Television digest with electronic reports (Jan-Dec 1952)

membership, 7 :14 code subscribers, 8:7, 9:9 first official complaint under code, 11:8 ‘Advertising Age' clocks commercials, 11:8 Fellows speech on TV future, 12:6 advertisers complain about code, 13:12 NARTB-TV board members, 14:9 uniform TV film standards sought, 15 :15 NORC football attendance survey, 20:12 model station-agency contract, 21:7 Fellows evaluates TV, 36:5 theatre-TV committee, 36:6 history being written, 37:12 surveys of station revenues-expenses, 42:8 first post-freeze members, 42:8 Fellows attacks critics, 48:8 board meeting, resolutions, 49:8 TV board meeting, 60:12 NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO. (NBC) petition to lift 5-station limit, 1:1, 2:2, 5:4 ‘Today’ early morning show, 1:7, 3:3, 4:9, 5:5, 7:6, 13:6, 19:6, 40:5 AM rate plan, 2:4 “smuggles” culture into programs, 3:12 negotiating for KMPC, Los Angeles, 4:7 medical program series, 5 :6 Ted Cott promotional activity, 6:12 appeals to NPA on west coast studios, 10:7, 11:8, 16:10 promotes summer TV time sales, 10:10 SPAC membership, 12:5 CMQ stations affiliate, 17:7 new operas planned, 18:12 Madden predicts station growth, 25:1 TV-radio integration, 25:2, 29:6, 34:7, 35:5, 47:5 financial report, 30:12 cleared of ad lib libel charge, 31:10 ‘Hometown’ shows, 33:5 promotional tieup with movies, 33:12, 37:7 negroes employed, 34:10 “repeat film” program, 37 :4 successful “think stuff”, 40:6 Washington headquarters move, 40:6 awards for direct mail promotion, 41:6 commercial testing service, 46 :7 contract with Robert Sherwood, 48:7 Trammell heads Miami application, 50:12 reduces affiliates’ “free hours”, 51:7 NATIONAL PRODUCTION AUTHORITY — see Mobilization NETWORKS, COAXIAL AND MICROWAVE FACILITIES expansion, 4:1, 7:1, 8:12, 12:1, 12:16, 16:10, 20.1, 23:1, 31:3, 34:12, 35:10, 36:10, 45:7, 49:9, 52:12 rumor of transatlantic airborne plans, 7 :14 Toronto-Montreal, 11:12 experiments with “pipes”, 50,000 me, 14:15 anniversary of first intercity TV, 14.15 "Federal tax” swindle in Miami, 15:19 closed-circuit setups for conventions, 17 :12 interconnection decision, 42:14 ABC complains about allocations, 48:5, 51:12 British technical innovations, 48:5 Bowl game circuits, 51:12 NEW STATIONS ON AIR KFEL-TV, Denver, 29:1 KPTV, Portland, 38:1, 40:3, 46:3 KBTV, Denver, 40:1, 41:4 new network affiliations, 40:2, 41:10 "fever chart”, 44:1 case study of WSBA-TV, York, 44:3 KDUB-TV. Lubbock, 45:4, 46:12 KONA, Honolulu, 47:2 KTBC-TV, Austin, 47:2 WSLS-TV, Roanoke, 48:1 KGMB-TV, Honolulu, 48:1 rate cards, 48:12 KROD-TV, El Paso, 49:1 KKTV, Colorado Springs, 49:1 grantees mostly radio folk, 50:1 KHQ-TV, Spokane, 50:1 WFPG-TV, Atlantic City, 51:1, 52:1 WSBA-TV, York, 52:1 WSBT-TV, South Bend, 62:1 NEWSPAPERS, TV’s IMPACT ON (see also Surveys) Cincinnati ‘Times-Star’ buys ‘Enquirer, 7:14 no FCC “taboos” on TV ownership, 38:4 PATENTS (see also Anti-Trust) FCC filing proposal, 2:7, 3:12, 4:14, 8:10, 9:16 RCA, tri-color tubes, 21:12 PHONEVISION — See Subscription TV POLITICS „ convention and election coverage, 1:6, 4:14, 6:7, 7:6, 14‘9, 15:20, 17:12, 22:5, 26:13, 27:4, 28:6, 29:5, 31:5, 37:12, 42:14, 44:6 Marquis Childs on TV & politicians, 3:6 networks selling TV time, 3:12 Butcher to assist Eisenhower, 3:12 Sawyer sued by minority stockholders, 5:11 Sandburg visualizes Lincoln on TV, 7:8 Sen. Johnson attacks charging for political time. convention sponsorship code adopted, 10:6 TV “goldfish bowl”, 12:4 higher campaign expenditures sought, 14 :9, 15:20, 16:10, 17:7 Democrats name Joseph Katz Co. timebuyer, 15:15 CBS school for politicians, 19:6 Reinsch Democratic TV-radio consultant, 20:12, 26:5 closed-circuit setups, 21:1, 22:3, 25:14, 26:14, 28:10 are politicians "overstaying welcome”? 21:2 Missouri protects stations in libel suits, 22:6 Sen. Johnson is Russell campaign mgr., 22:10 Eisenhower telecasts, 22:11 FCC says CBS must give Schneider time, 22:11 Taft, Kefauver ask equal time with Eisenhower, 23:6, 24:12 Stevenson sells interest in application, 31 :10 Nixon fund telecast, 39:6 GOP spot plan, 40:6, 41:10 Senate surveying TV-radio expenditures, 41:10 KING-TV refuses Sen. McCarthy speech, 43:14 House hearing on campaign costs, 49 :5 PREDICTIONS station & receiver growth, 23:8, 26:1, 37:8, 43:10, 51:9, 52:10 TV time sales, 30:1, 41:4, 42:8 PRICE CONTROLS— see Mobilization PROFITS, TV STATION — see Financial Activity PROGRAMS AND PRODUCTION Denver closed-circuit events, 1 :7 ‘Look’ & ‘Radio Daily’ awards, 1 :12 Gov. Talmadge on racial segregation, 2:5 judge rules TV didn’t violate Costello’s constitutional rights, 2:12 Texas TV newsreels, 3 :5 Loeb appeals from "blacklist”, 3:6 clergyman commends TV programs, 3:12 Godfrey off-color quips, 4:7 Gould finds TV good medium for fine music, 4 :7 Teleprompter, 4:9, 14:13, 17:7, 35:10, 41:10, 62:6 temporary TV license renewals, 6:6, 6:5, 14:9 NBC-TV medical series, 5:6 Los Angeles “Emmy” controversy, 7 :8 channel numbers primary identification, 8:7 CBS-NBC talent raids conjecture, 8:7 FCC hits horse race results, 9:8 AP newsreel service, 9:10 Tele-Cue, 10 :6 total weekly network hours, 10:10 new Nielsen service, 10:10 U. S. Chamber of Commerce urges blacklist, 10:10 threatened suicide televised, 10:10 WDTV on 24-hour schedule, 11:6 WPIX offers reward for slayer, 11:6 Ethel Barrymore series, 11:6 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. tieup with NBC, 11:6 CBS tailoring “I Love Lucy” soundtrack, 11:6 WHAS-TV televises tower climber, 11:12 highest rated programs, 12:6 WPTZ telecasts surgical operation, 12:11 embarrassing boners, 12:13 legal rights to TV signals, 12:16 N. Y. law prohibiting TV at hearings, 13:6 graft among technicians reported, 14:15 ACLU protests “blacklists” to FCC, 15:14 ’Variety’ awards, 15 :20 IER awards, 16:6 A-bomb telecasts, 16:6, 17:7 Peabody awards, 18:12 NBC plans new operas, 18:12 ‘McCall’s’ awards, 19:6, 37:12, 51:5 duPont awards, 20:7, 40:8 FCC rebroadcast rules, 20:7 TV banned at Chicago crime hearings, 21:12 “I Love Lucy” readied for movies, 22 :6 Crosby-Hope Olympic fund marathon, 24:7, 26:6 Berle Runyon fund telethon, 24:7 WFIL-TV program for deaf, 26:6 WOR-TV all night schedule, 27:5 WNBT “repeat film” program, 37:4 theatres less used as studios, 39:6 WOR-TV specialized programming, 39:7 bar group opposes TV at hearings, 39:8 WGN-TV sports night, 40:6 NBC-TV “think stuff”, 40:6 "Billy Budd” opera, 43:6 WKZO-TV restricts beer commercials, crime shows, 43:6 Admiral sponsors Bishop Sheen, 43:7 review of Crosby book, 45:6 coverage of Eisenhower in Korea, 47:10, 48:12 program nicknames, 49:16 central shop for New York shows proposed, 50 :5 Bishop Sheen ruled off Canadian stations, 50:5 ‘TV Guide’ awards, 50:5 Sylvania awards, 50:5 British coronation, 50:6, 51:7 NBC moves to protect property rights, 62:6 RADIO-TELEVISION MFRS. ASSN. (RTMA) new Technical Products Div., 2:11 task force freeze report, 6:1, 8:1 new Govt. Relations Section, 6:10 TV set shipments to States, 7:12, 20:9, 34:10 awards committee, 12:12 Jordan report, 14:7 Sarnoff gets award for “outstanding contributions”, 17:9 booklet about TV sets for public, 18:10 reports radio shipments, 21 :9 Canadian RTMA officers, 25:11 Material Bureau report, 25:13 McDaniel resigns, Plamondon named chairman, 26:11 McDaniel notes industry’s growth, 26:13 educational TV committee, 30:10, 32:8 parts section chairmen, 34:10 TV committee, 35:9 Plamondon president, 38:10 receiver section enlarged, 46:11 equipment reliability committee, 47 :9 parts price ceilings, 42:10, 43:9. 44:8, 48:9 subscription TV committee, 51:11 REPRESENTATIVES, TV STATION Gill-Keefe & Perna Inc., 6:7 Katz “guaranteed time” proposal, 7:14, 8:12 new Henry I. Christal Co., 23:7 4 signing new TV stations, 42:4 association changes name, 44:12 RECEIVER INSTALLATION & SERVICING Conlan Electric bankruptcy, 4:11 ‘Electronics’ survey of service calls, 14:12 RCA “spring checkup plan”, 14:12 servicemen seek to block Western Union, 14:12 Roper survey shows customers satisfied, 21:9 FCC advises public it doesn’t license servicemen, 23:9 ‘Television Interference’, 108-p. book, 23:11 TV interference cures, 25:13 Ward vhf-uhf antenna, 30:10 Denver $1 antenna permit, 32:4 long-distance reception, 36:10 Haas fears manufacturer servicing growth, 39:11 OPS advisory committee, 40:12 unethical servicemen caught, 43:12 clampdowns in Baltimore, New York, Chicago. 44:10 Philadelphia association for self-policing, 46:10 Moch sees smaller shops, 50:10 RECEIVER PRODUCTION (see also individual manufacturers. Merchandising, Mobilization, Uhf) value of post-war TV sets, 3:2, 13:8, 48:2 oscillator radiation, 3:6, 39:11, 42:12, 50:7 Canadian output, 3:9, 28:9 FTC says Covideo misrepresents, 5:9 British spot-wobble sets, 5:10 inventory at end of 1951, 6:9 De Forest projection invention, 6:10 receiving antenna outlook, 7:12 receiving tube survey, 7:13 bankruptcies, 8:9, 26:12, 50:11 Standard Coil tuner, 9:11 NPA employment study, 9:12 symposium on improved components, 9:15 printed circuits, 10:9 Chicago employment, 15:16 amateur IF interference, 17:9, 20:9 clock radio upsurge, 17 :10 set ownership in FCC, among lawyers, engineers, 18:8 GE uhf-vhf receiver mixer tube, 18:8 Gough-Douglas “chairside control”, 18:10 Skiatron plans home receivers, 18:12 MIT loudspeaker, 21:9 American Institute of Television Manufacturers. 24:10 vacation shutdowns, 25 :8 steel strike, 18:11, 23:1, 24:11, 27:6, 30:2, 32:7 British “line eliminator”, 27:7 triangular set, 28:9 FCC article on oscillator radiation, 28:9 printed-circuit radio, 31:8, 33:4, 34:10, 37:9 definition of electronics, 34:11 “blind” TV set, 34:11 ‘Tele-Tech’ estimates electronics expenditures since 1907, 36:9 1951 parts sales, 37:10 BLS summarizes job opportunities, 37:11 National Electronics Conference, 37:11 Howard Sams estimates total parts in TV sets. 38:10 price increases, 39:9, 40:10 uhf at NEDA convention, 39:10 Circuitron formed for printed circuits, 39:13 Preview Television Corp. coin operation, 40:11 receiver exports, 40:12 industry sizeup in ‘N.Y. Journal of Commerce’, 40:13 diversification into non-electronic lines, 41:7 steel shortage appears serious, 44 :8 TV production outstrips radio, 45:8 compared with auto output, 45 :9 Singer projection set, 45:10 set life estimated at 8!/2 years, 47:1 total industry employment, 52:11 RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDINGS tape duplicators, 2:8 1951 sales increase, 3:11 officers, Record Industry Assn, of America, 8:10 Capital Records financial reports, 14:15, 37:10, 49:15 RCA 3-speed turntables, 17 :10 manufacturers devoted 259fc-75% to military, 18:11 Decca financial reports, 21:11 RCA “extended play” 45rpm, 31 :9 RIAA estimates only 4% of TVs with players, 34:9 70-page section in ‘Variety’, 40:12 ‘Fortune’ article, 49:14 SALES, TV STATION WOR-TV, 3:5 KOB-TV, 9:3, 12:16, 17:12 WTCN-TV, 10:2, 23:7 WSAZ-TV, 10:2 KPHO-TV, 18:2, 26:14 KOTV, 19:2, 31:10 Edwin Pauley considering KLAC-TV, 27 :10 WMBR-TV, 51:5 WLTV, 51:5 SERVICING & SERVICEMEN— see Receiver Installation SMPTE — see Movies SPORTS Bushnell heads NCAA TV program, 7:8 TV films of Olympics banned, 29:10 Baseball lineup for 1952 season, 5:6, 6:12, 7:14 LBS $12,000,000 anti-trust suit, 8:7 WNBT signs players, 16:6 list of major league telecasts, 16:6, 20:7 electronic umpire, 41:10