Broadcasting (Oct - Dec 1945)

KANSAS CITY IS A Y o MARKET PORTER BLDG., KANSAS CITY, MO. EVERETT L. DHLARD ELIZABETH WHITEHEAD General Manager Station Director Pioneer FM Station in the Kansas City Area Ask for Rate Card Prefer to Attend TELEVISION will keep few people from attending major sports events when they are telecast, judging by the United Press "The Man in the Grandstand" question Dec. 11. Of the replies, most indicated they would prefer to see the game itself, with two indicating they might see fewer games but wouldn't stay away most of the time. Respects (continued from page 54) magazines for two dollars an item. In 1935 he entered the university law school, graduating in 1938 with a straight A average, finishing first in his class and receiving the Order of Coif for meritorious achievement. His treatise, "The Law of Tenancy by the Entireties" was good enough to haunt him later in a court case which he lost when his opposing counsel referred to it for a significant citation. Appointed a faculty fellow upon graduation, Mr. Marks squeezed in an hour a day teaching at the university for the next four years while getting his practical law experience with the firm of Reich & Miller. After an apprenticeship of six months during which he tried a case a day as defense counsel appointed by the court, he went to work on commercial cases. He handled many cases turned over to him by other lawyers, particularly those involving labor and taxation cases. His experience in this field has given him a high appreciation of the value of specialization — something he believes cannot be given too much emphasis in government administration. Mr. Marks headed for Washington in July 1942 when he joined the legal division of OPA. He transferred to FCC in February 1943 as senior attorney in the Law Dept., becoming chief of the New Facilities Section in June 1944. He was promoted to his present post in March 1945. Last year he gave a course in Law of Domestic Relations at National U., a subject which, as a young bachelor, he relates with amusement, he is eminently qualified to teach. One of these days, Leonard Marks is likely to join the busy ranks of Washington radio lawyers who practice before the Commission rather than under it. But it would not be surprising if he later enters the field of politics. He was raised in an atmosphere of politics, his father having been "town constable" in a local Pittsburgh ward for some 35 years. As a boy, he helped in getting out the votes, driving people to the polls, organizing campaigns. While a student he attended both national conventions. At home in his apartment in the Dorchester House, Mr. Marks may be found on an evening reading from the works of Charles Lamb, his favorite author. For lighter reading, he particularly enjoys the "Tut and Mr. Tut" stories of Arthur Train. For exercise, he likes tennis. BBC Spends 17 Million BRITISH Broadcasting Corp. spent £4,288,813 ($17,155,252) in the year ended March 31. Of that total £1,474,612 went to artists, speakers and other program talent ; £452,295 for performing rights; £68,621 for news royalties, and the rest for engineering, taxes, rents. ANDERSON NAMED NEW WKBZ MANAGER Mr. Anderson Mr. Ashbacker GRANT F. ASHBACKER, owner and general manager of WKBZ Muskegon, Mich., announced last week that he had appointed Leonard A. Anderson, Western Union superintendent at Grand Rapids, to take over general managership of WKBZ on Jan. 1. Mr. Ashbacker, continuing as president of Ashbacker Radio Corp., licensee of WKBZ, said he plans to devote his time to development of a new FM station in Muskegon, for which a construction permit has been issued, and to develop better facilities and secure increased power for WKBZ. now operating with 250 w. Other plans, he said, include installation of another station in that area and setting up of Western Michigan Network "on a business basis." Network now operates from WKBZ with lines to WKLA Ludington and WTCM Traverse City. Mr. Ashbacker won a Supreme Court decision two weeks ago in his efforts to secure 1230 kc with 250 w for his Muskegon station, now on 1490 kc [Broadcasting, Dec. 10]. In addition to WKBZ, Mr. Ashbacker owns half interest in Ludington Broadcasting Co., licensee of WKLA. Mr. Anderson, new WKBZ general manager, was Western Union manager at Muskegon in 1935-36. For the past three months he has been at Western Union executive offices, New York, working on a new system for revision and issuance of operating instructions to all WU offices in the U. S. Miss Noble Married MISS JUNE NOBLE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward John Noble of New York, was married Dec. 8 to Lt. David Shiverick Smith, USNR. Mr. Noble is chairman of the board of American Broadcasting Co. December 17, 1945 BROADCASTING • Telecasting