Broadcasting (July - Dec 1937)

the NAB and invites these groups to become departmentals in the JNAB. The Board also realizes that "the stations affiliated with network ;rompanies have problems unlike 'the problems of unaffiliated stations and that they should be organized as a departmental of the 81'AB; and that the organization structure of the Association must »>e sufficiently elastic as to permit ir and impartial representation \ arious groups and interests as .ly be created from time to time varying circumstances and conJitions." I In accepting this message, IRNA Expressed its "wholehearted cooption and support to the effectua:i of the purposes therein exessed" and authorized Mr. Eth: ige to appoint a committee to .Mnfer with the NAB board on all matters affecting the entire indus-;rv. The committee consists of Don -B. Elias, WWNC, Ashe\nlle, chairman; Don Davis, WHB, Kansas City; Edgar Bill, WMBD, Peoria; iSamuel Rosenbaum, WFIL, Philadelphia, and Edgar Bell, WKY, .'Oklahoma City. Preparatory to the special con.vention called by the Board, Presivdent Elmer has begun to draft plans for departmentalization of ':the trade association. Managing Director Baldwin also will draft a ["Complete report on the status of the musicians situation. All staitions, whether or not NAB mem•ibers, have been invited to attend the sessions. Mr. Allen's Statement ' Mr. Allen presented the following state^ ment to the NAB board through Managing Director Baldwin: I had been in hopes •"^at for once in the life of this Associan. the broadcasters, both big and little, d find their way clear to stand 4 are and fight for the common good of e industry as a whole. However, I realize V.-. more than ever before, that the inests of the broadcasters are so varied • the attainment of that goal is well n impossible. The compromise agreement that the Affiliated Stations have worked out for pre, sentation to the AFM will prove ruinous . to many and a very serious economic ' ' handicap to the majority of our local in3 dependent broadcasters and as a result there is nothing left to us but to fight our way out. Handicapped as we are in being forced to fight alone we will probably be • licked in the end, but I prefer to go down fighting. The local independent in its fight for economic life must make use of every weapon available and I am sure that some of these weapons will be frowned upon by some of my friends around this table and may even prove embarrassing : so, for [ that reason and in order that I may be I free to take whatever action I may think I essential to the local independent cause, I 1 feel I should discontinue serving on this i Board. Therefore, Mr. President. I here1 with tender you my resignation and eara nestly request that the Board take immediate action upon same. Three New Locals Approved by FCC; WIOD Granted 610 kc; Other Actions Brady Asks Injunction WILLIAM A. BRADY, New York theatrical producer, has filed suit in New York Supreme Court to prevent the broadcasting of Way Down East, sponsored by Sterling Products Inc., New York, for Phillips Milk of Magnesia toothpaste, j Danderine, and Haley's H-0. Defendants are Blackett-Sample-Hummert Inc., Bamberger Broadcasting Service, MBS and Chas. Phillips Chemical Co. Scheduled to resume Sept. 27 over WOR, New York, the , program is a 15-minute WBS tran i, scription series, heard five days a p week. [• Mr. Brady and his lawyers claim that he has been owner of the play and its title for 40 years. For a single broadcast of the play in i 1935, he received $750, the comi plaint says. The program was II broadcast on WOR last winter. THREE new local stations were authorized by the FCC Broadcast Division at its Sept. 14 meeting, bringing to 34 the number of new stations authorized for construction so far this year. At the same time the Division dismissed or denied six other applications for new stations. One of the new stations was granted without a hearing. Twin City Broadcasting Corp., Longview, Wash., w-as authorized to construct a new 250-watt daytime station on 780 kc. in that community, the division sustaining Examiner Hyde J. Elroy McCaw, of Centralia, Wash., who is also associated with the new KELA recently authorized in Centralia, Wash., is one of the chief stockholders, with 65 shares, the others being A. C. Campbell, president, Longview feed and fuel dealer, 821/^ shares; John McClelland, treasurer, publisher of the Longview Daily News, 62V2 shares; A. L. Raught Jr., vice-president, local manager of the Weyerhauser Timber Co., 20 shares, and A. W. Talbot, Seattle businessman, 20 shares. Clarence A. Berger and Saul S. Freeman w-ere authorized to construct a new 100-watt daytime station on 1200 kc. in Couer d'Alene, Idaho, Examiner Seward being sustained. Both are equal partners. Mr. Freeman, a resident of Spokane, is backer of the project and Mr. Berger, formerly with KHQ and KGA in Spokane and KOL in Seattle, will be manager of the station. Without a hearing, the Commission authorized the Wyoming Broadcasting Co. to erect a new 100-watt night and 50-watt daytime station on 1370 kc. in Rock Springs, Wyo. President of the concern is R. R. West, oil distributor and monumental works owner of that community, holding 50.98''r of the stock, and vice-president is Kenneth M. Nielsen, manager of a radio service concern, holding 48.99 9f of the stock. The Broadcast Division denied the application o f Peninsular Newspapers Inc., Palo Alto, Cal., for a new 250-watt daytime station on 1160 kc; dismissed with prejudice the application of Phillip Jackson for a new 100-watt daytime station on 1420 kc. in Brunswick, Ga.; dismissed without prejudice the application of C. S. Gooch for a new 100-watt station on 1500 'This WBNS Columbus, Ohio "This is Our Representative JOHN BLAIR & CO. "Ask John ... he knows" kc. in Amarillo, Tex.; dismissed with prejudice the application of John D. Fields Inc. for a new 100watt station on 1370 kc. in Las Vegas, Nev.; dismissed with prejudice the application of Robert E. Clements for a new 250-watt daytime station on 1160 kc. in Huntington Park, Cal.; dismissed with prejudice the application of the Young People's Association for the Propagation of the Gospel for 5,000 watts daytime on 640 kc. at Shark River Bay, N. J. In all cases the recommendations of the examiners were sustained. WIOD, Miami, an adjunct of the Miami Daily News, was granted a shift in frequency from 1300 to the choice 610 kc. channel, with 1,000 watts unlimited time. In sustaining Examiner Hyde, it made the order effective Oct. 26. Other important docket actions included: WEAN, Providence, granted an increase in day power from 1,000 watts to 5,000 watts on 780 kc. with night power remaining at 1,000 watts, unlimited time, sustaining Bramhall. WSMB, New Orleans, granted authority to install new equipment and increase day power from 1,000 watts to .^5,000 watts, with night power remaining at 1.000 watts on 1320 kc, sustaining Examiner Seward. A directional antenna was specified. WLBK, Clarksburg, W. Va., an affiliate of the Clarkxhiirg Exponent, granted an increase in hours of operation from day time to unlimited, with 100 watts on" 1370 kc effective Oct. 19. WBCM. Bay City, Mich., granted an increase in day power from ,500 watts to 1,000 watts on 1410 kc, with night power remaining at 500 watts, sustaining Examiner Irwin. WSAU, Wausau, Wise, granted an increase in hours from daytime to unlimited on 1370 kc with 100 watts effective Oct. 12 sustaining Examiner Seward. KIEM, Eureka, Cal. granted an increase in day power from 500 watts to 1,000 watts with .500 watts at night on 1450 kc. unlimited time effective Oct. 5, with Examiner Seward sustained. KID, Idaho Falls, Idaho, granted CP to make changes in equipment and increase day power from 1,000 to 5,000 watts with .500 watts at night. WCBS, Springfield, 111., granted CP to make changes in equipment and increase day power from 100 to 250 watts and time of operation from specified to unlimited on 1420 kc. WEST, Easton, Pa., and WKBO, Harrisburg, Pa., granted modification of licenses to change hours of operation to simultaneous day and sharing at night in lieu of time sharing operations da.y and night. OPEN FOR SPONSOR "WALKS OF LIFE" To Sell Shoes By PAUL CRUGER Screen Writer Footsteps on the Sidewalk And Each Pair of Feet Tells A Dramatic Story. Write — wood RAWO PRODUCTIONS Hollywood, Calif. 220 Markham Bldg. . . . wood words tell . . . HIS BARBER, HIS CHAUFFEUR AND BUTLER DO! According to statistics, the wage-earner [and that means the 4,000,000 in WBNX's area] spends 76% of his income on standard advertised foods, cloth 1000 watts day and night ing and shelter. %4/il|y V "It's the Four Million u ho Listen to WBNX" |^ Wj YORK BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising September 15, 1937 • Page 75