American television directory (1946)

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TELEVISION STATIONS AND PENDING APPLICATIONS This list includes commercial and experimental stations — both operating and pro¬ posed— as of November 1, 1945. The majority have applications for construction permits pending before the Federal Communications Commission. CALL POWER LOCATION APPLICANT OR OWNER CHANNEL LETTERS VISUAL AURAL Chicago, III. Balaban & Katz Corp. No. 4 WBKB 4kw 2kw New York, N. Y. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. No. 2 WCBW 3kw 2.5kw COMMERCIAL STATIONS < NOW ON THE AIR New York, N. Y. Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc. No. 5 WABD 4kw lkw New York, N. Y. National Broadcasting Co., Inc. No. 4 WNBT 5.2kw 2.2kw Schenectady, N. Y. General Electric Co. No. 4 WRGB 40w 20kw > Philadelphia, Pa. Philco Radio & Television Corp. No. 3 WPTZ 3kw 3kw Los Angeles, Cal. Don Lee Broadcasting System No. 1 W6XAO lkw 1 50w Los Angeles, Cal. Television Productions, Inc. No. 4 W6XYZ 4kw lkw EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS < (peak) NOW ON THE AIR Chicago, III. Zenith Radio Corp. No. 1 W9XZV lkw lkw Jamaica, L. 1., N. Y. William B. Still No. 13 W2XJT 400w 1 0Ow tr/as Jamaica Radio & Television Co. CALL POWER LOCATION APPLICANT OR OWNER CHANNEL LETTERS VISUAL AURAL STATUS CALIFORNIA Fresno J. E. Rodman No. 2 4 kw 2kw Commercial construction permit application Hollywood Don Lee Broadcasting System No. 1 KTSL 4kw 2kw Commercial construction permit granted Hollywood Fox West Coast Theatre Corp. No. 5 — — Commercial construction permit application Hollywood Warner Bros. Broadcasting Corp. No. 3 4kw 3kw Commercial construction permit application Los Angeles American Broadcasting Company, Inc. No. b 4kw 3k w Commercial construction permit application Los Angeles Earle C. Anthony, Inc. No. 6 4kw 2kw Commercial construction permit application Los Angeles Consolidated Broadcasting Corp., Ltd. No. 7 4 kw 3kw Commercial construction permit application Los Angeles Don Lee Broadcasting System No. 1 W6XAO lkw ISOw Operating experimental station Los Angeles Don Lee Broadcasting System (318 330mc) W6XDU 6.5w 50w Television relay with W6XAO Los Angeles Hughes Productions, Division of Hughes Tool Co. No. 2 4 kw 2k w Commercial construction permit application Los Angeles Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. No. 8 4kw 2kw Commercial construction permit application Los Angeles National Broadcasting Co. No. 4 lkw 3kw Commercial construction permit application Los Angeles Television Productions, Inc. No. 2 KTLA 4kw lkw Commercial construction permit application Los Angeles Television Productions, Inc. No. 4 W6XYZ 4kw (peak) lkw Operating experimental station Los Angeles Television Productions, Inc. No. 11 & 12 W6XLA 1 0Ow (peak) — Portable-Mobile. Experimentally licensed as television relay with W6XYZ Los Angeles The Times-Mirror Co. No. 5 40kw 20kw Commercial construction permit application Riverside The Broadcasting Corp. of America No. 3 4kw 3kw Commercial construction permit application Los Angeles Co. Pacific Coast Broadcasting Co. No. 6 — — Experimental construction permit application San Francisco The Associated Broadcasters, Inc. No. 4 4kw 3kw Commercial construction permit application San Francisco Television Productions, Inc. No. 4 25kw 25kw Commercial construction permit application San Francisco Don Lee Broadcasting System No. 1 4kw 2kw Commercial construction permit application San Francisco Hughes Productions. Division of Hughes Tool Co. No. 2 4kw 2kw Commercial construction permit application Stockton E. F. Peffer No. 3 4kw 3kw Commercial construction permit application 86