Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

Section of RADIO DAILY. Friday October 7. 1949 TV Equipment By G.E. Installed In Italy The first American TV transmitter in Europe has been installed at Turin, Italy, according to C. A. Priest, manager of General Electric's Transmitter Division. The International General Electric Company made the sale of the complete studio and transmitting equipment to RAI (Radio Italy) through the company's Italian distributor Compagnia Generale Elettronica. Telecasting Began Sept. 11 Main features of the installations are a studio equipped with three cameras and programming facilities, a microwave link to relay the programs to the transmitter site, and a 5 kw transmitter of the latest design. Telecasting from Turin began on Sept. 11 and covers an area of approximately 50 miles in Northwest Italy. Appoint Jurin Sales Mgr. Tele-tone National Corp. Sydney Jurin has been appointed sales manager for Tele-tone National Corporation, it was announced this week by Morton M. Schwartz general sales manager of Tele-tone Radio Corp., the parent company. Jurin will be in charge of direct sales and sales promotion to large individual dealers, chains and department stores throughout the U. S. ENGINEERS — COnSULTRDTS RALPH B. AUSTRIAN Television Consultant 1270 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK 20, N. Y. Tel.: CO. 5-6848 A. R. BITTER Consulting Radio Engineers 4125 MONROE STREET TOLEDO 6, OHIO Tel.: Kingswood 7631 New Type Loudspeaker For the first time optical lens principles have been introduced into the manufacture of loudspeakers by the Jensen Manufacturing Co., Chicago. After months of research, Jensen is now producing its new model H-510 speaker, which applies optical lens principles. Speaker employs a direct radiator low end with separate high frequency horn and compression driver for high channels. New Twin-Driven Yagi An entirely new concept of TV antenna design is realized in the new Twin-Driven Yagi introduced by Technical Appliance Corporation, Sherburne, N. Y. Tests have proved the gain of this antenna to be greater than any other antenna tested at the Taco field and laboratory testing grounds, according to the company. Andrea Allocates TV Line The entire TV line of the Andrea Radio Corp. has been placed on allocation, according to an announcement by Frank A. D. Andrea, president. Necessity for this move is due to an all-time high in orders. The TV line will be on allocation until at least the first of the year. DuMont Regional Manager Appointed The appointment of Bill C. Scales, as southern regional manager for the receiver sale division, Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc., was announced yesterday by Walter L. Stickel, national sales manager. Scales will cover the southern part of the country, from Dallas to Florida. Sylvania TV Distributor For N. Y. Victor H. Meyer & Co., Inc., New York, have been appointed Metropolitan New York Distributors for Sylvania television receivers, it was announced by Larry Bagg, national sales manager for Sylvania. The Meyer Company has been holding dealer showings of the new Sylvania line this week at the Park Sheraton. Tele King Expansion Names Three The Board of Directors of the Tele King Corp., New York, have named Harvey Pokrass president and Edward Berliant executive vice-president. Calvin E. Bell was named secretary of the corporation. The new appointments are in line with a wide expansion plan recently adopted by the company. Garod Philadelphia Distributor Garod Electronics Corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y., has appointed Philadelphia Wholesale Distributors, Inc. as its exclusive wholesale distributing agency for "Tele-Zoom" television and their new low-price straight TV line in Philadelphia and the eastern Pennsylvania territory, according to Louis Silver, vicepresident and sales manager. Meek AM-TV Sales Up John Meek Industries, Inc., Plymouth, Ind., reports sales of their TV receivers during the past six weeks have increased 80 per cent over the corresponding period last year. The company also disclosed that their radio set sales have been 30 per cent higher than last year's. New TV Set By Mars Mars Television, Inc., Long Island City, N. Y., has announced a new TV model — the Academy, especially designed for long range reception. A feature of the set is a removable front panel, which permits the insertion of the picture tube without dismantling the back of the set. Set is finished in mahogany with a 16inch flat faced, all glass tube, producing a 148 square inch picture, and will reatil at $399.00 plus tax. I.T.I. Price Protection Policy A policy of dealer price protection to protect all I.T.I, distributors and dealers against inventory losses on changes in prices by the factory for a period of 60 days from date of purchase, has been announced by Industrial Television, Inc., Clifton, N. J. Policy covers Industrial's entire line of TV receivers. WILLIAM L FOSS, Inc. Formerly Colton & Foss, Inc. 927 15th St., N.W. REpublic 3883 WASHINGTON, D. C. To Mount TV Antenna On Tallest U. S. AM Tower Plans for the erection and completion of a new supergain antenna developed by RCA was revealed jointly by the Atlanta Constitution Publishing Company, station owner of WCON-TV, and the RCA Engineering Products Department. The new super-gain TV antenna, surmounted by a 56-foot FM Pylon antenna will be mounted upon a 1000-foot tower now under construction by the International Derrick and Equipment Company of Columbus, Ohio. The structure will be erected just off Forrest Road, N. E., near the Southern Railway belt line underpass, within the city limits of Atlanta, and will be the tallest broadcasting tower in the United States. The new antenna will enable WCON-TV to achieve 50-kw effective radiated power to give TV coverage to rural areas within a one-hundred mile radius of Atlanta. When installed, the antenna is expected to produce a power gain approaching 12. UHF For VHF Equip.; New DuMont Plan A plan to repurchase DuMont VHF transmitters from TV broadcasters and holders of TV CP's, who may be required to change operations from the VHF band to the UHF band, has been announced. The plan, as advanced by DuMont for the best interest of the public and television broadcasting industry was outlined in individual letters to purchasers of complete DuMont video and audio transmitters. It provides for the repurchase of DuMont VHF transmitters at an amount equal to the total depreciated value of the transmitters at the time it is repurchased by DuMont. The repurchase value, which is applied as a credit against the purchase of a DuMont UHF Transmitter, is computed on a straight-line semi-annual basis which adheres as completely as possible to established procedures in determining depreciation. Utilizing this agreement, the established broadcasters and CP holders who have purchased DuMont transmitters can be assured of little or no loss in transmitter investment in the transition from VHF to UHF, if such a change is required. In his letter to DuMont transmitter purchasers, H. E. Taylor, Jr., manager of the Television Transmitter Division, stated in part "we submit our plan as our contribution to ease the burden imposed upon you under our proposal to the Federal Communications Commission." EDGinEERSCOnSULTRIITS McNARY & WRATHALL RADIO ENGINEERS 906 Natl. Press Bldg. 1407 Pacific Ave. Washington 4, D.C. Santa Cruz, Cal. Member AFCCB L W. ANDREWS, INC. RADIO CONSULTANTS 219 WHITAKER BLDG. DAVENPORT, IOWA Phone 2-7824 GEORGE P. ADAIR Radio Engineering Consultants Executive 1230 Executive 5851 1833 M STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON 6, D. C