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 #:
000554
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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IOWA— (Continued) KDIO, Davenport (Ch. 36) — Mel Foster-Harold Hoersch. KGTV, Des Moines (Ch. 17) — Rib Mountain Radio Inc. Rep: Hollingbery. October or November, 1953. WHO-TV, Des Moines (Ch. 13)— Central Bcstg. Co. (WHO). KQTV, Fort Dodge (Ch. 21) — Northwest Television Co. (KVFD). Rep: Pearson. November, 1953. KCTV, Sioux City (Ch. 36) — Great Plains Television Properties of Iowa, Inc. Rep: Adam Young. September, 1953. KWWL-TV, Waterloo (Ch. 7)— Black Hawk Bcstg. Co. (KWWL). KANSAS tKSAC-TV, Manhattan (Ch. 8) — Kansas State College of Agriculture & Applied Science (KSAC). KOAM-TV, Pittsburg (Ch. 7)— Pittsburg Bcstg. Co. (KOAM). Rep: Pearson. October, 1953. WIBW-TV, Topeka (Ch. 13) — Topeka Bcstg. Association Inc. (WIBW). Rep: Capper Publications Inc. November, 1953. KENTUCKY WPTV, Ashland (Ch. 59) — Polan Industries. Rep: Petry. WLOU-TV, Louisville (Ch. 41)— Robert W. Rounsaville (WLOU). Rep: Forjoe. "Sometime in 1954." WVJS-TV, Owensboro (Ch. 14) — Owensboro On The Air Inc. (WVJS). WBGT, Richmond (Ch. 60) — Blue Grass Television Co. LOUISIANA KSPJ, Alexandria (Ch. 62)— Barnet Brezner. KHTV, Baton Rouge (Ch. 40) — Capital Television & Bcstg. Co. Late fall, 1953. KTAG-TV, Lake Charles (Ch. 25) — KTAG-TV Inc. Rep: Adam Young. October, 1953. KNOE-TV, Monroe (Ch. 8) — James A. Noe (KNOE). Rep: H-R Television Inc. Fall of 1953. WCKG, New Orleans (Ch. 26) — CKG Television Co. (WMRY). Rep: Adam Young. WCNO-TV, New Orleans (Ch. 32) — Community Television Corp. Rep: Forjoe. January, 1954. WJMR-TV, New Orleans (Ch. 61) — Supreme Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WJMR). Rep: Bolling. October, 1953. WTLO, New Orleans (Ch. 20) — New Orleans Television Co. MAINE WLAM-TV, Lewiston (Ch. 17) — Lewiston-Auburn Bcstg. Corp. (WLAM). Rep: Everett-McKlnney. November, 1953. WMTW, Poland (Ch. 8, allocated to Lewiston) — Mt. Washington TV Inc. August-September, 1954. WCSH-TV, Portland (Ch. 6) — Congress Square Hotel Co. (WCSH). Rep: Weed. December, 1953. MARYLAND WITH-TV, Baltimore (Ch. 60)— WITH-TV Inc. (WITH). Rep: Forjoe. Latter 1953. WFMD-TV, Frederick (Ch. 62)— Monocacy Bcstg. Co. ( WFMD ) . “Fall of 1953.” WBOC-TV, Salisbury (Ch. 16)— Peninsula Bcstg. Co. (WBOC). Rep: Burn-Smith. MASSACHUSETTS WBOS-TV, Boston (Ch. 50) — E. Anthony & Sons Inc. fWGBH-TV, Boston (Ch. 2) — WGBH Education Foundation (WGBH) . October, 1954. Boston (Ch. 44) — J. D. Wrather Jr. , Brockton (Ch. 62) — Trans-American Enterprises Inc. WSEE-TV, Fall River (Ch. 46) — New England Television Co. Inc. WGLM, Lawrence (Ch. 72) — General Bcstg. Co. WTEV, New Bedford (Ch. 28)— E. Anthony & Sons Inc. (WNBH) Rep: Walker. WMGT, North Adams (Ch. 74)— Greylock Bcstg. Co. (WBRK). Rep: Walker. Fall of 1953. WNOH, Northampton (Ch. 36) — Regional TV Corp. (WACE, Springfield). Late 1953 or early 1954. WAAB-TV, Worcester (Ch. 20) — Wilson Enterprises Inc. (WAAB). WWOR-TV, Worcester (Ch. 14) — Salisbury Bcstg. Corp. Rep: Raymer. October-November, 1953. MICHIGAN WBCK-TV, Battle Creek (Ch. 58)— Michigan Bcstg. Co. (WBCK). Rep: Headley-Reed. December, 1953. , Bay City (Ch. 5) — North Eastern Michigan Corp. WHFB-TV, Benton Harbor (Ch. 42)— Palladium Publishing Co. (WHFB). WWTV, Cadillac (Ch. 13)— Sparton Bcstg. Co. November, 1953. WKAR-TV, East Lansing (Ch. 60)— Michigan State Board of Agriculture, Michigan State College ( WKAR). [Commercial channel.! January, 1954. WCTV, Flint (Ch. 28) — Trans-American Television Corp. WTAC-TV, Flint (Ch. 16)— Trendle-Campbell Bcstg. Corp. (WTAC). Rep: Raymer. Fall of 1953. WIBM-TV, Jackson (Ch. 48)— WIBM Inc. (WIBM). Rep: Forjoe. WTVM, Muskegon (Ch. 35)— Versluis Radio & Television Inc. (WLAV, Grand Rapids). MINNESOTA WJON-TV, St. Cloud (Ch. 7)— Granite City Bcstg. Co. (WJON). Rep: Rambeau. Fall of 1953. WCOW-TV, St. Paul (Ch. 17)— WCOW Telecasting Co. (WCOW). MISSISSIPPI WCBI-TV, Columbus (Ch. 28)— Blrney Imes Jr. (WCBI). Rep: McGillvra. “Late 1953-Early 1954." WGCM-TV, Gulfport (Ch. 56) — WGCM Television Corp. (WGCM). WJDT, Jackson (Ch. 3) — Lamar Life Bcstg. Co. (WRBC). Rep: Hollingbery. WSLI-TV, Jackson (Ch. 12) — Standard Life Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WSLI). Rep: Weed. January, 1954. WCOC-TV, Meridian (Ch. 30) — Mississippi Bcstg. Co. (WCOC) Fall of 1953. WTOK-TV, Meridian (Ch. 11) — Southern Television Corp. (WTOK). Rep: Headley-Reed. September, 1953. MISSOURI KGMO-TV, Cape Girardeau (Ch. 18)— KGMO Radio Television Inc (KGMO). KFUO-TV , Clayton (Ch. 30, allocated to St. Louis)— Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod (KFUO). KOMU-TV, Columbia (Ch. 8) — Curators of the University of Missouri [Commercial grant.] Rep: H-R Television Inc. Fall of 1953. KACY, Festus (St. Louis)— (Ch. 14)— Ozark Television Corp Fall of 1953. KFEQ-TV, St. Joseph (Ch. 2) — KFEQ Inc. (KFEQ). Rep: HeadleyReed. September, 1953. tKETC, St. Louis (Ch. 9) — St. Louis Educational Television Commission. "Perhaps late Fall, 1953.” KSTM-TV, St. Louis (Ch. 36)— Broadcast House Inc. ( KSTL ) . Rep: H-R Television Inc. September, 1953. WIL-TV, St. Louis (Ch. 42)— Missouri Bcstg. Corp. (WIL). Rep: Adam Young. KDRO-TV, Sedalia (Ch. 6)— Milton J. Hlnleln (KDRO). Rep: Forjoe. December, 1953, or earlier. KYTV, Springfield (Ch. 3) — Springfield Television Inc. (KGBX). Rep: Hollingbery. September, 1953. MONTANA KOOK-TV, Billings (Ch. 2)— The Montana Network (KOOK). Rep: Hollingbery. September, 1953. KRHT, Billings (Ch. 8) — Rudman-Hayutln Television Co. KFBB-TV, Great Falls (Ch. 5)— Buttrey Broadcast Inc. (KFBB). Rep: Weed. December, 1953. KMON-TV, Great Falls (Ch. 3) — Montana Farmer Inc. (KMON). KGVO-TV, Missoula (Ch. 13)— Mosby's Inc. (KGVO). Rep: GlllPerna. June, 1954. NEBRASKA KHOL-TV, Kearney-Holdrldge (Ch. 13) — Bl-States Co. 1953. NEVADA November, KZTV, Reno (Ch. 8)— Nevada Radio-Television Corp. (KWRN). Rep: Pearson. September, 1953. NEW HAMPSHIRE WKNE-TV, Keene (Ch. 45)— WKNE Corp. (WKNE). Rep: Meeker. January, 1954. WMUR-TV, Manchester (Ch. 9) — Radio Voice of New Hampshire Inc. (WMUR). NEW JERSEY WRTV, Asbury Park (Ch. 58) — Atlantic Video Corp. December, 1953. WOCN, Atlantic City (Ch. 52) — Matta Enterprises. WDHN, New Brunswick (Ch. 47) — Home News Publishing Co. fWTLV, New Brunswick (Ch. 19) — Dept, of Education, State of N. J. WTTM-TV, Trenton (Ch. 41)— People's Bcstg. Corp. (WTTM). NEW MEXICO KOGM-TV, Albuquerque (Ch. 13) — New Mexico Bcstg. Co. Inc (KGGM). Rep: Weed. September. 1953. KOAT-TV. Albuquerque (Ch. 7) — Alvarado Bcstg. Co. Inc. (KOAT). Rep: Hollingbery. September, 1953 KNEH, Clovis (Ch. 12) — Telepolltan Bcstg. Co. KTVK, Santa Fe (Ch. 2)— Greer & Greer. NEW YORK WPTR-TV, Albany (Ch. 23)— Patroon Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WPTR). WROW-TV, Albany (Ch. 41)— Hudson Valley Bcstg. Co. Inc. (WROW). Rep: Bolling. 6