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Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1953)

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 #:
000549
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 the 252 Television Stations in Operation in the U. S. and the 293 CPs for New Stations Outstanding As oi Sept. 12, 1953 With Call Letters, Channel, Name of Grantee, AM Affiliate (if any) and National Sales Representative And Lists of Canadian & Mexican Stations on the Air and Canadian New-Station Grantees to Date Dagger (f) indicates non-commercial educational station. For further details about these stations, consult station directory and application listings in TV Factbook No. 17 with Weekly Addenda to date. Editor’s Note: This log brings up-to-date the status reports on CPs to Sept. 12, 1953. All grantees have been queried at regular intervals about their starting plans, names of representatives, etc. Data here given was received directly from principals and/or from FCC, stations' counsel and trade sources deemed reliable. Where no starting date is given, or no national rep mentioned, principal would not or could not reply as yet. We do not guarantee accuracy of information on starting dates; in fact, we caution that these more often than not are optimistic expectations, for experience has shown that you can often add a month or more to estimates given. In some cases, where no starting date is given, it’s possible station will never be constructed, for appended list of 15 CPs thus far relinquished bears evidence that not all CPs will be pursued. The weekly Television Digest Newsletters will continue to report latest data on new stations starting and upcoming new stations as fast as received. Stations in Operation as oi Sept. 12, 1953 Total 252 (175 VHF, 77 UHF) ALABAMA WABT, Birmingham (Ch. 13)— Birmingham News Co. (WAPI). [Call letters changed from WAFM-TV.] Rep: CBS-TV Spot Sales. WBRC-TV, Birmingham (Ch. 6)— Storer Bcstg. Corp. (WBRC). Rep: Raymer. WALA-TV, Mobile (Ch. 11)— Pape Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WALA). Rep: Headley-Reed. WKAB-TV, Mobile (Ch. 48)— Pursley Bcstg. Service (WKAB). Rep: Porjoe. WCOV-TV, Montgomery (Ch. 20)— Capitol Bcstg. Co. (WCOV). Rep: Taylor. ARIZONA KTYL-TV, Mesa (Phoenix)— (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. ARKANSAS KFSA-TV, Fort Smith (Ch. 22)— Southwestern Publishing Co. (KFSA). Rep: Pearson. KRTV, Little Rock (Ch. 17) — Rowley-Brown Bcstg. Co. Rep: Pearson. CALIFORNIA KAFY-TV. Bakersfield (Ch. 29)— Bakersfield Bcstg. Co. (KAFY). Rep: Forjoe. KHSL-TV, Chico (Ch. 12)— Golden Empire Bcstg. Co. (KHSL). Rep: W. S. Grant Co. KMJ-TV, Fresno (Ch. 24)— McClatcby 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 Schlff (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. tKUSC-TV, Los Angeles (Ch. 28) — Univ. of Southern California Allan Hancock Foundation (KUSC-FM). KMBY-TV, Monterey (Ch. 8) — Monterey Radio-Television Co (KMBY) ; shares time with KSBW-TV, Salinas. Rep Hollin°-bery. KSBW-TV, Salinas (Ch. 8) — Salinas Bcstg. Corp. (KSBW); shares time with KMBY-TV, Monterey. Rep: Hollingbery. KFMB-TV, San Diego (Ch. 8) — Wrather-Alvarez Inc. (KFMB) Rep: Petry. KFSD-TV, San Diego (Ch. 10) — Airfan Radio Corp. Ltd. (KFSD) Rep: Katz. 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. (KRON-FM). Rep: Free & Peters. KVEC-TV, San Luis Obispo (Ch. 6)— Valley Electric Co. (KVEC). Rep: W. S. Grant Co. KEYT, Santa Barbara (Ch. 3)— Santa Barbara Bcstg. & Television Corp. (KIST). Rep: Hollingbery. COLORADO KKTV, Colorado Springs (Ch. 11)— TV Colorado Inc. (KVOR) Rep: Hollingbery. KBTV, Denver (Ch. 9) — Colorado Television Corp. (KVOD). Rep: Free & Peters. KFEL-TV, Denver (Ch. 2) — Eugene P. O’Fallon Inc. (KFEL). Rep: Blair. KCSJ-TV, Pueblo (Ch. 5)— Star Bcstg. Co. Inc. (KCSJ). Rep: Avery-Knodel. KDZA-TV, Pueblo (Ch. 3) — Pueblo Radio Co. Inc. (KDZA). Rep: McGillvra. Extra Copies of this Special Report available at $1 each; 50^ each in quantities of 10 or more.