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Two Springfield television stations have recognized that there is strength in numbers.
KOLR 10 and KDEB 27 announced Feb. 18 a joint serviceagreement which will combine the sales, promotion and production areas of the two television stations.
On Feb. 24, the two stations also announced that Bill Saddler will become the general manager of KOLR. Saddler succeeds Dave Miller, who will join the corporate staff of VHR Broadcasting, the company that owns KOLR. Miller has been in the general manager position only four months; he succeeded longtime General Manager Ellis Shook.
The joint services agreement is structured under two separate agreements that will combine the sales, promotion and production staffs of each station into one. The two stations will continue to be that, and KOLR will continue to be the CBS affiliate just as KDEB will continue to hold its Fox affiliation. Kemp-Nichol will continue as vice president and general manager of KDEB.
The announcement is new, so all of the details of the agreement have not yet been finalized....