Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

2 RADIO DAILY Friday. November 4, 1949 Vol. 49, No. 24 Friday, Nov. 4, 1949 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE : : Publisher FRANK BURKE : : : : : Editor MARVIN KIRSCH : Business Manager Published daily except Saturdays. Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Brozjdway, 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. AlicoLite, 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. Coble address: Radaily, New York. WEST COAST OFFICES Allen Kushner, Manager 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Gladstone S436 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older. Chief 6417 Dahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Hal Tate, Manager. 360 No. Michigan Ave. Phone: Randolph 6-6650 SOUTHWEST BUREAU Paul Glrard, 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., under the act of March 3, 1879. FINANCIAL (November 3) — NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Net High Low Close Chg. ABC 75/s 73/8 75/8 Admiral Corp 28 275/8 273,4 Am. Tel. & Tel. . . .1451/s 145 145 — Va CBS A 24l/4 235/8 24 — i/8 CBS B 241/4 24 24 Philco 2934 243/8 295/8 — l/8 Philco pfd 80y2 8OV2 8OI/2 — 1 RCA Common 123/8 121/8 121/4 RCA 1st pfd 73 72 73 + % Westinghouse 28% 28 28V2 — 1/4 Westinghouse pfd..l003/8 100 1003/8 — l/8 Zenith Radio 28y2 28i/2 28'/2 -f l/8 NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE Hazeltine Corp. ... 14l/2 14'/2 14l/2 + V4 Nat. Union Radio. . 234 25/8 2% OVER THE COUNTER Bid Asked DuMont Lab 20l/2 21 1/4 Stromberg-Carlson 13% 15 Top Programs Unchanged In Latest Nielsen List (Continued from Page 1) changed — Lux, Godfrey, Mr. Keen, Irma, FBI, and Suspense. The following programs shifted position markedly: Fibber McGee & Molly, from 12th place to 7th place; Bob Hope, from 19th to 12th; Mr. D. A., from 24th to 13th; Mr. Chameleon, from 25th to 14th; Mr. and Mrs. North, from 11th to 15th; The Fat Man, from 13th to 18th. Stork News Norman Ober, promotion writer for WCBS, is the father of a girl born Wednesday to Mrs. Ober at the New York Women's Infirmary. Newcomer, weighing six pounds, eight ounces, will be named Doris Wendy. For Posterity Hempstead, N. Y. — Copies ol two newscasts on WHLI describing the dedication of a new seven-million-dollar public building have been sealed for posterity in the building's cornerstone. The newscasts were written by Jerome J. Karpf, Jr.. WHLI news director. The building is a sewage disposal plant. WKAQ, San Juan, Sold By IT&T To Publisher (Continued from Page 1) newspaper. The deal covers WKAQ's three-story studio building in San Juan, a 5-kw transmitter and an antenna tower. The transmitter and tower are located at Sabana Liana, seven miles east of San. Juan. The property occupied by the latter equipment will be leased to the new owner as part of the contract. The studio building houses two main studios, four smaller studios, and a theater seating 150. According to IT&T, WKAQ is "the fifth oldest station in the world and the second oldest in Latin America." Although out of the broadcasting field, the Radio Corp. of Puerto Rico will continue to operate its worldwide radiotelephone network and direct radiotelephone service between Puerto Rico and her Caribbean neighbors, IT&T said. WLIP Remains On Air As 12 Staffers Strike (Continued from Page 1) independent, has continued to operate with a skeleton staff of seven. According to WLTP's owner and general manager, William L. Lipman, an NLRB hearing was to have been held in Kenosha on Nov. 10, at which time the certification of AFRA and IBEW as bargaining agents for WLIP employes was to have been discussed. The contingent on strike is composed of three engineers and nine free-lance "performers" and staff men. WFDR Planning Analysis Of Pre-Election Status WFDR, New York, FM station owned by the ILGWU, will air a statewide analysis of the New York political outlook on Sunday, 6:307 p.m. The program was produced by WFDR's special events department in cooperation with the news editors of seven New York stations in localities regarded as "crucial" politically. Each cooperating station contributed a taped or recorded segment. These were consolidated by WFDR, and each of the seven stations was sent a copy of the completed program for broadcast. The stations are WJTN, Jamestown; WGR, Buffalo; WIBX, Utica; WHCU, Ithaca; WSYR, Syracuse; WPTR, Albany; WHLI, Hempstead, L. I. Ad Council To Conduct Census Bureau Campaign (Continued from Page 1) nial Census, described as the "most comprehensive and important population, housing and agricultural survey ever conducted in the United States." Robert R. Mathews, vice-president of the American Express Company, has been named volunteer coordinator for the campaign. Benton & Bowles, Inc. will serve as the volunteer advertising agency. "The purpose of this public service campaign, as I see it now," Mr. Mathews stated, "will be to explain to the public the significance and objectives of the census and to encourage every citizen to answer the required questions willingly and accurately." Henry C. Wehde, Jr., is the Council's campaign executive on this public service project. Representatives of the Bureau of the Census working with the Council on the campaign are: Frank R. Wilson, information assistant to the director; and Earl A. Nash, information specialist. Facsimile Transmissions Resume Today At WFIL (Continued from Page 1) day and Friday of the current school year. The Phila. Inquirer stations, of which WFIL is the parent, transferred their facsimile equipment to Temple University last May 4. However, WFIL supervises the fax operations and lends personnel to the University for training and advisory purposes. WLIB Sets Negro Show 3 Hrs., Across The Board WLIB has completed its first step in plans calling for block programming aimed at New York's 1,000,000 Negro listeners with the signing of Hal Jackson, a Negro disc jockey from Washington and Baltimore for three hours of music, sports and human interest stories, Mondays through Sundays, 7-10 a.m. The show, titled "The House That Jack Built," previously was aired by four stations: WNIX and WOOK, both in Washington, and WEAM, Arlington, Virginia, and WSID, Baltimore. WLIB will start broadcasting the program on Nov. 6. Gilbert Named Director Richard Gilbert, recording director of Columbia Records' Masterworks Department, has been named director of the department, effective Nov. 1. Gilbert was recording director of RCA-Victor Red Seal Records before joining Columbia in October, 1948. Wedding Bells George Bell, announcer for WHLI, Hempstead, Long Island, was married to Edith Podel last Sunday. "Hey, is this all?" Mommy, the leopard, is complaining, and woe be unto anyone who gets near enough to listen to her! She isn't fussy about her food as long as she gets more! The radio advertiser also wants more. He wants more results at lower cost. And in Baltimore, that's where W-I-T-H comes in. W-I-T-H delivers more home listeners per dollar than any other station in town. But that's not all! A recent survey made under the supervision of the Johns Hopkins University showed that of all radios playing in taverns, 67.3% were tuned to W-I-T-H! So if you want low-cost results in Baltimore, just call in your Headley-Reed man and get the whole W-I-T-H story. And do it today! Baltimore 3, Maryland TOM TINSLCY, President Represented by Headley-Reed i