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Summary Index

Arbitron Alphabetical List of TV Markets Arbitron TV Market Rankings Armed Forces Television Stations Book and Periodical Publishing Firms with

Television Station Ownership Buyers Guide Call Letters (TV Stations)

U.S. Canadian

Canadian Television Station Directory Color Television Systems in Use or Planned Commercial Station State Index

CPs Outstanding and Applications Pending Description of Station Directory

Equipment Manufacturers & Suppliers Foreign Language Programming on

U.S. Commercial TV Stations Public/Educational TV Stations

Group Ownership of Television Stations

6 1 1400

1334 1465

8 13 1351 1401 17 130 15 1435

1349 1350 1321

IBA Commerciat Program Contractors Index to Advertisers

Instructional Television International Directory of TV Stations

and Sets Low Power Television Stations Newspaper Ownership of Television Stations

Public/Educational Television Directory Sales Representatives of TV Stations

U.S. Canadian

Satellite Earth Stations Serving Television Stations

Subscription Television Stations Television Systems of the United Kingdom Television Translator Stations Translators Owned and Operated by

Television Stations World Television Stations and Sets

Index to Contents of Stations Volume Factbook No. 53

1430 1556 1283

1402 179 1331 1062

1335 1345

1302 177 1430 199

1277 1433

A

AAD Accessories Inc. ABC ABC-TV Network Sales ABC-TV Television Spot Sales Inc The Abcom Corp Aberdeen Co A. C. Radio Co Ackerley Communications Inc Acrodyne Industries! Whittaker Acs Inc Asaca/Shibasoku Corp. of America Adams Communications Adapt Communication Supply Co. Inc Adda Corp. Adm Technology Inc Adrian Steel Co Advance Cable Systems Advance Electronics Inc Advance Industries Inc. Advertisers Index Adwar Video Corp. Aero-Lift (div. of Bentey Industries Inc.) Afghanistan Ailtech Airtron (div. of Litton Systems Inc.) Akai Alabama Commercial Television Stations Alaska Commercial Television Stations

1435 1321 1335 1335

1435 1435 1435

1321

1435 1435

1437 1321 1435 1435

1435 1435

1435

1435 1435

1556 1435 1435

1402 1435 1435

1435 18

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Albania

Alcestis Distribution Co Alden Electronics Inc.

Alexander, Pearson & Dawson Inc. Alford Mfg. Co. Algeria

All-Canada Radio & TV Ltd. Allbritton Communications Co Allied Electronics (a div. of Digitech Inc.) Alpha Engineering Corp.

Alpha Technologies Inc Alpha Wire Corp.

Alphabetical List of Television Markets

Altec (div. of Altec Corp.) AM Cable TV Industries Inc

Amcom Equipment Corp

Amdax Corp. American Broadcasting Co American Electronics Inc. American Family Corp

American Sales Representatives American TV call letters Amperex Electronic Corp Ampex Corp. Ampro/Scully Amtron Corp

Andrew Corp

Andrews Tower Inc. Angenieux Corp. of America Angola

1402

1435 1435

1345 1435 1402

1345 1321, 1331

1435 1435

1435 1435

6

1435 1435

1436

1436 1321 1436 1321

1335 8

1436 1436 1436 1436

1436

1436 1436 1402

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Anixter Communications Anixter-Mark Anixter-Microsat Anixter-Pruzan Canada Ltd Antenna Development Manufacturers Inc. Antenna Technology Corp Antennas For Communications Antigua Antronix Inc

Antronix Sales Antsco Corp. Anzac, Div. of Adams-Russell Co. Inc Apache Plastics Applications for Television Stations Applied Video Electronics Inc. Arab Republic of Egypt

Arbitron Alphabetical List of Television Markets Arbitron Data Explanation Arcom Labs Argentina Arizona Commercial Television Stations Arkansas Commercial Television Stations Arlington Broadcast Group Armed Forces Television Stations Arriflex Corp. Arrow Fastener Co. Inc. Artel Communications Corp. Artel Service Corp.

Arvin/Diamond Associated Press

Ati Atlantic Cable Distributors Inc. Atlas Sound (div. of American Trading & Production

Corp.) Audi-Cord Corp Audico Inc. Audiotronics Video Display Div. Inc. Auditronics Inc Auricon Division, Bach Auricon Corp Australia Austria Automatic Devices Co. Automation Techniques Inc Ava Electronics Corp. Avantek Inc. (telecommunications div.) Avery-Knodel Inc. Azores (see Portugal)

1436 1437 1437 1437 1437 1437 1437 1402 1437

1437 1437 1437 1437 130 1437 1402

6 15 1437 1402 52 69 1321 1400 1437 1437 1437 1437

1437 1437

1437 1437

1437 1437 1437 1437 1437 1438 1403 1403 1438 1438 1438 1438 1335 1421

B & B Towers B-Optical Inc Backe Communications Inc. Background Engineers Inc. Bahakel, Cy N. Communications

Bahamas Bahrain Balaban, H. & E Bald Mountain Lab Bangladesh Barbados Bardwell & Mcalister Inc BBC BBM Survey Methods Explanation Beam Broadcasting Corp John F. Beasley Construction Co Belar Electronics Laboratory Inc Belden Corp. (electronic div.) Belden Electronic Wire & Cable Belgium Belize Belo Broadcasting Corp Benedek, A. Richard Benin Benner-Nawman Inc Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc. Bermuda Beston/Mclnnis-Skinner

Beverly Hills Hotel Corp. Biddle Instruments

iv

1438 1438 1321 1438 1321

1404 1404 1321 1438

1404 1404 1438 1426, 1430

16 1321 1438 1438 1438 1438

1404

1405 1321

1321 1405

1438 1438 1405 1438

1321 1438

Bird Electronic Corp. Bishop Electric (subsidiary of Plymouth Rubber Co.

Inc.) Biw Cable Systems Inc. Blair Television Blair, John & Co.

Blonder-Tongue Laboratories Inc. Bogner Broadcast Equipment Corp.

Bolivia Bonneville International Corp

Bophuthatswana Larry Borson Co. Robert Bosch Corp., Video Equipment Div Bostick, M. N. Brad Cable Electronics Inc.

Brazil The Brickyard Ltd

the Btx Corp. British Broadcasting Corp. British Virgin Islands

Broadband Engineering Inc. Broadcast Electronics Inc. Broadcast Equipment Leasing Co. (div. of Anchor

Leasing Corp.)

Broadcast Equipment Manufacturers & Suppliers Broadcast Representatives Canada Ltd

Brooks Products Inc. Brown Electronics Bruel & Kjaer Instruments Inc Brunei Brydson Media Sales International Bsc Inc Budco Inc

Buford Television Bulgaria Bunker-Ramo Corp., Micromega Burkina Faso Burlington Audio Tapes Inc Burma Busby, Finch, Lathom & Widman Buyers Guide Buyers Guide Product Index

B-W Lighting Systems

1438

1438 1438 1336 1321 1438 1438 1405 1321 1423 1438 1438 1322 1438 1405 1438 1439 1426, 1430 1405 1438 1438

1438 1435 1345 1438 1438 1439 1405 1345 1439 1439 1322 1405 1452 1406 1439 1406 1337 1497 1465 1439

Cable Converter Services Corp. Cable-Lock Connectors Ltd. Cable Power Inc. Cable Services Co. Inc. Cable Spinning Equipment Co Cable System Survey Co

Cable TV Supply Co. Cabledata Cablefacts (div. of Tymshare Inc.) Cabletek Products Inc. Cablewave Systems Inc. Cadco Inc

California Commercial Television Stations California-Oregon Broadcasting Inc Call letters -American TV

Call letters -Canadian TV Cam Industries Inc., Keystone Aerial

Div Cambodia Cambridge Products (div. of HI-G Inc.) Camellia City Telecasters Inc The Camera Mart Inc. Canada

Canadian Sales Representatives Canadian Standard Broadcast Sales Inc Canadian Television Stations Canadian call letters Canary Islands (see Spain) Cannon U.S.A. Inc. (Optics Div.)

Capital Cities Communications Inc. Capitol Magnetic Products Capscan Cable Co

Carlton International Manufacturing Carolina Satellite

Equipment

1439 1439 1439 1439 1439 1439

1439 1439 1439 1439 1439 1439

80 1322

8 13

1449 1406 1439 1322 1439 1406 1345 1346 1351

13 1423 1439

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the fact that we recently purchased 23 Betacams. "After all, itseems obvious, the more people you have on the street, the better your chances are of coming up with awinner. Providing, of course, you give those people equipment that's as performance-minded as they are."

"WITH SO MUCH LESS EQUIPMENT TO

LUG AROUND,WE'RE SEEING ALOT MORE

EXCITING TAPE:'

"OUR NEWS IMAGE HAS NEVER BEEN

-James Ddmonico, President/General Manage, WRGB-T1 Schenectady

BETTER:' -David Choate, News Director WSVN-71( Miami

"Idon't care how inspired or dedicated aphotographer is, eight hours of hauling sixty-plus

"Ranked as acompetitive activity, TV news

pounds of camera,

would probably fall somewhere between rugby recorder, lights,

and wild boar wrestling in terms of fierce-

ness. Which iswhy we're constantly on the look-

out for anything that might give us an edge.

"Our 6Betacam camera-recorder systems

are agood example. Their image quality is

spectacular, so we look great on-air.

"But even better, the mobility Betacam

ofers is areal incentive to our photographers

to go for that really dramatic, unusual shot.

The kind you won't see on every channel at 6

and 1. Because at least for the time being

every station doesn't have Betacam"

"THE ABILITY TO SEND OUT MORE CREWS ON MORE STORIES ISWHAT ICALL GOOD NEWS:'

-loin Kirin; News WTCN-TVMinneapolis

"Before coming here, Iwas with Gannett's Denver station, KUSA, which was the

and cable al over hell and gone isbound to have astifling efect on someone's creativity

"Thafs what initially got us interested in Betacam, and ultimately, why we made the decision to invest

in it.The simple fact that you don't have to be agorilla to use it. The

maneuverability of this system istremendous. So naturally we're seeing shots you just couldn't get before. And, of course, the image quality itself ismagnificent. "In fact, I'd have to say from the looks of things, we'll be adding more Betacam systems

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