Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

Section of RADIO DAILY. Friday. Dec. 16. 1949 Gl's May Buy Million TV Sets— Raytheon Provided a survey recently conducted by Raytheon Manufacturing Company is indicative of the entire country, approximately 1,100,000 TV sets will be purchased by World War 11 veterans alone during the first three months of 1950. Raytheon, according to Charles Francis Adams, Jr., the company's president, polled 1,000 veterans in its plants in Waltham and Newton, Mass., to find out how many now own TV receivers and how many plan to buy sets with their G. I. insurance refunds during the first part of 1950. Results of the poll showed that 27 per cent of the company's ex-G. I.'s now own TV sets and 14 per cent of the total plan to purchase sets with their insurance refunds. Thus, of the 73 per cent who do not own TV sets, approximately one-fifth plan to buy them with their insurance money. If like results hold true for all veterans of World War II in areas now served by television, it would indicate that an appreciable part of the TV manufacturing industry would be busy from Jan. 15 to April 15. Assuming that some 16 million ex-G. I.'s will receive refunds from the Government and that half of them are within range of TV stations, and if Raytheon's poll applied to these 8 million veterans, it would indicate that they would buy 1.100,000 sets in the three-month period. EAGIAEEAS — COnSULTflflTS 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.: Kings wood 7631 W'LLI AM L FOSS, Inc. Formerly Colton & Feci, Inc. 927 15thSt.,N.W. REpublic 3883 WASHINGTON, D. C. Hugh A. L. Halff, president and general manager of WOA7-TV, first television outlet in San Antonio, Tex., is shown with (left) Congressman Paul J. Kilday of Texas and (right) Mayor Jack White at formal inauguration of the new station on T-Day, Dec. 11. 'Ruggedized' Radio Tubes Announced By Sylvania Radio tubes which will withstand severe vibration and shock, have been specially designed to provide dependable communications service by Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., according to C. W. Shaw, general sales manager of the radio tube division. The "ruggedized" tubes, five of which have already been manufactured, are the first of approximately twenty types being designed. Electrical characteristics and circuit applications of these tubes are similar to corresponding standard types but physical design of tube structures has been modified to assure maximum dependable service life. To Manage Marketing Service Div. Of GE L. K. Alexander has been appointed manager of the marketing services division in the General Electric Company's electronics department at Syracuse. Announcement of Alexander's appointment was made by E. H. Vogel, manager of marketing for the department. Alexander will have responsibility for market research activities of the department, will advise on distribution, production and inventory control, and will represent the manager of marketing in coordinating programs for product planning and service. He has been with GE since 1933. PRODUCT lOfl PARADE TV Table Holds Record Player A table model TV set and a 45rpm record-playing attachment may be combined on the same table through the styling of a new television receiver base announced by RCA Victor. The table comes with opposite sides in different finishes to match either RCA's gold-trimmed maroon TV table model (T-121) or the company's 10-inch special anniversary model with simulated wood grain finish, or Model 9-T-256. The record player is accommodated in the center of a shelf divided into three segments which makes room for twelve of the 45-rpm albums at either end. Burlingame Associates Expands Burlingame Associates and its affiliate, Brujac Electronic Corp. have moved to larger modern quarters at 103 Lafayette St., New York. New facilities include private and semiprivate offices for executives and salesmen, complete accounting department, technical sales and customers service departments, conference and show room, stock and shipping room, and a fully equipped repair and service department, as well as a highly specialized mailing department. Burlingame Associates is one of the country's largest representatives for the distribution of electronics instruments. Philco Appoints Three To New Exec. Posts Larry F. Hardy has been appointed president of the television and radio division of Philco Corp., it was announced this week by William Balderston, president of the corporation. Hardy will be in charge of all phases of Philco's TV and radio business. He first joined Philco in 1932, representing the corporation in Chicago and the Northwest Division, and then was made v-p and general manager of Simplex Radio Co., a Philco subsidiary. Joseph H. Gilles, vice-president and a member of the board of directors of Philco, will assume full responsibility for all operations of the division and has been appointed vice-chairman of the division's executive committee. Gilles has served with Philco since 1929. Frederick D. Ogilby, who previously served as manager of TV sales, has been appointed vice-president — sales of the TV and radio division of Philco. Ogilby will be responsible for the development of the new product lines, as well as head of the sales activities of the division. He has been with the corporation since 1931. Circle-X Switches To Steatite The Circle "X" Antenna Corp. announced that it has revised its center block construction by switching from a plastic center to a high frequency steatite center. 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