# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S714
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

714 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
FM broadcasting, except where it coincides with the regular

AM hours, has been discontinued, with no apparent great loss of

listeners, and at considerable saving in time and money.

A rearrangement of our insurance coverage has been carried
out, whereby much of the coverage provided in policies held by
KFUO has now been included under blanket policies carried
by Synod.

A complete inventory of furnishings, supplies, and equipment’

has been made and will be kept up to date on a permanent basis.

A petition has been sent to the Federal Communications Com-
mission requesting permission to surrender our construction permit
for a UHF television station on channel 30. (The petition was
granted early in 1956.)

The sale of Kilowatt 10 FM transmitter equipment costing
over $10,000 and now in storage at a cost of $10 per month was
resolved in 1955. The sale of a 500-foot self-supporting steel
transmitter tower now under shelter on the KFUO premises and
costing in excess of $24,000 was also resolved in 1955. To date,
after repeated efforts and contacts, we have not been able to sell
this equipment at any reasonable price. We have had offers of
only $1,000 on the tower and an offer of $1,000 for the FM
equipment. These offers were not entertained. The selling of
these items is a real problem, and it appears that we shall not
realize anywhere the purchase price from the sale of this equipment.

All broadcast equipment and other KFUO facilities have been
maintained and are in good condition.

All regular broadcasting activities, programs, etc., have been
carried on as heretofore. No changes in number and types of
religious and music programs have been made as yet. However,
effort has been made to create a more friendly type of air delivery
on the part of the announcers, etc., and regular programs are
frequently interrupted for the broadcasting of news bulletins as
they become available over the United Press teletype.

Activities and Co-ordination

’ A plan for Radio Student Training (RST) was presented to
Concordia Seminary during the latter part of 1955, under which
students desiring radio and television instruction may participate
on a voluntary basis in classes and workshop activities to be held
five days weekly at KFUO. The seminary has adopted the plan
under its Cultural Activities Program. The station is making its
staff and facilities available to the seminary for this work. The
course is under the supervision of Prof. John Pfitzer, who has been
appointed..by the seminary to head this work. The plan was
activated in February 1956, and we trust it will continue on an

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