Radio annual and television yearbook (1940)

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Record Details:

Title:
Radio annual and television yearbook
Date:
1940
Publisher:
New York : The Radio Daily
Volume:
Radio annual (1940)
Leaf #:
000652
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound and Year Book
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 18, 2024
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TELEVISION STATIONS taining propagation data and for use in connection with the development of television receivers. For further information concerning system used, facilities, etc., see information listed under W2XB, Schenectady, N. Y. (above). W1XG BOSTON FREQUENCY: 42000 to 56000 Kc. and 60000 to 86.000 Kc. POWER: 500 Watts (visual). OWNED AND OPERATED BY: General Television Corp. BUSINESS ADDRESS: 70 Brookline Ave. STUDIO, TRANSMITTER AND ANTENNA LOCATION: 70 Brookline Ave. W2XBS NEW YORK CITY— EST. 1928 FREQUENCY: Sight, 45,250 Kc; Sound 49,750 Kc. POWER: Sight, 12000 Watts: Sound, 15000 Watts. OWNED AND OPERATED BY: National Broadcasting Co. BUSINESS ADDRESS: 30 Rockefeller Plaza. STUDIO ADDRESS: Same. TRANSMITTER LOCATION: Empire State Bldg. TIME ON THE AIR: Wednesday through Sunday, inclusive: 2:30 to 3:30 P.M. and 8:30 to 9:30 P.M.; a similar amount of test pattern transmission on same days, plus special programs. Personnel Vice-President In Charge of Television, A. H. Morton Television Coordinator Clarence Farrier General Production Director of Television, Max Gordon Manager of Television Program Division, Thomas H. Hutchinson Chief Engineer O. B. Hanson FACILITIES This station uses the RCA television system. Beginning on April 30, 1939, a regular television program service for the public in the New York City area was inaugurated. These transmissions have been in accordance with the RMA Technical Standards, utilizing RCA studio and transmitter equipment. The programs are supplied from a direct pickup studio equipped with three cameras, a film studio equipped with two cameras and a mobile unit having two cameras for televising scenes outside the studio. A large variety of programs utilizing all three forms of pickup has been transmitted, and a systematic study of audience reaction to each individual program feature is being made. In the operation of its television activities. The National Broadcasting Co. employs over 75 persons. At the end of 1939 these were roughly divided as follows: technical, 50; production, 27; and mobile unit, 9. Signals of this station have been satisfactorily received within a radius of approximately 60 miles. Besides this station the National Broadcasting Co. operates Television Station W2XBT, mobile television station which is licensed to operate on 92,000 Kc. and from 175,000 to 180,000 Kc. with a power of 400 Watts for sight transmission and 100 Watts for sound transmission. HISTORY Experimental television station W2XBS was originally installed at the RCA Technical and Test Laboratory, Van Cortlandt Park, New York City. The first construction permit was granted on April 4, 1928 and the first temporary license was issued in June, 1928. From time to time various station permits allowed television experimental transmission on 4800 Kc, 2300 to 3300 Kc, 2050 to 2150 Kc, 2000 to 2100 Kc. and 2100 to 2200 Kc. The first permanent license was issued on December 1, 1928 with an assigned frequency band of 2100 to 2200 Kc In the latter part of 1928 the station was moved to the RCA Photophone Building, 411 Fifth Avenue. On June 27, 1930, it was moved to the Times Square Studio of the National Broadcasting Company, where on July 7, 1930 it passed from RCA to NBC management. In 1931 NBC television was carried on from W2XBS's present location on the top of the Empire State Building. During 1936 and 1937 NBC operated with the new high definition standards, demonstrating television to groups representing diverse interests, such as: a. Political b. Motion Picture c. Foreign (political and commercial) d. Press e. Advertisers (manufacturers) f. Advertising agencies g. Artists (talent and musicians) h. Naval and Military i. Educational i. Financiers, Bankers k. Retailers 1. Radio Station men m. Trade associations n. Institutional (4H Club, Atlanta School d Air winners, etc.) The technical standards of transmission from W2XBS have been and are expected to continue to be those recommended by the Radio Manufacturers Association. For a summary of NBC television activities 620 '