Broadcasting (July - Dec 1941)

THE statements by NBC President Niles Trammell and CBS President AVilliam S. Palej' before tlie Senate Interstate Commerce Committee considering the Wliite Resolution have been issued as boolilets by the uetworlis. Shepard Is Named to Serve as Chairman Of NAB National Radio Defense Group APPOINTMENT of a National Radio Defense Committee of the NAB, to collaborate with Governmental defense agencies in future planning, was announced last Friday by NAB President Neville Miller. The committee was appointed pursuant to a resolution adopted at the NAB convention in St. Louis May 12-15. John Shepard 3d, Yankee Network, was named chairman of the committee, which is scheduled to hold its first meeting in Washington Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Other basic committee members are Ben Ludy, WIBW, Topeka; Leo Fitzpatrick, WJR, Detroit; H. Vernon Anderson, WJBO, Baton NBC STATION WTCN Offering 2 MARKET For file Price of One ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS With Population OVER 800,000 Write for Details of Programs and Time Available, Rates, Market Data, and Information on Merchandizing Service FREE & PETERS, IK., Exclusive National Representatives New York Chicago Detroit Los Angeles Son Francisco Atlanta I Rouge; A. J. Fletcher, WRAL, Raleigh. NBC and CBS have not yet formally named their representatives but they are expected to be F. M. Russell, NBC Washington vicepi'esident, and Harry C. Butcher, CBS Washington vice-president. District Liaisons In addition, Mr. Miller has asked the 17 district directors to designate a broadcaster in each district to serve as field liaison representative for the committee. District members, however, will not attend the Washington conferences regularly. At the initial sessions, it is expected the committee will meet with public relations and radio officials of the Army and Navy as well as other Governmental agencies identified with defense. With the increased defense tempo, the NAB convention, based on recommendation of its board of directors, had decided upon appointment of such a committee. Ed Kirby, public relations director of the NAB now on leave as radio chief of the War Department public relations branch, originally had urged creation of such an industry committee. SUMMER SCHEDULE ARRANGED BY FCC ALTHOUGH no definite plans have been announced, it is indicated the FCC during the summer months will go into quasi-recess, with no schedule of meetings and employing the same less-than-quorum procedure followed in previous years. Chairman Fly at a recent press conference said the FCC will hold "frequent, if not regular meetings." No regular schedvile for meetings is likely, and meetings may be held and actions taken without presence of a quorum. All sections, however, are subject to ratification by the full FCC. The principal proceeding is the newspaper ownership hearing, set for July 23. The Commission would sit en banc on this matter. It is believed this proceeding may be postponed again, however, probably until Sept. 15. Few of the six commissioners have formulated any definite plans for their summer activities. Commissioner Case was expected to return to his office about July 8 after a short time at his summer home on Narragansett Bay. Commissioner Wakefield, scheduled to preside at a telephone hearing in Hoquiam, Wash., on Aug. 18, may leave early in August for a brief visit on the West Coast, it is understood. He will return to Washington via St. Paul, where he plans to attend the meeting of the National Assn. of Railroad & Utility Commissioners on Aug. 26. Commissioner Craven is vacationing in New Jersey for the next few weeks, but plans to return to Washington for any important proceedings. FAT MAN'S MIKE used in NBC Chicago studios. Because NBC engineers claimed the network's biggest wordmen couldn't get close enough to the mike to do their selling jobs properly, they rigged this stand up for Announcers Michael Roy (white coat) and Ed Wilson. Lorillard Switch P. LORILLARD Co., New York, sponsoring Don't Be Persorml on 7 CBS Pacific Coast stations, Sunday, 8:30-9 p.m. (PST), for Sensation cigai-ettes, on July 6 switched the product to Beechnut cigarettes. A contest for men in military training offers $15 for prize-winning letter of the week relating camp incidents. Agency is Lennen & Mitchell, Hollywood. RUDY VALLEE PRESENTS Inc., new Hollywood talent agency, has filed articles of incorporation with the California Secretary of State. Concern plans to issue 100 shares of no par value stock. Listed as directors are Ted Lesser, Mannie Lowy, Claire Lesser and Rudy Vallee, star of the NBC liiidi/ Vallee Show sponsored by National Dairy Products Corp., (Sealtest ) . CKCR. 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