David Sarnoff
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David Sarnoff was an American businessman who played an important role in the American history of radio broadcasting and television. He led the Radio Corporation of America for most of his career in v
Sarnoff in 1922
Sarnoff (front row; second from left) with Albert Einstein and other noted scientists and engineers on a tour of the RCA wireless station in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1921. Charles Proteus Steinmetz is next to Einstein.
Sarnoff with the first RCA videotape recorder in 1954
Sarnoff receiving his brigadier general's star from Major General Harry C. Ingles, chief signal officer of the US Army.
RKO Pictures
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RKO Pictures, commonly known as simply RKO, is an American film, television and stage production company owned by Concord. In its original incarnation, as RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., it was one of the "
David Sarnoff
…at the time, led to public and congressional outcry and stricter securities-related regulations. Sarnoff negotiated successful contracts to form Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO), a film production and distribution company. Essential elements in that new company were RCA, the Film Booking Offices of America (FBO), and the…
David Sarnoff (1929), by Samuel Johnson Woolf, National Portrait Gallery
Radio-Keith-Orpheum logo, 1929
Rio Rita (1929), first smash hit for RKO (then releasing films under the "Radio Pictures" banner)
King Kong (1933), one of Hollywood's great spectacles