Television digest with AM-FM reports (Jan-Dec 1950)

MOVIES— (Cent.) Hollywood to be TV center, says Hal Roach Jr.. 47n SMPTE conventions, 9n, 37n booklet on color film production, 38n officers. 44n Theater Owners of America theatre-TV planning committee, 5n Jansky & Bailey consultants. 24n asks members for theatre-TV research funds, 47 favors TV ads to lift attendance, 47 Theater TV RCA & Twentieth Century cooperate. In WBTV Cotton Bowl telecast. In FCC hearing set, 2, 9n Paramount plans, 2n free admission in L. A. theatre, 3n TOA planning committee, 5n Allied plans to join hearing, 6n. 7n Century Circuit installations, 9n Nathan Halpern on economic potential, 13 high resolution RCA unit, 16n Skouras discloses 20-theatre L. A. plan. 17 Halpern on theatre TV vs. home TV , 24 National Exhibitor Theatre Television Committee, 26n Hodgson speaks at ATO convention, 25n Paramount, Big Ten games, 32n, 40n, 50n Halpern talks to NAB TV committee, 35n RCA installation list. 37n football, other than Big Ten, 38n, 40n theatres pick up NBC-TV newsreel, 45n TOA asks members to support research, 47 equipment costs, 47 JIUSIC RIGHTS, Negotiations for TV payments to ASCAP in 1949, In ASCAP breaks off negotiations, 50n MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM (MBS) gross billings estimated, 3n, 9n, 13n, 14, 17n, 18n, 20n, 34n, 38n, 48n, 52n ‘Broadcasting Yearbook’ estimates time sales, 3n offers stations as TV network, 16n remains in NAB, 24n cancels TV discussion, 31 n World Series AM-TV rights, 34n NATIONAL ASSN. OF BROADCASTERS (NAB) General number of AM, FM, TV members, 5n reorganization, dues changes, 6n contenders for general managership, lln convention speakers chosen, lln NAB-RMA estimate total receivers, 12n Engineering Conference, 15 Ryan named general manager, 16n membership drop, income, 16n TV board, 16n Kobak’s advice, 16n TV code discussed, 16n CBS and ABC quit, 20n, 22n June board meeting, 25 talk of RTMA-NAB-TBA merger, 26n defense liaison committee, 28n, 30n Strouse FM committee chairman, 29n Kobak urges stations join or rejoin, 30n station manpower status questionnaire, 31n new BAB, 32n Higgins named BAB director, 33n 1951 convention scheduled, 35n new members, 38n estimates 1950 station revenues, 52n TV Activity TV committee membership, 2n, 30n Miller’s letter to Comr. Jones on color, 4 BAB retail information, 4n TV members on board, 5n, 9n BMB evaluates TV, 5n survey of telecasting economics, 13 impact of TV at convention, 16 BAB study of Hecht show, 23n Markham resigns, 24n Batson TV director, 25 TV rate standardization, 29 Batson’s TV Itinerary, 29n Swezey TV committee chairman. 29n analysis of TV income, 33 hears Halpern on theatre TV, 35n separate TV board proposed, 46n, 47n telecasting employees estimated, 48n merger with TBA expected, 49n, 50n estimates station operating costs, 51n NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY (NBC) Saturday night TV plans, 1, 2n, 4n, 6n, 7, 8n, 13n AM-TV reorganization, 2 $10,000,000 estimated 1949 TV income, 2n identifying chimes trade-marked, 3n gross billing estimated, 3n, 9n, 13n, 14, 17n, 18n, 20n, 29n, 34n, 38n, 43n, 48n, 52n ‘Broadcasting Yearbook’ estimates time sales, 3n monthly set census figures, 3, 8, 12, 14, 20, 25, 29, 33, 38, 42, 46 WNBT profit, 3n TV sponsors, 6, 37 summer discount offered sponsors, lln color programming plans, 12 Ted Cott WNBT mgr., 13n affiliate convention, 13n, 18n, 40n General Mills summer deal, 14 1949 TV losses, 15 West Coast personnel, 15n Hofstra College study, 18, 23n breakdown of affiliates’ local-network hours, 19n improved kine recordings, 23n, 24 remains in NAB, 24n buys Hudson Theatre, 25n Philharmonic series, 25n says AM still good in spite of TV, 28, 31 expands studio facilities, 29n, 32n plans big Wednesday night, 29n wartime employe policy, 30n operas planned, 31n new AM sales plan rumored, 35n West succeeds Strotz in Hollywood, 39n TV at affiliates meeting, 42 population in TV range estimated, 48n proposes AM rate cut, 50 Margaret Truman signed, 51n NETWORKS. Interconnection Facilities New York-Washington, In, 37 Omaha-Denver, 7n, 8n, 18n AT&T expenditures, lOn “G-String.” lOn channel map, 15 extensions speeded, 15, 16n, 37, 50n coast-to-coast schedule, 25n interconnection hearing, 26n GE denied use of New York-Schenectady link, 26n service to 14 more cities, 31, 37. 39 networks argue over circuit allocations, 34n, 37n, 38n, 39n, 49n, 50 AT&T permits better use of private relays, 34n New York-Chicago microwave starts, 35n Los Angeles-San Francisco, 37 network allocations hearing, 42. 44n allocations compromise, 49n, 50 AT&T year-end review, 52n NETWORKS, General Activity (see also ABC, CBS, DuMont Network, NBC) first 15 ad agencies in TV billing in 1949, 3n TV sponsors, 6n, 37 gripes of interconnected stations, 6 Ross compares production, talent costs in 194849, 6n Sheppard licensing bill, 7n 1949 losses, 15 FCC proposes network “equalization,” 40, 45n, 46, 47n, 48n FCC wants to clarify “rebroadcasting,” 40n AT&T facilities allocation hearing, 42, 44n FCC rules on Dallas-Ft. Worth business, 44n FCC report on 1949 income, 48 NBC proposes AM rate cut, 50 NBC’s Weaver sees TV networks profitable in 1951, 52n NEWSPAPERS, TV’S IMPACT ON (see also Surveys) 'TV set linage estimated by ‘Media Records’, 3n stations owned by, 7, 27 special TV issues, 19n Neustadt report on TV linage, 19n 17% circulation drop attributed to TV, 19n stations hunt “right” news format, 22 KTTV’s Chandler asks newspaper-owned stations to underwrite films, 22n ‘Washington Post’ publishes ‘TV Week’, 36n morning sales make up for evening losses, reports Sullivan, 38n bill to bar station ownership, 47n OFFSET CARRIER— see Vhf PATENTS, TV RCA statement during color hearing, 19 Col. Lippincott’s recommendations, 21 RCA reduces rates, DuMont suit settled, 23 Supreme Court upholds Hazeltine agreements, 23 Philco-Hazeltine 5-year contract, 48 PHONEVISION McDonald visits Hollywood, 1, 8, 12n hearing postponed. In test authorized, 4n, 5n, 6 Faught report, 6 GE transmitter ordered, fin feature films sought, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 proposed royalty rates, 8 CBS attitude, 8n ‘Newsday’ dealer ad, 9 called “undemocratic” by Meek, lOn McDonald accepts second-run films, 12n, 13 power increase denied, 13 Faught named consultant, 15n Teco stock offering, 15n, Ifin, 39n, 40 Zenith seeks films on same basis as exhibitor, 16. 22n transmitter move granted, 16n Sen. Tobey’s letter to FCC, 17 exhibitors’ opposition, 18n McDonald’s selling tour, 19n McDonald puts damper on Teco stock rise, 21 FCC questions promotion practices, 22n, 23n, 25n, 26n letter to publishers and CBS, 24 Skiatron Subscriber-Vision, 24, 41n. 47n withdraws offer to manufacturers, 26n MacFarland, Aveyard survey of movie boxoffice, 27 FCC grants test period extension. 30n TOA’s Halpern analyzes weaknesses, 30n McDonald’s reply to Halpern. 32n Faught article in ‘Saturday Review of Literature’, 35n power increase granted, 37n gets boost from Coy speeches, 39 McDonald warns telecasters, moviemen, 39 test postponed month, 40 Hollywood may supply films. 40 further postponement. 44n, 46n analysis by NBC’s Edward Madden, 46n 4 Justice Dept, gets films, 48n test starts, 52 POLITICS Democrats booklet on radio-TV usage, 38n Gov. Dewey man-in-the-street telecasts, 40n effect on elections, 45n PREDICTIONS Ogilby (Philco) pi"edicts 5,000,000 in 1950, 1 Abrams (Emerson) predicts 30,000,000 by 1955, 1 RMA executives’ average for 1950, 9n, 19n Vogel (GE) predicts 28,000,000 by 1955, lOn Baker (GE) on overall growth, 13n Videotown survey of sales prospects, 26 1950 telecasting income, 21, 48 1951 production by industry leaders, 51 PROFITS, TV STATION general analyses, 32, 33, 48 WNBT, New York, N. Y., 3n KFI-TV, Los Angeles, Cal., 5n KTTV, Los Angeles, Cal., 5n WTVJ, Miami, Fla., 5n WICU, Erie, Pa., 6 WTVN, Columbus, O., 6, 13 WJBK-TV, Detroit, Mich., 6 WSPD-TV, Toledo, O., 6 WDTV, Pittsburgh, Pa., 13 KSD-TV, St. Louis, Mo., 13, 36 WABD, New York, N. Y., 13 WBZ-TV, Boston, Mass., 13 WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, Pa., 13 KLAC-TV, Los Angeles. Cal., 21n WPTZ, Philadelphia, Pa., 23n KTLA, Los Angeles, Cal., 23n WHAM-TV, Rochester, N. Y., 24n, 52n KSTP-TV, St. Paul, Minn., 26n WTCN-TV, Minneapolis, Minn., 26n WLWT, Cincinnati, O., 29n WLWC, Columbus, O., 29n WLWD, Dayton, O., 29n PROGRAMS AND PRODUCTION protests against programs featuring violence, 1, 18n radio editors’ favorites. In test pattern-music ruling, 2n, 13n, 22n “Emmy” awards, 4n video tape recording speculation, 4n news presentation survey, 4n complaint about kinescope recordings, 4n, 12n “Kines & Oldies Find Ready Use”, 5 Faught report, 6 studio admission charge suggested, fin paid program listings, 6n Hooper sells to Nielsen, 9n WMAR-TV claims to outrate AMs, 9n programs misrepresenting govt, employees. 9n Dr. Dunham predicts popularization of opera, lOn Coy’s Oklahoma speech, 11 TV shows top AM in New York Hooper, lln, 18n duPont awards, lln Hooperecorder, Ifin Berle Cancer Fund show, 16n code, 16n big names preparing for TV, 17n Sindlinger out of business, 17n Peabody Awards, 18n simulcasting waning, 18n Hopalong Cassidy’s earnings, 19n ABC’s Vitapix kines, 21n summer program hiatus, 22 stations hunt “right” news format. 22 Hooper shows nighttime TV outpulling AM, 22n, 23 ‘Variety’ Showmanagement awards, 22n manufacturers seek to build own Western “character”, 23n NBC’s Orthogram for kines, 24 New York TV week, 26n CBS’s Mag-neg-tic system for kines, 26n WOR-TV’s Vidicam for kines, 26n INS procuring film symphonies, 28n DuMont improves kines, 29n summer shows criticized, 30n Trendex new rating service, 31n Commerce Dept, estimates employe income, 31n TV war news coverage, 32 Nielsen using audimeters exclusively, 32n UN telecasts seen elevating quality, 35, 36n, 39n, 41n “red purge,” 35n Coy discusses obscenity, 39n Cunningham asks for creed, 39n unique Philadelphia simulcast, 40n movies burlesque TV westerns, 40n election campaign telecasts, 44n theatres converted to studios, 45n PUBLICATIONS, RADIO-TV 18n, 26n, 29n, 36n, 46n, 49n RADIO-TELEVISION MANUFACTURERS ASSN. (RTMA) NTSC, 1. 3, 4, 7n. 28n picture tube shipments. In, 5n, 9, 13n, 18n, 21. 27n, 32n, 37n, 44n, 52n receiver production, monthly, 3, 7, 11, 17, 21, 25, 30, 33. 38n, 41, 44, 49 color booklet, 4, fin excise taxes, 4n, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8n, 9, lOn, 15, 16n, 17n, 18, 23, 25n, 26n. 28n, 31, 32. 33, 34, 36, 38. 39n, 41. 43. 48n revises set production, distribution reports. 7n paid president sought, 8, 15. 16, 17, 19n, 22 set advertising committee. 9 RMA-NAB estimate total receivers. 12n dealer education program, 14n