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12/13/44
WEISS BELIEVES EXPERTS ”100 GLIB ON TELE PROSPECTS"
Lewis Allen Weiss, Executive Vice-President of the Don Lee Broadcasting System, which has been operating a television station in Hollywood for many years, addressing the First Annual Television Broadcasters’ Conference in New York City this week, landed on the "research experts who glibly declare that six out of ten persons are waiting to buy television sets immediately after the war".
Mr, Weiss cautioned against "over-enthusiastic forecasts by some industry spokesmen" and even went so far as to say that "television sets will face brisk competition in the consumer market against new model refrigerators and indoor olumbing. "
! "To support a television station", Mr, Weiss continued, "a
: metropolitan area of not less than 500,000 persons is necessary, I believe that only 10 per cent of the population will be in a position to buy television sets in the immediate future. The remainder will ' not, either because of their inability to pay the price or the diffi¬ culty in obtaining satisfactory reception, "
' J. R, Poppele, Chief Engineer, of WOR, was elected President
of tne Telebroadcasters' Association for the coming year; Robert L, i Gibson, of General Electric, Vice-President, and Will Baltin was re1 elected Secretary and Treasurer,
Prize awards were made to Dr, Vladimir K, Zworykin, Director ' of Electronic Research, R. C,A, Laboratories, for technical pioneering in television engineering; to Station WABD of New York City, operated by Allen B, D’uMont Laboratories; for television programs; and to Brig, General David Sarnoff, on leave from the presidency of Radio Corpora¬ tion of America, for general contribution to television.
In presenting the technical and general awards, Paul Raiboun., : President of the Association, commented that they were for achievements covering a period of years and that due to the requirements of militI ary security it is impossible to make awards for 1944 similar to the Hollywood "Oscars" as planned.
Coordinate awards were made to Philo T, Farnsworth, FarnsI worth Radio and Television Corp, , Ft,' Wayne, Indiana, for work on ^ television scanning methods and the electron multiplier,
Lloyd Espenscheid, Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York [ City, for adopting the co-axial cable to transmitting wide bands of [ radio frequency suitable for modem television.
Dr, Peter Goldmark, Columbia Broadcasting System, New York I City, for work in the development of motion picture pick-up equipment I and electronic analysis and control of equipment for color television,
F, J. Bingley, Philco Radio and Television Corp,, Philadel•phia, Pa,, for improvement in contrast of television pictures through i!flat face tubes and experiments on link operations particularly as I regards outdoor events.
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