Television digest and FM reports (Jan-Dec 1946)

Record Details:

Title:
Television digest and FM reports
Date:
Jan-Dec 1946
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Radio News Bureau
Volume:
Television digest and FM reports (Jan-Dec 1946)
Leaf #:
00038
Language:
English
Subjects:
Television broadcasting -- Periodicals, Television -- United States -- Periodicals","FM broadcasting -- 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
Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

TV A??UCA:SITS DBOP OUT: Only 2 appl icants now remain for Baltimore's 5 TV channels, i with this week’s withdrawal of Tom Tinsley's (WITH) application and the recent dropping of Tower Realty Go’s. This leayes on file applications of Hearst Radio's V/3AL and Joseph M. Zamoiski Co., the latter a Philco distributor. Baltimore's TV liad been designated for hearing.' But with only 2 contestants left, need for hearing is obviated unless new applications are on the way. Only one from that area hinting possibility of filing later is Baltimore Sun. Also to be dropped soon is one of the ! Philadelphia applications involving the Philadelphia Inquirer, recently authorized to purchase WFIL and WFIL-FM (Vol. 2, No. 8). Either the TV application of WFIL or the independent application of the newspaper will be dropped since the principal is now the same. With Bamberger's (WOR) recent withdrawal this leaves 8 applications still on file for the Quaker City's 4 channels (Supplement No. 18). An additional TV applicant is General Television Corp. , Boston, now asking for a commercial TV outlet in lieu of its previous application for an experimental. This makes 6 applicants from Boston area for its 5 channels (Supplement No. 18). AriTI-PSTHILLO BILL'S STATUS: Lea Bill was getting along swimmingly this week — ■ v/asn't buried in Labor Committee of Senate as some proponents had feared, but struck snag when Rep. Marcantonio objected to sending it to conference. Senate had appointed conferees to meet with House conferees and iron out differences between Lea and Vandenberg measures. Sen. Johnson (Colo.) heads group including Senators Myers (Pa.), White (Me.), Tunnell (Del.), Austin (Vt.). Since unanimous motion is necessary to send bill to conference, action is delayed until Tuesday when House Rules Committee meets. Rep. Lea has asked Committee to bring motion to House vote. A majority in favor there would send bill to conference. BEST C0LL2CTI0H OF TV DATA: Best job yet done by anyone in collating under one cover the essential data on television is American Television Society's 144-page book-bound "American Television Directory" just off the presses (ATS, 271 Madison Ave., New York City, |5). Extremely well-edited, it contains definitive articles by authorities on various phases of the art ; directories of ATS membership, TV advertisers, advertising agencies handling TV accounts; a chronology of TV progress; bibliography of books, articles, brochures on TV; list of sources of film footage available for TV purposes. If you are at all concerned with TV, you should not only read this book but have it handy at all times for reference. KSW 5-GBAM PICKUP: Edward F. McClain, of Campbell-McClain, nev/ly formed firm of Washington consulting audio engineers, 2700 Q St. SE. , has developed a 5-gram tracking v/eight transcription pickup. Expected to go into production soon, McClain asserts new pickup will increase life of transcriptions 600%, v/ill give frequency response of 10,000 cycles and more if necessary. KOZY, music-conscious Kansas City FM, will be among first to use it. liEWS A^D VIEWS: Still unreleased at week's end were FCC's decision on Washington's 4 TV grants and its formal opinion on its ruling against two-band FM — both held up because of Paul Porter's resignation and absence of other commissioners from city, but both now promised for next v/eek .... RCA's annual report promises TV set deliveries by summer; claims superiority of its "ratio type detector" FM circuit, particularly for low-priced receivers; mentions "Teleran," television-radar development for air navigation; says field test stage reached in its 300 roc TV transmitter development .... "Must reading," if you are contemplating going into FM: Paul A. deMars article "Planning and Building an F?i Station" in the February Journal of Frequency Modulation, new magazine published by Telecasting Publications Inc., 103 Park Ave., N.Y. ■■.... Unity Corp. Inc., headed by Edward Lamb, Toledo attorney, v/hich is applicant for FMs in 5 Ohio cities and in Erie, Pa. (Supplement No. 14B) , last week was authorized by FCC to construct a 1 kw daytime AJvI on 1560 kc in Toledo.