Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1953)

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Record Details:

Title:
Television digest with electronics reports
Date:
Jan-Dec 1953
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Radio News Bureau
Volume:
Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1953)
Leaf #:
000371
Language:
English
Subjects:
Television broadcasting -- Periodicals, Television -- United States -- Periodicals","Radio broadcasting -- United States -- 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:
September 05, 2024
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Handy Reference Log of ihe 186 Television Stations in Operation as of June 13, 1953 14 1» * (14& VHF and 38 UHF) With Their National Sales Representatives and Supplemental List of New Stations Reported Due on Air During June or July Radio station affiliations (if any) indicated in parentheses For further details about these stations, consult latest TV Factbook with Weekly Addenda to date ALABAMA WAFM-TV, Birmingham (Ch. 13)— Birmingham News Co. (WAPI). Rep: CBS-TV Spot Sales. WBRC-TV, Birmingham (Ch. 6) — Storer Bcstg. Corp. (WBRC). Rep: Raymer. WALA-TV, Mobile (Ch. 10)— Pape Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WALA). Rep: Headley-Reed. WKAB-TV, Mobile (Ch. 48) — Pursley Bcstg. Service (WKAB). Rep: Forjoe. WCOV-TV, Montgomery (Ch. 20)— Capitol Bcstg. Co. (WCOV). Rep: Taylor. ARIZONA KTYL-TV, Mesa (Phoenix). Arlz. (Ch. 12) — Harkins Bcstg. Inc. (KTYL). Rep: Avery-Knodel. KPHO-TV, Phoenix (Ch. 5) — Meredith Engineering Co. (KPHO). Rep: Katz. KOPO-TV, Tucson (Ch. 13) — Old Pueblo Bcstg. Co. (KOPO). Rep: Forjoe. KRTV, Little Rock Pearson. ARKANSAS (Ch. 17) — Rowley-Brown Bcstg. Co. CALIFORNIA Rep: CONNECTICUT WICC-TV, Bridgeport (Ch. 43) — Southern Connecticut & Long Island Television Co. (WICC). Rep: Adam Young. WKNB-TV, New Britain (Ch. 30)— New Britain Bcstg. Co. (WKNB). Rep: Bolling. WNHC-TV, New Haven (Ch. 6)— Elm City Bcstg. Corp. (WNHC). Rep: Katz. DELAWARE WDEL-TV, Wilmington (Ch. 12) — WDEL Inc. (WDEL) . Rep: Meeker. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WMAL-TV, Washington (Ch. 7)— Evening Star Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WMAL). Rep: Katz. WNBW, Washington (Ch. 4)— National Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WRC). Rep: NBC-TV Spot Sales. WTOP-TV, Washington (Ch. 9) — WTOP Inc. (WTOP). Rep: CBSTV Spot Sales. WTTG, Washington (Ch. 5) — Allen B. DuMont Laboratories Inc. Rep: Blair. FLORIDA WFTL-TV, Fort Lauderdale (Ch. 23)— Tri-County Bcstg. Co ( WFTL ) . Rep: Weed. WMBR-TV, Jacksonville (Ch. 4) — Florida Bcstg. Co. ( WMBR ) . Rep: CBS-TV Spot Sales. KMJ-TV. Fresno (Ch. 24)— McClatchy Bcstg. Co. (KMJ). Rep: Raymer. KECA-TV, Los Angeles (Ch. 7) — American Bcstg. Co. (KECA). Rep: Petry. KHJ-TV, Los Angeles (Ch. 9) — General Teleradio Inc. (KHJ). Rep: H-R Television Inc. KLAC-TV, Los Angeles (Ch. 13) — Dorothy Schiff (KLAC). Rep: Katz. KNBH, Los Angeles (Ch. 4) — National Bcstg. Co. Inc. Rep: NBCTV Spot Sales. KNXT, Los Angeles (Ch. 2) — Columbia Bcstg. System Inc. (KNX). Rep: CBS-TV Spot Sales. KTLA, Los Angeles (Ch. 5) — Paramount Television Productions Inc. Rep: Raymer. KTTV, Los Angeles (Ch. 11)— KTTV Inc. Rep: Blair. KFMB-TV, San Diego (Ch. 8) — Wrather-Alvarez Inc. ( KFMB ) . Rep: Branham (to be changed to Petry). KGO-TV, San Francisco (Ch. 7) — American Bcstg. Co. (KGO). Rep: Petry. KPIX, San Francisco (Ch. 5)— KPIX Inc. (KSFO). Rep: Katz. KRON-TV, San Francisco (Ch. 4)— Chronicle Publishing Co. IKRON-FM), Rep: Free & Peters. KVEC-TV, San Luis Obispo (Ch. 6)— Valley Electric Co. (KVEC). Rep: W. S. Grant Co. COLORADO (KKTV, Colorado Springs (Ch. 11)— TV Colorado Inc. (KVOR). Rep: Holllngbery. KBTV, Denver (Ch. 9)— Colorado Television Corp. (KVOD). Rep: Free & Peters. KFEL-TV, Denver (Ch. 2)— Eugene P. O'Fallon Inc. (KFEL). Rep: Blair. KDZA-TV, Pueblo (Ch. 3)— Pueblo Radio Co. Inc. (KDZA). Rep: McGillvra. WTVJ, Miami (Ch. 4)— Southern Radio & TV Equipment Co. Rep: Free & Peters. WSUN-TV, St. Petersburg, Fla. (Ch. 38) — City of St. Petersburg (WSUN). Rep: Weed. GEORGIA WAGA-TV, Atlanta (Ch. 5) — Storer Bcstg. Co. (WAGA). Rep Katz. WLWA, Atlanta (Ch. 8)— Crosley Bcstg. of Atlanta Inc. Rep: Crosley Bcstg. WSB-TV, Atlanta (Ch. 2)— Atlanta Newspapers Inc. (WSB). Rep: Petry. ILLINOIS WBBM-TV, Chicago (Ch. 4) — Columbia Bcstg. System Inc (WBBM). Rep: CBS-TV Spot Sales. WBKB, Chicago (Ch. 7) — American Bcstg. Co. ( WENR). Rep: Blair. WGN-TV, Chicago (Ch. 9)— WGN Inc. (WGN). Rep: Hollingberv and WGN-TV Sales. WNBQ, Chicago (Ch. 5)— National Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WMAQ) RepNBC-TV Spot Sales. WEEK-TV, Peoria (Ch. 43) — West Central Bcstg. Co. (WEEK). Rep: Headley-Reed. WTVO, Rockford (Ch. 39) — Winnebago Television Corp. Rep: Weed. WHBF-TV, Rock Island (Ch. 4) — Rock Island Bcstg. Co. (WHBF). Rep: Avery-Knodel. INDIANA WTTV , Bloomington (Ch. 10) — Sarkes Tarzian Inc. (WTTS). Rep: Meeker. WFBM-TV, Indianapolis (Ch. 6) — WFBM Inc. (WFBM). Rep: Katz. WFAM-TV, Lafayette (Ch. 59) — WFAM Inc. (WASK). Rep: Rambeau. WLBC-TV, Muncle (Ch. 49)— Tri-City Radio Corp. (WLBC). Rep: Walker, N. Y.; Hal Holman, Chicago. WSBT-TV, South Bend (Ch. 34) — South Bend Tribune (WSBT). Rep: Raymer. Extra Copies of this Special Report available at $1 each; S0<t each in quantities of 10 or more.