Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1955)

Page scan 000443 from Broadcasting Telecasting

Record Details:

Title:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Date:
Jan-Mar 1955
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Broadcasting Publications Inc.
Volume:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Leaf #:
000443
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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LOUISIANA Alexandria! — ► KALB-TV (5) Weed Baton Rouge — ► WAFB-TV (28) ABC, CBS, NBC, DuM; Young; 75,000 WBRZ (2) Hollingbery; 1/28/54-March '55 Lafayettet — KLFY-TV (10) Rambeau; 9/16/53-June '55 KVOL-TV (10) 9/16/53-Unknown Lake Charles — »■ KFLC-TV (7) ABC, NBC; Weed; 55,935 ► KTAG (25) CBS, ABC, DuM; Young; 35,000 Monroe — ► KNOE-TV (8) CBS, NBC, ABC, DuM; H-R; 191,500 New Orleans — WCKG (26) Gill-Perna; 4/2/53-Early '55 WCNO-TV (32) Forjoe; 4/2/53-Unknown ► WDSU-TV (6) ABC, CBS, NBC, DuM; Blair; 300,890 ► WJMR-TV (61) ABC, CBS, DuM; Boiling; 108,992 Shreveport — >■ KSLA (12) ABC, CBS, NBC, DuM; Raymer; 73,750 Shreveport Tv Co. (12) Initial Decision 6/7/54 See footnote (d) KTBS Inc. (3) Initial Decision 6/11/54 MAINE Bangor — ► WABI-TV (5) ABC, CBS, NBC, DuM; Holling bery; 79,104 ► WTWO (2) CBS; Venard Lewis ton — ► WLAM-TV (17) DuM; Everett-McKinney; 24,000 Poland Spring — ► WMTW (8) ABC, CBS, DuM; Harrington, Righter & Parsons; 259,933 Portland — ► WCSH-TV (6) NBC, DuM; Weed; 150,004 ► WGAN-TV (13) ABC, CBS; Avery-Knodel WPMT (53) See footnote (c) MARYLAND Baltimore — ►WAAM (13) ABC, DuM; Harrington, Righter & Parsons; 575,174 ► WBAL-TV (11) NBC; Petry; 575,174 WITH-TV (72) Forjoe; 12/18/52-Unknown WMAR-TV (2) CBS; Katz; 575,174 WTLF (18) 12/9/53-Unknown Cumberlandt — WTBO-TV (17) Salisbury! — ► WBOC-TV (16) 40,760 11/12/53-Unknown ABC, CBS, DuM; Burn-Smith; MASSACHUSETTS Adams (Pittsfield) — ► WMGT (19) DuM; Walker; 169,015 Boston — ■ ► WBZ-TV (4) NBC; Free & Peters; 1,253,379 WGBH-TV (*2) 7/16/53April '55 WJDW (44) 8/12/53-Unknown ► WNAC-TV (7) ABC, CBS, DuM; H-R; 1,250,000 Brocktont — WHEF-TV (62) 7/30/53-Unknown Cambridge (Boston) — ► WTAO-TV (56) DuM; Everett-McKinney; 178,800 Springfield — ► WHYN-TV (55) CBS, DuM; Branham; 160,000 ► WWLP (61) ABC, NBC; Hollingbery; 160,000 Worcester — ■ WAAB-TV (20) Forjoe; 8/12/53-Unknown ► WWOR-TV (14) ABC, DuM; Raymer; 71,674 MICHIGAN Ann Arbor • WPAG-TV (20) DuM; Everett-McKinney; 22,400 WUOM-TV (*26) 11/4/53-Unknown Battle Creek — WBCK-TV (58) known Bay City (Midland, Saginaw) — ► WNEM-TV (5) NBC, DuM; 289,793 Headley-Reed; 11/20/52-Un Headley-Reed; Cadillact— ► WWTV (13) ABC, CBS, DuM; Weed; 64,920 Detroit — WBID-TV (62; 11/19/53-Unknown ► WJBK-TV 12) CBS; Katz; 1,468,400 WTVS (*56) 7/14/54-Unknown ► WWJ-TV (4) NBC; Hollingbery; 1,466,000 ► WXYZ-TV (1) ABC; Blair; 1,469,000 ► CKLW-TV (9) See Windsor, Ont. East Lansingt — ► WKAR-TV (*60) Flint— WJRT (12) 5/12/54-Early '55 Grand Rapids — ► WOOD-TV (8) ABC, NBC, DuM; Katz; 433,490 WMCN (23) 9/2/54-Unknown Kalamazoo — ► WKZO-TV (3) ABC, CBS, NBC, DuM; Avery Knodel; 539,390 Lansing — ► WTOM-TV (54) ABC, DuM; Everett-McKinney; 55,000 ► WJIM-TV (6) ABC, CBS, NBC; Petry; 415,232 Marquette! — WAGE-TV (6) 4/7/54-Unknown Muskegont — WTVM (35) 12/23/52-Unknown Saginaw (Bay City, Midland) — ► WKNX-TV (57) ABC, CBS; Gill-Perna; 140,000 Traverse Cityf — ► WPBN-TV (7) NBC; Holman, 35,110 MINNESOTA Austin — ► KMMT (6) ABC; Pearson; 95,951 Duluth (Superior, Wis.) — ► KDAL-TV (3) ABC, NBC; Avery-Knodel; 75,500 ► WDSM-TV (6). See Superior, Wis. WFTV (38) See footnote (c) Hibbingt — KHTV (10) 1/13/54-Unknown a close look at facts . • . WTHI-TV Channel 10 is the ONLY station with complete coverage of the Greater WABASH VALLEY • One of the Mid-west's most prosperous industrial and agricultural markets • $714,500,000 Retail Sales in year '53-'54 • Blanketed ONLY by WTHI-TV's 316,000 watt signal • 227,000 Homes (147,000 TV homes) 118,000 UNDU PLICATED WTHI-CBS TV HOMES! Represented nationally by: The Boiling Co. New York & Chicago TERRE HAUTE, IND. 316,000 Watts Broadcasting • Telecasting January 24, 1955 • Page 97 ;