Radio annual (1954)

Record Details:

Title:
Radio annual
Date:
1954
Publisher:
New York : Radio Daily Corp.
Volume:
Radio annual and television yearbook (1954)
Leaf #:
000867
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound and Year Book
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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\Qd0...2u5 AFFILIAm Since the end of the freeze the DuMont Television Network has tripled in size! It now has 205 stations . . . and still continues to grout! Leading this rise, in Octoher 1953, Bishop Sheen's outstanding "Life Is Worth Living" program became the first network series to be scheduled over 165 stations. Du Mont's "Dollar A Second" program and weekly Professional Football broadcasts also topped 100 stations ... setting another clear ance record. Even this record was broken by the Professional Football Championship Game of December 27tli with 131 live stations . . . tlie largest Kw clearance in network television history. In its 57% average annual rise in billings since 1950 ... in its network growth ... and in the creation of top programs ... the rising success of the Du Mont Television Network reftects new pleasure for its public, new profits for its advertisers. AVERAGE RATING ALL if t NETWORK QUARTER HOURS 1 1. 1 IPRfl-RI R70i AVERAGE ANHUAL lUJU %30...J/ /O INCREASE IN BILLIHG DUMONT^ TELEVISION NETWORK VISION is the DuMont Dimensioti dison Avanua, New York 22, N. Y. MUrray Hill 1-2600 • Michigan Ave., Chicago II, III. »' Th. All.r B. D„» ''Source: Nielsen, Second Report lor November, 1953.