Television digest with electronic reports (Jan-Dec 1952)

Boxing anti-trust suit, 10:6, 12:16 Virginia tax on TV-radio rights, 14:8 Chicago reception of Robinson-Graziano, 16:10 theatre TV gets Maxim-Robinson, 21:12 Walcott-Charles, 21:12, 23:7 Football Rose Bowl, 1:12 NCAA liberalizes 1952 plans, 2:12, 4:14 pro-TV N. Y. State bill, 3 :o Justice Dept, probe of NCAA, 6:12, 15:20, 20:12, 21:5 more games due in fall, 9:7, 11:12 U of Penn, fights NCAA ban, 13:12 TV called “$10,000,000 threat", 17:12 NORC attendance survey, 19:12, 20:12 Atlantic Refining quits college games, 21 :5 1952 plans disclosed, 23:4 Notre Dame calls NCAA ban "socialistic", 25:14, 41:10 NBC-TV carrying NCAA schedule, 26:14, 33:12, 34:12. 37:12, 39:14, 42:8 DuMont asks to carry 6 games locally, 45:12, 46:12 RTMA committee report, 48:6 Minor Sports Kentucky Derby, 18:12 STATION CONSTRUCTION CONTROLS— see Mobilization SUBSCRIBER-VISION— see Subscription TV SUBSCRIPTION TV study by Stanford Research Institute, 15:19 ‘Sponsor’ article, 21:7 ‘Tele-Tech’ favorable attitude, 25:6 Sam Goldwyn favors principle, 46:12 RTMA committee, 47:8, 51:11 hearing expected in spring, 62 :2 Phonevision Zenith-Paramount letters, 7 :6 petition for hearing filed, 9:9 ‘Look’ article, 19:12 Subscriber-Vision Paramount & RKO promise films, 3:5 plans September public tests, 18:12 demonstrated in New York, 23:12, 24:5 plans surgery demonstrations, 52:3 Telemeter sees "lesson” in Crosby-Hope telethon, 31:10 Famous Players gets Canadian rights, 36:6, 42:14 promotional efforts, 37 :5 SURVEYS (see also Home Life, TV’s Impact on) radio research most conscientious, says Dr. Zeisel, 1:12 WTMJ-TV, WSYR-TV, Ohio State U, 9:10 Puck, Advertest, WOR, Nielsen, Milwaukee Journal, 12:7 Jordan, impact on other media, 14:7 Pulse, New York set ownership, 17 :10, 27 :8 NORC, football attendance, 19:12, 20:12 ‘Motion Picture Herald’, exhibitors attitude on theatre TV, subscription TV, 22:6 BAB, number of radios in TV homes, 25:7 Beaumont & Hohman, set brands, distribution, etc., 27:8 newspaper reps, readership in TV homes, 28:5 ‘Detroit News’, brand preferences, 28 :9 Videotown, 30:6 ARB says 80% of people in TV range, 31:10 Gallup & Robinson, commercial effectiveness, 34:6 Pulse, radio listening, 36 :5 Nielsen, total radio homes, 36:5 ARF to study rating methods, 36 :6 Crowell-Collier, TV vs. magazines, 50:5 TELEMETER — see Subscription TV TELEVISION FUND — see Financial Activity THEATRE TV — see Movies TOA — see Movies TRANSISTORS seen as base of “new” industry, 1 :11 devices made possible, 8:10 production prospects slim, 9:7 future, as seen by GE’s Lang, RCA’s Folsom, 15:19 offered to general public, 17 :9 industry warned about shoddy units, 18:10 NPA eases laboratory use, 18:11 discussed at components meeting, 19 :7 Purolator sets up Transistor Products, 19 :10 RCA develops 225 me unit, 26 :13 ‘Scientific American’ article, 27 :7 Emerson’s all-transistor radio, 28 :8 Signal Corps orders, 34:11 GE reports operation at 270 degrees, 37:11 ‘Proceedings of the IRE’ special issue, 46:8 RCA demonstration, 47 :4 in ham transmitter, 49:8 Raytheon commercial availability, 49:15 Sarnoff sees transistors as "key” to expansion, 52:10 TRANSIT FM — see Frequency Modulation TRANSMITTERS — see Equipment, Telecasting TUBES, TV PICTURE (see also individual manufacturers) 27-in., 3:9, 9:12, 10:9, 22:7, 23:8, 26:12, 27:8, 31:7, 36:8 glass-metal controversy, 3:10, 4:12 "retreads”, 5:9 cylindrical-faced, 8 :9 no shortages seen, 14:14 electrostatics losing favor, 17 :11 Selson plans production, 21 :9 24-in., 22:7 ‘‘implosion-proof’, 31:7, 43:11 price increases, 40:10 Standard Coil booster, 43:11 size, shape trends, 49:12 Crosley’s Cramer predicts trend, 51:10 UHF (Ultra High Frequency) Receivers (see also individual manufacturers) plans and production, 5:7, 11:1, 19:4, 38:8, 40:3, 42:1, 42:9, 50.8 shifted in NPA class code, 7 :9 discussed at NAED convention, 25:11 KPTV, Portland, first market, 38:8, 39:2, 40:3 NEDA panel discussion, 39:10 new lead-in, 41 :6 Underwriters Labs rules, 43:5 RTMA says it can’t set standards, 43:8 41-mc IF, 44:5 Stations petitions to lift 5-station limit, 1:1, 2:2, 5:4, 7:14, 8:6 site tests, 7 :8, 9 :7 big-city applicants, 10:10 Harmon questions spacings, 14:2 "purchase” of audience considered, 18:3 Sylvania, Emporium, Pa., 20:7, 40:4, 51:8 RCA variable height tests, 22:5, 30:12, 40:4 RCA servicing plan, 42:14 study of WSBA-TV, York, 44:3 DuMont, New York, 46:11 Transmitting Equipment roundup of availabilities, 5:2, 31:1, 41:4, 49 '3 primer on vhf and uhf, 5:4 RTMA task force report, 6:1 RCA, 7:2, 27:3 GE 1-kw ceramic-metal tube, 8:9 “super power” in sight, 10:4 Workshop Associates antenna, 10:10, 50 ‘7 Bridgeport equipment sold to KPTV, 35:1 reasons for delays, 35:3 Telechrome Inc., 42:4 Eimac klystron progress, 43:8 Varian expects 75-kw in 1953, 44:5 RCA deliveries, 51:1 GE to make klystrons, 52:7 Loeb appeals from “blacklist”, 3:6 strike at WOW-TV, 4:8, 6:12 CBS employes favor IBEW, 6 T2 SAG wins on CBS-TV West Coast films, 6:12 IaS contracts with 12 film makers, 6:12 SAG-IMPPA agreement on TV films 7 7 TVA-AFRA merger, 15:15 Petrillo blasts TV "canned” music, 30:6 using TV to promote views, 33:6 SAG TV film contract, 37:6 T^r>fiAlnV ^££^ases director employment, 40:9 AFRA & TVA merge, 40:14 Teamsters union buys TV time, 41-5 engineers walkout at NBC, Washington, 41:6 SAG strike on film commercials, 45:12 WAGE CONTROLS — see Mobilization MANUFACTURERS AND MERCHANDISERS ADMIRAL CORP. estimated 1952 production, 1:7, 15:16 financial reports, 1:7, 9:14, 17:11, 32:6, 40:13, 45:11 new sets, 1:11, 14:12, 33:7 buys Molded Products Corp., 3:9 faith in AM, 7:7 Canadian Admiral, 10:9, 19:7, 23:11, 32:7, 33:10, 37:9 inboard pricing, 13:9 explains dropping of “Lights Out”, 17:10 Siragusa sees big sales due to obsolescence, 40:13 more non-electronic diversification, 40:13, 41:8 subsidiaries’ volume of distribution, 41:8 AEROVOX CORP., 10:9, 14:13, 43:13, 52:11 AMERICAN PHENOLIC CORP., 14:13, 22:11, 33:10, 47:9 ANDREA RADIO CORP., 6:10, 38:10 ARCTURUS ELECTRONICS INC., 10:9, 50:11 ARVIN INDUSTRIES INC. financial reports, 10:9, 19:7, 37:10 new sets, 11:10, 22:9, 31:8 Uhf, 19:4 AVCO — see Crosley BELMONT — see Raytheon BENDIX RADIO DIV., BENDIX AVIATION CORP. new sets, 2:10, 25:10 financial reports, 6:7, 9:14 expansion, 46:11 E. C. BONIA INC., 18:10 BRUNSWICK DIV., RADIO & TELEVISION INC., 33:9 CAPEHART-FARNSWORTH CORP. new distributors, 23 :9 IT&T financial reports, 24:10 new sets, 32:7 CBS-COLUMBIA INC., 24:9 CLAROSTAT MFC. CO. INC., 14:13 COLLINS RADIO CO. financial reports, 9:14, 12:14, 24:10, 44:11 leases Dallas FM transmitter, 19:10 V-loan, 33:10 CORNELL-DUBILIER financial reports, 1:7, 9:14, 23:11, 24:10, 33:10 proxy fight, 4:13 $4,000,000 debentures, 13:11 expansion, 42:13 CORNING GLASS WORKS, 12:14 CROSLEY DIV., AVCO MFG. CORP. new sets, 4:11, 24 :9 sales reorganization, 5:11, 9:13 financial reports, 6:10, 13:11, 27:9, 39:12 price cuts, 7:12 Canadian production, 12:12 Shouse sees big AMs surviving, 13:12 vhf-uhf set plans, 41:6 buys Tarzian tube plant, 43:11 ALLEN B. DuMONT LABORATORIES INC. new sets, 1:10, 30:10 Paramount hearing, 3:7, 4:7, 6:6, 7:6, 18:6 rates self fifth in industry, 3:11 plans Boston, St. Louis applications, 3:12 promoting second set in home, 6:10 says color 6-8 years off, 13:7 film scanner, 14:4 inboard pricing, 17:10 financial reports, 17:11, 21:11, 38:11, 39:12, 43:13, 48:11 Canadian subsidiary, 30:10 licenses Canadian manufacturer, 31:7 handling Kliegl line, 41:5 WABD color transmissions, 50:12 EMERSON RADIO & PHONOGRAPH CO. financial reports, 3:11, 9:14, 22:11, 38:11 San Francisco factory distributor, 6:10 stock option, 6:10 price cuts, 12:12 13,000,000th receiver, 15:17 new sets, 19:10, 23:9, 62:9 educational TV fund, 26:2 buying Webster-Chicago, 51:10 EMPIRE COIL CO., 24:10 ERIE RESISTOR CORP., 18:11, 45:11 FADA RADIO & ELECTRIC CO. INC., 8:9,17:11 FEDERAL TELEPHONE & RADIO CO. (IT&T) mobile communications dept., 7:9 Graybar distributor, 11:12 IT&T-Kellogg merger, 12:14 FREED RADIO CORP., 27:8, 37:9, 51:10 GABRIEL CO., 8:11, 11:10, 19:7 GATES RADIO CO., 23:10 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (GE) electronic food dispenser, 2 :8 new sets, 2:10, 23:9, 31:8 layoffs, 5:10 1-kw uhf tube, 8:9 o..u,n,iui ItilUlU), ^V.V| , expansion, 11:10, 18:10 price cuts, 12:12 small business promotion, 17:9 closed-circuit TV at stockholders meeting, 17 11 uhf-vhf receiver mixer tube, 18:8 5-kw vhf air-cooled transmitter, 18 '8 20T0ker estiraates 53.000,000 sets by 1960, uhf converter, 22 :9 germanium diode production, 52:9 GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORP. merger with Standard Coil, 5:9, 20 TO financial reports, 6:10, 24:10, 39:12, 46:10, 49 T5 uhf tuner, 26:12 GENERAL PRECISION EQUIPMENT CORP. financial reports, 13:11, 21:11, 33:10, 49:14 stock issue, 14:13 buys Kearfott Co., 23:11 GLOBE-UNION INC., 47:9 GOUGH INDUSTRIES INC., 5:10 GRAYBAR ELECTRIC CO., 23:11 HALLICRAFTERS CO. Denver closed-circuit events, 1 :7 new sets, 2:10, 18:10, 33:9 new distributors, 24:9 printed-circuit radios, 37:9, 44:10 financial reports, 46:11, 50:11 HAZELTINE ELECTRONICS CORP. financial reports, 12:14, 35:9 analyzes failure of CBS color, 12:15 stock split, 29:10 HOFFMAN RADIO CORP. new sets, 2:11, 18:10, 32:7 one-price policy, 12:12 research laboratory, 15:17 financial reports, 18:11, 19:7, 31:9, 44:11 new distributors, 24 :9 distributing Jerrold equipment, 39:11 HYTRON RADIO & ELECTRONICS CORP., 11 :10 INDIANA STEEL PRODUCTS CO., 15:19, 24:10. 38:11, 52:10 INTERNATIONAL RESISTANCE CO., 3:11, 15:19, 33:10, 35:9, 46:11 INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CORP. (see Capehart-Farnsworth) I-T-E CIRCUIT BREAKER CO., 14:13, 37:10, 62:10 5