Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

Wednesday. November 30, 1949 RADIO DAILY: Miller Forecasts Era Of Great Prosperity (Continued from Page 1) dio out ot business." "There will be a healthy competitive race between radio and television with each medium getting its share of the advertising dollar," Judge Miller said. "The radio and TV industries never were more alert than they are today and the drive I for greater rec' o g n i t i o n is bound to produce results in increased revenue." He added that .. F this also applies to newspapers. "Anyone who believes that radio or TV is hurting the newspapers can look at newspaper advertising revenue which right now is three times greater than radio," Miller declared. It was announced at yesterday's meeting that NAB would conduct its February meeting of the board of directors in Phoenix. C. E. Arney, Jr., secretary-treasurer, in making the announcement credited the Arizona climate and the hospitality of the Southwest broadcasters for the decision. Guests of Broadcasters The visiting broadcasters were guests of Phoenix broadcasters at a cocktail party and steak fry on Monday night and yesterday the closing session of the two-day district meeting was given over to the subject of television with Rex Schepp, KPHO-TV, Phoenix; Wallace Boone, KNBH, Hollywood and William B. Ryan, KFI and KFI-TV, leading a panel discussion. Resolutions commending the Arizona broadcasters for their hospitality and expressing confidence in the recent action of the board on the Broadcast Advertising Bureau decision were among those adopted. The NAB delegation including President Miller, Maurice Mitchell, Ken Baker and Secretary Arney left here last night for the District 15 meeting which will be held in San Francisco, December 1 to 3rd. This meeting will be followed by the 11th District session at Salt Lake City on Dec. 5th and 6th. Iii New Role Gabriel Heatter, news analist, will pull a switch this Wednesday night when he undertakes a dramatic role on Mutual's Mr. Feathers dramatic airer. Heatter, who has two daily shows on MBS — "Mail Bag" and Gabriel Heatter Presents the News — will be cast as Gabriel Heatter, noted newscaster. Beatty Covers Air Crash For NBC News Broadcast (Continued from Page 1) York, was in the Texas City attending a Wholesalers and Manufacturers Association meeting. One of the first reporters to reach the site of the crash, Beatty immediately started to phone details into the network newsroom in New York. His 8 a.m. account of the crash scene was the first on the scene coverage. Beatty has fallen onto some of his biggest news stories while ostensibly on other assignments. The Mississippi Flood of '27, the San Juan Hurricane of 1930, and the Texas City disaster a few years back were all covered by him "while on other assignments." He won the Headlines Award for his Texas City coverage. Will Honor Gertrude Berg With Presentation (Continued from Page II program, for her ceaseless efforts in promoting interfaith understanding, at the Hotel Astor, Tuesday evening, December 13th, Saul E Rogers, president of the entertainment industry unit of B'nai B'rith has announced. Ed Sullivan, Broadway columnist and TV star, will present the Cinema Lodge 1949 Interfaith Award to Mrs. Berg before leaders of the television, radio and motion picture industries. Louis A. Novins, Paramount Pictures executive and former counsel to the Anti-Defamation League, will be the key speaker of the evening. Round-The-Clock Sked Set By Ripley At WPTR Albany — In the first major move since he became manager of WPTR a month ago, Fred -R. Ripley has put the station on 'round-the-clock operation. It is the first time an Albany station has regularly broadcast for 24 hours. New policy, which went into effect Monday, is the result of many requests from listeners in the area served by WPTR for an "all night station," Ripley explained. The six-hour period, from midnight, is being filled by "Northeast Night Owl," disc jockey show featuring Ray Jensen. Jensen joined WPTR as engineer several months ago. He is a graduate of the Syracuse University Radio School. New WOR Account Execs. Carlo F. Zezza and John W. Doscher have been named WOR account executives, according to John W. Nell, sales manager. Zezza, who came to the United States in 1934, has been in charge of industrial sales in the New York area for the Pyle National Company of Chicago. Doscher has been with the Nash Co., Hearst Newspapers and the American Tobacco Co. LANG-WORTH FEATURE PROGRAMS, Inc. 113 WEST 57th STREET, NEW YORK 19, N. Y. Network Calibre Programs at Cocal Station Cost Lang-Worth Feature Programs, Inc. 113 West 57 St., N. Y. 19, N. Y. Gentlemen: Speak up — I'm listening! Send me, without charge or obligation: □ Complete information on the New Lang-Worth Transcription □ Sample of the New Lang-Worth Eight-inch Transcription NAME TITLE — CITY STATION STATE