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♦ Millions to See Derby Via TV Fred Capossela, Bryan Field And Chris Schenkel at Mikes For Live, Videotape Coverage By LEO MISHKIN The 85th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs today will be seen only once, of course, by the estimated 100.000 people in actual attendance. But through the marvel of electronics it will be run twice for the millions of television viewers — once at a live telecast as it takes place, and then immediately following on videotape for a more thorough analysis of the race. The telecast will be on CBS television this afternoon, to be carried by 230 TV stations throughout the United States and Canada, simulcast on 194 radio stations, and broadcast to U. S. Armed Forces all over the world by the Armed Forces radio service. An estimated audience of between 1 0,-000,000 and 60,000,000 is expected to tune in the "Run for the Roses" on television, with untold additional millions following the radio broadcast of the classic. The Canadian Broadcasting Company will carry the race on 30 TV stations across the Dominion, plus the broadcast over several hundred radio stations. Preview Begins at 4:00 The TV coverage today will start at 4 : 00 p. m.. Central Daylight Time, with the traditional "Kentucky Derby Preview," during which emcee Jack Drees will interview notables present at Churchill Downs on their opinions, their predictions, and on the background of the event. The simulcast, for both TV and radio, will go on the air at 4:15 p. m., Central Daylight Time, with Fred Capossela calling the race and Bryan Field filling in with a description of the color and excitement that always surround the event. After the running, Chris Schenkel will conduct the TV and radio interviews in the winners circle. The narration and analysis of the race to be shown on tape immediately thereafter will be handled by Field. In the Chicago metropolitan area, the Derby will be carried on television over WBBM-TV Channel 2 and heard on radio over WMAQ 670 on the dial. This is the first time tht-t the Derby will get "double TV" treatment. The system of airing a videotape of a major horse race immediately after the live telecast was introduced by CBS-TV last year at the Preakness, and has been a feature of that networks horse racing programs ever since. Live coverage of the event on TV has been in effect since 1949, first for local showing, and filmed for subsequent airing on other stations the following day, and then coast to coast as a national event in 1952. Radio coverage started on a national basis in 1938. As in former years, the TV and radio coverage of the Derby will utilize every facility available. Six cameras, placed at strategic points around the track, will be employed. More than a mile of camera cables and telephone wires and cables will pick up the signals for relaying to WHAS-TV in Louisville, whence the program will be fed to the entire network.
