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ee ei ee cn _Prison head protests V ‘Untouchables’ stations pe James V,Bennett, federal director of | prisons, Friday asked FCC for permis- sion to appear in opposition to license renewals for nine tv stations which carried second part of Al Capone story on ABC’s The Untouchables. He took action as he had threatened to do after D all stations disregarded his request they not run program (see page 62). Mr. Bennett also sent communica- fion to Senate and House Commerce ‘| Committees, asking for meeting to ast cuss Capone program, which he alleged maligned federal prison officers by showing some of them in collusion with : gangsters. oe In second show last Thursday night, ABC issued disclaimer that show in- tended to reflect’ on good name of Federal Bureau of Prisons or its per- sonnel. This was done voice over clos- ing credits. ABC affiliates which are target of Mr. Bennett’s ire: WLOF-TV Orlando, WFGA-TV Jacksonville, WPST-TV - ; ane Miami, and WEAT-TV West Palm - . . —— Beach, all Florida, and ABC-owned . . Stations in New York, San Francisco, i E Chicago, Los Angeles and Detroit. : Ay e NBC Radio's new clients NBC Radio sales in past six weeks totaled $3.2 million, of which all but . $952,000 was new business. Adver- tisers and their agencies included: Lever Bros.’ Pepsodent Div. (Foote, ° Cone & Belding); General Motors Corp.'s Buick Div. (McCann-Erickson); i i BROADCASTING MAGAZINE Mogen David Wine Corp. (Edward ; : ey “H. Weiss); American Motors (Geyer, : WASHINGTCN, D.C. Morey, Madden & Ballard); Rolley Co., | ” JANUARY 16, 1961 Sea and Ski Lotion (Foote, Cone & ! page-9- Belding); Kellogg (Leo Burnett): in- 7 : . os ternational Minerals & Chemical Corp., REC- 60 s. 5252 i . . Accent seasoning (Needham, Louis & . - | . ay . ME he Brorby); Wagner Electric Corp. (Ar- | NOT: R¥GORDED a . (Schwab, Beatty & Porter) and Sinclair Refining Co. (Geyer, Morey, Madden base te gt & Ballard). . ae “gorge Wa 7, — thur R. Mogge); Readers Digest Assn, YW 7 JAN 31 19; ANAT