Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1957)

Canadian assignments in B.C., 18:5 WTPA. Harrisburg, shifts from Ch. 71 to 27, 20:5.21:7 telecommunications included in airways modernization bill, 22 :7 Govt, use of frequencies study by independent group, proposed by Sen. Potter, 25 :8, 26 :14, 33:8, 37:3, 38:6 Albany gets 2 vhf, 36 :6, 41 :9, 49 :7, 51 :8 Govt, use of Ch. 2 for scatter in Pacific. 38 :6 Portland, Ore. assigned Ch. 2, 39 :6 EIA radio spectrum study, 41 :3, 44 :1 Mexican border channel conference. 46:6, 47 :10, 48 *8 WROM-TV, Rome, moves to Chattanooga, 49 :7 AM (SUndard) BROADCASTING (see also specific networks and Advertising) Farm Broadcasting Day, 5 :16 U.S. -Mexican treaty, 5:16, 11:8 network adds audience not reached by TV. says ABC's Durgin, 7 :6 upsurge, 9 :9, 28 :7, 51 :10 Middle East radio of National Council of Churches, 11:4 foreign set totals, 11 :5 compatible single-sideband, 12:7, 50:9 importers of foreign sets, 12:12, 22:10 reviewed by J. Walter Thompson, 13 :8 daytime radio hearings, 13 :8, 37 :7, 51 :7 Radio Pioneers, 14:5, 46:9 _ sunspots sometime improve radio, reports RCA’s Nelson, 17 :12 UP radio clients increase, 18:4 Ford $5,500,000 network package, 18 :9 National Radio Week, 18:12, 19:3, 23 :12 paid religious programs dropped by WGY, Schenectady, 19 :6 audience swing to independents reported by rep Adam 'Toung, 19 :12 sports network, 20 :7 NBC to pay sales effectiveness studies by network advertisers, 21 :8 “Program PM” Westinghouse format, 25 :8 teen-age music drives away adult listeners, says Mitch Miller, 27 :7 AM-FM station totals, 28 :4, 52 :2 radio comeback reported in ‘Life’, 29 :14 summer radio audience exceeds TV, reports Sindlinger. 31 :8. 32 :12 Jack Benny sponsor, 33:4 single sideband experimental transmission by WABC, N.Y.. 33 :8 ABC program pattern, 36 :7 remote control rules relaxed, 38 :8 first portable auto radios in Oldsmobile, 38:11 Edison Amateur Award, 40 :5 RAB officers, 42 :8. 45 :4 Kate Smith’s return, 42 :14 Vatican station, 44 :7 Cuban Labor Confederation buys Union Radio chain, 44:7 San Diego “music only” station, 44 :11 Mexican mass education program, 49 :6 set production up, 49:11 2-hour CBS show, 61 :4 Frank Sinatra buys 3 AMs, 52 :7 AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO. (ABC) top level staff changes, 1 :6, 30 :6 new Walt Disney contract, 3 :9, 34 :8 House anti-trust subcommittee to keep ABC discounts secret. 6 :4 moves to become CBS-NBC competitor, 7 :3 ratings, 8 :7 first to use U.S. feature films on regular schedule. 10:9 Goldenson profited in ‘N.Y. Times’, 11 :7 new rate card, 11 :9 International Boxing Club signed, 12 :10 new Chicago headquarters, 13 :6 financial reports. 13 :13, 16 :13, 21 :4, 80 :16, 47 :15 radio separated from TV, 14 :6, 16 :8 affiliates meeting, 16:6 "TWIX’ newsletter for affiliates, 16:5 transmitting test signals in blanking period, 17 :6 Winchell withdraws suit, 17 :6 compensation of AB-PT executives. 17 :10 plans reported by Goldenson, 20:14 billings up, 21 :4 Mike Wallace suit, 22 :4, 23 :14, 28 :14 Kaiser program, 27 :9 radio plans, 28 :14 drops dual affiliation in Dallas-Ft. Worth. 29:8 Hollywood TV Center, 30:10 new symbol, 36 :7 cancels Nielsen Radio Index, 36 :14 buys KQV, Pittsburgh. 89 :6 XETV affiliation, 39 :12 "This Restiess Sphere” with Prince Philip as narrator, 41 :6 "multiaccess” & "ambiactive” radio programming. 42 :6 advantages of TV to corporations outlined by Treyz, 47 :5 "universality” of radio stated by Eastman, 47 :5 TV audience gain, 47:6, 61 :6 ownership of Microwave Associates Inc. and Technical Operations Inc., 51 :16 ANTENNAS. TRANSMITTERS (see Equipment, Telecasting) ANTI-TRUST (see also Patents and Congress) suit by Republic Pictures charges AP'M union fees violate law, 1 :16 Ccller bill to give Justice Dept, free hand In anti-trust suits against regulated agencies, 2:2 Phileo suit against RCA, GE, AT&T, 3:2, 4:4, 24:11, 27:12, 31 :I0, 33:2, 35:7, 36:6, 37:7, 41 :9 ‘Kansas City Star’ case, 4 :5, 6 :6, 25 :8. 27 :8 Jerrold suit, 7 :5, 11 :14 Wurlitzer jukebox complaint, 9 :14 International Boxing Club conviction. 10 :4 networks defended against monopoly charges by NBC pres. Sarnoff, 12 :2 Justice Dept, investigation of "block booking” by TV film distributors, 12 :5, 13 :2, 16 :2 NBC-Westinghouse swap, 15:14, 18:2, 20:14, 45:14, 48:14 Justice Dept, investigation of network practices, 16:2. 31 :14 N. Y. Federal grand jury investigating TV-radio imports, 21 :12 Philadelphia radio rate-card suit. 24 :5, 25 :2 20th Century-Fox & National 'Theatres sued by Sam Goldwyn, 28 :9 APPLICATIONS & CPs FOR NEW TV STATIONS Final Decisions Jacksonville. Fla., Ch. 12, 4 :9, 5 :9, 24 :7, 32 :3 Miami, Fla., Ch. 10, 6:1, 7:9, 8:4, 10:8, 24:7, 37:7, 41:9 New Orleans, La., Ch. 4, 10:5, 27:8 Indianapolis, Ind., Ch. 13, 10:8, 41:9, 43:9 Boston, Mass., Ch. 5, 11 :4 & 8, 13 :4 14 :7, 17 :4 WIIC, Pittsburgh, Pa., Ch. 11, 11:8. 12:8 St. Louis. Ch. 11, 13:4, 14:6, 17:4, 18:5, 38:7 KGHL-TV, Billings, Mont. Ch. 8, reaffirmed, 16:5 Peoria. Ill, Ch. 25 & Ch. 31, 20 :8 WPRO-TV, Providence, Ch. 12, reaffirmed, 20 :8 Orlando, Fla., Ch. 9, 23 :8 WTIC-TV, Hartford, Conn., Ch. 3, reaffirmed, 23:8. 26:6, 27:8 WPSD-TV Paducah, Ky., Ch. 6, reaffirmed, 24 :7 WCKT, Miami, Fla., Ch. 7, reaffirmed, 25 :5 San Francisco, Cal., Ch. 2, 26:7, 27 :8 Pittsburgh, Pa., Ch. 4, 30 :9 Seattle, Wash., Ch. 7, 30:9, 37:7 Biloxi, Miss., (Ih. 13, 31 :3 WSOC-'TV, (iharlotte, Ch. 9, reaffirmed, 32 :3 WRAL-TV, Raleigh, N.C., C!h. 5, reaffirmed 32 :3 Initial Decisions St. Louis, Mo., Ch. 11. 3:1, 11:8 Hatfield, Ind., Ch. 9, 8 :4 Parma-(3nondaga, Mich., Ch. 10, 10 :8 Toledo, O., Ch. 11, 12 :8 KFDM-TV, Beaumont, Tex., Ch. 6. rescinding recommended, 13 :4 reversal for Pittsburgh, Pa., Ch. 4, 15 :9 Cheboygan, Mich., Ch. 4, 25 :5 Buffalo, N.Y., Ch. 7, 38:7, 39 :6 Lubbock, Tex., Ch. 6, 38 :7, 46 :6. 48 :8. 49 :7 60 :9 Mayaguez, P.R., Ch. 3, 42 :8 Court Decisions WCKT. Miami, Fla., 11 :3, 14 :6 FCC newspaper ownership policy, 13 :4 WFGA-TV, Jacksonville, Fla., 22 :4 KARD-TV, Wichita, Kan., 26 :7 WESH-TV, Daytona Beach, Fla., 42 :8 Court of (Claims dismisses suit by Bestg. Corp. of America over FCC withdrawal of Ch. 1, Riverside, Cal., 46:9 ASSOCIATIONS (not listed under other categories) Radio-TV Correspondents Assn., 2 :4 Federal Communications Bar Assn., 2 :4 Radio & TV Executives Society, 16 :8 Brand Names Foundation, 17 :9, 18 :7 American Women in Radio & TV, 18 :4 & 7 Assn, of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers, 19 :4 National Electronic Distributors Assn., 21:11 Broadcasters Club, 21 :14, 27 :14 Catholic Broadcasters Assn., 23 :9, 26 :12 Magnetic Recording Industry Assn., 23 :13 AIEE officers, 32 :3 Producers of Associated Components for Electronics Inc. (PACE), 33:7 AP Radio & TV Assn., 37 :6, 39 :4 Bestrs. Promotion Assn., 37 :8, 41 :8, 42 :5, 45 :4 Audio Engineering Society, 41:11 BOOSTERS & SATELLITES vhf satellite on Omak Mt., Wash., 1 :7 bills to legalize vhf boosters. 2 :3 translator audience grows, 4 :6. 47 :10 experimental on-channel booster of WFBG-TV, Altoona (Ch. 10), 6:8 Utah bill authorizes tax-financed translators, 6:14, 7:4, 8:12, 10:7 translator receiver antenna, 7 :12 Washington state bill to legalize intra-state boosters, 8:12 Ariz. bill for tax-financed translators, 10:14 Butte, Mont, city translator, 12 :9 first translator sale, in Colo., 14 :4 Cal. bill for tax-financed translators, 16 :4, 24 :6 P'CC power over illegal boosters affirmed in Bridgeport, Wash, case, 18 :3 FCC proposal to eliminate translators where regular stations will build, 17 :2, 22 :12, 23 :7 translators seen as economical aid to uhf stations, 25 :1 licensing of vhf rejected by FCC, 26:14, 28:4 Canada’s translator application, 28:8, 40:14 FCC proposal to set up vhf or uhf booster repeater stations, 31:1, 32 :2, 39 :6, 41 :9, 60 :9 WWLP translator chain, 41 :9. 48 :8, 60 :9, 61 :8 legalizing vhf boosters proposed by Comr. Craven, 44 :8, 46 :6, 61 :8 regulation of boosters, satellites & translators asked by NARTB engineering committee, 46:7 CATV operator seeks to block construction of Richland, Utah vhf booster, 49 :6 CENSUS, TV RECEIVER ARF census reports on set ownership, 3 :4, 43 :1 Census Bureau, 4:14, 62:8 Market Research Corp., 11 :6 Sindlinger & Co., 18 :14 2 sets or more in over 20% of N.Y. homes, 27 :12 40,000,000 homes with TV, NBC estimate, 28 :3 ARB audience measurement includes all counties claimed by station, 29 :9 NARTB plans for all-industry TV set census, 25:12, 38:3 Puerto Rico, 39 :10 CLOSED-CIRCUIT “MEETING” TV Teleprompter’s group communications div., 2:16 Upjohn Co. buys GPL equipment, 3:14 East-West TV Network, 4 :5, 11 :5, 16 :7 “Tele-Sell,” 7 :6, 62 :4 AT&T declines to use for annual meeting, 11 :6 60-city hookup for phone book advertisers, 11 :5 N. Y. apartment house system, 13 :14 Theatre Network Television, 14 :9, 45 :3 American Machinery & Foundry Co. stockholders meeting, 16:14, 19:12 ’’Farmerama-57,” 18 :6 night club floor shows to other cities from Las Vegas planned by Sands Hotel, 25:12 new mfr. Tela-Electronics, 28:9 British art auction, 28 :14 Robinson-Basilio fight, 29:14, 32:5, 34:5, 36:12, 37:6, 39:7 church solves overcrowding, 33 :4 theatre-TV can revivify legitimate stage, says producer Howard Erskine, 34 :14 Selectivision Inc., 43 :10 first big-screen colorcast claimed by Closedcircuit Telecasting System, 61 :10 roundup of industry, 52 :2 COLOR Jack Gould analyzes slow progress, 1 :10 first closed-circuit system at ad agency, J. Walter Thompson, 4:13, 6:10 color increases viewing, says Barry Wood, 6 :10 color commercials 1% times as effective as black&-white, says Schwerin, 9:13 IRE reports on color progress, 12:12 tape recording, 14 :9, 43 :2, 46 :7, 47 :9 evaluated in mfrs. annual reports, 14 :10 RCA Milwaukee campaign, 14 :13, 16 :7, 17 :9, 23:12, 46:2 ‘N. Y. Herald Tribune’ bullish, 14 :13 international symposium, 16 :7 4th choice on buying list of N.Y. residents, reports Pulse, 18 :9 called "complete failure” in U.S. by British ‘Wireless World’, 19 :7 NBC plans almost all nighttime shows in color in fall, says RCA pres. Burns, 20 :6, 30 :16 merchandising methods by dealers criticized by Motorola exec. v.p. Taylor, 21 :12 not more than 100,000 sets sold in 1967, Motorola’s Galvin, 26 :12 Russian, described by Jensen, 27 :4 World Series, 27 :6, 39 :7. 40 :9 color from black-&-white film, Bryg, Inc., 27 :8 FTC actions to stop sale of "rV screen covers alleged to provide color, 16 :7, 27 :13, 29 :12, 35:11, 36:11, 41:9, 47:14, 62:12 RCA’s $100,000,000 investment told in Aug. ‘Fortune’, 29:12, 32:11 color receiver checker, 29 :13 RCA color drive, 36 : 3, 46 :1 color set sales “beginning to make the difference in dealer’s profit,” says RCA’s Drew, 36 :11 Cuba, 36 :14, 62 :8 "Color Week” promotion suggested by Max Liebman, 38 :12 study of effectiveness in commercials by Scherwin, 39 :7 Crosley stations promote, 39 :7 buyers of RCA b-&-w sets get color first on 10 day trial in 4 test cities, 39 :10 GE, 41:11, 43:13 Sylvania, 42 :13 Magnavox, 42 :13 new kinescope recorder, 45 :14 production estimates by Hotpoint, 47 :12 RCA set servicing report, 49 :11 KTLA, Los Angeles, drops color, 61 :4 Receivers sales estimates : general, 2 :10, 4 :13 ; Philadelphia, 1:10; Kansas City, 9:13, 20:6, 26:12, 39:7, 41:13, 44:13, 48:12, 62:13: Los Angeles. 14:13, 62:11; Colo., 22:10, 30:16, 40:7, 48:12; San Francisco, 49 :13, 52 ;11 San Francisco bank loans for sets, 3 :9 price increases, 6 :11, 6 :9, 7 :13, 10 :12 RCA guarantee against price decline, 7 :13 Raymond Rosen promotion, 7 :13, 46 :12 RCA portable demonstration room, 8:10 Packard-Bell sets, 11 :8 DuMont set and tube in engineering stage, 16:12, 24:12 small dealer’s experience reported in ‘Electrical Merchandising’, 19 :7 Bruno-N. Y. $16 demonstration fee, 33 :7 RCA new models, 36:11, 46:12 RCA models set for maximum brightness, 48 :12 Station Equipment live cameras. 8 :1 RCA urges conversion to color, 9 :8 GE studio camera. 38 :12, 47 :11 Tri-Color Tubes RCA round. 2 :10 Chromatic TV Lab plant & license to build Lawrence color tube sold to Litton, 3 :9 transparent-phosphor, 17:12 2