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Among the most outspoken opponents of pay-as-you-see is RCA's David Sarnoff, who feels that 1) charging for programs might peril freedom of broadcasting, since FCC regulation of such rates might open the door to overall rate regulations; and 2) free programs are an American tradition. Pay-as-you-see proponents fear FCC also believes the air should be free, but they see no reason why FCC cannot set aside certain channels for their use, while free telecasting continues on all the other channels. They think the tradition of free programs is no more sacrosanct than...
...transcript of a speech he had made and was not quite sure what he was talking about. (When he heard a recording, however, he quickly got his point.) Filling the job vacated by Frank White last spring, Weaver will be assisted by a new executive vice president, Robert W. Sarnoff, 35-year-old son of NBC's and RCA's board chairman...
...Sarnoff, in looking back over the two years of research, said that the basic outlines of the device that proved satisfactory were clear from the start...
...Sarnoff describes the process of injection as follows: "First, pull the ring. This releases the spring, which we put there to solve another difficulty. Some people just can't puncture themselves with a needle. With the Ace, they don't even see the needle...
...requirements seemed comparatively simple, but problems of design and cost really gave us trouble," Sarnoff commented. This spring, the Sarnoffs showed a few hand-made models to the Army, which ordered 2000 of them for immediate testing...