Broadcasting (Jan - June 1940)

CONTROLS ROOM ; LESTER H. CARR, formerly chief i engineer of KSTP, St. Paul, has been • appointed engineer in charge of the iWBBM-CBS transmitter near Glen; view, ni., according to Frank B. Falk. ner, operations engineer for the CBSCentral division, and chief engineer of , WBBM, Chicago. Carr was named to 'succeed L. A. CPat) Paulson who died recently. At the same time, Falkner named D. H. Little as transmitter r supervisor for the Glenview plant. DICK BAILEY. CBS Hollywood sound effects engineer, and Winifred . Gayle were married in Altadena, Cal., Feb. 11. :ROBERT NICHOLS recently resigned • as chief engineer of KSRO. Santa Rosa. Cal.. and was succeeded by Howard McCauIey, with the station for the past year. DWELLE S. HOAG, operator of W8EID, and Benjamin Grovatski, new to radio, have joined the engineering staff of WGNT, Newburgh, N. Y. Robert R. Clearwater has taken over as control operator in WGNY's Poughkeepsie studio. WILLIAM NUGENT, NBC Hollywood sound effects engineer, and Shirley Munkelwitz of New York, were married Feb. 16 in Yuma, Ariz. OSCAR M. HAVEKOTTE, a director of the company for the last eight years, has been elected president and general manager of International Stacey Corp., effective Feb. 19. He succeeds the late Lewis J. Brown. ROBERT MINTON has joined the engineering staff of WRBL. Columbus, Ga., succeeding Drew Adamson, who left to join AT&T. KEN SHIRK, chief engineer of WIND, Gary, Ind., married Isabell Brown on Feb. 13. EDWARD A. KROENKE, graduate of Midland Television School, has joined KMBC, Kansas City, as transcription engineer. J. R. POPPELE, chief engineer of WOR, Newark, has been appointed chairman of the Newark Red Cross Roll Call, which opens March 13. GILBERT McDonald, controlman of WOV, New York, is the father of a seven-pound girl born recently. IR. R. OWEN Jr., for 14 months with the engineering staff of WATL, Atlanta, has joined WAPO, Chattanooga. A. S. PARRISH, formerly radio service man in Unionville, Mo., has joined the engineering staff of KWOC, Poplar Bluff, Mo. GILLETTE OWENBY, engineer of KVOO, Tulsa. Okla., is the father of an eight-pound girl born recently. FRANCIS H. BOISVERT has been named chief operator of W K N Y, Kingston, N. Y. I Operators' Skis SEVERAL pairs of skis have been added to the permanent equipment of WIXPW, F-M station atop Connecticut's Meriden Mountain operated by WDRC, Hartford. The ski purchases were made after the recent New England blizzard completely isolated WIXPW operators — who now will be required to become competent skiers to insure uninterrupted operation of the station despite the elements. SPECIAL tribute to the efficient transmitter staff of WOR, Newark, for establishing a 1939 record of 8,221 hours of errorless technical operation was this trophy, presented on behalf of Western Electric Co. by F. R. Lack (left) to J. R. Poppele, WOR chief engineer, who accepted for the staff. The presentation was made Feb. 21 at a luncheon in New York. Federal Rule Clarifies Chief Engineers Status Under Wage-Hour Laws CHIEF ENGINEERS of stations who do not perform a substantial amount of work of the same character as that performed by men working under them are classified as executives and therefore are exempt from the overtime provision of the Wage & Hour Act. according to an informal ruling Feb. 15 by Rufus G. Poole, associate general counsel of the Wage & Hour Administration. Replying to Joseph L. Miller, NAB director of labor relations, Mr. Poole said that if the only "non-exempt" work performed by a chief engineer is four or five hours in a 42-hour week, it was his opinion that such non-exempt work does not constitute a "substantial amount of work". Citing another case, in which a chief engineer spends one day out of five in doinsr the work of his subordinate, Mr. Poole said it was the Administration's opinion that the courts probably would consider 20% of an employe's work to be a "substantial amount" in which event the chief engineer would be considered to be performing work of the same nature as that performed bv non-exempt emploves. A third instance, in which a chief engineer does no regular wr>rk of the same character as subordinate's but irregularly relieves subordinates in an emprerency and in cases of illness, Mr. Poole said involves a ouestion of fact whether or not the "irregularity" of the substitute work performed constitutes a substantial amount of non-exempt work. WOV Announcers to ACA ANNOUNCERS of WOV, New York, who have been affiliated for two years wiht AGRAP. decided on Feb. 13 to forego the affiliation when the current contract expires March 15 and align in a combined front of announcers and engineers with the ACA. ACA will negotiate a new contract, effective March 15, with the usual ACA benefits. The WOV engineers have been represented by ACA for more than two years. PHILADELPHIA local (No. 28) of American Communications Assn., CIO union with jurisdiction over radio, has moved to new offices at 1626 Arch St. BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising