Heinl radio business letter (July-Dec 1946)

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Heinl Radio News Service 8/7/46 IBM, GLOBE WIRELESS TRANSFER MICROWAVE STATIONS TO GE Subject to the approval of the Federal Communications Commission, Globe Wireless, Ltd. , and International Business Mach¬ ine Corporation have transferred to the General Electric Company permits to construct and operate experimentally three stations in a Schenectady to New York City micro-wave radio relay network, be¬ ing engineered by G. E. as a carrier for television and FM radio programs, facsimile and business machine circuits. This has been announced by Dr. W.R, G. Baker, Vice-Presi¬ dent in charge of the G-E Electronics Department, in Syracuse, who explained that Globe has an option to buy the network facilities after they have been ’’proved in”. It is the intention of Globe to extend the network westward toward Chicago. General Electric will now build and experimentally oper¬ ate all facilities in this initial micro-wave network, Dr. Baker said. These will include a terminal station in New York City and three relay stations on Beacon Mountain 50 miles from New York, another at Round Top Mountain 52 miles farther north, and the third a jump of 26 miles to the Helderberg Mountains, about 12 miles from downtown Schenectady and G-E radio and television studios. G.E. has finished construction of a new 150-foot steel tower which will house antennae, transmitting and receiving appara¬ tus for the Helderberg Mountain relay point. XXXXXXXX RADIO WORKSHOP OPENS SESSIONS SEPTEMBER 3 IN WASHINGTON Classroom and practical work in radio script writing and production will be emphasized when the second annual Radio Workshop opens a 10-day session at 'Wilson’s Teacher's College on September 3 under the joint sponsorship of the District of Columbia Public Schools and WTOP, Columbia Broadcasting System's 50,000 watt outlet in Washington, D. C. More than 100 applications for the Workshop have been re¬ ceived, according to Hazel Kenyon Market, Director of the Workshop and Director of Community Service and Education for WTOP. From WTOP-CBS Carl J. Burkland, General Manager; Martin D. Wickett, Program Director; Eric Sevaried, Director, CBS Washington News Bureau; and Roy Passman, Manager, Program Operations, will give special lectures to the classes. XXXXXXXXX 5