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STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY 221
SECTION B
Financial and Operating Data Relative to
Standard Broadcast Stations and Networks
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STANDARD BROADCAST STATIONS ANDNETWORKS
General remarks.—Section B contains financial and operatingdata and information concerning the employees of 841 commer-cial broadcast stations, also of 4 major and 5 regional networks,for the calendar year 1943. The tables showing employee data bymonths are for 841 stations, while those showing functional em-ployment and pay roll data cover 855 stations. The informationwas compiled from reports filed by standard broadcast stations in
accordance with the provisions of section 1.361 of the Commis-sion's Rules of Practice and Procedure, and from financial state-
ments submitted by the networks in compliance with the Com-mission's request for data. The following table indicates thenumber of existing licenses for stations and permits for new con-
struction as of December 31, 1943:
Commercial broadcast stations included in summaries 841Noncommercial stations (not included in summaries) '36
Extraterritorial stations (not included in summaries) 14Incomplete reports filed (not included in summaries) '19
Construction permits for new stations (not included in sum-maries) 2
Total 912
Geographical groupings.—The standard broadcast stations,
which are included in the tabulations, have been grouped geo-
graphically into three districts for statistical purposes. These dis-
tricts have been divided into seven regions, as follows
:
NORTHERN DISTRICT
Northeastern region.—Connecticut, Delaware, District of Colum-bia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jer-
sey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Great Lakes region.—Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan,Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Midwest region.—Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,North Dakota, and South Dakota.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Southeastern region.—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
and Virginia.
South Central region.—Oklahoma and Texas.
WESTERN DISTRICT
Mountain region.—Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
Pacific region.—California, Oregon, and Washington.
^ Includes 23 stations operated by educational institutions, 11 by religious groups, and 2 byother nonprofit organizations.
* These stations were not included in the tables concerning finances, operations and monthlyemployee data for the year owing to deficiencies or other discrepancies in the reports ; how-ever, reports from 14 stations were included in the tables showing functional employee data.
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Broadcast regiona and States
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Table 9.
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Tangible broadcast property of 832 standard broadcast stations
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Broadcast regions and States
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time for the week beginning: October 17, 1943]
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Table 15.
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Radio homes in the United States, bydxoelling units and number equipped with
STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY 279
districts, regions, and States, classified by type ofradio in each classification, 1940 Census
District, region and State
280 STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
GENERAL INDEX1. By Subjects
Items
Accidents,.
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
.
Accrued liabilities ..
Advances:To affiliated companiesFrom affiliated companiesTo communication carriers
From communication carriers .
Advertising expenses
Aerial wire:
In cable
Not in cable
Amortization:Allowance for
Of telephone plant acquisition
adjustmentReserve
Assets
Averages and ratios
Balance sheet items
Bell System:EmpUiyees and compensation
Intercorporate relations of car-
riers
Names of carriers
Statistics
Benefits
Bonds
.
Cable, wire in
Calls:
Telephone:Local
Toll
RadiotelephoneCapital stock
CashCensus. Bureau of the, Data:
Compared with Commissionfigures
Shown by States
Central offices
Company data, individual
Company telephones
By type of switchboardBy class ...
By type of customerCompensation of employees:
Rates of
Amount paid
Chargeable to operating expenses
Engaged in telegraph and tele-
phone services of Class 1
Steam RailwaysContributions of telephone plant
Corporate changes during year
Current assets
Current liabilities
Debt:Long-term ,
FundedDeferred chargesDeferred credits
Depreciation:
Allowance for..
Composite rate
ExpensesReserve
Page numbers pertaining to-
Tele-
phonecarriers
2029,127.13728. 12fi. 136
29. 127. 138
28. 126. 136
29. 127. 137
34,131,1418,12,34,131,
141
32.131.14111.29.128.
138.18728.126.13611.22.26.18828.126,136
19,35,194
2023
28
35, 135. 145
29. 127, 137
8.12,34.131.141
8.13.35.132,143
8,13,35,132,143
17,34,133,14411,29,127,
137, 187
28, 126, 136
15
10
8,34,132,1423613,34,132,14234, 132, 142
34, 132, 142
34,132,142
18
13.35,134,145,187,194,195
35.134,145
193
30,128,138218
28. 126. 136
29. 127. 137
29, 127, 137, 187
11,29,127.13728. 127. 137
29. 128. 138
33,131,14132,131,14111,29,128,
138, 187
Wire-telegraph andocean-cable
163
168
168168
174174
151,168,187
151,168,187
168
151,188168
176
152,174
151,170,187
168
169
162
152,176,187,194, 195
176
193
218168
168
168, 187
151
168
168
151,168,187
170
151, 168, 187
Radio-telegraph
carriers
163
153,178,187
153, 178, 187
178
153, 188
178
153, 178, 187
178
162154, 184, 187,
194,195
218178
178
178, 187
153
178
178
153, 178, 187
178
153, 178, 187
Holdingcom-panies
196197
198
196, 198
196
196, 198
218
196. 198
Broad-cast
stations
258. 260, 262.
264.266.276
284 STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
GENERAL INDEX—Continued
2. By Companies
Name of companyStatistics
Page Number
Intercorporaterelations
Page Number
All America Cables & Radio, IncAll America CorporationAmerican Cable & Radio CorporationAmerican Telephone CoAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Co
General departmentLong lines department
American Utilities Service CorporationAnn Arbor R. R.CoAshland Home Telephone CoAshtabula Telephone CoAssoci ated CompaniesAssociated Public Utilities CorporationAssociated Telephone Co., Ltd .
Atlantic Communications CorporationAtlantic Refining Co -.
Bangor & Aroostok R. R. Co '.
Bell Telephone Co. of NevadaBell Telephone Co. of PennsylvaniaBelle Fourche Rural Telephone CoBergen Telephone CoBig Eddv Telephone CoBluefield" Telephone CoBradley Transportation CoBridgeport Telephone & Telegraph CoCalifornia Electric Power CoCalifornia-Oregon Telephone CoCalifornia Water & Telephone CoCamden & Atlantic Telephone CoCamden Rural Telephone CoCanadian National Ry . CoCanadian National Telegraph CoCanadian Northern Ry. CoCanadian Pacific Ry. Co. (lines in United States)
Canterbury & Loudon Telephone CoCarolina Telephone & Telegraph CoCass County Telephone CoCentral Carolina Telephone CoCentral Electric & Telephone CoCentral Iowa Telephone CoCentral Kansas Telephone Co., IncCentral Radio Telegraph CoChampaign Telephone CoChenango & Unadilla Telephone CorporationChesapeake & Potomac Telephone CoChesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Baltimore City.Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Virginia
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of West Virginia..
Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific R. R. CoChild Corporation, K. WChristian-Todd Telephone CoCincinnati & Suburban Bell Telephone CoCitizens Independent Telephone CoCitizens Utihties CoCity of Seattle, Harbor DepartmentClear Lake Independent Telephone CoClearanc e CorporationClinton County Telephone CoColorado Fuel & Iron CorporationColorado & Wyoming Telegraph CoColumbia Utilties CoCommercial Cable Co .
Commercial Mackay CorporationCommercial Pacific Cable Co -.
Commonwealth Telephone Co. (Pennsylvania)Commonwealth Telephone Co. (Wisconsin)...Community Telephone CoConnecticut Valley Telephone Co , IncConsolidated Telephone CoContinental Telegraph CoContinental Telephone CoCrown Point Telephone Co., IncCuban All America Cables, IncCuban American Telephone & Telegraph CoDakota Central Telephone CoDeKalb-Ogle Telephone Co -
.
Del Rio & Winter Garden Telephone Co
16919619696383838198198
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146198
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146146
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STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
GENERAL INDEX—Continued
2. By Companies—Continued
285
Name of companyStatistics
Page Number
Intercorporaterelations
Page
Diamond State Telephone Co .. ..
Dollar Co , RobertDurham Telephone CoEastern Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Maine)Eastern Telephone & Telegraph Co. (New Jersey).Eglon Mutual Telephone CoElyria Telephone CoErlbacher EddieFarmers M utual Telephone Co..Farmer's Union Telephone CoFirestone Plantations CoFirestone Tire & Rubber CoFlorala Telephone CoFlorida Telephone CorporationFrench Telegraph Cable CoFrost-Rake Telephone CoGary & Co. , TheodoreGeneral Telephone CorporationGeneral A Telephone Investments, IncGlobe Wireless, LtdGreat North Western Telegraph Co. of CanadaGreenville Telephone CoGulf States Telephone CoHarrison Telephone CoHighland County Telephone CoHolmes, Grace BHome Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Indiana)Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. of VirginiaHuron Portland Cement CoHuron Transportation CoIllinois Bell Telephone CoIllinois Central Telephone CoIllinois Commercial Telephone CoIllinois Communities Telephone CoIllinois Consolidated Telephone CoIllinois Telephone CoIllinois Valley Telephone CoImperial Securities CoIndiana Associated Telephone CorporationIndiana Bell Telephone CoIndiana Telephone Corporation ,
Inter-Co*inty Telephone CoInter County Telephone & Telegraph CoInter-Mountain Telephone CoInternational Telephone & Telegraph Corporation.Interstate Telegraph CoInterstate Telephone CoInterstate Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Oregon)Intra State Telephone CoInvestors Telephone CoIowa State Telephone CoJamestown Telephone CorporationJasper Telephone CoJoint Telephone CoKansas State Telephone CoKeystone Telephone Co. of PhiladelphiaKittanning Telephone CoLa Crosse Telephone CorporationLee Telephone CoLemhi Telephone CoLexington Telephone CoLincoln Telephone & Telegraph CoLorain County Radio CorporationLorain Telephone CoLos Angeles & Salt Lake R. R. CoLouisburg Telegraph CoLoveland & CoMackay Radio & Telegraph Co. (California) _.
Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. (Delaware)Magnolia Petroleum CoMagnolia Radio CorporationMalheur Home Telephone CoMansfield Telephone CoMayor & City Council of Baltimore, MdMeadville Telephone CoMexican Telegraph CoMichigan Alkali Co
46
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146
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146
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196
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J86 STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
GENERAL INDEX—Continued
2. By Companies—Continued
Name of company
Michigan Associated Telephone CoMichigan Bel 1 Telephone CoMichigan Wireless Telegraph CoMiddle States Telephone Co. of Illinois
Middle States Utilities Co. (Delaware)Middle States Utilities Co. of IowaMiddle States Utilities Co. of MissouriMiddle Western Telephone Co --
Midwestern Associates, IncMilton & Milton Junction Telephone CoMinnesota & Manitoba R. RMissouri Telephone CoMoosehead Telephone & Telegraph CoMountain States Telephone & Telegraph CoMountain Telegraph CoMutual Telephone Co. (Hawaii)Nebraska Continental Telephone CoNew England Telephone & Telegraph CoNew Jersey Bell Telephone Co --
New Jersey Telephone CoNew York Telephone CoNewark Telephone CoNicollet County Telephone & Telegraph CoNorfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph CoNorfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co. of Virgima.North State Telephone CoNorthern Ohio Telephone CoNorthern Pacific Ry . CoNorthern States Power Co. (Delaware)Northern States Power Co. (Minnesota)Northern Telegraph CoNorthern Telephone CoNorth-West Telephone CoNorthwestern Bell Telephone CoNorthwestern Improvement CoOhio Associated Telephone CoOhio Bell Telephone CoOhio Standard Telephone CoOhio Telephone Service CoOklahoma-Arkansas Telephone CoOlympic Radio CoOrange County Telephone CoOregon Short Line R. R. CoOregon-Washington Telephone CoOzark Central Telephone CoPacific Telephone & Telegraph CoPalestine Telephone CoPeninsular Telephone CoPennsylvania CoPennsylvania R. R. CoPennsylvania Telephone Corporation.Peoples Telephone CorporationPeoples Telephone & Telegraph Co. of Menard CountyPere Marquette Radio CorporationPere Marquette Ry. CoPetrol Corporation -—Phillips Petroleum CoPlatte Valley Telephone CorporationPleasanton Telephone CoPort Petrol Radio Co ---
Porto Rico Telephone Co --
Portsmouth Home Telephone CoPostal Telegraph-Cable Co. (New York)Postal Telegraph , IncPress Wireless, IncPublic Service of Pennsylvania, IncPublic Utilities California CorporationRadio Corporation of AmericaRadio Corporation of Porto RicoR. C. A. Communications, IncRadiomarine Corporation of AmericaRichards Telechone Co .
Rochester Telephone Corporation -
Rogerson Telephone CoSan Angelo Telephone CoSharon Telephone CoSocony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc
Statistics
Page Number
6666186
19614696
146186
38116186388638464656
198
"86
14666961986666
66146186
11696116146
146186198198
96146146
169179
11619614617917914656146106146
17
Intercorporaterelations
Page Number
208202209205211211211205211211205207202202216211206202203216203211218212212212212212212212204202212203212209203204216212212212215212212203212212212212209213202213213211218210213211210207213213213213206213210213214214214214214214214
STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
GENERAL INDEX—Continued
2. By Companies—Continued
287
Name of company
South Carolina Continental Telephone CoSouth Porto Riro Sugar Co. (New Jersey)South Porto Rico Sugar Co. (of Puerto Rico)Southeast Missoviri Telephone CoSoutheastern Telephone CoSouthern Bell Telephone & Telegraph CoSouthern California Telephone CoSouthern Continental Telephone CoSouthern New England Telephone CoSouthwest Telephone Co. (Kansas)Sovithwest Telephone Co. (Texas)Southwestern Associated Telephone CoSouthwestern Bell Telephone CoSouthwestern States Telephone CoSprings Mutual Telephone CoStandard Public Service CorporationStandard Telephone & Telegraph CoStar Telephone CoT. & T. Telephone CoTelephone Bond & Share CoTelephone Securities IncTexas I-ong Distance Telephone CoTexas Telephone CoTidewater Wireless Telegraph CoTri-Ci*y Telephone CoTH-County Telephone CoTri-State Associated Telephone CorporationTri-State Telephone & Telegraph CoTropical Radio Telegraph Co..-Two States Telephone CoUnderwood, Norman B. d/b as Marine Communications Co.Union Pacific R. R. CoUnion Telephone Co. (Indiana)Union Telephone Co. (Michigan)Union Telephone Co. (Wyoming)United Fruit CoUnited States-Liberia Radio CorporationUnited States Steel CorporationUnited Telephone Co. (Missouri)United Telephone Co. (Texas)United Telephone Co., IncUnited Telephone Co. of PennsylvaniaUnited Telephone Investment CorporationUnited Telephone & Telegraph CoUnited Telephone & Telegraph CorporationUnited Utilities, IncUpstate Telephone Corporation of New YorkUtah Parks CoVictor-American Fuel CoVirginia Telephone & Telegraph CoWabash Radio CorporationWabash R. R. CoWabash Telephone CoWabash Valley Telephone CoWarner, Clara Lee (Gulf Radio Service)Warner & Tamble Radio ServiceWarren Telephone Co 1
West Coast Telephone CoWest Coast Telephone Co. of CaliforniaWest Coast Utilities CorporationWesterly Automatic Telephone CoWestern Arkansas Telephone CoM'^estern Light & Telephone CoWestern New England Telephone CoWestern Radio Telegraph CoWestern Telephone & Telegraph CoWestern Union Telegraph CoWestern Utilities CorporationWhite River Valley Telephone CoWisconsin Telephone CoWoodbury Telephone CoWyandotte Chemicals CorporationWyandotte Transportation CoYellowstone Park Co
Statistics
Page Number
198186106
86116
46106
106106
146
148196196
148
"56"
179106186
76
148198179
1061067656196196196196
148198
186198
148
148
11614619646146
146
146169
14676146
198186
51
21
Intercorporatfirelations
Page
206214214214204203203207214214215209203215215218215215215206203218207218215207209218215215215215215207215215208215216215216216215216216215209215216205213212207216218216216211211211202216216202218216217217203204217217217205
Number.
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