Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1954)

ASCAP — See Music Atcencies BANKRUPTCIES Regal Electronics Corp., 1:12 Jewel Radio, 1:12, 5:15, 7:13 Tele King, 7:13, 27:12, 39:12 retail failures per Dun & Bradstreet, 8:9 Radar Electronics, 9:9 Muntz, 10:10, 11:11, 12:10, 29:9, 41:11 summaries, 11:10 Trad, 15:11 Video Products Corp., 16:10 Arcturus Electronics Inc., 22:13 RETMA notes failures, 25:16 Kaye-Halbert, 32:13, 35:12 Freed Electronics, 35:12 mfr. failures per Dun & Bradstreet, 43:11 Shaw Television, 52:8 BOOSTERS & SATELLITES Comr. Sterling’s proposals, 7 :1 Elkins application denied, 12:14 Adler experiments, 17:5, 17:11, 47:3, 51:9 RCA experiments, 17:5, 31:14 Hawaiian applications, 20:8 Lambda-Pacific unit, 22:10, 49:12 FCC favorably inclined, 23 :4, 47 :3 Lawrenceburg outlet discontinued, 23:4 FCC ruling, 32:4, 33:3, 34:3, 36:4 Sylvania urges FCC on low power, 35:14 WJTV asks commercialization, 35:14 illegal, 36:14, 46:14, 47:3 applications filed, 38:16, 42:12, 46:8, 49:12, 50:6, 51:16 FCC low-power proposal, 51:2 CENSUS, TV RECEIVER J. Walter Thompson, 1:16, 17:16, 21:1 NBC, 5:16, 6:12, 25:13, 33:16, 37:6, 41:2, 45:7, 50:14 CBS-Nielsen, 7:14, 9:1 Advertising Research Foundation, 15:8, 39:1, 44:14 Govt., farm TV, 41:14 CLOSED-CIRCUIT & THEATRE TV closed-circuit business sessions, 1:7, 12:14, 20:8, 24:9, 37:5, 45:15, 46:6 Metropolitan Opera, 5:10, 28:8, 46:9 boxing, 17:15, 21:9, 26:15 BOTV-MCA tieup, 24:6 N. Y. Philharmonic, 32:8 National Theatres cancels equipment order, 34:14 BOTV legitimate plays, 37 :5 medical symposia, 37 :5 roundup, 39:4 Wilmot Castle distributing GE equipment, 39:14 church use, 41:6 animal surgery, 41:6 new RCA color theatre-TV equipment, 43:14 TNT buys 50 General Precision units, 43:14, 47:14 TOA sees theatre TV defense against fee TV, 45:15 new firms, 46 :9 3-theatre tieup for Notre Dame game, 48:14 Fleetwood unit, 51:8 COLOR 'Tide' survey of advertisers, 1 :9 , debate over contributions to system, 1:13, 2:11 NARDA session, 1:13, 3:9 AIEE winter convention, 1 :15 Telechrome test equipment, 2 :7 dealers confident after seeing color, 2 :9 newsmen with receivers, 3:7 DuMont “What’s The Story” discusses color, 3:7 home use of set, 4:1, 8:2 IRE color issue, 4 :5 NTSC dissolved, 6 :7 color film, 7 :10 sets offered by N. Y. dept, stores, 7:11 will affect theatres, says Charles Skouras, 8:11 Pat Weaver estimates color cost 20-25% extra, 9:7 set production estimates in ‘Fortune,’ 9:8 psychology in advertising, 13:13 NARTB technical sessions, 14:12 NARDA advises dealers, 16:10 program costs, per CBS, 17 :7 Stanton & Weaver talk to AAA A, 18:1 agencies’ slzeup, 20:14 Haile Selassie’s first view, 23:11 Stanton predicts development, 28:8 effects on trademarks, 28:8 AT&T rates postponed, 33:15 color-corrected network routes, 33:15, 36:9 British debate about compatibility, 35:13, 37:11 RCA caravan, 37:11, 40:11, 41:13 tie-in promotions, 37:11 roundtable of networks, sponsors, agencies, 37:11 FCC members' viewing experience, 40:1 stations equipped for rebroadcast, 41:1 evolution, not revolution, 42:1 SMPTE sets film standards, 43:8 quality of bIack-&-white from color, 43:8 economist Smythe analyses status, 46:11 RETMA gets trade assn, award for NTSC work, 45:13 Balaban sizeup, 52:7 Eastman consent decree on color film, 62:7 Network Facilities AT&T schedule, 11:4, 33:15, 35:9 network affiliates color-equipped, 41:1, 43:1, 44:9 Programs newsmen comment on programs, sets, 1:14, 9:7, 23:11 Tournament of Roses Parade, 2:10 schedules outlined at NARDA meeting, 3:6 NBC Spot Sales closed-circuit, 3:7 closed-circuit demonstrations, 5:11 NBC “spectaculars,” 12:14, 13:3, 30:13, 31:9, 38:11, 39:16, 40:11, 41:9, 43:7, 44:9, 46:11, 47:13, 48:13 costs average 10% more than monochrome, CBS estimates, 17 :7 NBC shows kines, 18:10, 37:11 importance of film, 19:12 Metropolitan Museum, 20:14 NBC mobile unit, 21:15 tape said to be 1-2 years off, 22:1.5 3 film processes tested, 22:15 skin makeup, 22:15 seen dooming “white” in white goods, 22:15 Telechrome considers scanner leasing, 22:16 Ziv heavy on color film, 23:11, 26:14 Schwerin says weak programs to be helped by color at first, 23:11 CBS program schedule, 24:11, 26:14, 34:9, 35:9 Weaver points to NBC color capacity, 29:11 film commercials in preparation, 35 :9 DuMont and ABC plans, 36:10 “Lucy” producer considers color inserts, 36:10 Witting urges color commercials first, 39:15 Technicolor sees big market, 41:13 big names, big fees, 42:11 “Abduction from the Seraglio,” 46:11 color from black-&-white film, 46:11 minutes per day, 47 :6 O'Neil urges producers to unload monochrome movies, 60:8 Station Equipment camera deliveries, 3:6, 10:7 WBAL-TV makes own equipment. 2:7 station test signals, 4:14, 5:11 GE-CBS camera tieup, 5:4 RCA station-equipping plans, 7:4, 8:7, 37:11 RCA analysis of CBS camera, 7:5 CTI proposes 1-tube camera, 7:10, 36:10 FCC notes transmitter requirements, 11:14 RCA color bar for stations, 12:11, 14:12 first stations with RCA cameras, 13:8, 16:11, 17:7, 19:12, 21:15, 21:16, 31:9, 33:15, 36:10, 38:11, 42:11, 44:1, 46:9, 47:13 signal generators at IRE convention, 13:14 WMAR-TV uses of slides, 16:11 DuMont scanner, 18:2, 26:14, 31:9, 37:11, 42:11, 47:13, 52:7 GPL-Wickes tieup, 21:16 film scanners at NARTB convention, 22:4 GE scanners shipped, 25:14, 27:13, 34:9 stations equipped for network color, 26:14, 41:1, 43:1, 44:9 NBC film comparisons for producers, 29:11 roundup on scanners, 35:3 RCA “3-V” camera. 38:11, 43:13, 48:13, 60:10, | 51:10, 62:7 RCA slide equipment, 39:14 Dage 3-vidicon camera, 41:12, 62:7 price of camera tubes reduced, 43:13 Telechrome equipment. 43:13 pioneers report live color simple, 44 :1 Tri-Color Tubes & Receivers RCA commercializes 16-in. tubes, 1:1 Hazeltine use of Lawrence tube. 1 :2, 2 :2 RCA 19-in. & 21-in., 2:1, 4:11, 22:11, 29:1, 30:3, 41:12, 46:9 Chromatic Labs making grids, 2:2, 13:14, 20:14 Rauland tubes, 2:2 converters, 6:11, 6:6, 7:10, 27:13, 29:11 RCA receiving tubes, 5:11 serviceman clinics, 6:7, 7:10 CBS tube plans. 6:7, 22:11, 28:1, 36:1 15-in. vs. larger tubes, 7:6, 10:1 24-in. Lawrence, 8 :7 Emerson lease plan, 10:1, 12:10, 20:14 RCA set production plans, 11:9, 13:1 Westinghouse plans, 11:10 developmental units at IRE convention, 13:14 RCA large-scale promotion, 17 :13 DuMont 19-in. tube. 18:2, 20:14 slow set sales, 18 :8 Zenith waiting for 1-gun tube, 18:11 Chromatic licensees, 27 :13 set production predictions, 30:13 projection sets, 31:9, 32:9, 47:13, 49:6, 51:10 Philco tube. 32:1, 33:16, 46:12 RETMA production reports, 32:9, 49:7 RCA cuts 16-in. set price, 33:16 trade ponders sales problems, 35:10 Sarnoff evaluates future, 36:12 standardization urged, 37 :3 22-in. rectangular, 37 :3 CBS-Columbia installation charges, 37:11 RCA 21-in. tube demonstration, 38:3 Motorola’s Hansen on servicing, 39:16 N. Y. introduction, 40:8, 41:10, 42:7 market executives would buy sets with $1000 “windfall,” 43:13 Packard dealer gives set with car, 43:13 city census of sets, 43:13, 44:9, 50:10 tube patents, 44:9, 61:10 DuMont on set prices, 44:9 “chicken-egg state.” say tube makers, 45:13 RCA components for 21-in., 50:10 plush selling techniques, 48:13, 61:10 build-your-own set, 48:13 RCA components for 21-in., 50:10 Hoffman’s first 21-in., 60:10 RCA-CBS agreement on tubes, 61:10 COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM (CBS) Chicago TV City, 4 :6 financial reports, 7:13, 14:12, 20:15, 32:14, 46:13 Nielsen survey of sets, 7:14 educational programs. 33:8 Stanton editorial, 36:2, 36:6 evaluation of radio network, 36:6 plans for 2 uhf outlets. 36 :7 network and station profits, 36:7 station sales & purchases, 42:6, 43:1, 44:4 agreement with Zenith over Chicago’s Ch. 2, 43:1 “Extended Market Plan,” 49:4, 50:7, 51:16 affiliation changes. 50:1 Stanton stock ownership, 50:13 educational grants, 52:11 COMMUNITY ANTENNA SYSTEMS anaylsis of directory, 2:5, 24:3, 52:3 ■lerrold color tests, 3:11 “plus” audience for stations, 3:12 new operations, 3:12, 7:7, 14:13, 22:8, 29:7, 34:8, 38:10, 40:4, 41:8, 50:8 Casper rates, 4 :9 SKL 8-channel system, 7 :14 sale of Schuylkill Haven system, 9:5 classified utility in Wyoming. 16:8, 51:9 microwaves to feed systems, 19:3, 23:6, 26:8, 28:8, 39:15, 52:4 NCTA convention, 20:11, 24:3, 25:7 attacked by Beacom, 21:8, 35:7 Magnuson bill to exempt excise tax, 23:6 Jerrold patent licensing, 24:10 radio operators attracted, 25 :9 underground cable, 25:9 Casper TV grantee drops out. 29:7 Dubuque franchise fight, 35:7, 37:12, 38:9, 42:6, .50 :8 e.xcise tax, 37:12 Greenville, Miss, tower collapses, 40 :4 Doerfer against FCC control, 46:8 NARTB group opposes, 46:9 British consider low-cost set, 48:9 state regulation asked in California, 50:8 1955 convention set for June 6-8, 50:8 operator claims choice of 29 signals, 50:8 longest pickup, 51 :8 FC(i spurious radiation limits, 52:4 CONGRESS Lee confirmation, 3:5, 4:6, 5:10 committees, 3:5, 6:7 TV barred from House Operations Committee, 6:11 Senate committee meets FCC, 10 :4 Kilgore attacks monopolies, 10:7, 11:14, 49:3 shooting in House. 10:12 Sen. Edwin Johnson retiring from Senate, 14:7 Bryson bill liquor hearings, 17:11, 21:16, 26:7, 27:14, 34:14, 38:8, 40:5, 43:14, 44:14, 45:7, 46:6 Bricker network regulation bill, 20:1 bills on sponsorship of proceedings, 22 :9, 26 :9 gambling bill. 23:14, 29:4 controversy over televising proceedings, 24:12, 32:5, 33:16, 34:7, 38:8, 46:6 Sen. Johnson defends station sales, 26:14 network investigation, 30:1, 31:1, 32:3, 34:1, 35:1, 36:14, 37:2, 39:7, 40:1, 41:4, 42:4, 43:14, 62:1 editorial on investigation, 35:1 hearing on programs, 40:3, 41:14, 42:12, 43:2, 49:7 Democratic victory presages probes, 45:1, 61:3 committee composition, 45:16 DuMONT NETWORK (see also DuMont, under MANUFACTURERS) buys KCTY, Kansas City, 1:3 Tele-Centre, 24:6 sale rumored, 46:1, 47:16 Bergmann analyzes magazine concept, 48:8 considers Guild-Vitapix, 48:14 sells WDTV, Pittsburgh, 49:1, 50:9 EDUCATIONAL TV WOR-TV tower offered educators, 3:14 Gov. Dewey proposes non-profit setup, 6:11, 13:6 Dr. Eisenhower’s outlook, 8:4 New Brunswick CP dropped, 16:5 6 stations dedicated, 20:8 Hancock funds for Los Angeles in doubt, 24:12, 26:16, 32:6 Comr. Lee skeptical, 25:20 Regents charter N. Y. City group. 26:16 progress to date, 28:9, 40:12, 41:12 Louisiana funds, 29:12 Oklahoma funds, 29:12 NARTB referendum on tax-supported stations, :10:14, 33:6 Emerson $10,000 gifts, 32:11 CBS programs, 33:8 efforts to save KTHE, Los Angeles, 43:14 Wis. voters deny state funds for TV, 45:16 some programs “too entertaining.” educator says. 47:7 ELECTRONICS, General, Non-TV ‘Tele-Tech’ estimates size in 1953, 1 :15 atomic battery. 5:16, 6:11, 14:11 FCC rejects “Manufacturers Radio Service.” 6:11 Sprague sees $5 billion year, 8:11 ’"Tinkertoy,” 12:11, 50:13 automatic production symposium. 12:12 Stanford Research predicts growth, 14:11 Govt.-industry meetings, 15:13 New England. 16:11 solar batteries, 18:11, 27:12, 47:16 military demands in all-out war estimated. 19:13 diversification into electronics, 20:1 Halligan forecasts new uses, 20:13 RCA microscope most powerful, 20:13 Global Communications Symposium, 20:13 thermometer, 20:13 Sperry guided missile, 20:13 physiological monitor, 23:12 IBM computer, 23:12 Wurlitzer electronic piano, 23:13 Small Business Adm. loans. 30:11 inventions needed for defense, 33:13 2