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'Brave Voyage" on TC are among top-rated shows
11 AUGUST 1952
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Commercial stations— 155 (i fm)
(19 govt. -owned, 136 private)
FM Stations — 36 (l cmmrcl; 5 govt.-owned, 31 pvl.)
NetWOrkS — 3 national (Dominion, Trans-Canada, French)
NetWOrkS run by — Govt, through Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
n3fJlO SetS — 7.5 million est. (for 14 million people) sets-per-1 ,000 persons — 535
Auto radios— 650,000
Radio sets bought since war— 1.5 mutton
Radio homes — 3,454,000 (bbm est. for jan. 1952)
Total homes— 3,660,000
% radio homes— 94.4 (est.)
Persons per commercial AM station — 90,967
Persons per U, S, AM station— 66,325
Average 1-hour rate (Class A)— $72.58
Average 1 -minute rate (Class A)— $9.33
Number newspapers— S9
Newspaper penetration — 3.5 million «>«., y> of homes
Top American evening program— Charlie McCarthy*
Top Canadian (Eng.) evening program— Ford Theatre*
Number radio research and or rating services— 7
Number agencies with radio executives— 78
Number national sponsors— over 550
Number U. S.-origin sponsors— 117
Radio advertising billings— $30435 million (20-25% of gross)
RadiO prOfitS — $1,200,000 net 1951 (before taxes)
World ranking by no. radio stations— 4th (commrd. only) World ranking by total sets— 4th
Television StatUS — 2 stations on air this month
Elliott-Haynes National Rating Report May 1952
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