Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

2 RADIO DAILY Tuesday. March 16. 1937 Vol. 1. No. 25 Tues., Mar. 16, 1937 Price 5 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE : : : Publisher DON CARLE GILLETTE : : : Editor MARVIN KIRSCH : : Business Manager Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Radio Daily Corp. J. VV. Alicoate. President and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Treasurer and Cleneral Manager; Chester B. Balm. Vice-President; Charles A. Alicoate, Secretary; M. H. Shapiro, Associate Editor; John B. English, Advertising Manager. Terms (Post free) United States outside of Greater New York, one year, $5; foreign, year, $10. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to RADIO DAILY, 150! Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone Wisconsin 7-6336, 7-6337. 7-6338, 7 6339. Cable address: Filmday. New York. Hollywood. Calif.— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Plume Granite 6607. Copyright, 1937, by Radio Daily Corp. All rights reserved. FINANCIAL (Monday, Mar. 15) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE High Low Close 175% 17234 1751/4 Am. Tel. & Tel Crosley Radio . 24 Gen. Electric 59'/4 North American . 28 RCA Common ...11% RCA First Pfd. 77% RCA $5 Pfd. B Stewart Warner 24 58 Vb 27V2 1 1 V8 771/4 1100 Bid 20% 19% 19% 24 583/4 27i/2 11% 771/4 Net Chg. + 1% + Zenith Radio 36% 36% 36% NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE Hazeltine Corp 16V2 16V2 16y2 Majestic 4% 4Vi 4% Nat. Union Radio 3 234 2% OVER THE COUNTER Bid CBS A 56% CBS B 56V2 Stromberg Carlson 17 + V4 —"'/a Asked 58% 58i/2 18 Baskin Firm Now Owner Of WFLA, Clearwater (.Continued from Page 1) was made June 15, 1936. Total sale price was $252,700. It was at first believed that the new owners were negotiating with the Tampa Tribune for a resale, but Baskin denied any truth to the rumors. The newspaper now has an application pending with the FCC for a construction permit for a new station. WFLA operates in conjunction with WSUN, St. Petersburg. It is also a member of the Southeastern group of NBC. Station operates on 5,000 watts to local sunset and 1,000 watts thereafter, and its frequency is 620 kilocycles. There will be no changes in the station's operating policies. MIWOICK SUXU I WOKI I IvS Following is an accurate list of performances for the week ending March 13, covering songs played from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. on CBS and two NBC networks. Only compositions played 15 times or more are included. This listing is a regular Tuesday feature in RADIO DAILY. Selection Publisher Times Played This Year's Kisses (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 31 Boo Hoo (Shapiro, Bernstein, Inc.) 23 Little Old Lady (Chappell & Co.) 22 May I Have The Next Romance With You (Leo Feist, Inc.) 22 When The Poppies Bloom Again (Shapiro, Bernstein, Inc.) 22 Slumming On Park Avenue (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 21 How Could You (Remick Music Corp.) 20 I Can't Lose That Longing For You (Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble). 20 Too Marvelous For Words (Harms, Inc.) 18 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 17 Good Night My Love (Robbins Music Corp.) 16 Moonlight And Shadows (Popular Melodies) 16 Trust In Me (Ager, Yellen & Bornstein) 16 What Will I Tell My Heart (Crawford Music Corp.) 16 When My Dreamboat Comes Home (Witmark & Sons) 16 West Coast Kids Vote "Calling All Cars" Best West Coast Bureau, RADIO DAILY Los Angeles — Rio Grande's "Calling All Cars," a weekly cops-and-robbers dramatic program, topped all other radio entertainment as children's choice, according to the first report of the radio survey committee of the Los Angeles Federated Women's Clubs. Survey conducted among affiliated clubs with membership of 60,000 Southern California women. Two of every three listeners said they did not mind the advertising. Twenty-five listeners said families used products advertised in favorite program to every 15 listeners who did not. Favorite programs, in order of popularity, were "Calling All Cars"; "One Man's Family"; "Lux Radio Theater", and "Little Orphan Annie". "March of Time", "Gang Busters" and "Death Valley Days" tied for fifth position, and "Renfrew of the Mounted" was next. Legislative Body Named By Texas Broadcasters Austin, Tex. — Due to the many legislative problems facing stations in this state, the Texas Broadcasters Ass'n has formed the following legislative committee: Martin Campbell, chairman; Hall Huff, O. L. Taylor, Kern Tips and Henry Lee Taylor. The committee has been instructed to investigate all proposed radio legislation. A resolution favoring enactment i of federal legislation to eliminate ; Ascap's $250 copyright infringement I charge and forcing owners of copyrights to prove actual damages before they can recover same, was passed at the association's last meeting. It was also resolved that Ascap be required to furnish all stations with a list of tunes covered by their contracts. KSTP Adds 3 Salesmen St. Paul — Three new salesmen have been added to the staff of KSTP, Twin Cities independent. C. H. Wagner, recently with the Pure Oil Co. in Chicago, and Morgan Sexton, formerly with WOC in Davenport, have been assigned to the Minneapolis staff; G. B. Schurmeier, St. Paul, with the St. Paul sales staff. Whiteman Backs Dickstein Washington Bureau of THE RADIO (DAILY Washington — Paul Whiteman, who is here for a concert tonight, testified yesterday in connection with the Dickstein bill before an unofficial hearing of the House Immigration Committee, and declared himself in favor of the alien measure unless foreign countries lift their bars to American talent. Radio Instrument Circular Washington Bureau of THE RADIO DAILY Washington — "Radio Instruments and Measurements," 329-page circular of the National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce, copies of which have not been available for several years, has just been reprinted for distribution at 60 cents a copy. While much of the subject matter of the Circular was written 20 years ago, it is still of current value to engineers and students, according to the Bureau. Barbara Boole Joins CBS Barbara Boole has been appointed assistant commercial editor of CBS and will work in Gilson Gray's department. Miss Boole succeeds Nancy Lane, resigned. Rambeau Opens Detroit Office Detroit — William G. Rambeau Co. has opened a Detroit office, located in the General Motors Building and under the management of George W. Diefenderfer, who has been on the Chicago sales staff for some time. , i . TONIGHT'S BEST BET: { 7*V' 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. / ~( J WHN Original Amateur Hour V With Col. J. C. Flippen J lA/Ukl DIAL 1010 nflll AFFILIATED with M-G-M ft LOEWS COmiRG and GOMG WALTER WINCHELL left Hollywood yesterday for New York after more than three months of film-making and broadcasting from the coast. He resumes his program from the NBC studios here on Sunday. LAWRENCE TIBBETT is in Philadelphia today to make an appearance as soloist with the Thiladelphia orchestra. CORK O'KEEFE of the Rockwell-O'Keefe outfit has returned from Bel Air, Fla. , where he won the N Y. A C. golf tournament championship. D. J. ROSENBERG, vice-president of Transamerican. has left Los Angeles for New York and will remain here for 30 days or more. HERBERT L. PETTEY, associate director of WHN, returned yesterday from a vacation in Walaka, Fla. MRS LOUIS K. SIDNEY arrives today from Hollywood. H. W. SLAVICK, general manager WMCWNBR, Memphis, is in New York on a business trip. 0. L. SMITH, KNOX, Knoxville, commercial manager, returned to his desk yesterday after a New York trip contacting advertisers and agencies. BLAYNE BUTCHER, on radio staff of Lennen & Mitchell Inc., is en route to New York from Hollywood where he has been producing the Winchell-Jergens program on NBC. He is expected here Friday. JACK LAVIN has gone to Washington to handle final details on Paul Whiteman concert, tonight. LEONARD LIEBLING. music critic, to Washington, batting for Deems Taylor on Whiteman concert "living program" notes. JAMES CARPENTER, manager of WKBB. Dubuque, in town on a business trip. Courtney Riley Cooper M.C. Courtney Riley Cooper has been set as m.c. for the final broadcast of the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild program to be aired March 19 over CBS, 7:30-7:45 p.m. First half of the Guild's contest, that of the auto model builders, closes July 1, and the designers, competing in the contest for the best coach, must have their entries in by midnight, Aug. 1. In the past a special broadcast has been made over the CBS network direct from the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild annual convention during which the winners of the $80,000 contest are announced. According to present plans, the same routine will be followed again this year. Arthur Kudner Inc. has the account. Baker Scoops Winchell A boy was born to the Phil Bakers on Sunday in Palm Beach. Phil made the exclusive announcement on his 7:30 p.m. program. The Tavern RADIO'S RENDEZVOUS MAKE THIS YOUR LUNCHEONDINNER— SUPPER CLUB 158 W. 48th St. Toots" Shor RADIO EVENTS, INC. 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