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Helnl Radio News Service
7/2/47
"MANY WILL SEE WASHINGTON FOR 1ST TIME BY TV", TRAMMELL
Speaking at the dedication of WNBW, the National Broadcast¬ ing Company* s new half million dollar television station in the Nation* s Capital last Friday, Niles Trammell, President of the National Broadcasting Company said:
"From Washington we expect to send across the country the sight and sound of Congress in session, the reports of Government leaders to the people, not to mention the numerous object of histori¬ cal and artistic interest in which this city abounds. Most of the people in the United States will be seeing Washington for the first time when it comes to them by television,
"In my opinion, television is destined to perform a very definite service in our American system of government. For the first time, the candidate for public office will be seen and heard by large numbers of voters face to face, at close range in the privacy of their own homes. This will be a wholesome influence in determining the type of elected representatives who will come to this capital and to the capitals of the 48 States.
"Because television will play such an important part in the field of public affairs, the National Broadcasting Company takes great pride in establishing here in Washington the finest and most modern television station that has ever been built up to this time. "
Said Charles R. Denny, Jr., Chairman of the Federal Com¬ munications Commission:
"WNBW is the nation* s eleventh television station. The cities besides Washington and New York which have television stations are Philadelphia, Schenectady, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles. Fifty-four additional television stations are under con¬ struction in 38 cities throughout the country. Most of these will be completed and on the air by the middle of next year.
"Last month more than 8,500 sets were produced. This is about the total number of sets we had in the country on V-J Day.
"The Federal Communications Commission has firm confidence in the future of television and will take every step to assist the radio industry in giving the American people the finest television service attainable. "
Losing no time in fulfilling one of the principal object¬ ives mentioned by Mr. Trammell that of covering Washington WN^W picked up President Truman by remote control last Sunday when Mr. Truman addressed a meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at the Lincoln Memorial. This was fed by Coaxial cable to the country* s first television network.
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