Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1960)
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cultural network, govt.-sponsored, 20:12 doctors, network show for, 34 :12 Executives on Camera, 16:11 forecast, 1 :8
Goodson-Todman Productions. 29 :9 govt.-regulation, 8:11, 9:7, 10:10, 11:13, 19:8, 44:10
International Beauty Congress, 2:12, 31:11 International TV Festivals : Monte Carlo, 33 :6 ;
N.Y. 40:7, 51:10, 62:6 KCOP commentator damage suit, 6 :8 Khrushchev’s Paris Summit-Conf. walkout, 21:11 KSAN San Francisco disc jockey suit, 14 :6 KTLA Los Angeles newscaster contempt citation, 28 :7 ; suspension, 40 :7 KTTV Los Angeles newscaster’s suit against Teamsters’ Union pres., 31:11 libel bill (N.Y.), 10:9 live TV, 27:3
L,os Angeles stations prog, analysis, 34 :12 network control, 27:7, 28:3 N.Y. plane disaster, 61 :5 newscasts survey, 39:13 Nielsen category analysis, 6:17, 12:12 Nixon-Khrushchev tape, 24 :13 Papal TV-radio-press secretariat, 36:8 parental attitude on, for children, 21 :11 ’’Play of the Week”, 2:14, 3:14, 4:9, 6:7, 6:17, 7:15, 9:12, 19:13, 21:14, 39:12, 40:6, 45:8, 47:6, 48 :10,61 :10
pre-emptions : election coverage, 37 :6 ; network, 26:8
Princess Margaret’s wedding, 19:16 production executives deplore season, 41 :3, 48 :9 property trend, 12:13 public service
Doerfer plan. 3 :14, 4 :2&4
industry-image improved, 5:7, 8:13, 9:7, 10:10,
11:16
local, 2:12*16, 6:16, 6:14, 7:13*17, 8:12,
13:16*16, 16:18, 21:11, 23:16. 28:10, 30:7, 31:11, 34:12, 36:6,7*8, 37:7. 38:10*12,
39:13, 40:11, 42:16, 43:12, 45:8, 46:6,
61 :8*10 network, 27 :11 non-network, 8:11
Shulton’s ‘"The Race for Space”, 13 :7 sponsorship, 3:14, 6:9, 8:11 U.S. savings bond program, 19 :9 quiz (N.Y.) probe, 7:13, 13:16, 28:10, 30:7, 31:11, 41:4, 43:12, 49:7 religious ’TV-radio workshop, 31:11
review of 1960, i52:10 Robinson. Hubbell, 48:11 segregation coverage, 34 :6 situation comedy, 1 :13 specials, 10:14
station-level monitoring. 6:13
Susskind, David, 28 :10, 37 :7, 41 :9, 42 :14, 44 :13
’Taft Bestg. Co. editorials series, 13:16
trial coverage. 20:12 Mark ’Twain specials, 24:13
U.N. coverage, 39:3
violence * sex, 6:6, 19:2, 20:6, 21:11*12, 26:9, 30:6,47:6
weathercasting: multiplexed FM. 38:6: Seal of Approval. 9 :8 ; hurricane warnings, 32 :11 Westerns. 8 :6, 12 :12, 32 :11. 47 :13. 50 :8 WFBM-’TV Indianapolis, 600 Mile Race. 19:10 WHIO-’TV prog, questionnaire, 28:10
Awards DuPont, 47 :16 Edison Foundation, 6:17 Edison radio-amateur, 8 :19
Emmy. 9:14, 13:13, 15:16, 16:11, 18:13, 20:9.
22:13, 24:4, 26:7, 41:12 Gavel Awards, 36:7 lERT, 19:14
Oscar, 11:15, 13:13, 14:15, 15:16, 17:11, 30:7.
36:8. 36:6, 46:9 Peabody, 17 :9 Scholastic Teacher’s, 19:14 Sylvania, 32 :11 ‘TV Guide’ reader poll, 13:16
PUBLICATIONS
magazines
ad: gains, 4:8; ”The Gallagher Report’ tabulations, 31:8; revenue, 19:18; split runs * regional revenue, 37:12 ’Capper’s Farmer’ discontinued, 12 :8 circulation, 17:6, 44:6 ‘The Profitable Difference,’ a study. 22:13 ’Saturday Review’: features Steve Allen, 6:18;
monthly communications supplement, 34 :7 Sunday Supplements : blame TV for slipping ad vol., 36:9: Fed. grand jury probe, 29:12, 37:13: "TV Channels’. 37:6 ’Television Magazine’ sale. 44:14 use of ’TV-radio advertising, 20 :8 Storer’s ‘Operating Manual,’ 8:13 Times Mirror-Triangle Co., 36:10 RECEIVER, INSTALLATION & SERVICING , Healer servicing privileges. 17 :16 1 licensing bills: D.C. repairmen, 4:19: Delaware TV technicians, 16:22
"socket antenna” mfr. consent judgment, 14:21 Toronto do-it-yourself repair shop, 12 :7 TV reception. 9 worst cities. 41:8 TV set worn on head, 42 :21
RECEIVER PRODUCTION (see also individual mfrs., color, merchandising etc.).
EIA figures 2:17*22, 6:19, 11:19, 16:17, 22:19, 25:17, 28:16, 32:13, 37:16, 41:16, 45:17, 60:17 FM radio tuners in TV sets, 49 :20 forecast, 1:17 Japanese, see imports plwt vacation shutdowns, 28:16, 31:21 remote control, 16:16, 17:16, 24:12 review of 1960, 62 :18 17 * 21-in., 16:20 trends, 8:17
RECORDS & RECORDINGS (see also Hi Fi and Tape Recordings)
Capitol Records, 10:20, 40:18 Columbia Records, 3 :18, 27 :16, 49 :19 Decca Records, 2:24, 12:23, 20:22, 33:16, 41:19, 46:20
Liberty Records Inc., 17:20
payola investigation, see Congress, FCC, FTC. N.Y. county grand jury, 6:9, 21:14 Philadelphia disc jockeys, 26:11, 89:11, 42:10 Rank Records Ltd., 33:13 RCA Victor, 3:18, 49:19, 60:19 Record Source Inc., 19:9, 24:11 RIAA sales report, 18:19, 21:23 33-rpm 7 in. pop singles, 49 :19
SALES, TV STATIONS
FCC regulation proposal, 19:7, 20:1 review of 1960, 62 :11
Anchorage, Alaska, KENI-’TV, 8:13, 12:8 AugusU, Ga.. WRDW-TV, 6:9, 17:6 Bakersfield. Cal., KBAK-TV, 36:4, 42:10, 49:11 Bellingham, Wash., KVOS-TV, 48:6 Butte. Mont., KXLF-TV, 42:11 Charleston, S.C., WUSN-’TV, 29:11 Charleston. W. Va.. WCHS-’TV, 29:10, 40:11 Danville, Ul., WDAN-TV, 26:9, 81:16 Decatur, lU., WOWP, 8:16 Duluth. Minn., KDAL-TV, 34:7, 60:12 El Dorado, Ark.-Monroe, La., K’TVE, 25:10, 28:6. 34:7
Eureka, Cal., KVIO-TW, 24:10 Fairbanks. Alaska, KFAR-TV 8:18, 12:8 Fargo, N.D., WDAY-’TV, 26:10, 81:16 Fort Worth-Dallas. KFJZ-TV, 21:10, 31:16 Goodland, Kan., KBLR-TV, 39:11, 46:6 Great Falls, Mont., KFBB-TV, 3:16, 6:16 Green Bay, Wis., WFRV, 49:11 Hartford. Conn., WHC’T, 28:14 Hartford— Also see New Britain Helena, Mont., KXLJ-TV, 42:11 Huntington-Charleston, W. Va., WHTN-TV, 43 :11, 62 :4
Kansas City, Mo., WDAF-TV, 18:9, 29:11;
KMBC-TV, 62 :4
Knoxville. Tenn., WBIR-TV, 39:11. 47:12 Laurel-Hattiesburg, Miss., WDAM-TV, 49:11, 60:10
Little Rock. Ark., KATV, 45:11
Los Angeles. Cal., KCOP, 5 :16
Madison, Wis., WKOW-TV, 24:10, 26:10, 30:9
Mankato, Minn., KEYC-TV, 9 :6
Monroe. La. — See El Dorado, Ark.
Monterey, Cal. — See Salinas.
New Britain-Hartford, Conn., WHNB-TV, 21:10 New York. WNTA-TV, 24 :G, 26 :9, 29 :9 Orlando, Fla., WLOF-TV, 1:11 Panama City, Fla., WJDM. 21:10, 28:6 Peoria. 111., WMBD-TV, 13:7, 26:10; WTVH, 1 :11
Providence, R.I., WdAR-TW, 16:14 Sacramento, Cal. — See Stockton, Cal.
St. Joseph, Mo.. KFEQ-’TV, 32:10, 60:12 Salinas-Montcrey, Cal. KSBW-’IW, 18:7 San Diego, Cal., KFSD-TV. 43:10. 44:10, 60:12 San Luis Obispo. Cal., KSBY-TV. 18:7 Shreveport, La., KSLA-TV. 6:9, 24:10 Stockton, Cal., KOVR, 1:11 Sweetwater, Tex., KPAR-TV, 42:11, 46:6 Tucson. Ariz.. KGUN-TV, 45:10, 61:8 Weston. W. Va.. WJPB-TV, 8:13, 13:16, 16:6, 61 :10
Yakima, Wash., KNDO. 84:7 Youngstown, O.. WKST-’TV, 39:11 Yuma, Ariz., KIVA, 38:7
Canada
Barrie. Ont., CKVR-TV, 33 :8 Cornwall, Ont., CJSS-TV, 47 :12 North Bay. Ont., CKGN-TV, 24:10 Sherbrooke, Que., CHLT-TV, 42:10 Vancouver. B.C., CHAN-TV, 48 :13
SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC)
Hazel Bishop Inc. hearing. 46:11, 46:13 officers * directors stock transactions, 4:20, 6:22, 12:24, 16:19, 20:23, 26:23, 28:17, 34:20, 37 :18, 42 :22, 47 :22, 61 :16 stock registration requests by firms not listed elsewhere in index, 1:23, 6:23, 8:22, 10:19. 11:23, 13:24, 14:23, 17:19, 21:24. 34:19,
•38:19*20, 39:19, 40:19, 41:20, 43:20, 44:19, 47:22, 50:20
SEMICONDUCTORS
‘Business Week’ report, 14:19 diode, comi>en8ating, 11:18 EIA marketing forum, 11 :20 forecast, 1 :20 transistors
EIA factory sales figures, 4 :19. 8 :20, 14 :20, 19:22, 24:17, 27:17, 30:17, 34:17, 39:17, 43:16, 48:17
Japanese imports, 7:19, 9:17 tunnel diodes. 1:20, 3:17, 7:19, 17:17, 19:21, 23 * 19
TV sets, transistorized, 26:17 SOCIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
children: homework, 49:7; moral values, 19:16;
Pulse survey, 23:16; viewing decline, 1:16 floor covering, 2:16 human behavior, research study, 40:11 night owls mainly women, 6:18
SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AT*T, 43:1, 60:10
ownership: private, 27:20, 42:24; U.N., 46:14 satellites
Courier, 41:13 Echo I, 33:14, 34:2*6 Explorer VII, 45:14 NASA passive, experiment, 17 :10 Tiros weather, 15:11, 48:18 spectrum FCC study, 21:6, 29:4, 33:4, 60:9, 62 :13
Westinghouse, 62:13 SPORTS (see also Subscription TV)
anti-trust legislation, 19:8, 20:14, 21:12, 22:14, 26:12, 27:6 baseball
colorcast night game. 20:12 Detroit Tigers control, 42:10 Los Angeles Angels, 60 :14 TV suit, 42:16
World Series * All-Star games, 9 :9. 12 :10 basketball. Big Eight, 2:12 boxing
monopoly charge against TPT, 6 :3, 6 :5 Senate hearings on gangster influence, 60 :S, 61:8
TV bouts, 2:12, 12:10
football: college, 2:11, 12:10; pro, 13:16, 14:16 17 :8
networks anti-sports attitude. 40:7 newspaper payola, 46:12, 50:3 Olympics. 9:9, 10:14, 12:12, 17:11 syndicated telefilms, 8:12
STEREO
“compatible” recording system, 3:16, 11:19 EIA: campaign, 2:21, 12:19, 21:19; factory
sales figures, 3:16, 6:19, 7:21, 11:19. 16:17, 21:23, 26:17, 30:17, 34 :16, 38:18, 43:16, 47:19 ; retail sales figures, 6:19, 7:21, 11:19, 16:17, 21 :23, 26 :17, 30:17, 34:16, 38:18, 43:16, 47 :19 forecast, 1:18
GE’s type preference test, 13:19 Kahn AM system, 4:17, 6:3, 26:11, 40:18 listener tests, 42 :17
National Stereophonic Radio Committee: fieldtest panel. 11:8, 16:18, 44:18; FM report, 12:6, 20:20, 28:14, 31 :16, 33 :14, 37 :14, 41 :3, 42 :18, 44:15, 46:18, 46:17, 47:20, 48:19; FCC rule-making, 19 :6 : reorganization request,
5:2. 7:21; WESCON panel, 30:18, 34:17 obsolescence, Capitol Records satire, 40:18 reverberation concept, 22:16, 26:15. 27:16, 29:13, 38 *18
review of 1960, 62:18 3-channel stereo. 16:18
SUBSCRIPTION TV
Blonder-Tongue device, 19:16 cost of setting up system, 20:3 Fund for the Republic paper, 13:17 review of 1960, 52 :13 San Francisco hearings. 18:10, 21:8 Skiatron Electronics suspension by SEC, 1 :12, 2:24, 3:19, 4:20, 6:22, 7:23, 8:23. 9:20, 11:22, 12:18, 13:17, 14:21, 16:24, 17:18, 18:21, 20:22, 21 :24, 32 :16, 35 :16, 37 :19, 41 :18 financial report, 31 :22 tests, plans
Charge-a-Vision, 40:3, 41:9 MOM, 22:6
Teleglobe Pay-’TV Systems Inc., 11 :16 Telemeter, 4 :11, 22 :8, 44 :13, 60 :8. See also under Canada.
TelePrompTer. 26 :7. 26 :4. 42 :7 Twentieth Century-Fox, 21 :8, 22 :6, 26 :6 Zenith-RKO General, 10:4, 11:19, 12:9, 14:3, 16:13, 16:6*6, 26:2. 29:3*10. 31:16. 36:16. 37:12, 38:2, 39:2, 40:3, 41:10, 42:3, 43:3, 44 :1, 49 :2, 61 :9 Tolvision Inc., 21:8. 26:6 Video Independent ‘Theaters Corp., 16 :12
TAPE RECORDINGS, TV (see also Ampex Corp. and RCA)
CBS-Ampex Videotape automatic watchman device, 19:12
International Video Tape Recording * Production Inc., 18:24, 40:8
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