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He ini Radio News Service
7/24/46
WWJ, DETROIT, SIGNS CONTRACT WITH DU MONT FOR TELE STATION
Station WWJ, Detroit, owned by the Evening News Associa¬ tion, which publishes The Detroit News, a pioneer in radio broactcasting, has signed a contract with the Allen B. Du Mont Labor¬ atories, Inc. for the construction and installation of a modern television station. Its radio station Is affiliated with the National Broadcasting Company.
The contract with Du Mont calls for master control equip¬ ment, video transmitter, motion picture film studio equipment, audeo transmitter, film electronic pickup chain, film projecting equipment, and a specially designed antenna. Under the terms of the construc¬ tion permit granted by the Federal Communications Commission, the station is required to be in operation by November 15, 1946. Du Mont has agreed to complete installation before such time.
The television antenna tower will be atop the Penobscot Building, Detroit’s highest office structure. This site was acquir¬ ed eight years ago In anticipation of commercial television.
The studios will be temporarily located in the WWJ build¬ ing. plans call for new and larger facilities when WWJ’s present building is enlarged.
In the meantime, the Federal Communications has granted construction permits for commercial television stations to three newspaper publishing companies the Philadelphia Inquirer, Divi¬ sion of Triangle Publications, Inc. , the Chronicle Publishing Company of San Francisco and the Scripps Howard Radio, Inc., Cleve¬ land. The new stations will be constructed contingent on heightof-tower approval by the Civil Aeronautics Administration and cer¬ tain engineering restrictions laid down by the Commission,
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ZENITH RADIO WILL SHOW PROFIT FOR JULY 31 QUARTER
Although Zenith Radio Corporation’s operations resulted in losses for May and June, the company will show a net profit in the quarter ending July 31st, after taking advantage of the carry¬ back provisions of the excess profits tax, E. F. McDonald, Jr., President and General Manager, told stockholders this week.
Mr. McDonald also announced that in addition to producing a wide variety of table model receivers and console radio-phono¬ graphs, the company was also turning out one-third of all car radios now being delivered. At the present time Zenith is the sole sup¬ plier for Ford, Nash, Lincoln, Hudson and Willys,
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