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 #:
000556
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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TEXAS— (Continued) KXYZ-TV. Houston (Ch. 29) — Shamrock Bcstg. Co. (KXYZ). Rep: Free & Peters. KTVE, Longview (Ch. 32) — East Texas Television Co. Rep. Forjoe. September, 1953. KFYO-TV, Lubbock (Ch. 5) — Plains Radio Bcstg. Co. (KFYO). Rep: Taylor. KTRE-TV. Lufkin (Ch. 9)— Forest Capital Bcstg. Co. (KTRE). Rep: Taylor. KMSL, Marshall (Ch. 16)— Marshall Television Corp. KMID-TV, Midland (Ch. 2) — Mldessa Television Co. KALA. San Antonio (Ch. 35) — Alamo Television Co. KSHM, Sherman (Ch. 46) — Sherman Television Co. KPAR-TV, Sweetwater (Ch. 12) — Texas Telecasting Inc. Rep. Avery-Knodel. KCEN-TV, Temple (Ch. 6) — Bell Publishing Co. (KTEM). Rep. Holllngbery. October 1953. KNAL-TV, Victoria (Ch. 19) — KNAL Television Co. (KNAL). Spring of 1954. KANG-TV, Waco (Ch. 34)— Central Texas Television Co. Rep: H-R Television Inc. October, 1953. KRGV-TV, Weslaco (Ch. 5) — KRGV Television Inc. (KRGV). Rep: Taylor. November, 1953. UTAH KUTV, Salt Lake City (Ch. 2)— Utah Bcstg. & Television Corp. Rep: Holllngbery. Spring of 1954. VIRGINIA WCHV-TV, Charlottesville (Ch. 64) — Barham & Barham (WCHV). Rep: Walker. WBTM-TV, Danville (Ch. 24)— Piedmont Bcstg. Corp. (WBTM). Rep: Holllngbery. October, 1953. WSVA-TV, Harrisonburg (Ch. 3) — Shenandoah Valley Bcstg. Corp. (WSVA). Rep: Devney & Co. September, 1953. WMEV-TV, Marion (Ch. 50) — Mountain Empire Bcstg. Corp. (WMEV). Rep: Donald Cooke. WACH, Newport News (Ch. 33)— Eastern Bcstg. Corp. (WHYU). Rep: Avery-Knodel. September, 1953. WTOV-TV, Norfolk (Ch. 27) — Commonwealth Bcstg. Corp. (WLOW) WASHINGTON KOMO-TV, Seattle (Ch. 4)— Fisher’s Blend Station Inc. (KOMO). Rep: Holllngbery. November, 1953. KIT-TV, Yakima (Ch. 23)— KIT Inc. (KIT). Rep: Branham. October, 1953. WEST VIRGINIA WBEY, Beckley (Ch. 21) — Appalachian Television Corp. WKNA-TV, Charleston (Ch. 49) — Joe L. Smith Jr. Inc. (WKNA). Rep: Weed. September, 1953. WJPB-TV, Fairmont (Ch. 35) — Fairmont Bcstg. Co. (WWW). Rep: Headley-Reed. January, 1954. WTAP, Parkersburg (Ch. 15)— West Virginia Enterprises Inc. Rep : Forjoe. September, 1953. WLTV, Wheeling (Ch. 51) — Polan Industries. Rep: Petry. October-November, 1953. WTRF-TV, Wheeling (Ch. 7) — Tri-City Bcstg. Co. (WTRF, Bellaire, O.) Rep: Holllngbery. October, 1953. WISCONSIN WRBJ, Beloit (Ch. 57) — Beloit Bcstg. Co. (WGEZ). Rep: George W. Clark Inc. WEAU-TV, Eau Claire (Ch. 13) — Central Bcstg. Co. (WEAU). Rep: Holllngbery. October-November, 1953. WMIL-TV, Milwaukee (Ch. 31)— Cream City Bcstg. Co.. Inc. (WMIL). December, 1953. WOKY-TV, Milwaukee (Ch. 19) — Bartell Bcstrs. Inc. (WOKY). Rep: H-R Television Inc. September-October, 1953. WNAM-TV, Neenah (Ch. 42, allocated to Appleton) — NeenahMenasha Bcstg. (WNAM). Rep: George W. Clark Inc. September, 1953. WYOMING KSPR-TV, Casper (Ch. 2) — Donald Lewis Hathaway (KSPR). KFBC-TV, Cheyenne (Ch. 5) — Frontier Bcstg. Co. (KFBC). Rep: McGillvra. December, 1953. NOTES TERRITORIES KFIA, Anchorage, Alaska (Ch. 2) — Klgglns & Rollins. Rep: Art Moore & Son, Seattle. November, 1953. KTVA, Anchorage, Alaska (Ch. 11) — Northern Television Inc. December, 1953. KFIF, Fairbanks, Alaska (Ch. 2) — Klgglns & Rollins. Rep: Art Moore & Son, Seattle. January, 1954. KABS, Honolulu, Hawaii (Ch. 4)— American Bcstg. Stations Inc. ( WMT, Cedar Rapids. Ia.). Rep: Adam Young. [Formerly KULATV.] WAPA-TV, San Juan, P. R. (Ch. 4) — Jose Ramon Quinones (WAPA). WKAQ-TV, San Juan, P. R. (Ch. 2)— El Mundo Bcstg. Corp. (WKAQ). Rep: Inter-America Publications Inc. January, 1954. NEW CANADIAN STATIONS AUTHORIZED CBHT, Halifax, N. S. (Ch. 3) — Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBH). CHCH-TV, Hamilton, Ont. (Ch. 13)— Niagara Television Ltd. (CKOC, CHML, CJSH-FM). Rep: All Canada Television. December, 1953. CFPL-TV, London, Ont. (Ch. 10)— London Free Press Printing Co. Ltd. (CFPL). Rep: Weed (for U. S.) & All Canada Television. November, 1953. CFCM-TV, Quebec City, Que. (Ch. 4)— Television de Quebec Llmitee (CHRC, CJQC, CKCV). Rep: Joseph Hardy & Co. CKCK-TV, Regina, Sask. (Ch. 2) — Trans-Canada Communications Ltd. (CKCK). Rep: All Canada Television CJBR-TV, Rlmouski, Que. (Ch. 3) — Lower St. Lawrence Radio Inc. (CJBR). Rep: H. N. Stovln & Co. CHSJ-TV, Saint John, N. B. (Ch. 4) — New Brunswick Bcstg. Co. Ltd. (CHSJ). Rep: All Canada Television. CKSO-TV, Sudbury, Ont. (Ch. 5)— CKSO Radio Ltd. (CKSO). Rep: Weed (for U. S.) & All Canada Television. September, 1953. CJCB-TV, Sydney, N. S. (Ch. 4) — Cape Breton Bcstrs. Ltd. (CJCB). Rep: All Canada Television. CBUT, Vancouver, B. C. (Ch. 2) — Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBU). November, 1953. CKLW-TV, Windsor, Ont. (Ch. 9) — Western Ontario Bcstg. Co. Ltd. (CKLW). Rep: Adam Young (for U. S.) & All Canada Television. CBWT, Winnipeg, Man. (Ch. 4) — Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBW). CONSTRUCTION PERMITS RELINQUISHED (Cancelled at Request of Grantee) WTVS, Gadsden, Ala. (Ch. 21) — Jacob A. Newborn Jr. Dropped May 26, 1953. KCNA-TV, Tucson, Ariz. (Ch. 9) — Catalina Bcstg. Co. Dropped Sept. 2, 1953. KFXD-TV, Nampa, Ida. (Ch. 6) — See notation In CPs Outstanding. WKMI-TV, Kalamazoo, Mich. (Ch. 36) — Howard D. Steere. Dropped Aug. 12, 1953. KBFM, Bismarck, N.D. (Ch. 12) — Rudman Television Co. Dropped Sept. 11, 1953. KNDK, Minot, N.D. (Ch. 10) — Rudman Television Co. Dropped Sept. 11, 1953. WLEC-TV, Sandusky, O. (Ch. 42) — Lake Erie Bcstg. Co. Dropped Aug. 25, 1953. WHHH-TV, Warren, O. (Ch. 67)— Warren Tribune Radio Station Inc. Dropped July 10, 1953. KCTV, Austin, Tex. (Ch. 18) — Capital City Television Co. Dropped June 4, 1953. KTVA, Austin, Tex. (Ch. 24) — Tom Potter. Dropped May 21, 1953. KRIO-TV, McAllen, Tex. (Ch. 20) — Texas State Network Inc. Dropped June 19, 1953. KMID-TV, Midland, Tex. (Ch. 2) — Permian Basin Television Co. Dropped May 6, 1953. [Channel and call letters reassigned to Midessa Television Co.] KGKL-TV, San Angelo, Tex. (Ch. 3) — KGKL Inc. Dropped March 27, 1953. KTVW, Wichita Falls, Tex. (Ch. 22) — White Television Co. Dropped July 28, 1953. WWOD-TV, Lynchburg, Va. (Ch. 16) — Old Dominion Bcstg. Corp. Dropped July 10, 1953. WROV-TV, Roanoke, Va. (Ch. 27) — Radio Roanoke Inc. [Note: This station began operating Feb. 15, 1953, but quit the air permanently July 18; for details, see Television Digest, Vol.9:29.] 8