Heinl radio business letter (July-Dec 1946)

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He lnl Radio News Service 7/10/46 "WAG”, FOUNDER OF GE NEWS BUREAU, TO MAJOR IN RADIO AND TV C. D. Wagoner, who 26 years ago organized General Elec¬ tric^ News Bureau and has since been in charge, has relinquished these duties to devote his exclusive time to directing broadcast and television publicity and special events for the company, it has been announced by Vice-President R. S. Peare. General Electric has pioneered in all branches of the radio art. Its station, WGY, was among the first to broadcast in the country; its short wave stations now programmed by the govern¬ ment were among the first and best known in international broad¬ casting; WRGB has been presenting scheduled television programs for more than five years and its FM station, WGFM, was among the first on the air with the new Armstrong high frequencies. Mr. Wagoner is a newspaperman of many years' experience, having worked on the New York Press, New York Journal, and on news¬ papers in Syracuse and Schenectady previous to entering the employ of General Electric in 1919, He is a charter member of the H. V. Kaltenbom 25-year radio club, the Silurians Newspaper Club of New York City and of the National Association of Science Writers. Out¬ standing among his many broadcast achievements were his programs to the three Byrd Antarctic expeditions, for which he received the Charles A. Coffin award, highest honor given by the company to its employees. In 1930 he arranged and was first to speak on the world's longest radio hook-up, a circuit completely around the world. He directed his words on 19 meters to Holland and in one-eighth of a second, with earphones tuned to Australia on 28 1/2 meters, his words came back to him. It was the first time that anyone had talked around the world. Mr, Wagoner will continue to make headquarters at General Electric in Schenectady, XXXXXXXXX ITS HISTORY NOW FIRST RADIOPHONE MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION On March 31, 1931, two of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation associates in England and France collaborated in the demonstration of the first microwave circuit across the English Channel between Calais and Dover, using directional reflec¬ tors and only half a watt of power, says that Company's annual re¬ port, This test established the value of microwaves for communica¬ tions and was the forerunner of modern beam television and multi¬ channel radiotelephone links. Subsequently, using this same type of equipment, the first commercial use of microwave was inaugurated across the English Channel between the stations at Lyrapne, England, and St. Ingle vert, France. XXXXXXXXX 8