American television directory (1946)

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IN TELEVISION DUMONT’S JOHN WANAMAKER TELEVISION STUDIO, STATION WABD SETS THE PACE! DuMONT TELEVISION engineers, who have designed and built more television stations than any other company, will soon complete the world’s largest television installation. They are now transforming more than 500,000 cu. ft. of the great John Wanamaker store in New York into the first "Television City." The largest studio (50' x 60' with a 50' ceiling) boasts 4 cameras— the first studio to be so well equipped. A balcony accommodates 700 spectators and a rear glass wall of the control room permits sightseers to watch re¬ hearsals and broadcasts. Two other "live talent” studios are equipped with 3 and 2 cameras each. Several cameras are mounted on a new type dolly providing extreme ranges of elevation and camera angle. A tele¬ cine studio has projectors for both 16 mm. and 35 mm. film. DuMont Television broadcasting equipment embodies all the flexibil¬ ity and refinements accruing from more than 4 years of continuous and increasingly elaborate programming experimentation. Simplified pre¬ cision control — the keynote of Du¬ Mont design— assures high efficiency and rugged dependability at low op¬ erating cost. DuMont leadership means adequate training of your tech¬ nical personnel, and the finest crafts¬ manship for the least outlay. Copyright 1945, Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc. ALLEN B. DuMONT LABORATORIES, TELEVISION STUDIOS AND STAT INC., GENERAL OFFICES AND PLANT, 2 MAIN AVENUE, PASSAIC, N. J. ION WABD, 515 MADISON AVENUE. NEW YORK 22. NEW YORK 6