--wMM 130] 400 public librarp This Volume is for REFERENCE USE ONLY |^lfn-|lr7T^l^nllt7^1l.'A-.I.V^".I.W.I.V^<1WV4,V^-,I^A'< • •• , • * ••••• ••«•» •• • • .. •.• .. :.. : •- •••.: •. : •' • *: • ' .*• •' •'•!"•: "•• ■(' ••* • ••• • ••>••.. . . . . .. From the collection of the n m 'rejinger J-Jibrary t p San Francisco, California 2008 ICTOBER The greatest force that man has ever known for moving men's hearts and minds is in action daily behind the American scene — a household device that brings into tens of millions of living rooms the latest news of our fighting men on all fronts ... the sublime gifts of inspiring music. ..the quick tonic of comedy and laughter . . . the welcome relaxation of popular song. ..blessings all to a nation occupied with the grimmest of tasks. Today, as America's manpower and industrial might begin to make themselves felt on foreign fields, American radio is functioning smoothly, quietly, efficiently. to strengthen Inorale on the home front and solidify the national purpose for the great drive to victory. Fittingly, America's oldest network be- gins its 1942-43 season with the finest parade of programs in its" history — many of them shortwaved to the fighting forces by advertisers glad to provide the boys in the field with these tangible links to home, many others fresh from successful summer tours of leading military camps across the country. They'll be listened to this year more widely, more eagerly, more gratefully than ever. The Network Most People Listen to Most ^^ COVER — Lieut. Gen. James G. Harbord and Maj. Gen. Dawson Olmstead inspect equipment in new RCA Laboratories following dedication ceremonies. RESEARCH ■ MANUFACTURING • COMMUNICATIONS • BROADCASTING CONTENTS VOLUME 2 NUMBER! OCTOBER 1942 DEDICATE NEW RCA LABORATORIES Research Center Fleclnccl ti> Winning War 60.000 AT KCAM RALLY hy .1. M. Smith NBC REPORTERS COVER THE WAR by Chirencc L. Menser . . . . SOUND SPEEDS THE WAR EFFORT by George R. Ewcild NEW IDEAS COME OUT OK THE BLUE /)(/ Ed