Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

MANUFACTURING CONTINUED Montana 19.673 Tennessee 70,256 Nebraska 31,207 Texas 228,081 Nevada 6,747 Utah 17,931 New Hampshire 11,313 Vermont 8,635 New Jersey 155,420 Virginia 68,172 New Mexico 16,930 Washington 64,229 New York 500,353 West Virginia 43,478 Noith Carolina 84,327 Wisconsin 125,978 North Dakota 14,529 Wyoming 8,393 Ohio 237,195 Oklahoma 46,908 U. S. TOTAL 4,238,473 Oregon 42,565 Alaska 2,887 Pennsylvania 291,539 Hawaii 8,415 Rhode Island 22,904 South Carolina 33.S05 GRAND South Dakota 14,930 TOTAL 4,249,775 Defense Electronic Bill Zooms Electronic spending by the Dept. of Defense will reach $3.5 billion in 1957, far exceeding the $2.8 billion in the 1956 fiscal year, according to an estimate by Electronic Industries Assn. (formerly RETMA). Fourth quarter spending was estimated at a little over $1 billion compared to $772 million in the same 1956 period. During 1957, the top item of electronic spending was in the guided missile field, amounting to $1.1 billion compared to $628 million in 1956. Aircraft electronic gear totaled $1.08 billion for the fiscal year. MANUFACTURING SHORTS Audio Devices Inc., N. Y., announces new manufacturing division for production of silicon rectifiers, located in Santa Ana, Calif. RCA has compiled booklet describing its electronic equipment of particular interest in educational field, including tv cameras, controls and accessories for use in educational tv and audio and video apparatus for radio-tv broadcasting requirements. Booklets can be obtained from L. L. Lewis, educational administrator with RCA's broadcast and television equipment sales, Camden, N. J. TelePrompTer Corp., N. Y., three months after introduction of its Telepro 6000 (rear screen slide projector), reports it is being used by over 30 tv stations. Telepro sales have exceeded $100,000. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co., Dept. M7-369, St. Paul, announces "Scotch" brand magnetic tape No. 200. Tape is made from "tensilized" polyester film which is reportedly double strength of other double play tapes. (Double play is term applied to recording tapes with thin, i/2 mil backing, allowing twice as much to be wound on reel, therefore providing double recordingplayback time.) As result of tensilizing process, Va -inch-wide No. 200 reportedly will withstand pull of 3.6 pounds before stretching— as compared to 1.8 pounds for other double play tapes. Four hours of playing time is contained on seven-inch reel (2,400 feet of tape at 3% inches-per-second) while lOVi-inch holds 4,800 feet and will play for 16 hours at 1% inches-per-second. No. 200 tape is treated with company's patented silicone lubrication process that provides protective film between tape and magnetic head to cut down head wear. Price: 7-inch reel of tape, $11.95, 10-inch reel $26.90. PROGRAM SERVICES LAY GROUP FORMS TO OPPOSE PAY TV • Founders from veterans groups • But they deny any connection Formation of a citizens' committee against subscription television was announced last week. Known as American Citizens Television Committee Inc. (ACT), the group's founders comprise five Washington residents — three of whom are public relations directors of veterans organizations, one a former public relations director of a veterans group, and the fifth a Washington attorney. ACT's goal, according to an announcement issued today (Monday), is the organizing of a national educational campaign to inform the American people "of the pitfalls and dangers of pay-tv." Organizers of the committee are Wilson McCarthy, public relations director. Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rosario Scibilia, public relations director of Catholic War Veterans; Venlo Wolfsohn. formerly public relations director of AMVETS and now public relations director of National Lumberman's Assn.; Warren Adler. public relations director of lewish War Veterans, and Harvey Rosenberg. Washington attorney. The headquarters of ACT is 1010 Vermont Ave., room 507. The committee announced that it is making plans to enlist the support of organizations and individuals in a '"mammoth" grass roots effort to forestall what is called "the biggest give-away in the history of the United States." According to Mr. Adler, who spoke for the committee, "The American people, who have invested 83% of all the money that has gone into television and are still investing it, have been asleep at the switch while pay tv promoters, dazzled by the lure of enormous profits, have carefully set the stage for usurping the free air over America. "The ultimate result of even the smallest inroads which might be made by pay tv will sound the death-knell for free tv as we know it today, with loe Citizen putting his milk bill, or part of his car payments, or the money set aside for Junior's shoes into a new kind of juke box to see pretty much the same programs he and his family are now seeing under the present system. "The issue is a moral as well as an economic one. Grave questions, such as freedom of the airwaves, the basic rights of millions of Americans and indifference to public welfare, are involved in the pay-tv controversy." The committee announced that it will organize local chapters throughout the country and will coordinate group education programs to reach as many Americans as possible. Although the group was organized by officials of veterans organizations, key members strongly disclaimed any relationship between the committee and their organizations. "We are doing this entirely on our own," one of the founders said. However, resolutions opposing toll tv have been passed at recent conventions by VFW, AMVETS and JWV. Only two weeks ago BROADCAST MUSIC INC., New York, last week unveiled a new office machine to speed up logging of network and local station performance of BMI song titles and tabulation of payments due BMI composers. Developed by BMI in collaboration with its auditing firm, Ernst & Ernst, and built by Taller & Cooper Inc., the machine features a "breakthrough in automation" device whereby the operator can feed both fixed (song titles) and variable data (performance) into the system. The machine is said to have application to other business systems for inventory, purchase and production control. Examining the installation are Israel Diamond, director of logging operations (1), and Charles A. Wall, vice president-treasurer of BMI. The operator is Joan Brown. Page 80 • December 2, 1957 Broadcasting