Radio today (Sept 1935-Dec 1936)

ki RADIO TOMORROW!" RADIO'S DEBUTS-TO-BE * Radio has been busy in every corner where there's a big name. Rare indeed is the star who has been too busy elsewhere to greet radio audiences, but there are a few among the stage, screen and concert importants. Informal check-ups by NBC and CBS have produced a short list of those who have not made the acquaintance of the network mikes : Elisabeth Bergner, George Arliss, Mae West, Greta Garbo, Shirley Temple, Lynn Fontanne, Katharine Cornell, Ignace Paderewski, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Fritz Kreisler and Alfred Lunt. Shirley Temple, whose tiny person is the No. 1 box office attraction of the country, would have long since had a short mike and a long contract, if she were old enough to read the script. RE-PROJECTION TELEVISION * Some advanced workers in television research now feel that "reprojection television" — in which a small cathode-ray image tube replaces the present bulky tube — will be the ultimate solution for both theatre and home pictures. Under the re-projection plan, the picture produced on the end of the small cathode-ray tube is too bright to look at directly, but when projected through a simple lens onto a screen, the picture is viewed as an ordinary movie. Very high potentials, 20,000 volts or more, are needed to get electron velocities which produce impacts sufficient to create the necessary light intensities at the cathode-ray screen. Difficulty is experienced in getting fluorescent material which will stand up under the terrific bombardment. But even if short-lived, small tubes would be very much cheaper than the present delicate large units. In such small tubes, with short electron paths, very sharp focus of the electron spot can be maintained, contributing to the detail of the picture. So it is beginning to look as if ultimate home television will come with a picture-tube no larger than a standard radio tube. AUTO-RADIO PARKING NOTE * One of the harassed persons who was artless enough to motor over to a World Series game found himself circling and recircling the grounds in search of a parking spot. Finally he hailed a policeman who probably had hoped he wouldn't be on duty during the big games. Of a sudden, the cop wanted to know whether the driver had a radio in his car. "Yes," was the motorist's whatdoes-it-matter reply. "OK, Buddy, right over here's a place to park. I've been saving it for you." Television-camera truck in Berlin, Germany. Motion-picture film as exposed is fed down into truck-body to be developed and then scanned for transmission on television circuits, with less than half a minute delay. — General Electric scientists in the "House of Magic" pioneered and developed metal tubes —The 1935-36 G-E Radio was the original Metal Tube Radio — the first line in which every model was completely equipped with metal tubes. Your customers know this. They know they can rely on G-E Metal Tubes, bearing the famous G-E monogram, for dependable service, better reception, longer life. And remember — tube sales also — build store traffic — furnish leads for future radio sales Every dealer, no matter what makes of radios he carries, should sell G-E Metal Tubes. Order your supply from the G-E Radio Distributor in your locality today! 70 Index to advertisements on page 53 Radio Today