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[i]WTVT (TV) Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla., aired 400 feet of film on the explosion of the Vanguard missile one hour and 50 minutes after the earth satellite burst into flames Dec. 6 at Cape Canaveral, Fla., 110 miles from the station. Roger Sharp, a WTVT newscaster, and a two-man camera crew had been recording the preliminaries of the attempted launching for three weeks prior to the target date. They covered the explosion from four miles away and rushed the film to WTVT by chartered plane. WTVT supplied prints for stations in New York, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Montgomery, Louisville and Miami in time for newscasts that same day. WMFJ Daytona Beach, Fla., claims it carried news of the Dec. 4 cancellation of the Vanguard missile firing 24 minutes before national media made any announcement of it. WFMJ stationed correspondents on the beach and a Civil Air Patrol member, who was flying in the safe zone in that area, provided coverage via land and air. Bob Lape, news director of WICE Providence, R.I., was on hand to cover the Vanguard mis-fire for his station and its affiliated WCUE Akron, Ohio, and gave 25 direct reports by beeper phone to both outlets within five days.[/i]
[i]The Atlas intercontinental missile test last week gave the station-network team of NBC and WFGA-TV Jacksonville, Fla., another chance to try out rocket coverage machinery, which was first set up to cover the Vanguard satellite launching attempt Dec. 6. WFGA-TV News Director Harold Baker and Program Manager Rusty Bruton, working with NBC News staffer Roy Neal, have been originating network reports on the activity 100 miles [away] on the cape, flying newsfilm out of the scene as soon as it is shot.[/i]
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