Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

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U. S. AND ITALY LINKED BY NEW RCAC STATION First American Owned. Operated Commercial Radicteleciraph Station in Europe Opened February I. SPANNING land and sea in a direct 4,300-mile route between Italy and New York, the signal of Station X—now signing "ICA"— reached the receiving central of E.G.A. Communications, Inc., Riv- erhead. Long Island, just after sun- down on January 29. The test paved the way for the official opening, three days later, of the first ail- American owned and operated com- mercial radio station in Europe. All personnel i)f the station, including technicians and operators, consists of highly skilled American employ- ees of RCAG, which opened the new- radiotelegraph service with the as- sistance of the Army Signal Corps and at the request of the War De- partment. One of the first messages to be transmitted was that of William A. Winterbottom, Vice President and ■General Manager of RCAC, to the station's manager, Thomas D. Meola, of Skaneateles, N. Y., who arrived in Italy last December 17 to supervise the job. The message read: HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND EACH OF YOUR SEVENTEEN ASSISTANTS ON THE REMARKABLE JOB YOU HAVE ALL DONE IN GET- TING THE STATION WORKING IN SUCH SHORT TIME AND UNDER PREVAILING CONDITIONS STOP WE HAVE ALL FOLLOWED YOUR WORK WITH GREAT INTEREST AND YOU MAY BE SURE THAT WE AT THIS END WILL DO EVERYTHING POS- SIBLE TO HELP YOU KEEP RCA PROMINENTLY ON THE NEW MAP OF EUROPE. Expansion of the new service to handle Expeditionary Force Mes- sages (EFM) to and from Amer- ican troops and other official per- sonnel in the Italian war area, in addition to government and press communications to which it at first was restricted, was announced by RCAC on February 17. All mes- sages must bear the APO number of the addressee, and they may be filed at any telegrajih office in the United States, marked "via RCA." The EFM service comprises spe- cial forms of standard text radio- telegraph messages, made available thi'DUgh the cooperation of Ameri- can military authorities to mem- bers of the armed forces overseas and to their families and friends at home. More than 100 pre-ar- ranged texts are available, and the sender may select up to three of them in composing his message. While present ecjuipment of Sta- tion ICA includes facilities for transmitting radiotelegraphy and voice programs for rebroadcasting over American radio networks, RCAC officials have disclosed that some time soon there will be in- stalled radiophoto equipment to transmit war photographs for the American press. When this service starts, pictures can be sent from Italy, as they are by RCAC from other war theaters, to the United States in approximately ten min- utes. NBC 3 UNIVERSITIES PLAN RADIO INSTITUTES Northinestern. Stanford. California Cooperate in Summer Courses on Broadcasting Arts for Newcomers. THREE of the nation's leading universities again will collab- orate with the National Broadcast- ing Company to sponsor Summer Radio Institutes in 1944, it was an- nounced recently in a joint state- ment by Judith Waller and Jen- nings Pierce, directors of public service for the NBC Central and Western Divisions, respectively. This will make the third succes- sive year that the network has pooled its resources with educa- tional institutions to give practical training in the broadcasting arts to young people seeking careers in ra- dio. The Institutes will be held at Northwestern and Stanford Uni- versities and the Universitj- of California at Los Angeles. Oldest of the three schools is the NBC - Northwestern University Summer Radio Institute, which was launched in 1942 on an experimen- tal basis. This pioneer method of radio education was so successful that two additional Institutes were started on the West Coast in 1943. In the last two years, more than 400 students have been trained at the Summer sessions and absorbed by the radio industry and allied fields. The demand for graduates has far exceeded the supply. As was the case last year, the three Institutes will have as their specific aim the training of stu- dents to serve as replacements, thereby alleviating the serious shortage of manpower existing in radio as a result of the war. Courses will carry full university credit and all applicants must have at least two years of college worl< or previous radio experience. Textbooks Are Prepared The NBC-Northwestern Institute will be held during the period be- tween June 26 and August 26. Serving with Miss Waller on the board of directors of the North- western Institute are Armand Hun- ter, acting chairman of the Depart- ment of Radio, School of Speech, Northwestern, and Al Crews, NBC dramatic director. Instruction at this year's Insti- tutes will be facilitated through use (if four text books, prepared by two of the directors and published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Miss Waller has authorized a survey book on radio and the other three treatises, devoted to Production, Writing and Announcing, were written by Crews. Courses to be offered at the Northwestern Institute and their instructors are as follows: Intro- ductory Course to Radio, Miss Waller; .Announcing, Paul Knight, private teacher of speech, and Wil- liam Kephart, NBC chief of an- nouncers : Newswriting, John Thompson and Baskett Mosse, NBC ■ news editors; Program Planning, ■ John Simpson, NBC musical pro- duction director; Control Room Technique, Beverly Fredendall, NBC engineer; Sales Problems, Lou Tilden, NBC local and spot salesman; Continuity Writing, William Murphy, NBC continuity editor, and Dramatic Writing, to be taught by Crews. [30 RADIO AGE]