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 #:
000150
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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Newp’t 45.200 30,460 67 13.910 31%, Washington 13,200 1,340 10 ♦ W'estmoreland 2.800 1,680 60 Wise 13,500 3,370 25 ♦Wythe 5,700 1,430 25 'York 3,300 1,940 59 290 11 Ty counties 919,100 510,970 56% 43,900 5% total 919.100 510.970 56% 43,900 5% WASHINGTON TV counties total families TV families VHF families ♦Adams 2,300 370 16%, ♦Asotin 3.800 800 21 'Clallam 8,900 4,570 51 Clark 31.500 16,060 51 14,530 46%) ♦Columbia 1,400 290 21 Cowlitz 18,000 5.060 28 3,610 20 'Ferry 900 290 32 ♦Franklin 5,300 850 16 ♦Garfield 900 190 21 ♦Grant 8,400 1,330 16 ♦Grays Harbor 17,500 2,880 16 ♦Island 4,100 3,030 74 ♦Jefferson 3,700 1.920 52 King 266.800 164,660 62 ♦Kitsap 28.500 21,170 74 Lewis 14.300 2,090 15 ♦Lincoln 3,300 1,060 32 ♦Mason 5,200 3,070 59 ♦Pacific 5.700 910 16 ♦Pend Oreille 2,300 740 32 Pierce 92300 56,050 61 ♦San Juan 1.200 420 35 ♦Skagit 13,900 4,930 35 Snohomish 39,200 27,620 70 Spokane 78,000 37,390 48 ♦Stevens 5.500 1,770 32 ♦Thurston 15,700 9370 59 ♦Wahkiakum 900 140 16 Whatcom 22,400 3,910 17 ♦Whitman 9,400 2,000 21 Yakima 45,100 10,010 22 9,110 20 TV counties 756,400 384,850 51% 27,250 4% other counties 72.400 2,210 3% 1,050 1% total 828,B00 387,060 47% 28,300 3% WEST VIRGINIA TV counties total families TV families VHF families ♦Barbour 5,100 770 15% ♦Berkeley 8,700 4,670 54 ♦Boone 7,900 2,770 35%, 950 12% ♦Braxton 4300 800 19 ♦Brooke 7,400 5,180 70 • • Cabell 34.400 27390 79 '^Calhoun 2,300 640 28 ♦Clay 3,500 1,190 34 ♦Doddridge 2.200 420 19 Fayette 20300 6,080 30 ♦Gilmer 2,300 440 19 ♦Grant 2,300 410 18 ♦Greenbrier 9,900 2.440 25 ♦Hampshire 3300 580 18 ♦Hancock 9.300 6,430 69 • • ♦Hardy 2.400 430 18 Harrison 24,100 3,560 15 ♦Jackson 3,900 1.090 28 ♦Jefferson 4,600 2,480 54 Kanawha 68.200 48,810 72 26,500 39 ♦Lewis 5,100 910 18 ♦Lincoln 5,000 2,900 58 600 12 Logan 18,500 8,040 43 McDowell 22,800 11370 49 Marion 20,700 8,640 42 Marshall 9.800 3320 33 ♦ Mason 6300 3.670 58 800 12 Mercer 19,500 7,580 39 ♦Mineral 6300 1,120 18 Mingo 11,400 6,050 53 Monongalia 16,600 7,480 45 ♦ Monroe 3300 770 24 ♦Morgan 2,400 430 18 ♦Nicholas 6,800 2,350 35 Ohio 21,200 11,140 53 • • ♦Pendleton 2,100 380 18 ♦Pleasants 1,700 340 20 ♦Pocahontas 3,000 450 15 ♦Preston 8,000 2,090 26 ♦ Putnam 5300 3,070 58 640 12 Raleigh 24300 6.130 25 ♦Randolph 7,500 1,080 14 ♦Ritchie 3300 660 20 ♦Roane 4300 1320 29 ♦Summers 4300 1,150 24 ♦Taylor 4,900 1370 26 Tucker 2,600 470 18 ♦Tyler 2.900 580 20 ♦Upshur 5,100 770 15 Wayne 8,600 4370 57 ♦Webster 4300 1,430 34 ♦Wetzel 5300 980 19 'Wirt 1300 340 28 Wood 20,100 6330 34 3,160 16 ♦Wyoming 9,100 3.160 35 1,020 12 TV counties 529,600 229,320 «% 35,990 7% total 529,600 229320 43% 35,990 7% WISCONSIN TV counties total families TV families VHF families ♦Barron 10,400 3,460 33%. Brown 28.800 17.080 59 1 Buffalo 4,400 1300 41 ♦Burnett 3.000 930 31 ♦Calumet 5.400 2340 47 ♦Chippewa 11,700 3,010 26 ♦Columbia 10,600 2.310 22 • • Dane 51,100 20380 41 17320 34%) Dodge 17.100 10310 63 ♦Door 6,600 1.610 24 Douglas 14,300 3,400 24 3,180 22 ♦Dunn 7,900 2,690 34 Eau Claire 16.900 5,160 31 Fond Du Lac 20,300 9,170 45 • • Grant 12.300 1,910 16 ♦Green 7,600 1,100 14 • • ♦Green Lake 4.700 1,030 22 • • ♦Iowa 5,700 860 15 • • Jefferson 13,400 7390 54 • • Kenosha 24,400 19,680 81 ♦Kewaunee 4,800 1300 25 La Crosse 20.700 2.420 12 ♦Lafayette 5.300 800 15 • • ♦Langlade 6.100 1320 20 ♦Manitowoc 20,400 9.530 47 Marinette 10,500 1,960 19 ♦Marquette 2,800 620 22 • • Milwaukee 272,800 240,000 88 79300 29 ♦Oconto 7,400 1.480 20 Outagamie 24,300 6370 27 ♦Ozaukee 7,300 6,570 90 950 13 ♦ Pepin 2,100 860 41 ♦Pierce 6,300 4,160 66 'Polk 7,500 4,960 66 ♦Portage 9,400 1390 14 Racine 34,800 25310 72 Rock 30,000 7.770 26 • • 'Rusk 4.600 1300 26 ♦St. Croix 7.800 5,150 66 ♦Sawyer 3,000 930 31 ♦Shawano 9.800 1,870 19 Sheboygan 25300 17,960 71 ♦Trempealeau 6,900 2.840 41 Walworth 14,000 8,580 61 ♦Washburn 3300 1.030 31 ♦Washington 10.400 9.360 90 1320 13 Waukesha 27,400 20,980 77 Waupaca 10.600 2.900 27 ♦Waushara 4,300 600 14 Winnebago 28.600 5370 19 2,960 10 TV counties 905.100 512.100 57% 108,940 12% other counties 139.900 6,780 5% 160 LT total 1.045,000 578380 50% 709300 70% WYOmiNG TV counties total families TV families VHF fiimilies Laramie 15.500 5350 38% TV counties other counties 15,500 77,600 5,850 38% 900 1% total 93,700 6.750 7% 12