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

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Business Triples in 10 Years (Continued from page IS) duced by RCA Victor in excess of 1.000,000 annually. JiKlK't'd by its grreat popularity, the RCA 45-rpm system of recorded music has proved a development of which we may well be proud." Early in .January. 1950. RCA Vic- tor announced that it would issue superior .'?3'.;-rpm lon^-pl^.v rec- ords. They have lieen <,n the market since March. These records of im- proved quality and tonal fidelity feature the world's greatest artists, perfiirminjr the world's finest mu- sic, for the benefit of music lovers who desire continuous selections in lonjr-play form. The '•;?.'?':." records supplement the complete line of recordiuKs on 45- and 7S-rpm disks: they do not displace "la's" or "78's" in the RCA Victor catalog, but are an additional service. ".■Ml major recording companies, except two, and a large number of small manufacturers now offer the '45' type of record." declared Gen- eral SarnofT. "while more than 70 instrument manufacturers have in- corporated turntables to play the '45' records in their products." To accommodate these three types of records. General Sarnoff said, the RCA Victor 1950 line of Victrola phonographs and radio-television combinations features instruments that i)lav all three phonograph speeds. It will be RCA's continued policy, he added, to make available to the public KCA Victor's unsur- passed library of music and noted artists, recorded for all phonograph speeds. Broadcasthtg and Telecasting General SarnofT said that notable progress h:is been made by the Na- tional liroadcasting Company ^— a service of RCA — both in radio broadcasting and television during the past year. The dimensions which radio has reached, he said, graphically illustrate the great po- tential which exists for television. According to the latest statistics, 40,700,000 American homes arc e<iuipped with (>5,400,000 radios. Adding to this figure the number of portable radio .sets and radios for atitomobik's, there are more than 85,000,000 radios in the United States. "The operation of a television net- work is as yet unprofitable, but the margin of loss is steadily being re- duced," he said. "We are confident that television stations and net- works will become profitable enter- prises within a reasonable time, jls the size of the audience, number of advertising sponsors and advertis- ing rates increase." Looking Ahead Discussing the future outlook. General .SarnofT declared in con- clusion : "The volume of business and earnings of the RCA for the first three months of 1950 are gratify- ing. The prosjiects for the year as a whole are good. It is to be ex- pected that a constantly changing and expanding art and industry, in a world that is far from settled, should present many problems for solution. In our efforts to solve these problems on a firm and last- ing basis, we must ever be mindful of the interests of the public, our customers, our employees, and our stockholders. We sincerely believe we are doing so and as the record shows, we are making substantial progress from day to day and year to year. We want all of these in- terests to benefit from the progress made by the Radio Corporation of America." Africa — Market of The Future (Continued from page 29) there to the interior cities the only movement is by river steamer. .Much loading and unloading takes place which inevitably causes much breakage and adds to the ultimate cost of the goods. Two of the first RCA 50-kw short-wave broadcast transmitters are installed on opposite sides of the Congo river. One is in I.i'npoldv ille and the other in Hr.i/.zaville, in Frenih E<|uatorial Africa. Much additional RCA equipment is giving a good account of itself in both areas. Madagascar, the last country visited, is one of the largest island.'^ in the world. Although a French colony, it .seems to have attained more autonomy than colonies nearer France. Africa is a continent of oppor- tunity. While dollar sales now are not large in proportion to other areas, it is one of the few unde- veloped and rich areas now rapidly expanding. RCA is getting a good share of the business open to Amer- icans now, and we will continue to exert every effort to get more. Ways to Wage Peace (Continued from page 25) of all the democracies so that the message of freedom may ring out through their own agencies of com- munication. So much for our friends. For those who have de- clared cold war upon us, our task i.s to penetrate the Iron Curtain. 1 do not believe it is impenetrable to ideas." General SarnofT concluded : "Re- ality and reason would dictate that there is no imminent danger of armed conflict between Russia and the United States, if we maintain our national confidence and courage, our jireparedness and leadership, our scientific achievement and tech- nical skill. We must strengthen our economic stability and fulfill our responsibility to the world. "No one is wise enough to chart the horoscope of himianity's future in the new physical era before us. But this much seems clear. We are rounding a turn on the road with two forks ahead that lead in two different directions. One presents a new vista of universal prosperity .•md i)eace; the other shows the dark shadow of universal destruction. "With signposts so c 1 e a r 1 y marked, it is impossible to believe that man will deliberately take the wrong turn. Man's basic inttinct is to preserve himself and live, not to destroy himself and die. It is my conviction that the secrets of nature which scientific research is now be- ginning to reveal to us, will one day make war unthinkable and peace inevitable." [32 RADIO AGE]