Stmirujham Casson 1 TV television I ham its third commercial sta-i lion, Dubois pointed out, “and ! we hope to carry all the network ■programs not on Channels 13 and 8.” 1 “We have been assured by our engineers,” Dubois added, “that we will have a Grade B signal, reaching out 47 to 50 miles from our location on Red Mountain; and we hope to have the clearest signal within the city.” ( Studio for the station will be' ;at 11th Place, South, and Red Mountain. ! Channel 42 will operate in j — I the UHF band which is now j part of new sets since May of I last year, as required by Con- j gress. The band has been built j in every TV receiver since j then. j MOST MAJOR set manufac-l turers in their earlier models' provided for a very simple con-; verter to receive UHF. The old- 1 er sets without this device can! be easily converted by the addi-( tion of ari external converter which will convert Channel 42! into Channel 5. j “We will make extensive use; of local talent in addition to the! network shows,” Dubois de-i dared, “both in entertainment! land information programs. The; I network shows no! telecast by- 'the two stations in Birmingham; |would comprise almost a full; I schedule of evening network | shows. | Network , programs can he | carried on a delayed basis, “if } the sponsors want them that j way.” | Call letters for the new station will be-WBMG-TV. an abbrevia tion for Birmingham.