Radio broadcast .. (1922-30)

NEWS General Motors Buys Day-Fan Electric Company Entry of General Motors into the radio manufacturing field was announced late in September by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., presi- dent of the corporation. General Motors has purchased the entire business of the Day-Fan Electrical Company, of Dayton, Ohio, and receivers made by this company will now be known as a product of General Motors. There will be no change in the policy of the Day-Fan Company, according to Sloan's statement. Previous to this announcement, David Sarnoff, executive vice-president of the Radio Corporation, put to rest the rumors that General Motors would take over the distribution of Radio-Victor products by stating that negotiations had been in prog- ress between General Motors and R. C. A. only with regard to licensing the motor organization to manufacture receivers. Purchase of Day-Fan carries with it an R. C. A. license. RCA Institutes Formed RCA Institutes, Inc., has been formed as a susidiary of the Radio Corporation of America, with Rudolph L. Duncan as president. Headquarters and main school will be at 326 Broadway, New York, N. Y. The new company has acquired the Phila- delphia School of Wireless, and the Eastern Radio Institute of Boston. New schools will be started in Newark and Baltimore, and others are planned for principal cities. The resident schools will provide regular classes for instruction in commercial radio operating, servicing and radio mechanics. Each school will provide correspondence courses as well. Chas. Freshman Returns Through acquisition of the Colonial Radio Sales Co., Inc., of New Yoik City, Charles Freshman returns to radio. Chas. Freshman Radio Stores, Inc., has been formed with Chas. Freshman as president, B. Abrams (president, Emerson Radio & Phonograph Co.), and Sidney A. Joffee (formerly merchandise manager of Colonial Radio Sales). Eleven stores are in the chain and headquarters are at 3 East 43rd Street, New York. More Space for Walthal Walthal's, New York radio chain, has added 60,000 square feet of space to their warehouse at 233 Spring Street, New York. Here the main office and snipping department are located in an eleven-story building, to be renamed the Walthal Building. Walthal is a subsidiary of Wex- tark Radio Stores. Addition to Crosley Plant The new eight-story addition to the Crosley plant at Cincinnati is nearing completion and at present three floors are already finished and in operation. Temple to Build New $500,000 Plant in Chicago The above is an architect's drawing of the Temple Corporation's new $500,000 manufacturing plant in the clearing industrial district of Chi- cago. Construction will start immediately. Gulbransen Dealer Finance Gulbransen of Chicago has concluded arrangements with the Commercial In- vestment Trust (C.I.T.) for a finance plan to be made available to their dealers. The plan in general provided a 90 per cent, advance to the dealer, low rates, and a return of the reserve on liquidation. The dealer is allowed to make his own collec- tion, continuing his contact with the pur- chaser. New Set Price Catalogue For the first time the trade has available a complete reference handbook of all receiving sets and loud speakers. The handbook, issued by General Contract Purchasing Corp., 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y., is priced at $2 per copy which includes a correction service. The book includes names and addresses of set and loud speaker manufacturers and their branch oflices, names of company officials and their branch managers, all recent consolidations and mergers, trade associa- tion memberships, patents and patent licenses held, broadcasting of manufactur- ers, types of sets and loud speakers manu- factured, cabinet styles, types of all tubes used in each set or loud speaker, and list prices of all the models. Loftin Sells Patents to R. C. A. Sale of a group of patents by the Loftin- White Laboratory to the Radio Corpora- tion of America has been announced by E. H. Loftin. The sale includes the non- reactive plate circuit method of preventing oscillation and the constant coupling sys- tem published in technical papers some months ago. The sale does not include the direct-coupled audio amplifier which the Loftin-White organization has de- veloped. Gilby Wire Expands The Gilby Wire Company, 150 River side Ave., Newark, N. J., is constructing additional factory space. About 30,000 square feet will be added to their present plant and a 100 per cent, increase of pro- duction potentialities will result. The en- gineering department has been enlarged and new products will be added to the present Gilby line. Among the new prod- ucts are carbonized nickel, rolled selvidged mesh, and seamless nickel tubing. New Radio Magazine After two years of preparation, the Standard Publishing Company, of Cin- cinnati, announces the publication of What's on the Air, a magazine with a guaranteed circulation of 150,000 among people who listen to radio programs. The magazine is designed to enable advertisers to send their printed sales message to their listeners simultaneously with their broadcast programs. New R. M. S. A. Headquarters Executive offices of the Radio Service Managers Association have been estab- lished at 1400 Broadway (Room 401), New York City, under the supervision of Grover C. Kirchhoff, executive secretary. Servicemen and service managers may take examinations at this address between the hours 9 A. M. and 1 p. M. except Satur- days. Service Problems Considered The Radio Executive Committee, Pitta- burgh Chamber of Commerce, has been discussing the question of qualified radio servicemen, and plans are being formulated to increase the supply and quality of these men. T. C. Foley is secretary of the divi- sion. 32 NO VEM BER 1929