Yearbook of radio and television (1955)

Record Details:

Title:
Yearbook of radio and television
Date:
1955
Publisher:
New York : Radio Daily Corp.
Volume:
The radio annual and television yearbook (1955)
Leaf #:
0001002
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound, Year Book, and Books
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 28, 2023
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VERMONT l»op. Fob. 1. ll>r>r> (Kst.) 3S9.000 — TV Homes 67,000 Stations in State 1 WM VT BURLINGTON— 1954— ABC-CBS-NBC St.ition Opentino with Speci.^l Temporary Authorization Channel: 3 VHF..AP: 9.5 Kw...VP: 18.3 Kw. Owned-Oper. By ..WCAX Broadcasting Corp. Address 135 Main Street Phone Number 3-3437 Air Time 5 hours daily News Service UP Representative Weed Membership NARTB President C. P. Hasbrook General Manager S. T. Martin Comm. Manager J. D. Dobson Promotion Director Charles Lewis Dir. of News & Sp. Events. . . .John A. Sullivan Production Manager Richard G. Huntley Film Manager Lee S. Varker Chief Engineer J. W. Tierney VIRGINIA Pop. Feb. 1, 1955 (Est.) 3,658,000 — TV Homes 562,000 Stations in State 7 WVEC-TV HAMPTON-NORFOLK— 1953 NBC-DuM Channel: 15 UHF. .AP: 110 Kw.. .VP: 220 Kw. Owned-Oper. By Peninsula Bcstg. Corp. Business Address 812 W. 21st St. Representative Avery-Knodel Pres., Gen.. Sta. Mgr Thomas P. Chisman Comm. Manager Harrol A. Brauer, Jr. Program Director L. W. Kliewer Prom., Pub. Director Georgia McCarty Dir. of News & Sp. Events Lewis T. Jester Production Manager Orlan GrayFilm Manager Gordon Walsh Chief Engineer William C. King, Jr. Consulting Eng.. .Vandivere. Cohen & Wearn WSVA-TV HARRISONBURG— 1953 ABC-DuM-NBC-CBS Channel: 3 VHF. AP: 4.17 Kw.. .VP: 8.32 Kw. Owned-Oper. By. . .Shenandoah Valley Bcstg. Business Address Rawley Pike Representative .Pearson Pres.. Gen.. Sta. Mgr Frederic L. AUman Comm., Prom. Mgr Howard C. Evans Prog. Director Robert E. Lee Pub. Director Andy McCaskey Chief Engineer Warren L. Braun WLVA-TV LYNCHBURG— 1953— CBS Channel: 13 VHF. AP: 25.7 Kw.. .VP: 51.3 Kw. Owned-Operated By Lynchburg Bcstg. Corp. Address 925 Church St. Representative Hollingbery President Edward Allen General Manager Phil Allen Sales Manager Joseph F. Wright. Jr. Program Director Warren Uttal Chief Engineer John T. Orth WACH-TV NEWPORT NEWS^NORFOLK— 1953 Channel: 33 UHF..AP: 10.5 Kw. VP: 20.9 Kw. Owned-Oper. By Eastern Bcstg. Corp. Business Address 114 24th St. Phone Number 3-1831 Air Time 18 hours daily News Service UP Representative Walker The Best in Viewing IS WACH-TV Channel 33 Tidewater Radio Newport News-Norfolk, Va. 960