Broadcasting (Oct - Dec 1945)

RADIO CONFERENCE m SET FOR MARCH FOURTH ANNUAL radio conference will be held the first week in March at U. of Oklahoma, Norman & Oklahoma City. University will be host at the conference, whose ; theme will be "Radio in Transition". Sherman P. Lawton, newly appointed radio director, U. of Oklahoma and in charge of organization for conference, held pre-conference meetings in October and November in Oklahoma City and | Tulsa. He will meet with radio leaders in Chicago Nov. 22 and 23 for a program planning conf er I ence. Members of the 1946 radio conference committee are: M. K. Bonebrake, KOCY Oklahoma City; Kenyon Brown, KOMA Oklahoma City; Arthur Casey, WOL Washington; Peggy Cave, KSD St. Louis; W. W. Charters, Stephens College, Columbia; Robert Compton, WCAZ Carthage, 111.; Doris Corwith, NBC New York; Willavd D. Egolf, NAB, Washington; Robert Enoch, KTOK Oklahoma City; Jerry Hoekstra, KMOX St. Louis; Lt. Col. Harold Kent, U. S. Office of Education, Washington; Ken Miller, KVOO Tulsa; Tom Slater, Mutual, New York; Harrison B. Summers, American, New York; Chester Thomas, KXOK St. Louis; Keith Tyler, Assn. for Education by Radio, Columbus ; Judith Waller, NBC, Chicago; Earl Williams, KFAB Omaha. Hearing on Use of 'ABC Is Postponed to Dec. 3 HEARING on Associated Broadcasting Co.'s efforts to restrain American Broadcasting Co. from using the call letters "ABC" last week was postponed from Nov. 7 to Dec. 3 by Judge Michael Igoe in U. S. District Court, Chicago. Latter date, it was explained, is the earliest on which the Court can hear the arguments, due to the press of other official business. Carter Hearing HEARING to take additional testimony in the case in which Federal Trade Commission charges Carter Products Inc. (Carter's Little Liver Pills) with false advertising was slated to open last week in Philadelphia. Respondent is accused of falsely advertising the therapeutic properties of Carter's Little Liver Pills. • Stock Rights COMMON stockholders of Crosley Corp. of record Nov. 6 have received rights for 21 days to subscribe to no-par common stock of Crosley Motors Inc., at $6 a share, to the extent of one share for each share of Crosley Corp. held, according to an order of the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 7, covering transactions in Crosley Corp. shares. The rights will expire on Nov. 27. Right on Schedule WHILE GUITAR Player Tony Mottola was making music on the Jack Berch show on American last Wednesday a little after 4 p.m. his wife presented him with a six-pound, 15-ounce baby daughter. Just 26 months before, also at 4 p.m. when Tony was broadcasting with Perry Como, the Mottola's first daughter was born. Van Volkenburg Heads N. Y. CBS Radio Sales MAJOR CHANGES in management affecting CBS-WBBM Chicago and CBS-KMOX St. Louis announced last week have resulted in Jack Van Volkenburg's appointment to head radio sales for CBS New York. He has been with WBBM 15 years, as assistant to H. Leslie Atlass, vice-president and general manager, CBS western division. He suceeds Kelly Smith, recently named CBS director of station relations. Frank Falknor, general manager of KMOX, takes Mr. Van Volkenburg's position at WBBM, while remaining chief engineer of CBS western division. Wendel Campbell, KMOX commercial manager, becomes general manager. Other changes include appointment of Bill Edwards of CBS New York sales office, as head of WBBM sales department; Dave Sutton, released from Marines as captain, becomes sales manager of KMOX; with Maj. H. Leslie Atlass Jr., released from Signal Corps, named director of installation of CBS-WBBM television facilities. IT&T Receiver FEDERAL TELEPHONE & RADIO CORP., manufacturing subsidiary of I. T. & T. will enter the radio receiver field in addition to its activities in manufacturing transmitter and associated equipment for AM and FM broadcasters. Company plans an initial line of four or five table models to which cabinet models including combination radio-phonograph will be added at a later time. Home Products Dicker AMERICAN Home Products, New York, through Dancer-Fitzgerald & Sample, New York, is negotiating with NBC for possible sponsorship of the Fred Waring program, 1111:30 a.m., now sustaining on NBC, 5 times weekly. NBC's asking price for the program, which network has declined to reduce, is however, beyond figure set by AHP, and a co-sponsorship deal is under consideration. Matter is still in the preliminary discussion stage. JOHN HOGAN URGES MORE COOPERATION "RADIO will be developed faster if those engaged in it work together more," John V. L. Hogan, fellow and past president of the Institute of Radio Engineers and president of WQXR New York, told members attending the institute's Radio Pioneers' party at the Hotel Commodore, New York, last Thursday night. "No one can state how much the institute has contributed to the winning of two world wars," Mr. Hogan said. "But radio communication was much used in World War 1, and radio communication and control were well nigh indispensable in World War 2, and I do not believe I would be far wrong if I should say that the greater part of radio development, both civil and military, has been based upon the work and the thinking of men who have been and are associated with the IRE." More than 1,000 wireless pioneers from the earliest start of radio to the beginning of broadcasting 25 years ago met at the pioneers' party. Demonstrations of early wireless equipment were included during the evening. THERE'S ONLY, CBS Gross Shows Gain For Period of 39 Weeks CBS and its subsidiaries had a gross income of $63,046,931 for the 39 weeks ending Sept. 29, 1945, according to a consolidated income statement issued last week by Frank K. White, vice-president and treasurer. Figure is about a half of one per cent higher than the gross of $62,730,765 for the same period of 1944. Net income for this year to date totals $4,234,247, a rise of 24.8% from the net of $3,399,081 in the first nine months of 1944. When the $1,000,000 "extraordinary gain" from the sale of WBT after allowance for federal taxes is deducted, however, the CBS net from operations for the period is $3,234,247, a decrease of 4.8% from last year's figure. Total earnings per share were $2.47 this year as against $1.98 last for the nine-month period. CBS board declared a cash dividend of 60 cents a share, payable Dec. 7 to stockholders of record Nov. 23. ACLU Conference WHAT remedies are practicable to overcome restraints on radio, press and moving pictures by concentration of power in industries will be one of the topics at an all-day conference of American Civil Liberties Union at Hotel Biltmore, New York, Nov. 24. Conference will be presided over by James L. Fly, former FCC chairman, and A. D. Willard Jr., of the NAB, will lead the discussions. Conference marks 25th anniversary of Union. TIMES SQUARE but WHN REACHES 2 NEW YORKS! (The population of WHN's primary coverage area is 15,398,40], more than TWICE the number of people in New York City proper.) WHN Dial 1050 50,000 watts Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer— Loew's Affiliate Universal Network Insures the Very best facilities, Excellent services for Regional coverage of San Francisco And Los Angeles markets UNIVERSAL BROADCASTING CO. 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