Radio daily (Jan-Mar 1938)

Friday, March 25, 1938 7 RADIO DAILY ☆ T. C. C. ☆ ACTIVITIES APPLICATIONS RECEIVED Eastern Nevada Broadcasting Co., Ely, Nevada. CP for new station. 1500 kc., 100 watts, daytime. Radio Service Co., Inc., Brunswick, Ga. CP for new station. 1420 kc., 100 watts, 250 watts LS., unlimited. EXAMINER’S RECOMMENDATIONS Y. W. Scarborough & J. W. Orvin, Charleston, S. C. CP for new station. 1210 kc., 100 watts, 250 watts LS., unlimited, be granted. WILL. Urbana, 111. CP to increase power to 5 KW. be granted. 580 kc., daytime. L. E. Gubb Seeking Repeal of Federal Radio Taxes Phila. — A recommendation that the present Federal tax on radio sets be repealed or revised was made by Larry E. Gubb, President of Philco Radio & Television Corp. “This tax,” Gubb declared, “was put into effect at a time when radio could be considered a luxury or semi-luxury. The growth of radio has been so rapid that the situation has changed radically in a comparatively short time.” He also stated that it is generally agreed that taxes on necessities should be avoided and that, today, radio is a necessity. He pointed out that there are more radios in use than telephones or cars and that radio follows newspapers in disseminating information. Gubb’s statement was made in connection with the radio set industry’s drive to eliminate or reduce the present five per cent tax. If, however, complete repeal of the tax is not possible at present, the Philco exec suggests a reduction to two and a half or three per cent (same as the auto tax.) Gets BBC Television Job Montreal — David Hofman, 8 years CFCF announcer at Montreal, has been appointed television announcer of the BBC at Alexandra Park, London, succeeding Leslie Mitchell who goes to Britsh Movietone News. Job is considered very exacting as it bars the use of scripts. Unrehearsed comments are necessary. Greetinqs from Radio Daily March 25th Joseph Bell Mitchell Gertz March 26th A. L. Alexander March 27th Ned Wever N I W PATENT/ Radio and Television Compiled by JOHN B. BRADY, Attorney Washington, D. C. 2,111.546 — Electric Discharge Tube and the Like. John M. Bennett, Passaic. N. J., assignor to Hygrade Sylvania Corp. 2,111,587 — Phase Modulation. Hallan E. Coldstine, Rocky Point, N. Y., assignor to RCA. 2,111,589— Amplifier. Paul F. C. Holst, Oaklyn, N. J., assignor to RCA. 2,111,598 — Frequency Indicating and Controlling Apparatus. Warren A. Marrison, Maplewood, N J., assignor to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. 2.111.602 — Electron Discharge Device. Victor L. Ronci, Brooklyn, N Y., assignor to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. 2.111.603 — Phase Modulation. Ceorge L. Usselman. Rocky Point, N. Y., assignor to RCA. 2,111,625 — Electron Discharge Device. Raymond A. Heising, Summit, N. Y., assignor to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. 2,111,626 — Ultrahigh Frequency Generator. Raymond A. Heising, Summit, N. J., assignor to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. 2,111,636 — Antenna. Nile E. Lindenblad, Rocky Point, N. Y., assignor to RCA. 2,111,649 — Electron Discharge Device. Albert C. Thomas, Lynchburg, Va. 2, 1 1 1 ,66(5 — Signaling System. Clarence W. Hansell, Port Jefferson, N. Y., assignor to RCA. 2,111,694 — Remote Control Mechanism. Heinrich Schroder, Berlin, Germany, assignor to Telefunken Gesellschaft fur Drahtlose, Telegraphie m.b.H. 2,111,702 — Circuit Arrangement for Amplifying Electric Oscillations. Maximiliaan J. 0 Strutt, Eindhoven, Netherlands, assignor to N. V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken. 2.111.736 — Automatic Volume Control with Noise Suppression. Walter van B. Roberts, Princeton, N. J., assignor to RCA. 2.111.737 — Local Oscillator Circuit Tuning Device. Walter van B. Roberts, Princeton, N. J., assignor to RCA. 2.111.738 — Tuning Arrangement for Automobile Radios. Walter van B. Roberts, Princeton, assignor to RCA. 2,111,743 — Aerial System. Alan D. Blumlein and Edward C. Cork, Ealing, London, and Joseph I. Pawsey, Hillingdon, England, assignors to Electric & Musical Industries Limited. 2,111,757 — Vacuum Discharge Vessel. Walter Dallenbach, Berlin-Charlottenburg. Germany, assignor to Machinerieen-en-Apparaten Fabrieken “Meat.” 2.111.763 — Radio Receiver. Paul O. Farnham. Boonton. N. J., assignor, by mesne assignments, to RCA. 2.111.764 — Signal Converter Circuit. Dudley E. Foster, Orange, N. J., assignor to RCA. 2.111.765 — Automatic Volume Control. Christopher J. Franks, assignor to RCA. 2,111,778 — Fading Elimination. Hans E. Holimann, Berlin, Germany, assignor to Telefunken Gesellschaft fur Drahtlose Telegraphie m.b.H. 2.111.940 — Braun Tube for Oscillographic and Television Purposes. Kurt Schlesinger, Berlin, Germany, assignor to Radioaktiengesellschaft D. S. Loewe. 2.111.941 — Braun Tube for Producing Television Images of Large Size. Kurt Schlesinger, Berlin, Germany. 2.111.942 — Electronic Tube. Kurt Schlesinger, Berlin, Germany. 2,112,029 — Detector and Rejector Circuits for Ultrashort Waves. George R. Kilgore, Bloomfield, N. J., assignor to Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. 2,112,034 — Electrical Discharge Device. Orrin W. Livingston, Schenectady, N. Y., assignor to General Electric Co. 2,112,040 — Demountable Electrode Assembly. Lawrence D. Miles, Schenectady, N. Y., assignor to General Electric Co. 2.112,050 — Electron Discharge Device. Horst Rothe and Werner Kleen, Berlin, Germany, assignors to Telefunken Gesellschaft fur Drahtlose Telegraphie m.b.H. 2,112,065 — High Frequency Amplifier. Rene A Braden, Collingswood, N. J., assignor to RCA. 2,112,080 — Tube Rectifier Supply. William F. Fames, Edgewood, Pa., assignor to Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. 2,112,082 — Method for Improving the Vacuum of Discharge Apparatus. Werner Espe. BerlinSiemenstadt, Germany, assignor to Siemens & Halske, Aktiengesellschaft. 2,112,089 — Phototube. Donald C. Haines, Newark, N. J., assignor, by mesne assignments, to RCA. 2,112,124 — Fhototube. Marten C. Teves, Eindhoven, Netherlands, assignor to N. V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken. 2,112,136 — Electron Discharge Device. Huibert G. Boumeester and Klaas Posthumus, Eindhoven, Netherlands, assignors to N. B. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken. Associated Oil Sports Sacramento — Howard Lane, general manager California Radio system today announced that contract had been signed with Associated Oil Company for exclusive broadcast of West Coast Intercollegiate track meets over the seven-station California Radio system. The series, extending over eight weeks will start when the U. of Southern California crew clashes with Fresno State at Los Angeles March 26, and will culminate with broadcast of west coast relays at Fresno May 14, Lane said. Texas Relays on TQN Dallas — WFAA and stations of the Texas Quality Network will handle exclusively events at the Eleventh Annual Texas Relays, Memorial Stadium, University of Texas, Austin, Saturday, April 2. Beginning at 3 p.m. CST, April 2, the broadcast will be handled by Hal Thompson and James Alderman, with Thompson at a microphone in the radio box at Memorial Stadium, and Alderman using WFAA’s portable pack transmitter, W5XAJ, and following events on the field. "Round Table" Booklets Chicago — University of Chicago is offering in booklet form transcripts of its Sunday morning “Round Table” discussions over NBC. While the professors use no scripts, their words are taken down by stenos and transcribed. Cost is 10 cents. “Round Table”, continuing an apparently new policy of moving off the campus from time to time, switches to New York City next Sunday for a discussion of the Economics of Peace. Participants will be Walter Laves, League of Nations assoc, director; Raymond Leslie Buell, president of the Foreign Policy assoc.; and Prof. Eugene Staley of the University, now on leave of absence at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Medford, Mass. WPA Building WLBL Studio The WPA will build WLBL’s new studio at Central State Teachers College, Stevens Point, Wis. Actual construction will start about April 1 and completion is expected in early June. Studio will then be moved from the Fox Theater building. More Social Notes Cleveland — Leah Ray, the songstress, is planning to be married soon to David A. Werbling, vice-president of the Music Corp. of America. Cominij Events March 28 — Meeting of National Committee of Independent Broadcasters of the NAB, for non-network stations. At Hotel New Yorker, New York City. April 20-23: American Association of Advertising Agencies annual meeting, Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. June 8-11: National Radio Parts Trade Show, Stevens Hotel, Chicago. June 10-15: Seventh International Congress of Radio Inventors, the Sorbonne, Paris. June 12-15: Advertising Federation of America’s annual convention, Detroit. KNX's "Inclined Walls" Will Reduce Reflection Los Angeles — Columbia Broadcasting System’s new KNX studios will be formally opened April 30. Besides incorporating several architectural innovations, there are various improvements within studios and control rooms. Inclined studio walls have been installed to minimize the effect of “room flutter” — repeated reflections of sound between parallel surfaces. Walls slope inward from floor to ceiling, and walls and floors “float” on acoustical material which separates them from the building’s main structure. Offices and studios are air-conditioned. Jack Combs to WINS Jack Combs, formerly associated with WMCA, has been named Assistant Program Director in charge of Commercial Programs of WINS according to an announcement from station made yesterday. New position was created due to increased commercial accounts brought into the station by A1 Schillin, Director of Sales, within the past few weeks. Combs will audition 23 new commercial shows immediately for Schillin and Albert Cormier, station manager. €NE MINUTE INTERVIEW JOSEPH J. WEED "The push-button (tuning) sets function by the pre-selection of the listener's favorite stations, with each desired kilocycle marking being linked to a separate button for automatic tuning. Some sets have as few as four buttons, some have eight and others have more. But the number of buttons is limited on each receiver and the absence or inconspicuousness of the conventional dial makes it imperative for a broadcast station to campaign for as many push-button listeners it can get. Such pre-selection on the part of the listener is a great compliment to the station and omission means virtual permanent elimination of reception in the set-owners homes."