Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1959)

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Record Details:

Title:
Television digest with electronics reports
Date:
Jan-Dec 1959
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Radio News Bureau
Volume:
Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1959)
Leaf #:
00068
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:
September 05, 2024
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BACKGROUND No. 1; TELEVISION AUXILIARY SERVICES— January, 1959 Type Totals Channels Legal Status Locations Started Estimated Audience How Operated 1958 1957 Community Antenna (CATV) Systems GIO 522 Non broadcast Not regulated Sec 1 1949 1,250,000 Elaborate receiving antenna on high site picks up signals of stations too distant for ordinary reception and feeds programs to subscribers’ home sets via cable. (Rates $2-$7.50 mo., sometimes plus installation charge ranging up to $125). When TV station’s too far away for direct reception by CATV’s antenna, FCC sometimes authorizes microwave relays between station & CATV antenna. Translators 150 92 uhf: 70-83 FCC grants See 2 195G 900,000 Low-power (up to 100 watts) automatic repeaters pick up and relay TV signals. Usually operated by civic and nonprofit groups. Boosters Esti mated 1000 1500 vhf: 2-13 See 3 FCC has declared illegal Largely in Far West circa 194G Not determined Automatic very low-power repeaters set up usually by private groups and entrepreneurs. Satellites & semi-satellites 84 28 some uhf ; mostly vhf FCC grants Small market areas 1954 Not determined Regular TV station facilities which repeat programs of parent station. (Operated with minimum personnel. Semisatellites have a few local originations. Experimentals 12 13 vhf & uhf FCC grants See U 1928 Not determined Usually opei'ated by equipment mfrs. in research programs. Generally not intended for public reception. 1. Chiefly in mountain states of East & West, but the only states without CATV are Conn., Del., Ga., N. C., N. D., K. I., S. C., and D. C. 2. Ariz., Cal., Colo., Ida., la., Md., Minn., Mont., Nev., N. II., N. M., N. Y., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., Tex., Utah, Wash., Wyo. 3. No uhf boosters presently authorized, but FCC is considering their use to help uhf stations All out coverage. ff. Conn., 111., Ind., N. J., N. Y., Pa., Tex., Wash. Other TV Auxiliary information: Multiple Ownership in the CATV Field (Vol. 15:2); Index to Television Digest, 19.58; Vol. 14; Television Faetbook No. 27, Fall-Winter, 1968. 16