Broadcasting (Oct - Dec 1950)

Record Details:

Title:
Broadcasting
Date:
Oct - Dec 1950
Publisher:
Broadcasting Publications Inc.
Volume:
Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct - Dec 1950)
Leaf #:
0001304
Language:
English
Subjects:
Radio Periodicals, Broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
This trade paper began in 1931 with a focus on radio, but as the TV industry expanded in the post-World War II era, the paper increasingly became devoted to television (even the title changed to BROADCASTING TELECASTING). Developments in technology, policy, advertising, and programming were covered. The paper's advertisements and articles reveal the intricate relationship among sponsors, stations, program suppliers, and station representatives -- the industry's term for middle-men who represented numerous local stations in negotiations with national sponsors. The success of particular stations or programming choices are frequently trumpeted in BROADCASTING'S advertisements -- always with the goal of selling more of something, such as a film program or a station's spot advertising time. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
November 10, 2022
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RTMA Reports 5,66L000 For TO-Month Period MANUFACTURERS of television receivers shipped 5,661,000 sets to dealers in 36 states and District of Columbia during the first 10 months of 1950, according to Radio-Television Mfrs. Assn. Figures cover both RTMA member and non-member companies. Figures for October and 10 months follow: StaJe and Sets Shipped County Month Year to Da! A 1 ARAM A M LMDMIVIM 3 825 17 716 MK 1 £w tMM N\0 DCOpQ 1 575 6 041 TAI IPn!?MIA A lamsdo 5 378 35 944 Contra Costa 1114 6^038 Los An^slcs 44653 377 543 Ora n 1 'lS4 17 407 Sa c ra men to 405 2 G79 San Bsmardino 1 5'?0 12 733 San D1630 4 002 32 790 San F ra n c i s c o 7 173 37 631 San Joac|uin 374 2' 650 San Mat60 1 692 8679 Sonfa Claro 1 '930 1 1 905 Solano 504 3 148 ^rtKlklC^TI^I IT raimeia 4 956 30 638 narTTora 3 575 23 821 New Haven 6 990 39 513 New London 140 1 645 net A\A/ADP L/CLM VV MKC New Castle 2 290 18 939 rrsi iiM&i A LUfVlO IM 9 882 83 261 Dade 2 972 16 528 1 908 7 gQ5 Hi lisborou9n 1 66 1175 Pinellas 8 ' 19 GEORGIA DeKalb 497 5,855 Fulton 5,073 45,412 ILLINOIS Cook 44,075 385,329 Fulton 115 398 Knox 254 934 Madison 764 7,517 McLean 15 332 Peoria 142 1,344 Rock Island 1,091 5,652 St. Clair 1,063 7,985 Tazewell 34 207 INDIANA Delaware 414 2,032 Lake 4,521 24,151 Madison 898 4,782 Marion 6,147 42,961 All th' Guys at CBS All th' Guys at Branham All arr Agency Fr'en's Dear Fellers: MERRY CHRIS'MUS AN' HAPPY NOO YEAR TUH Y'ALLJ HIT'S SHORE BIN NICE AWORKIN' WITH YUH DURIN' 1950! BUT TH' FELLERS HERE AT IVCHS IS AGONNA MAKE 1951 TH' BIGGEST YEAR UV ALL! I'LL TELL YUH ALL 'BOUT HIT NEXT YEAR! W C H S Charleston, W. Va, State and Sets Shipped County Month Year to Date IOWA Clinton 318 1,073 Polk 1,584 7,369 Pottawattamie 521 2,642 Scott 1,279 5,828 KANSAS Wyandotte 1,515 8,203 i\cr>i lu^ix I Campbell 543 5 301 JefFerson 5 C95 29 337 Kenton '302 10,504 1 Oil Id AM A LwU I3IMINM Orleans 3 361 23 114 MARYLAND Bahimore City 1,283 73,395 Baltimore County 5,169 31,086 Montgomery 1,384 7,769 Prince Georges 147 1,960 MASSACHUSETTS Berkshire 575 5,315 Bristol 3,182 23,952 Essex 3,805 40,901 Hampden 989 4,397 Middlesex 5,563 63,158 Norfolk 1,711 21.236 Plymouth 711 8,812 Suffolk 16,456 127,520 Worcester MICHIGAN Calhoun 407 3,359 Genesee 1,541 6,791 Ingham 994 7,089 Jackson 211 Kalamazoo 878 7 292 Kent 2,336 16,154 Macomb 818 6,702 Muskegon 405 2.923 Oakland 2,571 21,871 Saginaw 527 1,729 Washtenaw 597 5.432 Wayne 35,207 200,000 MINNcbU 1 A Hennepin 7,164 40, 1 56 Ramsey 3,763 24,852 MISSOURI Buchanan 643 1,751 Jackson 4,934 27,813 Madison ZO 1 1 1 OA 16,230 101,081 KICDDACI/A NcDKAbKA Douglas _ 4,599 1 0 701 Lancaster 541 1 ,768 NEW JERSEY Atlantic 1,034 7,686 Bergen 3,919 29,399 Camden 1,576 18,194 Essex 12,685 89,705 Hudson 6,287 48,992 Mercer 1,821 16,321 Middlesex 2,656 18,459 Monmouth 1,763 15,485 Morris 919 8,234 Pcssaic 4,770 27,800 Union 3,836 28,827 NEW MEXICO Bernali llo 973 3,628 NFW YftRk 1^ C VV 1 A Ibany 2,351 16.772 Bronx 8,197 39 337 Broome 1,489 7,009 Chautaucjua 433 4,005 Erie 10,269 81,915 27,974 208,963 Monroe 7,122 50,319 Nassau 8,029 44,356 New York 36,090 237,487 Niagara 1,970 11,770 Onondaga 5,385 35,995 Oneida 2,311 17,419 Orange 672 6,194 Queens 14,838 93,729 Rensselaer 1,957 15,857 Richmond 667 9,945 Schenectady 854 9,593 Westchester 4,049 33,310 NORTH CAROLINA Alamance 284 1,281 Cabarrus 168 1,469 Durham 131 320 Forsyth 463 1,685 Gaston 300 2,1 17 Guilford 560 3,561 Mecklenburg 933 5,116 Rowan 258 1,033 OHIO Butler 543 12,254 Clark 784 7,724 Cuyahoga 20,331 137,209 Franklin 7,326 54,343 Hamilton 8,588 87,432 Lucas 4,345 31,888 Montgomery 5,724 48,825 Scioto 259 1.234 Summit 4,717 29,504 OKLAHOMA Muskogee 98 453 Oklahoma 1,312 9,750 Tulsa 1,594 7,464 9TaTe ana Sets snippea State and County Month Year to Date County 0REG9N TEXAS Marion Bexar Multnomah 6 2 Dallas PENNSYLVANIA Galveston Allegheny 16,473 105,171 Harris Berks 2,633 17,944 Tarrant Beaver 1,621 8,953 UTAH Blair 464 2,1S7 Salt Lake Cambria 1,077 10,176 Weber Dauphin 942 6,073 VIRGINIA Delaware 2,033 21,503 Arlington Erie 1,828 17,779 Henrico Fayette 760 6,552 Norfolk Lackawanna 201 99? Pittsylvania Lancaster 1,400 13,651 Warwick Lebanon 170 3,944 WASHINGTON Lehigh 1,229 12,035 Clarke Montgomery 2,369 21,499 King Northampton 1,124 8,497 Pierce Philadelphia 22,222 207,C58 WEST VIRGINIA Washington 1,220 8,014 Cabell Westmoreland 2,292 12,927 Kanawha York 236 7,820 WISCONSIN RHODE ISLAND Milwaukee Providence 4,728 46,551 SOUTH CAROLINA Sub-Total York 125 851 AREAS UNLISTEE TENNESSEE Davidson 2,484 10,930 GRAND TOTA Shelby 4,081 23,755 Sets Shipped i Month Year to 3,973 4,072 163 5,203 2,212 2,732 97 1,399 1,626 3,246 62 735 -20 2,334 418 834 564 7,621 19,77i f 37,104 1,125 30,197 19,945 14,55E 394 8,745 16,166 21,511 116 3,537 323 13,815 3,747 6,810 2,597 _ ,178 i 67 659,729 4,892,389 763,611 5,661,000 NOTE: Figures for the month reflect adjustments resulting from corrections of year to defigures as previously reported by members and the inclusion of year to date figures for 0| member reporting in October for the first time. ► A. R. Moler, chief engineer for KMBC-KFRM Kansas City, celebrated 30 years of service with the company last month. ► Tw^enty-fifth anniversary was celebrated by KWKH Shreveport, La., recently. "Anniversary Souvenir" pamphlet was sent to listeners. ► Father James K. Fox of Old St. Patrick Church, Pittsburgh, has observed 25 years of continuous broadcasting over WJAS that city. ► Corey Thomson, m.c. of CFCF Montreal's Uncle Troy program, marked 5,000 broadcasts for the same sponsor last month. Show has been sponsored by Troy Laundries of Montreal for 19 years. ► Lee Kelton Orchestra has started its seventh year as staff band for WJAS Pittsburgh. ► Wes Izzard broadcast his 6,666th consecutive news program on KGNC Amarillo, Tex., Dec. 1 for Phillips 66 petroleum products. ► WBLJ Dalton, Ga., marked 10th anniversary last month. ► WWDC-AM-FM Washington's Carl Berger has completed 13 years as conductor of government employes' news program. Your Government and Mine. ► Bill Kitay marked the fourth birthday of his story telling and philosophical program over WBRC Birmingham, Ala. One hundred WSAM Saginaw, Mich., observ' 1,000th broadcast of its 11 p.i newscast under the same sponsc' William C. Wiechmann Co., Sagino department store. Checking prom^ tion copy are (I to r): William Kesseco-owner of the store; Oscar Huf WSAM newscaster who aired the fir newscast as well as the anniversa program, and William Wiechman president of the William C. Wiec mann Co. * * * and twenty Birmingham floris| started sponsorship of the she Dec. 17. ► WLAW Lawrence, Masj marked its 13th anniversary tl: month. ► WRVA Richmond, Va., recentl commemorated its 25th year. SERVICE DIRECTORY Custom-Built Equipment U. S. RECORDING CO. 1121 Vermont Ave., Wash. 5, D. C. STerling 3626 COMMERCIAL RADIO MONITORING COMPANY PRECISION FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT! "A reliable service for over 18 yeart" For immediate service phone JACKSON 5302 P. O. Box 7037 Kansas City, Mo.f«i Page 78 • December 25, 1950 BROADCASTING • Telecastin