Broadcasting (Jan - June 1936)

NAB Faces Split in Ranks {Continued from page 9) dent Fitzpatrick of the Nominating, Resolutions, Credentials and Elections committees. The first session will adjourn after this, leaving the afternoon free for group meetings, caucuses and the like. Both AIRS and NIB plan to hold membership meetings during the convention and it is believed the Monday afternoon free time will be utilized by them for that purpose. AIRS plans to base its future course upon the outcome of the NAB sessions and probably will hold another meeting immediately following the elections Tuesday afternoon. Edward A. Allen, NIB president, already has stated Sound Effects C From Life ) Extensive Library — Approximately 500 effects Custom Built Transcriptions Commercial Plating Duping and Pressing Write Us Your Needs Gennett Records (Dir. of The Starr Co.) Richmond, Ind. he intends to rally his membership of some 10.5 independent stations to the support of Managing Director Baldwin if that contingency arises. At the Tuesday morning session Mr. Sandage will deliver his census address. This will be followed by a panel discussion on how to organize a broadcasting station for selling. The discussion will, be led by H. K. Carpenter, general manager of WHK. Cleveland. At the Tuesday afternoon session there will be the election of officers and directors. The annual banquet will be held Tuesday night. At the concluding session on Wednesday the membership will hear the renorts of the Commercial, Engineeripo and Resolutions committees. At the afternoon session there will be general discussion and installation of new officers. Upon sine die adjournment the new board of directors will be convened and will consider, among other things, the rea^Tiointment of Mr. Baldwin as managing director, since his term expires annually with the election of the new board. Two resolutions offered at the last convention by Ed Craney, president of KGIR, Butte, Mont., are expected to precipitate considerable floor discussion. One would provide for election of directors by zones, with three from each of the five former radio zones, and one of whom shall be a local station renresentative. It specifies that active NAB members in each zone elect additional directors as mav The Good Old Summer Xime Is a good time to have your special program electrically transcribed for fall broadcast. Write us for our low prices for recording it here in the sound center of the world where the best in talent is always available. THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME is also transcription time. Write us for new low summer prices on the following programs : BILL, MACK AND JIMMY 100 episodes ADVENTURE BOUND 65 " HOLD THE PRESS 65 " *REPORTER OF ODD FACTS 100 " ^YESTERDAY BRINGS YOU TOMORROW 39 " CONTRACT BRIDGE SERIES 78 * Five Minute Spots. XssociArrwrS . INC. 2614 W. 7TH ST. • LOS ANGELES , CALIF be needed to fill the places of those from their respective zones whose terms expire at the annual meeting. The second would provide that the NAB board make effective a provision whereby non-profit organizations or groups would be given use of station facilities in time units of or more to be prorated equally among stations in particular communities. In full text, this proposal reads : Article VI — Insert after section (d) a new section as follows : "(e) To more effectively carry out the objects set forth in this article of this Constitution and in order to more effectively preserve the present system of American broadcasting, it shall be the duty of the Directors of this Association to immediately put into effect and operation, upon such terms and conditions to the membership as may be necessary, a plan designed to make the facilities of all licensed broadcasting stations in these United States available impartially to all bona fide non-profit organizations, or groups of like character. That such facilities shall be equally available on the stations operated by members of this Association in time units of 5% or such other and increased percentages or allotments of time as the membership may hereafter approve, provided, however, such allotments of time in excess of 5% shall not be used on any one member station until that amount has been used on all member stations. It is the intendment of this amendment that radio time should be thus given to only bona fide groups or bodies of non-profit organizations or character including religious, fraternal, educational labor organizations, and such other organizations as the Directors shall hereafter define as being non-profit, who will furnish their own programs, defray all costs and expenses therefor, and conduct them under their own supervision and responsibility. It shall be the duty of the Directors of this Association to make such rules, regulations, and provisions as are necessary and proper to carry out the terms of this amendment, and they have power to create a special department of this organization for that purpose. All programs of non-profit organizations carried over national networks shall count as part of the said time and the member affiliated stations agree, by the passage of this amendment, and their membership agreements herein, to allot solely by the provisions of this amendment for the purpose herein." Demands for Time THIS plan is designed to check the demands of many unqualified groups for time and at the same time provide adequate facilities on a non-commercial basis to bona fide organizations. The zone proposal was offered by Mr. Craney at the last convention but consideration was blocked by the provision of the NAB constitution specifying 30 days advance notice to the managing director and 15 days additional to the membership. Action on the proposal respecting election of directors is problematical. Since this resolution presumably will not be considered until the new officers and directors have been elected (on the preced j ing day) it could not become ef■! fective until next vear. It would , be possible to invoke the provision j this year if action on the resolution were called for prior to the ! election. ij The drastic effect upon the pres .i ent board membership of the Craney Resolution is shown in a ' breakdown of the nresent status [i| of board members. In the First J Zone, comprising the states ofi Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, | Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New ]' York, Delaware, Maryland and i District of Columbia, there are at ' present five board members. Un : der the Craney resolution this ' membership would be cut to three. '■ Terms of three of these members' expire, namelv, William S. Hedges and Frank M. Russell, NBC, and : I. R. Lounsberry, WGR-WKBW, Buffalo. Thus, there actually.': would be only one vacancy and:,: that would have to be filled by a^; local station man. 1: In the Second Zone, comprising Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan and Ken : tucky, there are only two present v members — W. Wright Gedge, WMBC, Detroit, and H. K. Carpenter, WHK, Cleveland, whose :; term exnires. Thus there would be s two vacancies to be filled in that zone. In the Third Zone, comprising North and South Carolina, Geor-s'2: gia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee,' ■: Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana.' Texas and Oklahoma, there are-, two members, Edwin W. Craig and S. Gordon Persons, both of whom ' remain in office. Thus there would] ' be one additional director to he]} elected, a local station man. In the Fourth Zone, comprisingjj" the states of Indiana, Illinois, Wis-p c o n s i n, Minnesota, North ancv South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska ! Kansas and Missouri, there art 'at present four directors. Th^j' terms of two expire — Arthur B 1^ Church and Gardner Cowles Jrt-Since there would be only one va ' cancy to be filled, and since neithei' of the retiring members ar€; "local" station men, it would mear the designation of a local repre sentative. The Fifth Zone comprising Mon-; tana, Wyoming, Colorado, Nev Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada! Washington, Oregon, and Call; fornia, at present has two direc:i tors. They are Ralph R. Bruntori and T. W. Symons Jr., both o:Iwhom continue in office. The newi man would have to be a local stai tion representative. 4 FREQUENCY MEASURING SERVICE Many stations find this exact measuring service of great value for routine observation of transmitter performance and for accurately calibrating their own monitors. MEASUREMENTS WHEN YOU NEED THEM MOST R. C. A. 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