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Klaus Landsberg, Klaus Landsberg (July 7, 1916 - September 16, 1956) was a pioneering electrical engineer who made history with early commercial telecasts and helped pave the way to todays Television networks.He appeared in many plays during his childhood. In his early teens he combined his technical skill and expressed desire to pursue his strong artistic inclination, setting out to prove that the two could be successfully blended.In 1936 he was called upon to assist in the history-making telecast of the Berlin Olympic Games, an event that marked televisions rounding of one of the proverbial corners.In 1937 Klaus was appointed laboratory engineer and assistant to Dr. Korm, the Inventor of picture telegraphy. During this association, Landsberg himself created many new electronic devices. The most outstanding of these achievements was the invention of an electronic aid to navigation and blind landings, considered so vital to the Third Reich that upon being patented was declared a military-secret, which Landsberg was determined to destroy as a Nazi weapon (he was successful). This basic radar principle later became Landsbergs passport to America.Following his arrival in the United States, Farnsworth Television, Inc. hired Klaus Landsberg as Television Development Engineer in Philadelphia in 1938.In 1939 he went to New York for the National Broadcasting Company television division. It was during this period that Landsberg helped NBC make possible the first public Television demonstrations in America, at the New York Worlds Fair.Allen B. DuMont recognized Landsbergs qualifications, and signed him as Television design and development engineer for the New York DuMont Laboratories, a pioneer United States Television organization. There he supervised technical operations of the television unit at the U.S. Army Maneuvers in Cantons, New York, developing automatic synchronizing circuits.In 1939 he was contracted to build DuMonts station WABD, as well as produce the stations first shows.In 1941 Klaus was sent by Paramount Pictures to Los Angeles to build W6XYZ, an experimental television station.He experimented from 1942 to 1947, during which year he produced Paramounts Kinescope.Also in 1947, KTLA (Channel 5), a Los Angeles Television station funded by Paramount and helmed by Klaus Landsberg, began regular commercial broadcasts (the first such KTLA commercial broadcast was January 22, 1947.)By 1948, KTLA boasted a show lineup that included Spade Cooley, Ina Rae Hutton, The Continental Lover, Time for Beany, Korla Pandits Adventures in Music and professional wrestling.Landsberg died of cancer in 1956, aged only 40.[edit] Referenceshttp://www.tech-notes.tv/Biographies/Landsberg%20Bio/Landsberg%20biography.htmPersondataNameLandsberg, KlausAlternative namesShort descriptionDate of birthJuly 7, 1916Place of birthBerlin, GermanyDate of deathSeptember 16, 1956Place of deathLos Angeles, CaliforniaRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_LandsbergCategories: 1916 births | 1956 deaths | German immigrants to the United States | Television pioneersHidden categories: Infobox person using deprecated parameters | Articles with hCardsPersonal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable version This page was last modified on 9 September 2010 at 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