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6th Annual WITF
May 12 Through
The annual WITF Auction,
the largest and most unusual
sales event in Central
Pennsylvania, gets un
derway Sunday night May 12
at 6 p.m. for a week-long run
on WITF-TV, Channel 33.
The colorful fund-raising
extravaganza, which has
become one of the most
eagerly-awaited and
fascinating local television
events of each season, is an
important source of income
for this area’s non
commercial, public
broadcasting stations,
WITF-TV and WITF-FM
(89.5).
WITF-TV pre-empts its
entire regular evening
program schedule, some 60
hours of prime television
time, for the Auction;
Sunday, 6 p.m. to midnight;
Monday through Friday, 5
p.m. to midnight; Saturday,
1 p.m. until the last item is
sold (last year that was at
3:45 a.m. Sunday!).
The long hours have never
seemed to pose a problem as
far as audience is concerned.
The Auction has uncommon
holding power. In fact, the
staff has identified at least
three people who devote part
of their vacation to Auction
Week, either so they can
watch until the end every
night without having to
worry about getting up for
work, or so they can
volunteer their services for
the week.
Station officials hope to
better 1973’s record gross
receipts of $113,000-10
percent of the WITF budget.
For two-and-a-half months,
more than 600 volunteers
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have been calling on
business, industry and In
dividuals in communities
throughtout South Central
Pennsylvania for con
tributions. By the time the
Auction ends, more than 1500
items will have been sold-all
new merchandise, services,
artwork, crafts or antiques,
most with a retail value of
$5O or more.
Auction contributions are
described on the air by well
known community leaders
and personalities, and
viewers bid by dialing a toll
free telephone number. At
the end of a specified period
of time for each item, the
bidding is closed, and the
caller with the highest bid
“wins.” While many items
sell for far below retail
value, and some go above,
all high bidders realize an
automatic six percent saving
because Auction sales are
exempt from State sales tax.
WTTF is the sole recipient
of the proceeds, which last
year amounted to 76 percent
of the total retail value.
The selection of items sold
during the week is as varied
as the business community
itself, and every viewer is
likely to find something of
appeal. Home appliances,
building materials, clothing,
sporting equipment, lawn
and garden supplies, fur
niture, carpeting, vacation
trips, books, jewelry, an
assortment of* se£
vices; this is just a partial
list.
Among the hundreds of
things' already received,
however, are a number
high value or unusual items,
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including: * 1974 2-door
Subaru sedan; a cruise for
two to Bermuda: a hair
transplant; a five-piece suite
of office furniture; a com
plete home security system;
and six footballs
autographed by Penn State's
Heisman Trophy winner
John Cappelletti, his fellow
All-American team captains,
and coach Joe Patemo.
The complexity of
producing the Auction is a
story in itself. The marathon
television show originates
from the Hershey Com
munity Theatre because it
offers not only a stage large
enough for the Auction
studio, but the space needed
to register and brief the 1,000
volunteers used during the
week-and feed them-and to
warehouse the Auction
merchandise, which is
sorted and stored by
category on four floors or
dressing rooms. The
backstage elevator looks like
one in a department store,
with a directory of the
various types of mer
chandise and their locations
by floor!
Preparations in the
Theatre begin a full week
before the Auction goes on
the air; they involve hun
dreds of man hours to con-
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the elaborate ayatem of
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Also during aetup week,
merchandlae by
the truck-load from branch
warehouaea in Harriaburg,
Lancaater and York. Theae
location!, which have been
accepting Auction itema
alnce April 1, are contributed
by the Pennayivania Army
National Guard in
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