Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1954)

electronic organ, 33:13 industrial microwave, 34:13, 41:5 Admiral airborne transceiver, 34:13 National Electronics Conference, 35:13 Sperry 4-megawatt klystron, 35:13 Bureau of Standards lab dedicated, 38:15 Willys selling electronic div., 38:15 Los Angeles employment, 38:15 ultrasonic "somascope,” 38:15 Conelrad plan for various services, 39:6 radar warning systems, 40:11 Mt. Palomar telescope, 41:12 Sarnoff reports on light amplifier, 43:6, 52:9 big future seen in office work, 43:13 Bureau of Standards frequency standard, 43:13 RCA’s George Brown experiments with electronics in biology, 44:12 Presidential communications policy committee, 45 :9 vhf -activated airport lights, 47 :15 new Raytheon radarange, 48:13 Lear predicts artificial satellite, 48:13 industry dollar volume, 51 :14, 52 :9 wrist radio, 52:9 radio-controlled traffic lights, 52:10 EQUIPMENT, TELECASTING Antennas plane crashes, 4:8, 12:14, 19:7 accidents, 5:8, 13:9, 20:8, 29:7, 34:8, 36:14 40:12 lighting and marking, 5:8, 10:6, 17:11, 23:8, 35:14 WFAA-TV & KRLD-TV “candelabra,” 14:3 tall towers, 15:14, 16:5, 26:16, 27:1, 28:8, 36:14, 37:1, 42:2, 43:6, 48:2, 49:12, 50:6, 51:2 multiple station towers, 14:3, 22:8 GE vhf helical, 29:7 directional, 33:4, 36:8, 49:7 NARTB tower insurance, 36:14 Empire State Bldg. 15-year contract, 44:6 high Hawaiian satellite, 50 :6 Cameras Multicon, 3:8 Thompson buys Dage, 13:13 GE to make camera tubes, 14:13 new British Marconi camera, 20:7 “3-D” development, 44:6 Transmitters (see also UHF) remote control foreseen, 22:8 GE 100-kw, 46:8 GE 50-kw high-band vhf, 47 :10 Miscellaneous DuMont asks better depreciation, 4 :8 tri-dimensional, 26:14 RCA long-lived TV tube, 28:13 coast-to-coast reception, 30:14 GE noise-free studio light bulbs, 47:10 Fleetwood Corp. enters field, 49:12 “Yox box” laugh device, 51:8 spiral scanning, 52:7 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) ownership reports abolished, 3:14 Lee confirmation, 3:5, 4:6, 5:10 new attorneys & engineers, 4:7, 10:5, 20:6 budget, 4:14, 21:16, 25:20 Bartley deplores "traffic cop” concept, 5:9 license fees, 5:16, 7:14, 10:12, 11:14, 12:14, 13:1, 14:14 Mary Jane Morris named secretary, 6:4 lawyers shifted to decision section, 10:3 meeting with Congress, 10 :4 FCC counsel charged with bias, 11:6 Edward Lamb case, 11:16, 13:16, 15:14, 19:5, 20:16, 22:16, 23:5, 24:5, 25:14, 26:6, 28:5, 29:12, 30:14, 31:14, 32:6, 33:7, 36:6, 36:14, 37:12, 38:6, 39:10, 40:5, 41:6, 42:5, 44:6, 45:16, 46:14, 47:6, 51:9 Hyde named acting chairman, 17:16 Starbuck of old FRC dies, 19:5 Sterling gets 30-year pin, 19 :6 Lee speeches, 19:6, 39:1(), 46:14 “territorial exclusivity” proposal, 14:3, 19:14. 20:16 20th anniversary, 20:16 Plummer discusses spectrum utilization, 22:8 Doerfer reappointed, 23:1, 25:6, 27:14 anti-communist proposal on amateurs, operators. 24:12, 30:14 lawyer resignations, 26:7 NARTB urges naming of chairman, 37:12 Sterling resigns, 38:7 candidates for membership, 38:7 McConnaughey named chairman, 39:1, 40:2, 41:4 Navy counsel attacks “influence,” 39:14 J. Edgar Hoover reports red in station, 40:5 cease & desist conviction, 40:10 memo on employes’ personal conduct, 41:4 McConnaughey speeches, 44:6 “conflict of interest” charge against McConnaughey, 44:6 confirmation of McConnaughey blocked, 46:3. 47:16 Lee discusses industry “czar,” 46:14 replacement for Hennock considered, 49:8 turns down WFCC call letters request, 49:12 Cowgill common carrier chief, 50:4 Cunningham named chief examiner, 50:4 "overcommercialization” questioned, 50:8 Senate committee seeks station income figures, 52 :1 FILM, TV— See Movies & TV Films FI.\A.NCIAL ACTIVITY, GENERAL Manufacturing value of 1953 output, 4:10 Television-Electronics Fund Inc., 6:10, 9:11, 15:12, 22:14, 32:13, 33:14, 46:13 ‘N. Y. 'Times’ survey of 586 companies, 25:19 total stockholders per company, 28:13 NCO survey of 18 manufacturers, 31:13 observers at RCA color demonstration, 38:16 per-share earnings of 12 companies, 38:16 favored companies of trusts, etc., 39:14 Bache list of companies favored for capital gain, 50:13 Telecasting (see also Advertising) FCC report on post-freeze stations, 1:6, 21:2 Storer stock purchase, 3:13 ‘Printers’ Ink’ summary of 1953, 4:6 WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, 9:4 KMPT, Oklahoma City, receivership, 9:6 Doherty’s analysis, 11:3 Storer financial reports, 11:13, 17:12, 33:14, 47:15, 50:13 WJPB-TV, Fairmont, W. Va., 12:1 KETX, Tyler, Tex., off and on air, 14:2, 15:6 FCC report on 1953, 21:1, 24:4, 43:6 ’Sponsor’ report On pre-freeze stations, 21:10 pre-freeze stations testify on losses, 26:8 KMJ-TV, Fresno, 27:7 KGUL-TV, Galveston, 27 :13 recapitulation of stations off air, 28:1 WNBF-TV, Binghamton, 28:14 WTSK, Knoxville, 29:12 WBRE-TV, Wilkes-Barre, 31:14 Kansas City low-cost proposal, 32:8 KBMT, Beaumont. 33:9 WNEM-TV, Bay City. 33:16 classes of station ownership, 35 :4 Storer borrows $12,000,000, 36:8 CBS network -station income, 37:6 half billion invested in stations, 41 :4 Meredith Pub. financial reports, 43 :12 industry nears billion annually, 48:1 revenues-per-set, 48:7 Bitner public stock sale, 48:10 KTVQ, Oklahoma City, Chapter X reorganization, 52 :6 KOMO-TV, Seattle, separates TV & AM, 52:6 Stations Off Air KCTY, Kansas City, Mo., 7:2 WIFE, Dayton, 0., 11:1 KRTV, Little Rock, Ark., 11 :1 WOSH-TV, Oshkosh, Wis., 12:1 WACH, Newport News, Va., 14:2, 31:3 KACY, Festus, Mo., 16:6, 39:9 WKLO-TV, Louisville, Ky., 17:4 WBKZ-TV, Battle Creek, Mich., 17:4 XELD-TV, Matamoros, Mex., 18:4 CMTV, Havana, Cuba, 18:4, 22:10, 36:9 WFPG-TV, Atlantic City, N. J., 19:2 WTAC-TV, Flint, Mich., 19:2 KFAZ, Monroe, La., 19:2 KDZA-TV, Pueblo, Colo., 20:3 WECT, Elmira, N. Y., 22:3 WKJF-TV, Pittsburgh, Pa., 26:3 KNUZ-TV, Houston, Tex., 27:3 WFTV, Duluth, Minn., 28:4 WRAY-TV, Princeton, Ind., 28:4 KBID-TV, Fresno, Cal., 29:3 WCHA-TV, Chambersburg, Pa., 29:3 WKAB-TV, Mobile, Ala., 31:3 WCOC-TV, Meridian, Miss., 31:3 KSTM-TV, St. Louis, Mo., 32:4 KTHE, Los Angeles, Cal., 37 :3 KOPR-TV, Butte, Mont., 38:2 WTOV-TV, Norfolk, Va., 40:4 KETX. Tyler. Tex., 43:3 WPFA-TV, Pensacola, Fla., 45:3, 60:3 WTVE, Elmira, N. Y., 45:3 KCEB, Tulsa, Okla., 49:6 WNAM-TV, Neenah, Wis., 49:6 WPMT, Portland, Ore., 62:2 FINANCIAL REPORTS — see individual manufacturers and networks FOREIGN TV Italy, 3:8, 12:13 Philips universal set, 3:8 Morocco, 7:10 Denmark, 9:10, 39:15 South America, 12:3, 18:7 Russia, 13:15, 28:12, 52:7 France, 13:15 Japan, 17:11, 27:11 Germany, 19:10, 23:10, 35:12, 45:13 Colombia, 19:10, 25:18, 45:11, 61:13 Australia. 20:16, 44:5, 46:11, 49:16 “Eurovision,” 23:14, 39:8 Philippines, 28:14, 33:16 world roundup, 30:5 international possibilities, 30:14, 31:10, 34:7 Voice of America, 33:7, 47:9, 48:14 Philips of Eindhoven financial report, 35:13 Austria, 39:15 India, 39:15 Central American Bcstrs. Assn., 41:13 DuMont’s Marx reports on Europe, 44:6 Iraq, 47:9 Y&R’s Erickson urges close watch on overseas TV, 48:10 Guatemala, 50:6 Luxembourg, 50:14 Paramount’s foreign interests, 50:9 Britain license fee increase, 10:8 l■^lrnmercial TV, 11:13, 13:6, 32:7, 38:8, 60:14 Sir Ian Jacobs says color 2 years away, 23:11 Pye Ltd. financial report, 36:13 transmitter sales, 39:8 BBC 10-year plan, 42:6 roundup after tour, 45:4 Sir George Barnes studying U. S. color, 46:11. 48:13 “bootlegged” sets, 47:7 spurious radiation problems, 47:14 theatre TV, 47:16 fourth program contractor selected, 48:10 TV called “Enemy No. 1,” 50:14 Canada govt. TV-radio appropriations, 7:14 private stations authorized, 26:10, 35:8 east-west link, 30:11 set sales, 39:12, 47:14 channel changes attacked by ‘Toronto Telegram.’ 44:7 Cuba airplane relay for Series, 40:12 Santa Clara-Camaguey microwave, 42:12 AT&T plans Florida-Cuba microwave, 39:16. 45:9, 49:12, 51:16 Mexico raises import duties on sets, 1 :14 XELD-TV, Matamoros, 5:16, 6:12 new CPs, 31:13 Azcarraga-O’Farrill merger, 49:10 functional music decision, 1:10, 8:6, Britain chooses FM, 4:14 Maj. Armstrong dies, 6:12 KE2XCC closed down, 10:6 revitalization seen by Comr. Sterling, 22:16 WABF, New York, sold, 25:20 auto set, 47:14 V*,, aiou our veys) Catholic “TV office” in Rome, 1:7 Methodist fund-raising for TV programs, 1 ;7 helps piano sales, 7:12 Yale Divinity School survey of parents, 17:11 implosion of tube in Cleveland, 17:16 TV-phone predicted by Bell’s Bown, 19:13 clothing sales affected, 20:8 TV uses 10% of home electricity, 23:8 Sarnoff discusses TV and law enforcement, 24:12 NAFBRAT survey re children, 29:6 music industry flourishes, 30:11 British preference for 17-in., 30:11 Germans prefer TVs to bathrooms, 30:11 Northwestern U survey on viewing habits, 30 '14 “TV slump” and “TV squat,” 30:14 TV photography, 30:14 clergyman urges use, 32:5, 39:9 Sen. Hendrickson polls TV-radio editors, 32:14 decline in bus travel, 33:10 skywriting hurt, 35:14 Garry Moore “nickel appeal,” 38:6 “ghost of grandfather,” 38:11 ''^*3^'^^ while watching wrestling, TV-radio barred from murder trial, 41:14 President calls veteran after seeing program, 41:14 individual sets for restaurant booths, 42 ’12 court trial televised, 49:11 NARTB study of juvenile delinquency, 51 *9 INDUSTRIAL TV RCA “TV-Eye,” 1:15, 9:10, 31:13, 42:10 closed-circuit at horse races, 3:12 blood-cell counter, 3 :12 police lineup, 8:11 self-propelled undersea camera, 11:12 at IRE convention, 13:13, 14:11 hospitals with CBS closed-circuit color, 18 '10 new Diamond Power camera, 22:15 GE offering CBS color equipment, 24:11 TV intercom, 34:13 Philco plans production, 35:13 Marconi vidicon, 35:13 GPL vidicon, 41:12 camera in turnpike tunnel, 47:16 INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERS (IRE) major awards, 41:12 officers and fellows, 46:12 LABOR — see Unions Farr’s survey of 400 dealers, 3:10 RCA’s Elliott suggests sales techniques, 3:11 St. Louis BBB asks ad improvement, 3:11 NARDA officers, 3:13 NARDA Blue Book, 6:10 color offered by N. Y. dept stores, 7:11 retail failures per Dun & Bradstreet, 8:9 markets indicated by new CPs, 9:3 National Assn, of Discount Merchants, 9:10 FTC hearings and proposals, 23:10, 24:10, 26:12, banker warns dealers to improve practices, 24:10 TV leads appliance sales of NARDA members, 25:18 FTC drops Sylvania tube case, 25:18 NAED officers, 25:18 percentages of dept, store sales, 28:12 NAMM officers, 30:10 discount houses, 31:12, 32:10, 34:12, 35:12. 37 '10 44:11, 46:14 BBB tests miniature antennas, 33:12 NARDA accounting system, 33:12 problems of selling color, 35:10 FTC ad allowance ruling, 35:12 preferred brands, 37 :10 survey of second-set market, 37:11 marts, 38:13. 40:9 Johnston, NARDA, asks understanding of mfrs 42:10 NEDA officers, 43:12 W. T. Grant tries set sales, 46:11 s