Evening star., 1934-03-18
Entertainment Leaders
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Movies, Legitimate Theater and Radio Uniting
Under Auspices of N. K. A. to
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invites them, attendance, etc. Pre-
sumably, studies will be made by the
other code authorities, but their OBJ
jective likely will be to find out how
many free admissions to broadcasts
are really doled out in given period,
and the degree to which they cut into
box-ofice receipts.
4 PPROXIMATELY $4,000, 900 homes
n in the United States, or more
than 60 per cent, had radios as
of January /, 1884, according to Q
tentative tabulation by the trade
magazine, Radio Retailing, in collabo-
ration with the Columbia Broadcast
ing System. The tentative figure Is
1880, 900, and 1t was reached upon
the basis of reports from manu-
facturers and dealers throughout the
country showing their 1888 sales.
During 1884 there were 46,800 radios
sold in the District Of Columbia, 49,
10o in Maryland and $4,000 In
Virginia.
The detailed State-by-State report,
showing the actual number of homes
in each State having radios, is to be
issued later, but the 1888 sales count
clearly indicates the rapidly increasing
number of homes equipping them
selves with radio since the first radio
set count was taken by the Census
Bureau along with the decennial CEN
sus of population in 1890. That re-
port showed 12,048, ,760 homes, or 40.3
per cent, equipped with radios as Of
April, 1880. Projected forward on the
basis of trade returns on January /,
1882, the total reached 16,809 ,562, or
56.2 per cent.
55,60O,000 Tubes Sold.
There were S,s06,0O0 radios sold in
the United States during 1888 at an
estimated retail value of $3.50, SOC, 900.
an increase of 45.3 per cent over 1882,
the Columbia Broadcasting System
radio retailing survey shows. Some
55,600,000 radio tubes were sold dur
ing the year, at an estimated retail
value of 56,600,000.
The 1888 count shows that 2,226,000
lnidgets, 856,000 consoles and 724.0oo
automobile radios were sold last year,
while the export market for American
radios nearly doubled itself over 1882
to reach a total of $4,000 sets Of all
kinds. The total dollar volume Of the
radio set industry, including parts
and tubes, was $212 600 ,000-a far cry
from the peak volume Of nearly ST.
00C 100000 in 1929. but nevertheless
about SIS, 100000 ahead of 1882.
Summary Of Sales.
The breakdown Of the 1884 total
by States awaits the completion of an
exhaustive task by corps of calcu-
lators, who must reckon how many
of the 1888 sets sold went into
homes not previously equipped with
radios and how many represented re-
placements. In the meantime, the
sales of radios during 1888 in each Of
the States is disclosed as follows:
Alabama, 23,600; Arizona, $500;
Arkansas, 17,l00; California, 2,4oo;
Colorado, $1,000; Connecticut, 10000;
Delaware, 1900; District of Columbia,
46,8O0; Florida, 5000; Georgia, 44,100;
Idaho, 1900; Illinois, 242, 400; Indiana,
a6,8o0, Iowa, $4,000: Kansas. 25,1o0:
AcILtuShy, 11IoOV, AOuis4alo, oo,AooB
Maine, 26,600; Maryland, 73,l00;
Massachusetts, 207,800; Michigan,
1I4,600; Minnesota, 67,700: Mis-
sissippi, 10000; Missouri. 141 200;
Montana, l0,700: Nebraska, 29,700;
Nevada, $500; New Hampshire, 49,
600; New Jersey, 2o4, 900; New Mexico.
4,6o0; New York, 645, 300: North Caro-
lima, 42.60o; North Dakota, 9,10o:
Ohio, $4,000; Oklahoma, $4,000;
Oregon, 10000; Pennsylvania, 385, 300;
Rhode Island, 33,100; South Carolina.
22,500; South Dakota, $500: Ten
nessee, 49,90o; Texas, 129 400; Utah,
1920; Vermont, 1000; Virginia, 49,
GOO; Washington, 45,7o0; West Vir-
ginia, 42,200; Wisconsin, $4,000;
Wyoming, 1900.