sarnoff

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family name
soyadı

Onların soyadı posta kutusunda yazılıdır. - Their family name is written on their mailbox.

Çin'de önce soyadımızı sonra adımızı koyarız. - In China, we put our family name first, then our name.

family name
aile adı

Watanabe benim aile adımdır. - Watanabe is my family name.

Aile adınızı nasıl hecelersiniz? - How do you spell your family name?

Englisch - Englisch
{i} family name
United States businessman who pioneered in radio and television broadcasting (1891-1971)
David Sarnoff
born Feb. 27, 1891, Minsk, Russia died Dec. 12, 1971, New York, N.Y., U.S. Russian-born U.S. communications executive. After immigrating with his family to New York in 1900, he left school to work for the Marconi telegraph company. In 1912 he heard the distress signal from the sinking Titanic and remained at his instrument for 72 hours relaying news. In 1921 he became general manager of the newly formed Radio Corp. of America (RCA Corp.). He had proposed the first commercially marketed radio receiver in 1916, and by 1924 it had earned $80 million in sales. He formed the radio network NBC in 1926. Perceiving television's potential, he set up an experimental television station (1928) and demonstrated the new medium at the New York World's Fair (1939). During World War II he was a communications consultant to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and was made a brigadier general. President of RCA (1930-47), he served as chairman of the board until 1970
David Sarnoff
(1891-1971) U.S. pioneer of radio broadcasting (founder of RCA and NBC networks)