Broadcasting (July - Dec 1943)

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WMCA Charges (Continued from page 51) agent in talking to Messrs. Dempsey and Koplovitz, telling Roberts that he did not like the "mystery" about their client, whom he had heard was a man of influence who might take WMCA away from Mr. Flamm if he couldn't buy it at a satisfactory price. Mr. Roberts said that when he talked to these attorneys they told him that they had offered to pay Mr. Flamm $1,000,000 for the station if they could examine the books and if the books showed it worth that amount, or if he could show them that he had received a firm offer for that amount, both of which propositions, they said, Mr. Flamm had rejected. When Mr. Roberts reported this to Mr. Flamm, he said, Mr. Flamm accused him of "knowing more than I seemed to profess," which he denied. Refused Statement When Mr. Flamm first met Mr. Noble, Mr. Roberts stated, he took Mr. Roberts aside and said "now I know it's being bought for Tom C o r c o r a n." Subsequently Mr. Flamm charged Mr. Roberts with getting $100,000 from Mr. Noble for having arranged the deal, Mr. Roberts continued, stating that on Dec. 14, 1940, he was asked to dictate a statement to the effect that WMCA was a good station and could not be better operated by anyone else. Mr. Roberts refused to do this, he said, on the grounds that he was powerless to make any program changes without the approval of Mr. Flamm or his brother, Sydney Flamm, and that he had protested often but to no avail about the type of programs on the station. He asked the purpose of the memorandum and in return was asked how he would testify if there were a hearing on the license. He said he'd tell the truth as he just had, he reported, whereupon Mr. Flamm accused Mr. Roberts of spying on him for the FCC and said it was all a plot to get WMCA for Tom Corcoran and when he told that on the stand it would create worse scandal than Teapot Dome. Four days later, the Roberts am 9,218 FAMILIES TELL ALL ABOUT LISTENING HABITS Get latest survey — no cost! Here's how to get next to the billiondollar Iowa market! New, impartial, allinclusive "Summers-Whan" Iowa Radio Survey covers all 99 counties, discloses 5-year trends in listening habits and preferences as to station and programs. Maps and facts on Iowa listeners in various age groups and educational levels — city, small-town and farm. You need it to do a good job in Iowa. Get it today ! No cost, no obligation. Central Broadcasting Co., 912 Walnut St., Des Moines, Iowa davit stated, the FCC approval of the sale of WMCA was announced, whereupon Mr. Flamm asked him to dictate a statement that the station had been sold under duress, again accusing him of selling Mr. Flamm out to Mr. Noble. When he again refused to dictate a statement, he was discharged, Mr. Roberts said. When he then found that Mr. Flamm was spreading rumors about him, injuring his chances of employment, he got mad, his statement read, and he told Mr. Shaw he was determined to file charges against Mr. Flamm within the following week. Phone Conversations Mr. Flamm in his reply stated that ho had not accused Mr. Shaw earlier as he then had no proof, but that now he "has proof not only that he conspired with Roberts but that he had 'phoned various important people and gotten them to use their influence against my upsetting the deal with Noble." As evidence of a Shaw-Roberts conspiracy, transcripts of telephone conversations they held in the spring of 1943, when the Cox committee took Mr. Shaw's testimony about the WMCA sale, were filed with the court. These conversations, which were recorded by Mr. Roberts, show, Mr. Handelman stated, "that Mr. Shaw was reluctant to have anything revealed that might throw light on the FlammNoble deal." Mr. Shaw, in his deposition, attacks the credibility of "a person who, pretending to be a friend, deliberately arranged to tap his own telephone wire in order to keep records of conversations with the friend," and points out that "a recording machine can be turned on and off at will and while the records may represent portions of the conversations they do not represent the complete conversations." Also filed was a memorandum written by Mr. Shaw to Mr. Flamm on Jan. 4, 1941, about the affidavit Mr. Roberts was allegedly going to file against Mr. Flamm, which, Mr. Shaw wrote, had been prepared and was then in the hands of his attorneys in Washington. Mr. Handelman stated that he will prove at the trial "that when Mr. Shaw dictated this memorandum he well knew it was false and well knew that Roberts had made no affidavits and could make no affidavits that would harm Mr. Flamm and that the memorandum was thought out and prepared by Shaw and Roberts with the assistance of Dempsey and Koplovitz for the purpose of befuddling Flamm." MAX HILL, who recently joined the P.LUE's staff of newscasters, on Aug. 23 will substitute for Martin Agronsky on his daily and Sunday news reports while Agronsky takes a two-week vacation. CONCENTRATING on the Vital TRI-CITY Area +*4£k Only BLUE Network Station Covering this Area Represented by Raymer WORD GETS AROUND and just to make sure that word gets around about its programs, WAGA uses the "Slogan Salute." At a different time each day, the station makes a phone call— pays $5.00 to the person called, if they answer with the day's "Slogan Salute," instead of "hello." "Slogan Salute" is another of WAGA's audience-building activities which get attention for WAGA programs — act/on for WAGA advertisers. ATLANTA 5000 WATTS DAY AND NIGHT 590 KC. BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising National Representatives HEADLEY-REED COMPANY August 23, 1943 • Page 53