Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1954)

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For local and national programs the Atlanta audience depends on WSB-TV, the great area station of the Southeast EVIDENCE: According to Pulse, Inc., in the month of September the top 5 programs of all surveyed were on WSB-TV. These programs were Dragnet, Fireside Theatre, Circle Theatre, Truth or Consequences, I Married Joan. According to American Research Bureau, WSB-TV carried 4 of the top 5. In the same month on the night when all three Atlanta stations were programming election returns of the Georgia Democratic Primary, WSB-TV had an average audience 40 % greater than station B and 80% greater than station C according to Pulse, Inc. CHANNEL 2— 1062-FT. TOWER — 100,000 WATTS I Atlanta, Georgia Represented by Edw. Petry & Co. Affiliated with The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Page 102 • November 1, 1954 Broadcasting • Telecasting