Television digest with electronic reports (Jan-Dec 1959)

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RECEIVER PRODUCTION (see also individual manufacturers, color, merchandising, etc.) 1959 production predictions, 1:11, 34;15, 35:14 & 15, 43:16, 46:19, 51:13 Corning rectangular 23-in “twin-panel” tube used in new sets, 5:12, 16:18, 19:20, 22:20, 23:17 & 18. 24:21, 25:19, 26:18, 44:17, 50:16 1958 production & sales by EIA, 6:12; by Census Bureau. 23:19 shock-hazard, prevention in “hot-chassis” TV sets eliminated by use of polarized 2-conductor plug, 6:13 parametric amplifier seen leading to more sensitive reception, 9:15, 11:11, 13:21 Mansfield figures on scrappage, setsin-use, 9:16 printed vs. hand-wired circuits for sets, 9:16; printed circuit anniversary, 45:19 ten-year projection by Mansfield envisions growth in set sales, 10:14 1958 TV & radio shipments to dealers, 10:15 Crimson Color Inc. wide screen, 10:16 battery & transistor portable TV, 13:19, 14:17, 22:20, 23:18, 25:18 & 19, 28:16, 31:19, 50:16 “gutless wonder” sets installed in Paris apartments, 16:21 automatic program pre-selector made by Tokyo’s Hayakawa Electric Co., 16:21 RCA still leads in consumer sales, 23:18 Japanese production of sets & parts, 25:18, 28:15, 38:22, 40:16, 45:19, 47:19 Japanese restrictions on imports must be lilted warns Harry Kearns of Commerce Dept., 46:21 TV & radio production & sales 1949-1958, a table, 27:21 plant vacations, 28:18 proposals to combat imports of components, 30:16 steel strike, 30:17, 40:14, 45:17 rising tube sales indicate increased set production, 33:15 Japanese competition can be met by increased quality & attractiveness thinks Zenith's Leonard C. Truesdell, 38:22; improve workmanship says Robert S. Bell, Packard Bell, 52:18 1960 sales predictions, 49:19, 50:15, 51:14 19-in. tube, 50:15, 52:18 RECORDS & RECORDINGS (see also Hi-Fi and Tape Recordings) Sam Goody discount retailer bankrupt, 11:19 Columbia Records financial reports, 13:22 Decca Records financial reports, 13:22, 20:24, 32:19, 45:22, 46:22 Japanese tape recorder and phono-radio, 17:19, 23:15 imported German jukebox, 18:21 Disc Jockey Convention in Miami, 22:10 Glaser-Steers Corp., mfr. of record changers, sold to American Machine & Metals Inc., 23:19 7-in. Ip record marketed by Columbia, 31:21 MGM Records-Philco marketing tie-in, 33:18 automobiles with phonographs, 34:16, 47:19 Capitol Records, financial reports, 34:18 Seeburg’s background music unit, 35:16 Am-Par records buys Grand Award Record Corp., 40:9 Roulette Records stock issue, 40:18 Magnetic Recording Industry Assn., 43:17 Rek-O-Kut Co. stock, 47:22 Westminster bankruptcy, 49:18 REPRESENTATIVES, TV Stations media “peaceful coexistence” plea, subject of Petry adv., 4:2 affiliates might take over CBS & NBC spot sales if FCC rules against networks continuing in business, 4:2 FCC rule-making to prohibit networks from engaging in rep business, 5:3, 7:1, 17:5, 18:2, 39:3, 49:10 predictions for year’s sales, a roundup. 11:4 "Mr. Thinkbigly” spot promotion by Peters, Griffin, Woodward Inc., 17:13 Station Representatives Assn., 17:13 TV Advertising Reps Inc. shows tapes of western station programming to N.Y. clients, 20:15 networks ordered to stop representing non-o&o stations by 1962, 41:1, 45:9 performance ratings given by ad agency media execs., 43:12 Corinthian stations to have same rep, 45:12 WBC Station Audiences surveyed, 50:10 Fla. tourist viewing habits studied by Peters, Griffin, Woodward, 50:10 Katz Agency’s “Spot TV Advertising Cost Summary,” 50:10 SALES, TV station KFRE-TV, Fresno, Cal., 1:10 WKTV, Utica, N.Y., 1:10 KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, Nev., 1:10 WMUR-TV, Manchester, N.H., 2:10, 6:9 Paramount Pictures sells 23% holdings in Metropolitan Bestg. to John W. Kluge group, 2:11, 12:13 KNAC-TV, Ft. Smith, Ark., 2:11 KGMB-TV, Honolulu, 3:10, 36:6, 52:8 WMBV-TV, Marinette, Wls., 4:8 W.IAR-TV, Providence, R.I., 4:8, 8:8, 10:9. 12:12, 20:10, 30:9, 40:9; cancelled, 42:11, 43:6, 45:12 WSOC-TV, Charlotte, N.C., 5:8, 15:11 WNBC, Hartford, Conn., 6:9. 8:8, 39:9, 47:15 Transcontinent TV Corp. -Marietta Bestg. Inc, merger, 7:3 & 10, 12:11, 20:11, 27:10 National Telefilm Assoc, merger into National Theatres, 8:14, 9:6, 12:19, 13:22 WIOC-TV, Bridgeport, Conn., 9:6 KOTV, San Angelo, Tex., (29.7%), 9:9 brokers evaluate market for station sales, 11:3 WPRO-TV, Providence, R.I., 11:5 J. Elroy McCaw-John D. Keating split, 13:13 KTVR, Denver, Colo. (50%), 13:13 WXIX, Milwaukee, Wis., 13:13, 16:11, 19:12 WEAR-TV, Pensacola, Fla., 14:10, 19:12 KBET-TV, Sacramento, Cal., 15:9 KXII, Aj-dmore, Okla., 15:10, 17:12, 23:4, 25:9 KBLR-TV, Goodland, Kan., 16:11, 27:9 KOMO-TV, Seattle, Wash. (1/3), 16:11 WDAU-TV, Scranton, Pa. (50%), 16:11, 22:8, 23:5 KINY-TV, Juneau, Alaska, 18:5 FCC considers 3-year temporary license plan to stop “trafficking,” 19:4 WFAM-TV, Lafayette, Ind., 19:6, 25:9 Hamilton-Landis & Assoc. Inc. replaces Hamilton, Stubblefield, Twining, 20:12 Mary Pickford & Buddy Rogers to sell WSJS-TV, Winston-Salem, stock under court order, 22:9, 37:7 KPTV, Portland, Ore., 23:8, 30:10 David Jaret Corp., with Warren Hull, enters brokerage field, 23:11 Taft Bestg. Co. stock sale, 24:14 WDMJ-TV, Marquette, Mich., (527»), 24:14, OQ-7 9Q-Q KIVA,’Yuma, Ariz., 24:14 WNBC, New Britain-Hartford, Conn., 25:3, 28:7, 31:6, 39:9 Edwin Tornberg & Co. brokerage firm formed as Allen Kander leaves field, 26:11 WSFA-TV, Montgomery, Ala., 30:9, 37:4 KTVT, Salt Lake City, Utah, 30:10, 31:11, 34:7, 45:12, 50:6 KMSP-TV, Minneapolis, Minn., 30:10, 31:11, 34:7, 44:7 WLAC-TV, Nashville, Tenn., 30:10 WSVA-TV, Harrisonburg, Va., 30:10, 32:7, 39:5 KCOP, Los Angeles, Cal., 33:8, 36:6, 43:5 merger of KOAT-TV, Albuquerque with KVOATV, Tucson, 34:7, 40:8 KCIX-TV, Nampa, Ida., 34:7, 39:8 WHTN-TV, Huntington, W.Va., 34:8 KROD-TV, El Paso, Tex., 36:6, 44:7 KXMC-TV, Minot, N.D., 37:7, 43:5 KICA-TV, Clovis, N.M., 38:16, 43:5 WBIR-TV, Knoxville, Tenn., 41:9, 44:7 KOVR, Stockton, Cal., 41:9, 47:9, 48:7 WLOF-TV, Orlando, Fla., (24.6%), 42:10 KSHO-TV, Las Vegas, Nev., 42:12, 45:10 Whitney (iommunications Corp., takes over Corinthian stations, 43:3, 48:7 ■WTVH, Peoria, 111., 43:6 WFGA-TV, Jacksonville, Fla., (26.57o), 43:6 WRGP-TV, Chattanooga, Tenn., 43:7 KTTV, Los Angeles, 25% sold back by Loew’s, 44:8 summation for year, 52:4 SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) SEC stock registration requests by firms not listed elsewhere in index, 11:19, 18:24, 21:19, 50:20 officers & directors stock transactions, 2:16. 7:15, 12:20, 16:24, 19:23, 24:24, 28:19, 32:19, 37:16, 41:20, 45:22, 50:19 SERVICING & SERVICEMEN (see Receiver Installation) SETS-IN-USE (see Census TV Receiver) SOCIOLOGICAL EFFECTS over 20 hours weekly viewing harmful to grade school children says Dr. Paul Witty, 1:4 “anti-TV snobs” attacked by Andrew Tully, Scripps-Howard, 2:7 cap industry threatened by old movies showing gangsters in caps, says Cap & Cloth Hat Institute, 8:6 TV is medium people would give up last ’Indiana Publisher’ finds, 10:11 book reading stimulated by TV, 10:12, 44:13 TV stimulates desire to learn, but doesn’t create it, John B. Ellery finds, 13:6 kids watch too much gunplay says Colt Firearms pres. Fred A. Roff Jr., 13:11 publishing house backed by performers and producers, 13:17 Boeing planes on Continental Airlines equipped with TV sets, 18:19 Wauwatosa, Wis. comment on commercials and programs, 20:7 knowledge of impact on moralities still in novice stage, says Selig J. Seligman, 23:7 “get out and play” theme of summer program on KMTV, Omaha, 24:9 TV preferred ahead of other home equipment, Bruskin AIM study finds, 27:7 women control most viewing says Trendex, 27:14 disappearance of one-station home. 28:7 one hour out of 4 spent watching TV, Nielsen survey finds, 30:10 movie attendance up reports Sindlinger, 30:15, 34:13 community impact subject of NAB “In Focus” film, 31:11 dentist uses TV to distract patients, 34:8 parents who let TV tend children criticized by county dist. attorney, 40:7 Indian children spend too much time with TV, says Ruby Jane Cloud at National Recreation Congress, 40:10 impact of TV & movies on young, a study financed by the National Probation & Parole Assn., 44:6 Ben Lab’s "Picture Phone,” 44:11 “We Turned TV Off for a Year*” article in ’This Week’, 45:13 drinking on U.S. & British shows criticized by George Tomlinson, secy, of Britain’s Public Morality Council, 47:17 ‘National Parent-Teacher’ approves 3 Westerns for lessons taught, 48:9 SPORTS (see also Subscription TV) International Boxing Club anti-trust conviction upheld by Supreme Court, 3:5 Sports Network expands, 15:7 Bert L. Coleman, with Harry Wismer as v.p., enters packaging field, 18:12 NBC schedules “record” 420 hours for 1959, 18:14 Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johansson fight, 20:9, 22:24, 26:6, 28:8; repercussions following, 32:10, 33:9, 34:20, 35:9, 36:8, 38:7, 47:15 fight promoters of future will be closed-circuit telecasters, says Irving Kahn, 22:14 Mexican bullfights on tape, 21:11, 35:13 1960 Olympics, 24:15, 28:9, 33:10, 48:12 legislation permitting blackout of sports thru anti-trust exemption, 31:4, 32:4, 33:4, 34 2, 35:4, 36:3, 37:3 sports on tape, 38:11 & 16 viewing encourages attendance at games. Pulse survey finds, 39:9 roller derby on film & tape, 40:13 more basketball on NBC-TV, 43:10 night games colorcast by Crosley Bestg. using low-light method, 44:9, 48:9 Friday night fights cancellation sought by NBC, 47:9, 48:7 Rosensohn Enterprises Inc. stock sale, 52:14 Baseball blackout legislation — see sports, general, bills permitting telecast ban of major league games near cities where minors are playing. 3:6, 4:5, 6:4, 12:9, 15:5 Skiatron pay telecasts of Los Angeles & San Francisco major leagues. 6:6, 7:4 dismissal of damage suit by minor club which claimed majors on TV & radio drove it out of business. 7:16 1959’s best 26 games to be released by Peter De Met Productions, 27:17 80-inch lens used by NBC-TV, 29:14, 31:9 Cuban baseball on TV tape to be syndicated, 29:19 Detroit Tigers officers include station owners. 42:14 Football college games to NBC-TV, 11:8 Notre Dame taped telecasts of 1959 games to be syndicated by UP International. 23:15 Liberty Bowl, 28:9 Peter De Met to tape games for syndication, 38:11 Sen. Kefauver plans bill blacking out pro games within 75 mi. of college games, 48:5 STEREO National Stereophonic Radio Committee, 2:14, 4:15, 5:14, 8:13, 9:3, 10:4, 12:4, 14:3, 15:9, 16:8, 17:6, 21:17, 24:5, 32:3, 35:16, 38:21, 39:18, 41:19 49:5, 50:8 Motorola TV set with stereo sound, 2:14, 50 T6 FCC action, 4:4, 28:3, 51:7, 52:8 single cabinet trend, 4:12, 15:18 Philco system for TV & FM, 7:13, 16:8, 24'23, 29:9 Bell Labs system, 8:7, 9:3 RCA AM system, 9:3, 46:22 Westinghouse AM system, 9:3 British Percival system, 10:4, ll:li juke-box operators business will decline unless they convert, says exec. secy, of Hi-Fi Mfrs Institute, 15:18 Delco experimental auto system, 15:18 educational KNME-TV & KHFM-FM. Albuquerque, broadcasts, 17:7; WRCA, New York, programming, 44:8 Crosby-Teletronics Corp., new name of Crosby Labs, developer of FM stereo multiplex system 17:21; stock offer, 22:23 Admiral, RCA & Zenith introduce sets, 23:17. 50 :16 Fanon Electronic Industries Inc. stock offer 23:19 15-city stereocast series on NBC’s “It’s Network Time,” 24:23: other stereocasts, 46:21 reactions at Music Industry Trade Show, 26:15 stereo phono dollar volume may surpass radio this year, 37:13 stereocasting by radio stations subject of Granco Corp. survey, 38:15 set sales lagging because of consumer confusion over channel & power claims, 42:17, 44 19 single-unit cabinet trend, 42:17; Sears & Roebuck endorses 2-piece stereo, 43:16 public relations campaign to clear up confusion about stereo considered by EIA, 48:17, 4917 3-channel claims questioned by Better Business Bureau, 51:14 Albuquerque tests by KOB-TV & KOB, 52:16 10