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 #:
000875
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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wHk iucfitomcs Ri^omrs VSnrATT BUILDING r WASHINcfoN S. D. C. • mPHONE STERLING 1735 TV Factbook No. 13 Addenda 13-Z January 12, 19^2 Addenda to ! TELEVISION FACTBOOK NO. 13 ADDITIONS & GHANCxES I (January 5 to January 12, 1952) I ,1 Basic listings of all operating stations^ CPs and applications as of July 15, 1951 can be kept up-to-date by .-naking additions and changes in pages here indicated. ,1 Applications Filed for New Stations (Add to Applications Pending) Total filed to date: 479 (450 vhf, 29 uhf) |ferson City, Mo Capital Broadcasting Co. (KWOS-MES), 210 Monroe St. Channel No. 13, 59 kw visual povjer, 29.5 kv'; aural, 300 ft. Proposed studio-transmitts: site, St. Mary's Blvd. Estimated cost of plant, $194,428. Estimated yearly operating cost, $150,000. Equipment, RCA. Principals: R. C. Goshorn, president, 80^ (publisher of Jefferson City Capital News and Post-Tribune); Catherine Roer, general manager. Washington counsel, Fisher, Wayland, Duvall & Southmayd. Washington consulting engineers. Commercial Radio Equipment Co. BFCT-823. (Add to page 38, TV Factbook ; No. 13.) I jias , Tex .UHF Television Co. , 14th Floor, Magnolia Bldg. UHF Channel No. 23, I 180 kw visual power, 90 kw aural, 515 ft. Proposed studio-transmitter ' site. Cliff Towers Hotel. Estimated cost of plant, $352,500. Esti j mated yearly operating cost, $140,000. Equipment, RCA. Company is I equal partnership consisting of W. L. Pickens, R. L. V/heelock, H. H, I Coffield, Texas oilmen (all associated in TV applications for Corpus ' Christ! and New Orleans). Counsel, Johnson, Bohannon, Prescott & Abney, Dallas. Consulting engineer, Guy C. Hutcheson, Arlington, Tex. BPCT-327. (Add to page 44, TV Factbook No. 13») is ton, Tex UHF Television Co., 14th Floor, Magnolia Bldg., Dallas, Tex. UHF Channel No. 23, 182.5 kw visual power, 91.25 kw aural, 514 ft. Proposed studio-transmitter, 4600 Calhoun Rd. Estimated cost of plant, $382,500. Estimated yearly operating cost, $140,000. Equipment, RCA. For principals, see Dallas above. Counsel, Johnson, Bohannon, Prescott & Abney, Dallas. Consulting engineer, Guy C. Hutcheson, Arlington, Tex. BPCT-826. (Add to page 44, TV Factbook No. 13.) I Changes Requested in TV Station Operating (Make necessary additions and changes) i Antonio, Tex KEYL, San Antonio Television Co. Requests change in powers to 15.6 kw visual, 7.8 kiv aural; antenna to 447 ft. (insert after technical facilities on page 27). Change in Application for New Station :erloo, la Josh Higgins Broadcasting Co. Change powers from 25.34 kw visual, 12.67 kw aural to 24.96 kw visual, 12.48 kw aural; antenna from 468 ft, to 522 ft. (change on page 36).