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The NBC Story: 30 Years of Network Service Scene from "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," starring Katharine Cornell and Anthony Quayle, shows elaborate setup required for one of NBC's color television productions. -Lhe National Broadcasting Company celebrated its 30th anniversary as a radio network at a convention of affiliates at the Americana Hotel, Bal Harbour, Miami Beach, Florida, the week of December 10. Both radio and television affiliates participated, for in the inter- vening years, beginning in 1939, NBC also introduced television to America. NBC's inaugural radio program November 15, 1926 originated from New York, Chicago and Independence, Kansas. It was carried by twenty-five stations, the most that had taken part in a simultaneous program up to that time. The stations extended along the Atlantic seaboard from Portland, Maine, to Washington, D. C, and as far West as Kansas City. Today NBC operates from coast to coast and beyond to Canada, Cuba, and Hawaii, with a radio network of 188 affiliates and a television network of 207 affiliates. The opening program was a first in broadcasting in more ways than one. It marked the first remote pickups from multiple points. The late Dr. Walter Damrosch conducted the New York Symphony Orchestra, and with other stars, appeared from the old Waldorf-Astoria, New York. Maty Garden sang from Chicago and the late Will Rogers chatted from his dressing room at Independence, Kansas. Among the other stars in that first show were pianist Harold Bauer, conductor Cesare Sodero, Edwin Franko Goldman with his band, and Ben Bernie, B. A. Rolfe, and Vincent Lopez with their orchestras. While individual stations from the end of 1920 had provided some forms of radio shows, mainly with local talent, it was not until the appearance of the network that an important share of the nation could rune in on the big stars. When They Started As the years went by a parade of artists from other media started into radio, and later into television. Al Jolson made his first NBC broadcast on Jan. 4, 1928. Rudy Vallee began his NBC career a year later, and Amos 'n Andy (Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden) moved from local to network radio. Fred Allen's first radio appearance was in 1930. Two years larer, Ed Wynn, Jack Benny, Jack Pearl and Groucho Marx had gone on the network either as regulars or guests. An- other year and Bob Hope was a network guest for the first time. Eddie Cantor's first NBC appearance goes back to 1926. Fibber McGee and Molly (Jim and Marian Jordan) began their long network career in 1935. Edgar Bergen January 1957