Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct - Dec 1952)

FOUNDERS AWARD tSiSS BRIG. GEN. DAVID SARNOFF, RCA board chairman, is the first recipient of the new Founders Award of the Institute of Radio Engineers, it was announced last week. The award, to be presented only on special occasions rather than annually, was given "for outstanding contributions to the radio engineering profession through wise and courageous leadership in the planning and administration of technical developments which have greatly increased the impact of electronics on the public welfare." The award, it was explained, was established 10 days ago by the IRE board of directors to recognize an outstanding leader in the radio industry and to commemorate the three pioneers who founded IRE 40 years ago: Alfred N. Goldsmith, editor of IRE and consulting engineer; John V. L. Hogan, president of Hogan Labs., New York, and the late Robert H. Marriott. IRE now has more than 30,000 members in the U. S. and abroad. The award, along with others, will be presented March 25 at the annual banquet during IRE's national convention at the WaldorfAstoria in New York. Radio-Electronics, a Preview of LAB URGES Parity as State Journals RADIO and TV stations should have parity with the press as official journals for state business, the Louisiana Assn. of Broadcasters has declared. Meeting at New Orleans Nov. 7, the LAB passed a resolution as follows: "Since the public should be fully and completely informed by radio as well as the printed media on all official business of the state, now, therefore, be it resolved that the LAB legislative committee seek the proper ways and means to convince the state legislature to designate the radio and television stations of Louisiana as official journals of the State of Louisiana along with the press. In other business of the oneday meeting, E. Newton Wray, KTBS Shreveport, was elected LAB president; B. Hillman Bailey Jr., KSIG Crowley, vice president, and Bill Patton, KLFY Lafayette, secretary-treasurer. Named to the board of directors were W. E. Jones, KSLO Opelousas; Harold Wheelahan, WSMB New Orleans; Paul Goldman, KNOE Monroe; Henry Clay, KWKH Shreveport; David Wilson, KPLC Lake Charles; George Thomas, KVOL Lafayette; George Martin, KROF Abbeville, and Dierrell Hamm, KANE New Iberia. Mr. Wray Progress, is the theme of the March 23-26, 1953, convention. There will be an accompanying exhibition of new products and components in nearby Grand Central Palace. Color TV and uhf TV are expected to occupy a major place on the convention's agenda, although the program committee has not as yet announced the schedule of technical sessions which make up most of the four-day program. In addition to the award to Gen. Sarnoff, the board named Dr. Robert M. Page, superintendent of Radio Div. Ill and associate to the director of research of the U. S. Naval Research Lab., as recipient of the 1953 Harry Diamond Memorial Award for contributions to the development of radar; Richard C. Booton Jr. of Massachusetts Institute of Technology to receive the 1953 Browder J. Thompson Memorial Prize for a technical presentation by an author under 30, and Edward O. Johnson and William M. Webster Jr. to receive the 1953 Editor's Award for literary excellence. DeFOREST, MILLIKAN Feted at WCEMA Anniversary CLIMAXED by its all-industry banquet Thursday during which engraved plaques were presented to radio pioneer Dr. Lee DeForest and Dr. Robert A. Millikan of the California Institute of Technology, West Coast Electronic Manufacturers ,Assn. celebrated its 10th anniversary at Hotel Statler, Los Angeles. Dr. DeForest was lauded as "renowned scientist, inventor, author, whose invention of the three electrode tube opened the way to modern radio and spearheaded the development of the electronic industry." Dr. Millikan was referred to as "eminent scientist, scholar, teacher, author, whose researches as a physicist provided a foundation for our modern technology and whose leadership as a scientist and citizen profoundly influenced the development of the West." IBS Advisory Group Set FORMATION of a "sales direction committee" to guide the selling activity of Intercollegiate Broadcasting System's national representative, Thomas F. Clark Co., and of the IBS sales department was announced last week by IBS Sales Manager Walter Hofer. The committee includes college students and alumni, representatives of IBS member stations, and IBS executives. rpffoM/se CPM" WGST wins by a landslide in Atlanta because it has CPM — the platform endorsed by time-buyers everywhere. C — means coverage of Atlanta and the 36 surrounding counties in the retail trade zone. P — for the best in local and net programs, M — for high-powered merchandising support to jobbers, chains and independent retail outlets. Join the winning party — contact WGST or our national reps for the full story. ~ ATLANTA MR. ATLANTA NATIONAL REP. JOHN BLAIR IN SOUTHEAST JAMES S. AYERS BROADCASTING • Telecasting November 17, 1952 • Page 51