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VOLUME 12 NUMBER 1 KCH • MANUFACTURING • COMMUNICATIONS BROADCASTING ♦TELEVISION JANUARY 1953 COVER From his 40-foot perch on NBC's "Sky-Liff", a camera- man turns his television lens on activities around the base of the RCA Building in Radio City, Nevi' York. One of these camera units will be used by NBC in televising the Presiden- tial Inaugural on January 20. NOTICE When requesting a change in mailing address please include Ihe code letters and numbers which appear with the stencilled address on the envelope. Rodio Age is pufa/ished quarter// fay the Oeportmenf of (nformofion, Rodio Corpofotion of America, 30 Rocke- feller Plaza, New rorlt 20, N. Y. Printed in U.S.A. CONTENTS Page Sarnoff Says Transistor Will Have Profound Influence on Future of Electronics 3 Folsom Says 1953 Will Bring Marked Expansion in Television ... 6 Strauss Elected Director of RCA and NBC 7 Millions Will Watch Pageantry of Presidential Inaugural by Television 8 Transistors 9 Religion and Science 15 Production-Line Scenes in RCA Victor Tube Plant 16 Radio Helps to Open Canada's Western Frontier 18 fay Bruce Lanskail Frank White Elected President of NBC 21 RCA to Build Manufacturing Plant in Spain 22 Sacks Named V.P. and General Manager of Record Department . . 23 Radar Helps to Modernize the Whaling Industry 24 RCA Records have Improved Quality 26 by H. ;. Reiskind Radar Development Simplifies Plotting of Vessel's Course .... 28 by Thomas P. Wynkoop Our Small-Business Family 29 fay Vincent deP. Goubeau 1,892 Employees of RCA are Members of 25-Year Clubs .... 30 RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA RCA Building, New York 20, N.Y. DAVID SARNOFF, Chairman of the Board JOHN Q. CANNON, Secretary FRANK M. FOLSOM, Presider^f ERNEST B. GORIN, Treosurer Services of RCA are: RCA Victor Division • RCA Service Company, Inc. • RCA International Division National BroacJcasting Company, Inc. • Radiomarine Corporation of America RCA Communications, Inc. • RCA Laboratories Division • RCA Institutes, Inc. RCA Estate Appliance Corp. • RCA Victor Distributing Corp.