Television digest with electronic reports (Jan-Dec 1952)

article by George Brown Jr., 7:8 tri-color tube makers, 8:11 IRE convention discussion, 10 :5 Hazeltine analysis of field-sequential failure, 12:15 Zenith tri-color tube, 12:15 DuMont says color 5-8 years off, 13 :7 Geer tri-color tube, 14:9 NPA considers new color order, 16:3, 17:10, 19:12, 22:12 WOR-TV to transmit NTSC color, 20:10 NPA color order issued, 26:9 fair weather newspaper stories, 35:9 status report, 36:6 Telechrome scanner, 42:11 OCW being tested, 43 :8 Comr. Bartley impressed, 47 :6 Lawrence tube, 49:11, 52:4 WABD transmissions, 50:12 speculation over FCC hearing, 62:3 COMMUNITY ANTENNA SYSTEMS National Community Television Assn, formed, 3:6, 9:13 NPA actions on materials, 4:9, 6:8, 9:5, 10:7 systems in operation or proposed, 7:8, 12:11, 29:9, 41:8 Telemeter gets 50-year franchise, 14:16 RCA film on Pottsville system, 15:17 impact of freeze-end, 19:1 local camera chains considered, 20 :5 first annual NCTA meeting, 21:12 consulting and news service, 22:6 NCTA convention in Pottsville, 24:3 Telemeter plans, 24:3, 38:5, 45:10, 48:10 Laconia, N. H., inaugural, 25:4 Jerrold plans Scranton system, 25:4 industry statistics, 27 :4 Montreal's Rediffusion Inc., 28:8, 37:9 FCC cautious about systems and satellites, 29:4 Whitney-Jerrold tieup, 34:5, 35:9 applicant chooses system over station, 35:9 new RCA amplifier, 38:10 Hoffman installing Jerrold equipment, 39:11 Minot closed-circuit station, 40:8 NCTA surveys need for systems, 43:11 TACO drops manufacture, 43:11 booster for Williamson, W. Va., 46:8 station applicants concerned, 49 :5 technical article, 49:11 booster in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., 50:6 station-system fight in Asheville, 51:2 NBC warns about property rights, 62:6 tallest receiving tower, 52:7 COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM (CBS) rate increases, 1 :12 leases Biltmore Theatre, 5:6 Hollywood TV City, 6:8, 20:12 stockholder in Bing Crosby Enterprises, 7 :14 financial reports, 8:11, 12:14, 19:7, 32:5, 45:11 station purchases, 10 :2 reasons for buying WBKB, 13:5 planning “TV City” in N. Y. outskirts, 13:7 salaries, 13:11 exclusive on Truman announcement, 14:8 disputes “rash of sponsor cancellations,” 14 :8 XHTV affiliate, 17:7 Godfrey billings, 17 :7 TV station cost study, 18:4 convention tieup with ‘Time’, 20 :7 buys Sheffield Farms building, 20:12 affiliates advisory board, 25:5 Ream resigns, 28:5 Pacific Network, 36:5 St. Louis TV application, 42:14 contract with Ben Hecht, 51 :7 Color TV Wilmot Castle handling industrial gear, 39:13 closed-circuit cancer clinics, 45:10 CONGRESS Sen. Johnson attacks Benton committee proposal, 1:5 TV at District crime hearings, 3 :6 N. Y. Bar Assn, vote on TV at hearings, 3:6, 4:8 anti-alcohol bills, 3:12, 4:14, 5:12, 6:7, 13:12 networks selling political time, 3:12 bills exempting stations from political libel, 5:12, 9:10, 16:10, 19:12 McFarland bill, 6:12, 8:6, 9:10, 11:7, 18:7, 25:7, 27:10 Sen. Johnson questions charges for political time, 7:14 bills to investigate programming, 8:7, 9:10, 12:16, 13:12, 14:16, 15:20, 18:12, 19:12, 20:2, 21:12, 22:11 Un-American Committee fears red infiltration, 8:7, 35:6 Rayburn bans TV-radio in committee hearings, 9:10 treaty with Canada on pilots, amateurs, etc., 9:13 Sen. White dies, 14:7 more FCC funds, 20:1, 25:3 bill to provide Senate studio, 21:7 bill to ban cameras from hearings, 21:12, 22:11 House hearing on programming, 23:5, 24:12, 26:6, 38:12, 39:8, 49:10 Congressional TV film service, 32:8 lobbyists registered, 37:12 judge rules witnesses needn’t testify with TV present, 41 :10 effect of elections on committees, 45:12 House hearing on campaign costs, 49:5 Harris reports on programming, 51:7 Rep. Cox dies, 52:12 CONTROLLED MATERIALS PLAN— see Mobilization DuMONT NETWORK (see also DuMont, under MANUFACTURERS) rate increases, 1:12 WTTG studio expansion, 2:4 1951 “black ink” operations, 3:12, 4:4 magnetic tape development, 4:9 election coverage, 4:14 new New York studios, 60:5 EDUCATIONAL TV r\ WPIX programs, 3:12 NBC-TV “smuggles” culture into programs, 3:12 British programs for deaf children, 6:12 WAAM fellowship, 7:14 Penn State Institute, 8:5, 14:15 Ohio State U Institute, 9:10 NBC-Life plan 70 programs, 10:10 WPTZ-U of Pennsylvania series, 11:6 N.Y. state commission, 11:12, 15:15, 41:10 WWJ-TV telecourses fed to Lansing, Kalamazoo, 12:7 Ford Foundation grants $145,000 to JCET, 19:6 prospects for stations, 23:3 Emerson establishes fund, 26:2 first CPs, 30:2 Yale Divinity School TV course, 30:7 RTMA committee, 30:10, 32:8 Ford Foundation consults Coy, 30:12 Marquette U course, 32:8 U of Wisconsin closed-circuit, 34:7 NARTB challenges educational CPs, 35:5, 37:3 $5,000,000 Ford grant, 37:6 KPRC-TV offers equipment to educators, 39:6 NARDA lends support, 40:12 schools advised to go commercial, 40:14 Comr. Bartley skeptical, 41:2 U of Michigan resumes TV courses, 41 :6 Cornell University Associates, 41:6 Steetle lists prospective applications, 42:6 Rio de Janeiro station, 42:11 U of Toledo series on WSPD-TV, 43:6 WLWT offers free use of tower, 43:13, 62:6 Dr. Eisenhower optimistic, 46:5 NAEB officers, 46:6 WCAT, Rapid City, S. D„ quits, 46:7 RTMA board resolution, 47 :8 Milwaukee taxpayers suit, 47 :8 Dr. Eisenhower heads new promotional committee, 48:8, 49:11 cities earmarked for Ford funds, 48:8, 50:5 program center, 49:11 CP-holders’ plans, 50:5, 52:7 directory of college courses, 50:6 St. Louis plans, 61:8 California conference, 51:8 EQUIPMENT, TELECASTING Antennas WATV Empire State move, 1:6, 21:12 Denver sharing proposal, 6:8 tall towers authorized, 5:6, 12:16 high tower controversy, 17:3, 19:12, 20:6, 22:2, 25:7, 30:12, 35:3, 40:8, 46:12, 50:7, 51:12 RCA forum on antennas, towers, 18:8 article on multiple antennas, 22:5 superturnstile gain problem, 26:2 directionals, 27 :5 ABC engineers discuss high-gain problems, 37 :7 WFAA-TV 1747-ft. proposal, 45:3 Salt Lake City stations highest, 45:11 KSL-TV tower blown over, 61:8, 52:7 Cameras Bell Labs’ film scanner, 10:6, 11:11 DuMont film scanner, 14:4, 41:5 Isberg kine recording, 16:10 new vidicon tube, 17:10 GPL remote-control, 30:12 Transmitters (see also UHF) availability, 5:2, 31:1, 41:4, 49:3 RTMA task force report, 6:1, 8:1 GE 5-kw air-cooled, 18:8 competition hot, 21:5 Gates line, 23:10, 32:4 spurious emissions, 48 :4 Miscellaneous WTMJ-TV outlay, 1:5 WOR-TV TV Square, 2:4 FCC eases instrument requirements, 2:12 German-made transmission line, 3:6, 25:7 magnetic tape, 4:9, 33:11 tower & building outlook, 6 :1 primer on vhf and uhf, 5:4 Telechrome 1000-line scanner, 6:8 rumor of transatlantic relay, 7:14 Loughren discusses more lines, bandwidth, 10:10 Federal microwave "wiring”, 12:13 new communications use for vhf, 17:4, 18:12, 19:12 reflectors for filling valleys, 12:16 pros and cons of high power, 20 :3 amateur telecasters, 25 :7 new 72-76 me rules, 36:10, 42:13, 43:6 GE lighting clinics, 39:8. RCA to service uhf stations, 42:14 CPs with highest power, 51:12 dates for power increases estimated, 52:7 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) — (For actions in particular services, see specific categories, such as Color, VHF, UHF, individual networks, etc.) Communications Bar Assn, officers, 2:5 budget, 4:2, 11:4, 12:3, 20:1, 21:3 Authors League asks hearing on “blacklisting”, 4:9 temporary TV renewals, 5:6, 6:5, 14:9 reorganization, 7 :5 govt, policy on frequency “squatter’s rights”, 7:8 Coy resigns, 8:1, 12:16, 17:12, 22:12 ex -Comr. Thompson dies, 8:6 2 requests station employe data, 8:7 Walker chairman, Bartley appointed, 9:2 attacks televised race results, 8:9, 19:12 policies in granting TV stations, 13:2 service awards to employes, 14:15 report on 1951 station income, 16:5 Hampson Gary dies, 16:5 Hyde reappointed, 20:1 rebroadcast rules, 20:7, 25:5, 44:7 TV personnel needs, 21 :3 ACLU "blacklisting" petition denied, 24:7 gets funds for TV processing, 25:3 7-year-old amateur, 30:9 new examiners, 33:2, 40:2, 41:2, 49:8 TV Division expanded, 33:5 Dobin resigns, 36 :4 Jones resigns, 38:1 Merrill appointed, 41 :1 ex-Comr. Lafount dies, 43:6 impact of election, 45:1, 48:4 candidates for vacancies, 46:6 McCarthy plans investigation, 48:12 views on broadcast libel, 49:10 easing cross-ownership rules, 50 :2 Sterling notes amateur growth, 52:11 FINANCIAL ACTIVITY, GENERAL Manufacturing $6.5 billion spent on TV, 3:2 analysis in ’Television’, 4:13 Television-Electronics Fund, 9:14, 14:13, 21:11, 48:11 ‘Wall St. Journal’ compares 1950-51 profits, 13:11, 19:7, 20:10, 49:15 New York fraud case, 13:11 top industry salaries, 23:9 nation’s top 100 manufacturers, 37:10 7 TV-radio companies surveyed, 37:10 ‘Forbes’ shows electronics growth, 38:11 Lurie sizes up electronics, 39:12 ‘New York Times’ survey of profits, 52:10 Telecasting (see also Advertising) FCC station statistics, 1:3, 10:2, 16:5, 34:3 WTMJ-TV analysis in ‘Fortune’, 1:4 ‘Printers’ Ink’ estimate of 1951 time sales, 2:5 WOR-TV sale, 3:6 Wall St. sensitivity on film-TV rumors, 6:7 Crosley stations ‘profitable”, 6:10 Cincinnati ‘Times-Star’ buys ‘Enquirer’, 7 :14 CBS & WSAJ-TV purchases, 10:2 WTTV income-expenses, 10 :3 roundup of station operations, 11:5, 14:3 WOI-TV financial report, 11:8 "Pattern for TV Profit”, articles, 15:15 Joe Herold article on operating costs, 16:1 CBS construction cost study, 18:4 Storer considering stock offer, 22:11 WBKB earnings, 34:4 Storer Bcstg. Corp. financial reports, 34:12 ‘Sponsor’ estimates network TV sales, 37:7 $750,000,000 time sales seen, 41:4 Meredith Pub. Co. fiscal report, 41:6 NARTB station statistics, 42:8 KPTV, Portland, in black, 45:5 analyses of network and 0-&-0 operations, 45:5 Bankers Trust plans station loans, 62:12 FINANCIAL REPORTS — see individual manufacturers and networks FOREIGN TV roundup of Canada, Cuba, Mexico, 1:2 ‘N. Y. Times’ on Russia, 3:6 Dominican Republic, 6:12, 27:10, 31:5 trans-oceanic, 6:12, 20:11, 21:7, 22:9 Guatemala, 7:14, 29:9 Brazil, 8:9, 52:11 Japan, 12:12, 30:10 Paris UNESCO session, 12:12 Argentina, 14:15 Denmark, 16:8 Colombia, 21:9 Russian set claims, 26:11, 33:12 Switzerland, 27:9, 37:11 first London-Paris program, 28:10 Belgium, 31:5 Venezuela, 31:5, 32:4, 38:6, 60:6 Italy, 9:13, 11:10, 32:4, 37:11, 41:8 France, 22:9, 37:11 San Diego interests oppose Mexican studio in city, 40:8 Thailand, 47:8, 61:11 Britain unlicensed sets, 8 :7 most popular program, 10:10 Kirk O’Shotts station, 11:12, 12:12 productivity study, 14:11 1-in. set shown, 16:8 TV blazes trail for O’Neil movie, 17 :6 receivers exhibited, 23:10, 36:8, 43:12 BBC executives, 23:12, 30:12, 41:9 debate over commercialization, 20:7, 24:7, 26:7, 37:5 1951 TV-radio-electronics production, 32:6 Wenvoe station, 33:6 "most powerful” stations, 34:12, 37:7 Canada station target dates, 2:12, 29:10, 31:10, 36:4 course for employes, 4:7 rate cards, 21:12 CAB proposes name change, 41 :6 accepting private applications, 47:10, 48:8 Cuba CMQ-TV satellites, 6:12, 11:12, 22:9 Radiotelevision El Mundo, 7:14 receiver imports, 23:10, 34:9 CMBF-TV, Havana, 25:5, 43:12 press program barred, 40:8 Storer holdings in station, 44 :5 set smuggling. 52:9