Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

— Section of RADIO DAILY. Friday, November 4, 1949 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Manufacturer's TV Show Aids Dealers A TV manufacturer, who sponsors his own video show to help dealers merchandise their sets, found in a survey that 38.5 per cent of the dealers with sets on were showing patrons his program. John Meek, president of John Meek Industries, Inc., Plymouth, Ind., sponsors "Meek TeleNewscasts" four afternoons a week over Chicago TV station WNBQ. A special telephone survey conducted by the station revealed that the Meek program rated higher than three others, telecast at the same time, by dealers viewing TV programming at that time. Meek has urged other TV manufacturers to sponsor their own programs, saying that "it is necessary that all of us express our confidence in the industry in this concrete manner." Urges TV Industry Reduce Tube Glare Syracuse, N. Y. — Studies and tests which point the way towards simplification of television sets and marked improvement in the picture contrast of video tubes were revealed here this week to members of the engineering department of the RMA and IRE held at the Hotel Syracuse. W. B. Whalley of the Physics Laboratories of Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., Bayside, N. Y. told the engineers that the study of TV receiver simplification "commenced with an analysis of basic television receiver requirements capable of yielding high-quality performance.' A. E. Martin of Sylvania's Physic Laboratories speaking on "An Evaluation of Television Viewing Tubes," co-authored by Dr. R. M. Bowie, manager of Sylvania Physics Labs said tint or color in filters is of questionable value. The illumination industry would have removed undesirable portions of the visible spectrum long ago, if they existed. The only real advantage of viewing filters is their ability to alleviate the loss of contrast caused by ambient light in the room, halation, reflection from the back of the safety window and 'hot-spots' due to reflections from curved face of viewing tube. Martin stated that a Committee of the Joint Electron Tube Council has adopted an industry recommendation for glass tubes which recognizes the apparent desirability of reducing the light transmission of television picture-tube faces. ERGinEERS — COnSULTflRTS RALPH B. AUSTRIAN Television Consultant 1270 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK 20, N. Y. Tel.: CO. 5-6848 A. R. BITTER Consulting Radio Engineers 4125 MONROE STREET TOLEDO 6, OHIO Tel.: Kingswood 7631 WILLIAM L FOSS, Inc. Formerly Colton & Feu, Inc. 927 1 5th St., N.W. REpublic 3883 WASHINGTON, D. C. Col. Records Ups Gilbert Richard Gilbert, recording director of Columbia Records' Masterworks Department for the past year, has been appointed director of the Masterworks Department, according to an announcement by Goddard Lieberson, executive vice-president of the company. Gilbert assumed his new duties November 1. Before joining Columbia in October, 1948, he was recording director of RCAVictor Red Seal Records. Emerson Promotes Vassar William Vassar, for the past five years engineering assistant to Dorman D. Israel, executive vice-president of Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation, has been promoted to the post of chief engineer. Vassar is chairman of the Safety Committee of the Receiver Section of RMA; a member of the Receiver Executive Committee of RMA and a member of the Underwriters' Laboratories Industry Advisory Conference. Tele-tone Radios In Film A commercial film being prepared for the industry, depicting the power of radio as a medium of advertising, will show Tele-tone radio sets, both portable and table models, in the action of the firm. A group of the major networks, and the NAB, are producing the film, "Lightning that Talks" for the All Radio Industry. Film will be shown to advertising agencies throughout the country and to a large number of men's and women's clubs. GE Equipment Distributor Automatic Electric Company of Chicago has been appointed a distributor for General Electric radio communications equipment, it has been announced by A. A. Brandt, general sales manager for the Electronics Department. Officials of the distributor recently made a tour of Electronics Park and inspected manufacturing and engineering facilities. New developments in narrow and wide-band equipment and multichannel microwave relay apparatus were revealed. Record Changer Sales Up Sales of RCA Victor's 45-rpm record changer now exceed 50,000 a month, according to J. B. Elliott, vice-president in charge of consumer products. Elliott revealed that the 45-rpm instruments are being sold at the rate of 20,000,000 annually. Reduction in the price of RCA changer from $24.95 to $12.95 has been responsible for the boost in sales, Elliott said. Altec Promotions & Additions Altec Service Corporation has promoted Ralph Kautzky from Broadway service inspector to N. Y. suburban field manager, taking in N. J. and upstate N .Y. J. I. Mather, formerly field manager in Detroit, becomes field manager in the Wash., Md., and Va. area, with a special assignment under a new Altec contract with the U. S. Navy Bureau of Ships. Altec's enlarged responsibilities under the Navy contract has resulted in the addition to the service staff of R. W. Fuller in Boston; L. G. Schock, in Providence; W. J. Sirms in Philadelphia; N. Markanich, temporarily in Newport News; Ernest Theiss in Washington, D. C. and Adolph H. Baus, Jr., in Brooklyn. Air King Consolette A new low priced 12 V2 -inch television receiver with a built-in antenna has been announced by R. D. Payne, manager of sales, Air King Products Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y. Known as Model A-2012, the new receiver will list at $239.95 in walnut and $249.95 in mahogany. Payne further stated that this is the advanced model of a group of new promotional models with new features. Marker Generator The Model A-450 Marker Generator is a new development of Approved Electronic Instrument Corp., New York, N. Y. The company claims it is a precision-built tunable oscillator providing a marker, modulated or unmodulated, for indicating frequencies on a displayed frequency response of a TV or any wide band IF amplifier, when used with a sweep generator and an oscilloscope. Eyes Canada TV Field, Names Exclusive Rep. In a forward looking move toward the potentialities of a new and wide television market, the Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc. have appointed the Canadian Marconi Company of Montreal, exclusive representatives in Canada for the sale of D u M o n t television broadcasting equipment. Joint announcement of this exclusive distributorship setup was made by H. E. Taylor, Jr., manager of the Television Transmitter Division of DuMont and by S. M. Finlayson. general manager of Canadian Marconi. The association of Canadian Marconi with DuMont will allow the Canadian company to place its combined facilities at the disposal of Canadian station operators interested in surveying potential TV territories, pending development of a Canadian operated television network. A. D. Dunton, chairman of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, recently revealed that eight private concerns in the Dominion have applied for TV licenses. Four were from Toronto, two from Montreal, and one each from New Westminster, B. C, and Hamilton. An application for a $4,500,000 loan for setting up video production centers and transmitters in Toronto and Montreal has been applied for to Parliament by the CBC. EnGMEERS— consuuRnTs McNARY & WRATHALL RADIO ENGINEERS 906 Natl. Press Bldg. 1407 Pacific Ave. Washington 4, D.C. Santa Cruz, Cal. Member AFCCB I. W. ANDREWS, INC. RADIO CONSULTANTS 219 WHITAKER BLDG. DAVENPORT, IOWA Phone 2-7824 GEORGE P. ADAIR Radio Engineering Consultants EXecutive 1230 Executive 5851 1833 M STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON 6, D. C PRODUCT Oh PARADE