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This scene in NBC's studio 8H on election night in 1948 will be re-enacted this year on the evening of November 4. Op, e rat ion Election Night A Sratt of More rhan 1.500. Aided bv Newly Developed Computing Machines, will supply NBC's Radio-TV Audiences wirh Fasresr. Most Complete News Coverage of Balloting on November 4th W,-, ITU batteries of television cameras, an augmented corps of radio and television commentators and eight almost-human computing cash-register-like machines developed especially for the occasion, ready to go, the National Broadcasting Company has completed its plans for the most elaborate radio and television news cover- ing of any national election returns in the history of broadcasting. Ftxal point of activities on the night of November 4 will be 8-H, NBC's largest studio in Radio City, New York. Continuous around-the-clock reporting of the re- turns will begin when polls close in the E.ist on Election Day and will continue until most of the returns are in, 12 to 15 hours later. William R. McAndrew, director of NBC's radio and television coverage of both p<ilitic.d conventions this year, will be in charge of the election night news center. Under McAndrew will be a 500-man staff, includ- mg the roster of 25 politically experienced newsmen who supplied the nation with its most complete story of the Chicago conventions. More than 1,000 addition.il newsmen located at NBC affiliated stations throughout the country will be on the job to report the latest ballot counts in their respective areas. They will also con- tribute human interest sidelights and comment on voting trends as local returns are made available to them. NBC is relying on its new computing machines to speed up and extend the scope of televised results. These machines had their genesis only a few weeks ago when Charles H. Coiiedge, NBC public affairs opera- tions manager, discussed the network's election-night problems with Charles L. Keenoy, who heads the product development department of the National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Machines Completed hi I cti Days "VC'hat we need," Coiiedge told Keenoy, "is a fast, visual means of presenting the tallies to the television audience. We want to show, as simply as possible and as quickly as possible, who's winning—in the presi- dential race, and also in the contests for congressional seats and governorships." Within less than ten days, Keenoy came up with plans for eight super-sized cash register machines. Each machine is capable of performing 27 different functions. This is their role in the night's operations: Two of RAD/G AGE 3 •''' '""^