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I I I.KVISION symbols x indicates station covers appeal under column heading See master directory for homemaking hours per week homemaking In the early days of television the term home making was synonymous with kitchen shows, for most women's programs concentrated almost exclusively on this appeal. Today, homemaking is a broad term covering most areas of interest to women. In general, however, this type of programing falls into six main categories: kitchen, home decoration, child care, do-it-yourself, fashion and beauty. In summary, kitchen shows are still most popular, with 90' , of the 266 stations reporting this data. Home decoration and fashion tie for second place, with 70% of the respondents claiming them. Beaut}' ranks next with 55% reporting, while do-it-yourself is close with 54%. Child care was reported by the least number of stations, 27% of the total. All these stations reported at least one permanent set for their homemaking programs: M% have kitchen sets, 98% have living room setand 15% have outdoor patio sets (see special category listing on studio facilities, starting p. 143 for this data). Home You Child FashKitchen Decor DoIt Care Ion Beauty ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM WABT WBRC-TV DECATUR WMSL-TV MOBILE WALA-TV MONTGOMERY WCOV-TV ARIZONA PHOENIX KOOL-TV KPHO-TV KTVK TUCSON KOPO-TV KVOA-TV ARKANSAS WRT SMITH KFSA-TV LITTLE ROCK KARK-TV KATV CALIFORNIA VAKERSEIELD KERO-TV KUREKA ... KIEM-TV vRESNO .. KJEO KMJ-TV LOS ANGELES KCOP KHJ-TV KRCA-TV KTLA KTTV SACRAMENTO KBET-TV SALINAS KSBW-TV UN DIEGO KFMB-TV KFSD-TV UN FRANCISCO KGO-TV KPIX KRON-TV l(J55 BUYERS' GUID] X X X X X X \ X X X X X X X X X X \ X X X X X X X \ X X X X X X X X X X X \ X X X X X X X X X X X X X \ \ X X X N X X \ X X X X SAN LUIS OBISPO KVEC-TV SANTA BARBARA KEYT STOCKTON _. KOVR KTVU COLORADO COLORADO SPS KKTV DENVER KBTV GRAND JUNCTION KFXJ-TV PUEBLO KCSJ-TV CONNECTICUT SEW BRITAIN WKNB-TV NEW HAVEN .. WNHC-TV DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHI\GT(>\ WRC-TV WTOP-TV WTTG FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE WMBR-TV ORLANDO WD BO-TV PENSACOLA WEAR-TV ST. PETERSBl RG WSUN-TV GEORGIA ALBANY WALB-TV ATLANTA . WAGA-TV WLW-A WQXI-TV II CI ST A . WJBF WRDW-TV COH Mill S WDAK-TV WRBL-TV Kitchen Home Decor You Do-It Child Care Fashion Beauty X X X X X X X X X X X X X X \ X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X \ X X \ \ X X X \ X X \ \ \ \ \ X \ \ X \ X X \ \ X X X X \ \ \ 1 35