Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

The National Daily Newspaper of Commercial Radio and Television VOL. 49. NO. 26 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 9. 1949 TEN CENTS NBC'S TV-DEPT. NOW SEPARATE ENTITY Newsmen Gathering For Nat. Convention An advance guard of the National Assn. of Radio News Directors arrived in New York earlier this week to wrap up arrangements for the NARND's annual convention, which will open at the Commodore Hotel on Friday and continue through Sunday, Nov. 13. The NARND board of directors will hold its first pre-convention meeting tonight at 8, and will meet intermittently throughout Thursday. Visits by NARND members to United Nations headquarters at Lake (Continued on Page 8) Sale of Farnsworth Held Legal By Court Fort Wayne, Ind. — Sale of Farnsworth Television and Radio Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind., to International Telephone & Telegraph Co. was held valid in a recent (10-28) 31-page opinion given by Judge Luther M. Swygert in U. S. District Court at South Bend. The decision came as a result of a suit by Robert W. Kenny, Los Angeles, a Farnsworth stockholder, seeking to void the sale. Salient (Continued on Page 2) FCC's 'No' To WJR Plea Upheld By Capital Court Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington— Right of the FCC to refuse to hear WJR's objection to its granting a permit for a new station on the 760 band in Tarboro, N. C. was upheld Monday by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Last spring the court had sent the case back to the Commission on appeal from (Continued on Page 6) AWB Resolution A resolution urging perpetuation of the Association of Women Broadcasters by the NAB was adopted by the district meeting of AWB in New York on last Saturday. The resolution was sponsored by Dorothy Lewis of United Nations, former director of women's activities at NAB and one of the organizers of the women broadcasters group. Script Service A new script service is being provided to women broadcasters on a monthly basis by the Public Relations Department of Barnard College, women's undergraduate unit of Columbia University in New York City. Two scripts of about two minutes each in length will be provided to every subscribing commentator on an exclusive gratis basis in her city. Material covered will include college anecdotes, information on current topics gleaned from visiting lecturers and members of the College faculty, miscellaneous items about student activities, and trends of particular interest to women. MBS Sets 6-Mo. Long Adv. Drive In Trades Full-scale plans for a six-month long major advertising campaign involving two-page spreads in the trade press, starting the week of Nov. 21, have been completed by the Mutual Broadcasting System, it has been announced by Robert A. Schmid, MBS v-p in charge of advertising, promotion and planning. The series is designed to promote (Continued on Page 2) Religious Video Workshop To Be Held At Syracuse Syracuse, N. Y. — Plans for this year's first national religious television workshop, to be held here from Nov. 13 through Nov. 18, were (Continued on Page 2) To Be Headed By Vice-Pres. Weaver: Two Other Organizations Readied To Administer Sound, O & O Women VShow Info Needed, AWB Told "All agencies and all time buyers need more information about women's programs," and when such data becomes available, "your next week's pay check might be bigger," Linnea Nelson of J. Walter Thompson told a panel discussion during the weekend conference of the Association of Women Broadcasters. Miss Nelson pointed out to the (Continued on Page 6) WTPS On "Unlimited"; Other Activity At FCC Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington — The FCC has announced that it has reconsidered and granted the application of WTPS, New Orleans, to extend its hours from daytime to unlimited on the 940 band. The one kilowatt power the station uses in the day (Continued on Page 2) WMGM Sells Basketball To Five Local Sponsors WMGM, New York, will carry the complete 1949-1950 schedule of the New York Knickerbocker pro basketball team, under the joint sponsorship of Adler Shoe Stores, Buddy (Continued on Page 2) Sees Theaters Outbidding Nets For Exclusive TV Sports Rights St. Louis — About 25 "good-sized theaters," interconnected and equipped for large-screen TV, "can compete successfully for exclusive television rights to outstanding sports events," Nathan L. Halpern, TV consultant to Theater Owners of America and Fabian Theaters, said here yesterday. In an address before a convention of theater owners, Halpern pointed out that "the profitable future" of theater tele "lies in exclusive programs available only in the theater. In fact," he continued, "theater television cannot be properly tested for results until it is fed with exclusive programs." Since only 25 of the 17,000 theaters in the country could sew up national TV rights, "with the equipment and interconnection of about fifty good-sized theaters, it will be(Continued on Page 7) WEAVER Separation of NBC's TV network operations from other departments and activities of the web into their own integrated and self-contained organization headed by Sylvester L. (Pat) Weaver, vicepresident in charge of tele, was announced Monday by prexy Joseph H. McConnell. Long rumored in the trade, the announcement was the first official action to be made public following a thorough study of all NBC operations by the efficiency firm of Booz, Allen and Hamilton. Two similar organizations on the (Continued on Page 7) TBS, Kermit Raymond Salvage Plan Drafted Details of a plan whereby Howard G. Barnes, New York radio producer, will form a new corporation to take over the assets and operations of the Transcription Broadcasting System, Inc., and Kermit-Raymond Corp. were disclosed on Monday by a spokesman for the creditors. Associated with Barnes in the new corporation is Ray Bloch, head of Ray Bloch Enterprises, New York. The jointly-operated firms of TBS (Continued on Page 8) Cantor's Campaign Eddie Cantor, emcee of NBC's "Take It Or Leave It," launched his sixth annual "Give-a-Gift-ToIhe-Yank-Who-Gave" Christmas campaign on Sunday's broadcast. Each Christmas shopper is asked to buy a gift for a hospitalized veteran. The gifts will be collected and distributed by the American Legion, Jewish War Veterans, and Catholic War Veterans.