NO. 926. BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES-SUMMARY: 1960 TO 1983 (As of Dec. 31 or for calendar year, as applicable. Comprises American Telephone and Telegraph Company and its principal telephone subsidiaries, plus Southern New England and Cincinnati Bell Telephone Companies. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, series R 17-30) NA Not available. 1960 not fully comparable with later years. Message circuits added to existing wire mileage, but not requiring additional wire. Also includes microwave radio. Broadband, 1-way channel. Includes amortization reserves. 5 Includes miscellaneous and uncollectible, not shown separately. Includes operating taxes other than Federal income tax. 7 Excludes intercompany dividends. Beginning 1975, applicable to ATT common (excludes preferred dividend requirement). . Before extraordinary charge due to divestiture. Source: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York, NY, unpublished data compiled from reports of Bell System and Southern New England and Cincinnati Bell Companies. No. 927. INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANIES_SUMMARY: 1960 TO 1983 (As of Dec. 31 or calendar year, as applicable. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, series R 31-45] All companies. Number Telephones. 1,000. Access lines... 1,000. Total telephone plant ......... Mil. dol. Operating revenues. Mil. dol. ....... Reporting companies .. Number. Telephones. 1.000. Access lines........... 1.000. Telephone plant in service ... Mil. dol. Depreciation reserves... Mil. dol. Operating revenues .......... Mil. dol. Operating expenses ............ Mil. dol. Net income ........ Mil. dol. Common stock and surplus.. Mil. dol... Net income to common stock and surplus........... Percent.. Employees ........ 1,000... Wages and salaries .... Mil. dol......... . ......... ......... . 9.5 142 1,001 152 15.4 186 4,069 16.3 175 4,223 NA Not available. All telephone companies independent of Bell System. 2 Comprises only companies submitting operating information to source cited below. Excludes Federal income tax. Source: United States Telephone Association, Washington, DC, Statistics of the Telephone Industry, annual. (Copyright.) No. 928. REA AND RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM_SUMMARY: 1960 TO 1983 ITEM Unit 1960 1970 1975 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Loans and guarantees approved, Dec. 31:' Borrowers ........ 287 - Represents zero. NA Not available. Cumulative net loans (cancellations deducted). Line in service. Source: U.S. Rural Electrification Administration, Statistical Report-Rural Telephone Borrowers, annual. No. 929. BROADCAST AND NONBROADCAST STATIONS AUTHORIZED AND OPERATORS LICENSED, BY CLASS: 1975 TO 1983 (1975 as of June 30; thereafter, as of Sept. 30, except as indicated. Includes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, series A 140-148) NA Not available. X Not applicable. Each license, construction permit, or combination construction permit and license is counted as one station; therefore, a station might include a transmitter and many mobile units. 2 Includes 89,096 stations for which a breakdown by class is not available. Includes land mobile above 470 MHZ (8,900 in 1983) not shown separately. • Reflects stations authorized as of April 30, 1983. Authorizations discontinued after that date. Includes microwave oper. ations. Prior to 1980, data not separable from other class categories Stations licensed or holding construction permits. 7 Licensed and operating cable systems. 1982 data. Data no longer collected. Beginning 1980, station count excludes individual land mobile units, which are no longer individually licensed. 10 Includes INTELSAT, INMARSAT and domestic satellite systems. 11 Includes retired and contingency satellites. 12 As of Dec. 31. Source: U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Annual Report, and unpublished data. No. 930. PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS: 1961 TO 1982 [Based on a "typical" broadcast week through 1972; calendar year data for 1974 and 1976; fiscal year data thereafter. General programing is directed at the general community. Instructional programing is directed at students in the classroom or otherwise in the general context of formal education) 1 152 stations reported in 1968 and 187 in 1970; details include data for reporting stations only. ? Includes data for 227 stations only, representing 147 primary broadcasters; does not include secondary broadcasters. Includes data for 243 stations only, representing 151 primary broadcasters. - Beginning 1974, includes material from Children's Television Workshops. Source: Through 1970, National Instructional Television Center, Bloomington, IN, One Week of Educational Television, 1970 (copyright); 1972, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. One Week of Public TV, April 1972, and unpublished data; 1974-1982, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. PTV Programming Content by Category Report Series, and unpublished data. No. 931. Public Broadcasting Systems—Income By Source: 1975 To 1983 [In mMora of dollars, except as Indicated. Fiscal year data for Income. Beginning 1977, includes nonbroadcast income. Stations as of Dec. 31] X Not applicable. 'Includes income received from State colleges and universities, and, beginning 1979 from other tax supported colleges and universities. Source: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC, Public Broadcasting Income, Fiscal Year, 1963, and unpublished No. 932. Cable Television—Systems And Subscribers: 1952 To 1984 [Subscribers In thousands, except percent] 1 Excludes 238 systems not available by subscriber size-group. * As of March 1, 1984. No. 933. Cable And Pay TV—Summary, 1955 To 1983, And Projections, 1985 And 1990 [Cable TV for calendar year. Pay TV as of Dec. 31 of year shown] Includes Installation revenue. * Individual program services sold to subscribSource: Paul Kagan Associates. Inc., Carmel, CA. The Cable TV Financial Databook annual. (Copyright.) NA Not available. X Not applicable era. No. 934. RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OWNED BY NEWSPAPERS AND/OR MAGAZINES: 1961 TO 1983 Source: Broadcasting Publications Inc., Washington, DC, Broadcasting Cablecasting Yearbook. (Copyright.) No. 935. RADIOS AND TELEVISION SETS–PRODUCTION AND IMPORTS, BY TYPE: 1965 TO 1983 [In thousands, except percent) RADIOS Total ......... ... 41,726 44,427 43,992 34,515 44,101 52,926 48,035 40,029 39,574 44,359 44,088 48,535 Percent FM/AM-FM ... 15.2 48.0 59.4 65.0 59.6 65.9 66.7 68.6 77.9 78.8 83. 6 86.2 Table model. 4,370 5,714 2,764 2.253 | 2,876 1,990 1,805 1,250 938 1,067 794 Percent FM/AM-FM ........... 32.0 72.8 81.7 80.6 66.4 54.5 61.3 72.5 1 58.0 57.1 54.4 Clock model...... 5.448 | 4,874 9,174 6,641 7,353 11,447 11,488 | 9,354 | 9,445 | 9,782 8,433 12,120 Percent FM/AM-FM 16.0 53.8 79. 1 89. 1 85.8 89.4 92.3 93.4 97.6 97.9 98.3 98.4 Portable model ..... ............ 21,871 23,461 21,292 16,382 21,427 26.599 22,074 17,044 17,721 20,627 22.555 23,525 Percent FM/AM-FM 168.4 55.4 61.4 59.0 1 63.7 68.6 70.2 78.5 80.4 Auto model. ......... 10,037 10,378 10,762 9,239 12,445 12,890 12,668 12,381 11,470 12,883 12,306 12,081 Percent FM/AM-FM ........... 6.3 13.8 31.8 37.7 49.7 56.0 57.7 56.1 77.5 79.8 84.7 87.5 TELEVISION SETS ? Total 11,028 9,483 15,279 10,637 14,131 15,431 17,407 16,619 18,532 18,479 16,406 19,681 NA Not available. Products of U.S. manufacturers and imports by distributors or dealers for resale. Beginning 1974, also includes products purchased by U.S. manufacturers. Products produced or purchased by U.S. manufacturers for sale with their brand name. Beginning 1974, also includes products imported directly by distributors or dealers for resale. For 1965, includes combinations; beginning 1981, consoles included in table and portable. 1965-1979 total includes combinations; beginning 1980, included with consoles. Sources: Electronic Industries Association, Washington, DC, Electronic Market Data Book, annual. (Copyright.) No. 936. PUBLISHING INDUSTRY-SUMMARY: 1972 TO 1982 Establishments, number.... With 20 or more employees ... Cost of materials ..... Value added by manufacture 2. New capital expenditures....... Fixed assets, gross value .. Inventories, yearend ....... NA Not Available. Represents the average number of production workers plus the number of other employees in midMarch. Derived by subtracting the cost of materials, supplies, containers, fuel, purchased electricity, and contract work from the value of shipments. This result is then adjusted by the addition of value added by merchandising operations, plus the net change in finished goods and work-in-process inventories between the beginning and the end of the year. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Manufactures, 1977, Industry Reports, series MC 77-4-27A, and Consus of Manufactures, 1982, Preliminary Industry Reports, series MC82-1-27A(P). No. 937. NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS: 1950 TO 1984 (Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Data refer to year of compilation of the Directory cited as the source, i.e., generally to year preceding year shown. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, series R 232-243) Includes other not shown separately. ? Includes fortnightly (every two weeks). No. 938. NUMBER AND CIRCULATION OF DAILY AND SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS: 1950 TO 1983 (Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Number of newspapers as of the following dates: 1950 and 1960, Oct. 1; 1965, Jan. 1; 1970-1983, Feb. 1 of the following year, except 1977, as of Mar. 30 the following year. Circulation figures as of Sept. 30, except 1950-1965 as of Oct. 1. For English language newspapers only. See Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, series R 224-231) NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS Evening....... CIRCULATION (mil.) Daily: Total ......... Morning.......... Evening.........****** Sunday................... 'Beginning 1960, all-day newspapers are counted in both morning and evening columns but only once in total. Circulation is divided equally between morning and evening. Source: Editor & Publisher Co. Inc., New York, NY, Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, annual. (Copyright.) NO. 939. NUMBER AND CIRCULATION OF DAILY NEWSPAPERS, BY POPULATION-SIZE CLASS OF CITY: 1960 TO 1983 [Number of newspapers for 1960 as of Oct. 1; thereafter, as of February 1 of the following year. Circulation as of Sapt. 30, except 1960 as of Oct. 1. For English language newspapers only. See table 25 for number of cities by population size) * All-day newspapers are counted in both morning and evening columns; circulation is divided equally between morning and evening. Source: Editor & Publisher Co. Inc., New York, NY, Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, annual. (Copyright.) |