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Helnl Radio News Service
8/14/46
SEES "TELEVISION CITY" LOCATED ATOP MOUNT WILSON
A "television city" atop Mount Wilson, site of the famous Carnegie Observatory, is foreseen by Albert C. Childs, owner of the mountain top, in announcing that it was for sale. Mr. Childs reveal¬ ed in his announcement that fourteen radio stations and newspapers interested in television have signed leases for the 6000-foot peak’s real estate and recreational development. Prospective investment in television plants on Mount Wilson are estimated by Mr. Childs at several millions and he visualizes that the site will be developed into a whole city, the home of thousands of television employees and caterers to the tourist trade.
Potentialities of the peak as the television center of the Far West are indicated in the revelation by Mr. Childs that in addi¬ tion to the fourteen leases he has given to television interests he has been approached by some 30 companies for locations. According to engineering data taken on the Mt. Wilson location, television transmitters would have a line-of-site radius of 100 miles or more.
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FEDERAL TELEPHONE & RADIO REORGANIZES DEPARTMENTS
The two former divisions of the Federal Telephone and Radio Corporation, Radio and Telephone, have been replaced by 10 separate departments to attain a more flexible organization, it was announced last week. The new departments include Legal, Industrial Relations, Treasuiy, Sales, Engineering, Production, Comptroller’s, General Service, Surplus Property Disposal and the recently incorporated Canadian affiliate, Federal Electric Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
The corporation has also transferred its administrative offices to its own property at Clifton, N. J. , eliminating the build¬ ing used in Newark for the last three years as an administrative center. Under the new organization plan, Assistant Vice President E. G. Ports has been named Technical Director as well as Assistant to E. N. Wendell, Vice President in Charge. Also, Colonel L. B. Tucker, an Assistant Vice President has been placed in charge of special assignments and is superintending the organization of the Installation Department.
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ZENITH MOVES SOME RECEIVER PRODUCTION TO WINCHARGER PLANT
Public demand has exceeded productive capacity of the Zenith Radio Corporation's Chicago plant, according to a company announce¬ ment, and manufacture of four types of radio receivers has been mov¬ ed to the Zenith-owned Wincharger Corporations plant at Sioux City, Iowa. In the announcement by H. C. Bonfig, zenith Vice-President, it was indicated the Sioux City plant would be mainly utilized for turning out table model receivers.
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