Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

Tuesday, February 9. 1937 RADIO DAILY 17 lit Tabloid Join Television School Kansas City — First National Television, Inc., operating radio station KXBY and the First National Television School, announced the following changes on the staff of the school: F. M. McQuistion, formerly in the advertising department of the Skelly Oil Co., has been employed to handle advertising and promotion; Leslie Hotsenpiller, formerly with TWA, to conduct classes in the field of aeronautical radio engineering; Wayne Miller, formerly engineer at WHO, Des Moines, and more recently with RCA Manufacturing Co., Camden, to the engineering and research staff. LLOYD THOMAS of station ROX, Rockford, heading movement here to revive the currently defunct Affiliated Broadcasting Co. Indications are that if net is revived, it will be without the aid of three former heads. Trio is Ota Gygi, Samuel Insull and T. E. Quisenberry. They definitely will not be connected with the new venture. F. C. C. Rulings Washington Bureau of THE RADIO DAILY W HPhingtcn — csle&go Branch of [ June, the Columbia Broadcasting System yesterday applied to F.C.C. for extension of authority to transmit programs to stations CFRB, Toronto and CKAC, Montreal and to stations of Canadian Radio Commission or its Gertrude Niesen of CBS will open Feb. 12, for indefinite engagement at the Chez Paree here. This will be the first club appearance of the famous star of stage, screen and radio since she went to Hollywood last successor. Ralph L. Walker, F.C.C. examiner yesterday recommended to commission that request for license of Hildreth and Rodgers Co., Lawrence, Mass. be granted and that request of Old Colony Broadcasting Co., Brocton, Mass. be denied. Weed & Co. have been appointed New York station reps by Leslie R. Atlass for WIND, his Chicago-Gary station. For first time in years Walgreen Drugs relinquish sponsorship of baseball over WGN, Chicago Tribune station. New account taking over time is P. Lorillard, makers of Old Gold cigarets. Lennen and Mitchell agency handling and price disclosed as $95,000, highest ever paid WGN for airing games. ELMER PEDERSON, national sales manager for Columbia, with headquarters in Los Angeles, has left for a tour of Columbia's Pacific Coast stations. Buck Jones will be star of his first radio show, a three-times-a-week Western serial titled "Hoof Beats," to be released beginning March 8. Installments will be 15-minute transcriptions, using, at the start, twelve East and Midwest stations. Putting the show on records started this week (Feb. 8) in the studios of Recordings, Inc. Raymond L. Morgan agency is producing the serial for Young & Rubicam to advertise Grape Nuts Flakes.. Lud Gluskin, who has been conducting the Coast to Coast Fiesta sustaining program for Columbia Saturday nights, went off the air last Saturday to make way for the lengthened Lucky Strike program, which went from 30 to 45 minutes. Gluskin is auditioning for several possible sponsors to come back on a new spot. National Broadcasting's artist bureau has signed Elza Schallert through 1938 and with an option for '39 to continue her movie celeb interviews, coast to coast on the Blue network Friday nights. Hollywood — John Kennedy, formerly with KFAC, has joined the announcing staff of KHJ, Mutual's Coast key station. Gilmore Circus, radio high spot up to the time it went off the air two years ago, comes back by way of National's Red network starting Feb. 20. It will have the 8 to 8:30 PST spot, Saturday nights. The show will use Cliss Clark, the original barker, as emcee, Felix Mills orchestra, and a variety show with talent changed for each program. Raymond L. Morgan company is producing the show. Marshall P. Tate has been added to the selling staff of Don Lee and Mutual, as account executive to handle local and network sales. know yctc INDUJTEy "SERVICE BAND" is a band of frequencies allotted to a certain type or class of broadcasting. "COMMUNICATION BAND" is a band of frequencies modulated and actually for a given type of transmission. U. S. News WOWO Moving Ft. Wayne, Ind.— Station WOWO is moving its studios from present location on West Main street to the Fox building. New set-up will begin functioning April 1. Building name to be changed to Westinghouse Bldg. after owners of station. Radio Gets Biz Voice Philadelphia — For the first time, a member of the radio industry is represented on the board of directors of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. One of the four new members elected to the board at the chamber's annual membership meeting last Thursday was Sayre M. Ramsdell, vice-president of the Philco Radio and Television Corp. Canada Gets Waxies Winnipeg — All-Canada Broadcasting System, Winnipeg, has set deal to represent Standard Transcriptions Library and the Earnshaw Radio Productions. Both are wax houses of Los Angeles. Pan-Canada will handle their business across the Dominion. KGFG Expansion Oklahoma City. — KGFG is erecting new studios, transmitter and tower at a cost of $25,000. New headquarters will be ready sometime between March 1 and 15. Officers of station are Harold V. Hough, president; Abe Herman secretary; Paul Whetzel, station manager; Paul Benning, program director, and W. E. Robitzer, manager commercial department. WCAU Mobile Unit Philadelphia — John G. Leitch, WCAU chief engineer, has hitched the station's short-waver, W3XEO, to a truck, transforming the ultra-high frequence transmitter into a mobile unit. Truck will first be pressed into service for a proposed series on "Historic Philadelphia," an announcer turning truck-driver for descriptive pick-ups of local interest points. Bill and Bob Join WHO Des Moines — New artists joining the staff of WHO are Bill Osborne and Bob Balentine, known as "Bill and Bob" on the National Farm and Home hour of WGN, Chicago. They will be heard every Saturday night over WHO on the Iowa Barn Dance Frolic program. Fidler's New Sponsor Chicago — H. W. Kastor Agency has brought Jimmy Fidler show for Procter & Gamble's Drene shampoo with March 4 as starting date. Fidler will do the same Hollywood gossiping from west coast as currently sponsored by Ludens. Same NBC red network hook-up and time for show. Fidler has been given a three-year contract with option and salary revealed at $2,500 weekly. Changes in Virginia Richmond, Va. — FCC has granted the Times-Dispatch Publishing Co., Inc., permission to construct a new broadcast station in Richmond and approved removal of WPHR, owned by the Richmond News Leader, from Petersburg to Richmond. WRVA has applied for an increase from 5,000 to 50,000 watts. Another Richmond station, WMBG, operated by Havens & Martin, was granted an increase in power from 250 watts during daylight and 100 watts at night to 500 watts of unlimited time, and the frequency was changed from 1,210 kilocycles to 1,360. 5,000 for Kiddie Program Philadelphia — WIP will mark the 5,000th broadcast of the Uncle Wip's kiddie show on Feb. 12 with a special visual commemorative program. Highlight will be a brief talk by Major Edward A. Davies of the John Faulkner Arndt Advertising Agency who originated the show in 1922. Show is the oldest children's program in the history of American radio. Parkyakarkus Honeymoonina Parkyakarkus (Harry Einstein), former Eddie Cantor stooge, who was married Sunday on the coast, is honeymooning in Ensanada, Cal. The bride is the former Thelma Leeds of the radio, screen and stage. Station representative firm of Hollingsbury and Craig have obtained exclusive rep rights to station WHAM. Rochester, N. Y. Outlet formerly Trans-American station. An appeal from the decision denying Frank Crumit an injunction against WHN from using his phonograph records will probably be filed shortly. Both artists and stations agree that it is unwise to accept the case as setting a precedent for New York State for several reasons, most important of which is Crumit's dual position as a performer and composer. One of the first jobs to be tackled by Pete Nelson as new radio time buyers for the Blackett SampleHummert agency here will be the arrangement of one of the largest announcement campaigns in recent radio history. Will signature some $300,000 worth of contracts for four announcements daily in around 60 markets, to start on Feb. 15 for Lava Soap (Procter & Gamble.) Coming Events June 1-10: Radio-television exposition. Moscow. Feb. 28-March 8: Spring Fair of radio and television, Leipzig. Feb. 11: General Electric Supply Corp. sales convention, Charlotte, N. C.