices.
Initial funds for operating costs
and construction of Channel 21's
transmission facility and its 410-
foot-high tower and antenna at
Mitchel Field came from the
New York State Educational De­partment
and Nassau County.
A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME: Channel 2 1 , loong
Island's first television station, will begin broad­casting
in late January, covering Brooklyn .Queens,
Nassau, and Suffolk.
Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Ralph G.
Caso (center) watches as Anthony C. iimbarrato of
Levittown i s sworn into office as the new councilman
on the Hempstead Town Board by Town Clerk Nathan
L. H. Bennett, during Tuesday's public meeting in
the new Town Hall Hearing Pavilion, Councilman
Imbarrato was appointed to succeed former Coun­cilman
James F. Niehoff, recently elected a District
Court judge.
Lt. Karopczyc Wins Medal of Honor
The Congressional medal of
Honor will be* awarded today to
First Lieutenant Stephen Karo­pczyc,
killed in South Vietnam
in March of 1967. His parents
live at 14 Boone St., Bethpage.
Lt. Karopczyc was a platoon
leader with the Army Rangers
and had been in Vietnam almost
three months at the time of his
death in action.
Lt. Karopczyc attended schools
in the Island Trees District and
graduated from Chaminade High
School, Mineola, in 1961. He was
an alumnus of Spring Hill Col­lege
in Mobile, Ala., where he
majored in political science and
was a member of R.O.T.C.