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 #:
000783
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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Existing VHF Stations by Channels Daggers (t) Indicate Station is Proposed to be Shifted to New Channel, as Shown in Table on Page 60. Shifts are in Accordance with FCC’s Third Notice of Further Proposed Rule Making, FCC Report 51-214, March 22, 1951. For Table of Proposed VHF Allocations by Channels, See Pages 61-63. For Table of Proposed UHF Allocations by Channels, See Pages 63-67. CHANNEL NO. 2 (54-60 me) KTSL, Los Angeles, Cal. •WCON-TV, Atlanta, Ga. WMAR-TV, Baltimore, Md. WJBK-TV, Detroit, Mich. WCBS-TV. New York, N. Y. WFMY-TV, Greensboro, N. C. KPRC-TV, Houston, Tex. » CP for WCON-TV held by Atlanta Newspapers Inc. which operates WSB-TV on Channel 8 and proposes to sell Channel 8 facilities and move WSB-TV to Channel 2. CHANNEL NO. 3 (60-66 me) WKZO-TV. Kalamazoo, Mich. KMTV, Omaha, Neb. WBTV, Charlotte, N. C. tWLWC, Columbus, O. WPTZ, Philadelphia, Pa tWDTV, Pittsburgh, Pa. tWTMJ-TV. Milwaukee, Wis. CHANNEL NO. 4 (66-72 me) tWBRC-TV, Birmingham, Ala. KNBH, Los Angeles, Cal. KRON-TV. San Francisco, Cal. WNBW, Washington. D. C. WMBR-TV, Jacksonville, Fla. WTVJ, Miami, Fla. tWBKB. Chicago, 111. WBCBF-TV, Rock Island, m. tWOI-TV, Ames (Des Moines), la. WBZ-TV, Boston, Mass. WWJ-TV, Detroit. Mich. WTCN-TV, MinneapollsSt. Paul, Minn. WDAF-TV, Kansas City, Mo. KOB-TV, Albuquerque, N. M. WBEN-TV, Buffalo, N. Y. WNBT, New York, N. Y. tWRGB, Schenectady, N. Y. tWLWT, Cincinnati, O. tWNBK, Cleveland, O. tWKY-TV. Oklahoma City, Okla. tWGAL-TV, Lancaster, Pa. tWMCT, Memphis, Tenn. WSM-TV, NashvUle, Tenn. KRLD-TV, Dallas, Tex. WOAI-TV, San Antonio, Tex. KDYL-TV, Salt Lake City, Utah tWTAR-TV, Norfolk, Va. CHANNEL NO. 5 (76-82 me) KPHO-TV, Phoenix. Ariz. KTLA, Los Angeles, Cal. KPIX, San Francisco, Cal. WTTG, Washington, D. C. WAGA-TV, Atlanta, Ga. WNBQ, Chicago, 111. tWOC-TV. Davenport, la. tWAVE-TV, Louisville, Ky. KSTP-TV, MinneapollsSt. Paul, Minn. KSD-TV, St. Louis Mo. WABD, New York, N. Y, tWSYR-TV, Syracuse, N. Y. WEWS, Cleveland, O. tWLWD. Dayton, O. WBAP-TV, Fort Worth, Tex. KEYL, San Antonio, Tex. KSL-TV, Salt Lake City, Utah KING-TV, Seattle, Wash. tWSAZ-TV, Huntington, W. Va. CHANNEL NO. 6 (82-88 me) tWNHC-TV, New Haven, Conn. WFBM-TV, Indianapolis, Ind. WDSU-TV, New Orleans, La. WJIM-TV. Lansing, Mich. WOW-TV, Omaha, Neb. tWHAM-TV, Rochester. N. Y. WTVN, Columbus, O. KOTV, Tulsa, Okla. WFIL-TV, Philadelphia. Pa. WTVR, Richmond, Va. CHANNEL NO. 7 (174-180 me) KECA-TV, Los Angeles. Cal. KGO-TV, San Francisco, Cal. tWDEL-TV. Wilmington, Del. WMAL-TV, Washington, D. C. WENR-TV, Chicago, HI. WNAC-TV, Boston. Mass. WXYZ-TV, Detroit. Mich. tWLAV-TV, Grand Rapids, Mich. WJZ-TV, New York, N. Y. tWCPO-TV, CinclnnatLO CHANNEL NO. 8 (180-186 me) KFMB-TV, San Diego, Cal. tWSB-TV, Atlanta, Ga. WHEN, Syracuse, N. Y. WFAA-TV, Dallas.Tex. CHANNEL NO. 9 (186-192 me) KFI-TV, Los Angeles, Cal. WTOP-TV, Washington, D. C. WGN-TV,Chicago, 111. tWHAS-TV, Louisville, Ky. WOR-TV, New York, N. Y. tWXEL, Cleveland, O. CHANNEL NO. 10 (192-198 me) tWTTV, Bloomington, Ind. WBNS-TV, Columbus. O. WCAU-TV. Philadelphia. Pa. CHANNEL NO. 11 (198-204 me) KTTV, Los Angeles, Cal. WBAL-TV, Baltimore, Md. WPIX, New York, N. Y. tWKRC-TV, Cincinnati, O. tWJAR-TV, Providence, R. I. CHANNEL NO. 12 (204-210 me) WNBF-TV, Binghamton. N. Y. WICU, Erie, Pa. CHANNEL NO. 13 (210-216 me) WAFM-TV, Birmingham, Ala. KLAC-TV, Los Angeles. Cal. WAAM, Baltimore, Md. WATV, Newark, N. J. WKTV, Utica, N. Y. tWHIO-TV, Dayton, O. WSPD-TV, Toledo, O. tWJAC-TV, Johnstown. Pa. CHANNELS NOW OCCUPIED IN TELEVISION CITIES (For official table of all present vhf channel allocations by cities, see page 52) (For proposed shifts of certain channels under projected new allocations, see p. 60) Albuquerque, N. M. 4 Ames, la. 4 Atlanta, Ga. . 2,* 5, 8 Baltimore, Md. _ 2, 11, 13 Binghamton, N. Y. 12 Birmingham, Ala .4, 13 Bloomington. Ind. 10 Boston, Mass. 4, 7 Buffalo, N. Y. 4 Charlotte, N. C. 3 Chicago, 111. 4, 5, 7, 9 Cincinnati, O. 4, 7, 11 Cleveland, O. 4, 5. 9 Columbus. O. _.3, 6, 10 Dallas, Tex. 4, 8 Davenport, la. 5 Dayton, O. 5, 13 Detroit, Mich. 2, 4, 7 July 13, 1931 Erie, Pa. 12 Fort Worth, Tex 5 Grand Rapids, Mich. 7 Greensboro, N. C 2 Houston, Tex. 2 Huntington, W. Va. .. . 5 Indianapolis, Ind. . 6 Jacksonville, Fla. 4 Johnstown, Pa. 13 Kalamazoo, Mich. _ . 3 Kansas City, Mo. 4 Lancaster, Pa. 4 Lansing, Mich. 6 Los Angeles, Cal. 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 Louisville, Ky. 5, 9 Memphis, Tenn. 4 Miami, Fla. 4 Milwaukee, Wis. 3 Minneapolis-St. Paul. Minn._ 4, 5 Nashville, Tenn. 4 Newark. N. J. 13 New Haven, Conn. 6 New Orleans, La. .. 6 New York, N. Y. ... 2, 4, 5, 7, 9. 11 Norfolk, Va. 4 Oklahoma City, Okla. 4 Omaha, Neb. . 3, 6 Philadelphia, Pa. .3. 6. 10 Phoenix, Ariz. 5 Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 Providence, R. I. 11 Richmond, Va 6 Rochester. N. Y. 6 Rock Island, HI. 4 St. Louis, Mo. 5 Salt Lake City, Utah 4, 5 San Antonio, Tex. 4, 5 San Diego, Cal 8 San Francisco, Cal 4, 5. 7 Schenectady, N. Y. 4 Seattle, Wash. 5 Syracuse, N. Y. „ 5, 8 Toledo, O. 13 Tulsa, Okla. 6 Utica, N. Y. . 13 Washington, D. C. 4, 5, 7, 9 Wilmington, Del. 7 Latin America Havana, Cuba 2,* 4, 6 Mexico City, Mexico 2, 4 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 Sao Paulo. Brazil 3 * Construction Permits. 53