Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1960)

FCC — (Continued) rerulations & rules affiliation programming limitations, 15 :19 common-carrier microwaves, 36 :6, 36 :6 daytime-only AM stations sign oS requirement, 17:4, 30:8 duopoly rule waiver sought, 13 :6, 87 :12, 38 :6 license applications, 47 :1, 48:4 multiple ownership, 49:6, 60:9 program hours from one network limitation, 16:19 off air notification requirements, 17 :4 option time, 38:1, 39:3, 47:5, 48:3, 49:15, 60:2, 62:3&6 sponsorship announcement, 49 :6 spot rep decision, 16:6, 24:8, 30:8, 31:16, 42:12 station financial-data form, 45 :3, 48 :6, 49 :11, 60:10 station sales, 46:1, 46:8, 48:2, 50:1 territorial exclusivity, 47 :14 TV & FM, technical changes proposed, 87 :12 TV frequency monitoring, 48 :6 TV-radio tower evaluation, 6 :12, 24 :8, 26 :8, 38:5, 39:5, 43:4, 45:4, 48:8 review of 1960, 52:9&11 Section 317, 10:6, 17:2, 19:2&9 Smead, Elmer E. Prof., 8 :4, 12 :5 St. Louis Ch. 2 case, 4:7, 6:6, 8:4, 9:6, 11:4, 42:16 St. Louis Ch. 11 case, 28:6 still picture telecast approved, 20:15 trial examiners legislation, 18:11 TV 1959 financial report, 36:1 TV-film industrv hearing, 30 :3, 33 :6, 39 :6, 40 :8, 41:10, 42:2, 43:2. 44:3. 45:6 Western Union rates, 36:6 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (FTC) false advertising, 2 :7&16, 3:8 4:7, 6:10&12, 6:14, 7:12, 8:16, 10:11, 12:17, 18:8, 14:8, 16:10, 17:2, 18:9, 19:4 20:7, 24:12, 26:14, 80:6, 31:7, 32:6, 33:7, 34:8, 35:9, 41:7, 43:14, 44 :6, 46 :13&17, 48 :8, 49 :13, 52 :6&12 {oi*Gcsst 1*2 Kintner, Earl W. Chmn., 8:16, 14:6, 16:6&10, 17:6, 18:9, 19:4, 20:7, 21:15, 24:11, 26:12, 31 :7, 33 :13, 34 :5, 37:12, 38:10, 42:12&16, 44:6, 46:2&17, 47:9, 60:13 payola investigation, 1 :7, 2 :7, 3 :8, 6 :11, 6 :8, 7:13, 8:14, 9:4, 10 :2&9, 11:13, 12:9, 13:6, 14:6, 16:10, 17:6, 19:4&9 21:10, 22:12, 24:11, 26:11, 27:12, 28:4&7, 30:8, 31:9, 33:10, 34:7, 36:10, 37:10, 38:15, 39:11, 41:8, 43:11, 45:10, 47:12, 49:11, 60:11, 61 :3&8 pilot truth conf., 38 :10 ratings probe, 19:4, 36:8 review of 1960, 62 :12 Tait, Edward J„ 17:2, 42:16 FILM blacklists, 39:6, 40:7 block-booking anti-trust suit, 9:12, 10:13, 11:12, 12:9, 13:6, 14:13, 16:16, 17:12, 18:13, 19:10, 60:6 censorship, French film, 7:9; MPAA, 11:16 commercial producers merge with larger concerns, 12 :13 Company of Writers, 37:6 cost breakdown, 30-min. film, 40 :20, 44 :9 Desilu : purchase offer denied, 19 :12 ; series sales, 18:13; Martin Leeds quits, 38:13, 39:7 Eastman rapid process film. 11 :8 executive personnel changes, 28:11, 46:12 FCC TV-film industry hearing, 30 :3, 33 :6, 39 :6, 40 :8, 41 :10, 42 :2, 43 :2, 44 :3, 45 :5 forecast, 1 :3 foreign market, 22 :4 foreign quota problem, 36 :2 Four Star Television ‘Tour Star Playhouse", 8 :6 public stock issue, 9:12, 31:13 series sales, 13:11. 22:11 "Wanted: Dead or Alive" suit, 26:16 General Artists Corp. sale, 34:12, 35:8 Guild Films: Vic Tanny merger, 8:7, 23:24; stock sales violated SEC regulations, 23 :24 ; bankruptcy, 43 :9 ITC-ATV reorganization plans, 4:9, 6:5, 7:17, 8:6*7 MGM, pay TV plans, 22 :6 ; MGM-TV ; series sales, 19:12; ’61-’62 plans, 13:11, 31:12 Morris Agency, 31 :14 movie majors’ big TV stake, 37 :2, 47 :13 movie premiers on TV, 38:12 museum, motion picture & TV, 51 :4 90-min. weekly series, 36 :2 pilots : Also see N.Y, & Hollywood Roundups ; 1:15, 2:16, 3:10, 4:9, 6:3, 9:12, 16:20, 19:3, 32:3, 44:6, 61:3, 52:7 presentation film, 60 :7 production actors role in, 34 :11 assembly line economy. 7:16 large firms dominate, 38:14 network activity. 3R:10 overseas. 7:16, 15:14 pavola FCC rules, 39:6, 40:8, 41 :10, 44 :8, 45:5, 47 :2 producer-SDonsor co-financing deals, 7 :2 record spending, 33 :5 Republic, financing independents, 1:15 review of 1960, 62 :12 Revue: expansion, 9:12; series sales, 19:12, 22:11 Screen Gems fellowship for theatre arts students. 16 :7 Henry Jaffe Enterprises Inc. damage suit. 61:3 "Huckleberry Hound" series 27 :9 restraint-of-trade trial, 12:9, 13:6, 14:16, 16:16. 18:13, 28:12, 34:10, 37:6 series sales, 19:12 syndication operations, 4:10, 6:8, 7:17 syndication Los Angeles station attitude, 27:9 prospects & problems, 1:4, 3:12, 11:9, 16:8 Westinghouse Bcstg. Co. series, 3:10 taxation methods criticized, 49 :10, 50 :7 TV Program Export Assn., 1:16, 2:16, 8:11, 4:10, 36:2 Twentieth Century-Fox conventions coverage sponsorship, 25:13 ITC co-production agreement, 19:12 network series, 13:11 pay TV plans, 21 :8, 22 :6 public-affairs series, 14:16 sued by prod. Herbert B. Swope, Jr., 8 :7 UA : TV-radio stations div., 13 :7 ; Ziv purchase, 1:13, 2:13, 3:11, 11:6 Walt Disney Productions, series, 19 :12 Warner Bros.: series, 19:12; star walkouts, 3:11, 6:8, 14:14, 16:8, 17:12, 18:13, 26:15, 46:9, 47:13, 48:9, 49:8, 61 :2 Backlogs to TV foreign movies, effect post-’48s on, 36 :6 MGA & AFM claim post-’48 movie-to-TV residuals negotiation rights, 26 :16 NTA’s purchase from Regal Films, 4:9 post-’48 sales to TV, 26:15, 28:1, 29:7, 30:3, 31:10, 34:3, 36:11, 37:6, 38:10*14, 39:9*11, 40:6, 42:14, 44:9, 45:13, 49:6, 61:4 review of 1960, 62 :12 RKO General purchases European post-’48 package, 31 :11 theatre owners plan, 8 :6, 23 :9 WGA deal with UI, 9:4, 10:3 Film Producers’ and Distributors’ Financial Reports Allied Artists Pictures, 8:22, 20:22, 23:24, 29:19, 41 :20, 46:20 Buckeye Corp., 23:7, 24:20, 34:19 Cinerama Inc., 26 :24 Columbia Pictures, 25 :20, 31 :24, 42 :23, 43 :19, 60:20, 62:24 Creative Telefilm & Artists Ltd., 27 :10 Desilu Productions, 9:20, 25:19, 30:19, 35:15, 48:19, 49:23 Dynamic Films, 29 :20 Filmways, 12 :16, 20 :22, 46 :9, 62 :24 Format Films, 60 :20 Four Star Television, 36:16, 47 :21 Herts-Lion International Corp., 1:23 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (formerly Loew’s Inc.) 3:20, 9:18, 16:19, 26:24, 28:19, 29:19, 50:20 Movielab Film Labs. 21 :24, 26 :24, 42 :23, 48 :20 MPO Videotronics Inc., 4:19, 10:20 Paramount Pictures, 16:19, 20:22, 21:24, 24:19, 33:15, 34:19, 46:20 Program Sales Inc., 31 : 14 Republic Corp., 7:23, 8:24, 16:24, 24:6, 28:19, 29:20, 41:20, 42:24, 48:19*20 Stanley Warner Corp., 3:19, 28:19, 50:20 Television Artists & Producers Corp., 31 :14 Television Industries Inc., 27 :19, 46:19 TV Enterprises Corp., 31 :13 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 18:24, 21:24, 36:16, 49:23 United Artists Corp., 17 :20, 25 :20. 38 :20, 50 :20 Universal Pictures, 11:24, 12:23, 25:20, 38:20, 41 :19 Walt Disney Productions, 2:24, 6:24, 21:24, 32:16, 49 :24 Warner Bros., 6 :24, 21 :24, 35 :16, 50 :20 FINANCIAL ACTIVITY, GENERAL Manufacturing broker’s stock recommendations, 31 :22 corporate profits survey, 26 :23 electronics profit roundup, 11:17, 19:20, 33:11, 46:16 ‘Fortune’:top American industrials, 28:18; top foreign industrials. 31 :24 ; top 20 in electronics. 31 :20 investment analysis. George Edgar. 7:2 Avionics Investing Corp., 16:24, 31:24 Axe Science & Electronics Corp., 6:23, 20:23, 27: 18. 36:16 Cain & Co., 26 :22 Electro-Science Investors. 37:20. 48:19. 62:24 Electronics Capital. 6:23. 9:20, 13:23, 24:19, 30:18, 34:18. 36:15. 37:20, 38:19, 42:24. 47:24 Electronics International Capital Ltd., 39:18 Electronics Investment Corp., 7:22, 10:20, 23:23, 37:20. 49:22 Nucleonics. Chemistry & Electronics Shares. 2 :24 Television-Electronics Fund, 4:20, 9:19, 23:23, 36:15, 49:20*22. .52:24 Television Shares Management Corp., 1:23, 23:23 Telecasting (see also AdvertUing) forecast, 1:2 Boston Herald-Traveler Corp., 9:19 Capital Cities Bcstg. Corp., 8:14, 12:8, 20:21, 21 :7. 23 :14, 26 :12, 27 :6, 29 :6&20, 31 :23, 44 :20 Connie B. Gay Bcstg. Corp., 37 :19 Cowles Bcstg., 62 :24 Crosley Bcstg. Corp., 27:19 Crowell-Collier, 8:22, 9:19, 17:20, 20:22, 48:20 Famous Flayers Canadian, 18:24, 29:20, 38:20, 62:24 General Tire & Rubber Co., 14:22, 27:19, 40:20 Gibraltar Enterprises, 23 :24, 48 :19, 62 :24 Gotham Bcstg. Co., 38:19 Gross Telecasting Inc., 13 :24, 33 :16, 47 :23 KBLR-TV Goodland, Kan., bankrupt, 24:11 Loew’s Theatres, 20:24 Meredith Publishing, 6:24, 34:18, 42:22, 45:20 Metropolitan Bcstg., 8:24, 11:24, 19:10, 20:21, 32:16, 33:16, 40:11, 41:19, 43:19, 44:20, 47:24 NAFI, 6:16, 7:24, 8:22, 9:19, 12:23, 16:24, 20:21, 29:19, 33:16, 36:16, 45:20, 48:20 NT&T, 3:20, 9:20, 11:24, 12:23, 26:24, 33:6, 36:16, 39:6, 41:20 Outlet Co., 16:14, 26:24 Reeves Bcstg. & Development Corp., 14:23, 40:17 RKO General, 6:24, 14:3*22, 16:13, 16:5*6, 23:14, 26:2, 27:19, 61:7 Rollins Bcstg. Co., 31:24, 39:19. 62 :24 Storer Bcstg. Co., 10:20, 14:22, 16:19, 81:24, 43:20, 60:12 Taft Bcstg., 2 :16, 6 :23, 23 :24, 26 :24, 29 :19, 43 :20 Tele-Broadcasters Inc., 10:20, 19:23 Time Inc., 14:22, 31:23 Times-Mirror Co.. 4:12, 11:23, 18:24, 14:22, 17 :20, 20 :21, 23 :24, 38 :20, 47 :23 Veterans Bcstg. Co., 12:8, 21:7, 23:14. 26:12 Westinghouse Bcstg. Co.. 14:6, 17:6, 22:1, 24:7 WGN Inc. 8:14 WJR The GoodwiU Station Inc., 16:24, 30:20 WNBQ Chicago, 6 :10 Wometco Enterprises, 13:24, 18:21, 19:24, 26:10, 29:19, 42:23 FOREIGN TV European uhf TV allocation table, 89:20 Inter-American Telecommunications Network, 30:11 international copyright convention, 34:11 International Services Ltd., 16:13 Intertel, 60 :8 review of 1960, 62:13 TV-radio delegations tour U.S. installations, 36:2 TV-radio relations State Dept’s responsibility, 37:12 UNESCO TV conf., 87 :20 U.S. TV too violent, say foreign bcstrs., 6:16 world TV stations & set counts, 16 :3, 37 :3. See also USIA References to specific countries Africa 4:11, 36:6 Algeria, 6:18 Argentina, 16:10, 24:7 Australia. 6:24, 7:17, 8:16, 16:8, 26:8, 32:5, 39:9, 46:6, 51:3*4 Bahama Islands, 4:6 Belgian Congo, 26:16 Brazil, 20 :20, 39 :20 Bulgaria, 6:24 Cambodia. 21:16, 47:24 Ceylon, 43 :17 Chile, 8:16 China, 8 :20, 47 :6 Costa Rica, 19 :24 Cuba, 9:2, 16:3, 16:8, 23:10, 27:7, 29:20, 33:6, 37:11*20, 38:16 Czechoslovakia, 1:16, 6:24 Denmark, 6 :24 Ecuador, 8:16, 16:10 Egypt, 1:12, 8:17, 6:24 Ethiopia, 8:16 Formosa, 20 :16 France, 1:12, 22:14, 38:18 Germany, East, 6:24, 27:20, 37:20; West, 16:13, 24 :7, 37 :20, 88 :15*18, 39 :20, 49 :22 Ghana, 8:16, 49:16 Greece. 16:13 Haiti. 15:10 India, 37:20, 47:24 Iraq, 34:13 Ireland, 16:13, 19:21,26:20, 26:6, 47:24 Israel, 16:13 Italy. 38:10, 46:9 Japan, 7:16*18, 16:16, 16:8,18*17, 19:13*21, 25:6,8*12. 30:6, 32:7, 43:17, 47:24, 49:20 Jordan, 47 :24 Kenya, 4:11, 8:16, 50:5 Liberia, 38:16 Mexico. 27:10, 39:20, 40:11. 45:9 Netherlands, 8:16 New Zealand, 20:20, 49:15 Nigeria, 4:11, 37:20 Poland, 6:24 Rhodesia, 4:11, 50:6 Romania, 6:24 Russia, 6:8*24. 7:13, 8:16, 9:9, 11:24, 84:18, 37:20, 47:20, 60:6 South Africa, 4:11, 14:9, 20:19 Sweden. 20 :16, 45 :9 Switzerland, 21:15 Taiwan, 43 :17 4