Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1960)

Record Details:

Title:
Weekly television digest
Date:
Jan-Dec 1960
Publisher:
Washington D.C. : Triangle Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1960)
Leaf #:
000619
Language:
English
Subjects:
Television -- Periodicals, Television 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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. . NABUBRARY '——Television Digest JUNE 20, 1960 © 1960 TRIANGLE PUBUCATIONS, INC. SPEQAL SUPPLEMENT No. 6 ARB Survey-Based Estimates Television Households by States & Counties As of January 1, 1960 Compiled by American Research Bureau on the basis of approximately 500,000 telephone interviews in November 1959 & March 1960, using scientific sampling and statistical techniques U.S. TOTALS: Total Households, 52,207,800. Television Households, 46,019,980. Percent with Television, 88%. State and Total TV Households State and Total TV Households State and Total TV HmiCAVinlHc County Households Number Percent County Households Number Percent County Households Number Percent ALABAMA Graham 3,300 2,200 66 Stone 1,600 1,000 64 Autauga 4,100 2,900 70 Greenlee 3,100 2,200 70 Union 13,900 11,000 79 Baldwin 12,600 8,100 64 Maricopa 182,800 154,200 84 Van Buren 1,900 1,300 68 Barbour 6,400 4,200 65 Mohave 2,100 1,400 66 Washington 14,900 9,400 63 Bibb 3,600 2,100 58 Navajo 9,500 6,300 66 White 10,500 7,200 68 Blount 6,900 4,200 61 Pima 80,500 68,100 85 Woodruff 3,500 2,900 82 Bullock 3,200 1,800 56 Pinal 17,300 13,000 75 Yell 3,100 2,500 80 Butler 5,700 3,700 66 Santa Cruz 3,400 2,300 66 Total 482,100 349,200 72 Calhoun 25,100 18,800 75 Yavapai 7,400 4,900 67 Chambers 9,300 5,200 56 Yuma 14,100 10,800 77 CALIFORNIA Cherokee 4,000 3,100 77 Total 357,200 288,300 81 Alameda 293,600 266,300 91 Chilton 6,700 4,300 64 Alpine 100 70 68 Choctaw 4,300 3,200 75 ARKANSAS Amador 2,900 2,500 85 Clarke 5,900 3,600 61 Arkansas 5,300 4,000 75 Butte 25,300 21,200 84 Clay 3,200 2,000 62 Ashley 5,900 4,400 75 Calaveras 3,000 2,400 80 Cleburne 2,800 1,600 57 Baxter 2,300 1,500 65 Colusa 3,200 2,700 85 Coffee 9,600 6,100 64 Benton 10,200 6,300 62 Contra Costa 114,400 113,800 99 Colbert 12,100 8,300 69 Boone 4,000 3,000 76 Del Norte 7,300 5,900 81 Conecuh 4,200 2,300 56 Bradley 3,100 2,100 66 Eldorado 7,600 5,900 78 Coosa 2,000 1,100 56 Calhoun 1,300 900 69 Fresno 107,100 100,000 93 Covington 9,300 5,900 64 Carroll 3,200 2,100 66 Glenn 4,000 3,600 89 Crenshaw 3,600 2,200 61 Chicot 5,300 3,900 73 Humboldt 31,000 26,400 85 Cullman 12,000 7,800 65 Clark 5,100 3,900 77 Imperial 18,800 14,400 77 Dale 5,900 3,500 60 Clay 5,700 4,000 71 Inyo 4,300 3,000 69 Dallas 14,400 9,900 69 Cleburne 2,000 1,400 70 Kern 82,500 78,000 95 De Kalb 11,300 7,900 70 Cleveland 1,600 1,000 64 Kings 13,600 11,100 81 Elmore 6,600 4,100 62 Columbia 6,800 5,600 82 Lake 4,000 2,800 71 Escambia 7,800 5,400 69 Conway 3,600 2,600 71 Lassen 4,300 2,900 68 Etowah 27,200 19,200 71 Craighead 11,800 9,000 76 Los Angeles 1,989,400 1,880,800 95 Payette 4,100 2,400 58 Crawford 5,900 4,000 68 Madera 11,600 9,400 81 Franklin 5,900 3,400 57 Crittenden 11,600 8,100 70 Marin 43,100 39,700 92 Geneva 6,000 3,600 59 Cross 4,700 3,200 69 Mariposa 1,400 1,100 80 Greene 3,200 2,200 69 Dallas 3,000 2,100 69 Mendocino 14,500 10,700 74 Hale 4,300 1,900 45 Desha 5,300 3,900 73 Merced 26,300 22,300 85 Henry 4,100 2,700 66 Drew 3,500 2,600 75 Modoc 2,300 1,600 70 Houston 14,400 10,400 72 Faulkner 5,800 4,500 78 Mono 800 620 78 Jackson 8,800 5,500 62 Franklin 2,400 1,200 50 Monterey 55,400 45,500 82 Jefferson 179,500 144,200 80 Fulton 2,000 1,100 53 Napa 18,500 15,500 84 Lamar 3,800 2,200 57 Garland 14,700 11,100 76 Nevada 5,800 3,800 66 Lauderdale 16,500 11,500 70 Grant 2,200 1,600 74 Orange 231,400 218,100 94 Lawrence 6,300 3,600 57 Greene 6,300 4,400 70 Placer 15,600 12,800 82 Lee 11,200 7,600 68 Hempstead 4,800 3,200 66 Plumas 3,000 2,300 77 Limestone 9,400 5,400 57 Hot Spring 5,900 3,900 67 Riverside 91,500 83,200 91 Lowndes 3,000 1,600 55 Howard 2,400 1,700 69 Sacramento 146,600 138,900 95 Macon 4,900 3,000 61 Independence 5,800 4,200 72 San Benito 4,500 3,800 85 Madison 27,800 19,800 71 Izard 2,100 1,300 62 San Bern’dino 152,300 137,300 90 Marengo 6,700 4,000 59 Jackson 7,400 5,200 71 San Diego 290,200 275,100 95 Marion 6,000 3,800 63 Jefferson 23,600 17,800 75 San Francisco 275,000 241,000 88 Marshall 13,100 9,600 73 Johnson 3,600 2,200 62 San Joaquin 74,000 68,900 93 Mobile 78,200 60,200 77 Lafayette 2,700 1,900 71 San L. Obispo 24,100 20,200 84 Monroe 5,700 3,600 64 Lawrence 4,300 2,400 55 San Mateo 130,200 127,300 98 Montgomery 46,400 34,800 75 Lee 4,600 2,800 62 Santa Barbara 47,400 40,200 85 Morgan 14,500 9,600 66 Lincoln 3,200 2,100 67 Santa Clara 188,600 176,900 94 Perry 3,900 2,000 52 Little River 2,400 1,800 74 Santa Cruz 27,600 24,000 87 Pickens 5,100 3,200 63 Logan 3,800 2,200 59 Shasta 16,500 13,900 84 Pike 7,000 4,500 64 Lonoke 5,700 4,300 75 Sierra 600 440 74 Randolph 5,000 3,300 65 Madison 2,700 1,400 51 Siskiyou 9,600 7,700 80 Russell 11,600 8,200 70 Marion 1,300 700 53 Solano 36,700 35,400 96 Saint Clair 6,000 4,000 67 Miller 9,700 7,600 78 Sonoma 48,400 40,600 84 Shelby 8,200 5,400 66 Mississippi 17,200 12,900 75 Stanislaus 45,300 38,300 84 Sumter 3,900 2,000 52 Monroe 4,000 2,400 59 Sutter 9,400 7,200 77 Talladega 16,400 12,400 76 Montgomery 1,500 1,000 66 Tehama 7,500 6,000 80 Tallapoosa 8,700 6,000 60 Nevada 2,300 1,500 67 Trinity 2,900 1,900 67 Tuscaloosa 25,500 16,500 65 Newton 1,300 800 65 Tulare 44,100 37,500 85 Walker 13,000 9,300 72 Ouachita 8,200 6,100 75 Tuolumne 4,700 3,700 78 Washington 2,600 1,600 61 Perrv 1,300 900 66 Ventura 53,000 46,700 88 Wilcox 4,500 2,500 55 Phillips 11,900 7,800 66 Yolo 17,400 14,000 80 Winston 3,600 2,300 63 Pike 2,000 1,300 64 Yuba 7,900 7,000 89 Total 838,600 592,300 71 Poinsett 6,900 4,800 69 Total 4,902,100 4,524,270 92 Polk 3,100 2,100 69 ALASKA Pope 6,100 3,900 64 COLORADO 1st Judicial (D) 10,200 3,700 78 Prairie 2,800 1,800 66 Adams 23,400 18,600 79 3rd Judicial (D) 28,000 16,200 80 Pulaski 78,100 62,700 80 Alamosa 2,400 1,800 76 4th Judicial (D) 5,900 5,200 88 Randolph 3,000 1,900 64 Arapahoe 31,500 28,600 91 Total 44,100 25,100 86 St. Francis 8,700 5,900 67 Archuleta 800 560 70 Saline 6,900 5,500 79 Baca 1,700 1,000 60 ARIZONA Scott 1,800 1,100 61 Bent 2,200 1,400 65 Apache 6,100 2,800 47 Searcy 2,400 1,500 62 Boulder 19,500 17,400 89 Cochise 11,600 8,100 70 Sebastian 18,500 14,900 80 Chaffee 2,500 1,900 76 Coconino 9,300 6,900 74 Sevier 2,400 1,900 78 Gila 6,700 5,100 76 Sharp 1,700 1,000 60 (Continued on next page)