▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁even ▁though ▁it ▁had ▁never ▁been ▁affili ated ▁with ▁K H J ▁radio ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁deal . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁General ▁T ire ▁purchased ▁R K O ▁Radio ▁Pictures , ▁giving ▁the ▁company ' s ▁television ▁station ▁group ▁access ▁to ▁R K O ' s ▁film ▁library , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁General ▁T ire ' s ▁broadcast ing ▁and ▁film ▁divisions ▁were ▁renamed ▁as ▁R K O ▁General . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 6 0 s , ▁channel ▁ 9 ▁offered ▁a ▁standard ▁independent ▁schedule ▁of ▁mov ies , ▁off - network ▁r er uns , ▁children ' s ▁shows ▁like ▁The ▁Pan ca ke ▁Man ▁hosted ▁by ▁Hal ▁Smith ▁( who ▁showed ▁educational ▁short s ▁like ▁The ▁Space ▁Ex pl or ers ), ▁first - run ▁synd ic ated ▁programs , ▁and ▁locally ▁produced ▁programs ▁including ▁local ▁new sc asts , ▁sports ▁events ▁and ▁public ▁affairs ▁programs . ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁K H J ▁emb ark ed ▁on ▁a ▁novel , ▁ground bre aking ▁( and ▁in exp ensive ) ▁experiment , ▁called ▁Tem po , ▁which ▁heavily ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁the ▁talk ▁radio ▁cra ze ▁on ▁local ▁radio ▁stations . ▁Day time ▁programming ▁was ▁divided ▁into ▁three ▁blocks ▁running ▁three ▁hours ▁in ▁length , ▁called ▁Tem po ▁I , ▁Tem po ▁II ▁and ▁Tem po ▁III . ▁The