Statistics on radio and television, 1950-1960
Paris: UNESCO (1963), 87 pp.
Contains tables
Series: Statistical Reports and Studies, 8
Other editions: Français
"The purpose of this report is to present statistics concerning broadcasting transmitting and receiving facilities for the period 1950- 1960. (In a number of cases data for 1961 were included.) A tentative suggestion for the classification of radio broadcast programmes by content is also included. The report consists of four parts : Section I deals with radio broadcasting (transmitters and receivers); Section I1 with television broadcasting (transmitters and receivers); Section 111 with radio and television programmes; Section IV includes statistical tables." (Introduction)
Also cited in Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2198, topic code 20, 40
I: RADIO BROADCASTING
1 Organization, 5
2 Radio broadcasting transmitters, 6
3 Radio broadcasting receivers, 11
II: TELEVISION BROADCASTING, 18
4 Organization, 18
5 Television broadcasting transmitters, 20
6 Television broadcasting receivers, 22
III: RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES
7 Radio broadcasting programmes, 27
8 Suggestion for an international classification of radio broadcasting programmes, 32
9 Television broadcasting programmes, 34
IV: STATISTICALTABLES, 37
A Radio broadcasting:
1 Number of transmitters and total transmitting power: 1950, 1960, 38
2 Total number of receivers and receivers per 1 000 inhabitants: 1950, 1960, 50
3 Total number of receivers and receivers per 1 000 inhabitants (in selected countries): 1950-1960, 56
4 Total number of wired receivers: 1950, 1955 and 1960, 60
5 Composition of domestic radio broadcasting programmes according to national classifications. during a typical week in 1959, 61
6 Percentage of time devoted to news, music and other types of programmes: from total broadcast time during a typical week in 1959, 69
B Television broadcasting:
7 Total number of transmitters in operation for regular and experimental broadcasts: 1953, 1958, 1960, 74
8 Total number of receivers and receivers per 1 000 inhabitants: 1953, 1958, 1960, 77
9 Total number of receivers and receivers per 1000 inhabitants (in selected countries): 1950 and 1953-1960, 80
10 Composition of television broadcasting programmes according to national classifications, during a typical week in 1960, 83
1 Organization, 5
2 Radio broadcasting transmitters, 6
3 Radio broadcasting receivers, 11
II: TELEVISION BROADCASTING, 18
4 Organization, 18
5 Television broadcasting transmitters, 20
6 Television broadcasting receivers, 22
III: RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES
7 Radio broadcasting programmes, 27
8 Suggestion for an international classification of radio broadcasting programmes, 32
9 Television broadcasting programmes, 34
IV: STATISTICALTABLES, 37
A Radio broadcasting:
1 Number of transmitters and total transmitting power: 1950, 1960, 38
2 Total number of receivers and receivers per 1 000 inhabitants: 1950, 1960, 50
3 Total number of receivers and receivers per 1 000 inhabitants (in selected countries): 1950-1960, 56
4 Total number of wired receivers: 1950, 1955 and 1960, 60
5 Composition of domestic radio broadcasting programmes according to national classifications. during a typical week in 1959, 61
6 Percentage of time devoted to news, music and other types of programmes: from total broadcast time during a typical week in 1959, 69
B Television broadcasting:
7 Total number of transmitters in operation for regular and experimental broadcasts: 1953, 1958, 1960, 74
8 Total number of receivers and receivers per 1 000 inhabitants: 1953, 1958, 1960, 77
9 Total number of receivers and receivers per 1000 inhabitants (in selected countries): 1950 and 1953-1960, 80
10 Composition of television broadcasting programmes according to national classifications, during a typical week in 1960, 83
