Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1955)

MANUFACTURING Reeves Soundcraft Elects Rogers, Clapper, Deacy FRANK B. ROGERS Jr., vice president of Reeves Soundcraft Corp., New York, has been elected executive vice president in charge of Soundcraft operations, it was announced last w e e k by Hazard I E. Reeves, president I and chairman of the I board of directors, j Before joining \ Reeves in 1951, Mr. I Rogers was vice 1 president of Ampro ( <>l p. Mr. Reeves also announced the pro motion of two other executives: llomei V\ ( lap per, president, Bergen Wire Rope, a MR. ROGERS MR. CLAPPER MR. DEACY subsidiary of Soundcraft, has been elected executive vice president of Soundcraft in charge of the Bergen division. He joined the firm in 1951 as vice president in charge of manufacturing and in 1954 was named Bergen president. Election of William H. Deacy as Soundcraft vice president in charge of sales engineering also was announced by Mr. Reeves. Mr. Deacy has been with the organization since 1952 as a sales engineer. Mexico City Tv Purchases Intl. Standard Transmitter CONTRACT has been signed by Romulo O'Farrill and Emilio Azcarraga, Mexican radiotv operators, with International Standard Electric Corp., New York, for the purchase of a 7.5 kw television transmitter to be installed about 35 miles south of Mexico City. Equipment will be manufactured by Federal Telecommunications Labs, Nutley, N. J., a division of International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. International Standard is a subsidiary of IT&T. Television programs, originating at XHTV (TV) Mexico City, will be beamed to the transmitter by a microwave radio relay link and retransmitted to the south, southeast and southwest. It is expected the tv coverage will extend completely across Mexico. The transmitter will be about 14,000 feet above sea level. Special antenna equipment is being designed for the installation. The transmitter is scheduled to go into operation during the early part of this year. Gates Radio Co. Develops New Three-Speed Turntable GATES RADIO CO., Quincy, 111., announces production for broadcast use of a new threespeed turntable which controls all three speeds plus motor starting with one flip-type lever. Increased torque is developed through heavy duty, synchronous motor that operates drive arrangement so timing is accurate and slippage practically eliminated, Gates reports. Size of unit is 2VA inches square. MANUFACTURING SHORTS Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co., St. Paul, has released eight-page, two-color booklet describing "Scotch" brand "Extra Play" magnetic tape No. 190, discussing such points as playing time, tape strength, reel sizes, recorder settings and performance characteristics, available on request from firm, Dept. M5-2, St. Paul. Allen B. DuMont Labs, tv transmitter dept., Clifton, N. J., has available new redesigned "Tel-Eye," unit for sending closed-circuit tv pictures by cable to screens of standard tv receivers. General Electric Co., tube dept., Schenectady, N. Y., has available new 40-page designer's booklet (ETD-985) on cathode ray tubes for industrial and military applications, providing data on 24 standard GE tube types, including those used in oscilloscopes, radar indicators, in dustrial tv and tv studio monitors. Allied Radio Corp., Chicago, has available two-color, illustrated booklet "This Is High Fidelity," explaining in non-technical terms functions of basic units used in home hi-fi music systems. Alden Electronic & Impulse Recording Equipment Co., Westboro, Mass., has developed laboratory experiment recorder, Alden 30-Channel Fact Finder, designed for engineers, chemists, psysicists, researchers, experimentors and lab technicians to monitor up to 30 phases of experiment and have simultaneous recordings of activities on one paper, allowing entire 30 to be seen at once to provide instant visual comparisons at actual time of occurence, according to company. Cinema Engineering Co., div. of Aerovox Corp., Burbank, Calif., is producing new variable high and low frequency filter, Type 7052, incorporating four-stage amplifier with R-C interstage coupling network, for elimination of act noises, arc rumbles, whistles and other unwanted noises in sound reproduction. Hallicrafters Co., Chicago, reports profits of $104,294 on sales of $6,420,537 for first quarter of new fiscal year ended Nov. 30. Total of 825,000 shares of company's stock is outstanding. Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp., N. Y., has declared quarterly cash dividend of 10 cents per share and extra dividend of 5 cents per share on 1,935,667 shares outstanding, paid Jan. 14 to stockholders of record Jan. 4. Raytheon Mfg. Co., Waltham, Mass., has released 8-page brochure describing company's KTR-100A tv microwave relay equipment, obtainable by writing firm for Bulletin 3-110, Dept. 6130, 100 River St., Waltham. Quam-Nichols Co., Chicago, announces new speaker, Quam Little Four, designed to meet space and cost considerations of serviceman. Permanent magnet speaker (Model 4A06) is of shallow construction and permits installation in any radio or tv set, according to company. MANUFACTURING PEOPLE Kimball A. Reyher, radio specialist, Westinghouse Electric tv-radio div., Metuchen, N. J., appointed radio merchandise manager. Wolfram J. Dochtermann, formerly production supervisor, United Film & Recording Studios, Chicago, appointed manager, professional services div., Voice and Vision Inc. (technical aid, service and equipment), same city. Kay Ashton-Stevens, formerly program adviser, WBBM-TV Chicago, to Zenith Radio Corp., same city, handling special public relations and advertising assignments. Philip J. McFarland, Boston attorney, appointed assistant patent counsel, CBS-Hytron, Danvers, Mass. Robert A. Seidel, executive vice president in charge of consumer products, RCA, N. Y., appointed co-chairman, radio, tv and phono div., Father's Day Council. Frank A. D. Andrea, president, Andrea Radio Corp., Long Island City, N. Y., named cochairman, Long Island business div. of 1955-56 cancer fund drive. THESE OFFICES TO SERVE YOU For All Broadcasting Equipment Quincy, Illinois New York City Washington, D.C. Houston, Texas Los Angeles, Calif. Atlanta, Georgia New York, International Div. Montreal, Quebec, Canada 123 Hampshire Street 51 East 42nd Street 1 3th & E Streets, N. W. 2700 Polk Avenue 7501 Sunset Blvd. 1 133 Spring St., N. W. 1 3 East 40th Street Baldwin 2-8202 Murray Hill 7-7971 Metropolitan 8-0522 Atwood 8536 Hollywood 2-6351 Elgin 0369 Murray Hill 9-0200 Canadian Marconi Co. Regent 8-9441 Page 102 • January 17, 1955 Broadcasting • Telecasting