FM Moves Ahead...         
The  American  Network
Cover of this month's Electronics shows f-m network at opening of W71NY in New York City.
Bamberger's W71NY began operations with their new 10KW facilities on November 30, 1941.
See February 2005 Photo-of-the-Month.

An FM network, The American Network, opened  it's doors on April 11, 1941 with offices in the Lincoln Building at 
60 East 42nd St. in NYC.  John Shepard of Yankee is elected chairman and V.L.Hogan of  WQXR is the vice president.  
As of November there were nine stations, only the two Yankee stations, W43B in  Paxton/Boston and W39B on 
Mount Washington were connected.  The non-connected network stations were W53PH/Philadelpia, W47NV/Nashville,
W55M/Minneapolis,  W45D/Detroit, W51R/Rochester, W45CM/Columbus and W41MM/Mount Mitchell.   Four 
other stations were later added:  Major Armstrong's W2XMN in Alpine, Franklin Doolittle's W65H in Hartford, W71NY in
 NYC and the nations first independent FM, W47A in Albany.  Now there are seven inter-connected stations.

 On the occasion of New York's W71NY joining the American Network, a LIVE inaugural broadcast permitted
all of the seven stations located in the Northeast to be inter-connected via off-air pickup.  A special program
was broadcast by the network, with portions originating from New York, Hartford as well as Boston.

In August of 1944 the directors decided to dissolve the American Network.

Effective June 15, 1945, ABC drops the "Blue" identity and becomes the American Broadcasting Company.

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