Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

6 RADIO DAILY Tuesday. November 1. 1949 Temporary Licenses Given Web Stations (Continued from Page 1) ary extensions were agreed upon pending determination of the merit of the complaint of the National Association of Radio Station Representatives against network activities in the spot field. All three nets admit having represented some of their affiliates in spot sales, by-passing the reps. Charge by NARSR is that the network spot sales activities violate the chain broadcast rules, or are at any rate not in the public interest. In separate letters the Commission yesterday notified the nets of its action. The NARSR charges were the only causes mentioned in the letter to CBS, while additional complaints from WING, Dayton, WJW, Cleveland, and KPRO, Riverside, Calif., were also mentioned in the letter to ABC. In the letter to NBC, the Commission refers also to the Don Lee hearing, and the spot sales proceeding. In addition, the Commission wrote: Text of Letter "During the course of this hearing, at which NBC was represented by counsel, testimony was received from the president of radio station KHQ, Spokane, Washington, an NBC affiliate, concerning a proposal in August, 1948, to continue the broadcast, on a national spot basis, of a six-day per week program of the Richland Oil Company, broadcast during station (non-option) time, after such program had been transferred from the NBC to the ABC. While these negotiations were in progress the station received the following telegram introduced into evidence at the hearing, from Sydney A. Strotz, vice-president of the NBC: Western Union telegram October 21, 1948 'I am very much surprised at the horse trading which is going on in connection with the Richfield deal. You evidently forgot that you as an affiliate have at least some loyalty to NBC. There is no question that we will sell this time to a very substantial account which will not only take the eight stations involved but all the other stations throughout our network. If you don't like our affiliation we would like to know about it now. I will be delighted to discuss the matter over the phone if you care to call. Regards. Sydney A. Strotz.' "This testimony would appear to present a substantial question as to whether the NBC has violated or attempted to induce or coerce its affiliates to violate certain of the Commission's chain broadcasting regulations." Placed on temporary license until next March were WCBS, New York; WCCO, Minneapolis, WBBM, Chicago and KCBS, San Jose, all CBS stations; WENR, Chicago, WJZ, New York, and KGO, San Francisco, all ABC; and KOA, Denver, WMAQ, Chicago, WNBC, New York and KNBC, San Francisco, all NBC. NETWORK SONG FAVORITES The top 30 songs of the week (more in case of ties), based on the copyrighted Audience Coverage Index Survey of Popular Music Broadcast over Radio Networks. Published by the Office of Research, Inc., Dr. John Peatman, Director. Survey Week of October 21-27, 1949 TITLE PUBLISHER A Dreamer's Holiday Shapiro-Bernstein Ain't She Sweet Advanced Bali Ha'i Chappell Bye Bye Baby J. J. Robbins Dime A Dozen E. H. Morris Don't Cry Joe Harms Fiddle Dee Dee Harms Hop Scotch Polka Cromwell Huckle Buck United Hush Little Darlin' Michael I Can Dream Can't I Chappell Just For Fun Paramount Just One To Say I Love You Berlin Last Mile Home Leeds Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk Berlin Maybe It's Because Bregman-Vocco-Conn Meadows Of Heaven Laurel My Own My Only My All Paramount Now That I Need You, (Where Are You) Famous Room Full Of Roses Hill & Range Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer St. Nicholas Slipping Around Peer Someday You'll Want Me To Want You Duchess Story Of Annie Laurie Santly-Joy That Lucky Old Sun Robbins There's Yes Yes In Your Eyes Witmark Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye Feist Twenty-Four Hours Of Sunshine Advanced Younger Than Springtime Chappell You're Breaking My Heart Mellin You're So Understanding Barron-Pemora Second Group TITLE PUBLISHER A Wonderful Guy Chappell Blue For A Boy Pink For A Girl Gallico Georgia On My Mind Peer Give Me A Song With A Beautiful Melody Witmark Homework Berlin I Never See Maggie Alone Bourne I'm Throwing Rice At The Girl I Love Hill & Range In Santiago By The Sea Life Music It's A Great Feeling Remick Jealous Heart Acuff & Rose Let's Harmonize Santly-Joy My Bolero Shapiro-Bernstein My Street Campbell Oh You Beautiful Doll Remick Over The Hillside Dreyer So In Love T, B. Harms Some Enchanted Evening Chappell Song Of Surrender Paramount Through A Long And Sleepless Night Miller Where Are You Blue Eyes Knickerbocker Why Fall In Love With A Stranger Campbell Wishing Star Broadcast Music You Told A Lie Bourne You're My Thrill Sam Fox Copyright, 1949, by Office of Research, Inc. FCC Answers Webs On Giveaway Charge (Continued from Page 1) conferred upon it by Congress as a valid exercise of its power to regulate interstate commerce." In the answer delivered to the American Broadcasting Company yesterday, the U. S. Government and the FCC requested the court to dismiss the complaint and that the plaintiffs, (ABC, CBS and NBC) be ordered to pay the court costs. The FCC cited the allegations to the effect that "none of such programs constitutes a lottery, gift enterprise or similar scheme" in violation of the Criminal Code as being a "conclusion of law requiring no answer." The Government's answer also described as "a conclusion of law" the allegation of the web that the Commission will automatically deny the new applications or renewals of broadcast licenses of the plaintiffs if the rules are upheld by the court. The FCC also denied the networks' charge that it did not present any arguments or adduce any evidence at the hearings held on Oct. 19, 1948, or at any other time in support of its proposed rules. FM Store-Radio Report In New Survey By NAB (Continued from Page 1) items plugged. Of the 50 stores studied in the company's test, 25 were FM equipped and 25 had no store radio. The story of the test is one of several in the new NAB study prepared by the FM director, Arthur Stringer, for distribution to the FM members of the association. The itemized list of stock in which FM-equipped stores jumped their sales over nonequipped stores included some with increases as high as 260 per cent, he said. NEED RECORDING TAPE IN A HURRY? 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