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...obstacle to which radiomen and educators alike devoted much earnest thought last week was the inability of educators to fill free time with interesting programs. President David Sarnoff of Radio Corp. of America bluntly declared: "Radio programs can be created to inform the mind and elevate the spirit, but when one seeks to impose upon them the requirement that they also furnish mental training and discipline, one narrows their appeal and risks the dispersion of the invisible audience...
...entrance into the "talkies," RKO issued Class B stock (500,000 shares), gave it to Radio Corp. of America in exchange for rights to RCA Photophone sound-picture equipment and special considerations from its subsidiary, National Broadcasting Co., for RKO time on the air. Radio's president, David Sarnoff, became RKO's chairman, and Radio acquired a 20% interest...
from earlier days. Mr. Odium put in as RKO's president Lawyer Leo Spitz of Chicago, who had been counsel for the old Lubliner & Trinz theatre chain there, later with Balaban & Katz and finally with Paramount. Radio's Sarnoff resigned as chairman of RKO and NBC's Aylesworth was moved upstairs. RKO finished 1935 with $684,733, its first profit since...
...David Sarnoff, The Radio Industry...
...same time it was revealed that Roger Pierce, Jr., of Milton, and Robert W. Sarnoff of New York would be assistant managers...