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 #:
000211
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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3 programs, but reportedly has curtailed operations somewhat recently. Fifth channel allocated to area. No. 10, is now tied up in FCC hearing. Exactly what happened in Tyler, Tex, is still somewhat obscure. Insufficient finances and quarrel between ownership and management seem to underline troubles of KETX, which started last Aug. as only TV outlet in county with 21,500 households. Except for local community antenna service, it had virtually no competition — nearest vhf being in Dallas, 92-mi. away. New vhf is due in Tyler this summer but all sets there are equipped for uhf. Even community antenna carried programs from KETX. It went off air March 25 after owner Jacob Nev/born wired FCC for permission to shut down because of "labor dispute". Next day, another wire reported shutdown because some equipment had been "damaged beyond repair" during Xmas eve cold wave. KETX phone has been disconnected, most employes gone. They had been given an option to buy station Feb. 5 but failed to raise funds. Finally reached by phone. Newborn said he intends to take over management and put station back on air — but at press time it was still silent and reportedly heavily in debt. WFAA-TV & KRLD TV PROPOSE UNUSUAL TOWER; Out of the Southwest comes another tall tower proposal — a unique 1521-ft. "candelabra" with the antennas of KRLD-TV & WFAA-TV, Dallas, 75-ft. apart on platform at top of structure. Tower has been cleared in all respects — airspace committee, zoning, etc. — awaits only FCC approval which, presumably, may be expected soon. It's estimated that completion of construction would take about a year. Structure would be second tallest TV antenna extant — exceeded only by the 1572-ft. tower being fabricated for KWTV, Oklahoma City (Vol. 9:32). KWTV is also providing place on tower for educational grantee KETA (Ch. 13). WFAA-TV once proposed a fantastic 1747-ft. tower (Vol. 8:45) which was finally rejected by CAA (Vol. 9:32) because of proximity to new Amon Carter airport. Tower is designed by Ideco engineers, as is KWTV's. It's a guyed structure with triangular cross-section, would have an elevator. According to the engineers, unusual candelabra arrangement of the 2 antennas is actually more stable than a vertical setup of the two. Tower would have a triangular platform at top, with the two antennas at two of the corners. A third antenna could be accommodated; in fact, the absence of a third makes it necessary for a weight to counter-balance the other two. Ft. Worth's WBAP-TV was invited to join, declined. I Site is one mi. west of Cedar Hill, IQYz mi. southwest of center of Dallas, 25 mi. from Ft. Worth. Guy wires require 80 acres of land. Cost is estimated at $1,151,000 — major components of which are $686,000 for tower, $150,000 land, $150,000 transmission lines, $100,000 antennas. Both stations would operate with maximum power — KRLD-TV with 100 kw on Ch. 4, WFAA-TV with 316 kw on Ch. 8. To comply with air safety requirements, 3 special provisions have to be met: installation of radar reflectors; broadcast of a radio signal on govt, frequency; placement of markers locating the guy wires. Consulting engineers on the project are Earl Cullum for WFAA-TV and Craven, Lohnes & Culver for KRLD-TV. ONE CP ISSUED, 2 RETURNED TO COMMISSION: Rate of new grants by FCC has been slow for some time, is likely to stay that way indefinitely. This week produced merely one, plus one initial decision. CP was for Wichita. KAKE, Ch. 10; initial decision looks toward Ch. 2 grant to WGUY, Bangor, Me. Grants surrendered were KAGR-TV, Yuba City. Cal. Ch. 52, and KPIC, Salem, Ore. Ch. 24. In its desire to aid uhf. the FCC this week proposed a change in its network affiliation rules regarding "territorial exclusivity." However, net effect of the change, if finally adopted, would mean little to average station, uhf or vhf. What FCC proposes is a change which would prevent any station from signing agreement with a network to stop the network from supplying programs to a second station in the same community (or in community within 15 miles). Actually, only NBC-TV has such contracts and, more important, if a sponsor doesn't want the second station to get his program the station doesn't get it, re