Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

2 RADIO DAILY Tuesday, March 30, 1937 Vol. 1. No. 35 Tues., Mar. 30, 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 W. Alicoate, I'resinYnt nnd Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Treasurer and General Manager; Chester B. B^hn, Vice-President; Charles A. Alicoate, Secretary; M. H. Shapiro, Associate Editor: John B. English, Advertising Manager. Terror (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, 1501 Broailwav. New York, N. Y. Phone Wisconsin 7-6336, 7-6337, 7-6338, 7-6339. Cable address: Filmdnv, New York. Hollywood. Calif.— Ralph Wilk and Verne Bailey. 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. Copyrtght, 1937. by Radio Daily Corp. All rights reserved. FINANCIAL (Monday, Mar. 29) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Hish Low Close Am. Tel. & Tel 1 71 % '70 170 Crosley Radio Gen. Electric 575s 56% 56l8 North American 27'/4 27 27 RCA Common 1 1 3/8 11 11 RCA First Pfd 7614 76la 76V8 RCA $5 Pfd. B Stewart Warner 19V8 19 19 Zenith Radio 35 35 35 Net Chg. + '/z — 1V2 Vs — v4 % — "v» + Vi NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE Hazeltine Corp 16% 163/4 167/8 Majestic 4 1/4 4V4 4 1/4 Nat. Union Radio 3 2% 2% OVER THE COUNTER Bid CBS A 583/4 CBS 8 5834 Stromberg Carlson 15V2 Asked 60 V4 603/4 16 Vi KVOD's Job Finder May Go Tri-Weekly Denver— KVOD's "The Job Finder," sponsored by Denver Jewelry Co., has been so successful that it may be extended to a twice or thrice weekly feature. The program, written and placed by the Ted Levy Advertising Agency through KVOD, is aired Fridays 8: 15 p.m. KYA Oakland Studios Debut Oakland, Cal. — A series of salutes from California Radio System stations launched the new Oakland studios of KYA, located in the Hotel Oakland. M. E. "Bob" Roberts is station manager, with William Gleeson in charge as Eastbay rep for the CRS. NETWOICK SONG FAVOIUTES Following is an accurate list of performances for the week ending March 27, 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 Boo Hoo (Shapiro, Bernstein. Inc.) 27 Too Marvelous lor Words (Harms, Inc.) 27 Little Old Lady (Chappell & Co.) 26 Trust In Me (Ager, Yellen & Bornstein) 26 What Will I Tell My Heart (Crawford Music Corp.) 25 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 24 This Year's Kisses (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 22 On A Little Bamboo Bridge (Joe Morris Music Co.) 20 When the Poppies Bloom Again (Shapiro, Bernstein, Inc.) 20 Moonlight and Shadows (Popular Melodies) 19 Swing High, Swing Low (Famous Music Corp.) 18 Gee But You're Swell (Remick Music Corp.) 17 Easter Parade (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 16 My Last Affair (Chappell & Co.) 15 Smoke Dreams (Robbins Music Corp.) 15 Sweet Is the Word for You (Famous Music Corp.) 15 Where Are You (Leo Feist, Inc.) 15 You're Here, You're There (Mario Music Co.) 15 11 Newscasts Daily Radio News Editors Now Given by KFRO Add to Membership Longview, Tex. — KFRO has started a new schedule of half-hourly news broadcasts, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., making 11 newscasts daily. Four broadcasts are direct from the news room of the Longview Daily News and Journal. KFRO also has arranged to air market quotations from the N. Y. Stock Exchange, N. Y. Curb, Chicago Board of Trade and New Orleans Cotton Exchange. The station, operated by James R. Curtis, has moved its studios to the Glover-Crim Bldg., and has bought three new RCA pre-amplifiers as well as other new equipment. Paint Campaign in West West Coast Bureau of THE RADIO DAILY Los Angeles — General Paint Corp., San Francisco, will start a transcription series on 25 stations in the West and Honolulu on April 2. Walter Advertising Agency is placing. Test radio campaign will include 13 quarter-hour programs, titled "General Paint Colorscope," with disks by Recordings, Inc., Hollywood. Decoration booklet free to listeners who write. Gaylord McPherson to WDOD Des Moines — Gaylord McPherson, comedian accordionist, long time favorite with WHO listeners for his work on the Iowa Barn Dance Frolic and other programs, leaves this week for WDOD, Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he will direct, routine, rehearse and announce a one-hour variety production each day at noon, and two one and one-half hour shows each Saturday night. Chicago — Al Hollender, news editor of WJJD-WIND, has been added to the executive committee of the Ass'n of Radio News Editors & Writers, of which John Van Cronkhite is president. Jack Harris, news editor of WSM, Nashville, is another addition. Headquarters of the association are now at 360 North Michigan Ave. here. WMAQ Adds Half Hour Chicago — WMAQ will go on the air one-half hour earlier each week day morning beginning today. A new 30-minute program of electrical transcriptions will be heard, with the Hooker Glass & Paint, local, sponsoring. Jack Holden to announce new morning shot which hits ether at 6:30 a.m. CST. Donald Abert Promoted Milwaukee — Donald Abert, on his return from a 5,000-mile trip during which he visited 40 stations, was appointed assistant to the manager of WTMJ, Milwaukee Journal station. "5 Star Final" on WGAL Lancaster, Pa. — "Five Star Final", Remington Rand's daily news dramatization originating at WMCA, New York, is now heard over WGAL here. cominG and Gome H. V. KALTENBORN leaves Friday for Youngstown, O., and then to Sioux City, la., to lecture before civic groups. EDWARD KASrER and AARON S. BLOOM, president and treasurer, respectively, of the Kasper-Gordon Studios, Inc., are visiting in New York from Boston this week. SAM (SCHLEPTERMAN) HEARN, who rejoined Jack Benny when the program emanated from New York, will leave for Hollywood shortly to become a permanent member of the troupe. ERIC MASCHWITZ, variety director of the British Broadcasting Corp., arrives today aboard the He de France from London. JOHN VAN CRONKHITE leaves Nashville the middle of this week for Washington and New York. HERBERT PETTEY, associate director of WHN, has returned to New York after his trek to Washington. E. C. MILLS, general manager of Ascap, left last night for St. Paul. Anti-Ascap measure Ihere is similar to that introduced in states of Washington and Montana. Back Friday. E. P. H. JAMES, NBC sales promotion manager, leaves tonight for Baltimore to address local advertising men's organization. While in iown will contact NBC outlets on bir. WDSU, New Orleans Signs Colored Show New Orleans — Breaking precedent, WDSU has signed a colored night club show, The Rhythm Club, swanky hot spot with Joe Robicheaux's orchestra, for a 11:45 p.m. period. If listener reaction is favorable, WDSU will spot other negro units on its schedule. WBNO Plans Changes New Orleans — If the FCC approves, WBNO here is ready to remove its signal towers from the Coliseum Place Baptist Church to a new locality and construct a new transmitter, as well as re-equip its studios with Western Electric equipment, station officials declared to The Radio Daily. Devine Representing WAIM Anderson, S. C. — J. J. Devine & Associates has been appointed national representatives for WAIM, it is announced by Wilton E. Hall, owner of the station. WINS Saluting WMBO WINS at 11 a.m. today will give a salute program to WMBO, Auburn, on the occasion of the latter's fifth anniversary. Both are members of the N. Y. State Broadcasting System. The Tavern RADIO'S RENDEZVOUS MAKE THIS YOUR LUNCHEON — DINNER — SUPPER CLUB 158 W. 48th St. Toots Shor RADIO EVENTS, INC. AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCING GROUP SERVING ADVERTISING AGENCIES 535 Fifth Avenue, N«w York, N.Y.