Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

2 RADIO DAILY Wednesday. November 2, 1949 * COmiNG AND GOING * Vol. 49, No. 22 Wed., Nov. 2, 1949 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE : : Publisher FRANK BURKE : : : : : Editor MARVIN KIRSCH : Business Manager Published daily except Saturdays. Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Bro;.<iway, New York. (18), N. Y., by Radio Daily Corp., J \V Alicoate, President. and Publisher; Donald M Mersereau, Treasurer and General Manager; Marvin Kirsch. Vice-President; Chester B. Bahn, Vice-President; Charles A. Alicotte, Secretary. Terms (Postage free) United States (other than California) $10.00 one year; California, $15.00. Foreign, $15.00 Address all communications to Radio Daily. 1501 Broadway, New York (18), N. Y. Phone Wisconsin 7-6336. 7-6337. 7-6338. Cable address: Radaily, New York. WEST COAST OFFICES Allen Kushner, Manager 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Gladstone 8436 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older. Chief 6417 Oahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Hal Tate, Manager. 3G0 No. Michigan Ave. Phone: Randolph 6-6650 SOUTHWEST BUREAU Paul Girard. Manager Tower Petroleum Bldg., Dallas. Texas Phone: Riverside 3518-9 Entered as second class matter, April 5, 1937, at the postoffice at New York, N. Y., "nder the act of March 3, 1879. FINANCIAL — (November 1) " NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Net High Low Close Chg. ABC 7% 75/8 77/b + Admiral Corp 27 V2 27V4 271/4 + Va Am. Tel. & Tel. . . . 144V4 144V2 I4434 + V* CBS A 24 233,4 24 CBS B 24 2334 24 Philco .... 285/8 2734 2834 + n/4 1 Philco pfd 81 V2 81 V2 81 Vj + RCA Common . . . . 123'8 12", 12V4 + Vb RCA 1st pfd 713/, 71'/, 713, + % Stewart-Warner . 125/s 125/, 125/, + Vb W^st'nghouse . . . . 29 2 8 % 28 3/4 + Vb West'nghouse pfd. iom/2 993/4 100>/j + Vi Zenith Radio 2734 2734 2734 Va NEW YORK CIHB EXCHANGE Nat. Union Rad;o 27/8 23/4 23/4 OVER THE COUNTER Bid A-ked DuMont Lab 14 15 Stromberg-Carlson 1 3% 15 Radio Week In Ohio Portsmouth. O. — Leal activities in connection w'th the obs^rvan^e of National Radio Week in~lude a special program bv the Portsmouth Amateur Rad'o Club on Saturdav night, and a spee-h bv Hugh M. P. Higgins before the K'wan's Club. Higgins is vice-pr*=s'dont and general manarr of WMOA. Marietta. O., and was formerly assistant director of broadcast advertising for the NAB. GORDON GRAY, vice-president of WIP, Philadelphia, yesterday was in New York on station business. WAYNE STEFFNER, sales manager of KNXColumbia Pacific Network, is on a business trip to San Francisco. PETER DONALD has returned from a series of charity appearances in Connecticut and has resumed his daytime comedy series, "Talk Your Way Out of It," also his weekly comedy appearances on "Can You Top This" broadcast over WOR. TED ABER, of Mohawk Carpet Co., sponsors of the Roberta Quinlan "Showroom" series on TV, is in Amsterdam, N. Y., planning the convention at which Roberta will sing. WILLIE SHORE, comedy dancer, is due from Buffalo for his guest shot this Saturday night on the television program, "Cavalcade of Stars." WILLIAM BRENNAN, manager of network sales in Hollywood for CBS, is spending a twoweek vacation in San Francisco. HAL HUDSON, manager of the CBS network television department in Hollvwood, has arrived in Gotham on business. He'll be here for ten days. NARND Agenda Set For Two-Day Confab (Continued from Pase 1) John Madigan of ABC; Phil Newsom of the United Press Radio; John Cooper of INS, and Ad Schneider of NBC will participate in a special discussion panel on TV news problems. All radio and TV newsmen, members and non-members, will be welcomed at the various panels. A special pre-convention tour of the United Nations has been scheduled for Nov. 10 at the invitation of UN officials headed by Benjamin Cohen, assistant secretary general of public information. The convention, itself, will be highlighted by talks by Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow. Discussion sessions will be devoted to profitability of news room operations, and coverage of disasters. In addition there will be a demonstration session on TV news and a debate between ABC news broadcaster Elmer Davis and New York advertising executive Charles Hull Wolfe, on the future of AM news in a period of TV ascendancy. Business sessions will feature the election of officers for 1950 and the possible adoption of a new and stiffer code of standards for news operations. "Voice" To Shortwave Alex Dreier Newscasts The Voice of America broadcast to European countries by the State Deoartment, will carry portions of scripts prepared by Alex Dreier, NBC news-aster, for his daily program originating from Chicago, and heard at 8:00 a.m., EST. Dreier recently returned from a five-week tour of nine European ountries, and incorporated his onthe-soot observations into his daily commentary. His material currently is being translated into several languages for use on Voice of America. CHET HUNTLEY, news analyst for KNX and the Columbia Pacific Network, left Monday for a six-week tour of Europe. BILL COSTELLO, chief of the CBS Far Eastern news bureau, who recently arrived in the U. S., is now on the West Coast to substitute while Huntley is abroad. ARTHUR CHURCH, general manager of KMBC, Kansas City, Mo., a visitor this week at the headquarters of CBS, with which the station is affiliated. G. RICHARD SWIFT, general manager of WCBS; DON MILLER, sales manager of the station, and DON BALL, program director, off for Asbury Park, N. J., to attend the meeting of District 2, NAB. WILLIAM ADLER, radio-TV violinist, is in town for some personal appearances and to fill an engagement at La Vouvray. JOHNNY O'CONNELL, account executive for Associated Program Service, will attend the NAB regional meeting in Asbury Park tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. EDWIN PIERCE, president of the dancing schools bearing his name and who has appeared from time to time on television programs, has returned from a business trip to Washington, D. C. BBC's American Staff Cut In Economy Move (Continued from Page 1) leave the BBC office next Monday is Alice Stamatis, publicity director who has been with the operation six years. Others include Heleyne Pauling, in charge of traffic and Harold Burns, head of administration. Henry Stracker, assistant to Sam Slade, North American program director, has been recalled to BBC headquarters in London. No curtailment of program service to stations in the United States is contemplated at this time, it was said. IT&T Prexy To Address New York REC Thursday (Continued from Page 1) Club of New York, to be held on Thursday at 12:30, at the Hotel Roosevelt. His topic will be "International Communications." Other special guests will include Frank White, president of Mutual; James Seward, CBS vice-president in charge of operations; Oswald Buchanan, IT&T treasurer, and J. M. Mathes, president of J. M. Mathes, Inc. Celebrated Anniversary Hartford — WCCC, Connecticut's Good Neighbor station, owned by William and Max Savitt, celebrated its 2nd Anniversary on October 26th by holding open house in their studios at the Hotel Bond. Air time from 3:00-5:00 was devoted entirely to personal interviews with sponsors, public officials, officers and members of the staff of the station led. by Syd Byrnes, program director. Douglas J. Bennet, executive secretary to Gov. Bowles led the air kick-off followed by Hartford's Mayor, Cyril Coleman. Both Hartford Newspapers were represented by top officials. Great Protector This little 2-pound Chihuahua feels safe on the paw of his 150-pound pal, the Great Dane. The big dog makes a great protector. 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