New Dimensions

Measuring "the dimensions of radio and television," Broadcasting magazine reported that:

P:There are now 530 television stations in the U.S. (35 noncommercial and educational), 3,823 radio stations (552 of them FM).

P:All stations and networks together have 86,348 employees on their payrolls, which total $527 million.

P:TV in 1957 sold $726.3 million worth of air time, radio $516 million. P:Forty-three million U.S. homes have TV sets (turned on an average 5 hr. 56 min. per day); 48.9 million homes have radios (turned on 1 hr. 56 min. per day).

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