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JOSEPH V. HEFFERNAN ELECTED NBC FINANCI AL VICE P RES I D EN T
Joseph V. Heffernan was elected Financial Vice President of NBC at the regular monthly meeting of the network's Board of Directors on April 5. He has been Vice President and General Attorney of the Radio Corporation of America.
In his new post, Mr. Heffernan will be in charge of the financial affairs of NBC. His work will include supervision over legal, financial and accounting operations.
Mr. Heffernan has been associated with the operations of our parent company for the past 16 years. In June 1940 he became Assistant General Attorney of RCA. He was elected Vice President and General Attorney on April 6, 1945, and is a member of the Board of Directors of RCA Communications and RCA Institutes.
During World War II, Mr. Heffernan served as a lieutenant with the Naval Air JOSEPH V. HEFFERMAN
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He was born in Washington, Ind. , on Dec. 23, 1905, and was graduated from St. Louis University in 1928. Two years later, he received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Indiana University. Mr. Heffernan was awarded a fellowship for graduate work in law at Columbia University, where he received his LL.M. in 1935. He makes his home in New York City
'BIG EAR' MEETS SUCCESSFUL TEST ON 'FOUR STAR REVUE'
A new parabolictype microphone, designed and developed by NBC engineers under the direction of O.B. Hanson, Vice President and Chief Engineer, was used successfully for the first time the other night, on our TV show, the "Four Star Revue. "
This new device may provide an answer to one of video's most pressing problems. It employs a principle first developed and patented by Mr Hanson for radio in the early 1930' s, primarily for field pickups.
The new parabolic microphone — dubbed "Big Ear" by NBC engineers measures six feet in diameter and can pick up high quality sound from distances as far away as 35 feet. The conventional microphones used on television for dialogue have a practical range of only eight feet. This would mean that artists and performers would have much greater freedom I of motion, as well as improving articulation.
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