In the Spring of 1973, American television news editors were surveyed for data on staff size, operating budgets, work roles, camera equipment, portable VTR equipment, wire services, mobile equipment, and number of newscasts. The data obtained are reported in five levels of operating budgets with a summary of the statistics for each area of news gathering and reporting capability. The data indicate operating budgets rise directly with staff size and equipment holdings. Data on motion picture equipment holdings and on intentions to purchase new equipment indicate that the 16mm motion picture camera remains the basic television news tool with little or no trend developing toward portable VTR or 8mm equipment. The data also indicate that middle-class stations ($100,000 to $199,999 annual operating budget) tend to spend a higher proportion of their efforts in news processing as opposed to news reporting and that 43 percent of television news personnel work in "large" departments with annual budgets of $300,000 or more. (Author/RB)