NBC Transmitter (Jan-Dec 1939)

4 NBC TRANSMITTER NAMES IN THE NEWS NEW YORK Promotions A former member of the Guest Relations Staff and two ex-Wall Streeters have been made permanent members of the Statistical Division. They are: Alwin Foster, Whitney Rhodes, and Vincent Smith. Mr. Foster, A. B. Columbia ’35, worked his way through his senior year by guiding at Radio City. Mr. Rhodes, who holds an A.B. from Flarvard, and a B.S. from M.I.T., formerly was connected with the Bennet Palmer Company. He was temporarily employed by NBC last May. Mr. Smith, a native New Yorker and graduate of Commerce High, joined NBC June last, coming from the E. A. Pierce Company. AAA A. Burke Crotty has been promoted to the Television Program Division as production director attached to the television mobile units. Formerly art editor, he entered the service of NBC nine years ago as a messenger in the Mail Room. His first step up the ladder came with his promotion to the Press Department as errand boy for the Press Desk. He held various positions in Press, eventually becoming art editor. In this capacity he specialized in motion picture and newsreel work, besides supervising all activities of the Photo Section. AAA Thomas Di Matteo, in accordance with the new plan to advance members of the Guest Relations staff, who have been with NBC more than two years, into other departments, has been promoted from the television guide staff to the Statistical Division. Formerly associated with Ludwig Baumann, department store, where he was employed for three years as a clerk and statistician in the credit department, Mr. Di Matteo came to NBC three years ago as a mimeograph operator in Duplicating. He was subsequently transferred to the page staff and then promoted to the guide force. AAA During the past month several additions have been made to the television group in the Engineering Department in New York. The following NBC en gineers have been transferred to the television staff: Edward R. Cullen, assistant to Operating Engineer George McElrath until his recent transfer to the television group, has been associated with radio broadcasting for more than fifteen years. He was a member of the engineering staff of WEAF, one of the oldest stations in the country, when it was owned and operated by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. In 1926, when NBC, which was organized that year, bought WEAF from the A.T.&T., Mr. Cullen was transferred to NBC, along with other members of the original WEAF staff. Since then, he has served in various capacities in the Engineering Department. He has served as supervisor of the field engineers, supervisor of the old NBC studio in Times Square for three years, and as assistant to the Operating Engineer. R. 0. Thatcher, who has been with the Company two years as a member of the technical service group which is now headed by William A. Clarke, New York Engineering Department, has supervised various studio constructions. He worked on the design and supervised the construction of the new NBC studios at KYW Philadelphia, where he spent a whole year. Mr. Thatcher was a construction supervisor of Rockefeller Center, Inc. before coming to NBC, and while in that capacity, he assisted in the reconstruction of Studio 3H for television. Prior to his association with Rockefeller Center, he was with Todd and Brown, construction firm, which supervised the construction of the first group of buildings in Rockefeller Center. He was with Todd and Brown seven years. A native New Yorker, who studied engineering at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, Mr. Thatcher’s first job was in the acoustical department of Electrical Research Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Western Electric Company, Inc. AAA Four technicians, three from the Guest Relations staff and one from the air-conditioning crew, were added to the television division of the Engineering Department in New York on March 15. The men from Guest Relations are Walter J. O’Hara, Reinald Werrenrath Jr., and Albert Naszimento, all of whom have been working with the television staff during the experimental periods of the past two years. The other new technician is Herman M. Gurin, who was technical assistant to the supervisor of the air-conditioning plant, Robert Close, at the time of his transfer. Walter J. O’Hara was a member of the studio operations staff when he was assigned to the television staff two years ago to do odd jobs in the then newly constructed television studio, 3H, in Radio City. Since then he has done much work on animated titles and video effects, under the direct supervision of Engineer Bill Eddy. He also assists occasionally in the operation of the studio lights in 3H. He is a graduate of the New York State Merchant Marine Academy. Reinald Werrenrath, Jr., came to NBC as a page more than two years ago and was subsequently promoted to the guide and studio operations staffs. He was assigned to work with Bill Eddy a year ago. Like Mr. O’Hara, his work is devoted mostly to the manufacture and operation of video effects, and animated titles, and the operation of studio lights. Albert Naszimento, formerly of the studio operations staff, has been working in the television studio for more than two years, assisting in the installation of wires and the setting up of props and scenery. During rehearsals and telecasts he acts as an assistant to the cameramen. He has been with NBC since 1933. Herman M. Gurin, a graduate of New York University with a degree in mechanical engineering, joined the airconditioning plant’s staff when NBC moved into Radio City, almost four and a half years ago. His new position in television is that of studio technician. AAA William L. States comes to the television group from NBC Chicago. He has been associated with NBC for seven years. Prior to his assignment to New York, he was with the field group for five years, the studio group for two years, and the recording division for six months. Mr. States studied electrical engineering at Ohio Northern and Northwestern Universities. AAA Edwin Stolzenberger came to NBC six years ago. One of his first assignments was assisting in the construction of the Radio City studios, and upon their completion, he was appointed maintenance engineer. He held that position until his recent transfer to the television group. Mr. Stolzenberger is a native New (Continued on page 14J