Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

Tuesday. November 29. 1949 RADIO DAILY Tele-Sel Production Rapid, RM A Reveals Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington — Production of television receivers by RMA member companies is going along at a rapid rate, with the weekly turnout for the month of October amounting to 76,193 for a total of 304,773 sets during the month. This was about 35 per cent better than the September total — and RMA estimates that nonmember companies turned out enough ses to push the October figure to more than 360,000. This brings the year's figure to 1,707,613 sets for members, with total production for the first 10 months probably well over two million sets. FM-AM and FM-only sets turned out last month totalled 83,013, compared with only 70,936 the month before, with FM bands on 50,545 of the TV sets which came off the lines last month. The year's high was chalked up in the production of AMonly sets, with 587,267 reported. October total for all three kinds of sets was 975,053 sets— the 1949 high. Taylor Denies Charges Of 'Monopoly' By FTC (Continued from Page 1) licensed on a royalty basis, other wax paper manufacturers to use. The FTC said that Mr. Taylor, who purportedly collected $1,300,000 in royalties in the years 1931-'45, manufactured and sold under his own trade mark, Ad-Seal-It, printed inserts and outserts used by bakers for advertising media in transparent wrappers. Taylor Denies Charges Taylor stated yesterday that the FTC was late in bringing the charges to light and said that he had "nothing to cease and desist from" since all licenses referred to by the Commission had been rewritten two years ago. He likened his situation with that of a lessee in an apartment who had a dog and who, after signing a lease and moving in, found that a new apartment regulation prohibited dogs. "The only thing to do," said Taylor, is to rewrite the lease, an4, in our case, we did that more than two years ago." A commission spokesman said that the proceedings had started in 1946 and that the FTC found that Taylor held two patents, one covering the method of applying the advertising bands to the wrappers and the other covering the package resulting from use of the method patent. However, the FTC charged, Taylor does not own any patent right which gives him control over the manufacture and sale of AdSeal-It bands. The proceedings were brought under the FTC law which charges the commission with enforcing the statute against unfair trade practices. Taylor said that the FTC charges were "entirely academic" since the Battles Named President Of Radio Farm Directors (Continued meet. Other officers elected were: Phil Alampi, WJZ, New York, vicepresident, and Chris Mack, WNAX, Yanktown, South Dakota, secretarytreasurer. J^anel discussions occupied a major part of the confab with memoers agreeing that with increasing economic competition the farm department of a station could no longer be a luxurious step-child but xrom now on must stand «on its own two feet. In summing up the panel discussions Sam Schneider of KVOO, Tulsa, said that successful i!arm programming is not a one man job but must be a co-ordinated effort from all departments of the station including sales, publicity, programming and promotion together with the co-operation of the advertiser and agency. Citations were awarded farm directors who have served as agricultural broadcasters for more than ten years. Special recognition was given the following at the annual banquet here Sunday night, for more than twenty years service: Arthur C. Page, WLS, Chicago; John Merryfield, WWJ, Detroit; Wallace Kadderly, KGW, Portland, Oregon; George C. Kister, KMMJ, Grand Island, Nebraska; Bill MacDonald, KFAB, Omaha; Ken Gapen, United States Department of Agriculture, and Charley Stookey, KXOK, St. Louis. Ten-Year Men Listed Farm broadcasters receiving citations for more than ten years service were: Herb Plambeck, WHO, Des Moines; Jim Chapman, WTAM, Cleveland; Harry Campbell, WBBM, Chicago; Sam Schneider, KVOC, Tulsa; Charles Worchester, WMT, Cedar Rapids; Glenn C. Lorang, KHQ, Spokane; Layne Beatty, WBAF, Fort Worth; Amos Kirby, WCAU, Philadelpha; Everett Mitchell, NBC, Chicago; Phil Evans, KMBC, Kansas City and Emil Farmer Bill, WMBD, Peoria. For the first time regional meetings will be held with farm broadcasters from each respective area as well as colleges and others being invited to participate. Regional chairmen who will conduct the area confabs sometime during 1950 are: Mel Hanson, WOW, West North Central; Glenn C. Lorang, KHQ, Pacific Northwest; Henry Schact, from Page 1) KNBC, Pacific Southwest; Homer Martz, KDKA, East; and a chairman to be selected for the East North Central region. Chuck Worcester, chairman of the professional guidance committee, and farm director of WMT, Cedar Rapids. Iowa, announced that work has been completed for the groups' "Radio Handbook of Farm Broadcasting" and will be available shortly after the first of the year. Believed to be the first work of this kind ever assembled, the handbook will be of immeasurable aid to stations desiring to set-up a farm department, for new stations, colleges and others. Now comprising one hundred and seventy-five members, a drive will be instituted under the chairmanship of the new secretary-treasurer, Chris Mack, to increase the group's membership. The NARFD will also get together in Washington this summer, prior to Congressional adjournment, for meetings with the Department of Agriculture, Farm Congressional committees and farm organization people. Next year's annual confab will again be held in Chicago, just as this year, in connection with the 4-H Convention and International Livestock Exposition. Producer On "Sardi's" Today Frances Scott, radio and television producer, today will be one of Bill Slater's guests on "Luncheon at Sardi's" over WOR at 1 p.m. licensing agreement referred to had terminated in March along with the patents of the bread wrapping method. His company, which also manufactures the wrappers, issued licenses without charge, Mr. Taylor said, and required from the licensees a uniform royalty on sales actually made. Fax Presentation Made To Columbia 'U' (Continued from Page 1) apparatus has been installed in the Journalism Building on the Columbia campus. The gift includes a complete scanning assembly for recording of copy and 16 console receivers, spare parts and special paper for facsimile transmission. The equipment was manufactured by the General Electric Co. Calvin B. Conway Calvin B. Conway, 36, staff organist for WFAH, Alliance, O., and well-known dance band leader in that area, was killed Nov. 22 in a head-on automobile crash five miles east of Canton, O. He was also formerly employed by WHBC, Canton. Conway had his own orchestra in Canton for many years. His wife and two children survive. Will Sponsor Basketball Newark — Atlantic Refining Company has signed as sponsor for the twenty-one home basketball games of Seton Hall College over WNJR. it was announced by Harry Goodwin, station general manager. Bill Moore, WNJR sports staffer, will do the play-by-play with the second man yet to be named. Fashion Note Can you name the only radio personality who was (1) a speaker at the 1949 Fashion Designer Lecture Series at Carnegie Institute, (2) elected a regional director of the Pittsburgh branch of Fashion Group, Inc., (3) invited to accompany a recent Fashion Study Tour of France and England? Answer: Janet Ross, director of the KDKA Shopping Circle (9:30-10:00 AM, Monday through Friday). Can you give the number of replies pulled by two recent announcements on the Shopping Circle? Answer: 3,375, from 86 counties. Do you know how economically you can get your product on the Shopping Circle? For the answer call KDKA or Free & Peters. PITTSBURGH 50,000 WATTS NBC AFFILIATE KDKA WESTINGHOUSE RADIO STATIONS Inc WBZ • WBZA • WOWO • KEX • KYW • KDKA • WBZ-TV National Representatives, Free & Peters, except for WBZ-TV; for WBZ-TV, NBC Spot Salei 1