Broadcasting (Jan - June 1943)

WDRC CONNECTICUT'S PIONEER BROADCASTER . r0nnecti As Basic cut, . cBS tor Connect.jasic CBi ,op. W°RC ^schedule fo cu ' m scheau'c flight Pro9r°n^ooncemenU ,clvertisers your spot id the an enjoy You jd by cctn'1 local a miss wi ith this combine"'^"' Influencing Sales FAR Beyond Pontiac In cities . . . villages . . . farms . . .for miles and miles around Pontiac . . . the messages of national, regional and local advertisers are heard over WCAR's 1000 streamlined watts. GET THE FACTS FROM WCAR PONTIAC, MICHIGAN or the Foreman Co. • Chicago # New York the popularromedian WIBW»te Algerian Circuits Granted to Mackay Networks, Press Associations Said to Plan Protests THE FCC's grant of a direct radio circuit to Algeria to Mackay Radio .& Telegraph Co. will undoubtedly mean a shift to that company by the networks in their programs from North Africa which have previously been carried over RCA Communications channels. It was understood, however, that the networks are considering protests to the FCC over the transfer of program service from RCAC. Press associations, it is reported, likewise may intervene. Under the Commission authorization of an exclusive circuit to Mackay Radio, which was dictated for military reasons, that company was ordered by the FCC to establish broadcast channels daily between the United States and Algeria. Mackay Radio is to handle broadcast programs daily from 1200 to 1400 GMT and from 2130 to 2330 GMT from Algeria to the United States. RCA Communications had inaugurated broadcast program service from North Africa for American networks shortly after the invasion by Gen. Eisenhower's troops. These programs have been carried daily from Algeria and frequently on The Army Hour program Sunday over the RCAC link. Press Wireless which has been handling Mutual pickups, also had its application denied to set up the service with Algeria. RCA Communications was granted an authorization by the FCC Feb. 23 to establish a direct circuit to Dakar, which could be used for network programs from the West African point. Levey Heads Scophony ARTHUR LEVEY, a founder, director and major stockholder in Scophony Ltd., British television company, has been signed to a fiveyear contract to serve as president and general manager of Scophony Corp. of America. Mr. Levey recently established the new company in New York in association with General Precision Equipment Corp. and Television Productions Inc. a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures, which also is a stockholder in Allen B. Du Mont Labs., producers of television equipment and operators of an experimental sightand-sound station, W2XWV, New York. RCA Industrial Ads AN ADVERTISING campaign for electronic tubes, themed "do it electronically," has been placed with 18 specialized trade publications by RCA. The ads are designed to reach all industrial users of electronic tubes, jobbers, engineers, and others affected by tube development. RCA explains "we must do a constructive selling job now because, although electronic tubes are important today in the war effort, they are also one of the most important products for the future." CONTROLS ROOM CLYDE J. WHITE, senior supervisor of the engineering department of WGN, Chicago, has been commissioned a lieutenant in the TJ. S. Naval Reserve and reported for duty on Feb. 25. Robert Sibold, assistant supervisor, has been named to replace Lt. White. Robert Baird, of the engineering staff, has succeeded Mr. Sibold. JAMES MATTLEY, new to radio, has joined KERN, Bakersfield, Cal., as technician. He replaces Ken Taylor, now with the radio division of Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, Cal. W. R. NICHOLS, chief operator and resident engineer of KINY, Juneau, Alaska, has resigned to accept appointment as supervisor of the Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commission. MRS. S. E. ADCOCK has obtained an operator's license after completion of the ESMWT course at the TJ. of Tennessee and is serving on the engineering staff of WROL, Knoxville, Tenn. TONY VACCARO, former first engineer of WHEB, Portsmouth, N. H.. recently inducted into the Army, has been assigned to the Air Forces and stationed at Miami Beach. BYRON STRONG, of the engineering staff of WSAV, Savannah, has been appointed resident transmitter engineer. JOE KAY, engineer of NBC Hollywood, has been made a field supervisor. He succeeds M. S. Adams, who recently resigned to join the Marines. Harold R. Piatt, engineer of KPO, San Francisco, has taken over Kay's duties. JIM MURPHY, sound effects engineer of CBS Hollywood, has been inducted into the Army Air Forces and is training at Santa Ana, Cal. HALDMAN MARCH has joined the engineering department of WIBG, Philadelphia. ROBERT L. RUSSELL, formerly with the legal section of the Chicago Signal Corps Depot and at one time with General Motors and Chrysler in an executive capacity, has joined the Hallicrafters Co., Chicago (amateur radio receiving sets), as administrative assistant. Cletus Wiot, who has served in several divisions of Hallicrafters, has been appointed manager of Government Contract Section. HAROLD D. PAGE, former transmitter engineer of WAOV, Vincennes, Ind., recently completed the Pre-Radar course at Ohio State U. and is now in a Signal Corps school in Philadelphia. Minnesota Stations Air Speaking Contest Finals MORE than 500 boys and girls, representing 64 countries, participated in a public speaking contest on What The Four Freedoms. Mean to Me, completed last week with a broadcast over WCCO, KSTP, Minneapolis-St. Paul; WEBC and KDAL, Duluth; WMFG, Hibbing; WHLB, Virginia; KYSM, Mankato; KROC, Rochester; KFAM, St. Cloud. Contest, sponsored by the Agriculture Extension Service of the U. of Minnesota and the Minnesota Jewish Council, was open to 40,000 members of 4-H Clubs and Older Rural Youth groups. All Minnesota stations, and KSOO, Sioux Falls, S. D., broadcast first and second eliminations. CBC Relay Units Assure Coverage 20Watt Transmitters Are Used To Reach Isolated Areas LOW-POWERED relay transmitters are being used effectively by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. to provide adequate radio reception to isolated communities in the mountainous areas of Western Canada. Ten such 20-watt transmitters are in operation in British Columbia and one in Edmunston, N. B., with plans underway to extend the service to all isolated communities on the CBC 3,000mile network system, according to Gordon W. Olive, chief engineer. Wire Lines Used When Revelstoke, B. C, was deprived of radio in the fall of 1940, with suspension of its only station, a 20-watt relay transmitter was in j stalled in the railway telegraph repeater station. All programs routed through the repeater office were fed to the transmitter. CBC field engineers ascertained that railway telegraph circuits acted as carriers for the radio frequency signal and that persons living up to 18 miles distant from Revelstoke reported good reception. Soon other relay transmitters were installed and inhabitants of remote areas were given their first contact with world events. Call letters and frequencies of the relay transmitters in British Columbia are : CBRA Revelstoke, 560 kc. ; CBRG Prince George, 900 kc. ; CBRW Wells, 940 kc. ; CBRL Williams Lake, 730 kc; CBRQ Quesnel, 800 kc. ; CBRN North Bend, 800 kc. ; CBRK Kimberley, 900 kc. ; CBRF Fernie, 940 kc. ; CBRR Cranbrook, 1340 kc. ; CBRM Creston 730 kc. RADIO MARINE Corp. of America has been awarded the Maritime "M" Pennant and the Victory Fleet Flag. Official presentation will take place March 20. Versatile Cleric LOSS of an announcer-engineer at WBRW, Welch, W. Va., ordinarily would have created a serious problem, but the Rev. Robert Alfred Godfrey, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Iaeger, W. Va., saved the day. The Reverend Bob, as he is known, has his own program Sermon Echoes at 3:45 p.m. daily on WBRW. When the station lost the announcerengineer, the Rev. Bob passed an examination for operator, then took 4% hours daily as announcer and engineer, working six days a week. In addition to preaching and filling in at WBRW, the young minister is Civilian Defense Commander for Iaeger and does a weekly halfhour program in behalf of War Bonds. On the air he calls himself Alfred Godfrey. Page 38 • March 1, 1943 BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising