Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

VOL. 49, NO. 38 NEW YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1949 TEN CENTS NARFD NAMES OFFICERS, LISTS AWARDS Roy Battles Prexy; Phil Alampi Veep; 10-Year Farm Broadcasters Cited; Association ' Handbook9 Ready Mitchell Talk Feature OfDist. 16, NAB, Heel Phoenix, Ariz.— The 16th District, NAB, convention opened here this morning with greetings from Hon. Dan E. Garvey, Governor of Arizona. The meeting was called to order by Calvin J. Smith, NAB district director, and Austin Joscelyn, KNX, who introduced Maurice B. Mitchell, director of BAB. Mitchell gave his famous "Mitch's Pitch" on "Increasing Radio's share of the Advertising Dollars," "National Spot Business" and "How to Turn People into (Continued on Page 8) Hedges Named Chairman Of March Of Dimes Drive William S. Hedges, NBC vee-pee in charge of planning and development has been named chairman of the Radio & Television Broadcasting Stations Division of the fund raising drive for the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis, it was announced by Emil Schram, chairman of the greater New York 1950 March of Dimes. Mr. Hedges is also president of the Radio Pioneers. According to Mr. Schram, a quota (Continued on Page 2) GOP Publicity Director Dies Suddenly On Sun. Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington — William C. Murphy, Jr., 51, publicity director of the Republican National Committee, died on Sunday in his sleep of a heart ailment. Murphy assumed the Republican party post in May, 1945. after having served for 25 years as a political reporter in Washington. His news(Continued on Page 8) Reticent Washington — Assistant Attorney General Herbert A. Bergson, head of the anti-trust division of the Justice Department, has refused comment on reports that his division must decide shortly whether it will proceed with an all-out anti-trust suit against the three major nets. Bergson was absolutely unwilling to answer questions regarding the probe. Nightlifers After midnight radio programs draw American tourist trade, Corey Thompson, manager of CKVL in Quebec, told the Massey Commission on Arts, Letters and Sciences. He submitted to the Commission that all state-owned transmitters should give service 24 hours a day to attract holidaying Amezicans in Canada. — Col. Records Sets Radio Spot Campaign Columbia Records will use spot radio in local markets throughout the country in a special preChristmas campaign to plug their LP line. The spots will be in addition to the regular co-op shows used by local record dealers. The radio advertising will be supplemented by ads in local newspapers and national magazines, according to Ken McAllister, Co(Continued on Page 2) Hearing By FCC Dec. 20 On WHOM Shift To N. Y. Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington— The FCC has scheduled oral argument for December 20 on its proposal to deny the application of WHOM to move its studios from Jersey City to New York, it said yesterday. The studio shift had appeared to be merely a matter of formal approval, but ran into a policy shift during the long period in which it was pending. An initial decision is now out denying the change. Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington— The right of AT&T to monopoly in TV relay was examined by the FCC yesterday, as it held hearings on its initial decision ordering the company to permit inter connection with privately-owned relay systems for the intercity sending of TV programs. Western Union registered a stiff protest against the Commission order as drawn, on the ground that New England Group Form Regional Web Boston — -Twenty-one stations in six New England states have formed the New England Broadcasting System, Kettle-Carter, radio representatives in Boston, has announced. NEBS says the stations will be sold as a single unit, or by parts. The newly formed network is holding a sales meeting at Boston's Ho (Continued on Page 8) WJR Aids Farm Directors With Mobile Studio In Chi. Chicago — The complete facilities of WJR's mobile studio again were made available to the nation's radio farm directors meeting in Chicago for the National 4H Congress and the International Live Stock Exposition. The studio is lo (Continued on Page 2) KHQ Tower Damaged In Northwest Wind Storm More than 400 feet of the 826 foot tower owned by station KHQ. NBC outlet in Spokane, Wash., lay crumpled on the ground following the severe wind storm which last Saturday lashed the Pacific north (Continued on Page 8) while it would require interconnection, for instance, with Philco's microwave relay setup between New York and Philadelphia, it would not require inter-connection of AT&T circuits with Western Union facilities between Phladelphia and New York. The Commission proposal is that the Bell System be required to permit the use of the privately-owned (Continued on Pag* 7) Chicago — Roy Battles, farm director of WLW, Cincinnati, was elected president of the National Association of Radio Farm Directors at the group's sixth annual convention held here at the Stevens Hotel over week-end. Some one hundred and twenty-five farm directors were present here for the (Continued on Page 5) Fax Presentation Made To Columbia 'U' A facsimile transmission and receiving system has been turned over to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism by the New York Times, Dean Carl W. Ackerman announced yesterday. The equipment will enable students to study the techniques in the field of electronic communications, according to the dean. He says the (Continued on Page 5) Taylor Denies Charges Of 'Monopoly' By FTC Henry J. Taylor, ABC news commentator, yesterday denied Federal Trade Commission charges that his Package Advertising Company "tended to create a monopoly" in unpatented wax paper wrappers which Taylor is alleged to have (Continued on Page 5) Anniversary The second anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel by the United Nations will be observed by a special broadcast over WLIB today. The station will broadcast recorded excerpts from UN proceedings two years ago when the state was ap | proved. The program will also include music appropriate to the j occasion. W. U. Hits AT&T 'Monopoly' At Hearing On Video Relays