NBC Transmitter (Jan-Nov 1942)

13 CLEVELAND JANUARY, 1942 j; I "SQUADS LEFT" I (CONTINUED FROM PACE 12) [ Perc De Tamble; Pvt. Ray Snyder; Pvts. Warner Holmgren and Scott Runge at Camp Roberts in Califor! nia; Pvt. Sherrill Edwards in AmaI rillo, Texas; Corporal Ed Nickey at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Captain Fred Shidel at Fort Monmouth; all of the Army; Navy men John O’Donnell at Manitowec, Wisconsin, and John Lagen in New York City; Marines, Pvt. Charles Klein at San Diego, California, and SerI geant Edward Weber, located at the recruiting office here in Chicago. . . . Since Christmas, Hunter I Anthony, of the Guide Staff, left I for the Navy. . . . Howard Huff I master, of the Guides, and An nouncer’s Clerk Robert Merkel were inducted into the Army. . . . Lieutenant William Rosee is back at his Camp Forrest post after attending the Chemical Warfare School at the Edgewood Arsenal near Baltimore, Maryland. . . . That’s the story from Chicago. DENVER Tor Torland, ace newscaster, has taken a leave of absence, going to Africa with the American Field Service there. He will serve as a member of this voluntary unit of American men for the duration. . . . The most original Christmas card from a service man came from Private Hal Kanter, former NBC writer, now at Lowry Field. The message, printed on a penny post card, read; “Seasons greetings from Doris and Hal Kanter. What do VO' I expect on 21 bucks — gold leaf?’’ . . . Denver fed seven minute'^ from Lowry Field for the army nortion of “Christmas Eve in •^he Service,’’ around-the-country hookup from an army post, a rr.arine base and a naval station. . . George Mathews. KOA staff member now in the U. S. Army, arrived home on furlough for Christmas only to receive a w're ordering him back to duty at once. The wire arrived just half an hour after Mathews reached Denver . . . That’s the serv'ce news from Denver. Buy UnTed States Defense Bonds and Stamps regularly. Begin today ! BOB DAILEY CLEVELAND AND DEFENSE NBC’s Cleveland studios, which house WTAM, have been well prepared against the possibility of bombings or sabotage. The studios and control facilities occupy the first four floors of a 22story building. The studios and vital equipment are not exposed to outside walls and there is plenty of shock space surrounding all of our broadcast facilities. To this natural precaution. Manager Vernon H. Pribble and Engineer-in-charge S. E. Leonard have added many other precautionary measures. Critical amplifier equipment and control relays are located in what formerly was a large bank vault, surrounded completely by a 20-inch concrete wall in which iron rods are interwoven. This wall is lined with a 5/8 inch steel plate. Half of this huge vault, which previously was used for non-current files, has been cleared out and is now available as an emergency studio and bomb shelter for staff members. Then too, beneath this below-street level vault is a protective basement and sub-basement. WTAM’s studios have three sources of power, regular and emergency AC and DC current. If all three should fail, emergency battery equipment has been in stalled to operate the studios. An ultra high frequency transmitter has been placed on the roof of the guarded building for use in feeding programs to the transmitter at Brecksville, Ohio, in case of line failure. This emergency transmitter equipment is tested three times daily. Armed guards patrol the Cleveland Studios 24 hours a day. All visitors are barred. Special guards also patrol the rest of the NBC building. Special assignments have been given to all personnel in case of an emergency and a checking system has been established to notify employes off duty. Plans for training a few employes in first aid work also are being worked out. All radio stations in the City of Cleveland are linked together by a special telephone circuit to guard against any possible emergency until the Army’s A'r Interceptor Command activates the area. Below is WTAM in Cleveland gathered together on the night of November 10th, to share in the cross country celebration of NBC’s 1 5th year of radio broadcasting. By means of the Red circuit, NBC Cleveland, at their dinnerdance, talked to and heard from the other NBC cities celebrating the corrpany’s anniversary.