Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

2 RADIO DAILY Thursday, November 17, 1949 Vol. 49, No. 31 Thurs., Nov. 17, 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. Alicocjte, 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. Ci>b\e 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 Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Hil Tate, Manager. 360 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 16) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE ABC Admiral Corp. Am. Tel. & Tel. CBS A CBS B Philco Philco Pfd. . RCA Common RCA First Pfd. . Stewart-Warner Westinghouse Westinghouse Pfd. Zenith Radio .... NEW YORK Hazeltine Corp. . . Nat. Union Radio OVER Du Mont Lab. , . Strombcrg-Carlson WCAO (Baltimore) WJR (Detroit) High 75/g 29 146 24 V4 24 295/8 82l/2 12 V4 733/4 11% 27'/8 100 28 Low Close 71/2 71/2 Net Chg. 285/ 1453/4 237/8 24 293 8 82 12 73 lll/j 263/4 100 273,4 STOCK EXCHANGE I41/2 Hi/2 141/2 21/2 23/g 21/2 THE COUNTER Bid 133/4 131/2 17 71/2 29 146 24 24 29i8 82 121/4 73 IH/2 27 100 273/4 + ¥4 + Vb % Va v» Asked 143/4 143/4 21 8 Day To Lecture Harold Day. director of AM and TV sales development for ABC spot sales, will address the radio school <jf Fordham University today on "Local Selling By Radio and Television." RCA INSTITUTES, INC. A Service of Radio Corporation of America One of the leading and oldest schools of Radio Technology in America, offers its trained Kadio and Television technicians to the Broadcasting Industry. Our graduate* have 1st Clans Telephone License. Address inquiries to Placement Director RCX INSTITUTES. Inc. 350 W. 4th St., New York 14, N. Y * COmiNG AND GOING a A. R. HEBENSTREIT, owner and president of KGGM, Albuquerque, N. M., is in town this week for conferences at the headquarters of the Columbia network. SALLY LOU RUSKA, secretary to the column editor in the press department of NBC, is in Chicago this week on business. RAY VIR DEN, president of Lennen & Mitchell, Inc., and NICHOLAS KEESELY, vicepresident of the agency in charge of rodio and television, are in Minneapolis for today's presentation of the Old Gold Amateur Hour over ABC from the Municipal Auditorium, all proceeds, as usual, going to local charities. BEN LUDY is in town. The general manager of WIBW, Topeka, Kans., was in conference Tuesday at the offices of CBS, with which the station is affiliated. OR. E. M. HONAN, engineering manager of Altec Lansing Corporation, has arrived from the West Coast. ARTHUR MORTENSEN, merchandising manager of the Columbia Pacific Network, has left on a 10-day tour of the Northwest, where he will visit web affiliates. DOUGLAS MANSHIP, vice-president of WKBO, Baltimore outlet of NBC, is in New York for talks with station relations officials of the web. JOHN REICH, director of the Television Workshop, in Pittsburgh this week to direct Hippolytus at Carnegie Tech. SIDNEY ASCHER, publicist, off tor Washington, D. C, to confer with Vincent Gallagher, owner of the King Cole Room. BOB EMERY, whose "Small Fry" video show is featured on the DuMont network, and LEONARD COPELAN, sales manager of Peter Puppet Playthings, are back from Chicago, where Em°rv made a personal appearance before 15,000 "small Fry" at The Fair, big Windy Citv deoartment store. Rocky Mountain Council Marks 10th Anniversary (Continued from Page 1) achievements since its inception in 1939. and detailing its work during the last two years. From Aug., 1947, to Aug., 1949, the Council broadcast over its 37 cooperating stations and 11 other outlets programs totalling 1,760 hours and 30 minutes. Computed at commercial station rates, this time was worth $197,506.69, the Council reported. The programs ranged in type from discussions of the United Nations to lectures on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Haiti Honors Olga Druce Olga Druce, author, producer and director, whose "House of Mystery" program is heard each Sunday on Mutual from 4-4:30 p.m., yesterday was honored by the Republic of Haiti at a luncheon in the Hotel New Yorker. In recognition of her efforts in bringing to Americans a better understanding of the island republic Miss Druce was presented a carved mahogany bowl. Boys' Choir On ABC Stanley Home Products. Inc.. will sponsor a one-time half-hour broadcast of the Boys' Town Choir over the full ABC network on Dec. 11, at 5 p.m. Charles W. Hoyt Co., Inc., is the agency. The show will originate at Boys' Town, Nebraska. JIMMY DURANTE, in New York for a night club engagement, conferred yesterday at the press department of NBC. LEON LEVINE, director of discussion broadcasts at CBS, has returned from Atlantic City, where he delivered an address at the New Jersey Education Conference. BOB KERNS, managing director of WLOK, Lima, Ohio, is spending this week in New York for conferences with station reps and with Tom Harker, national sales manager of the Fort Industry Company. SID DESFORS, head of the photo section in the press department of NBC, left Sunday for Europe on a tour of Air Force bases with the program company of the network's "Grand Ole Opry" show. GENE JANUZZI, radio and drama writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is in New York doing a special story on Mrs. Mildred Fite, now in town as winner of a KDKA "Cinderella Week-End." LEONARD REINSCH, managing director of Consolidated Radio Stations, has arrived from Nashville on a short business trip. Visited Tuesday at NBC. HAL LE ROY has arrived in New York and is rehearsing for his video appearance Saturday on "Cavalcade of Stars." HARRY COPLAN, producer and emcee of "Meet the Missus" on the Columbia Pacific Network, is back in Hollywood following a week in Las Vegas, Nev. MARIO BERINI, lyric tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, also heard widely on the air, is aboard the Mauretania bound for Europe. He will do eight BBC broadcasts and has scheduled a lengthy concert tour. Increased Music Fees Sought in Canada (Continued from Page 1) T. Thorson. resident of the Exchequor Court. This year, the Association charges radio stations $272,163. In 1950, it will seek $292,718. The amount would be divided equally among private stations and the CBC. Broadcast Music, Inc., will seek $41,155 from private stations. This year it obtained $38,880. It did not indicate how much it will seek from the CBC for the use of works owned by BMI. Fees collected by C.A.P.A.C. and B. M.I, are paid to the authors of the works used by radio stations, theaters, dance bands and the like. C. A.P.A.C. reclassified and increased some tariffs, particularly on dance band or musical performances in various places. Details of the changes will be explained when the Association appears before the Copyright Appeal Board, probably next January. Stork News Waterbury, Conn. — Jim Logan, announcer at WWCO. Waterbury, is the father of a son born to Mrs. Logan October 30 at St. Mary's Hospital. Too wet for the duck iiiiilHHt The water in this tank has been treated chemically to make it "wetter" — more effective in fire-fighting. And the poor duck finds that it's harder for him to keep afloat in it. Advertisers are finding it harder to keep afloat these days in the tough, competitive markets. And in Baltimore they are turning to W-I-T-H to produce low-cost sales. You can do so much with so little money on W-I-T-H! It's the station that's famous for delivering more listeners-perdollar than any other station in town. So if you're looking for a BIG BARGAIN in radio time, call in your Headley-Reed man and get the full W-I-T-H story. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Tom Tinsley, President • Represented by Headley-Reed