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Februp.ry 11, 1933*
"BROADCAST ACQUIRES "BROADCAST ADVERTISING"
Acquisition by "BroP-dcasting Magazine", of Washington, of the publication rights to "Broadcp,st Advertising", formerly published in Chicago by Gustav Stamm, was announced this week by Broa.dca.sting Publications, Inc. "Broadcasting Maga¬ zine", Trade Journal of the Broadcasting Industry, established in October, 1931 » has taken over the circulation, advertising contracts, good will, etc, of the Chicago magazine, which suspended publication in January.
"Broadcast Advertising" has been published for ne^'rly five years as a monthly. "Broadc^isting Magazine" will continue an a. semi-monthly, with Martin Codel as Editor and So''. Taishoff as Managing Editor. F. G. Tp.ylor continues as Advertising Ma.nager .
RADIO EMPLOYMENT DOWN
Reports ha.ve been received by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor from 39 radio manuf a.cturers who gave their December employment at 12,172 a decrep.se of 9*3 psr cent compared with November and of 13*1 per cent compared with December 1931 • Reports from these sane manufacturers showed that the average weekly December payroll was $320,059 a decrease of 12.8 per cent compared with November and of J)0,G per cent compared with December 1931*
RADIO PROGRAIA WINS PRAISE
Editor and Publisher, newspaper trade magazine, in t'ne February 4 issue pub¬ lished an editorial praising the broadcast of the famous trial and acquittal of John Peter Zenger, accused of libeling the British governor of New York nerorly 200 years ago. The historical broadcast was sponsored by Fleischmann* s Yeast.
The broadcast, sa.ys the editorial, serves as "an example of radio at its best as an educational force". "This paper has not hesitated in the past to criticise the inanities shown by much broadcasting," says the editorial. "In the present instance a bow to the makers of Fleischmann’ s Yeast, for an intelligent, useful program" .
INTERVENE IN SHULER CASE
The American Civil Liberties Union this week filed a brief as friend of court in the Shuler case in the Supreme Court of the United States. The brief sets out that the decision of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, upholding the Federal Radio Commission, abridges the constitutional right of freedom of speech. The license of Station KGSF, Los Angeles, California, was taken away by the Comiaission, because of statements made over the station by the Rev. "Bob" Shuler.