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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, SEPTEMBER 25, 1981
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Television/Radio Update
The station in Tacoma, KCPQ, is now confirmed at 9:30 a.m. Sundays, begin
ning the 4th of October. This station reaches all the Seattle/Tacoma area
and also about one million homes in Washington State and British Columbia
by cable.
We have also now confirmed the CBS affiliate in Detroit, WJBK, for 7 a.m.
Sunday mornings, beginning the 8th of November. This follows the 6:30 a.m.
news and our broadcast will precede the rest of the religious block.
The super TV station WTBS in Atlanta did not become available as "It is
Written" decided to keep their slot despite the price hike. We have found
that Mr. Armstrong's program has been put on the top of the pile for the
next available time on that station.
David Hulme has been in Dallas today and talked with seven stations about
getting on TV and radio in that major city. We have some possibilities to
present Mr. Armstrong. Hope we can include the news in next week's report.
Satellite Feast Transmissions
Here is some very interesting news about Mr. Armstrong's Feast sermons from
Larry Omasta, head of Radio and TV Production:
Just how important are Mr. Armstrong's two Holy Day sermons that we
will be transmitting to U.S., Canadian and some overseas Feast sites
this year? Sometimes we in Media Services get the feeling that some
thing, or somebody, doesn't want them to be seen.
For instance, do you remember last year how the Ali-Holmes fight was
suddenly signed for Thursday, October 2--which normally would have
tied up video projectors all over the country. You remember October 2,
1980 don't you? It was the Last Great Day of the Feast. But Christ
intervened and we rented the projectors just ahead of the boxing
promoters.
I'm certain most of you remember that while you were watching the ser
monette on the first Holy Day how all of a sudden Tokyo News came
across instead of our services.
(This occurred at about 90% of our
Feast sites.)
Our microwave and satellite consultant said he had never in all of his
years in the business seen such a bizarre incident occur where once
the customer's program was on line to the satellite that someone would
make a change. He was very disturbed about it and did not take it
lightly.
Well, that was last year. What about this year?
Remember the baseball strike? The strike most experts said would not
happen--but did.
The strike everyone said would not be settled in
1981--and then magically was.
But with its settlement came the bizarre split schedule with an extra
set of playoffs, before the regular playoffs. The networks which air