Broadcasting (Jan - June 1936)

IN THE CONTROL ROOM HAROLD HIGGIXS, engineer of ' WCAU. Philadelphia, assigned to I Boake Carter, made the trip to Havana recently with Carter and is handling the controls on Carter from I the political conventions. ! A CLASS of 30 was graduated .Tune : 5 from the Capitol Radio Engineer] ing Institute. Washington, having I completed the one year engineering I course. An annual graduation dinI ner was held that evening at the Wil! lard Hotel, presided over by E. H. ! Rietzke. president of the Institute. :| Several of the graduates already have ] obtained radio jobs. I R. C. STINSOX. chief engineer of i WBAP. Fort Worth, is recovering i from an operation and expects to be I back at work early in July. ESMOXUE C. LITTLER, chief en: gineer of J. B. Chandler & Co., oper, ators of 4BC in Brisbane. Australia, , and various other Australian staI tions, has concluded a four-month j tour of American stations. He was 1 accompanied by Frank B. Chandler, who came over to develop American accounts and who expects to remain in this country as representative of the groups. j HARVEY ADERHOLD, chief engi[ neer of WRDW, Augusta, Ga., on I June 7 was married to Miss Vivian Washington, of Augusta. '\ LEOX LLOYD, formerly of Tampa, I has joined WMF.T. Daytona Beach, i: Fla., as operator, tilling the vacancy 'I caused by the departure of John To •I bola for KELD, El Dorado, Ark. ji AL TRAXKLE, formerly of the Chi 'i eago and San Diego expositions, is . handlir,g sound control at the Texas / Centennial. ART STEWART, transmitter engineer of KOIL, Council Bluffs, is the father of a girl born in May. . WALTER WIDLARI, of the engiI neering staff of WJAY, Cleveland, is the father of a boy born in May. J WALTER H. JOHXSOX. engineer • of WIBM. Jackson. Mich., is the father of a boy born May 27. ' STAXLEY WALTERS, formerly i chief engineer of the Tobe Deutschmann Co., Canton, Mass.. has joined :i the engineering staff of Cornell Du. bilier Corp., Xew York. ■ CLIFTOX" M. TODD, former chief ; operator of WXAX, Yankton, S. D., '; has been named chief engineer, succeeding Harry A. Sells. ,^ MOODY McDOXALD, former chief \. engineer of KTHS. Hot Springs, i Ark., on June 10 joined the engineer || staff of WLW, Cincinnati. I THOMAS F. BAKER, chief eng" ; neer of the Press Wireless station at Hicksville. Long Island, has resigned effective June 15. PRECISION FREQUENCY CHECKS A prompt and reliable service now being used by over 100 representative commercial stations. Single Measurements. .$1 .75 each Once-a-weelc Measurements 5.00 per month TRUAXIS D^R?F^ CRYSTALS Fully mounte din * f f\ ls«lantite variable ^ AO J\J air-gap type mount ^iCa ing. * Drift guaranteed LESS than 3 CPS per °C per Megacycle. COHMEI3CIAL RADIO EQUIPMENT COMPANY 7!05 BALTIMORE • KANSAS City, MO. Sleep so listeners may enjoy their radios without disturbing the sleep of others at night, WOE, Newai-k, has started its annual "Be Kind to Your Neighbor" campaign. Every night WOR broadcasts a brief suggestion that perhaps the loudspeaker can be dialed down a bit so neighbors won't be annoyed. GLEXX D. GILLETT. Washington consulting radio engineer, underwent an appendectomy at Emergency Hospital, Washington, .June 6, following an acute attack. He was recuperating nicely, according to his physician. RAYMOXD W. ROGERS Jr., formerly of RCA and WHAT, Philadelphia, who has been making a survey for the Xew Jersey Police Radio Commission, has been named to the engineering staff of WOR. Xew York. Cryler Ttithill, formerly with Eastern Service Co., Paramount, XBC and a ship operator, also has joined the staff. CHESTER BOGGS. formerly a sound engineer at Paramount studios in Hollywood and for six years design engineer with Bell Laboratories, has been appointed chief engineer of .Jean V. Grombach Inc., X'ew York transcription producers. BILL CRUICKSHAXK, new to broadcasting, has been named assistant chief engineer of CKXX, Wingham, Ont. CHARLES HEXRY. operator at the KROW, Oakland, Cal., transmitter for the last four years, resigned Juu' 1 to .ship as radio operator on the »S'. 8. H. F. Alexander, which plys between Seattle and San Diego. MARSHALL JEWELL, of the engineering staff of WGX', Chicago, is the father of a boy born in Evanston Hospital. W. E. PLUMMER, XBC engineer in X^ew York, arrived in Hollywood early in June on network business. Raymond F. Ozier RAYMOND F. OZIER, 26, chief technician of KEHE, Los Angeles, the past five years, died May 26 at Olive View Sanitarium, San Fernando, Cal. He was a native of Glendale, Cal., and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in that city. Niinns Sell Station SALE OF KPDN along with the Pampa (Tex.) Daily Neivs to R. C. Holies and his son C. H. Holies, who_ own the Santa Ana (Cal.) Register, was disclosed early in June. The Pampa station ' and newspaper were owned by J. L. Nunn and his son Gilmore Nunn, who recently bought the Lexington (Ky.) Herald and took an option to purchase WLAP, Lexington. The Nunns also own KGGM, Albuquerque, N. M. and have onethird interest in KICA, Clovis, N. M., and are understood to be negotiating for the purchase of other stations. PRESTO DRAMATICALLY TESTED IN ACTUAL STATION EMERGENCY "This political campaign is knocking our schedule into a cocked hat — we must have recordings of at least a dozen programs right away. We've got to get a recorder!" Station "A", a midwestcrn broadcasting station, was in a tight spot — without a recorder at a crucial moment. "Phone Presto!" the chief ordered. A few minutes later Station "A" was in touch with the Presto Recording Corporation in New York City. A frantic question — could a recorder reach them that same day? No! — a half a continent's distance was too great. But Presto engineers offered a suggestion. "Get in touch with Station 'K' in a neighboring city and ask them to lend their Presto Recorder." Another long distance call — Station "K", they learned, couldn't spare their Recorder — it was in constant use. They in turn, suggested Station "M". Station *'M" flashed. "Yes, ours is available!" Within the hour a Presto Instantaneous Recorder was being flown by plane from Station "M" to Station "A". NOTE — This is a short excerpt from the file of actual occurrences in which Presto has played a part in helping stations solve their instantaneous recording problerns. PRESTO AS AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION The possibilities cf emergency in your own station must not be overlooked. You, too, can enjoy the convenience and money-making potentialities of the Presto instantaneous Recorder. Communicate with our Engineering Department for the most economical equipment. Whether you are considering the purchase cf a complete Instantaneous Recorder or of a needle, rely on the carefully coordinated facilities of Presto . . . and remember the Green Seal Discs! MANUFACTURERS OF EVERYTHING FOR RECORDING FROM A NEEDLE TO A COMPLETE STUDIO INSTALLATION Cr A T ^ M»nulactur«r» ol Everything in Speech— Remote— Trantcriptian and Microphone Equipment GATES RADIO & SUPPLY CO. gUINCT. ILLINOIS June 15, 1936 • BROADCASTING Page 33