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 #:
000550
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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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. WATR-TV. Waterbury (Ch. 53)— WATR Inc. (WATR). Rep: Rambeau. 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. 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. WIRK-TV, West Palm Beach (Ch. 21)— WIRK-TV Inc. (WIRK). 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. WDAK-TV, Columbus (Ch. 28) — Television Columbus ( WDAK). Rep: Headley-Reed. WETV, Macon (Ch. 47) — Macon Television Co. (WBML and WNEZ). Rep: Headley-Reed. WROM-TV, Rome (Ch. 9)— WROM-TV Inc. (WROM). Rep: Weed. WMAZ-TV, Warner Robins (Macon) — (Ch. 13) — Southeastern Bcstg. Co. (WMAZ). Rep: Katz. IDAHO KIDO-TV, Boise (Ch. 7)— KIDO Inc. (KIDO). Rep: Blair. ILLINOIS WTVI, Belleville (St. Louis, Mo.) — (Ch. 54) — Signal Hill Telecasting Corp. Rep: Weed. WBBM-TV, Chicago (Ch. 2) — 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: Hollingbery and WGN-TV Sales. WNBQ, Chicago (Ch. 5) — National Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WMAQ). Rep: NBC-TV Spot Sales. WTVP, Decatur (Ch. 17) — Prairie TV Co. Rep: Geo. W. Clark. WEEK-TV, Peoria (Ch. 43)— West Central Bcstg. Co. (WEEK). Rep: Headley-Reed. WTVH-TV, Peoria (Ch. 19)— Hilltop Bcstg. Co. (WTVH). Rep: Petry. WGEM-TV, Quincy (Ch. 10) — Quincy Bcstg. Co. (WGEM). Rep: Walker. 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, Muncie (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. IOWA WOI-TV, Ames (Ch. 5) — Iowa State College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts (WOI). Rep: Weed. WOC-TV, Davenport (Ch. 5) — Central Bcstg. Co. (WOC). Rep: Free & Peters. KVTV, Sioux City (Ch. 9) — Cowles Bcstg. Co. (WNAX, Yankton, S. D.). Rep: Katz. KANSAS KTVH, Hutchinson (Ch. 12)— Hutchinson TV Inc. Rep: H-R Television Inc. KEDD, Wichita (Ch. 16)— C.W.C. Co. Inc. Rep: Petry. KENTUCKY WEHT, Henderson (Ch. 50, allocated to Evansville, Ind.) — Ohio Valley Television Co. (WSON). Rep: Meeker. WAVE-TV, Louisville (Ch. 3)— WAVE Inc. (WAVE). Rep: Free & Peters. WHAS-TV, Louisville (Ch. 11)— WHAS Inc. (WHAS). Rep: Harrington, Rlghter & Parsons. WKLO-TV, Louisville (Ch. 21)— Mid-America Bcstg. Corp. (WKLO). Rep: Taylor. LOUISIANA WAFB-TV, Baton Rouge (Ch. 28) — Modern Bcstg. Co. of Baton Rouge Inc. (WAFB). Rep: Adam Young. KFAZ, Monroe (Ch. 43) — Delta Television Inc. Rep: Headley-Reed. WDSU-TV, New Orleans (Ch. 6)— WDSU Bcstg. Corp. (WDSU). Rep: Blair. MAINE WABI-TV, Bangor (Ch. 5) — Community Telecasting Service (WABI). Rep: Holllngberry and Kettell-Carter Inc. (New England only). WPMT, Portland (Ch. 53) — Portland Telecasting Corp. Rep: Everett-McKlnney and Kettel-Carter (Boston). MARYLAND WAAM, Baltimore (Ch. 13) — WAAM Inc. Rep: Harrington, Rlghter & Parsons. WBAL-TV, Baltimore (Ch. 11) — Hearst Corp. (WBAL). Rep: Petry. WMAR-TV, Baltimore (Ch. 2) — A. S. Abell Co. Rep: Katz. MASSACHUSETTS WBZ-TV, Boston (Ch. 4) — Westlnghouse Radio Stations Inc. ( WBZ). Rep: NBC-TV Spot Sales. WNAC-TV, Boston (Ch. 7) — General Teleradio Inc. (WNAC). Rep: H-R Television Inc. WTAO-TV, Cambridge (Ch. 56)— Middlesex Bcstg. Corp. (WTAO). WHYN-TV, Holyoke (Ch. 55) — Hampden-Hampshlre Corp. (WHYN). Rep: Branham: Weed (New England only). WWLP, Springfield (Ch. 61)— Springfield Television Bcstg. Corp. (WSPR). Rep: Hollingbery. MICHIGAN WPAG-TV, Ann Arbor (Ch. 20) — Washtenaw Bcstg. Co. (WPAG). Rep: Weed. WBKZ-TV, Battle Creek (Ch. 64) — Booth Radio & Television Stations Inc. Rep: Weed. WJBK-TV, Detroit (Ch. 2)— Storer Bcstg. Co. (WJBK). Rep: Katz. WWJ-TV, Detroit (Ch. 4) — Evening News Assn. (WWJ). Rep: Hollingbery. WXYZ-TV, Detroit (Ch. 7)— WXYZ Inc. (WXYZ). Rep: Blair. WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids (Ch. 7) — Grandwood Bcstg. Co. (WOOD). Rep: Katz. WKZO-TV, Kalamazoo (Ch. 3)— Fetzer Bcstg. Co. (WKZO). Rep: Avery-Knodel. WILS-TV, Lansing (Ch. 54) — Lansing Bcstg. Co. (WILS). Rep: Taylor. WJIM-TV, Lansing (Ch. 6) — WJIM Inc. (WJIM). Rep: H-R Television Inc. WKNX-TV, Saginaw (Ch. 57)— Lake Huron Bcstg. Corp. (WKNX). Rep: Gill-Perna Inc. MINNESOTA KMMT, Austin (Ch. 6) — Minnesota-Iowa Television Co. (KAUS). Rep: Pearson. WFTV, Duluth (Ch. 38) — Great Plains Television Properties of Minnesota Inc. Rep: Adam Young. WCCO-TV, Mlnneapolls-St. Paul (Ch. 4)— Midwest Radio-Television Inc. ( WCCO). Rep: Free & Peters. WTCN-TV, Minneapolis-St. Paul (Ch. 11)— Minnesota Television Public Service Corp. (WTCN); shares time with WMIN-TV, St. Paul. Rep : Blair. KROC-TV, Rochester (Ch. 10)— So. Minnesota Bcstg. Co. (KROC). Rep: Meeker. KSTP-TV, St. Paul-Minneapolis (Ch. 5) — KSTP Inc. (KSTP). Rep: Petry. WMIN-TV, St. Paul-Minneapolis (Ch. 11) — WMIN Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WMIN) ; shares time with WTCN-TV, Minneapolis. Rep: Taylor. MISSISSIPPI WJTV, Jackson (Ch. 25) — Mississippi Publishers Corp. Rep: Katz. MISSOURI KHQA-TV, Hannibal (Ch. 7)— Lee Bcstg. Inc. (WTAD, Quincy, 111.). Rep: Weed. KCMO-TV, Kansas City (Ch. 5)— KCMO Bcstg. Co. (KCMO). Rep: Katz. 2