Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1963)

20th Century-Fox, 14:16; 21:12; 34:12; 48:12 United Artists, 17:12; 24:12; 36:12; 50:12 Warner Bros., 6:12; 19:12; 49:12 Telecastlnn profile of broadcasting firms, 5:3 broadcasters post big 1962 gains, 15:1 NAB 1962 TV-radlo profit report, 28:4 broadcasters net first-half gains, 36:3 FCC 1962 TV profit report, 38:2 AB-PT, 12:12; 17:12; 31:12; 44:12 Boston Herald-Traveler, 29:12 Capital Cities Bcstg. , 9:12; 17:12; 29:12; 43:12 Cowles Magazines & Bcstg., 10:12; 35:12 Chris Craft (formerly NAFI), 10:12; 20:16; 35:12; 47:12 Famous Players Canadian, 11:12; 38:12; 51:12 Crowell-Colller, 10:12; 18:12; 30:12; 45:12 Goodwill Stations, 17:12; 30:12; 43:12 Gross Telecasting, 12:12; 19:12; 29:12 Macfadden-Bartell, 16:12; 32:12; 45:12 Metromedia, 9:12; 16:12; 30:12; 41:12 Outlet Co., 15:12; 26:12; 39:12; 43:12 Reeves Bcstg., 12:12; 19:12; 31:12; 45:12 Scrlpps-Howard Bcstg. , 45:12 Rollins Bcstg., 9:12; 28:6; 35:12; 38:12; 48:12 Storer Bcstg., 9:12; 15:12; 30:12; 44:12 Taft Bcstg., 5:12; 23:12; 30:12; 43:12 Tlmes-Mlrror, 13:12; 15:12; 36:12 Transcontinent TV, 6:12; 17:12; sale pending to Taft, 15:3; sells stations for $38.5 million, 31:6 Wometco, 12:12; 17:12; 28:6; 29:12; 39:12 Miscellaneous Capitol Records , 35:12 Decca Records, 12:12; 19:12; 33:10; 46:12 H & B American, 10:12; 22:12; 51:12; sale pends to RKO, 40:4 MCA, 15:12; 20:16; 33:10; 47:12 A. 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Nielsen, 2:12; 14:16; 27:12; 46:12 TV Shares Management, 24:12 FORnCN TRADE 1962 TV-radlo-phono Imports from Japan, 6:7 Radio Imports climbing, 18:10 Japanese TV sets near UL approval, 25:9 Europe trends away from "Fair Trade," 28:9 Jan. -May Imports up, exports down, 28:10 Symphonic flies anti-trust suit against Japanese firms, 29:7 400,000 TV Imports seen for 1963, 32:7 AID supplying 10,000 radios to Viet Nam, 34:10 UK's 1962 electronics Imports to U.S. up 30%, 34:11 Canadian electronics— a profile, 35:8 Japan sets minimum TV prices, 35:11 "mistake" gives windfall to TV picture tube Importers, 45:8 Japanese export prices falling, 48:9 FOREIGN TV Canada rules no color TV for near future, 7:8 overseas TV stations Increased 29% In 1962, 10:5 foreign TV receivers outnumber U.S. , 11:1 listing of foreign stations and sets, 11:5 Greece plans 17-station network, 14:8 KONA-TV Honolulu affiliates with Japanese network, 14:8 Japan pins hopes on TV, 18:10 Japan's Toho Co. plans theater-TV color network, 20:6 Japan seeks "orderly" TV exports, 22:10 Russia has 9 million TV sets, adds 5,000 daily, 26:5 Mexico decrees uhf telecasting in color only, 27:6 FREQUENCY MODULATION (FM) f. FM STEREO 1962 FM radio sales, 1:8 Pacifica denies red ties, 2:6 Gallo shows new Indoor FM antenna, 4:9 GE pioneers FM stereo drama, 6:4 FM car radio sales rolling — slowly, 8:7 Audltron's single channel FM set, 9:8 10 new FM stereo markets open, 10:7 report on FM broadcasters' gains, 14:6 list of 230 U. S. & Canadian FM-stereo broadcasters, 20:10 9 additional FM-stereo starters, 23:9 new FM-stereo starters boost total to 241 stations, 28:3 WABC-FM N.Y. schedules stereo-casting, 29:6 FCC lifts FM freeze, 30:5 FM-stereo stations now total 259, 31:9 5 million FM radio sets seen for 1963, 44:8 14 new FM stereo starters, 47:9 MERCHANDISING. TV RECEIVER & APPLIANCES Manufacturers decry consignment plans for dealers, 2:7 BBB & list prices — 7 months later, 5:9 Westlnghouse plans retail store, 7:7 Supreme Court ruling on White Motor franchise case, 10:8 Quality Stabilization hassle, 14:13 action for consumer & dealer protection grows, 16:9 FTC opens "deceptive pricing" hearings, 23:8 National Assn, of Mass Merchandisers attacks Fair Trade bill, 23:8 House committee passes QS bill, 26:9 Shallow sees distribution upheaval, 27:8 Opinion Research survey on discount buying, 29:9 "shook out" discount Industry expanding, 35:9 N.Y. passes false advertising law, 38:10 Committee for Competitive Prices forms, 41:7 Hertz readies new TV rental program, 43:8 Neb. pulls rug on Installment sales, 44:7; 47:10 discount group offers quality seal, 46:10 discounters improve image, gain shoppers, 47:8 Louisville retailers sue to force Sunday closing by discounters, 49:10; 50:11 discounters face rising costs In 1964, 52:8 NATIONAL ASSN. OF BROADCASTERS (NAB) gives Collins 3-year contract, 3:1 Collins flays FCC for Omaha hearing, 4:1 highlights of Chicago convention, 13:1; 14:1 new elections to NAB board, 14:6 forms committee to study forming Program Dept., 17:4; committee recommends Program Dept. , 18:5 Harris likes NAB rating proposal, 21:2 questions commercial limits codes, 21:4 Radio Code Board attacks FCC commercial plan, 22:4 TV Review Board proposes code changes, 24:2 rating council holds first meeting, 25:2 vows fight against commercial celling, 26:1; 28:2 raters endorse audit plan, 28:3 1962 TV-radio profits report, 28:4 plans to establish outside rating audit, 29:2 Nielsen favors audit only, 30:4 Collins views on British TV, 31:1 Nielsen & NAB talk turkey on ratings, 31:3 challenges FCC's Interim editoriallring guide lines, 31:5 tension develops in rating reform; 32:3 Nielsen applies for accreditation, 33:2 Robert Swezey resigns NAB post, 33:4 President Kennedy lunches with top broadcasters, 34:1 fights challenge to leadership, 34:2; 35:5 rating council wants AAAA on board, 37:2 NAB sessions spotlight govt, problems, 42:3 Quarton's "Dear Roy" note on commercials, 44:3 Bell named Code Dir. , 45:3 Bell's views on Codes, 48:3 Collins attacks Luckies commercials, 48:5 action to oust Collins, 51:1 presses study of commercial practices problems, 51:3 NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY (NBC) FCC rejects settlement with Phllco on WRCVTVPhlla., 11:5 1962 foreign TV business up 61%, 13:6 Sarnoff's views on ETV goals, 21:5 NBC-MCA plans for network "movie premieres", 24:1 Increases network rate, 25:5 charged with "coercion" In Phlla. case, 39:5 donates $250,000 for ETV uhf In Los Angeles, 45:5 PAY TV Home Entertainment Co. of America files with SEC, 3:5 GE & National General plan theater-TV network, 9:3 theater-TV hockey tleup In Canada, 22:4 Paramount's Telemeter plans, 23:5 Subscription TV forms for West Coast pay TV, 33:2; names Pat Weaver pres., 37:4 details of West Coast pay-TV cable deal, 34:3 O'Neil's outlook on pay TV, 38:4 NBC's Bevllle assails pay TV, 41:4 Macfadden-Bartell seeks 8-month delay for Denver project, 47:b gets 2-month delay, 48:5 Subscription TV's pay-TV plans, 47:4 PHONOGRAPHS "package" hl-fl definition goes to FTC, 2:9 phono makers seek grading system, 12:8 3M-Revere plans new tape cartridge models for 1964, 18:8 FTC makes slow progress toward hl-fl definition 21:8 console phono boom looms, 39:9 "form freedom" expands hl-fl market, 43:7 forecasts for 1964 radio-phono sales, 51:9 3M's cartridge plans, 51:11 PREDICTIONS Sylvania sees up to 800,000 color sales in 1963, 6:8 set makers predict color's future, 11:9 Mansfield's 15-year forecast for TV-radlophono, 14:10 Industry reviews all-channel law's effect on sales, 18:7 Bartell sees pay TV in 15 million homes, 25:6 Sarnoff says color will account for nearly all TV sales by 1970, 28:11 Motorola forecasts 1963 color sales of 600700,000, 33:8 RCA predicts 1964 demand for 1.5 million color tubes, 37:8 forecasts for discount industry in 1970s, 37:9 1963 forecast for component hl-fl industry, 37:10 GT&E predicts $15 billion electronics volume in 1963, 37:10 Ampex's Roberts says world electronics sales will double In 6 years, 39:9 Sarnoff sees satellites with one billion audience in 2 decades, 49:4 Television Digest forecasts for 1964 telecasting, 52:1 year-end statements by major set makers, 52:11 PRODUCTION. TV-RADIO-PHONO 1962 TV output--6,484,501 sets, 2:9 RCA designs new color chassis, 10:7 set makers face all-channel challenge, 12:7 GE builds transistorized uhf tuner, 13:7 All-American sets disappearing, 13:8 Matsushita announces 90-degree color set, 16:10 TV set prices down 7%, radios 9% since 195759, 16:10 industry puzzled by radio sales slide, 17:7 radio-phono in 1964, 51:10 PROGRAMMING Steiner study on audience attitudes, 8:2 FCC answer on Nixon-Hlss telecast, 8:5 Hubbell Robinson leaves CBS-TV again, 11:6 Increasing Interest In syndication, 12:2 growing reaction to ratings fever, 16:1 Rep. Harris needles FCC and broadcasters in Biloxi speech , 16:3 users sue ratings services, 17:1 Salant extols TV news, 21:5 3