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Chicago television: A history

Pages 229-252 | Published online: 05 Jun 2009

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  • 1881 . “Electric Light,” . Chicago Tribune , September 18 : 5
  • 1899 . “Flash Marconi Signals to Tug,” . Chicago Tribune , April 24 : 1 – 2 .
  • Parker , William N. 1986 . “Personal Experiences with Early Television: Chicago and Philadelphia 1926–1941,” . London: IEE International Conference on The History of Television From Early Days to the Present, Conference Publication Number 271 . 1986 . pp. 24
  • 1928 . “Broadcast Scene and Sound,” . New York Times , June 21 : 28
  • Berle , Milton and Frankel , Haskel . 1974 . Milton Berle: An Autobiography , 121 New York : Delecorte Press .
  • Lafount , Harold A. 1931 . “Uncle Sam's View of Television,” . Television News , I March‐April : 29
  • Udelson , Joseph H. 1982 . The Great Television Race: A History of the American Television Industry 1925–1941 , 66 University, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press .
  • 1930 . “Radio‐Television,” . Chicago Daily News , May 7 : 34
  • 1930 . “A Leading Lady of Television,” . The New York Sun , April 12
  • Caton , Chester F. June 1951 . Radio Station WMAQ: A History of Its Independent Years (1922–1931) , June , 335 – 336 . Northwestern University . Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation
  • Reminih , Anton . 1952 . “Old Logbooks Record Flubs of Early Radio,” . Chicago Tribune , March 2 : 10 section III N
  • 1950 . “News the Pioneer of Telecasting in Chicago Area,” . Chicago Daily News , September 29 : 26 section 2
  • Preston , Marilyn . 1981 . “Marcella Lally Duke: Television ‘First Star'—But Few Remember,” . Chicago Tribune , September 22 : 1 13 section 2
  • Hathaway , K. A. 1931 . “Take New Step Tonight in Art of Television,” . Chicago Daily News , January 7 : 28
  • Hathaway , K. A. 1931 . “Honeymoon Skit with Music on W9XAO Tonight,” . Chicago Daily News , January 12 : 27
  • Hathaway , K. A. 1931 . “Television Used in Transmitting Stock Reports,” . Chicago Daily News , January 27 : 30
  • Hathaway , K. A. 1931 . “600 Teachers Given Insight into Television,” . Chicago Daily News , January 19 : 24
  • Hathaway , K. A. 1931 . “Western Cities Report Getting W9XAP Clearly,” . Chicago Daily News , March 9 : 23
  • Dunlap , Orrin E. Jr. 1942, 1947 . The Future of Television , rev. ed. , 179 New York : Harper and Bros. .
  • February 29 1932 . Quarterly Report for W9XAP February 29 , quarter ending
  • Hathaway , K. A. 1931 . “Hathaway Finds N.Y. Progressing in Television,” . Chicago Daily News , April 17 : 36
  • Goldsmith , Alfred N. Dr. 1933 . “Problems of Television,” . In Pierre Key's Radio Annual , Edited by: Key , Pierre . 432 – 433 . New York : Pierre Key Publishing Company .
  • Grunwald , Edgar A. III , ed. 1939 . “Television: 1938–1939,” . In Variety Radio Directory 1939–1940 888 – 889 .
  • “Experimental Television Stations Authorized in U.S.,” . In Broadcasting 1939 Yearbook Number 325
  • 1955 . The Zenith Story: A History from 1918 to 1954. , 14 – 15 . Glenview, Illinois : Zenith Electronics Corporation . reprint ed.
  • Lange , Henry . 1985 . “Early Days Set Scene for Electronic Success,” . In Genius at Work: The Creative World of Bill Eddy , The News‐Dispatch 4 – 5 . Michigan City, Indiana article reprint
  • Lange , Henry . “Ideas, Work Transmitted to Pictures, Patents,” . Genius at Work: The Creative World of Bill Eddy , 7 op. cit.
  • Stewart , Robert Hammel . 1954 . “The Development of Network Television Program Types to January, 1953, Vol. I” . 2 vols. , 139 Department of Speech, The Ohio State University . unpublished Ph.D. dissertation
  • Kerby , Frank . 1939 . The History of Television , 39 – 40 . New York : Harper and Brothers .
  • Whitman , Howard . 1941 . “Gadget Genius,” . The Saturday Evening Post , December 6 : 46
  • 1949 . “Telefile: WBKB (TV)—Industry's Training Lab—Becomes Successful Video Business,” . Broadcasting , XXXVII November 14 : 54
  • Lange , Henry . “At WKBK [sic], Eddy Helped Shape Chicago TV,” . Genius at Work: The Creative World of Bill Eddy , 9 op. cit.
  • Hall , Kay . 1941 . “Billion‐Dollar Baby Here—It's Television,” . Chicago Daily Times , May 7 : 40
  • Lange . “At WKBK [sic], Eddy Helped Shape Chicago TV,” . Genius at Work: The Creative World of Bill Eddy , 9 op. cit.
  • Lange . “At WKBK [sic], Eddy Helped Shape Chicago TV,” . Genius at Work: The Creative World of Bill Eddy , 10 – 11 . op. cit.
  • Lange . “At WKBK [sic], Eddy Helped Shape Chicago TV,” . Genius at Work: The Creative World of Bill Eddy , 11 op. cit.
  • Ehresman , Russ , ed. 1949 . WBKB Chicago's Pioneer Television Station: Looking Ahead with Television , 24 Peoria, Illinois : National Radio Personalities, Publishers .
  • Lange . “At WKBK [sic], Eddy Helped Shape Chicago TV,” . Genius at Work: The Creative World of Bill Eddy , 9 op. cit.
  • Lange . “At WKBK [sic], Eddy Helped Shape Chicago TV,” . Genius at Work: The Creative World of Bill Eddy , 9 op. cit.
  • 1945 . “Television in Review,” . Television , II June : 31
  • Eddy , William C. Captain . 1945 . Television: The Eyes of Tomorrow , 278 New York : Prentice‐Hall, Inc. .
  • 1945 . “Programming,” . Television , II November : 36
  • Lange . “At WKBK [sic], Eddy Helped Shape Chicago TV,” . Genius at Work: The Creative World of Bill Eddy , 10 op. cit.
  • 1948 . “Chicago Sports Box Office is Aided by Video Coverage, Capt. Eddy Says,” . Broadcasting , XXXIV January 12 : 98
  • 1948 . “Grunt Grosses Hiked 100% Via Chi Video,” . Variety , CLXIX January 14 : 29
  • Lange . “At WKBK [sic], Eddy Helped Shape Chicago TV,” . Genius at Work: The Creative World of Bill Eddy , 9 op. cit.
  • 1946 . “She Hopes She'll Learn,” . Weekly Highlights on Television from Balaban & Katz Station WBKB , August 23 Press Release
  • November 1983 . “A Television Chronology,” . In A Tribute to Burr Tillstrom. , November , 7 New York : The Museum of Broadcasting .
  • 1949 . “'Kukla’ Moves to WNBQ,” . Variety , CLXXIV April 6 : 30
  • Perkins , Marlin . 1982 . My Wild Kingdom: An Autobiography. , 113 – 114 . New York : E. P. Dutton, Inc. .
  • 1945 . “Commercials,” . Television , II May : 22
  • Meier , Don . 1948 . “TV Begins to Pay Off, Sponsor‐Wise, Chi's WBKB Finds; Time 75% Sold,” . Variety , CLXXI July 28 : 35
  • 1948 . “Spots Penetrate WBKB Test Pattern Time,” . Variety , CLXXI August 11 : 28
  • 1947 . "Bill Eddy, Eyeing Chi as Tele Hub, Ready to Feed Area's Small Stations,” . Variety , CLXIX December 17 : 29 36
  • 1947 . “Television Oscars,” . Newsweek , XXX December 22 : 52
  • 1947 . "Bill Eddy, Eyeing Chi as Tele Hub, Ready to Feed Area's Small Stations,” . Variety , CLXIX December 17 : 29 36
  • 1947 . “Inside Television,” . Variety , CLXIX December 24 : 52
  • 1948 . “Hush‐Hush Operations Mark Installation of WBKB Microwave Link,” . Variety , CLXXI August 11 : 28
  • 1948 . “Inside Television,” . Variety , CLXXI August 25 : 32
  • 1948 . “New Eddy Post,” . Broadcasting , XXXV September 6 : 27
  • 1948 . “Eddy Ankles WBKB for Own Tele Setup; Balaban, Mitchell Take Over,” . Variety , CLXXII September 8 : 35
  • 1948 . “WBKB Runs into Mess of Deadline Troubles on Top of Eddy Bowout,” . Variety , CLXXII September 15 : 28
  • 1948 . “WBKB Primed for ‘Operation Black’,” . Variety , CLXXII November 3 : 25
  • Kogan , Rick . 1990 . “Time to Pay a Tribute to Capt. Eddy,” . Chicago Tribune , February 18 : 2 sec. 13
  • WMAQ‐TV 1948/68 , 5 Chicago : WMAQ‐TV . n.d.
  • 1948 . “The News of Radio,” . New York Times , January 16 : 42
  • 1948 . “Herbuveaux Heads Midwest NBC TV,” . Broadcasting , XXXIV February 16 : 34
  • 1953 . “Our Respects to Jules Richard Herbuveaux,” . Broadcasting , XLV September 21 : 24
  • 1950 . “Telefile: Creative Programming Highlights WNBQ (TV) Success,” . Broadcasting , XXXVIII January 9 : 50
  • 1949 . “Chi WNBQ Gets Up to 20‐Hr. Week Sked Fast,” . Variety , CLXXIII January 19 : 35
  • Oboler , Arch . 1951 . “Windy Kilocycles,” . Theatre Arts , XXXV July : 46
  • Thompson , Bill . 1948 . “A Continuing Study of Major Radio Markets, Study No. 7, Chicago,” . Broadcasting , XXXV October 25 : 4
  • Herbuveaux , Jules . 1953 . “Chi TV Parlays a Myth into B.O. Inventiveness,” . Variety , CXC May 27 : 34
  • Maloney , Martin J. 1967 . “A Philosophy of Educational Television,” . In The Farther Vision: Educational Television Today , Edited by: Koenig , Allen E. and Hill , Ruane B. 17 – 18 . Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press .
  • 1949 . “Chi's Bid for TV Business,” . Variety , CLXXVII December 28 : 23
  • 1950 . “Highlights: ‘49‐'50 Showmanagement Review,” . Variety , CLXXVIII May 24 : 36
  • 1948 . “WGN Furthers TV Plans; Mills Added,” . Broadcasting , XXXIV February 23 : 74
  • 1948 . “Mills and Albrecht Get NBC Video Posts,” . Broadcasting , XXXV September 20 : 77
  • 1948 . "Ted Mills’ Chi Post,” . Variety , CLXIX February 25 : 26
  • 1948 . “At Deadline...,” . Broadcasting , XXXV July 5 : 82
  • Weaver , Sylvester L. Jr. 1951 . NBC Interdepartment Correspondence: “Forms in Television Drama” . February 23 : 1
  • Mills , Ted . 1951 . “Forms in Television Drama” . March 7 : 1 – 2 . Memo
  • Terkel , Studs . 1953 . “Chi's TV Imagination Vs. Radio City Panjandrums,” . Variety , CXC May 27 : 36
  • Nielsen , Ted . 1965 . “Television Chicago Style,” . Journal of Broadcasting , IX Fall : 309
  • 1951 . “School's Out,” . Time , LVIII September 10 : 82
  • Wolters , Larry . 1952 . “Television News and Views,” . Chicago Tribune , January 4 : 16 sec. I
  • Shayon , Robert Lewis . 1959 . “A Deadly Calm in the Windy City,” . Saturday Review of Literature , XLII September 5 : 30
  • Shayon , Robert Lewis . 1958 . Chicago's Local TV Corpse,” . Saturday Review of Literature , XLI October 11 : 32
  • 1950 . “Variety Format Losing Appeal to Chi Sponsors,” . Variety , CLXXX October 11 : 28
  • 1950 . “NBC's Chi Staffers Miffed Over ‘Orphan’ Status; Blame N.Y. Relations,” . Variety , CLXXX November 29 : 24
  • 1951 . “Chicago TV Loss,” . Broadcasting , XLI December 3 : 75
  • 1951 . “TV Chicago Style,” . Television , March : 27
  • Terkel , Studs . “Chi's TV Imagination Vs. Radio City Panjandrums,” . 34 op. cit.
  • Shayon , Robert Lewis . 1971 . Open to Criticism , 103 Boston : Beacon Press .
  • Shayon . Open to Criticism 104

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