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...official of Boston's WNAC-TV yesterday blamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Columbia Broadcasting System, and the University for his station's failure to carry this Saturday's telecast of the Harvard-Dartmouth game...
Meanwhile, College undergraduates led by Burton F. Traub '57 started a mail and telephone campaign aimed at persuading the station to change its stand and carry the game. There was some possibility that a large number of letters and phone calls today might affect WNAC-TV's policy...
George W. Stoffy, vice-president of WNAC-TV, asserted that the commercial disadvantages of the N.C.A.A. regional football package have prevented both CBS and local stations from obtaining a suitable sponsor for the games. He also blamed CBS for not making the Dartmouth game available until his station had already scheduled programs for Saturday afternoon, and the University for putting "severe restrictions" on the types of sponsor it would accept for Crimson games...
...spokesmen in New York generally expressed amazement that WNAC-TV is not carrying the network's telecast from Hanover. "The people of Boston ought to use their influence to prevent this blackout," said Justin Bailey, Executive Sports Producer...
Under the new "regional game" plan of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, every CBS-affiliated station in New England, the Middle Atlantic States, and Puerto Rice is eligible to telecast the contest Saturday. All of these stations except WNAC-TV are planning to do so, Bailey said...