Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr - Jun 1952)

ARAMOUNT LABS Sold for $550,000 IRCHASE of Paramount Labs., illywood, for $550,000, by G. rleton Hunt and Hans De Schuliss, partners of Unicorn Theses Inc., San Francisco, took place ly 26. The property, to be taken over 30 days and renamed, will start erations within 60 days as a mplete commercial laboratory to ocess 35mm and 16mm film for T and motion pictures. Paramount ^tures, represented by Robert inter, had closed its laboratory jril 19 because of its work on a or program. USY YOUNGSTER CLWs 20th Birthday Noted CLW Windsor-Detroit celebrated . 20th birthday anniversary June and officials reflected that the ition has been "a mighty busy ungster." Detroit's Common Council passed official resolution congratulating £LW "for two decades of commdable progress" in the field of dio. Acting Mayor Louis C. iriani presented the resolution Joseph E. Campeau, CKLW esident, at a birthday party in e Detroit Athletic Club. Mr. Campeau commented, 'wenty years ago today seems :e only yesterday. But when we 3k back over our 153,358 hours broadcast time — the 11,804 adrtisers we've served — the 48,620 iurs of public service time we've •nated, and our growth from 5 v to 50 kw, then and only then i we realize we've been a mighty isy youngster." CKLW officials extended permal congratulations to staffmen ho had been with the station the 11 20 years. These veterans inude William H. Gatfield, treas■er; William J. Carter, chief en* neer ; Walter Collins, master conol engineer, and Gordon Fleming, ofejfrganist. \DIO-TV performer Nelson Case is eparing a book, History of the Brookn Dodgers, which will be published Jinder Co. upon comple book reviews ANTENNAS: THEORY AND PRACTICE by Sergei A. Schelkunoff and Harald T. Friis. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc., 440 Fourth Ave., New York 16, N. Y.; 639 pp.; $10. ADVANCED ANTENNA THEORY by Sergei A. Schelkunoff. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc., 440 Fourth Ave., New York 16, N. Y.; 216 pp.; $6.50. BOTH books are part of the Wiley Applied Mathematics Series, of which I. S. Sokolnikoff is the editor. The first, Antennas: Theory and Practice, offers a thorough treatment of the basic ideas and techniques necessary to understand antenna behavior and design. It is a comprehensive book dealing with antennas of various types in various frequency ranges. Book treats antenna principles and the theory of radiation with practical applications; it stresses physical ideas and pictures as well as methods of quantitative analysis. The second volume, Advanced Antenna Theory, presents the theory behind antenna behavior and broad band antenna design. It is devoted to recent, important work in advanced antenna theory and would serve as an excellent review of current trends in antenna research and development. Dr. Schelkunoff, internationally known authority on antennas, has for more than 20 years been with Bell Telephone Labs, as a consultant. Dr. Friis is director of research in high frequency and electronics at Bell Labs and is the originator of 24 patents. TWENTY BASIC POINTS FOR TV RECEIVER SERVICE by A. C. W. Saunders. Published by the Paul H. Wendel Pub. Co., Indianapolis, Ind.; 44 pp.; $1. FIFTH notebook in the Television Technician's Lecture Service, this booklet presents the essentials for rapid TV servicing by circuit analysis. Twenty basic circuit points are described in text and profuse diagrams: Design of video amplifiers for broadband response, control of stage gain, function of automatic gain control, tuned circuit response, gain and bandwidth comparisons, stagger tuning of 1-F stages, parallel effect of grid cir VII 0RT V»MW. mD 1 TOP MEDIUM IN A TOP MIDWEST MARKET cuit on plate load, design requirements of video detectors, phase inversion properties of a conventional amplifier and others. Voltage waveforms and concise data on proper ion trap adjustment are also given. Mr. Saunders' is director of Saunders Radio and Electronic School, Boston, and president of the Radio-Television Technicians' Guild, and developed his circuitanalysis technique during lectures to TV servicemen throughout the United States. RADIO ANTENNA ENGINEERING by Edmund A. Laport. Published by McGraw-Hill Book Co., 330 W. 42d St., New York 36, N. Y.; 563 pp.; $9. ANTENNAS made of wires, masts and towers with frequencies up to 30 mc are grist for Mr. Laport, chief engineer, RCA International Div. The book includes some of the more advanced designs for both UHF and VHF and is illustrated with graphs, charts and photographs. Callings on a backlog of 30 years of world-wide engineering experience, Mr. Laport treats radiation, circuital and mechanical engineering aspects separately for each type of antenna and includes consideration of operational requirements, bandwidth, propagation engineering and system engineering. Miss Fox's Year KATHERINE FOX, director of special broadcast services for WLW and WLWT (TV) Cincinnati, has won six awards in the past five months. Early this year, McCall's mag, azine recognized Miss Fox as an outstanding woman Miss Fox broadcast executive; the English-Speaking Union presented her with a citation during her visit to London for her contributions to international understanding; two publications in the entertainment field cited public service programs, inspired, produced and directed by Miss Fox; the Cincinnati Advertising Club selected her as the "Cincinnati Advertising Women of the Year," and the duPont Foundation gave the Crosley Broadcasting Corp. a commendation for its public service programming (Crosley says that the basis for the duPont commendation was a program series designed by Miss Fox). NCAB AGENDA Set for June 79-20 PROBLEMS in labor relations and operating costs will be described by Richard P. Doherty, NARTB employe-employer relations director, at the June 19-20 convention of the North Carolina Assn. of Broadcasters, at The Carolinian, Nags Head. Mr. Doherty will be opening speaker after the call to order by President T. H. Patterson, WRRF Washington, N. C. Afternoon program for opening day calls for a Cape Hatteras cruise. Ed Ruggles, director of the North Carolina State College Extension Service, will speak the second day on joint plans of NCAB and the college to set up technical training to ease the shortage of first class operators. John Smith, NARTB FM director, will speak on "Revived Interest in FM Broadcasting." Plans for the July statewide radio promotion will be outlined by J. Frank Jarman, WDNC Durham, to be followed by an open discussion. An afternoon beach party will be held, with the U. S. Brewers Foundation as host. Transcription companies will provide prizes for a treasure hunt. Other events include an Armed Forces air show and a prevue of "The Lost Colony" pageant. SUMMER long spot campaign to promote highway safety has been inaugurated at WCTC New Brunswick, N. J. Campaign was instituted for summer weekend broadcast. Watch that "Follow-thru" Even Bismarck knows that no matter how much power you put into your swing, it's the follow-thru that counts. If you're interested in the rich Midwest market, KFYR, with the nation's largest area coverage, is "must" on your media list— gives your advertising dollar a pre-war stretch in this wealthy, rural market. L KFYR BISMARCK, N. DAK 7 5000 WATTS-N B.C. AFFILIATE Rep. by John Blair ROADCASTING • Telecasting June 9, 1952 • Page 83