U. S. Radio (Oct 1957-Dec 1958)

NAB CONVENTION EXHIBITORS A highlight ol the NAB Los Angeles gathering is the exhiljits ol the hitest in radio ecjiiipnient at both the BiUmore and Statler Hotels. Radio delegates will see on display equipment designed for more compact, more automatic and more economic radio operation. Transistor and magnetic recording devices will be of particular interest. Displays of every type can be viewed on Sunday, April 27, from noon to 7 p.m.: on .Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Ihursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. They will fill the second floor, the ballroom foyer and the Grand Ballroom of the BiUmore, and the Garden Room, \Vilshire Room, Los Angeles Room and Assembly Room of the Statlei . "About one-third of all major products exhiijitcd will feature transistorization with resultant decrease in size," according to a General Electric spokesman. ' Lhe trend toward smaller, more reliai)le equipment for radio . . . will be continued this year." Indudcd in the GE line will be a complete line of audio ctjuipment anil the 50 kw am transmitter introduced last year — the fust, CiE claims, to use germanium rectifiers, semiconductor devices, for all d-c supplies. It, too, "is considerably smaller in size than any available up to this time." The RC.\ exhibit will leature automatic programming equipment "capable of feeding to the airwaves a radio station's schedule through an entire broadcasting dav." The system employs punched paper tape to allow the station to pre-schedule a day-long program. It can be operated manually at any point in the program schedule to allow for last-minute changes, spot news or emergencies. The automatic system, reports RCA, features "magnetic discs for recording and storing program material," radio whidi is described as "inexpensive." The discs "can be replayed indefinitely witliout loss of quality." Collins Radio Cn. will show a "single channel transistorized remote amplifier," as well as new turntables, tuning units, transmitters and consoles. .\ lull line ol aiulio equipment will be shown by Ampex Corp. It will leature the company's 'latest magnetic recorders for the professional broadcaster." New modidation and Ireqriency deviation monitors lor am will be shown by General Radio Corp., along with noise and distortion meters, antenna-measuring ecjuipment and automatic line-voltage regidators. Ciates Radio (^o. will display equipment for "a complete one kw am packaged ladio station and ecpiipment for a complete one kw Im packaged station." This will include a new one kw am transmitter, and a new 1, ()()() watt Im transmitter with multiplex installed. Gates also will intKKluce 12 new procluc is lor use by radio stations, including "a new developmiiu in automatic programming." Caterpillar Tractor Co. will exhibit one of its electric sets ecjuij)ped with a radiator and Ian and automatic start-stop ecjuipment. Colored translite photos will shcjw stations throughout the country in which Cat electric sets are employed, the installation of the iniits and also the cycle during a utility power failure. Tower obstruction lighting equipment will be disjjlayed by Hughey &: Phillips Inc. The company will have a demonstration of its "remote lamp lailine indicator system " which provides "a continuous and positive ineans of monitoring tower light control," and alarm imits for unattended microwave relay stations. The Rust Industrial Co. will show broadcast remote control equipment, plus the "Rustiak Miniaturized Strip Chart Recorder" for automatic logging. Corrected up tc press time EXHIBITOR HOTEL SUITE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES Equipment AMPEX CORP. Statler Wilshire Room 1-11 Neal K. Mt.Naughten. R. A. Miner. C. R. Paulson. Jack Hauser. John Leslie. Charles Ginsburg BLAW-KNOX CO. Statler Biltmore R. A. Troman. W. S. Ro.scoe BROWNING LAB., INC. Biltmore Exhibit Room 2208 Gardiner C. Greene, Mrs. Gardiner C. Greene, Eliot Baker CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO. Biltmore Ballroom Space 6 C. E. Krosse. R. V. Bradley. .1. W. Jones. C. B. Mulleague, J. P. Hensley COLLINS RADIO CO. Biltmore Ballroom Foyer Space 1 J. M. Haerle, H. 0. Olson. G. T. Tasto. F. P. Wallace. J. F. Stanbery. G. C. Wetmore, T. R. Barber. T. N. Hewlett. W. A. Weiland. E. L. Grandison, C. R. Rollert. D. J. Jordan 48 {Supplement p. 14) THIS IS RADIO MONTH U. S. RADIO May 1958