Box 7, Folder 11, Document 35

Box 7, Folder 11, Document 35

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NIGHT CALL was broadcast for eleven months in 1965/66

-- 230 one-hour programs. It grew from a three-station
hook-up with three hosts to a 25 station network with one
host. Produced by the Television, Radio and Film Com-
mission of The United Methodist Church, NIGHT CALL was
presented as a program of the National Council of Churches.
Issues which were discussed ranged over a broad spectrum

of personal problems and national concerns -- from abortion,
drug abuse, the Klan, to Vietnam, gun control, and adult
morality. NIGHT CALL was terminated because of technical
difficulties: there was not adequate equipment available
to handle a national telephone talk program. Equipment

now has been designed which permits a national call-in show
of high technical quality. On April 9, 1968, TRAFCO co-
operated with Radio Station WRVR-FM in establishing a 36-
station network for a "dial-in for non-violence." The live
3-1/2 hour show was broadcast in such cities as New York,
Boston, Washington, D. C., Philadelphia, Buffalo, Cleveland,
Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Listeners
"dialed in" from every market. NIGHT CALL began broadcast
nightly Monday through Friday on June 3, 1968 on over 21

stations. Station affiliation has grown rapidly.