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Helnl Radio-Tele vie Ion News Service
9/13/50
TRADE NOTES
Lowell Thomas, CBS newsman and world traveler, celebrates his 20th anniversary on the air, with the broadcast of his regular CBS news program Friday, Sept. 29 * when William S. Paley, Chairman of the Board of the Columbia Broadcasting System, will be his special guest (CBS, 6:45, EDT). Thomas made his network radio debut over CBS on Sept. 29* 1930.
Sales of radio-receiving and television sets by Canadian producers during May 1950, just made available by the Commerce Depart¬ ment, totaled 51*616 units, valued at $3,805*166 at list prices. Television sets numbered 686 valued at $314,480. Producers' sales during the first 5 months of 1950 totaled 256,781 units valued at $20,920,969> including 4,248 television sets valued at $1,791*280.
In the first 5 months of 1950, imports of radio receiving sets totaled 10,785 units and exports, 13,956 units.
Melvin E. Drake, former Vice President and Station Manager of WDGY, Minneapolis, Minn., has accepted the position of Director of the Station Relations Department of the National Association of Broadcasters. He succeeds the late B. Walter Huffington. Mr. Hufflngton, first Station Relations Director of the Association, died of a heart attack after having completed three days of a projected twoweek membership tour of the Southeastern States.
Trav-ler Radio Corporation announced a stock dividend of one share of $l-par common stock for every five shares held, payable on Oct. 10 to holders of record on Sept. 18. Directors also declared a cash dividend of 10 cents on the common stock, payable on Oct. 10, to holders of record on Sept. 20. A similar cash dividend was dis¬ tributed in July, the first payment since the company became publicly owned in May.
A copy of London Calling, official publication of the Brit¬ ish Broadcasting Corporation dated August 10, carries a verbatim account of President Truman's first Korean speech. It was broadcast around the world by the BBC in addition to the "Voice of America".
The 1951 Medal of Honor of The Institute of Radio Engineers has been awarded to Dr. Vladimir K. Zworykin, electronics scientist of the R. C. A. Laboratories at Princeton, N.J.
Presentation of the medal will take place at the Institute's annual meeting in New York next March. The medal is the organiza¬ tion's highest award, and is given only to those who have made im¬ portant contributions to the advancement of the art and science of radio communications. Dr. Zworykin's early work in electronics was largely responsible for the electronic scanning method now used in television.
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