Broadcasting (July - Dec 1940)

Regions and States: FCC Report Covering 705 Stations Deductions from the Sale of Station Time Revenues from Incidental Broadcast Activities Payments to Networks and Stations ifrom Sale of Time) Commissions to Regularly Established Agencies, Representative, Broker, and Others (9) (10) $113,934 202,357 25,797 $1,348 280,589 19 6,695 237,202 545,588 68 , 544 865,038 25,386 565,888 63,885 140,493 332,499 4,742 55 3,535 85,440 115,607 209,379 18,726 36,570 1,284 3,482 1,509 61,571 603,449 360 2,802 15,000 5,200 15,090 1,263 1,374 48,176 2,810,264 564,549 99,951 100,290 482,969 577,202 77 , 736 141,365 2 , 044 , 062 213,630 62,894 216,116 320,522 117,643 83,442 1,014,247 5,868,573 42,081 33,741 48,832 135,988 118,385 105,315 21,133 125,150 82,462 713,087 Talent Sales (11) $33,670 27,966 2,190 37,850 3,292 323,189 376,812 94,816 280 21,610 921,675 Commissions, Fees, and Profits from Obtaining or Placing Talent (12) $2 , 134 590,187 3,281,689 3,232 6,778 48,319 4,338 12,875 45 1 77,722 618,976 1,390 23,813 60 47,318 524,290 472,163 1,761 31,324 20 51,943 ,769,827 3,231 103,253 33 , 672 82,731 14,968 321,620 1,056 42,222 6,689 183 16,207 97,160 28,249 14,806 3,276 934 9 , 402 27,652 1,131 55,089 1,922 18,515 53,172 7,458 25,715 360 235,876 11,805 Sunday Broadcast Revenue (13) 21,216 17,994 16,875 12,009 10,836 25,556 3,201 23 , 074 93,283 Total Broadcast Revenue (14) Total Broadcast Expenses (15) 224 , 044 664,757 469,538 1,273,280 1,032,207 1,291,556 1,225,325 321 ,850 1,818,822 1,180,934 9,278,269 490,977 351,371 942,070 752,437 1,017,132 958,363 289,680 1,494,869 971,352 7,268,251 Broadcast Service Income (16) (COO 1 7fi !pL , ijO i , 00 i HI 1/19 B11 <e 1 1 /I Q/1 A $ JL il , o40 23,369 1,542,284 1,033,632 508,652 12,583 66,927 482,641 3,201,519 371,091 2,709,548 111,550 491,971 10,818 180,664 160,833 19,831 192,799 213,569 18Z , 93 / 4,915 6 424 3,140,242 9,662,262 5 ,935 , 707 663,693 1 ion ciilO 2,311,574 7,802,175 A IOC O /\ C 4 , 185 , 305 439 , 124 y ( o , i o 1 828,668 1,860,087 1 , 750 , 402 204,569 1/11 737,517 97 1S7 911 £d 1 , J.O 1 , ^ JL J. 91 1 Rf^O fi 0^9 ^fil D , y}0£i , OU J. 140,127 36,124 31,063 93,590 56,723 47 , 336 35,279 6,711,223 1,643,238 1,099,707 4,028,344 6,794,044 795,116 1,450,130 5,475,532 1,394,000 795,187 3,179,298 4,998,664 645,733 1,238,594 1,235,691 249.238 304,520 849 , 046 1,795,380 149,383 211,536 440,242 22,521,802 17,727,008 4,794,794 66,076 19,457 43,829 99,417 30,029 1,936,801 755,619 2,307,904 3,758,970 1,137,654 1,519,993 '702,298 1,766,059 3 , 023 , 397 949,887 416.808 53.321 541,845 735,573 187,767 3,023 590,106 515,655 74,451 261,831 10,487,054 8,477,289 2,009,765 1,439,590 60,196,067 47,359,147 12,836,920 173,780 118,167 331,210 279,770 274,424 266,962 32,170 323,953 209,582 2,010,018 19 15 13 19 7 14 12 133 1,351,679 1,108,928 1,326,141 1,357,149 363,231 1,818,822 1,186,446 9,950,861 1,055,753 827,398 1,043,912 1,080,977 337,863 1,494,869 976,781 7,965,964 No. of Stations Total Broadcast Revenues Total Broadcast Expenses Broadcast Service Income (17) (18) (19) (20) 9 $1,257,657 $1,142,811 $114,846 9 1,565,168 1,047,116 518,052 7 20 515,537 3,203,734 407,746 2,712,812 107,791 490,922 8 247,824 246 , 506 1,318 1 A 44 36 3 4 9,724,885 6,027,742 663,693 1 , 120 , 542 Ci , 4110 , oUU 7,882,058 4,285,864 459,124 978,757 Q 1 7 Q7Q 1,842,827 1,741,878 204 , 569 141,785 150 = 27,551,060 21,569,094 5,981,966 31 18 6 19 26 9 18 6,762,398 1,662,387 1 AQQ nf\n 4,102,011 812,841 1,510,832 5,546,967 1,411,298 3,241,959 0 , 000 , y4d 664,456 1,309,538 1 ,215 ,431 251,089 Of\A COA 860,052 1 nQn Aoo 1 , ioi , 148,385 201,294 127 22,793,551 18,025,348 4,768,203 12 15 16 20 10 1,451,599 861,981 2,335,761 3,799,677 1,191,183 1,538,430 820,474 1,800,214 3,071,873 1,008,868 413,169 41,507 535 , 547 727,804 182,315 14 690,779 635,587 55,192 87 10,330,980 8,875,446 1,455,534 364 60,675,591 48,469,888 12,205,703 15 797,927 612,930 184,997 19 640 , 538 535,481 105 , 057 295,926 281,530 282,229 276,172 25,368 323,953 209,665 1,984,897 17,569 26,221 43,790 91,966 106,045 418,965 525,010 1,238,097 39,842 121,771 161,613 397,489 388 284 672 12,477 36,844 109,667 146,511 370,555 1,221,339 3,877,445 5,098,784 14,377,053 1,003,461 2,861,966 3,865,427 11,133,678 217,878 1,015,479 1,233,357 3,243,375 15 48 63 196 1,331,370 4,174,366 5,505,736 1,132,242 3,189,141 4,321,383 15,456,597 12,287,347 199,128 985,225 1,184,353 3,169,250 20,618 3,858 100 24,576 22,965 " "603 23 , 568 48 , 144 743 , 559 14,911 98,866 8,674 13,355 8,136 67,850 211,792 645,251 59,195 104,547 808,993 1,020,785 8,127,455 12,568 41,977 545 i.ooi 566 4 , 982 63 , 006 545 615,423 42,203 124,409 782,035 845,041 4,524,219 80 80 625 110,262 19,880 358,836 328,076 30,760 8 415,960 368,355 47,605 29,847 1,056,173 965,548 90,625 13 1,111,655 1,026,189 85,466 3 65,413 57,432 7,981 1,829 200,912 182,776 18,136 6 222,372 203,920 18 , 452 36,202 347,123 294,710 52,413 8 408,381 345,964 62,417 21,764 177,179 167,722 9,457 9 259,017 247,575 11,442 17,070 765,993 658,855 107,138 8 815,532 705,925 109,607 126 , 592 2,906,216 2,597,687 308 , 529 55 3,298,330 2,955,360 342,970 256,154 6,928,396 5,535,924 1,392,472 51 7,029,388 5 , 642 , 040 1,387,348 41,263 1,078,544 778,378 300,166 16 1,160,568 870,175 290,393 91,070 1,779,563 1,469,381 310,182 23 1,870,172 1,559,120 311,052 388,487 9,786,503 7,783,683 2,002,820 90 10,060,128 8,071,335 1,988,793 515,079 12,692,719 10,381,370 2,311,349 145 13,358,458 11,026,695 2,331,763 2,325,224 87,265,839 68,874,195 18,391,644 705 89,490,646 71,783,930 18,206,716 FCC Quorum Order jOUTINE amendment of its new llministrative order (No. 3), jhereby less than a quorum of the :cc can function, was announced ,,ily 27. The order authorizes less '.an four members of the Commis3n to function as a board on all ve those matters specifically rersed for the Commission en mc, with the proviso that any irty affected by such orders or cisions of the board may file a |:tition for rehearing by the Comission, which must be passed ion by the Commission. Sports for Ladies A SPORTS program for women, with a woman sports commentator in charge, will be started Aug. 5 on WMCA, New York. Titled In This Corner — The Ladies, the program will be broadcast from 4 to 4:15 each afternoon, Monday through Friday, featuring Alice Brewer, former columnist of the Boston American who has been heard in several series on the Yankee Network. While Show Went On MYRON BUTTON and Ben Gage, Hollywood director and announcer respectively of the NBC program, Our Half-Hour, also are linked as tenants of a hillside home. Five minutes before going on the air with a recent program, they were informed their house was on fire. Exigencies of radio precluded any mad rush to the scene to remove belongings, so nervously they endured the full program and dashed to the scene immediately after signoff. They arrived as the last fire truck drove away. Damage, as assessed by a much relieved Gage, consisted of one large hole in the roof, a smoke-blackened bedroom, and a pair of shoes slightly charred. The bedroom and shoes belong to Dutton. DR. GEORGE W. YOUNG, owner and manager of WD6Y, Minneapolis, recently sold one of his airjilanes to the Canadian Government for use by the Canadian Air Corps in England. The plane, a Stinson 105, has complete aerial and radio equipment and was used formerly for relay broadcasting on WDGY. Dr. Young, commissioner of the Minnestota Aeronautical Assn., has been flying for 17 years. NBHI Corp., Columbus, Ga. (Royal Crown Cola), on Sept. 13 will return Believe It or Not with Robert L. Ripley, to an undetermined CBS network for a Friday evening half-hour which is also not settled as yet. Agency is BBDO, New York.