Yearbook of radio and television (1959)

Record Details:

Title:
Yearbook of radio and television
Date:
1959
Publisher:
New York : Radio Daily Corp.
Volume:
Radio annual and television yearbook (1959)
Leaf #:
00039
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound, Books, and Year Book
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 28, 2023
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VITAL STATISTICS GENERAL INFORMATION ^ Total 1957 radio-TV best, revenue (before Fed. income tax) $1.5 billion ► Total radio-TV broadcast income (before tax) for 1957 $214.6 million ► Radio revenue for 1957 $517.9 million ► Radio profits for 1957 $54.6 million ^ Total broadcast revenues for 1957 $943.2 million Derived from sale of time (77% ) $726.3 million Der. from sale of talent, prog, material & production (23%) $216.9 million ► Total TV time sales (before commissions deductions) for 1957 $868.7 million Network time to nat'l advertisers (45.4%) $394.2 million Non-net. time to nat'l advertisers (34.1% ) $296.4 million Time to local advertisers (20.5%) $178.1 million ► Total 1957 TV broadcast expenses $783.2 million ► Total TV broadcast income (before tax) for 1957 $160 million y TV receiver factory billings for 1958 $686 million ► Factory sales of radios for 1958 totaled $326 million ► Factory phonograph sales for 1958 were $263 million ► Phonograph record sales for 1958 $166 million ► Retail sales of TV sets for 1958 $5.1 million ► Tape recorder retail sales (64 mfrs.: 410,000 units) for 1958 $72 million ► Magnetic tape retail sales for 1958 $20 million ► Total revenue of radio networks (4 nat'l, 3 reg.) for 1957 $73.5 million ► Total revenue of 3143 independent radio stations for 1957 $444.4 million ► Total profits for above 3143 radio stations for 1957 $54.6 million ► Network radio time sales for 1957 $51.7 million ► Radio station local time sales for 1957 $316.5 million ► AM stations reporting operational loss for 1957 959 ► Revenue of TV networks and their 16 stations totaled $467.9 million Total revenue 390 post-freeze TV stations for '57 $214 million VHF (302) $187.3 million UHF (88) $26.7 million (Continued on page 35) 33