NAB reports (Mar-Dec 1933)

The National Association of Broadcasters NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING ★ ★ * * ★ WASHINGTON, D. C. PHILIP G. LOUCKS, Managing Director NAB REPORTS * * * * * Copyright, 1933, The National Association ot Broadcasters Vol. 1 No. 1 MARCH 11, 1933 ANNOUNCEMENT! Beginning with this issue, the official publication of the National Association of Broadcasters will be known as NAB REPORTS instead of the BROADCASTERS NEWS BULLETIN. This and all future issues of NAB REPORTS, will be printed and punched to fit into a five-ring binder which may be purchased at small cost through the Asso¬ ciation The BROADCASTERS NEWS BULLETIN will be sus¬ pended as a regular publication and will be used in the future only for special reports. The decision to replace the mimeographed bulletins with printed reports was based upon two principal considerations: First, a substantial saving in production and mailing costs; and, second, the necessity for a more usable and more read¬ able method of publishing information. Gradually, there will be a change in the content and style of items reported. When the BROADCASTERS NEWS BULLETIN was founded, nearly three years ago, there were no trade publications regularly and satisfactorily presenting general news of broadcasting. Now this field is being ade¬ quately covered and there is no desire on the part of the Association to duplicate this effort. NAB REPORTS will give to members the official news of the Association, texts of important court decisions, digests of bills which would affect radio, decisions of the Federal Radio Commission, rulings of state and federal government departments relating to radio, and other similar material. In other words, NAB REPORTS will constitute a service rather than a news bulletin. Pages will be numbered consecutively and all items will be indexed quarterly. You should begin filing these sheets with this issue. Binders for filing the reports may be purchased through NAB Headquarters at a cost of $2.00 each. A single binder will take a two years’ supply of NAB REPORTS. If you want a binder, you may place your order by writing NAB Headquarters, National Press Building, Washington, D. C. Philip G. Loucks, Managing Director. ROOSEVELT SUMMONS 73RD CONGRESS At the call of President Roosevelt, the Seventy-third Congress convened in special session on March 9 and with unprecedented speed enacted emergency banking legislation recommended by him in a special message. The Congress will remain in session to con¬ sider other necessary economic legislation and will afterward recess until the administration’s general relief and reorganization program can be whipped into final shape. Only five committees were organized in the House. Other com¬ mittees will be organized later but it appears certain that Repre¬ sentative Otis S. Bland of Virginia, will accept the chairmanship of the House Merchant Marine, Radio and Fisheries Committee. In the Senate, committee chairmanships were announced although only a few committees were organized. Senator Clarence C. Dill of Washington, has been named chairman of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, and Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, has been named chairman of the Senate Committee on Patents. The administration has not announced its plans with repect to radio regulation although scores of unconfirmed rumors persist. It is known, however, that thought has been given to co-ordinating the regulation of transportation facilities and it is probable that a program will be ready in the near future. If the action of Congress on banking legislation is a criterion, it is safe to assume that any legislation recommended by President Roosevelt will be promptly enacted. ROOSEVELT OFFERED COOPERATION Assurances that he would have the hearty support of the broad¬ casters of the country were given President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a telegram sent him today by Alfred J. McCosker, President of the National Association of Broadcasters, and Director and General Manager of Station WOR in Newark, New Jersey. It was pointed out by the broadcasting executive that in the recent campaign, both before and after his nomination, President Roosevelt had made more use of extensive broadcasting than any aspirant to public office. A copy of Mr. McCosker’s telegram to President Roosevelt fol¬ lows: Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, White House, Washington, D. C. It is with great sincerity that I assure you of the hearty and continued cooperation of the broadcasters of the United States throughout your administration. We deem it a privilege to place our facilities at your disposal whenever you desire them. We are confident your administration will be a most successful and notable one. (Signed) Allred J. McCosker, President, National Association of Broadcasters, 1440 Broadwav, New York, N. Y. NORTH AMERICAN COMMITTEE MEETS At the meeting of the general committee preparing for the forth¬ coming North American Radio Conference held March 10, at the Federal Radio Commission, a detailed statement was presented by James W. Baldwin on behalf of the National Association of Broad¬ casters to show the position of the Association and the reasons there¬ for. This statement is now the subject of general discussion by the Committee. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 13. COMMISSION SUSPENDS RULE 151 In view of the present financial and economic situation, the Federal Radio Commission on March 10. on motion of Commis¬ sioner Starbuck, decided that “the provision of Rule 151 of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations may be partially suspended until June 1, 1933, upon written application to the Commission specifying the exact hours the station will operate. Rule 151 provides: “Except Sundays, the licensee of each broad¬ cast station shall maintain a minimum regular operating schedule of two-thirds of the hours that it is authorized to operate during each broadcast day.” COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS KFPY Symons Broadcasting Company (KFPY, Seattle, Wash.) v. Fed¬ eral Radio Commission. Court of Appeals of District of Columbia No. 5757, March 6, 1933. Appeal from decision of Commission granting application for modification of construction permit author¬ izing Station KSEI, Pocatello, Idaho, to operate on 890 kc. Station KFPY protested on ground that it had pending at time of grant an application for same frequency. No hearing had been held. • Page 1 ■