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8 Convention
Over and above precise reports from the convention floor, NBC broadcast many special convention programs during the week. "Dateline Chicago" with Don McNeill, "Convention News Conference," with Rountree and Spivak, "Chicago 52 Republicans 11 alternated with "Today" and "Camel News Caravan" on NBC-TV. Regularly scheduled newscasts like "News of the World," "Three-Star Extra," "Pure Oil News Time" and "Home Edition of the News" summarized and featured the high spots of the
Republican conclave for radio listeners.
NBC's complete coverage of the convention was made possible by $1,500,000 worth of broadcasting material concentrated in speciallybuilt network headquarters in the International Amphitheatre, the Con¬ rad Hilton Hotel and at NBC Chicago in the Merchandise Mart. Political leaders filed through the three air-conditioned TV studios and five radio studios constructed for the conventions. The "walkie-lookie, the super mobile unit or "TV newsroom on wheels," and the "hot film developer" which processes 100 feet of film in less than 10 minutes, were the technical innovations of NBC's convention coverage. F.A. Wankel was in charge of NBC-TV' s installations. Geroge McElrath was
chief radio engineer.
Assisting McAndrew were Francis McCall, director of TV News; Henry Cassidy, radio news director; Joseph Meyers, manager of Radio News Operations, and C.H. Colledge, NBC-TV Production director. The Philco Corporation sponsored NBC’s convention coverage on both tele¬ vision and radio.
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