Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1957)

Transmitters low-priced Standard Electronics amplifier, 7 :5 RCA 6-megawatt uhf, 9 :8 Crosley experiments with low aural power, 15:9 Miscellaneous sunspot effects on TV-radio reported in ‘Wall St. Journal’, 2 :6 proposal for TV city near Secaucus, N. J., 3 :14 DX-ing, 12:9, 13:14, 44:8 test signals in blanking period, 12 :7, 14 :7, 15 :5, 17:6. 24:6 automation, at NARTB convention, 16 :6 Hallamore one-man TV studio, 26 :4 unique housing for WEWS microwave eliminates weather interference, 29 :9 color TV rebroadcast receiver, 31 :6 Mutual TV Purchasing Corp., 34 :6 Q-TV suit against Curtis Publishing and Teleprompter, 47 :11 EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS WJMR-TV, New Orleans, Ch. 12, 22:4, 26:7, 29:7 KMBC-TV, Kansas City, facilities used in “scrambled” experimental 4-day lecture series for physicians, 30:16 WITV, Ft. I,auderdale, Fla., seeks Ch. 6, 33 :8 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) multiple ownership rule, 1 :4, 2 :8 Bricker bill to bring networks under FCC control, 2 :3 Edward Lamb hearing, 3:3, 18:5, 24:14 budget, 3:14, 11:4, 12:6, 14:7, 16:10, 24:7 RETMA asked to investigate sales of equipment to unauthorized persons, 4:10 to announce instructions for staff to draft decisions, 6 :3 elimination of quasi-judicial functions endorsed by American Bar Assn., 7 :14 McConnaughey departure, 8:1, 13:4, 19:4, 21:14 STAs after April 1 to be issued only for equipment changes, not for programming, 8 :4 staff appointments, 8:6, 21:5, 25:4, 30:6, 36:4, 41 :5. 44 :4, 49 :5 Rep. Younger’s proposal to charge fees for FCC services, 13 :4 House Commerce Committee questions FCC policies, 11 :4 "Play Marko” decision reversed by court, 11 :4 5-year licenses, 11:4, 15:4, 26:6 network study report, 12:5, 17:3, 18:6, 20:14, 21:3, 22:4, 23:14, 24:6, 26:9, 36:14, 39:1, 40:1, 41:2, 44:8, 48:14, 61:3 not authorized to consider economics when making grants, 12 :8 objections to protests, 15 :4, 43 :16, 45 :8 Ed K. Mills appointed, withdraws, 18:1, 19:1 "leaks” investigated by Senate subcommittee, 19:6. 21:3, 23:14, 27:14 WWBZ, Vineland, N. J., horse race case, 20 :3 WCLE, Cleveland, Tenn., "economic injury” court decision, 23 :14 Doerfer named chairman, 26 :2 Frederick W. Ford named to succeed McConnaughey, 27:1, 28:9, 29:7, 31:4, 32:12 policies attacked in ‘Harper’s’ and ‘Reporter’, 35:1, 37:7 license fee suggested by Budget Bureau, 47 :10 "written hearings” elimination, 48 :8, 60 :9 alien radio operator deported for falsifying application for permit, 49 :9 Dominican Republic request for free time on CBS to answer Galindez-Murphy documentary program turned down, 61 :8 FINANCIAL ACTIVITY, GENERAL Manufacturing 1966 trading in electronic stocks, 1 :16 more stable ‘TV industry will result from dropouts of fringe mfrs., 2 :11, 7 :11 Electronics & Electrical Equipment Share Group, 2:14 Televiaion-EIectronica Fund, 2:14, 7:13, 8:11, 21:13, 28:13, 36:13, 48:13 Electronics Investment Corp., 9:13, 22:11, 49:15 compensation of executives, 12:13, 18:12, 16:13 TV industry outlook as reported by RCA, Motorola & Hoffman, 19:8 semiconductor mfr. rankings by ‘Fortune,’ 20 :8 business failures among equipment mfrs., 20:12, 27:9 decline in number of set mfrs. since 1968, 28:10 ‘Fortune’ directory of 600 largest firms, 31:13 electrical equipment, radio & TV mfrs., group lead industry in 3rd quarter profits, reports First National City Bank, 46 :12 TV mfrs. among 39 top non-financial firms in ‘Business Weck‘ rating, 48:13 interlocking officials in communications, as reported by Small Business Committee, 49:14 Telecasting (see also Advertising) RKO Teleradio. 1:9, 8:11, 14:13, 44:16 WCBS-TV, New York, 1 :9 KTTV. Lfm Angeles, 1 :16, 47:6 KSTP-TV, Minneapolis, 6:6 WVEC-TV, Hampton-Norfolk, 6:14 KTVR, Denver, 6:14 KKMB-TV. San Diego suit, 7 :9 Storer Bestg. Co., 8:11, 18:3, 16:6, 17:11, 32:6, 42:13, 47:6 WWLI', Springfield, Mass., 9,7, 16:14 Bitner‘s Consolidated TV & Radio Bestrs,, 9:12 WJR. Detroit, 10:13, 16:13, 30:16, 42:13 Gross Telecasting Inc., 12 :14, 14 :13, 51 :16 'Theatrical Interests Plan cancels SEC registration, 16 :14 Whitney sets up Corinthian Bestg. Corp., 17 :7 DuMont Bestg. Co., 17 :10, 30:15 1967 seen as peak year, 21 :3 broadcasting employes 2nd highest-paid group in U. S„ says Dept, of Commerce, 30 :6 typical revenues & profits, as shown by NARTB survey, 30 :16 FCC report on 1956 revenues & expenses of stations, 34 :4, 38 :4 network profits for 1956 revealed by FCC network study report, 40:6 81,000 jobs in TV-radio, reports ‘Changing Times’, 48 :9 FINANCIAL REPORTS (sec individual manufacturers and networks) FOREIGN TV roundup, 4:1, 19:12, 30:1, 60:5 trade fairs, 7:11, 9:7, 19:12. 20:11. 24:12, 42:4 Eurovision, 16 :6, 26 :7, 60 :6 international color symposium, 16 :7 CCIR, 16:11, 32:3 sets-in-use figures reported by TPA’s Manny Reiner, 23 :9 First World Congress of commercial telecasters, 26 :9 Arabian American Oil Co. station in Saudi Arabia, 28 :4, 33 :4 ‘Fortune’ directory of 100 largest foreign mfrs., 31 :13 set prices, 36 :9 donation of obsolete sets to other countries would speed TV development, says ABC’s Treyz, 37 :12 “war” over TV standards reported in ‘Wall Steet Journal’, 41 :6 commercial TV acceptable to majority of public, says International Chamber of Commerce, 43:7 international TV may draw nations closer, says FCC chairman, Doerfer, 46 :7 Argentina, 49:10, 62:8, 62:12 Australia, 10:11, 13:12, 26:14, 35:8, 46:7, 48:6 Bermuda, 46 :9 Columbia, 52 :12 Cuba, 7:14, 8:12, 10:14, 16:14, 36:14, 37:8. 39:12, 62:8 Cyprus, 40 :9, 43 :7 Czechoslovakia, 23 :14 Denmark. 18 :9, 34 :14 Egypt, 62 :12 France, 46 :9, 62 :14 Germany (west), 16:14, 44:7, 62:12, 52:14 Hong Kong 22 :12, 41 :6 India, 33 :7 Iran, 81 :3 Iraq, 37 :14 Italy, 10:7 Japan, 1:16, 6:10, 9:12, 11:10, 19:6, 20:11, 24:7, 33:6, 40:14, 43:7, 61:8, 62:7 Mexico, 44 :2 New Zealand, 12 :7 Norway, 32 :6 Okinawa, 47 :6 Pakistan, 39 :12 Peru, 29 :6, 41 :6 Philippines, 62:12 Poland, 10:7, 20:6, 28:14 Russia. 6:12, 13:12, 22:8, 27:3, 40:14, 49:4, 51:10, 62:12 Singapore, 30:16 Spain, 43 :7 Sweden, 27 :9, 28 :9, 31 :3 Switzerland, 2 :12, 44 :7 Syria, 62 :12 Thailand, 36 :8 Britain British taste not elevated by highbrow BBC programming, reports Burton Paulu, 2 :6 Associated-Rediffusion in black, 2 :6 drop of 6-7 p.m. ban on telecasting, 2 :6 set sales, 2:12, 6:10, 10:7, 19:9, 28:11, 60:5 most popular commercial programs, 3 :14 interference from U. S. taxi calls, 4 :14 birth of baby televised by BBC, 6 :14 color, 7:13, 49:13 international newsfilm agency, 9 :7 Third Program cut follows loss of audience to TV, 16:14 radio-TV licenses, 16:7, 19:3, 21 :8. 23:14, 36:14. 44:16, 48:12, 62:12 excursion train equipped with closed-circuit for passengers, 17 :12 church changes to afternoon services because of "I Love Lucy” competition, 18 :8 set license fee raised, 18 :9 old British movies to "rv, 20 :7 Prince Philip’s Geophysical Year program, 27 :9, 41 :6 closed-circuit used in art auction, 28 :14 ABC-Television reports profit, its theatres increased admission to keep up earnings, 30:16 new outlets, 83 :8, 46 :7, 61 :16 western movies, 34 :8, 36 :8, 62 :7 TV advertising boom won’t last, thinks Sir Kenneth Clark, retiring ITA chairman. 36:8 set styles and prices, 86 :11 counterfeiters cause of TV interference, 38:12 nudist colony film. 41 :6 movies hit by TV, 41 :6, 61 ;6 BBC stops competing with ITA for maximum audience, 46 :7 Sir Kenneth Clark joins ATV, 47 :8 purchase of U. S. spectacular kines, 47 :9 TV advertising expenditures, 47 :9 mobile closed-circuit color at British medical meetings, 47 :11 Irish network, 49 :9 political party identification mixup, 49 :9 commercial TV report in ‘Broadcasting’ by E. P. H. James, 49 :16 child viewing of "horror” movies attacked by ‘London Daily Express’, 61 :6 Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick new ITA chairman, 62 :5 Christmas TV debut of Queen, 62:9 Canada TV sales by distributors, 3:11, 29:12, 36:11, 46:12, 61:14 sets-in-use. 6:12, 30:10 network extendi, 8 :6, 46 :9 1966 sales by distributors, 8:10 new TV stations recommended, 12:9, 19:6, 27:7, 40:14, 60:6 Fowler report on CBC, 13 :5, 15 :12, 28 :8, 41 :14 continuance of 16% excise tax on ‘TV-radio receivers protested, 16:12, 31:11, 48:14 TV applicants, 16 :14, 36 :6, 44 :8, 46 :6, 52 :7 CBC gives free time for elections, 16 :14 drop in set sales analyzed, 17 :9, 62 :12 set makers’ advertising plans, 31 :11 TV week. 32 :10 TV billings up, 34 :5 roundup in ‘Sponsor’, 36 :6 union asks color start to avert layoffs, 36 :11 largest TV package bought by GM, 39 :6 CBC financial report, 39:12 temporary live hookup of 10 additional stations for Queen’s visit, 39 :12 giveaways banned, 40 :6, 62 :6 color preparation urged by RCA’s Bennett, 40:11 set prices decline, 43 :13 TV-equipped car brings traffic charge, 51 :4 court orders CBC to pay $3000 to physician for invasion of privacy, 61 :6 FREQUENCY MODULATION (FM) “Concert Network,” 2 :8 auto, 18 :4 Capt. Finch’s WGHF-FM, Brookfield, Conn., 29 :6 WBC stations’ separate programming, 30 :8 rules change to permit either horizontal or vertical polarization asked by James McNary, 31 :6 FM Unlimited Inc., station rep & promotion firm, 31 :14 converter makes TV set FM receiver, 36 :11 remote control rules relaxed, 38 :8 NBC applies for Philadelphia, 38 :8 European roundup, 44 :11 Japan to export tuner, 46:12 RCA new line, 49 :9 deadline extended to March 1 for converting to multiplexing, 49 :9 FM tuners in every TV urges NARTB, 49 :14 use in Conelrad system proposed, 62 :6 multiplexing application by Fordham U for stereophonic sound, 52 :6 HIGH FIDELITY sales, 16 :11, 26 :13, 49 :11, 60 :10, 61 :11 Columbia Records buys Bell & Howell, 21:12 Westinghouse line, 28:11 boom shown by EIA statistics, 29 :13, 61 :11 Capehart line, 29:13, 36:12 Zenith line, 29 :13 Capitol Records enters field, 30:13 DuMont line, 33 :6 billion-dollar 1968 sales, predicts RCA’s Toney, 37:11 Belock Instrument line, 40 :13 $200,000,000 components volume in 1957, 41 :12 not booming in hinterlands, reports ‘Electrical Merchandising’, 46:12 standardization program of Institute of Hi-Fi mfrs., 47 :14 fair trading, 48:12 German sales in U. S.. 50 :12 Chicago promotion, 52 :12 INDUSTRIAL TV closed-circuit ticket system at Penn Station, N. Y.. 2:16 TV traffic control in big cities suggested by GE’s Barnes, 7 :6 closed-circuit system in ship, 7 :6 rental closed-circuit, 7 :6 narrow-band, 12 :7 bank robbers filmed by camera in Cleveland holdup surrender, 16 :7 DuMont’s new line, 17:12, 21:8, 29:9, 43:7, 46:9 stereoscopic unit at British AEC station, 19 :7 GE 3-dimensional color, 28:11 airborne GPL closed-circuit equipment, 31 :4 $6,000,000 sales seen for 1967, 32:2 "Business Service TV” service offered by WORTV, 33:4 closed-circuit in Pittsburgh’s Ft. Pitt tunnel. 36 :7 not full success yet, says ‘Business Week,’ 38 :12 hospital patients watch chapel services 14:14 Los Angeles defense plant hookup, 42 :4 library experiment at U of Va., 42 :4 RCA expansible chain, 46 :7 new uses, 46 :14, 46 :7 Walter Reed Army Medical Center color, 46 :14 Insul-8-Corp. enters field, 62 :13 INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERS (IRE) directors fr officers, 2:13, 47 :11 convention. 6:16, 12:7 Professional Group on Broadcast Transmission Systems, 30 :10 awards, 2:16, 37:6. 47:11 Canadian IRE, 40:9 4