A collection of representative editions for
reference.
Television Factbook was founded in
1945 by
Martin Codel's Radio News
Bureau, which published Television
Digest It was located in Washington,
D.C. Albert Warren became senior
editor in 1956, and eventually
became the publisher. The corporate
name was then changed to Television
Digest, Inc. The Factbook was
published from Washington, DC, until
2018, when it went to a digital
delivery database format.
For
information in purchasing current
online edition
Television Factbook
Website The
Last Printed Volume was Issued in
2018
Note: These editions are presented
for historical reference only. The
data is not current and should not
be used in any context beyond that
of a study of the history of
broadcasting.
Factbook Pocket Directories
Many issues
of this listing of all
operating TV Stations
Click Decade to View
... for
issues to complete the collection and to
extend the coverage of the Factbook's
sister publication Television Digest
beyond 1963. Let us
know if you have any. We are
working to grow the Factbook collection as issues
become available.
How You Can Help
If you have any
of the missing editions of the Factbook or
copies of Television Digest... or know
someone who does....please consider loaning them or donating
them to this collection.
We can provide prepaid shipping and non-destructive
scanning,. Also considered: offers of
issues for sale at reasonable prices.
Most issues we have obtained have come from
library "discard" resellers. Of course, his
points out the urgent need to digitize and
preserve this wonderful documentation of the
history of television because copies
available elsewhere are becoming more scarce
all the time.
Note that each issue is individually searchable in
the "find" function of your browser's PDF reader.
All issues are globally searchable
by clicking the search button. And the search
feature is something you won't find in any
library or private collection!
A major part of this collection is
provided through a donation from
Fred McCormack
