Broadcasting (Jul - Dec 1944)

-^2 KAB Decides on Three -Day War Session jestriction Placed On Attendance At Chicago iREEMENT on a three-day exitives War Conference in lieu the regular annual convention ihe NAE, to be held on Aug. -31 at the Palmer House in Chi'o -was reached in Washington t week by the sub-committee on liference agenda of the NAB lard of Directors. Fit was made clear by J. Harold an, NAB president, that while ; war conference plans are being npleted, and there is every prosCt the sessions will be held as i_' heduled, there always exists the psibility of an eleventh-hour apwiig^ponement. If travel conditions .f,^.pome critical, because of war tvements, Mr. Ryan will exere his plenary power to call off postpone the conference or make : rangenients for a remote conilled "closed-circuit" session. A tentative topical agenda was mulated at sessions last Mony and Tuesday, subject to revi-; ;.n which may be dictated by war Vf^aditions. The sessions are being [lited to personnel of NAB acI ^n^e and associate members and at1 dance is expected to be substanUy below the record 1200 figure last year. The committee which drafted the ; enda comprised Kolin Hager, GY Schenectady, chairman, with . .y F. Thompson, WFBG Altoona, _ ^ .. and John Fetzer, WKZO Kala Ezoo, assistant director of censorp for radio. Harry Spence, KRO, Aberdeen, Wash., and Herb ■^IJiJollister, KANS Wichita, sub-comIttee members, were absent and lii'essrs. Thompson and Fetzer subtuted. Guests Restricted The committee in general, adoptthe broad recommendations of Harold Ryan and Secretary: f measurer C. E. Arney Jr. The cominai (ittee, speaking for the Board, ex•aiiressed the hope that active and ?it^5sociate members will restrict atidance to one executive and those their personnel who are members NAB committees. A carefully '^'^tllected list of guests will be in■' . jlted. ■ .| ' The agenda stresses the impor,,jj;j!nce of the conference, not on the r isis of what broadcasters have ne in the war effort but what : r. sponsibilities lie ahead during rJS he war and in the post-war pe^''^ lod. The keynote will be discussion , nth government officials primarily .^^Jtsponsible for the conduct of the ,"j ar, of ways and means of further jjlig radio participation in that ef•^.jcritrt. ' Names of invited guests or speaks were not given in the topical '"^^ ROADCASTING agenda. These will be filled in as soon as arrangements are completed and acceptances, are received from the key figures in the war effort. The committee said that in formulating the war conference policy, the Board was mindful of the existing critical transportation facilities. They felt, however, that the NAB Conference will contribute measurably to the war effort and to development of plans for radio's participation during the postwar era. It was emphasized that the meeting will be strictly business with every topic on the agenda "down to brass tacks" discussion. Registration Aug. 28 The first day— Monday, Aug. 28 — will be devoted to committee and group meetings, along with registration. The formal sessions will open Tuesday and will be devoted largely to war and post war advertising and the tapping of new sources of radio revenue. The Wednesday session will open with station coverage and audience measurement discussions. This will NAB Convention to For Amendment of REVISION of by-laws of the NAB, to provide for nomination of directors-at-large by individual nominating ballot as well as from the floor, and to permit elections by mail-rebe followed by the regular business session and the nomination and election of the six directors at large — two each representing large, medium and small stations — as well as consideration of proposed by-laws. The afternoon session Wednesday will cover small market stations and the music copyright situation. The opening session Thursday will cover the AFM recording situation, and limited radio material. Prior to the luncheon recess the mooted question of new radio legislation will be discussed. The afternoon session will be devoted to the postwar future of broadcasting and a discussion of technical advancement in radio. NAB EXECUTIVES WAR CONFERENCE Tentative Topical Agenda Palmer House, Chicago, Aug. 28-31 (Subject to change both as to topics and timing) a.m.-o p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27 Pre-Convention Registra Monday, Aug. 28 9 a.m.-5 p.m. — Registration. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Legislative Committee Sales Managers Committee Accounting Committee Public Relations Committee Engineering Committee 11 a.m. — BMI Board of Directors 12 :30-2 p.m. — Luncheon Meetings Public Relations Executive and Code Committees Sales Managers Executive Committee Research Committee 2-5 p.m. — Code Committee Labor Executive Committee Labor Steering Committee Music Committee Small Market Stations Committee 7 p.m. — Dinner meeting — NAB Board of Directors Dinner meeting — Program Managers Executive Committee NOTE — <;onsistent with established policy there will be no reimbursement of the expenses of either Board of Committee members to attend Committee or Board meetings held in connection with the Annual Membership meeting. Tuesday, Aug. 29 9:30 a.m. — General session. Call to Order — President Harold Ryan "Radio Broadcasting and the War Effort"— President Harold Ryan Appointment of Conference Committees Announcements 10 a.m. -12 noon — War and Post-War Advertising and the Retail Promotion Plan A transcribed presentation of what the plan was designed to accomplish and what it has achieved Revision of the activities of the Sales Managers Executive Committee since the 1943 War Conference Developments in retail radio advertising What the NRDGA is doing Report of NAB participation in the Proprietary Assn. Advertising Clinic — A Transcribed Presentation Discussion of post-war developments in the building and housing industries and how radio may help The motion picture field General discussion 12:15 p.m.-2 p.m. — General luncheon. speaker to be selected 2:15-5 p.m. — Public relations clinic Radio news presentation Listener activity Wednesday, Aug. 30 9:30-11 am. — General session Station coverage method Report of Research Committee Sales managers report Advertising agency view Advertiser view Discussion Bureau of Standards for Audience Measurement Program Report Discussion 11 a.m. -12 noon — NAB Business Session Nomination and election of directors-atlarge Proposed by-law amendments 12:15-2 p.m. — General luncheon, speaker to be announced 2:15-3:15 p.m. — Small market station panel What we've learned about problems and possibilities of small market stations what about national spot business A small market station as a training ground The problem and responsibility of small market station managers — A Transcribed Presentation 3:15-4:30 p.m — Music ASCAP developments Broadcast Music Inc. Thursday, Aug. 31 9:30-11 a.m. — Labor matters AFM recording band AFM platter turners AFRA "Pay-Within-Pay Plan" 11-12 noon — Legislation 12:15-2 p.m. — General luncheon, speaker to be announced 2:15 p.m. — The post-war future of broadcasting A discussion of technical advancement in radio broadcasting Adjournment 6 p.m. — Dinner meeting, NAB Board of Directors Consideration is being given to the possibility of some evening meetings. Announcement regarding these will be made later. Broadcast Advertising Consider Proposals By-Laivs Provisions ferendum will be proposed to the NAB Executives War Conference in Chicago Aug. 28-31. A third proposed amendment, relating to classification of dues by station income brackets, already has been sent member stations and likewise will be considered. The NAB Board subcommittee on By-Laws Revision, at a meeting in Washington last Monday and Tuesday recommended the submission of the proposed new amendments to the membership meeting. Present were Paul W. Morency, WTIC Hartford, chairman; Frank King, WMBR Jacksonville, and Roy Thompson, WFBG Altoona, as substitute for Barney Lavin, WDAY Fargo, who was uanble to attend. Also present were NAB President J. Harold Ryan, Secretary-Treasurer C. E. Arney Jr., Kolin Hager, WGY Schenectady and John Fetzer, WKZO Kalamazoo, assistant director of censorship in charge of radio. Proposed Changes Following are the texts of the proposed amendments dealing with elections : Amend Article V, Section 1-A of the ByLaws by adding thereto the following proviso: "Provided the Board of Directors shall have power by a two-thirds vote of its members present at a duly called meeting or by a two-thirds vote by mail ballot to cancel any annual meeting if it is deemed such action is necessary or desirable in the public interest. "In event of cancellation of the annual meeting the District Director members of the Board shall constitute a nominating committee for the purpose of nominating Directors-at-Large for the ensuing one year term, and the President shall be authorized to accept by mail in accordance with the provisions of Article VII, Section 4. nominations from the respective networks for Network Directors. Such nominations shall be presented to the membership in writing after which 15 days shall be allowed for filing additional nominations endorsed in a petition signed by any ten members of the Association in good standing. Within 30 days thereafter a complete list of all nominations shall be maUed, together with a secret ballot, to all members in good standing of the Association. All ballots shall be returnable to the Secretary-Treasurer. The President shall appoint an Elections Committee of not less than three, nor more than five members who shall, with the Secretary-Treasurer within 20 days after the mailing of such ballots canvass such ballots and announce the result of such election. Directors-atLarge and Network Directors thus elected shall serve for one year or until the next annual meeting." Amend Article VII, Section 4 to read as follows : "Section 4. NOMINATIONS OF DIRECTORS-.AT-LARGE AND NETWORK DIRECTORS. Nominations for each of the six Directors-at-Large, as defined in Section 2. above, may be made, in the alternative, as follows: Each duly accredited representative of an Active Member in attendance at the annual membership meeting shall be provided at the time of registration with a nominating ballot and with a certified list of all persons eligible to be nominated as Directors-at-Large in each of the respective classifications; each such representative shall be entitled to write in the space designated on said ballot the (Continued on page 54) July 17, 1944 • Page 11