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

Presen! FCC Allocations of Television Channels To Netropolitan Dislricis in the U. S. Ed. Note: All channel numbers refer to Metropolitan Stations except those in parentheses, which refer to Community Stations. Total number of stations assignable is indicated by total number of channels unless there is channel-sharing, or unless Community Stations can be added where no conflict occurs. Sales ranks and population figures are by the U. S. Census Bureau as originally employed by FCC. For changes and “freeze” statns, see notes below O o • 4* 2 *-1 SqS Akron Albany Schenectady Troy Allentown _ Bethlehem _ Easton — i) Altoona 111 Amarillo Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Augusta. Ga. . Austin Baltimore 1 Port Arthur Binghamton Birmingham Boston Bridgeport, Conn. . Buffalo 1 Niagara J Canton, O. Charleston, S. C._ Charleston. W. Va. Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Columbia Columbus, Ga. Columbus, O. — Corpus Christ! _ Dallas Davenport 1 Rock Island [ Moline J Dayton Decatur Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth-Superior Durham El Paso Erie Evansville, Ind. .. Fall River 1 New Bedford J Flint Fort Wayne Fort Worth Fresno Galveston __ 35 349,706 11 23 431,576 2,4.7.9.11 43 325,142 (8) 111 114,094 9 136 63,463 2.4,5.7 132 76,324 6.7,12 26 442,294 2,6,8,11 83 100.096 (8) 136 87,809 6,12 106 166,193 8,10,12 13 1,046,692 2,11,13 90 138,608 3,6.8,10 75 146,166 12 42 407,851 4,9,13 6 2,360,614 2,4.7,9,13 63 216.621 (1) 14 867,719 4,7,9,13 63 200,352 (1) 116 73,219 7,11 127 98,711 7,10,13 88 136,332 7,11,13 99 112,986 3,9,11 76 193.216 3,6,10,12 2 4,499,126 2,4,6,7,9,11,13 16 789,309 2,4,7,11 9 1.214,943 2,4,5.7,9 117 89,566 2,4,8 133 92,478 3,12 29 365,796 3,6,8,10 121 70,677 3,6,8,10 27 376,548 4,8,12 67 174,996 2.4,6,9 44 271.613 6,13 122 66,764 2 26 384,372 2,4,6,7,9 69 183,973 2.4,6,9 6 2,295,867 2.4,5,7 72 167,098 3,6,8,10 139 69,683 4,7 106 116,801 2.4.6.7 95 134,039 12 93 141,614 2,11 66 272,648 (1) 64 188,664 11 81 134,386 2,4.7,9 61 207,677 2,5,10 79 97,604 2,4.6,7 131 71.677 9,11,13 s a 6z Grand Rapids Greensboro . Hamilton Middletown Harrisburg Hartford New Britain .. Houston Huntington, W. Va Ashland, Ky. . Indianapolis .... Jackson Jacksonville Johnstown, Pa. Kalamazoo Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, Kans. Knoxville Lancaster Lansing Lincoln . Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Lowell Lawrence Haverhill Macon Madison Manchester .._ Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis St. Paul Mobile Montgomery Nashville New Haven New Orleans New York Northeastern New Jersey Norfolk Portsmouth Newport News .. Oklahoma City ... Omaha Council Bluffs Peoria Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, Maine _ Portland. Oreg. 67 209,873 130 73,055 110 112,686 70 173,367 20 602,193 21 610,397 92 170,979 24 466,367 128 88,003 66 196,619 100 151,781 112 77,213 17 634,093 87 161,829 91 132,027 94 110,356 109 88,191 98 126,724 3 2,904,696 33 434,408 46 334,969 137 74,830 101 78,349 118 81,932 37 332,477 38 250,637 15 790,336 11 911,077 119 144,906 126 93,697 66 241,769 39 308,228 31 540,030 1 11,690,620 47 330,396 62 221,229 40 287,269 69 162,666 4 2,898,644 84 121,828 8 1,994,060 89 106,666 22 406,406 7.9 2,10 9 8 8,10 2.4.6.7 6 3,6,8,10,12 2.4.6.7 2.4.6.8 13 3 2.4.6.9 2,4,8,11 (41 6 10,12 3,6,8,10 2.4.6.7.9.11.13 5.9 6 4.7.10 9 (1) 2.4.5.7.9 2,4,6,7 3.6.8.10 2.4.6.7.9 3.5.9.11 6,10 4.6.7.9 (6) 2,4.6,7,10 2.4.6.7.9.11.13 4.7.11,13 2,4.6.9 3.6,7 3,6,12 3,6,10,12 2,4.6.7 3,6,8,10 3.8 3,6.8,10,12 5 c atu s'IS Providence, R. I. _ Pueblo Racine 1 Kenosha J Reading Richmond Roanoke Rochester Rockford Sacramento Saginaw 1 Bay City J St. Joseph St. Louis Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco _1 Oakland J San Jose Savannah Scranton \ Wilkes-Barre Seattle Shreveport Sioux City . .. South Bend .. Spokane Springfield, 111. Springfield, Mass.l Holyoke J Springfield, Mo. .. Springfield, O. Stockton Syracuse Tacoma Tampa 1 St. Petersburg Terre Haute Toledo Topeka Trenton Tulsa Utica 1 Rome J Waco Washington Waterbury Waterloo Wheeling Wichita Wilmington Winston-Salem Worcester York Youngstown e a c o •= c as £ a ^ V) V "a a o • 5 a. 02 18 711,600 11 140 62,039 3,6,8,10 97 135,076 (1) 73 175,355 (6) 48 246,674 8,6,8,10 104 110,593 6,9,12 28 411,970 2,6,11 102 106,259 12 54 168,999 3,6,10 77 163,388 8,8,13 129 86,991 13 10 1,367,977 4,6,7,9,13 58 204,488 2,4,5,7,9 50 319,010 2,4,6,7,9 49 266,268 3,6,8,10 7 1,428,525 2,4,6,7,9,11 78 129,367 13 114 117,970 3,6,9,11 30 629,681 11(1) 19 462,639 2,6,7,11 96 112,225 2,4,6,8 107 87,791 4,9,11,13 80 147,022 (1) 71 141,370 2,4,5,7,9 103 89,484 8,10 32 394,623 3(1) 134 70,614 2,4,6,9 125 77,406 (1) 108 79,337 8 46 258,352 6,8,10 74 156,018 4,9,13 61 209,693 2,4.6,7 116 83,370 4 34 341,663 13 123 77,749 7,11 60 200,128 (1) 66 188,662 3,6,8,10 68 197,128 3,13 138 71,114 3,6,9,11 12 907,816 4,6,7,9 85 144,822 12 120 67,060 3,6,13 82 196,340 12 86 127,308 2.4,6.9 62 188,974 (7) 124 109,833 6,8 41 306,194 6 113 92,627 (1) 36 372,428 13 NOTE 1. These allocations are subject to revision under terms of suggested new TV rules, standards and allocations (VHF-UHF) set forth in FCC’s Notice 51-244 (TV Allocation Report, March 24, 1951) which is basis for hearings scheduled to begin before FCC en banc July 23, 1951. For full text of proposed VHF-UHF allocations, see pages 54-60. Meanwhile, FCC has “frozen” all new CP grants and application hearings under terms of order issued Sept. 30, 1948. 2. Channel No. 1 has been withdrawn from TV by FCC Order adopted May 5, 1948 (Doc. 8487 — Mimeo No. 21363), effective June 14, 1948. Thus Channel No. 1 allocations to these areas are no longer valid: Bridgeport, Conn.; Canton, 0.; Fall River-New Bedford, Mass.; Manchester, N. H.; Racine-Kenosha, Wis.; Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; South Bend, Ind.; Springfield-Holyoke, Mass.; Springfield, 0.; Trenton, N. J.; York, Pa. 52 TV Factbook No. 13