Television digest with electronic reports (Jan-Dec 1954)

Record Details:

Title:
Television digest with electronic reports
Date:
Jan-Dec 1954
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Radio News Bureau
Volume:
Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1954)
Leaf #:
000148
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:
March 28, 2024
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Laurens 11.800 3.360 28 ♦Lee 4,800 2310 46 Lexington 12,200 4,760 39 3,000 25 ♦McCormick 2,100 530 25 ♦Marion 7,900 2,000 25 ♦ Marlboro 7.500 2,630 35% ♦Newberry 8.500 2,760 32 ♦Oconee 9.600 1,540 16 1,340 14% ♦Orangeburg 16.400 3,080 19 1.850 11 ♦Pickens 10,400 1,680 16 1,450 14 Richland 41,700 14,370 34 11,500 28 ♦Saluda 3.800 1320 32 • • Spartanburg 40,600 22.550 56 • • .Sumter 14..300 3370 24 • • ♦Union 7.700 5,080 66 ♦ Williamsburg 9,300 1320 14 • • York 18,600 10,620 57 TV counties 525,900 192,430 37% 44,780 9% other counties 28,700 1.980 7% total 554,600 194,410 35% 44.780 8% SOUTH DAKOTA Ty counties total families TV families VHF families ♦Bon Homme 2300 500 18% ♦Brookings 5300 760 15 ♦Clay 3300 1,420 43 ♦Hutchinson 3300 590 18 ♦Kingsbury 2,900 460 16 ♦Lake 3300 530 16 ♦Lincoln 3300 1.640 43 Minnehaha 23,100 4370 18 ♦Moody 2,600 420 16 ♦Turner 3.700 1.590 43 ♦Union 3300 1.420 43 ♦Yankton 4300 810 19 TV counties 61.600 14,410 23% other counties 127.400 3,480 3% total 189,000 I7JB90 9% TENNESSEE TV counties total families TV families VHF families Anderson 16300 5.970 37% 2,930 18% ♦Bedford 6,900 3310 48 ♦Benton 3300 450 14 ♦Bledsoe 1,600 320 20 Blount 15300 4300 28 1,680 11 ♦Bradley 8,900 1,030 12 ♦Campbell 8,400 890 11 • • ♦Cannon 2300 1,100 48 ♦Carroll 7.700 1,090 14 ♦Carter 11.100 3,030 27 ♦Cheatham 2300 13S0 57 ♦Chester 2,900 810 28 ♦Claiborne 5.700 830 15 • • tClay 2,100 800 38% ♦Coffee 7300 3330 48 ♦Crockett 4,400 1,670 38 ♦Cumberland 4,700 750 16 Davidson 96,400 76,730 80 ♦Decatur 2,500 280 11 +De Kalb 2,600 990 38 ♦Dickson 5300 3,020 57 ♦Dyer 9.400 3.560 38 ♦Fayette 6.100 2.140 35 ♦Fentress 3.400 510 15 ♦Franklin 6.400 830 13 Gibson 14.400 2.740 19 ♦Giles 7,100 920 13 ♦Grainger 3.000 420 14 • ♦Greene 10.900 1380 13 ♦Grundy 3,000 1.080 36 Hamilton 62,500 11.190 18 ♦Hancock 2,100 290 14 • • ♦Hardeman 5300 2,650 51 ♦Hardin 4.300 1300 28 ♦Hawkins 7,600 910 12 ♦Haywood 6300 3310 51 ♦Henderson 4.500 540 12 ♦Henry 7.000 1,470 21 ♦Hickman 3300 1.490 45 ♦Houston 1,100 520 47 ♦Humphreys 3,000 1.410 47 ♦Jackson 2,800 1,060 38 ♦Johnson 2.800 760 27 Knox 65,600 16380 26 12350 20% ♦Lake 3.000 750 25 ♦Lauderdale 6,700 3.400 51 ♦Lawrence 7.400 1.010 14 ♦Lewis 1.500 680 45 ♦Lincoln 6300 820 12 ♦Loudon 6300 1.450 23 • • ♦McMinn 8.600 1,030 12 ♦McNairy 5300 1.460 28 ♦Macon 3,700 1,430 39 Madison 17,500 5,590 32 ♦Marion 5.100 1.840 36 tMarshall 5300 2.760 53 ♦Maury 11.500 5.140 45 ♦Meigs 1,300 260 20 ♦Monroe 5,800 1,330 23 • • ♦Montgomery 11.700 5.440 46 ♦Moore 1300 160 13 ♦Morgan 3300 500 15 ♦Obion 8,600 2.110 25 ♦Overton 4300 630 15 ♦Perry 1,400 ISO 11 ^Pickett 900 140 IS ’Polk 3.300 400 12 ♦Putnam 8300 3,030 37 ’Rhea 4.100 800 20% ♦Roane 8,500 1.960 23 * * ♦Robertson 7.300 4.110 56 Rutherford 11,300 7.770 69 ♦Scott 4.100 410 10 • • 10