Sponsor (July-Dec 1954)

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f. Y«»ir siriiion on «ir CALL LETTERS CHANNEL NO ON-AIR DATE POWER IKWI" NET AFFILIATION STNS. ON AIR 1 SETS IN MARKET' 10001 PERMITEE 4. MANAGER ! CITY 4 STATE | VI8UAL | AURAL REP MISSOULA, MONTANA KGVO-TV 13 1 July 60 30 CBS 0 NFA Mosby's Int. A. J. Mosby. mgr Dick Coon, prog. dir. Bill Perna ENID. OKLAHOMA KGEO-TV 5 15 July 100 50 ABC 0 50 Str'iti Electronics. Inc George Streets, wt'y 4. mgr. P R Banta. prtv Tom Belcher, eomml. mgr. John Pear s*a INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA WISH-TV 8 1 July 316 158 basic ABC primary: NBC, DuMont, CBS 1 427 Universal Bdestg C. Bruce McConnell. pres. Robt McConnell. v p A. gen. mgr. Boiling Co. DECATUR, ALABAMA WMSL-TV 23 4 July 21.5 12 0 NFA Tennessee Valley Bdestg Frank Whisnant. pres. Bill Guy. genl. mgr. Walker TERRE HAUTE, WTHI-TV 10 20 July 316 158 CBS, DuMont 0 101 W.-taih Valley Bdestg Boiling Co INDIANA Anton Hulman Jr.. pres. Jim Hlgglns. genl. mgr ff. New construction permits CITY & STATE DOTHAN, ALABAMA HENDERSON, NEVADA DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA TULSA, OKLAHOMA WMFJ-TV 2 2 CALL 1 CHANNEL NO. DATE OF GRANT ON-AIR TARGET POWER (KW)" 1 STATIONS LETTERS VISUAL | AURAL ON AIR 9 2 July 55.6 27.8 0 2 2 July 10.96 5.48 0 SETS IN MARKET' (0001 PERMITEE A. MANAGER 8 July 8 July 1.26 .72 100 50 NFA NFA NFA NFA Ala-Fla-Ga Bdestg Charles Woods, pres. J. T. Thrower, v. p. Southwestern Pub. Co Donald W. Reynolds. pres. A. E. Calahan. v. p. Thcodo-e Nelson. secy Telrad, Inc. W. Wright Esch. pres. Central Plains EnterWm. Skelly. pres. RADIO REP1 McGillvra Since sponsor's 28 June listing, three more television stations have gone off the .iii but retained their permits. An OFFTHE AIR PRINCETON, Ind., WRAY-TV, uhf ch. 52. Began operating 6 Dec. 1953, ended 15 July 1954. DULUTH. Mich., WFTV, uhf ch. 38, began operating 31 May 1953, ended 15 July 1954. Iff. Addentla to previous listings other station has suspended operations temporarily. Two more stations have relinquished their c.p.'s (raising the HOUSTON, Tex., KNUZ-TV, uhf ch. 39, began operating 10 Oct. 1953, ended 25 June 1954. PITTSBURGH, Pa., WKJF-TV, uhf ch. 53, began operating 14 July 1953, ended 2 July 1954 number (if c.p.'s returned to the Fl < to 84 1. All six stations mentioned below are uhf outlets. C.P.s RELINOUISHED CHAMPAIGN, III., WCUI, uhf ch. 21 (FCC cancelled c.p. for lack of prosecution). PITTSFIELD. Mass., WBEC-TV, ch. 64 (FCC cancelled at request of grantee). RftY SPHRF U. S. stations on air, inrl. Honolulu am! Alaska I 18 June '."> 1 I Markets covered '.77 2.1 r. DUA olufiL Post-freeze cp's granted (excluding 30 educational grants; 18 Juh '54) Grantees on air r,r, 1 27.1 Tv homes in I . S. i 1 June •54) 30,411,0009 I >". homes with tv sets (1 I unc "54) 64% •Both new rp'i and nations tolnc on the air listed here are those which occurred between 1 Juli and itlom aro HOildarad ... tie on the air when commercial operation starts. "Power of c.p.'i It that recorded tr. I i < .» the number of sets In market, srl as being from SBC Rcjaarch, conillti of estimates from the nations or reps and muii be deemed approximate. IDaia from NBC Research and Planning Percentages on homes with sets and homes In tr coverage areas are considered approximate. Ilo 48 mott cues, the representative of ■ radio station which Is granted a c.p alto representi the | »t operation SI ore at presitlme it i> generally too early to ronflnn f represematicr * Krantees. SPONSOR ii ■• thi rep( ol ihe ra»l ■ hem kiwi mi u grant t NKA No flcuref arailable «t presstime on seta in mat 17% li number Includi SKVOO Tu SPONSOR