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

Record Details:

Title:
Television digest with AM-FM reports
Date:
Jan 1951-Jan 1952
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Radio News Bureau
Volume:
Television digest with AM-FM reports (Jan 1951-Jan 1952)
Leaf #:
000732
Language:
English
Subjects:
Television broadcasting -- Periodicals, Television -- United States -- Periodicals","Radio broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals.
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
A weekly digest of brief reports tracking recent developments in the U.S. television marketplace. Published out of Washington, D.C. with much more focus on the retail of TV sets than the other D.C.-based trade paper, BROADCASTING. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
September 28, 2023
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Television Networks: Rates and Data Intercity Hookups Presently Available via Coaxial-Microwave Connections Plus other affiliations not presently interconnected. All data as furnished by networks. Map of Present and Projected Interconnections Published as Insert with This Directory AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO.* Television Network Executive Ofifices: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. Circle 7-5700. Business Offices and Studios: 7 W. 66th St.. New York. Trafalgar 3-7000. (ABC also has studios at 316 W. 57th St., 70th & Broadway. Ritz Theatre. Elysee Theatre.) Other Affiliations: ABC also owns and operates WJZ & WJZ-TV, New York: WENR & WENR-TV, Chicago; WXYZ & WXYZ-TV, Detroit; KGO & KGO-TV, San Francisco; KECA & KECA-TV, Los Angeles. Executives: Edward J. Noble, chairman of the board. Robert E. Kintner, president. C. Nicholas Prlaulx, v.p. & treasurer. Joseph A. McDonald, asst, to president. Robert Saudek, asst, to president. Mitchell De Groot, manager of adv. & promotion. Mary Ahern, supervisor of public affairs programs. Earl E. Anderson, v.p. Robert H. Hinckley, v.p. (Washington). Ernest L. Jahncke, v.p., radio. James H. Connolly, v.p., radio. Prank Marx, v.p., engineering. Alexander Stronach, v.p. in charge of TV. William Phllllpson, asst, national director, TV dept. Fred Thrower, v.p., TV sales. Slocum Chapin, v.p., TV stations. Ralph Dennis, manager, TV spot sales. Charles Ayres, v.p., radio sales. Thomas Velotta, v.p., news & special events. Paul Scheffels, asst, to v.p. John Madigan, director of news. Donald G. Coe, director of special events. Paul Whiteman, v.p., music. Paul Mowrey, national director of TV program sales. Harold L. Morgan, national director of TV operations. Anthony M. Hennig, business manager, program dept. George Smith, manager, cooperative program sales. Richard Rawls, manager, TV stations dept. Charles Holden, asst, national director, TV program production. Ward Byron, executive producer. James McNaughton, art director. Nat Fowler, film director. Robert Holland, manager, film services. Ed Friendly, TV sales manager. Thomas P. Robinson, TV sales service manager. John W. Pacey, publicity director. Arthur Donegan, asst, publicity director. Oliver Treyz, director of research & sales development. Grace Johnson, director of continuity acceptance. William H. Trevarthen, director of technical operations. James L. Middlebrooks, chief facilities engineer. Clure Owen, administrative asst., engineering. John Preston, chief allocations engineer. Merle Worster, TV operations supervisor. Alfred Beckman, director of operations for sales & station traffic. Lawrence A. Ruddell, recording director. Walter C. Tepper, controller. Drew Van Dam. director of personnel. Central Division (Chicago) John H. Norton, v.p.. Central Division. James L. Stirton, director of TV network. Central Division. Gerald A. Vernon, TV sales manager, Chicago. Roy McLaughlin, TV national spot sales. Central Division. Fred Kilian, director of TV programs. Western Division (Los Angeles) Ernest Felix, acting manager. Western Division. Donn Tatum, director of television. Western Division. Robert Laws, sales manager. Western Division & KECA-TV. Adolph Lefler, sales service manager. Western Division. Dresser Dahlstead, program manager. Western Division. A. G. Flanagan, TV program manager. Western Division. E. Carleton Winckler, TV production manager. Western Division. J. Clifford Anderson, national TV program business manager. Western Division. Dorothy Brown, continuity acceptance director. Western Division. Edward Hulliner, manager, station relations. Western Division. Francis La Tourette, news editor. Western Division. Philip G. Caldwell, manager technical operations. Western Division. Cameron G. Pierze, TV engineering manager. Western Division. Walter W. Lonner, general traffic supervisor. Western Division. .\BC Stations Advisory Committee: Roger Clipp, WFIL, Philadelphia; J. P. Williams, WING, Dayton; E. K. Hartenbower, KCMO. Kansas City: T. B, Lanford. KRMD, Shreveport; Harold Hough, WBAP, Fort Worth; Frank C. Carman, KUTA, Salt Lake City; Archie Morton. KJR, Seattle; J. W, Hicks, WCOS, Columbia, S. C. ♦ Merger with United Paramount Theatres Inc. into new corporation to be called American Broadcasting-United Paramount Inc. pends FCC approval. (For details, see Vol. 7:21, Television Digest.) 2 NETWORK RATES (Rate Card No. 4 — Revised to July 1, 1931) (Consult Network for Discounts, Specifications, etc.) Class A rates follow (6-11 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1-11 p.m. Sat. & Sun.). Class B rates (5-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri.) are 75% of Class A rates! Class C rates (all other times) are 50% of Class A rates. GROSS STATION RATES— CONNECTED NETWORK (Class .4 Rates) Station Hour 30 Min. 15 Min. WJZ-TV, New York $4000.00 $2400.00 $1600.00 (Effective Aug. 1, 1951) WXYZ-TV, Detroit 1350.00 810.00 540 00 (Effective Aug. 1, 1951) WAAM, Baltimore . 1000.00 600.00 400.00 WNAC-TV, Boston 1700.00 1020.00 680.00 WCPO-TV. Cincinnati 1025.00 615.00 410.00 WEWS, Cleveland 1100.00 660.00 440.00 tWXEL, Cleveland 1100.00 660.00 440.00 WTVN, Columbus 675.00 405.00 270.00 WHIO-TV, Dayton 525.00 315.00 210.00 WLAV-TV, Grand Rapids 500.00 300.00 200.00 WJAC-TV, Johnstown 550.00 330.00 220.00 WKZO-TV, Kalamazoo 400.00 240.00 160.00 WGAL-TV, Lancaster 600.00 360.00 240.00 WJIM-TV, Lansing 425.00 255.00 170.00 WNHC-TV. New Haven 800.00 480.00 320.00 WFIL-TV, Philadelphia. 1900.00 1140.00 760.00 WDTV, Pittsburgh 900.00 540.00 360.00 WJAR-TV, Providence 750.00 450.00 300.00 WSPD-TV, Toledo 600.00 360.00 240.00 WMAL-TV, Washington 750.00 450.00 300.00 WSAZ-TV, Huntington 425.00 255.00 170.00 WTAR-TV, Norfolk 475.00 285.00 190.00 WTVR, Richmond 475.00 285.00 213.75 WBEN-TV, Buffalo 900.00 540.00 360.00 WICU, Erie 500.00 300.00 200.00 WHAM -TV. Rochester 550.00 330.00 220.00 WRGB, Schenectady 775.00 465.00 310.00 WHEN, Syracuse • 450.00 270.00 180.00 WKTV, Utica 375.00 225.00 150.00 WSB-TV, Atlanta 500.00 300.00 200.00 WNBF-TV, Binghamton . 325.00 195.00 130.00 WAFM-TV, Birmingham 300.00 180.00 120.00 WBTV, Charlotte 400.00 240.00 160.00 WFMY -TV, Greensboro 400.00 240.00 160.00 WMBR-TV, Jack.sonville 300.00 180.00 120.00 WENR-TV, Chicago 2000.00 1200.00 800.00 (Effective Aug. 1, 1951) WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee 950.00 570.00 380.00 WSM-TV, Nashville 350.00 210.00 140.00 WMCT, Memphis _ 550.00 330.00 220.00 KSD-TV, St. Louis 1100.00 660.00 440.00 WFBM-TV, Indianapolis . 550.00 330.00 220.00 WAVE-TV, Louisville 500.00 300.00 200.00 WOI-TV, Ames-Des Moines 400.00 240.00 160.00 WDAF-TV, Kansas City 700.00 420.00 280.00 WTCN-TV, Minneapolis 850.00 510.00 340.00 KMTV, Omaha . 400.00 240.00 160.00 WHBF-TV, Rock Island 400.00 240.00 160.00 Effective Sept. 1, 1951) t WXEL. Cleveland, is secondary affiliate which advertisers may order if WEWS cannot clear. NON-CONNECTED NETWORK Station Hour 30 Min. 15 .tUn. KECA-TV, Los Angeles . 2000.00 1200.00 800.00 (Effective Aug. 1, 1951) KGO-TV, San Francisco . 850.00 510.00 340.00 (Effective Aug. 1, 1951) KOB-TV, Albuquerque . 200.00 120.00 80.00 WTTV, Bloomington . 200.00 120.00 80.00 WBAP-TV, Ft. Worth WFAA-TV. Dallas ( 750.00 450.00 300.00 KPRC-TV, Houston . 550.00 330.00 220.00 WTVJ, Miami . 550.00 330.00 220.00 WDSU-TV, New Orleans 450.00 270.00 180.00 WKY-TV, Oklahoma City 600.00 360.00 240.00 KPHO-TV, Phoenix 300.00 180.00 120.00 KSL-TV, Salt Lake City 300.00 180.00 120.00 (Effective Aug. 1, 1951) KEYL, San Antonio 400.00 240.00 160.00 (Effective Aug. 1. 1951) KFMB-TV. San Diego 550.00 330.00 220.00 KING-TV, Seattle 600.00 360.00 240.00 KOTV, Tulsa 500.00 300.00 200.00 TV Factbook No. 13