Radio today (Sept 1935-Dec 1936)

Record Details:

Title:
Radio today
Date:
Sept 1935-Dec 1936
Publisher:
New York : Caldwell-Clements, Inc.
Volume:
Radio today (Sept 1935-Dec 1936)
Leaf #:
000223
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:
September 28, 2023
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THE "RADIO STATES OF AMERICA How the map would look if area of each state were proportional to its number of radio homes HOMES WITH AND WITHOUT RADIOS Listening audience and receiver markets by states, as of January 1 , 1 936 Compiled by Radio Today STATE HOMES WITH PERCENTAGE OF HOMES WITH RADIOS HOMES WITH RADIOS OUT RADIOS Alabama 227,500 37.7 374,700 Arizona 56,100 50.3 55,400 Arkansas 128,800 28.8 317,900 California 1 ,474,000 83.8 285,400 Colorado 195,600 72.3 75,200 Connecticut 356,000 88.4 47,700 Delaware 48,000 79.4 12,500 Dist. of Col. 121,800 95.6 5,600 Florida 216,500 53.6 187,300 Georgia 272,200 41.2 389,400 Idaho 77,800 71.0 31,500 Illinois 1,728,000 85.6 291 ,500 Indiana 625,000 71.8 244,500 Iowa 482,000 75.5 155,200 Kansas 334,500 68.5 1 54,000 Kentucky 323,800 52.3 294,1 00 Louisiana 271 ,000 53.8 232,700 Maine 1 43,200 71.3 57,800 Maryland 333,400 83.8 64,500 Massachusetts 945,000 89.5 1 1 2,300 Michigan 964,000 77.5 278,200 Minnesota 463,000 74.7 1 56,500 Mississippi 119,500 25.0 358,900 Missouri 679,500 72.0 263,800 Montana 90,800 65.9 47,100 Nebraska 256,000 73.3 92,700 STATE HOMES WITH PERCENTAGE OF HOMES WITH RADIOS HOMES WITH RADIOS OUT RADIOS Nevada 17,170 63.8 9,730 New Hampshire 98,600 81.8 21 ,900 New Jersey 939,000 90.7 93,000 New Mexico 45,400 44.6 56,200 New York 3,035,000 92.7 229,700 No. Carolina 280,000 41.6 393,700 No. Dakota 88,000 60.0 58,400 Ohio 1 ,405,000 80.0 347,800 Oklahoma 305,300 51.8 284,000 Oregon 221,100 80.4 53,900 Pennsylvania 2,009,700 88.1 275,400 Rhode Island 1 56,000 90.7 1 5,900 So. Carolina 1 49,500 40.2 222,800 So. Dakota 108,300 66.0 55,700 Tennessee 327,800 52.6 294,500 Texas 768,000 53.1 677,900 Utah 88,000 74.4 30,200 Vermont 64,200 71.2 26,100 Virginia 31 5,900 59.4 21 5,800 Washington 349,100 80.4 85,500 West Virginia 250,500 65.6 1 37,800 Wisconsin 51 2,000 . 70.0 220,900 Wyoming 35,100 59.0 24,400 22,501,670 8,41 f 630 Of the 31 million American families, 72.6% have radios.