Television digest with electronic reports (Jan-Dec 1953)

Record Details:

Title:
Television digest with electronic reports
Date:
Jan-Dec 1953
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Radio News Bureau
Volume:
Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1953)
Leaf #:
000551
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:
March 28, 2024
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KCTY, Kansas City, Mo. (Ch. 25) — Empire Coll Co. Inc. Rep: Avery-Knodel. KMBC-TV, Kansas City (Ch. 9)— Midland Bcstg. Co. (KMBC) ; shares time with WHB-TV. Rep: Free & Peters. WDAF-TV, Kansas City (Ch. 4)— Kansas City Star Co. (WDAF). Rep: Harrington, Rlghter & Parsons. WHB-TV, Kansas City (Ch. 9)— WHB Bcstg. Co. ( WHB) ; shares time with KMBC-TV. Rep: Blair. KSD-TV, St. Louis (Ch. 5) — The Pulitzer Publishing Co. (KSD). Rep: Free & Peters. (NBC-TV Spot Sales after Oct. 1.) WTVI, St. Louis (Ch. 54)— See Belleville, 111. KTTS-TV, Springfield (Ch. 10) — Independent Bcstg. Co. (KTT8). Rep: Weed. MONTANA KOPR-TV, Butte (Ch. 4) — Copper Bcstg. Co. (KOPR). Rep: Hollingbery. KXLF-TV, Butte (Ch. 6) — Television Montana (KXLF). Rep: Walker. NEBRASKA KFOR-TV, Lincoln (Ch. 10) — Combelt Bcstg. Corp. (KFOR). Rep: Raymer. KOLN-TV, Lincoln (Oh. 12) — Comhusker Radio & Television Corp. (KOLN). Rep: Weed. KMTV, Omaha (Ch. 3) — May Bcstg. Co. (KMA, Shenandoah, la.). Rep: Petry. WOW-TV, Omaha (Ch. 6) — Meredith WOW Inc. (WOW). Rep: Blair. NEVADA KLAS-TV, Las Vegas (Ch. 8) — Las Vegas Television Inc. (KLAS). Rep: Weed. NEW JERSEY WFPG-TV, Atlantic City (Ch. 46)— Neptune Bcstg. Corp. (WFPG). Rep: Pearson. WATV, Newark (Ch. 13) — Bremer Bcstg. Corp. (WAAT). Rep: Weed. NEW MEXICO KOB-TV, Albuquerque (Ch. 4)— Albuquerque Bcstg. Co. (KOB). Rep: Branham. KSWS-TV, Roswell (Ch. 8) — John A. Barnett (KSWS). Rep: Meeker; Clyde Melville Co. (Southwest only). NEW YORK WNBF-TV, Binghamton (Ch. 12) — Clark Associates Inc. (WNBF). Rep: Bolling. WBEN-TV, Buffalo (Ch. 4) — WBEN Inc. (WBEN). Rep: Harrington, Rlghter & Parsons. WBES-TV, Buffalo (Ch. 59) — Buffalo-Nlagara Television Corp. Rep: Bolling. WBUF-TV, Buffalo (Ch. 17)— WBUF-TV Inc. Rep: H-R Television Inc. WTVE, Elmira (Ch. 24) — Elmira Television. Rep: Forjoe. WABC-TV, New York (Ch. 7)— American Bcstg. Co. (WABC). ReD: WABC-TV Sales In N. Y. (Petry outside N. Y.). WABD, New York (Ch. 5)— Allen B. DuMont Laboratories Inc. Rep: Avery-Knodel. WCBS-TV, New York (Ch. 2) — Columbia Bcstg. System (WCBS). Rep: CBS-TV Spot Sales. WNBT, New York (Ch. 4)— National Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WNBC). Rep: NBC-TV Spot Sales. WOR-TV, New York (Ch. 9) — General Teleradio Inc. (WOR). Rep: WOR Sales; H-R Television Inc. (West Coast). [Note: Temporarily silent pending move of transmitter; Television Digest, Vol. 9:37.] WPIX, New York (Ch. 11) — WPIX Inc. Rep: Free & Peters. WHAM-TV, Rochester (Ch. 6) — Stromberg-Carlson Co. (WHAM). Rep: Hollingbery. WRGB, Schenectady (Ch. 4) — General Electric Co. (WGY). Rep: NBC-TV Spot Sales. WHEN, Syracuse (Ch. 8) — Meredith Syracuse Television Corp. Rep: Katz. WSYR-TV, Syracuse (Ch. 3)— Central N. Y. Bcstg. Corp. (WSYR). Rep: Headley-Reed; Kettell-Carter (Boston). WKTV, Utica (Ch. 13) — Copper City Bcstg. Corp. (WKAL, Rome, N. Y.). Rep: Donald Cook. NORTH CAROLINA WISE-TV, Asheville (Ch. 62)— Radio Station WISE Inc. (WISE). Rep: Bolling. WBTV, Charlotte (Ch. 3) — Jefferson Standard Bcstg. Co. (WBT). Rep: CBS-TV Spot Sales. WFMY-TV, Greensboro (Ch. 2) — Greensboro News Co. Rep: Harrington, Rlghter & Parsons. WNAO-TV, Raleigh (Ch. 28)— Sir Walter Television Co. (WNAO). Rep: Avery-Knodel. NORTH DAKOTA WDAY-TV, Fargo (Ch. 6) — WDAY Inc. (WDAY). Rep: Free & Peters. KCJB-TV, Minot (Ch. 13) — North Dakota Bcstg. Co. Inc. (KCJB). Rep: Weed. OHIO WAKR-TV, Akron, O. (Ch. 49)— Summit Radio Corp. (WAKR). Rep: Weed. WICA-TV, Ashtabula (Ch. 15)— WICA Inc. (WICA). Rep: GlllPerna. WCPO-TV, Cincinnati (Ch. 9) — Scrlpps-Howard Radio (WCPO). Rep: Branham. WKRC-TV, Cincinnati (Ch. 12)— Radio Cincinnati Inc. (WKRC). Rep: Katz. WLWT, Cincinnati (Ch. 5)— Crosley Bcstg. Corp. (WLW). Rep: Crosley Bcstg. WEWS, Cleveland (Ch. 5) — Scrlpps-Howard Radio Inc. Rep: Branham. WNBK, Cleveland (Ch. 4) — National Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WTAM). RepNBC-TV Spot Sales. WXEL, Cleveland (Ch. 9) — Empire Coll Co. Inc. Rep: Katz. WBNS-TV, Columbus (Ch. 10)— Dispatch Printing Co. (WBNS). Rep: Blair. WLWC, Columbus (Ch. 4) — Crosley Bcstg. Corp. Rep: Crosley Bcstg. WTVN, Columbus (Ch. 6) — WTVN Inc. Rep: Katz. WHIO-TV, Dayton (Ch. 7)— Miami Valley Bcstg. Corp. (WHIO). Rep: Hollingbery. WLWD, Dayton (h. 2) — Crosley Bcstg. Corp. Rep: Crosley Bcstg. WLOK-TV, Lima (Ch. 73)— WLOK Inc. (WLOK). Rep: H-R Television Inc. WSPD-TV, Toledo (Ch. 13)— Storer Bcstg. Co. (WSPD). Rep: Katz. WFMJ-TV, Youngstown (Ch. 73) — Vindicator Printing Co. (WFMJ). Rep: Headley-Reed. WKBN-TV, Youngstown (Ch. 27)— WKBN Bcstg. Corp. (WKBN) . Rep: Raymer. WHIZ-TV, Zanesville (Ch. 50) — Southeastern Ohio Television System (WHIZ). Rep: Pearson. OKLAHOMA KSWO-TV, Lawton (Ch. 7) — Oklahoma Quality Bcstg. Co. (KSWO). Rep: Everett-McKinney and Clyde Melville Co. (Southwest only). WKY-TV, Oklahoma City (Ch. 4)— WKY Radiophone Co. (WKY). Rep: Katz. KOTV, Tulsa (Ch. 6) — Wrather-Alvarez Inc. Rep: Petry. OREGON KBES-TV, Medford (Ch. 5) — Southern Oregon Bcstg. Co. Rep: Blair. KPTV, Portland (Ch. 27) — Empire Coll Co. Inc. Rep: NBC-TV Spot Sales. PENNSYLVANIA WFBG-TV, Altoona (Ch. 10)— Gable Bcstg. Co. (WFBG). Rep: H-R Television Inc. WLFV-TV, Bethlehem, Pa. (Ch. 51) — Associated Bcstrs. Inc. (WEST, Easton). Rep: Meeker. WCHA-TV, Chambersburg (Ch. 46) — Chambersburg Bcstg. Co. (WCHA). Rep: Forjoe. WGLV, Easton (Ch. 57) — Easton Publishing Co. (WEEX-FM). Rep: Headley-Reed. WICU, Erie (Ch. 12)— Dispatch Inc. (WIKK). Rep: Petry. WHP-TV, Harrisburg (Ch. 55)— WHP Inc. (WHP). Rep: Bolling. WTPA, Harrisburg (Ch. 71) — Harrisburg Bcstrs. Inc. Rep: HeadleyReed. WJAC-TV, Johnstown (Ch. 6)— WJAC Inc. (WJAC). Rep: Katz. WGAL-TV, Lancaster (Ch. 8) — WGAL Inc. (WGAL). Rep: Meeker. WKST-TV, New Castle (Ch. 45)— WKST Inc. (WKST). Rep: Meeker. WCAU-TV, Philadelphia (Ch. 10)— WCAU Inc. (WCAU). Rep: CBS-TV Spot Sales. WFJLL-TV, Philadelphia (Ch. 6) — Triangle Publications Inc. (WFIL). Rep: Katz. WPTZ, Philadelphia (Ch. 3) — Westinghouse Radio Stations Inc. (KYW). Rep: NBC-TV Spot Sales. WDTV, Pittsburgh (Ch. 2) — Allen B. DuMont Laboratories Inc. Rep: DuMont-TV Spot Sales. WENS, Pittsburgh (Ch. 16) — Telecasting Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. Rep: Petry. WKJF-TV, Pittsburgh (Ch. 53) — Agnes J. Reeves Greer (WKJFFM). Rep: Weed. WEEU-TV, Reading (Ch. 33)— Hawley Bcstg. Co. (WEEU). Rep: Headley-Reed. WHUM-TV, Reading (Ch. 61)— Eastern Radio Corp. (WHUM). Rep: H-R Television Inc. WGBI-TV, Scranton, Pa. (Ch. 22) — Scranton Bcstrs. Inc. (WGBI). Rep: Blair. WTVU, Scranton (Ch. 73) — Appalachian Co. Rep: Bolling. WB RE-TV, Wilkes-Barre (Ch. 28) — Louis G. Baltimore (WERE). Rep: Headley-Reed. WILK-TV, Wilkes-Barre (Ch. 34)— Wyoming Valley Bcstg. Co. (WILK). Rep: Avery-Knodel. WSBA-TV, York (Ch. 43) — Susquehanna Bcstg. Co. (WSBA). Rep: Radlo-TV Representatives Inc. 3