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 #:
000149
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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^Sequatchie 1300 260 20 Shelby 148,000 115,100 78 ^^Smith 3.600 1,370 38 ■•^Stewart 2,100 990 47 Sullivan 27,500 9,320 34 ^Sumner 9,300 5,550 60 ^Tipton 7,700 2,660 35 ^Trousdale 1,600 610 38 ^Unicoi 4,000 680 17 ■^Union 1,800 250 14 • * ^Van Buren 800 160 20 ^Warren 6.500 2,300 35 ♦Washington 15,800 2.650 17 ♦Wayne 3.400 370 11 ^Weakley 8300 1,740 21 tWhite 4,200 1,600 38 ♦Williamson 6300 3380 53 ♦Wilson TV countie$ other countUs total 7.600 4.560 60 892,800 23,100 379,220 1,970 42% 9% 19,320 2% 915^00 38/./90 42% 19^20 2% TEXAS TV counties total families TV families JJHF famihUs ♦Anderson 9,000 1,420 16% Angelina 11,100 2,540 23 ♦Aransas 1300 250 21 ♦Archer 1,800 380 21 ♦Armstrong 500 80 16 ♦Atascosa 4,900 2.590 53 ♦Austin 4,500 1350 30 ♦Bailey 2300 1,080 49 ♦Bandera 1.100 670 61 ♦Bastrop 5,400 1,540 29 ♦Baylor 2300 460 21 ♦Bee 5.000 2.150 43 Bell 23.000 7320 32 Bexar 142300 104380 74 ♦Blanco 1300 340 26 ♦Borden 200 40 18 ♦Bosque 3.400 680 20 • • Bowie 20.000 1.980 10 Brazoria 15,700 8,780 56 Brazos 11300 2,120 19 ♦Brewster 1.900 280 15 ♦Briscoe 900 140 16 ♦Brooks 2,700 510 19 ♦Burleson 3,400 950 2S% tCaldwell 5,000 1,400 28 ♦Calhoun 3.000 630 21 ♦Callahan 2.700 430 16 ♦Cameron 36,000 9,560 27 ♦Camp 2,600 650 25 • • ♦Carson 1300 290 16 ♦Cass 6300 1,760 26 • • ♦Castro 1,600 260 16 ♦Chambers 2300 1330 58 • • Cherokee 10300 1310 12 • • ♦Childress 3,700 590 16 ♦Qay 3,000 1390 S3 ♦Cochran 1,700 830 49 ’Coke 1300 200 17 ♦Coleman 4,400 750 17 ’Collin 12,600 5,130 41 ♦Collingsworth 2,400 380 16 ♦Colorado 5300 1.700 32 ♦Comal 5300 1390 27 ♦Concho 1,400 220 16 ♦Cooke 6300 3.480 54 ’Conle 1300 300 20 ♦Crosby 2.700 1,110 41 ♦Culberson 500 70 14 ’Dallam 2.400 1340 56 Dallas 222300 161380 72 ♦Deaf Smith 3.100 530 17 ’Delta 2300 350 16 ♦Denton 12,000 6,060 51 ’De Wilt 6,700 2.010 30 ♦Dickens 1300 360 20 ♦Dimmit 2,400 770 32 ♦Donley 1,600 260 16 ♦Duval 3300 1,020 31 ♦Kaslland 7300 1,190 16 Ellia 13300 6350 47 El Paw 56.100 39380 70 ♦Frath 5,700 1,110 19 • • ’Fall, 7,100 1.420 20 • • ♦Fayette 7,000 2340 32 ♦Fisher 2300 590 21 ♦Floyd 3300 1310 41 ♦Foard 1,000 200 20 ♦For! Bend 7300 2350 30 ♦Franklin 1300 220 14 • • ’Frio 2,700 1.430 53 Galveston ♦Garza ♦Gillespie ♦Goliad ♦Gonzales 38,000 1,800 3.300 1.300 5.300 15,900 320 530 270 1.640 42 18 16 21 31 ♦Gray 7,900 1,640 21 Grayson 22,400 6,010 27 Gregg 19,100 5,320 28 3,710 19% ♦Grimes 4,000 1,760 44% ♦Guadalupe 7,100 2,680 38 ’Hale 9,300 3,790 41 ’Hall 3,000 480 16 ♦ Hamilton 3,300 660 20 • • ♦Hansford 1300 670 56 ♦Hardeman 3300 680 21 ♦Hardin 6,000 1330 21 Harris 290.600 201360 69 * • Harrison 13,000 1,790 14 • • ♦Hartley 400 220 56 ’Haskell 3,900 640 16 ♦Hays 4,700 1320 26 ♦Hemphill 1,300 260 20 ♦Henderson 6300 930 15 Hidalgo 43.700 13370 31 ’Hill 9300 4,780 52 ♦Hockley 6,700 3350 49 ♦Hood 1,400 670 48 ♦Hopkins 6,700 1,070 16 ♦Howard 8300 1,480 18 ♦Hudspeth uoo 150 14 Hunt 12,700 8,580 68 ♦Hutchinson 11.100 6,140 55 ’Jack 2,300 1320 53 ♦Jackson 3300 1,410 37 ♦Jasper 5,500 1,100 20 ♦Jeff Davis 500 70 14 Jefferson 64.000 25330 40 ♦Jim Hogg 1300 120 10 ’Jim Wells 7,700 1.450 19 ♦Johnson 10300 5370 53 ♦Jones 6300 1,450 21 ♦Karnes 4,100 1320 37 ♦Kaufman 7,900 3,510 44 ’Kendall 1,700 1,040 61 ♦Kenedy 100 20 19 ♦Kent 400 70 18 ♦Kerr 4.500 690 15 ♦Kimble 1.100 180 16 ’King 200 40 20 ♦Kinney 400 70 18 ♦Kleberg 6,900 1310 19 ♦Knox 2300 560 20 ♦Lamb 6,000 2.940 49 ♦La Salle 1,900 610 32 ♦Lavaca 6300 1,920 31 ♦Lee 2300 780 28 ♦Liberty 8,000 4,640 58 • • ♦Limestone 6,700 1340 20 • • ♦Lipscomb I.lOO 220 20 ♦Live Oak 2.100 670 32 Lubbock 37300 21,040 56 ♦Lynn 3.000 540 18 ♦ McCulloch 3,400 540 16 McLennan 41300 10,530 267o 6,730 \6% ’McMullen 500 160 32 ♦Madison 2,000 880 44 ♦ Marion 2.600 650 25 • • ♦Mason 1,500 240 16 ♦Matagorda 6.500 2,410 37 ♦Maverick 2.900 520 18 ♦Medina 4,700 2330 60 ♦Menard 1,000 160 16 ■^Milam 6300 680 11 ’Mitchell 4300 770 18 ♦Montague 5.000 2.650 53 ♦Montgomery 7,500 4,120 55 ♦Moore 5300 3350 56 ♦Morris 2,700 680 25 • • ♦Motley 1,000 200 20 ♦Nacogdoches 8,100 930 11 Navarro 11.400 4,070 36 ♦Newton 2,700 540 20 ’Nolan 6300 1320 21 Nueces 54300 8,790 16 ♦Ochiltree 2,100 420 20 ^Oldham 400 60 16 Orange 14,400 6,180 43 ♦Palo Pinto 6.000 2,880 48 ’Parker 7300 3,570 49 ♦Parmer 1300 290 16 ♦Polk 4.200 1,930 46 ♦Poller 25,900 15,930 62 ♦Presidio 1300 210 14 ♦Rains 900 140 16 ♦Randall 5,400 3350 62 ’Real 700 130 18 ’Red River 5,900 860 15 • • ♦Refugio ♦Roberts ♦Robertson 2,800 300 5,100 590 60 510 21 20 10 ’Rockwall 1,500 620 41 ♦Runmds 4,900 830 17 ♦ Sabine 2.100 230 U ♦San Augustine 2,000 220 11 ♦San Jacinto 1,600 740 46 ♦San Patricio ♦Scurry ♦Shackelford ♦Sherman Smith 9,500 8,700 1300 600 22,600 4.020 1,460 190 340 3,860 42 17 16 56 17 ♦Somervell 800 160 20 • • ♦Starr 3.000 300 10 ♦Stephens 3.400 510 15 ♦Stonewall 800 170 21 ♦Swisher 2.500 400 16 Tarrant 138,400 96.840 70 Taylor 20,900 8,780 42 ♦Throckmorton 800 130 16 ♦Titus 5.100 710 14% • • Tom Green 20,100 6.170 31 Travis 47,900 17,000 35 ♦Trinity 2,700 1340 46 ♦Tyler 3.100 620 20 ♦Upshur 5,400 1,350 25 • • ♦Uvalde 4,700 870 19 ♦Van Zandt 6.300 2,840 45 ♦Victoria 9.600 ].%0 20 ♦Walker 4,900 2340 46 ♦Waller 3300 1,760 55 • ♦W'ashington 5,700 2,480 44 ’Webb 13,600 1.360 10 ♦Wharton 10.100 3,650 36 ♦Wheeler 2.800 560 20 Wichita 31,700 17,820 56 ♦Wilbarger 6.100 1,300 21 ♦Willacy 5,900 1,530 26 Williamson 11.200 3.960 35 ♦Wilson 3.600 U30 37 ♦Wise 4,700 2.400 51 ’Wood 6,100 980 16 ♦Young 5,000 750 15 ♦Zapata 1.000 100 10 ♦Zavala 2.600 470 18 TV counties 2,252,100 1,059,980 47% 42,970 2% other counties 160,700 8,540 s% 780 LT total 2,412.800 1,068,520 U% 43,750 2% UTAH TV counties total families TV families VHF famUies Box Elder 5,400 3,630 61% ♦Cache 9,300 3,490 38 Davis 10,500 6,620 63 ♦Juab 1,400 340 24 ’Millard 2,400 580 24 ♦ Morgan 600 230 38 ’Rich 500 190 38 Salt Lake 87,700 66,110 75 ♦Sanpete 3,800 890 23 ♦Sevier 3,300 790 24 Tooele 5,400 3,150 58 Utah 23,500 15,930 68 Weber 27,600 17,800 64 TV counties 181,400 119,750 66% other counties 26300 570 2% total 207,600 120,520 58% VERMONT TV counties total families TV families VHF families ♦Addison 5.200 1.250 24% ♦Bennington 7,500 3330 51 ♦Caledonia 7300 840 12% Chittenden 17,400 5,120 29 ♦Essex 1,800 220 12 ♦Franklin 8,400 1310 22 ♦Grand Isle 800 170 21 ♦Lamoille 3,100 650 21 ♦Orleans 5300 700 12 ♦Rutland 13,400 6310 51 ♦Washington 12.100 2.960 24 TV counties 82,700 24,360 29% other counties 25300 1,570 6% total 108,500 2S$30 24% VIRGINIA TV counties total families TV families VHF families ♦Accomack 10,200 3.340 33% ♦Albemarle 13,700 3,720 27 ♦Alleghany 7.700 3.080 40 U