Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

RADIO DAILY: Thursday, November 3. 1949 Vol. 49, No. 23 Thur , Nov. 3, 1949 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher FRANK BURKE : : : : : Editor MARVIN KIRSCH : Business Manager Published daily except Saturdays. Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York, (18), N. Y., by Radio Daily Corp., J. W. Alicoate, President.and Publisher ; Donald M Mersereau, Treasurer and General Manager; Marvin Kirsch. Vice-President; Chester B. Bahn, Vice-President; Charles A. Alicotite, Secretary. Terms (Postage free) United States (other than California) $10.00 one year; California, $15.00. Foreign, $15.00 Address all communications to Radio Daily. 1501 Broadway, New York (18), N. Y Phone Wisconsin 7-6336, 7-6337. 7-6338. Cc'ble address : Radaily, New York. WEST COAST OFFICES Allen Kushner, Manager 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Gladstone 8436 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older. Chief 6417 Dahlonega Rd. 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Television % % WCAO (Baltimore) 16 WJR (Detroit) 7 1/4 8% Stork News Ralph Austrian, television consultant, became a grand-father the past week-end when a son was born to his daughter, Gail and her husband. Harry Ingram, at Lenox Hills Hospital on Saturday, Oct. 29. RCA INSTITUTES, INC. A Service of Radio Corporation of America One of tin leading and oldest schools «i f C.i-lii. Technology in America, offer* it* trained Kadio and Television technicians to the Broadcast ing Industry. Oitr graduate* have I ' Clan* Telephone Licen$e. Address inquiries to Placement Director RCA INSTITUTES, Inc. 350 W. 4th St., New York 14, N. Y Richards To Address Coming NARND Meeting (Continued from Page 11 er.al outstanding speakers on the opening day of NARND's third annual convention November 11th. The convention at the Hotel Comimodore continues through Sunday, Nov. 13. The Voice of Democracy Contest is for high school students. It is sponsored by the NAB, National Junior Chamber of Commerce and Radio Manufacturers Association in cooperation with the United States Office of Education. The contest is now under way and continues through Saturday. Exhibitors Invited Leading tape and wire recording manufacturers have been invited to display their newest devices to the NARND convention. And a number have signified that representatives will be on hand. The chairman of the NARND convention committee, Jack Shelly, news manager of radio station WHO, Des Moines, Iowa, points out that the convention is not restricted to NARND members. Anyone interested may attend. BMB's Subscriber-Data May Go To Non-Members (Continued from Page 1) ment this year and will make available non-subs°riber data to BMB members," Baker declared in describing the improvements incorporated in Study No. 2 over the original study of 1946. The stations' report is expected to be ready next month with the networks' data to follow later, date as yet unknown. Baker pointed out that in the 1949 measurement, "we have only about 600 subscribers out of a potential of 1,800." while in the 1946 study, there were about 700 subscribers out of a potential of 900 subscribers. The present year's non-subscriber data will be available only to subscribers upon request. "Until the broadcasters are convinced that BMB data are in demand," Baker said, "the reports will not be available to nonsubscribers." The cost of the nonsubscriber data will be determined by the area affected. WKBW Stages Party Buffalo — Halloween was ushered into Buffalo in great style by WKBW with a radio Halloween celebration. The weekly broadcast of Junior Jamboree was transformed into a Halloween Party with 1,000 youngsters appearing in costume at the Colvin Theater in Buffalo. The regular line of prizes were given away during the broadcast after which movies were shown and a parade was featured with prizes going to the best costumes of the guests. Highlight of the party was the giving of a cocker spaniel puppy by a drawing which was a complete surprise. Prizes ranged from bicycles to candy. Max Robinson was master of ceremonies at the party. Two Yankee Stations Leased To Baybutt (Continued from Page 1) provide more individualized and thus improved operation for the stations. As first steps in the expansion program, Ray Brown, formerly manager of WEAM, Washington, D. C, was recently placed in charge of WAAB, while Abbott Smith takes over managership of WMTW. RATEL representatives, Inc. will be the national spot representatives for both stations. WAAB and WMTW continue as Yankee and Mutual affiliates and, in addition to their newly inaugurated local programs, will participate in the recent Yankee Network purchase of six hours weekly of M-G-M transcribed programs. Scientific Freedom Vital, Says Sarnoff (Continued from Page 1) sary of Cooper Union, Sarnoff foresaw the day "when every part of the world will become a television vista. We shall look across the hemispheres from nation to nation and see as clearly as we are now accustomed to hear by radio." And he added: "Perhaps this added sense of neighborliness will help us better to understand each other." COminG and goim JOHN H. NORTON, JR., vice-president of the American network in charge of the central division, in New York on a short business trip. GERTRUDE GROVtR, women's editor of WHCU, Columbia network outlet in Ithaca, N. Y., is expected in town today to attend the meeting of District 2, Association of Women Broadcasters. She will remain here over the week-end. FORD BILLINGS, commercial manager of WWCO, Waterbury, Conn., and BOB CRAGER, program manager, are back at the station following business trips, the former to the NAB regional in Boston, the latter to the BMI meeting in New York. WALTER WINCHELL left Tuesday for Florida. His American network broadcasts, starting this Sunday, will emanate from Miami. KEN SPARNON, field representative of BMI, is off again for an NAB regional, this time to Asbury Park for the meeting now being held by District 1. JOHNNY DEEGAN, disc-spinning emcee of the "Mid-day Revue" heard on KYW, Philadelphia, is in Pottstown, Pa., where tonight he will be the principal speaker at the Rotary Club's Ladies Night. KEITH BYERLY, general sales manager for WBT and WBTV, Charlotte, N. C, will be in New York all next week for conferences with agency officials and with executives of CBS Radio Sales. DON DUNPHY, American network broadcaster, tomorrow will be in Chicago to broadcast the Jones-Campbell boxing bout. 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