Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1955)

Station Dallas TELEVISION MARKET with MAXIMUM POWER 100,000 Watts Video 50,000 Watts Audio DALLAS and FORT WORTH More than a Million urban population in the 50-mile area More than TWO MILLION in the 100-mile area . . . NOW FOR THE RECORD TELESTATUS APrn is, 1955 Tv Stations on the Air With Market Set Counts And Reports of Grantees' Target Dates Editor's note: This directory is weekly status report of (1) stations that are operating as commercial and educational outlets and (2) grantees. Triangle (►) indicates stations now on air with regular programming. Each is listed in the city where it is licensed. Stations, vhf or uhf, report respective set estimates of their coverage areas. Where estimates differ among stations in same city, separate figures are shown for each as claimed. Set estimates are from the station. Further queries about them should be directed to that source. Total U. S. sets in use is unduplicated B«T estimate. Stations not preceded by triangle (►) are grantees, not yet operating. ALABAMA Andalusiat — WAIQ (»2) 3/9/55-Unknown Birmingham — ► WABT (13) NBC, ABC, DuM; Blair; 315,490 ► WBRC-TV (6) CBS, DuM; Katz; 318,000 WJLN-TV (48) 12/10/52-Unknown WBIQ (*10) 10/13/54-Summer "55 Decaturt — ► WMSL-TV (23) CBS, NBC; Walker; 26,230 Dothantt — ► WTVY (9) CBS; Young Mobile — ► WALA-TV (10) ABC, CBS, NBC; Headley Reed; 101,100 WKAB-TV (48) See footnote (c) WKRG-TV Inc. (5) Young; 3/23/55-Sept. '55 Montgomery — ► WCOV-TV (20) ABC, CBS, DuM; Raymer; 61,259 ► WSFA-TV (12) NBC; Katz; 89,110 Munfordt — ► WTIQ (*7) Selmat — WSLA (8) 2/24/54-Unknown ARIZONA Mesa (Phoenix) — ► KVAR (12) NBC, DuM; Raymer; 118,560 Phoenix — ► KOOL-TV (10) ABC; Hollingbery; 118,560 ► KPHO-TV (5) CBS, DuM; Katz; 118.560 ► KTVK (3) ABC; Weed Tucson — ► KOPO-TV (13) CBS, DuM; Hollingbery; 38,605 ► KVOA-TV (4) ABC, NBC; Raymer; 38,605 Yumat — ► KTVA (11) NBC, DuM; Grant; 26,136 ARKANSAS El Doradot — KRBB (10) 2/24/54-Unknown Fort Smith — ► KFSA-TV (22) ABC, CBS, NBC, DuM; Pear son; 27,500 KNAC-TV (5) Rambeau; 6/3/54-Unknown Jonesborot — KBTM-TV (8) 1/12/55-Unknown Little Rock — ► KARK-TV (4) NBC, DuM; Petry; 101,067 KTHV (11) Branham; 11/4/54-Sept. '55 ► KATV (7) (See Pine Bluff) Pine Blufft— ► KATV (7) ABC, CBS; Avery-Knodel; 91,389 Texarkana — ► KCMC-TV (6) See Texarkana, Tex. CALIFORNIA Bakersfield — ► KBAK-TV (29) ABC, DuM; Weed; 90,000 ► KERO-TV (10) CBS, NBC; Hollingbery; 146,398 Berkeley (San Francisco) — ► KQED (*9) Total stations on air Jn U. S. and possessions: 430; total cities with stations on air: 282. Both totals include XEJ-TV Juarez and XETV (TV) Tijuana, Mexico, as well as educational outlets that are operating. Total sets in use, 36,180,241. * Indicates educational stations, t Cities NOT interconnected. (a) Two Buffalo, N. Y., tv stations, in addition to their U. S. set counts, report the following set coverage in Canada: WBEN-TV, 473,727; WGRTV, 431,550. (b) Number of sets not currently reported by WHAS-TV Louisville, Ky. Last report was 205544 on July 10, 1952. (c) The following stations have suspended regular operations but have not turned in CP's: WKABTV Mobile, Ala.; KBID-TV Fresno, Calif.; WRAYTV Princeton, Ind.; WKLO-TV Louisville, Ky.; WLAM-TV Lewiston, Me.; WPMT (TV) Portland, Me.; WFXV (TV) Duluth, Minn.; WCOC-TV Meridian, Miss.; KACY (TV) Festus, Mo.; KOPRTV Butte, Mont.; WFPG-TV Atlantic City, N. J.; WRTV (TV) Asbury Park, N. J.; WTRI (TV) Albany, N. Y.; WTVE (TV) Elmira, N. Y.; WQMC (TV) Charlotte, N. C; WIFE (TV) Dayton, Ohio; KMPT (TV) Oklahoma City; KCEB (TV) Tulsa, Okla.; WLBR-TV Lebanon, Pa.; WKST-TV New Castle, Pa.; WKJF-TV Pittsburgh, Pa.; KNUZ-TV Houston, Tex.; KETX (TV) Tyler, Tex.; WBTMTV Danville, Va.; WTOV-TV Norfolk, Va.; WKNA-TV Charleston, W. Va.; WJPB-TV Fairmont, W. Va.; WCAN-TV Milwaukee. (d) Shreveport Tv Co. has received initial decision favoring it for ch. 12. which is currently operated by Interim Tv Corp. [KSLA (TV)]. New Tv Station The following tv station is the newest to start regular programming: WBRZ (TV) Baton Rouge, La. (ch. 2), April 14. Chico — ► KHSL-TV (12) ABC, CBS, NBC, DuM; Avery Knodel; 60,801 Coronat — KCOA (52). 9/16/53-Unknown Eurekat — ► KIEM-TV (3) ABC, CBS, NBC, DuM; Hoag Blair, Blair Tv; 19,500 Fresno — KBID-TV (53) See footnote (c) ► KJEO (47) ABC, CBS, DuM; Branham; 156,035 ► KMJ-TV (24) CBS, NBC; Raymer; 142,000 KARM, The George Harm Station (12) Boiling; Initial Decision 8/31/54 Los Angeles — ► KABC-TV (7) ABC; Petry; 2,058,196 KBIC-TV (22) 2/10/52-Unknown ► KCOP (13) Weed; 2,058,196 ► KHJ-TV (9) DuM; H-R; 2,058,196 ► KNXT (2) CBS; CBS Spot Sis.; 2,058,196 ► KRCA (4) NBC; NBC Spot Sis.; 2,058,196 ► KTLA (5) Raymer; 2,058,196 ►-KTTV (11) Blair; 2,058,196 Modestot — KTRB-TV (14) 2/17/54-Unknown Sacramento KBIE-TV (46) 6/26/53-Unknown ► KCCC-TV (40) ABC, NBC; Weed; 162,125 KCRA Inc. (3) Initial Decision 6/3/51 ► KBET-TV (10) CBS, ABC; H-R Salinas (Monterey) — *■ KSBW-TV (8) ABC, CBS, NBC, DuM; Hollingbery; 98,600 San Diego — ►-KFMB-TV (8) ABC, CBS; Petry; 290,000 ► KFSD-TV (10) NBC; Katz; 285,533 KUSH (21) 12/23/53-Unknown San Francisco — KBAY-TV (20) 3/11/53-Unknown (granted STA Sept. 15) ► KGO-TV (7) ABC; Petry; 1,068,555 ► KPIX (5) CBS; Katz; 1,068,555 ► KRON-TV (4) NBC; Free & Peters; 1,068,555 ► KSAN-TV (32) Stars National; 210,000 San Joset — KQXI (11) 4/15/54-Unknown San Luis Obispot — ► KVEC-TV (6) ABC, CBS, DuM; Grant; 85,371 Santa Barbara— — ► KEYT (3) ABC, CBS, NBC, DuM; Hollingbery; 464,192 Stocktont — ► KOVR (13) DuM; Blair; 1,078,200 ► KTVU (36) NBC; Hollingbery; 120,000 Tulare (Fresno) — ► KVVG (27) DuM; Forjoe; 150,000 Visaliat — KAKI (43) 10/6/54-Unknown COLORADO Colorado Springs — >■ KKTV (11) ABC, CBS, DuM; Hollingbery; 53,604 >■ KRDO-TV (13) NBC; McGiUvra; 40,000 Denver — >■ KBTV (9) ABC; Free & Peters; 285,291 ► KFEL-TV (2) DuM; Hoag-Blair, Blair Tv; 285,291 ► KLZ-TV (7) CBS; Katz; 285,291 ► KOA-TV (4) NBC; Petry; 285,291 KRMA-TV (*6) 7/1/53-Unknown Grand Junction! — ► KFXJ-TV (5) NBC, CBS, DuM; Holman; 9,600 Pueblo — ► KCSJ-TV (5) NBC; Avery-Knodel; 50,906 CONNECTICUT Bridgeport — WCBE (*71) 1/29/53-TJnknown ► WICC-TV (43) ABC, DuM; Young; 72,340 Directory information is in following order: call letters, channel, network affiliation, national representative; market set count for operating stations; date of grant and commencement target date for grantees. Broadcasting Telecasting I 456,000 I TELEVISION HOMES in KRLD-TV'S EFFECTIVE COVERAGE AREA EXCLUSIVE CBS TELEVISION OUTLET FOR DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREAS _ — This is why — . KRLD-TVj is your best buy Chan ei ^™^J" P-.'p/.5St.-nlfcU by The BRANHAM Company April 18, 1955 • Page 119