Television digest with AM-FM reports (Jan 1951-Jan 1952)

Carbondale. 111., 49n Oklahoma City. Okla.. 52n Dismissed Cumberland. Md.. 19n Portsmouth. N. H.. 23n Dallas. Tex.. 37n Houston. Tex.. 37n San Antonio. Tex.. 37n ASCAP — sec Music Agencies CENSUS. TV RECEIVERS NBC Research’s monthly figures. 3, 8. 12. 17. 21. 25. 29. 35. 39. 43. 47. 51 COLOR (see also CBS. RCA) Rep. Dolliver asks hearing. 1 NTSC “Ad Hoc” committee. 1, 18 NPA says no color set ban considered. 1 Color Television Inc.. In. 35n tri-color tube patented by KFMB-TV engineer. 2n Coy hopes for color start. 3 Senate Small Business Committee report. 3n appeal to Supreme Court. 4n. 5n. 6n. 7. 9n CBS sues DuMont. 4n. 7 Russians claim 3 years of color. 4n new inventions claimed, 6n, 7, 22n color back in labs, says Axel Jensen, 8n Sightmastcr reports patent rights sale, 8n Supreme Court oral argument, 10, lln, 13 IRE convention papers, 12n Coy’s speech at NARTB convention, 16n Lawrence tri-color tube, 16n, 23, 25, 36n. 38n, 39n, 40n. 41n. 48n, 49n, 52n "oscillating color sequence.” 18 Supreme Court upholds FCC decision, 22 station plans, 22 decision’s impact on trade, 22 manufacturers’ statements on decision, 22 manufacturers planning color sets. 22n. 23, 27, 29 RCA public demonstrations, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34n, 35n, 36n, 37. 41n, 42 trade practices conferences, 25, 39n NTSC panels. 25n DuMont enthuses over compatible pictures, 26 Rauland tri-color tube, 26, 27 Videotown color-demand survey, 26 dual standards, 29, 33. 45n AT&T rates same for all systems. 29 RTMA takes impartial attitude, 29 Emerson guarantee, 31n FCC engineers see NTSC color, 31n, 32 color slave, 33 color “transcender”, 33 WLWT experiments, 34n, 41n Detroit closed-circuit show, 34n used to promote monochrome, 34n network transmissions, 38n NTSC field tesU, 38n, 48n Murphy says CBS system black-&-white sales stimulant, 38n Phoenix field-sequential tests, 41n ODM bans mass production for duration, 42 color ban affects nothing else, says Wilson, 43 “The Color Denouement — An Editorial.” 43 Comr. Sterling’s view of situation, 44n Coy attacks industry in Biloxi talk, 46n color theatre-’TV ban, 47 transcontinental closed-circuit, 49n WHAM-TV plans NTSC field tests. 60n Sen. Johnson questions NPA ban, bln COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM (CBS) financial reports. In, 6n, 12n, 16n, 28n, 32n, 46n fires employes for profanity. In Newspaper Guild seeks to organize, 4n plays down TV plugs on AM, 7n Mary Sinclair exclusive contract, 13n stock ownership, officers’ salaries, 13n, 30n cuts AM rates, 15 buys Hytron, 15, 20n, 24n negotiations for ABC purchase, 18 reorganization, 25n raises TV rates, 26n complaints about "Amos ’n’ Andy”, 27n, 32n, 38n creates 6 divisions, 28n top executives, 30n AM promotion, 31n CBS-Columbia officers, 31n Laboratory Div. reorganized, 31n leases office space, 32n promotes daytime TV, 33n Mt. Wilson installation rebuilt, 34n, 42n Ream testimony on network economics, 36 advisory board, 38n “Quiz Kids” 10-year contract, 39n leases Monroe Theatre, 39n NPA grants Los Angeles “TV City”, 40 rumored selling Columbia Records, buying Hazeltine, 43n promotes summer TV time sales, 48n “selective facilities plan” for AM. 60n joins NARTB-TV. 51n Color TV NPA says no color set ban considered, 1 demonstrations in various cities, 1, 2n, 6n, 8n. 10. 14n, 17n, 34n product demonstrations, lln, 14n AP-ANPA showings. 17n color programming schedule, 23 premiere, 24, 25, 26 adapters, 25 Meek plans slave units, 26 Crosley demonstrates converter, 26 confusion over NPA order, 26 dept, store promotion, 26n affiliates’ attitude, 29 Eidophor, 29, 40n receivers, 29 football, 30. 39n, 40n new companies planning color devices. 31n European demonstrations, 32n, 34n, 35n set makers plans, 32 Tele-tone goal for 1951, 32 “compatible” black-and-white set, 33 Goldmark deprecates RCA tube, 35n Murphy says CBS system black-&-white sales stimulant, 38n set sales slow, 41n requests more materials from NPA, 41n ODM bans mass color set production, 42 color ban affects nothing else, says Wilson. 43 COMMUNITY ANTENNA SYSTEMS— see Antennas, Receiving CONGRESS communications committees, 2n bill to control electromagnetic radiations, 2n, 4n, 6n, 7n, 8, 8n, 9n, lln, 28n, 34n, 38n, 41n, 50n Cooper becomes McFarland assistant, 3n McFarland communications bill, 4n, 6n, 8n, 9n. lln, 14n. 16n, 17n, 42n FCC and House discuss legislation, 7n, 8n Communications Policy Board, 2, 7n, lln, 13 Lane censorship bill, 14n Benton educational resolution, 15n Johnson bill to put govt, frequency users under FCC, 17n anti-fraud bill. 23n House baseball inquiry, 32n Kefauver contempt citations upheld, 32n Sen. Benton proposes Govt, buy time for candidates, 38n members’ film production, 43n, 45 Sen. Benton prepared to sell Muzak, 51n N. Y. Bar Assn, opposes TV in hearings, bln CONTROLLED MATERIALS PLAN— see Mobilization DUMONT NETWORK (see also DuMont, under MANUFACTURERS) buys Central Opera House, 3n, 30n affiliates Union Radio, Havana, 6n 1950 income, 18n bids for Milton Berle, 20n WDTV alternates Berle & Sinatra, 61n EDUCATIONAL TV roundup of station activity, 2, 8n New York program survey, 2 FCC hearing, 4, 5 stations’ home and school courses, 4n, 6n, 9n. 12n, 27n, 44n directory of college TV-radio courses, 8n reservation in allocation plan, 12, 13, 14 JCET sets up Washington office, 14, 16, 20n educators approach philanthropies, 14, 16, 20n Sen. Benton requests study, 15, 19. 20, 22, 36n U of Cincinnati survey, 20n. 62n Young favors use of commercial stations, 23, 24 Sen. Johnson objects to reservation, favors preemption of commercial time, 25. 29 first application for reserved channel, 26n Western Reserve U opposes reservations, 27n Coy testimony before Senate committee, 29, 35 schools offering credit courses, 30n Ford Foundation Workshop, 32n, 44n Connecticut planning 4-station network, 36n WOI-TV financial report, 37n FCC fears censorship in Benton bills, 41 U of Southern California offers TV degree, 41n NAEB convention, 43n EQUIPMENT, TELECASTING Antennas Empire State Bldg., 2n, 19n, 42n, 46n, 47n, 51n rival to Empire State proposed, 21n automatic activator for sleet-melting, 33n strengthening signal near transmitter, 33n WTMJ-TV 1017-ft. tower, 46n WXEL sued for ice-paint damage, 46n power hikes with new antennas, 46n WJZ-TV helicopter measurements, 47n, Bln Cameras new crane and remote control, 5n RCA portable, lln image orthicon film converter, 14n underwater, 36n "walkie-pushie” at Rose Bowl. 62n Transmitters (see also UHF) availability, 11, 16, 34 high and low power, prices, 16, 34 NPA attitude, 16 RCA 10 kw, 31n Tarzian offers to equip stations, 40 RCA hikes 20 kw unit to 25 kw, 42n DuMont “Photovision” project, 62n Miscellaneous station tube costs, 4n Farnsworth predictions, 9n station construction costs, lln, 50 Telechrome picture generator, 16n parabolic microphone, 16n GPL shows line at NARTB convention, 16n British Marconi sells chains to UN, 18n KTLA 102-mile remote. 19n world’s tallest tower, 24n Bell Labs’ new film scanner, 27n “Multi-Millions in Station Equipment,” 34 CBS rebuilds Mt. Wilson installation, 34n, 42n transistors, 39. 46n WBEN-TV granted move to Colden, N. Y., 36n KII'I inexpensive construction plans, 41n cure for microwave ground reflections, 43n DuMont ‘Station Planning’ booklet, 44n TV tape recording, 46 TV-radar use at London airport, 46n RCA’s new remote devices, 48n NARTB construction cost study, 60 50th anniversary of transatlantic signals, 60n pocket transmitter for performers, bln FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) — (For actions in particular scrTices. see specific categories, such as Color, VHF, UHF, equipment, networks, etc.) Coy vacation, 3n TV programming inquiry, 3n, 4, 6, 16n budget, 3n, 19n rumors of Coy leaving. 2, 6n, 9, 46n illegal TV stations, 6n, 7n. 23n, 25n court test of industrial radiation, 9n, lln FCC-industry relations, 14. 33 Broadcast Bureau, 16n, 18, 20n, 21, 48n Johnson bill to put govt, users under FCC, 17n Coy reappointed, 21, 22 Richards case. 22n, 24n, 48n Hennock nominated Federal judge, 24, 25n, 26n, 28n, 31n, 33n, 34n, 37n, 39n, 40n, 41n, 42n. 44n Plotkin leaves. 24 WBAL Blue Book case, 25n Allen chief engineer, 26n Coy testifies on govt, ethics, 27n court upholds WJAX-TV deletion, 27n appropriations, 22n. 30n, 34n candidates for vacancy, 31n Pratt named President’s Telecommunications Adviser, 31, 39n Walker speech on programs, 40 fears censorship in Benton bills, 41 can’t censor, says Coy, 42n former chairman Robinson dies, 44n Coy affirms faith in aural radio, 48n ruling on political broadcasts, 48n, 49n electromagnetic radiation controls, 50n 32.000-mc grant, 51n studying network AM rate plans, 51n FINANCIAL ACTIVITY, GENERAL Manufacturing “Big Four’s” 1950 gross, 3 O. H. Caldwell estimates 1950-51 radio-TV gross, 3n, 52n “Tele-Tech’ stock analysis, 3n National Credit Office rates industry, 4n Television-Electronics Fund Inc., 6n, 13n, 21n, 32n, 48n analysts term TV firms strong, 7n ■ company failures, bankruptcies, lln. 23n, 26n ‘Wall St. Journal’ roundup of 617 firms, 22n compensation of top executives, 24n ‘Fortune’ compares companies’ growth, 26n ‘N. Y. Times’ report on company profits, 50n Telecasting (see also Advertising) 1950 talent costs, 2n , Publishers Information Bureau reports, 3, 10, 13, '• 17, 21. 25. 29, 34. 39. 43, 48, 52 , profits, income and expenses, 2n, 4n, 6, 13, 16n, i 32, 37n, 42n, 48. 47, 49 : FCC station economic report. 13 i station sales, 6n, 17n, 19, 23, 26, 27n, 28n. 30, | 32, 38n, 39n, 41n, 46 , Hearst buys 25% of KING-TV, 26 j CBS’s Joseph Ream on network economics. 36 WTCN-TV buys 45% of WEMP, Milwaukee. 38n ; NARTB estimates station income. 38 \ WKRC-TV buys into WBIR, Knoxville, 39n j Macy-O’Neil merger, 41, 46 network TV billings exceed radio, 43 ’ AM stations following ’TV affiliations, 49n ® FINANCIAL REPORTS — see individual manufac . turers and networks I’ FOREIGN TV . Philco estimates Latin American potential, 17n |j international conferences, 18n, 20n, 32n Russia, 19n ; DuMont’s Marx analyzes foreign markets, 27n " CCIR’s station status report, 32n I Spanish-language films, 38n , first transatlantic TV attributed to Baird, 39n international TV pickup, 40n Argentina Buenos Aires, 21n, 25n, 33n, 36n, 40n, 42n Australia status report, 31n Brazil Rio de Janeiro, 42n, 43n Sao Paulo, 19n, 21n, 25n, 42n, 43n, 48n, 49n Chateaubriand plans, 42n Britain rejects commercialism. 4n station plans, 31n exports, 38n “TV fever” at radio show, 39n materials shortages, 45n Canada CBC financial reports, 28n, 45n, 52n Montreal, 4n, 5n, 22n, 50n set sales, 5n, 6n. lln. 15n, 16n, 19n, 22n, 27n, 31n, 3’in, 41n, 45n, 48n experimental stations, 5n Toronto, 22n, 60n Massey Commission, 23n networking plans, 30n eases credit controls. 30n TV receiver fee, 31n Govt.-industry controversy, 36n Colombia Bogota, 35n Cuba CMKW, 3n analysis of set market, 9n, 36n (Ti 2