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During the past several years it occupied a large part of the book. The reference needs of the television industry now are such that they can best be served by a separate volume. Within these pages will be found information relative to all phases of television. One of the unique characteristics of the Almanac is the comprehensive biographical section, while other sections include data on the men and com- panies responsible for providing television entertainment for the American public. This book is dedicated-as its annual successors will be-to the artistic and commercial advancement of the tele- vision industry. -MARTIN QUIGLEY 1956 INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION ALMANAC Contents copyrighted 1955 by Quigley Publishing Company, New York. Publications of general circulation may reproduce material in this volume if proper credit is given Interna- tional Television Almanac; reproduction by all other pub- lications without written permission is expressly forbidden. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA www.americanradiohistory.com STATISTICS Network and Station Operations There were 440 commercial stations operating in the United States as of November, 1955 located in 290 markets and serving more than 34,000,000 families. TOTAL REVENUE OF TELEVISION NETWORKS AND STATIONS Year Revenue Year Revenue 1946 $500,000 1950 105,900,000 1951 235,700,000 1947 1,900,000 1952 324,200,000 1948 8,700,000 1953 432,700,000 1949 34,300,000 1954 593,000,000 BROADCAST REVENUES, EXPENSES, AND INCOME OF TELEVISION NETWORKS AND STATIONS (Million dollars) 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 Revenues $593.0 $432.7 $324.2 $235.7 $105.9 $34.3 Expenses 502.7 364.7 268.7 194.1 115.1 59.6 Income (before Federal tax) 90.3 68.0 55.5 41.6 (9.2) (25.3) ()Denotes loss. TOTAL BROADCAST REVENUES OF ALL NETWORKS AND STATIONS: AM and AM -FM, FM and TV (Total broadcast revenues are defined as total time sales, less commissions to agencies and national sales representatives, but plus incidental revenues.) Year No. of Stations Revenues Year No. of Stations Revenues 1937 629 $114,223,000 194o 1,043 323,228,000 1938 660 111,358,000 1947 1,531 366,032,000 1939 705 123,882,000 1948 1,974 416,867,000 1940 765 147,147,000 1949 2,223 449,544,000 1941 825 168,785,000 1950 2,336 550,400,000 1942 862 178,894,000 1951 2,374 686,100,000 1943 852 215,428,000 1952 2,467 809,400,000 1944 885 275,550,000 1953 2,812 908,000,000 1945 912 299,715,000 1954 (Not available) (Not available) . [The statistics herein have been compiled from varied sources within the Television industry and the Government, inclusive of the Federal Communications Commission, U. S. Department of Commerce, Radio -Electronics -Television Manufacturers Asso- ciation, NBC Research Department, Publishers Information Bureau, Nielsen Tele- vision Index, American Research Bureau.] IX www.americanradiohistory.com NETWORK TELEVISION BILLINGS Network 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955* ABC _____ _ $1,391,991 $6,628,662 $18,585,911 $18,353,003 $21,110,680 $34,713,098 $18,226,301 CBS 3,446,893 12,964,531 42,470,844 69,058,548 97,466,809 146,222,660 78,054,922 DuMont 955,525(no rep'rt) I 7,761,506 10,140,656 12,374,360 13,143,919 2,685,835 NBC 6,500,104 21,185,692 59,171,452 83,242,573 96,633,807 126,074,597 66,572,049 Total $12,294,513 $40,778,885 $127,989,713 $180,794,780 $227,610,400 $320,154,274 $165,539,107 *First five months. INot available, but DuMont officially announced total network revenue as $4,500,000. TELEVISION NET TIME SALES* 1953 1952 1951 Network $171,900,000 $137,988,000 $97,088,000 Spot 124,318,000 80,235,000 59,733,000 Local 88,474,000 65,171,000 51,304,000 Total $384,692,000 $283,394,000 $208,125,000 *Before commission to regularly established agencies, representatives, brokers and others. Receiver Production and Sales RETAIL TELEVISION SET SALES Cumulative Cumulative Year Total Total Year Total Total 1949 3,602,872* 1952 6,144,989 21,784,861 1950 6,132,000 9,734,872 1953 6,370,571 28,155,432 1951 5,905,000 15,639,872 1954 7,317,034 35,472,466 *Cumulative Total from 1941. TELEVISION SET PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURER'S VALUE Manufacturer's Manufacturer's Year Units value Year Units value 1946 6,476 $1,250,000 1952 6,096,279 1,049,000,000 1947 178,571 50,000,000 1953 7,214,827 1,170,151,000 1948 975,000 230,000,000 1954 7,388,392 1,065,750,000 1949 3,000,000 580,000,000 1950 7,463,800 1,350,000,000 Total 37,701,667 $6,451,887,300 1951 5,384,798 956,986,300 1955 (Nov.) 7,026,166 TELEVISION RECEIVERS SHIPPED TO DEALERS (First 9 months of 1955) State Total State Total Alabama 89,564 Maryland 72,577 Arizona 27,609 Massachusetts 144,428 Arkansas 57,809 Michigan 213,501 California 448,095 \linnesota 86,422 Colorado 39,864 Mississippi 46,579 Connecticut 71,928 Missouri 135,191 Delaware 11,710 Montana 14,494 District of Columbia 48,881 Nebraska 44,059 Florida 178,658 Nevada 6,761 Georgia 113,265 New Hampshire 18,893 Idaho 20,233 New Jersey 167,236 Illinois 285,858 New Mexico 17,825 Indiana 137,253 New York 498,625 Iowa 74,527 North Carolina 131,684 Kansas 65,262 North Dakota 17,429 Kentucky 85,782 Ohio 271,212 Louisiana 110,833 Oklahoma 75,380 Maine 36,854 Oregon 62,636 X www.americanradiohistory.com State Total State Total Pennsylvania 327,772 \Vest Virginia 55,807 Rhode Island 25,658 \Visconsin 112,471 South Carolina 72,719 Wyoming 5,164 South Dakota 18,772 Tennessee 103,183 Texas 290,099 U.