Television digest with electronic reports (Jan-Dec 1959)

APPLICATIONS & CPs FOR NEW TV STATIONS Final Decisions Mayaguez, PR., Ch. 3, 6:9 Seattle, Wash., Ch. 7 reaffirmed. 8:5, 24:14. 25:6 WMTA-TV, Charleston, S.C. affirmed, 10:8 Los Angeles, Cal,, Ch. 34, 15:10 Waycross, Ga„ Ch. 8. 15:20 Aguadilla. P.R., Ch. 12. 20:6 Bowling Green, Ky., Ch. 13, 41:7 Weston, W.Va., Ch. 5, 45:11 Initial Decisions Beaumont, Tex., Ch. 12, 45:11 Aguadilla, P.R., Ch. 12, 13:13 Ch. 13 to WVEC-TV. Norfolk, following merger agreement, 16:11, 26:9 WTEN, Albany, favored for Ch. 10, 33:5 Weston, W.Va., Ch. 5, 38:6 Eugene, Ore., Ch. 9, 40:5 Terre Haute. Ind.. Ch. 2, 50:5 Beaumont, Tex. Ch. 6 case ordered for review on Court Decisions out-of-pocket expenses, 5:7, 44:10 WITV, Ft. Lauderdale (Ch. 17), turned down on plea for Ch, 6. 5:7 KALF, Alliance, Neb. (Ch. 13) remanded to PCC for hearing. 11:11, 23:4 WAVY-TV. Norfolk, Va. (Ch. 10) upheld. 11:12 transfer of Ch. 12 Ironwood, Mich, to WDMJ-TV Marquette upheld, 18:4 KTVI, St. Louis, ordered for FCC rehearing, 19:6. 20’3 25'9 Peoria, lii. Ch. 8 case, 20:3 WKBW-TV, Buffalo, affirmed. 22:5 Evansville. Ind. deintermixture, 25:9 WHDC-TV & WVET-TV. Rochester, N.Y. sharetime grants upheld, 40:5 WJRT, Flint (Ch. 12) upheld, 45:10, 48:7 ASSOCIATIONS (not listed under other categories) NAFBRAT, 1:6 Radio-TV News Directors Assn., 1:7, 21:11 Assn, of Radio & TV News Analysts, 1:7 Federal Communications Bar Assn., 2:9, 50:5 Inter-American Assn, of Broadcasters, 5:9 Radio-TV Executives Society, 6:1, 29:15 Home Free Assn., 6:9. 34:6 National Museum of Bcstg. plan of NAB, 8:8 Assn, of Maximum Service Telecasters. 9:10, 40:8 International Radio Consultative Committee. 11:5 Electronic Parts & Equipment Mfrs., 11:18 Broadcasters’ Promotion Assn., 13:14, 25:8, 42:11, 44:7, 45:11 SMPTE, 14:15, 16:11. 29:15. 39:18, 40:10, 41:10 International Telecommunication Union, 15:5, 29:15, 43:5 Assn, of Electronic Parts & Equipment Mfrs., 17:22 American Women in Radio & TV. 18:10, 48:15 Assn, of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers. 20:11, 23:11 Armed Forces Communications & Eiectronics Assn., 21:18 Aerospace Industries Assn, new name of Aircraft Industries Assn.. 21:18 Catholic Bcstrs. Assn., 22:10, 25:9 Broadcast Pioneers, 22:16, 29:15 Radio-TV Research Council, 26:11 TV-Radio Farm Directors, 27:9 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, 29:15 Clear Channel Bcstg. Service, 44:14 Joint Electron Devices Engineering Council. 47:19 American Civil Liberties Union. 50:12 Society of TV Technical Directors, 51:10 BACKGROUND TV auxiliary services, 3:16 rating services, 22:12 The Federal Communications Commission, 35:20 N.Y. tape-commercial producers, 38:12 Federal Govt, supervision of bcstg., 41:6 BOOSTERS & SATELLITES unlicensed booster, action by FCC, 1:2, 4:5, 5:1, 6:2, 7:2, 8:8, 10:2, 11:5, 13:4, 15:4 & 10. 16:4, 17:5, 20:2, 22:5, 36:3, 44:11. 45:24, 46:3, 49:4 Cox report on boosters & translators, 2:5, 3:5 translator difficulties in getting rebroadcast permission, 3:10 Texan Translator TV Network enters translator equipment mfg., 9:10; sold to Electron Corp., 41:11 Mont, law for licensing of boosters, 9:10, 11:5 Idaho bill provided for “TV districts’’ to raise taxes for govt, -owned best, facilities, 11:13 translator revocations, 13:14, 17:5, 23:5, 30:12 translator relay systems, 13:14, 19:6 Sen. Moss’ CATV-booster bill. 19:5, 36:2, 37:3 no rush in booster construction if legalized says mfr. Mid-America Relay Systems, 20:2 National TV Repeater Assn., 22:14 Palm Springs, Cal. translators, 37:4 Utah tax for booster-translator service challenged by CATV systems, 43:20 1959 reviewed, 52:4 Casper, Wyo. hearing held by Sen. McGee, 52:5 CENSUS, TV RECEIVER Mansfield figures, 9:16 Nielsen projection of ARF 1958 data, 11:3 Census estimates of number of households and family size, 11:15 ARB “A-Z” study, 12:14 census should include questions on programming says Oliver Treyz, 19:7 Census Bureau recheck of radio set count, 26:3 Detroit set ownership survey by U of Mich,, 30:18 TV saturation of homes now 867« reports Census Bureau, 31:20 census to find number of homes with 2 or more TV and radio sets, 34:17 CLOSED-CIRCUIT “MEETING” TV Eidophor, Ciba subsidiary, 1:2. 3:8, 22:14 tape used for business meetings. 5:10, 6:11, 47,15 new common-carrier microwave system lor color TV coverage requested by Teletalent, 9:10 “moderately-priced” system made by Sylvania for ETV & business use, 10:15 cost estimates by Oiantview TV Network, 11:15 Television Communications Inc., new production firm, 13:6 TelePrompTer Corp, had 1st rate card, 16:13 used for surplus property sales, 30:12. 35:9, 41:11 Ford usfes to introduce new Falcon, 34:20 ’’Scanoscope” rate card. 34:20 use on cargo planes at Andrews Air Force, 34:20 non-network TV tape show by Tyrex Inc. for tire dealers, 37:7 Ideal Toy Corp. uses WOR-TV, N.Y. for sales meeting instead of closed-circuit, 37:9 preview of new TV season by ’TV Guide’, 37:9 1959 activities reviewed, 52:4 COLOR Eidophor big-screen projector, 1:2, 30:12 RCA promotion, 8:12, 11:17, 13:20, 31:20, 38:20 & 23, 45:3 NBC colorcasting, 9:7, 23:6, 36:5 color TV set owners twice as likely to watch color show as others on black & white, 10:16; additional data from NBC-TV survey, 26:8 Japan enthusiastic 10:18; set production, 31:19 sales break-thru on sets in l'A-2 years says Mort Farr, 14:16 RCA exhibit at Moscow fair, 14:18, 15:15, 35:15 Philadelphia public reaction to color set ownership study by Karl H. Stein. Temple U, 16:20 color set servicing 2579 of RCA Service Co’s contract income, 16:22 sales reported by RCA’s Frank Folsom, 18:18 service technicians to have color sets in homes, aim of RCA campaign, 20:20 set financing by consumers Increasing rapidly says Selmer Solem of Appliance Buyers Credit Corp., 20:22 Admiral sets, 22:20 23:17. 26:16, 35:16. 40:16 no. of color-equipped stations, 23:6, 37:2 color tape of Perry Como show to Japan, 23:11 how stations can boost color development, subject of meeting called by Roger Clipp, 26:9 2-color system of Dr. Edwin Land, Polaroid Corp. pres., 27:19, 32:2, 34:8 & 16, 40:8 Russians ahead of U.S. in color TV claims Khrushchev, 31:11 Mort Farr, on “What’s Wrong with color TV” in ’Electrical Merchandising’, 33:17 monochrome “Electronic Color Effects” process developed by RCA, 34:2, 40:9 RCA color tape recorder to Japan, 43:15 National Color TV Month, 43;17 Crosley Bcstg. ’s low-light colorcasting, 44:9, 49:8 Receivers sets-in-use. 11:17 set mfrs. (in addition to RCA), 11:17; PackardBell 48:17 30,000 sets in Philadelphia area claimed by Raymond Rosen & Co., 15:17 sets-in-use estimates reported in ‘Digest’ questionnaire, 38:5 sales increasing, 44:18; 3079 ahead of 1958 says RCA exec. v.p. P. J. Casella. 50:18 RCA & Admiral say orders exceed expectations, but other mfrs. not building coior sets, 45:3 Station-equipment la. State College system for modifying monochrome cameras for color, 13:12 Tri-Color Tubes Lawrence tube, 9:17 new single-gun color system reported by Andromeda Inc., Kensington, Md., 15:17 COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM (see also CBS Inc. under Mfrs.) Program Consolidation Plan for radio, 1:8, 30:8 grants to colleges of women employes. 1:10 annual summing-up. 3:8 "The Business of Sex” radio program, 4:16, 5:5 TV affiliates conference, 8:6, 9:6, 12:8 financial grants to writers, 8:7 “Late Show” on WCBS-TV, a summing-up on 8th anniversary, 9:14 CBS-TV tape-commercial activities, 9:14 news & public affairs feilowships, 13:6 grants-in-aid to writers, 13:6 program on money management. 14:7 taped public service programs, 15:6 BMI shares turned back, 15:7 financial reports, 16:22, 46:22 “minimum buy” rate, 17:6 Lincoln Center (N.Y.) contribution, 17:7 exhibit of live production techniques, 18:14 hour-long news shows, 19:3 Hubbell Robinson resignation, 21:11, 22:2, 23:6, 24:8, 26:11, 27:7; Oscar Katz succeeds him, 33:6; other resignations, 47;13, 49:15 Sid Caesar contract, 23:10 o&o “image” subject to study by Institute for Motivational Research Inc., 26:8 effort to reopen Russian bureau and have Russia’s Kozlov on “Face the Nation,” 27:15; Moscow news bureau reopened, 47:10, 48:14 programming plans tor new season, 34:5 sued with “Playhouse 90” by Titus Haffa, 39:6 network discount changed, 40:9 Sig Mickelson named pres, of CBS News, 41:7 radio network expected to show profit in 1959 4th quarter, 41:8 programming poiicy changes after quiz scandal, 42:2. 47:3, 49:3, 50:2, 51:8, 52:14 “Person to Person” visit with Mae West cancelled, 42:15 Pacific Ocean Park sold, 44:11 Louis G. Cowan resignation, 44:11, 49:11, 50:9, 51:8 “Population Explosion” program touches on birth control. 46:9 workshop to develop professional writing, 47:13 oil exploration under Los Angeles property, 48:6 affiliates & CBS management study TV’s responsibiiities, at Washington conference, 52:16 COMMUNITY ANTENNA SYSTEMS criticized in Cox report to Senate Commerce Committee. 2:6 operators of 2 or more CATV systems, 2:12 sales of CATV systems, 2:12, 8:8, 13:14, 18;11, 9*1 -9 4Q‘4 NCTA, 2:12, 11:13; convention, 23:11, 24;16, 25:3, ' 26:1 & 11; membership, 38:7 KXU-TV, Helena, vs Montana Microwave, 3:8, , 7:2, 8:5, 21:5, 28:8, 32:7, 33:5 microwave grants, 24:6, 26:1. 30:6 & 12, 48:12 t new systems, 11:13, 25:11 •• roundup, 14:4, 40:4 FM background music service added, 14:11, 15:10 FCC recommendations to Congress, 15:2, 16:5, 17:5 36:2; reconsideration, 43:4, 46:3, 48:12 discontinued systems, 19;10, 25:11, 28:8, 29:13 definition by FCC, 17:5 court suit on “property rights” by Salt Lake City stations, 18:2. 20:9, 33:9 NCTA asks Congress to pass law putting CATV under govt, regulation, 18:2 , Canada’s NCTA, 18:11, 21:11 Sen. Moss’ CATV-booster bill, 19:5, 26:5, 35:4, 37:3 pole rental increase by N.Y. Bell upheld by N.Y. Public Service Commission, 22:14 Sen Pastore’s subcommittee hearings on CATV. boosters, etc., 24:6, 25:11, 27:2, 28:2, 29:4, 44:9 CATV-booster bills, 24:6, 36:2, 38:5 , translator & booster competition discussed at NCTA convention, 26:5 ■< Nacogdoches, Tex. system demand by KTBS(’TV) there, 27:10 Canadian growth, 28:8 KSPR-TV, Casper, Wyo., quits, saying CATV forced it off air, 30:5 FCC travels West to study CATV, 30:12, 32:5 Bing Crosby & Phil Harris own part of Cal. syst6m< 33 '9 Ukiah, Cal. system burned out, 34:20 Tupelo. Miss, system furnished Memphis signals by WTWV, Tupelo, 37:7 licensing of CATV favored by respondents to ’Digest’ questionnaire, 38:5 non-profit system in Renovo, Pa., 38:7 CATV Associates Inc. brokerage firm, 40:19 Westbury Electronics, CATV mfr., sold to Intercontinental Electronics Inc., 45:24 “ad hoc” committee to study problem of CATV, boosters & small town TV stations, 47:15, 48:12 1959 activities reviewed, 52:4 Casper, Wyo. hearing held by Sen. McGee, 52:5 ONGRESS industry hearings scheduled by 36th Congress, 1:3 House Commerce legislative oversight subcommittee. 1:3; report 1:5; Dr. Schwartz’ book, 5*7 7*3. 9i4 Cox report to Senate Commerce Committee, 2:2, 3:5 bills prohibiting subscription TV, 2:5, 4:5. 5:5, 8:4, 9:4, 10:5, 12:4; FCC plans test, 13:3, 15:3 bills granting Federal aid to states for ETV, 2:5, 3'6 & 10, 4:5, 5:3, 6:4, 7:4, 8:4, 9:4, 16:3. 18:3. 20:3, 21:9, 23:2; field study by House committee, 24:5; reconsideration, 47:24 bill exempting uhf sets from excise tax, 2:5, 5:5 “Federal Conflict of Interest Legislation” study of House Judiciary anti-trust subcommittee, 2:5 bill granting all reporters right to keep news source secret, 2:7 3-network “association” proposed to fight govt, anti-network actions, 3.2 i i 3