NBC Transmitter (Dec 1945-Jan 1947)

2 NBC Transmitter VOL. 11 DECEMBER. 1 94 5 No. 1 ABC Transmitter Published Monthly by the Press Department of the National Broadcasting Cum pain RCA Building, Radio City, N. Y. Samuel Kaujman — Editor TELEVISION POLICIES RCA-NBC policies on television were set forth by Brigadier-General David Sarnoff, RCA president, and NBC board chairman, on the occasion of a video demonstration to the press at the RCA Laboratories in Princeton. N. J., on December 13. 1945. General Sarnoff stated: “1 — The RCA organization will continue research ami development in all phases of television. Technically. this includes black-and-white, color, three dimensional views, transmission, reception and network distribution. Artistically and educationally, this means development of program technique through use of motion pictures, live talent, outdoor scenes, news events, sporting events and other features of local and national interest. ■‘2 — The RCA Victor Division — a pioneer in television engineering and design will manufacture the finest possible television equipment for sale to broadcasters and the public. “3 — The National Broadcasting Company a pioneer in television broadcasting — will continue development of television broadcasting and program service to American homes and schools, and will develop plans for the establishment of a nationwide network of independent television stations. “4 — The Radio Corporation of America w ill continue to make available to its licensees all of its inventions in this new field of television .as it has done in broadcasting and other fields of electronics.” The latest developments in television, including vastlv improved black-and-w hite pictures and color pictures in three dimensions, were demonstrated to the press. The black-and-white pictures were transmitted hv radio from WNBT. the NBC station atop the Empire State Building in Newr York, a distance of 17 miles. The color pictures were transmitted by radio from RCA Laboratories to the Princeton Inn, two and a half miles away. The black-and-white pictures, produced by the RCA all-electronic system, feature greater detail. brilliancy and contrast than ever before achieved in television. CHIEF EXECUTIVE ATTENDS SENATE RADIO GALLERY OPENING President Harry S. Truman with Richard Harkness, NBC commentator, at the recent opening oj the Senate Radio Gallery. The President teas honor guest at the party for which Harkness, as president of the Radio Correspondents' Association, teas official host. Others in the picture: Senator Joseph O' Mahoney, oi II coming (center): Miss Ela \ ourocki. correspondent for the Yankee Network: Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Senator from Connecticut . “Texas School of Air” SAN ANTONIO.— "Texas School of the Air,” now in its sixth year over WOAI. is receiving plaudits from educators throughout I he country for its record of public service. The course of study includes “Language Arts. "Science.” “Music.” “Social Studies” and "Vocational Guidance.' Through the medium of radio, more than 500.000 pupils in 233 Texas counties benefit from instruction. On a recent \ i sit to WOAI. John Gunstream. director of "Texas School of the Air. ad\ ised that adult listening is now being encouraged b\ the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers and similar organizations. Showmanship is employed to attract all age groups. Dr. W. B. Levensen, Director of Radio Education, Cleveland. Ohio. Public Schools, observed: “ ‘Texas School of the Air' is one of the nation's finest examples of how radio can serve education.” Dr. R. R. Lowdermilk. Radio Specialist. United States Office of Education, noted that "Texas is one of the leading states in the nation in the use of radio as an instrumentality of education.” Weather Reports Resumed ST. LOUIS, MO.— KSD. The St. Louis PostDispatch station, has resumed its special broadcasts direct from the St. Louis office of the l nited States Weather Bureau each weekday morning. Chief Meteorologist Harry F. Wahlgren presents the latest official weather forecasts for St. Louis. Missouri, and Illinois, together with other weather information of importance. Tin* broadcasts, a regular feature on KSI) before the war. were temporarily suspended during hostilities. Newsman Made Bank V. P. BOSTON. MASS.— John J. Barn was elected \ ice-president of the National Shawinut Bank of Boston on November 27. Barry— a WBZ-WBZA newscaster— has resigned from the editorial staff of The Boston Globe with which he has been associated for 25 years. For the last five vears Barry has been associated with the National Shawinut Bank as a news analyst in the radio program. “Frontline Headlines. " heard over WBZ and WBZA. The program will he continued it was announced bv the bank.