Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1953)

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Record Details:

Title:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Date:
Oct-Dec 1953
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Broadcasting Publications Inc.
Volume:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Leaf #:
0001018
Language:
English
Subjects:
radio and television periodical, 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
Date Added:
June 13, 2024
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STATIONS GROUND-BREAKING ceremonies for WK NY-TV Poughkeepsie, N. Y., were participated in by station and city officials (I to r) Rev. J. Dean Dykstra; Robert M. Peebles, vice president-general manager of Kingston Broadcasting Corp.; Robert L. Sabin, manager of tv operations; Bert Chambers, stockholder; Joseph K. Close, president; Paul Mercier, Town of Esopus highway superintendent; Edward R. Eckert, supervisor of Esopus; Raymond W. Mercier, who will construct the tv tower; Mayor Oscar V. Newkirk, Kingston, and Dick McCarthy, WKNY-TV. did wu mm? The TOP South Plains market has moved! Check that coverage map; you'll find no other TV market as rich or greatly populated in the entire area indicated. ST""^. kwb'jtv mm island KDUB-TV was Texas first post-freeze station; first on the air in all West-Texas! No other station equals KDUB in live production, top network shows, sales results or local promotion in this rich area. KDUB-TV your surest coverage medium! KDUB-TV LUBBOCK, TEXAS W. D. "Dub" Rogers, president Mike Shapiro, asst. mgr. & director of sales KWWL-TV Waterloo, vhf ch. 7 (NBC, DuMont), represented by Headley-Reed, Nov. 29 (granted STA Nov. 4). KANSAS KOAM-TV Pittsburg, vhf ch. 7 (NBC, CBS, DuMont), represented by The Katz Agency, Dec. 13. MAINE WLAM-TV Lewiston, uhf ch. 17 (CBS, ABC, DuMont), represented by Everett-McKinney, Kettell-Carter (Boston), Nov. 26. WCSH-TV Portland, vhf ch. 6 (NBC), represented by Weed Tv Inc., Dec. 1. MASSACHUSETTS WWOR-TV Worcester, uhf ch. 14, represented by Paul H. Raymer Co., Dec. 15. MICHIGAN WWTV (TV) Cadillac, vhf ch. 13 (CBS, ABC, DuMont), represented by Weed Tv Inc., Dec. 15 (granted STA Sept. 29). MISSISSIPPI WJDT (TV) Jackson, vhf ch. 3 (NBC), represented by George P. Hollingbery Co., Dec. 15 (granted STA Oct. 19). MISSOURI KOMU-TV Columbia, vhf ch. 8 (ABC, CBS, DuMont, NBC), represented by H-R Tv Inc., Dec. 15. KACY (TV) Festus, uhf ch. 14, represented by Paul H. Raymer, Nov. 22. MONTANA KFBB-TV Great Falls, vhf ch. 5 (CBS), represented by Weed Tv Inc., November '53. NEBRASKA KHOL-TV Kearney, vhf ch. 13 (CBS, DuMont), represented by Meeker Tv Inc., Dec. 1 (granted STA Oct. 29). NEW JERSEY WRTV (TV) Asbury Park, uhf ch. 58, December '53 (tests due Dec. 1). NORTH CAROLINA WAYS-TV Charlotte, uhf ch. 36 (ABC), represented by The Boiling Co., Dec. 1. WNCT (TV) Greenville, vhf ch. 9 (CBS, DuMont), represented by John E. Pearson Tv Inc., Dec. 1. NORTH DAKOTA KFYR-TV Bismarck, vhf ch. 5, represented by Blair Tv, Dec. 1 (granted STA Oct. 28). OHIO WSTV-TV Steubenville, vhf ch. 9 (CBS), represented by Avery-Knodel Inc., Dec. 10 (granted STA Sept. 16). OKLAHOMA KWTV (TV) Oklahoma City, vhf ch. 9 (CBS), represented by Avery-Knodel Inc., Dec. 15. KCEB (TV) Tulsa, uhf ch. 23, represented by The Boiling Co., Dec. 1. OREGON KPIC (TV) Salem, uhf ch. 24, Dec. 15 (granted STA Aug. 4). PENNSYLVANIA WCMB-TV Harrisburg, uhf ch. 27, represented by Donald Cooke Inc., Dec. 15. WARM-TV Scranton, uhf ch. 16, represented by George P. Hollingbery Co., Dec. 1. WNOW-TV York, uhf ch. 49 (DuMont), represented by George P. Hollingbery Co., November '53 (granted STA Nov. 10). SOUTH CAROLINA WGCT (TV) Greenville, vhf ch. 4, represented by Weed Tv Inc., Dec. 15. TENNESSEE WSIX-TV Nashville, vhf ch. 8 (CBS), represented by George P. Hollingbery Co., Nov. 30 (granted STA Sept. 9). TEXAS KRGV-TV Weslaco, vhf ch. 5 (NBC), represented by O. L. Taylor Co., Nov. 26. VIRGINIA WTOV-TV Norfolk, uhf ch. 27 (ABC, DuMont), represented by Forjoe Tv Inc., Nov. 30 (granted STA Oct. 16). WASHINGTON KOMO-TV Seattle, vhf ch. 4 (NBC), represented by George P. Hollingbery Co., Dec. 11. WISCONSIN WEAU-TV Eau Claire, vhf ch. 13, represented by George P. Hollingbery Co., Dec. 1. WNAM-TV Neenah, uhf ch. 42, represented by George W. Clark Inc., Dec. 15. ALASKA KTVA (TV) Anchorage, vhf ch. 11 (NBC, Dumont), represented by Hugh Feltis & Assoc., Dec. 15. KRSC to Become KAYO KRSC Seattle, known by those call letters since it was founded in 1928, will become KAYO effective Jan. 1, Robert Pollock, general manager, said last week. An intensive promotion campaign is planned for the new identification. WHO PRODUCES WHO SELLS IT? IT? USE the BROADCASTING YEARBOOK! Page 68 • November 23, 1953 Broadcasting • Telecasting