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

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Clay approached for president. 16, 17 government sales, 16n, 26, 39n, 51n Sprague named president, 23 new name, 23 directors elected, 23n reorganization committee, 25 TV committee, 25 Hackbusch president of Canadian RMA, 25h talk of RTMA-NAB-TBA merger, 26n set shipments, 26n, 34 receiving tube sales, 27n, 30, 30n, 34, 39n, 43n, 47n Secrest succeeds Geddes, 30n Batcher succeeds Horle,.30n distributes Jordan sports study, 33n Percy Crane reorganization consultant, 34 fears anti-trust action re bracket standards, 37 Syracuse technical session, 37n Radio & TV Week, Voice of Democracy, 38n new members, 38n members increase ads, 39n reaction to color decision, 41 Town Meetings, 41n Sprague broadcast on color decision, 42n fair trade practices committee, 48n Sprague sizes up 1951, 52 REPRESENTATIVES, TV STATION H-R Representatives formed, 7n Katz Agency’s ‘Here’s Television’, 9n, 31n NARSR objects to rate protection, 15n FCC ruling, 29n 3 reps join to procure programs, 30n Katz prepares allocation charts, 32n RECEIVER INSTALLATION & SERVICING Moch’s complaints against ads, manufacturers, 6, 10 RCA antenaplex installations, 6n oscillator interference, 8n, 14, 17n, 18n, 19, 23, 25n, 26n, 27n, 29n, 30n, 31n, 34n, 35n, 37 “Jensen’s Law” on diathermy interference, 9n types of interference listed, 9n servicing publications, 12n, 47n DC-AC inverters, 17n power consumption, 18, 22n tube life, 18 ■Radio Daily’ expose of shoddy practices, 19n WEWS reports third harmonic interference, 19n licensing of servicemen proposed, 22n, 26 Carmine terms servicing contracts “headache,” 23n RCA’s Odorizzi lists do’s and don’t’s, 26 Jerrold Mul-TV in Chicago apartments, 32n no parts shortage for servicing, says Sprague, 34 Federated Television & Electronics Services Assns., 37n serviceman fears sales will outrun servicing, 37n ‘N. Y. World-Telegram’ series on gyps, 37n amateur’s license threatened because of interference, 38n RTMA opposes licensing of servicemen, 38n warning against racketeers in ‘Better Homes & Gardens’, 39n “community” antennas, 39n McCarthy Bros, color converters, 41 Philadelphia association manpower shortage, 41n reaction to color decision, 42n alliance of service assns., 43n shortages bring warranty worries, 46n RTMA educational campaign, 47n RCA’s Cahill warns against poor quality, 49n company failures, 49n House resolution to investigate rackets, 50n RECEIVER PRODUCTION (see also individual manufacturers and Merchandising) predictions, 1, 9n, lOn, 13, 14 RTMA monthly, 3, 7, 11, 17, 21, 25, 30, 33, 38n, 41, 44, 49 lowest prices, by sizes, 4 excise taxes, 4n, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8n, 9, lOn, 15, 16n, 17n, 18, 23, 25n, 28n, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39n, 41, 43, 48n coal strike, 6, 8, 9 Moch’s complaints against ads, manufacturers, 6 top 1950 producers estimated by Television Fund. 8. 13, 38 oscillator interference, 8n, 14, 17n, 18n, 19, 23, 25n, 26n, 27n, 29n, 30n, 31n, 34n, 35n, 37 “1950 Could be $2 Billion Year”, 9 types of interference listed, 9n RCA licensees, 1949 production. 10 receiving tube, cabinet shortages, 10, 11, 31, 41 Caldwell-Clements spec sheet, 10 Guilfoyle rates top producers, 10 devices for weak signal, lOn small sizes on way out, 12 TV adds 5000 employees, says BLS, 15n printed-circuit tuner, 16, 21, 26n new transformer makers, 16n RCA license figures, total & average value of sets, 17 sets with earphones, 19n vacation shutdowns, 20, 21n, 23n, 27n tuner makers, 21 parts show, 21 n list of set makers dropping 12Vi-in., 22 Sylvania’s Whalley on circuit simplification, 26n Admiral’s Graver on components’ shortage, 27n receiving tube sales, 27n, 30, 30n, 34, 39n, 43, 47n compared with automobiles, 29n Caldwell estimates 1950 TV-radio value, 29n components shortages, 29n, 30. 31. 34. 37 average set price, 32n erratic production lines, 33 Electronic Parts Mfgrs. Assn., 33n war may freeze set design, 34 radio shortage, 34 no parts shortage for servicing, says Sprague, 34, 36n NEDA convention, 35n soda ash strike, 37 private brands reported sharply curtailed, 37 concentration on easy-to-move models, 37n hoarding is principal worry, 38 ‘Tele-Tech’ analysis of models, 38n excess profits tax, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51 1949 excise tax total, 43n FCC considers regulation of set production, 47, 50 cutbacks, 48 winter lines shaping up, 48 West Coast Electronic Mfrs. Assn., 52n RECORDS video tape speculation, 4n, 15n new MMM tape, 6n RCA LP album, 8 Capitol Records financial reports, 12n phono & record makers urge players in TV sets, 13n RCA Victor Toscanini promotion, 22n all majors except Columbia making 45rpm, 28n jukebox conversion to 45rpm, 28n new speed, 30n, 32n Columbia makes 45rpm, 32n RORABAUGH REPORTS— see Advertising SERVICING & SERVICEMEN— see Receiver Installation SMPTE — see Movies jPORTS TELECASTING General Alldredge survey of TV’s impact, 5 WPIX options Madison Square Garden events, 12n Dempsey warns Canadians against TV, 19n -Jordan surveys, 19, 23n, 33n, 38n, 47n Bill Stern & Tommy Henrich try-outs on NBCTV, 27n Baseball station-club contracts, 3n, 5n, 8n, 15 WTMJ-TV drops Milwaukee Brewers, 15n Philco distributors share Cleveland Indians cost, 17n Jordan surveys, 19, 23n, 33n, 47n Senators plan to drop TV in 1951, 19n AP attendance figures show little TV effect, 31n World Series, 33n, 34n, 35n, 40n, 52n Houston attendance up despite TV, 33n minors rescind ban proposal, 49n Basketball U of Washington ban, 7n TV termed no threat in Indiana, 9n Boxing IBC-managers agreement, 28n Louis-Charles fight, 39n Football Washington to see Redskins on film, 5n Jordan survey, 7n, 19, 23n DuMont gets Notre Dame games, 16n, 16n Big Ten ban, 16n CBS signs Army, Navy, Columbia games, 23n National Football League okays 15 fall games, 24n Pacific Conference permits TV, but demands guarantee, 24n Red Grange joining ABC-TV staff, 27n DuMont signs Yale games, 29n Big Ten on theatre TV, 32n, 40n Admiral sponsors L. A. Rams, 33n Hoffman plan to guarantee gate, 35n, 51n fall sponsors, 37n non-Big Ten games, 38n, 40n Minor Sports Los Angeles wrestling ban, 7n, 9n Crosley studio wrestling, 7n, 13n Derby on CBS-TV film, 17n PGA bans championship telecasts, 24n STRATOVISION offers full coverage, says Coy, 39n in vhf-uhf hearing, 45 SURVEYS (see also Home, TV’s Impact On) effect of color on set sales, 3, 5, 8n Psychological Corp., set market, 4n Alldredge, effect on family habits, 5 Hooper calculates TV’s impact on AM. 6 color survey of telecasters, 7, 22 ownenjhip of stations, by classifications, 7 Paramount. TV’s impact on movies, 9n effect on restaurant business. 9n, 32n Rutgers, viewing distances, 11 NAB, telecasting economics, 13 ’Los Angeles Times,’ audience composition, 15n NBC-Hofstra College, TV sales impact. 18, 23n Hooper, TV passes nighttime AM, 18, 22n, 23 Jordan, sports, 19, 23n, 33n, 47n Meek, impact on home, 22n Woodbury College, impact on home, 22n, 47n Videotown, set purchases, home habits, 26 ‘TV Guide’, New York theatre attendance, 26 Gallup, 60,000,000 have seen TV, 26n Sindlinger, attacking share-of -audience, 27 MacFarland, Aveyard, impact on movies, 27 Starch, top set producers, 28 Meek, set replacement market, 34n WOR-TV, out-of-home viewing, 37n Young & Rubicam, home habits, 39n U of Oklahoma, home habits, 39n research in a mess, says BBDO’s Manchee, 41n theatre owners, back-to-movies trend, 61n KPKC-TV, viewers’ likes and dislikes, bln TAXES — see Receiver Production TECO INC, — sec Phonevision TELEVISION BROADCASTERS ASSN. (TBA) sample rate card, 3n annual meeting, 6 officers and board. On code committee, 18n membership drive, 22n, 39n talk of RTMA-NAB-TBA merger, 26n Dec. 8 clinic, 48n, 49 merger with NAB expected, 49n, 50n TELEVISION FUND — see Financial Activity, General THEATER TV— see Movies TOA — see Movies TRANSIT FM — see Frequency Modulation TRANSMITTERS — see Equipment, Telecasting TUBES, TV PICTURE (see also individual manufacturers) early work on rectangulars, 1, 4, 9, 10, 13n, 14 work on 21-in. and up. 4, 8, 12, 18n, 24, 29, 30, 36, 37, 40 RMA monthly shipments. In, 5n, 9, 13n, 18n 21, 27n, 32n, 37n, 40, 44n, 48n, 52n huge sizes envisaged by Dr. DuMont, lOn, 27, 28 30-in. DuMont, 12, 27, 28, 36, 40 DuMont’s opinion of rectangulars, filter glass, 12 metal cone spinners, 12 life in receivers, 18 Federal production, 21 National Union’s new projection, 21 trend in sizes and shapes, 17, 21, 22. 24. 29. 30 36, 48n porcelain-steel experiments reported, 22 U. S. Steel cuts cone prices, 27n Spincraft’s big cone experiments, 29, 30, 40, 41 standardization urged, 40 new alloy for cones, 40n metal plentiful, says Spincraft, 41 Corning no-glare bulb, 43n Price Cuts Sylvania and National Union, 1 Protelgram. 3. 9 RCA. 9, 21, 23n Sylvania, 9, 21 DuMont, 9. 21, 21n GE. 30 UHF (Ultra High Frequency) Allocations Communications Policy Board, 4, 5n, 7n, lOn Collins troposphere study, 6n WELI manager praises uhf, 6n DuMont plan, 7n manufacturers plan to measure Bridgeport, 22n Bureau of Standards propagation study, 22n post-freeze problems, 34 Westinghouse Ft. Wayne propagation study, 34n vhf-uhf compared in Bridgeport, 39n Hearing 470-500 me common carrier, 15, 22n 23n 24 hearing, 42, 43, 44, 45. 46, 47, 48 uhf future analyzed, 42 Stratovision, 45 Polycasting, 45 Receivers and Converters oscillator radiation, 8n, 14 Philco plans. 15 Stanford Research work, 21 sets operating in Bridgeport, 23n ■f.CC requests sample from manufacturers, 34n simple converter proposed, 39n new tuners, 44 RCA, Zenith testimony, 47 RCA-NBC, Bridgeport. 3n, 5, lOn, 14, 22n 26 39n. 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 experimental stations deleted, 3, 4n WELI manager praises uhf, 6n Astoria application denied, 8n Steinman, Allentown-Easton, lOn, 31n Philco, Philadelphia, 18n WELI and WTIC enthusiastic, 19 Ed Pauley, San Francisco. 21 Polycasting, 26n WEST granted uhf booster, 31n Westinghouse, Ft. Wayne, 34n, 45 coverage pros and cons, 43, 44. 45, 46 47 48 DuMont, New York, 43n Transmitting Equipment ^^■7 P" development, availabilities, 12n, Stanford Research work, 21, 27n UNIONS Keenan (AFL) calls for end of freeze, 5 RTDG strike threatened, 5n, 8n NLRB hearing in IBEW-UEW battle, 5n list of unions in or trying to get in TV, 6n Petrillo punishes first film ban violator, 6n excise tax opposition, 8 TV Authority, 8n, 16n, 18n SDG claims jurisdiction over directors, 12n, 16n SAG asks NLRB for So. California election, 17n ABC, NBC sign new contract with NABET, 17n lUE-CIO wins at Westinghouse & GE, 17n. 21n AFM considers music for TV film, 22n, 23n IBEW strike at CBS, 24n IBEW 2-day strike at RCA Bloomington, 31n 5