Television digest and FM reports (Sept-Dec 1945)

Zanesville, also in Ohio. Cleveland Plain Dealer wants them in Cleveland, Columbus, Akron, and the Brush-Moore chain in Canton, East Liverpool, Jvlarion. Then there's the extensive Copley Press group, which seeks FM to parallel its nev/spapers in Alhambra, Glendale, San Diego, San Pedro, in California; in Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, in Illinois. And the Newhouse newspapers v/ant stations in Jamaica, L. I,, West New Brighton, Staten Island. Chicago Tribune-New York News interests, already in FM through former's WGNB, ask for outlets thru latter in New York; thru sister Eleanor Patterson's Washington Times-Herald in V/ashington; thru Chicago Tribune in Milwaukee. In additioii they've formed subsidiary Midwest FM Network Inc..>which seeks stations in Peoria, Fort V/ayne, Grand Rapids. Then there's Nashville Radio Corp. . with Publishers Stahlman of Nashville Banner and Silliman Evans of Tennessean, as joint principals, asking for a new outlet there — a chuckle for those who recall Stahlman' s attitude toward radio when he was president of ANPA and Evans' old anti-radio position. And in Tulsa, the World and Tribune, rival nev/spapers that use the same mechanical plant, have joined for an FM. One Tulsa publisher, a dozen years or so ago, turned dov/n the late Bill Gillespie's suggestion he buy Stephens College's old regional AM (for a mere $7,000, which the college needed for an organ for its chapel!) and move it into Tulsa. That station under other auspices later became the very successful KTUL. Atlanta Constitution also is a new applicant ; it once ov/ned WGST, gave the Station to Georgia Tech only to see it go commercial later in other hands. These are just a few we've uncovered thus far. You'll be interested in our final list, not only for sidelights like these but because it will be first analysis of FM applications by states and cities yet made available. KECSIVSRS IN THE WDBKS: a general feeling that they've gotten all they can from OPA pervades the radio manufacturing industry after digesting last v/eek's price increase factors for sets and parts. Consensus seems to be the time has come for production and that the interplay of competition will straighten out prices. Parts manufacturers are still somewhat reluctant to go ahead v/ithout attempting further adjustments in certain categories, such as variable condensers. But, on the whole, these will be done on an individual basis. No decision has been reached as to dial numbering — whether to use channel numbers or frequencies — but the RJAA Set Division (chairmaned by E. A. Nicholas, president of Farnsv/orth) has taken the question under study. Meanv/hile, a survey of manufacturers made by W'ELD, Columbus FM station, indicates most plan to produce one-band receivers by early 1946, a few as early as January. Among these are Bendix, Howard, St ewart -Warner , Farnsworth, Garod, RCA, Meissner, Emerson. Two-band sets are planned by GE, Stromberg-Carlson, Motorola. And Lear reported it might put out both one-band and two-band sets. 1 CL.^m FOR 'SKIATRON': Comes now Scophony Corporation of America (in which Paramountlj and General Precision Equipment Corp. hold a 50% interest) with an assertion that its ”Skiatron" tube„ used for radar, offers "great and generally recognized inherent advantages for large screen television projection, and picture reproductions } both in black and white as well as in color." This claim is made in a special | press release this week titled "Now It Can Be Told" and labeled cleared by War and i Navy Depts. 1