Broadcasting (Jan - Dec 1935)

'CA Consolidates ictor, Tube Units ST SOLID ATION of the activi; of the RCA Victor Co. and A. Radiotron Co. into a single lanization to be known as the •k Manufacturing Co., effective . 1, was announced Dec. 27 by vid Sarnoff, president of RCA. 3 • formation of the new company, * :(vas stated, entails no change in of the sales, advertising or nagement policies of either of two former companies, nor any , nge whatever in the products or demarks heretofore used. Ex.tive personnel also is unchanged. Separate statements were issued Mr. Sarnoff and by E. T. Cun,gham, president of the new comjiy. Mr. Sarnoff is chairman of °_ | board of the new organization. " esent officers and management of it two subsidiary companies, Mr. rnoff said, will continue in their tpective positions, and the factfies located at Camden and Harj sk>n, N. J., will continue present ^rations. *|:'The formation of the new npany," Mr. Cunningham anpnced, "is the final step in the ocess of centralization which has en going on for more than a year the interests of greater operat» economy and efficiency. As in % past the RCA Victor Division \ jid the RCA Radiotron Division ill operate independently of each iher as their different problems ftrrant. The separate sales orLnizations and advertising proams will be maintained. The complete list of the board of directors and officers of the new company were announced as follows: David Sarnoff, chairman of the board ; E. T. Cunningham, president and director ; G. K. Throckmorton, executive vice president and director ; W. R. G. Baker, vice president in charge of the RCA Victor Division and director ; J. C. Warner, vice president in charge of the RCA Radiotron Division and director. Other directors : General James G. Harbord, M. H. Aylesworth, Edward M. Harden, Dewitt Millhauser, Frederick Straus, James R. Sheffield, Cornelius N. Bliss and E. J. Nally. Lawrence B. Morris, has been appointed vice president and general counsel of the new company ; J. D. Cook, treasurer ; P. G. McCollum, comptroller; F. H. Corregan, secretary : J. W. Burnison, vi«e president in charge of manufacturing for the RCA Victor Division ; J. M. Smith, vice president in charge of manufacturing for the RCA Radiotron Division ; Major J. T. Clement, vice president in charge of the Washington, D. C, office ; F. S. Kane, assistant secretary ; David Mackay, assisrtant secretary ; C. B. Meyers, assistant secretary ; E. F. Haines, assistant treasurer ; and F. H. Troup, assistant treasurer and assistant secretary. EQUIPMENT Facsimile Patents PATENTS covering an "image broadcasting system," described as a new-type of inexpensive facsimile reception apparatus weighing only 14 pounds, and capable of reproducing half-tones as well as black and white, were awarded William G. H. Finch, assistant chief engineer of the FCC by the U. S. Patent Office in papers issued Dec. 25. The apparatus was described by Mr. Finch, who is FCC assistant BULLETINS giving television data and how to tune in were released in Los Angeles Dec. 15 by Harry Lubcke, television director for the Don Lee Broadcasting System. The transmitter, W6XAO, operates six nights a week. G. Wilber Read, graduate of California Institute of Technology, has been added to the group to assist Wilbur E. Thorp. Listeners who hear and see the programs, and send proof, are given passes to visit the laboratory. WQAM, Miami, celebrated its 14th year on the air on Dec. 7 with inauguration of its new 235-foot vertical radiator. New transmision equipment is Western Electric high-fidelity. A master control desk gives the engineer on duty control of the entire plant without moving. Signal strength is greatly improved with addition of the new equipment. WNBX, Springfield, Vt., went on the air in mid-December with a new 1,000-watt transmitter, using Class B modulation equipment developed by the Collins Radio Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is the second increase in power for WNBX in the last six months, a boost from 250 to 500 watts having been made in July. WORK on the new transmitter that WCFL, Chicago, is building at Downers Grove, 111., is going on as rapidly as weather conditions permit and the dedication date has been tentatively set for March 2. chief for the Telegraph Division, as a novel method of visual broadcasting, and is mobile. Several months ago he was granted patents covering a mobile radio printer and in the new awards the facsimile apparatus is referred to as complimentary to the printer. WLW May Cut Power (Continued from page 8) pointed out, would seriously reduce the station's Ohio coverage. Crosley Radio Corp., operating WLW, it was learned, is considering possibility of an appeal from the FCC ruling, particularly if it concludes that the directional antenna would prove ineffectual. Text of the FCC order follows: Upon consideration of the protest of the government of Canada, the Commission pursuant to the provisions of special temporary experimental authority to the Crosley Radio Corporation File No. B-2SA2 directed the secretary to notify the Crosley Radio Corporation by letter that said special temporary experimental authority will be cancelled upon its termination in accordance with expressed provisions at 3 a. m. EST February 1 1935. The secretary is further instructed to notify the Crosley Radio Corporation Station WLW, that any application for like additional special experimental authority to receive the consideration of the Commission shall contain the following specifications : To operate with a power of 500 kw. davtime and 50 kw. nighttime or oOO kw. nighttime provided such a radiating system is employed so that the effective signal delivered in the area between Niagara Falls, N. Y., and Lockport, N. Y., and Lake Ontario does not exceed the effective signal delivered in that area when operating with 50 kw. To determine that the signal has been so restricted, measurements shall be taken within the area above, operating first with 50 kw. and conventional antenna and then with the directional antenna for alternate 15-minute periods and continuous field intensitv recordings made. These measurements shall be made on two nights between 12 midnight and 4 a. m and supplied to the Commission before February 1, 1935, for approval. AND NOW FIDELITY Lv fk #5* THE livest issue in station operation this year is high fidelity. Peak performance is made easy with this new General Radio Monitoring Panel. Modulation is continuously monitored, indicating carrier level and instantaneous peaks on meters and over modulation peaks on a flashing lamp. Distortion and Noise are read directly on a meter (not continuously monitored) rendering these measurements so simple that there is no excuse for not operating at the highest level of fidelity and efficiency of which the station is capable. TYPE 730 TRANSMISSION MONITORING ASSEMBLY PRICE $460 Described in Bulletin MB GENERAL RADIO CO. CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS Umuary 7, 1935 ' BROADCASTING Pase 35