Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

tiires. Amonpr the programs that are being continued are the com- mentaries of Alejandro Sux: Sun- day, Tuesday and Friday at 8:30; El Baron Eje: Fridays at 8:45; Americanos Todos: Monday, Wed- nesday, Friday and Saturday at 9:00; Radioteatro de America (plays by Arch Oboler) : Wednes- day at 8:30; La Marcha del Tiempo i March of Time) : Thursday, 9:30; Epopeya del Nuevo Mundo: Mon- day, 8:30; Fernando Ortiz Echa- <rue: Monday and Thursday. 7:00; Tributo o los Heroes: Sunday, 8:15; NBC Symphony Orchestra: Sunday, 9:30; Contraespionaje (Counter Spyi; Tuesday, 9:30. Some of the new features are: Nuestro Sur (Our Southland) : Sunday, 10:45; Industrias del los Kstados Unidos: Sunday, 8:45; Poems of Walt Whitman: Monday at 9:15, and the transcribed music of Al Roth, Glenn Miller, Dinah Shore and Bing Crosby. Four new shows have been created for transmission to Brazil. They are: Latin American Artists; New World Music; "What D'Ya Know?, quiz show; and Fighting America, all broadcast in Portu- guese. In addition, a series of 15-minute vocal and instrumental recitals are broadcast every week-day at 8:15. Among those participating are Mario Silveira. baritone; Rey de la Torre, guitarist; Marcella Uhl. mezzo-soprano; and Albert Cazen- tre, tenor. The full cooperation with Gov- ernment agencies that Mr. Royal spoke of was evident on Saturday, November 7, when President Roose- velt sent his personal message to the French people. OWI arranged to have NBC's short-wave trans- mitters beamed to Europe to carry the statement. The stations con- tinued to function in this manner 24 hours a day, repeating the presi- dential message and including im- portant declarations that explained the purpose of the American expe- ditionary force in French Colonial territory. When the emergency sub- sided, NBC's transmitters returned to more normal broadcasting, with special emphasis placed on news re- ports in the German. French and Italian languages. Before the signing of the contract SECTION OF THE NEWS ROOM IN NBC's INTERNATIONAL DIVISION. HERE COPY IS RECEIVED FRO.M PRESS ASSOCIATIONS AND TRANSLATED INTO VARIOUS LANGUAGES BY NEWS COMMENTATORS. with the Government NBC's Eng- lish Section in the International Division had 34^/2 hours weekly on the air. The English Section now has 35 hours weekly, broadcasting daily from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.. EWT. While the number of broadcasting hours remains substantially the same, the time of NBC's transmis- sions have been adjusted so that programs can reach the areas for which they are intended at the best possible listening time. As the schedule is now arranged, the English language programs may be heard in the British Isles from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. These hours are considered ideal for members of our own armed forces stationed in this area and also for the British people. While the United Kingdom is the focal point for these broad- casts thev mav also be heard throughout the West Indies, North Africa and the Middle East. How- ever, in the past, NBC broadcasts beamed at England, have been heard in such far separated places as Alaska, India. British South /\frica and Australia. The technical handling of the English short-wave broadcasts is so arranged that programs are origi- nated in the Radio City studios, sent through the master control board, and then routed to the OWI headquarters at 224 West 57th Street, New York. The OWI then sends the programs to selected transmitters. While a large majority of these English language programs are de- signed especially for Americans serving overseas in the armed forces, many of them are built for (continued on page ^S) RADIO AGE 23