Television digest with electronic reports (Jan-Dec 1959)

Record Details:

Title:
Television digest with electronic reports
Date:
Jan-Dec 1959
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Radio News Bureau
Volume:
Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1959)
Leaf #:
00065
Language:
English
Subjects:
Television broadcasting -- Periodicals, Television -- United States -- Periodicals","Radio broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals.
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
A weekly digest of brief reports tracking recent developments in the U.S. television marketplace. Published out of Washington, D.C. with much more focus on the retail of TV sets than the other D.C.-based trade paper, BROADCASTING. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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13 issuance of patents by CRPL. Westinghouse denied all Canadian manufacturers have been licensed under package license agreements as the suit alleges. Philips said the anti-trust action violates Sovereign rights of Canada to legislate on patents. Further emphasizing Canadian resentment over the suit is the scheduled talk by Dominion Minister of Justice, Hon. E. Davie Fulton, before the N.Y. Bar Assn, section on anti-trust law Jan. 28 at University Club in N.Y. His topic; "Extraterritorial Application of the U. S. Federal Anti-trust Laws." TV’Radio Production: TV output was 91.212 for year's first statistical week ended Jan. 10 vs. 61,007 for preceding week and 108,497 same week last year. Radio production was 254,021 (107,875 auto) vs. 192,562 (79,228 auto) preceding week and 236,195 (87,420 auto) same week last year. Trade Personals: David B. Smith, Philco v.p.-research, named v.p. for technical planning, reporting to pres. James M. Skinner Jr.; Donald G. Fink promoted to research director . . . Dr. Lloyd T. DeVore, ex-gen. mgr. electronics div., Stewart Warner, is named director of new Hoffman Electronics research div. R. L. Jablonski promoted to product mgr. of Hoffman consumer products div., succeeded as parts & service mgr. by Edward Greaney; John Lathrop promoted to budget & cost control mgr. . . . Walter G. Bain, ex-Republic Aviation Corp., named director of RCA defense electronics products div., Washington office . . . Hans P. Barasch promoted to research mgr. of DuMont Labs, succeeding Bernard Linden, now with CBSHytron . . . Joseph Fleischaker, pres, of Wills Sales Appliances, Louisville, reelected pres, of National Appliance & Radio-TV Dealers Assn.; Mort Farr, pres, of Mort Farr’s, Upper Darby, Pa., reelected chairman . . . Dr. Mervin J. Kelly, chairman of Bell Labs, elected a director of Tung-Sol . . . Harvey Tullo, Emerson v.p. in charge of purchasing, promoted to senior v.p. for consumer products engineering, manufacturing & purchasing . . . Dr. J. Earl Thomas, head of physics dept., Wayne State U, Detroit, named research & engineering director of Sylvania semiconductor div. effective next June . . . Eugene D. Becken promoted to v.p. -operations engineering of RCA Communications; Ludwig R. Engler promoted to v.p. & gen. sales mgr. . . . Eli Saltz, ex-production mgr., promoted to production v.p. of Symphonic Electronic Corp.; John Castagna, ex-engineering director, phono dept., promoted to engineering v.p.; Raymond C. elevens, ex-gen. sales mgr., promoted to sales v.p. of subsidiary Symphonic Radio; Michael J. Morris promoted to v.p. of subsidiary Philharmonic Radio & TV Corp. . . . Dr. C. E. Oelker, ex-Avco’s Crosley div., named to new post of engineering director, Bendix Aviation Cincinnati div. . . . E. P. Zimmerman promoted to consumer products gen. mgr., Canadian Westinghouse, succeeding J. D. Campbell, now exec. v.p. . . . Wm. H. Heflin promoted to gen. mgr. of Lenkurt Electric commercial products div., succeeded as v.p. of Lenkurt of Canada by C. W. Hunter . . . Joseph B. Hersh, ex-Philco, named plant mgr. of Siegler’s Bogen-Presto div., Paramus, N. J., succeeding Erwin Rausch . . . Stanton L. Yarbrough, ex-Remington Rand, named v.p. of Gabriel electronics div. . . . Matthew D. Schuster, ex-Philco, named to new post of national phono administrator of Capitol Records . . . Raymond B. George, Philco adv. & sales promotion mgr. for home laundry products, promoted to mei'chandising mgr. for all consumer products. Obituary Madison G. Nicholson Jr., 52, mgr. of communicationsI’esearch dept, of Sylvania’s Amherst Engineering Research Lab, died Jan. 14 in Buffalo. TV-Radio Production: Radio output hit peak for 1958 in Nov. but TV continued to slip both from previous month and from the same period last year. EIA reports TV production in Nov. was 437,772 sets vs. 495,617 in Oct. and 574,646 in Nov. 1957. TV sets made with uhf tuners totaled 34,822 in Nov. 1958 vs. 42,171 in Oct. and 55,035 in Nov. 1957 month. Cumulative TV output during the Jan.-Nov. 1958 period was 4,505,578 sets vs. 5,825,804 in same 1957 period. Radio production in Nov. 1958 was 1,545,606 receivers including 476,977 auto radios vs. 1,322,206 (296,067 auto) in Oct. and 1,688,868 (563,066 auto) in Nov. 1957. Radio output for the first 11 months of 1958 totaled 11,051,499 (3,156,595 auto) vs. 13,634,402 (4,925,157 auto) during same 1957 period. Output of FM radios continued to rise, reflecting mounting interest in FM broadcast music. Nov. production of FM sets was 68,161 vs. 59,586 in Oct. Total FM sets produced since EIA started collecting FM statistics in July, was 303,808. Comparative FM figures for last year are not available. Picture tube production reflected the downward trend in set production, Nov. output totaling 789,283 tubes vs. 969,501 in Oct. and 772,801 in Nov. 1957. Jan.-Nov. 1958 picture tube sales were 7,603,449 vs. 9,076,982 in first 11 months of 1957. Retail sales of radios increased in Nov. 1958 from the month previous, but TV sales were down. EIA’s revised retail figures (Vol. 14:51) showed 499,038 TV sets sold in Nov. vs. 523,440 in Oct. and 612,211 in Nov. 1957. Jan.-Nov. 1958 TV retail sales were 4,490,568 vs. 5,636,881 in same 1957 period. Retail sales of radios totaled 1,031,674 in Nov. vs. 751,156 in Oct. and 925,620 in Nov. 1957, all excluding auto radios. Jan.-Nov. 1958 retail radio sales (excluding auto radios) totaled 6,686,506 vs. 7,689,841 in same 1957 period. Revised Jan.-Nov. 1958 monthly TV-radio production and factory tube sales figures follow: Picture Tubes Receiving Tubes $ Value Units $ Value Auto Total (Add (Add (Add TV Radio Radio Units 000) 000) 000) Jan. .. 433,983 349,679 1,026,527 621,910 $12,342 26,805 $ 23,264 Feb. . 370,413 268,445 876,891 556,136 11,211 29,661 25,650 March . 416,903 234,911 931,341 634,779 12,643 23,548 25,716 April _ 302,559 190,435 697,307 590,357 11,592 32,582 28,788 May 266,982 185,616 654,803 560,559 11,237 36,540 31,406 June 377,090 235,433 774,424 725,846 14,203 36,270 31,445 July . .. 274,999 186,379 621,541 549,817 11,109 30,795 26,927 Aug. . ... 507,526 242,915 1,028,852 713,458 14,190 30,456 25,442 Sept. - 627,734 489,738 1,567,135 891,803 17,704 40,061 33,951 Oct. .. 495,617 296,067 1,305,857 957,041 19,351 41,540 34,362 Nov. _ _ 437,772 476,977 1,545,606 789,283 15,007 35,640 29,854 Total -4,505,578 3,156,595 11,051,499 7,603,449 $150,838 368,862 $316,806 ■ American Furniture Mart schedules summer International Home Furnishing Market for June 15-25 in Chicago.