Radio today (Jan-Mar 1939)

Record Details:

Title:
Radio today
Date:
Jan-Mar 1939
Publisher:
New York : Caldwell-Clements, Inc.
Volume:
Radio today (Jan-Mar 1939)
Leaf #:
00020
Language:
English
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
Description:
Date Added:
December 21, 2023
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STATISTICS OF RADIO UNCLE SAM'S ANNUAL BILL FOR RADIO Sale of time by broadcasters, 1938 $140,000,000 Talent costs, 1938 30,000,000 Electricity, batteries, etc., to operate 35,000,000 receivers 1 50,000,000 6,000,000 radio sets sold in 1938 210,000,000 33,000,000 replacement tubes 40,000,000 Radio parts, supplies, etc 45,000,000 Servicing radio sets 60,000,000 U.S. Public paid for radio in 1938 $675,000,000 RADIO SETS IN USE Jan. 1,1938 Jan. 1, 1939 U.S. homes with radios 26,666,500 27,500,000 Extra and "second" sets in above.. 6,000,000 7,500,000 Automobile radios in use 5,000,000 5,800,000 Total radio sets in use, U.S 37,666,500 40,800,000 Total homes with autos 18,500,000 19,000,000 Total residence telephones 12,000,000 13,250,000 Total homes with electricity 22,500,000 24,000,000 Total homes in U.S 32,000,000 32,250,000 Population U.S 1 29,500,000 1 30,600,000 THE GROWTH OF RADIO FROM 1922 TO 1939. ANNUAL SALES; HOMES WITH RADIOS 1922, (Compiled for the 1939 BROADCASTING YEARBOOK by O. H. Caldwell. Editor of "Radio Today") 24 '27 '28 '29 1930 '31 '32 '33 '34 '35 '36 '37 1938 12 Grand Total: Sales of Radio Apparatus for Total Sets Total Tabes Sold Motor Car Seta Broadcast Reception Number Value Number Value Number Value Value 1922 100,000 $5,000,000 1.000.000 $6,000 000 $60,000,000 1923...... 1924 550.000 1.500,000 15.000.000 100.000.000 4.500.000 12.000.000 12.000 36\ 000 000 000 358.000.000 1925 2.000,000 165.000,000 20.000.000 48,000 000 430.000.000 1926 1927 1928 1,750.000 1.350.000 3.281.000 200,000.000 168.000.000 400.000.0UO 30.000.000 41.200,000 50.200.000 58.000 67.300 110.250 000 000 000 690.650.000 1929 4,428.000 600.000,000 69.000.000 172,500 000 842.648.000 1930 3.827.800 300,000,000 52,000.000 119.600 000 34,000 $3,000,000 496,432.000 1931 3,420.000 225.000,000 53.000.000 69.550 000 108,000 5.940,000 300.000.000 1932 3,000,000 140.000,000 44,300,000 48.730 000 143,000 7.150,000 200.000,000 1933 3.806.000 230,099.000 59.000.000 49,000 000 724,000 28.598,000 300,000.000 1934 4,084.000 270,000,000 58.000.000 36.600 000 780.000 28.000.000 360.000,000 1935ยป 6,026.800 330.192,480 71.000,000 50.000 000 1.126.000 54.662,600 370.000,000 1936* 8,248.000 450,000,000 98.000.000 69.000 000 1,412.000 69.188.000 500.000.008 ^f 1937* 8.064.780 450.000,000 91,000.000 85.000 000 1.750.000 87.500.000 537.000.000 9\ 1938* 6,000,000 210.000.000 ."W. 000. 000 .SO. 000 000 800.000 32.000.000 350 000.000 * Figures for sets include aluc of tubes in receivers In recent years replacement tubes have run about 40% of total tube sales. 0VSa\ Homes with Aato Seta Radio Seta in Use Total Radio Sets in Use Number Number in U. S. 1922. . . 60,000 T400.000 1923.. . 1,000.000 1.500.000 1924... 2.500,000 3.000,000 1925. . . 3,500^000 4.000.000 v\ 1926... 5.000.000 5.000.000 1927. . . 6.500.000 6.500,000 1928.. . 7.600.000 8.600,000 1929. . . 9.000.000 10,500.000 f \ 1930. . . 12,048,762 14.000.000 100.000 13,000,000 1931... 15.000.000 1932. . . 16.809.562 260.000 18,000.000 1933... 20.402.369 500,000 22.000.000 \ 1934... 21.466.000 1.250.000 28,000.000 1935*. . 22,869.000 2.000.000 30.600,000 1936*. . 24.600,000 3.500.000 33.000,000 26.666.500 28.000.000 5.000.000 6.oo? ono 37,600,000 1938*.. 40.800.000 All figures are at retail values, t Includes home-built sets. o NUMBER OF SETS UDE YEARLY TOTAL HOME RADIOS IN 10 MILLION 20 MILLION 30 MILLION 40 RADIO TODAY, JANUARY, 1939