Broadcasting (July - Dec 1941)

iio's News Handling I held in FCC Survey 5RICAN broadcasters have a good, impartial job of covr war news, and there can be egitimate criticism of radio's iling of the news pro'blems ng from World War II, it was :ated by FCC Chairman James .frence Fly last Monday at his ;ly press conference. 5ked about the progress of the 's exhaustive survey of news commentator scripts, undern at the request of the SenInterstate Commerce CommitChairman Fly declared that nigh he could make no foreas to a date when the studies be completed, enough had I observed from the examined '^rial to indicate that the analy'Ivould show no decisive result no valid criticism of radio's coverage. 3 pointed out that the study a long and involved process, iling scrutiny of thousands of rate scripts. The survey was |;ed several months ago upon jfrequest of Senator Tobey (R[.), after charges that the may of radio newscasts and comItaries wer flavored with the ^intervention viewpoint. Igment Against ERPI 'jCopyright Stipulation Pigment in the amount of J77 was handed down Nov. 10 Sew York Federal Court by te John C. Knox against Elec.1 Research Products Inc., and kvor of John G. Paine, ASCAP Tal manager, and former agent trustee for 40 music publishing ies when he filed the original in 1936. -pe judgment was handed down jnswer to a stipulation by both y[3 agreeing on the sum, origi"1/ set at $149,948. ERPI, reily dissolved to form Electrical earch Products division of jtern Electric Co., was charged he original suit with the distripn in foreign countries of reiings of musical numbers upon l;h American copyrights were by the plaintiff publishing is. The suit is the last of many ns and counter-claims brought nst ERPI since it acted as a ■profit "go-between" agent for wishing houses and producers of 'lOn pictures using sound reling tracks. McCORMACK HONORED KWKH Manager Is Acclaimed By College Alumni OUTSTANDING tribute was paid Nov. 8 to John C. McCormack, general manager of KWKH, Shreveport, when he was named "Alumnus of the Year" by the Centenary College Alumni Council at the college's annual homecoming ceremonies. It was the first such designation by the college and now becomes an annual custom. It is based not merely on work for the college but on general qualifications. Mr. McCormack (left in photo) accepted the award from K. K. Kellam, president of the alumni council. The accompanying scroll says: "For excellence in achievement; for manifestation of manhood; for leadership in the affairs of men: his companions in the Centenary Alumni Council acclaim John Caston McCormack, member of the class of 1930, Alumnus of the Year, Homecoming, 1941." WTAG Power Boost WTAG, Worcester, Mass., will start operating with 5,000-watt fulltime power about Dec. 1, according to E. E. Hill, managing director. After FCC authorization of the power boost last spring, two new Blaw-Knox towers, 327 and 375 feet high, were constructed as part of the five-tower antenna system used in the 5 kw. operation. Construction was supervised by Jansky & Bailey, Washington consulting engineer firm. Prof. Hobart H. Newell, WTAG consulting engineer, and Elliot Browning, WTAG associate engineer. Program tests started Nov. 10. 11 Sign With Lang-Worth ELEVEN stations subscribing last month to the transcribed library service of Lang-Worth Feature Programs Inc., New York, according to Ralph Wentworth, include: WNAB, Bridgeport; WFIN, Findlay, Ohio; WDZ, Tuscola, 111.; KRLH, Midland, Tex.; WEIM, Fitchburg, Mass.; WCAU, Philadelphia; WPAY, Portsmouth, Ohio; WRRN, Warren, Ohio; WWPG, Lake Worth, Fla.; WAYS, Charlotte, and WIZE, Springfield, Ohio. JAX HANDY ORGANIZATION. New York. producer.s of commercial pictures, recently made a film in the WNBT. NBC television studios, exlilaining by stills, diagrams and animated cartoons the intricate processes of video. Picture titled "Magic in the Air" is for release about Dec. 1 by Chevrolet Motor Co., through Monogram Film Exchange. New York. Song Judges Are Picked For Coffee Competition JUDGES for the "coffee song" contest sponsored by the PanAmerican Coffee Bureau, New York, the winners of which will be announced on the company's NBC-Blue program featuring Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, have been announced as follows: Merritt E. Tompkins, vice-president and general manager of BMI; Leonard Joy, manager of RCA-Victor records; Emanuel Sacks, manager. Popular Recording Service, Columbia Records; Paul Laval, orchestra conductor on NBC programs; Dinah Shore, radio singer, and orchestra leaders Benny Goodman, Tommy Tucker, Sammy Kaye, Shep Fields and Vincent Lo^dcz. The winning song, to be announced Jan. 15, 1942, will be published by, or with the cooperation of, BMI under the standard music publishers contract. Purpose of the contest is to obtain a song about coffee which the Bureau can use as an advertising theme. WCBI, Columbus. Miss., now has its own short wave listening post. Installing a Hallicrafter SX-2o receiver the station picks up the British Broadcast Corporation's nightly news broadcasts at 7 p.m. each evening and presents the newscasts thrice weekly. Later the station expects to add a later night schedule giving it two nightly pickups direct from London. ^^HAVE Y'HEARV HOW SALES ARE SCOOTIN' FER SMART ADVERTISERS VSIW WOAY? BETTER WRITE FER THE WHOLE STORY WDAY FARGO, N. D. 5000 WATTS-NBC AFFILIATED WITH THt FARGO FORUM FREE & PETERS, INC. WATIONAt REPRESEKTATI VE5 lOADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising November 24, 1941 • Page 43