Broadcasting (Oct - Dec 1945)

POPULATION OF U. S. PASSES 140 MILLION U. S. population passed the 140,000,000 mark about Oct. 1, the Census Bureau estimated last week. According to Director J. C. Capt the population increased by about 8,330,725 in the years following the 1940 census. This compares with an increase of 8,894,229 in the 1930-40 decade. U. S. population in 1930 was 122,775,046; in 1940, 131,669,275. Increase was due to wartime gain in births, with fewer deaths than usual. High year for births was 1943, when they exceeded 3,000,000. Earlier estimates that the population would stop increasing about 1990 are being reexamined by the bureau. Dec. 28 Session Planned By FM Executive Group FM Executive Committee, created Nov. 1 when NAB and FM Broadcasters Inc. were merged, will meet Dec. 28 at the Palmer House, Chicago. Chairman of the committee is Walter J. Damm, WTMJ and WMFM Milwaukee. Program will include a survey of progress made since formation of the NAB FM Dept. headed by Robert T. Bartley, NAB director of government relations. Report will be made for submission to the NAB Board of Directors at its meeting in Los Angeles Jan. 3-4. N. Y. RADIO BUREAU Col. Meservey to Serve TO SERVE STATIONS In Civil Affairs Division CJCJ Asks Increase CJCJ Calgary has applied for an increase from 100 watts to 1 kw., it is learned from Radio Representatives Ltd., Toronto. Hereithe Answer! of You've heard it — "the coming peace will bring collapse to war pro duction centers." Here's South Bend's answer to that one — gas, electric and telephone installations are still going up, and South Bend hums with peacetime production. September 1944 September 1945 Gas 25,119 25,541 7 Telephone 30,719 31,208 Electric 31,371 31,889 Who's leaving where? We don't know all the answers, but we do know it's not South Bend they're leaving! And we do know that our "Hooperating," always terrific, looks better than ever, too. A copy is yours for the asking. M ] BEND COLUMBIA NETWORK Paul H. Raymer Co., National Representatives Page 82 • November 26, 1945 960 KC 1000 WATTS ESTABLISHMENT of a New York State Radio Bureau to act as information service through the State's broadcasting stations was announced last week by M. P. Catherwood, New York Commerce Commissioner, as managers of stations and public relations representatives of various New York State departments conferred at the De Witt Clinton Hotel, Albany. Thomas C. Stowell of Albany, long identified with radio, theatrical and newspaper work, has been given leave from his post as assistant director of the Division of Public Health Education to serve as director of the Radio Bureau. Created at the request of the NAB Public Relations Committee for the region which includes New York, the Radio Bureau will handle information for all State departments and act as a central agency for contact with broadcasters. It will provide stations with spot announcements, transcriptions and other material of timely nature dealing with State Government activities. Invitation of the NAB regional Public Relations Committee, official^ said, was prompted by the stations' desire to expand public service. Robert C. Soule of WFBL Syracuse, committee chairman, said "we are anxious to serve the State in a constructive manner." Radio Bureau will function in the Division of State Publicity, Commerce Department. 'Highest' TV Transmitter Planned for Mt. Wilson KLAUS LANDSBERG, West Coast director of Television Productions Inc., announced last week the company would construct "the highest television transmitter in the world", at an elevation of 5,800 feet, on the summit of Mt. Wilson near Los Angeles. Television Productions operates experimental television station W6XYZ at Paramount studios in Hollywood. Construction is to begin immediately, with operations starting about Jan. 1. At that time, Mr. Landsberg said, the station's power will be increased to 4 kw. Company now has an application pending before FCC for a San Francisco station, to which programs from Hollywood would be relayed. San Francisco outlet would have a 25-kw transmitter on Mt. Tamalpais and studios in the Paramount Theatre Building. The Mt. Wilson station, designed under the supervision of Mr. Landsberg and his engineering staff, will include a transmitter building with living quarters for the operating personnel; standby power plant; transmitter tower with starting height of 50 feet, plus a 28-foot antenna mast. Provision has been made to increase tower height to 100 feet. LT. COL, DOUGLAS W. MESERVEY, former NBC program executive and for the last six months military governor of Bremen, Germany, was transferred to War Department headquarters last week for a six months' tour in the Civil Affairs Division. He hopes to muster out of service upon his completion of this tour. Col. Meservey served in Europe for 29 months of his 32 months in the Army. He left NBC in 1941 to join the Office of Facts & Figures in Washington (later OWI) and resigned his post as deputy director of OWI's radio activities to enter the Army. Col. Meservey NOVIK RESIGNS POST AS WNYC MANAGER MORRIS NOVIK, general manager of WNYC New York, has resigned effective Dec. 31 coincident with the termination of Mayor F. LaGuardia's municipal duties. Mayor LaGuardia announced Mr. Novik's resignation on his regular 1 p.m. broadcast Sunday Nov. 18 on WNYC, New York's municipal station. He referred to him as "a fine official who has established New York City radio station as one of the best in the city and whose war work has been so invaluable and for which the city has been thanked and praised by the Army and the Navy and all agencies of government." It is expected that Mayor-Elect William O'Dwyer will ask Mr. Novik to remain in his present post. However, rumor has it that Mr. Novik will become Mayor LaGuardia's radio manager, if and when the mayor accepts a radio commitment. Mr. Novik has been handling the mayor's radio assignments for the past six years. It is also known that American Broadcasting Co. has offered the mayor the 9:30 p.m. spot on Sundays which is being vacated by Hollywood Mystery Time, sponsored by Andrew Jergens Co., which is reducing its time from 45 minutes to a half-hour. ST. LOUIS HpSOOO Watts Full Time American Broadcastin g Co. Represented by John BLAIR & CO. BROADCASTING Telecasting