Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

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when KRON-TV gave SAN FRANCISCO the SHOCK treatment RATINGS boomed 807% to 24.5 AUDIENCE SHARE ^ 267% to 61.3 SETS IN USE bhomed 147% to 40.0 Everyone stayed up that Thursday* and KRON-TV's ratings leaped up when it premiered the first of its 52 first run "Shock" features ...the original "FRANKENSTEIN"! The rating history, on all channels, for the 10:30 to midnight time period was completely re-written . . . and KRON-TV jumped to first place by a wide margin! YOUR AUDIENCE IS READY FOR A "SHOCK" TREATMENT Call or wire SOURCE: A.B.B. an&Tremie* new york • Detroit • oMCAoo • Television Subsidiary of Columbia Pictures . hoiiywood « new orieans Broadcasting October 21, 1957 • Pag