[QuadList] RCA BROADCAST NEWS issues for free online viewing

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Armstrong's tragic story is pretty well documented in Ken Burn's Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, it is well worth a look - www.pbs.org/kenburns/empire/

Also, apparently pneumonia killed Farnsworth in 1971, after considerable financial struggles to save his operation. 
Check out his appearance on I've Got A Secret from 1957, www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKM4MNrB25o

Cheers,
Rob Mobley





---- "C. Park Seward" <park at videopark.com> wrote: 
> "Financially broken and mentally beaten after years of legal tussles with RCA and others, Armstrong lashed out at his wife with a fireplace poker, striking her on the arm. Fearing for her life, Marion fled their apartment and went to stay with her sister. Alone and depressed over the FM patent disputes, Armstrong removed the air conditioner from the window, dressed in his coat and hat and jumped to his death from the thirteenth floor of his New York City apartment on January 31, 1954. His body was found the next morning by a maintenance worker. His suicide note to his wife read: "May God help you and have mercy on my soul".[15][16] Upon hearing the news, David Sarnoff remarked "I did not kill Armstrong." Armstrong's widow Marion renewed the patent fight against RCA and finally prevailed. Unlike her husband, Marion was willing to compromise.[17][18]"
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Howard_Armstrong#Death
> 
> Best,
> Park
> 
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> 
> On Jul 12, 2011, at 5:19 AM, Trevor Brown wrote:
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> > I thought it was Armstrong jumped out of the Window
> > Because nobody would accept FM
> >  
> > Or did they both
> >  
> > Keep the windows shut if you are an inventor
> >  
> > TrevorB
> > UK Member
> >  
> > From: quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com [mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of bill.spencer at northstarstudios.tv
> > Sent: 12 July 2011 12:18
> > To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com
> > Subject: Re: [QuadList] RCA BROADCAST NEWS issues for free online viewing
> >  
> > That’s why Philo jumped out the window when he lost the long running lawsuit.
> >  
> > Bill Spencer
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> > From: quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com [mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of COURYHOUSE at aol.com
> > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 9:46 PM
> > To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com
> > Subject: Re: [QuadList] RCA BROADCAST NEWS issues for free online viewing
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> >  
> > Sarnoff  always  liked to rewrite history.....
> >  
> >  
> > In a message dated 7/11/2011 7:31:17 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, park at videopark.com writes:
> > Thanks, Bob. Great stuff.
> > 
> > I noticed in one issue RCA blowing their own horn, something they liked to do.
> > 
> > Writing about the Iconoscope: "and its development made possible the first all electronic television system-developed by RCA."
> > 
> > Of course no mention of Farnsworth, who really did develop the first all electronic TV system.
> > 
> > Best,
> > Park
> > 
> > C. Park Seward
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