600kogo said:
But yet you have no documentation to prove your point in San Diego,
I already told you I have significant documentation of the success of the Don Lee operation on the West Coast, documented in a complete collection of Broadcasting Magazine (and its supplements) for 1938 to 1949. The Don Lee ad rates in multiple CA markets were at parity or near parity for ABC (after the NBC split), CBS and Mutual, with NBC higher.
The fact that ratings were done for only the largest US cities is discussed in numerous articles in the period. The reasoning being that programming was the same everywhere, and as long as you did a key market in each region, the surrounding areas would be similar. You can look through Broadcasting and see quite a few references, and the parallel today is that only a small number of TV markets are metered, yet metered overnights are universally used to determine rates, scheduling of shows, etc. for the part of the country that is not metered.
In that the radio network model of the 40's is the same as the TV network model, there is no need to have San Diego ratings to understand the relative position of the Don Lee Network stations based on real ratings of LA, SF, Portland and Seattle.
and you are arguing with the person that wrote the history on KFBC/KGB, KFVW/KFSD/KOGO.
History is a combination of fact and perspective. That is why there is no one single book on history's major events, whether they be the War Between the States or the Hundred Years War. And the Mexican works on the "Mexican American War" have a different perspective and causal analysis than most American works of the period.
You don't have a claim to exclusive rights to research, comment and publish about those particular stations. And you don't have any right to attempt to silence those who point out facts that may differ from the data you have uncovered; this sort of dilemma is the kind a real historian revels in because of the challenge of finding deeper truths.
I have spent years written papers and worked tirelessly to preserve those two station's histories.
Excellent. Do you have the ISBN for what you published? Or the URL to see the information online?
For the most part there were no ratings in San Diego that were valid until much later.
For the above stated reasons, none were needed.
As for Mutual NBC Red was the top of the networks RCA and Sarnoff would have settled for nothing less!! CBS was second, and thats why the "Great Talent Raid" happened and CBS fought vigorously for #1. Mutual's most successful and memorable show was "The Lone Ranger". Mutual was never as big as NBC EVER! it may have been tied or above NBC Blue.
Rewind the thread, please. I was speaking specificly about thew Don Lee / Mutual web, which had pretty complete coverage... like 95%... of the three Pacific states, and which outperformed the Mutual net as shown by the ratings, which they were kind enough to make reference too in many ads at the time.
Dont you need to dip your feet in epsom salt put on your pjs and go to bed David old fellers like you need your rest so you can get up and throw rocks at small children for walking in your lawn! Its 3pm in CA and 6pm on the East coast I hope you ate it my be too late take your pill and go to bed.
I'm in a break while talking to a hundred or so of our listeners. This is "recreation."
