NBC Transmitter (Mar-Oct 1941)

12 NBC TRANSMITTER ON THE SHELF EXCHANGE ANSWERS In Our Library NBC’s news room boss, A. A. Schechter, has turned out a volume called “I Live on Air,”* which will do for a radio Bible until some new James, John, Peter or Paul comes along. (And bring a sponsor!) “I Live on Air” deals only with Abe Schechter’s work; news and special events. The news section is the history of radio’s struggle to remind newspapers that there was a Town Crier before anyone started printing news. It’s the history of how newspapers fought news voices, the modern Town Crier, and how Abe Schechter and his longdistance phone worked around their strict boycott. A solution was finally reached, and that battery of teletypes in NBC’s news room is the result. Special events Schechter records in full, from the epic Graf Spee scuttling and the Scoop of Munich down to the Singing Mice contest. The book moves as fast as Schechter, which is fast. Don’t expect a sociological study of What Radio Means to the World Today. In “I Live on Air” the accent’s on “live” — bustling, racy, vivid stories of the “air” we all live on. *“l Live on Air,” Frederick Stokes — $3.75. FOR SALE — 17 miles from George Washington Bridge — Hudson River waterfront property — 8 rooms, 3 baths, garage — beautiful grounds, water-fall, brook and pool — zoned village. Sacrifice. Gall Ext. 231. SHARE SUNNY apartment. Within walking distance of Radio City. Inexpensive, pleasantly appointed. Call Kathleen Goddard, Ext. 613. FOR SALE — L. C. Smith Gorona Portable A-1 condition. Price $30. Gontact A. Frank Jones, Goncert Service. THREE ROOMS— 4th Floor Walkup. Sunny and pleasant. Four closets. $55. Unfurnished. Sublet until October 1. Call Ext. 431. Cordon Vanderwarker. 336 East 71st — 71st and First Avenue. FURNISHED APARTMENT — Six rooms, two bedrooms, 34 foot living room with natural fireplace and baby grand piano. Five blocks from station. Reasonable. Address 92 Bayview Avenue, Port Washington, Long Island. Or call Jack Wahlstrom — Guest Relations NBC. FOR SALE — Plymouth Coupe — ’36 model. Motor recently overhauled. Passed New Jersey Test. Swell for Spring. BertSchlanger, CR. To questions on page ten 1 . Federal Communications Commission. International Broadcasting Union. National Association of Broadcasters. British Broadcasting Corporation. Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne. 2. Two hundred and thirty. 3. Red Network Program Manager. Director of Women’s and Children’s Division. Editor of Continuity Acceptance. 4. Recordings or electrical transcriptions, for broadcasting. 5. Thirty-one. 6. Broadcast originating outside the studio facilities. Perfect timing — program on schedule. 7. WEAF — Port Washington, L. I. WJZ— Bound Brook, N. J. W2XBS — Empire State Bldg. 8. The carrier wave is a continuous number of constant vibrations (or a wave) between whose limits the broadcast travels. In short, the carrier wave “carries” the program from the transmitter to the receiver, A clear channel is one which is used by only one station within a certain area. (i.e. WJZ is always at 770 kc.) 9. David Sarnoff. 1 0. Television. 1 1 . The Texas Company. 12. Normally 8;00 A.M. to 1:00 A.M. (Locals 6:30 A.M.) . 1 3. Microphones. 1 4. Loop — network. Juve — juvenile. PA — press agent. Spieler — news commentator or announcer. Wax — record or electrical transcription. MARCH FIVE YEARS AGO The millionth tour guest expected soon. Company dance on the 20th in the Hotel Great Northern’s Grystal Room featuring Rudy Vallee and his Gonnecticut Yankees. ”01 Sporting Life” Al Walker bought the first ticket. P.S. — cash! POSTAGE DUE From NBC's Information Division Dear Sirs: I wrote you a letter about two weeks ago, to which I have received no reply. If you did receive it won’t you kindly reply? On the other hand, if you did not receive it, let me know and I will write again. Yours truly, I write to ask how much you offer for news featuring how I pulled my own back tooth and how I pull out my corns on the bottom of my foot. Yours very truly. Believing that small fellows can have suggestive ideas, I submit the following to you . . . Guest Relations Manager Jerry Martin received these — The National Broad Casting Company and The Quest Relations Deportment 30 Rockafellow Plaza