Broadcasting (Oct - Dec 1945)

At Deadline... People BARTLEY HEADS FIRM SEEKING HOUSTON STATION ROBERT T. BARTLEY, director of the NAB FM Dept., is president and treasurer of KHTN Corp. Inc., Houston, applicant for a 5 kw fulltime station in that city, operating on 610 kc. He is owner of 750 shares of common stock, 1 preferred. Gerald Harrison, vice-president, holds 150 preferred. T. Benjamin Adams, holding no stock, is secretary. Mr. Harrison was Yankee Network station relations director up to 1944. He now is owner of 10% preferred stock of WMAS Springfield, Mass., and WLLH Lowell. Carl S. Wheeler, no business connection, holds 150 shares of preferred in KHTN Corp. His mother, Gertrude A. Wheeler, has 299 shares of preferred. She owns 40% of preferred stock of WMAS and WLLH. Albert S. Moffatt holds 150 preferred shares of KHTN Corp. He owns 10% preferred and all common stock of WMAS and WLLH. ELECTRICAL EMPLOYES VOTE IN FAVOR OF STRIKE UE-CIO headquarters in New York announced Friday Smith-Connally strike vote among 200,000 electrical appliance employes of General Electric Co., Westinghouse Electric Corp. and General Motors Corp. (electrical division) in 16 states on Dec. 13 had resulted in overwhelming "yes" vote in favor of strike action (story on page 99). Union said voting totaled 112,993 with 94,343 favoring strike. UE-CIO in telegrams Friday to Westinghouse and GE requested firms to "engage in continuous negotiations to arrive at a satisfactory agreement to the union's demands for the $2 a day wage increase." RADIO LUXEMBOURG TO RESUME COMMERCIALLY RADIO LUXEMBOURG returns to commercial operation about Jan. 1, Jacques LaCourGayet, managing dh-ector of Compayne Luxembourgeoise de Radio-Diffusion, original owner, announced in New York Friday. U. S. Armed Forces returned station to private owners Nov. 11. M. LaCour-Gayet said station "will be very glad to accept American advertisers," adding, "I am full of admiration for American radio and its beautiful programs." Radio Luxembourg, now on 100,000 w, returns to prewar 200,000 w power when equipment is available. Closed Circuit (Continued from page -4) least one network — NBC — is pondering holding its own parley of affiliates. WATCH House Committee on Un-American Activities for investigation of complaints that Fundamentalist group of churches are "out in cold" so far as competing with other Protestant groups for station time is concerned. This despite fact that Third U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals sustained WPEN Philadelphia when Fundamentalists sought to compel station to sell them time [Broadcasting, Oct. 22]. TELEVISING Congressional sessions may be nearer than many realize. J. Harrison Hartley, director of special features, television department, NBC, in Washington last week browsing around Capitol, conferring with Congressional leaders and checking possibilities of necessary installations for TV pickups. Page 102 • December 17, 1945 RADIO NOTABLES ATTEND GRIDIRON CLUB DINNER PROMINENT broadcasting executives and commentators were guests of the Gridiron Club, famed Washington journasistic organization, which held its first dinner since the spring of 1941 Saturday night, at the Statler Hotel, Washington. President Harry S. Truman was honor guest. Among guest list were: Barry Bingham, WHAS Louisville; Walter Brown, WSPA Spartanburg, S. G.; Gardner Cowles Jr., John Cowles, T. A. M. Craven, Cowles Broadcasting Co.; William B. Dolph, WMT Waterloo; Marshall Field, Marshall Field Jr., Marshall Field Enterprises; Earl Gammons, CBS; Earl Godwin, Richard Harkness, Ray Henle, commentators; Robert H. Hinckley, KALL Salt Lake City; Jack Howard, Scripps-Howard Radio; Merle S. Jones, WOL Washington; Samuel H. Kauffmann. WMAL Washington; Capt. John A. Kennedy, USNR, West Virginia Network; Robert E. Kintner, American; A. H. Kirchhofer, WBEN Buffalo; Sen. Wlllard F. Knowland, KLX Oakland; Edgar Kobak, Mutual. Eugene F. McDonald, Zenith Radio Corp.; Eugene Meyer, WINX; Edward J. Noble, American; Barnet Nover, commentator; Paul A. Porter, chairman, FCC; Stanley Resor, J. Walter Thompson Co.; Frank M. Russell, NBC; David Sarnoff, RCA; William J. Scripps, WWJ Detroit; Carleton D. Smith, NBC; J. H. Steinman, Mason Dixon Group; T. O. Thackrey, WLIB New York; Niles Trammell, NBC; Albert L. Warner, WOL; Mark Woods, American.' BARBER HEADS MMA WALTER C. BARBER, Compton Adv., New York, last week was elected president of Media Men's Assn. of New York. Others elected: Daniel Pykett, of Arthur Kudner Inc., first vice president; Sidney Schaefer, Buchanan & Co., second vice president; Robert Erath, Kenyon & Eckhardt, treasurer; Harold Stearns, Duane Jones Co., secretary; William Schink, G. M. Basford Co., sergeant-at-arms ; Harry Parnas, Cecil & Presbrey, and Archer Beyea, Export Adv. Agency, executive board members, and Daniel Gordon, Ruthrauff & Ryan, executive board chairman. GITTINGS SUCCEEDS EGAN THEODORE R. GITTINGS, assistant vice president of Western Union since 1943, last week was elected vice president in charge of public relations, succeeding Joseph L. Egan, who become president Dec. 15. RADIO AT WHITE HOUSE? WHITE HOUSE will have complete radio-television studio facilities under a plan sent to Congress last week by President Truman seeking $1,650,000 to enlarge and improve the executive offices. The plans, while not divulged in detail, would provide for an addition to the West Wing of the Executive Mansion which would include an auditorium studio acoustically treated for radio with lighting sufficient for television pickup and other electronic innovations for aural and video broadcasting. There would be seating accommodations for 300. It is assumed that in addition to broadcasting it would be used for news conferences and group gatherings, in lieu of the President's Oval Room office. Improved news facilities also are understood to include adequate booth accommodations for direct network pickups and broadcasts from Executive Office. J. Leonard Reinsch, radio adviser to the President and managing director of the James M. Cox stations, is believed to have participated in drafting of the radio studio plans, along with representatives of major networks. JUSTIN MILLER, NAB president, was ad mitted Friday to the bar of the U. S. Cou of Appeals of the District of Columbia, ove: which he presided as associate justice before resigning to accept NAB post. EDGAR KOBAK, MBS president, visited Sec retary of Commerce Henry Wallace last Friday primarily on postwar small business development. He was to confer with President Truman Saturday morning. E. R. NARY, with Westinghouse 30 years, last week was named assistant to Walter Evans, vice president in charge of radio and related activities. NATHAN HALPERN, formerly executive sistant to Cass Canfield, director of U. S. ffi; formation Service, appointed executive assistant at CBS headquarters in New York. CARLYLE E. YATES, recently discharged from the Navy with the rank of lieutenant commander and formerly assistant to the general counsel of RCA, has been appointed as sistant general counsel of NBC. Edmund Son hami, recently Army lieutenant who before war was engaged in private legal practice h copyright field, has been named NBC senfcr attorney. WILLIAM B. LEWIS, vice-president and ] dio director of Kenyon & Eckhardt, New Yo; elected to board of directors. KENNON JEWETT, copy chief of Williijir H. Weintraub & Co., New York, appoin^ vice president. NICHOLAS GASSAWAY and EMIL M MARK, formerly account executive and copj writer, respectively, with Michel-Cather, N York, resign to establish new agency, Gas|i way, Mark & Co., 238 Water St., N. Y. 1,000 STATIONS (Continued from page i) President is Lee B. Weathers, who has sub stantial interest in Shelby Daily Star. Re cently, WPIK Alexandria, Va., started opera tion as daytime station on this frequency. A new regional station for Austin, Tex., wia granted to Austin Broadcasting Co., for opei ation on 1300 kc with 1 kw power, unlimite time. Grant was made possible after Raqi Cortez, who had been granted daytime statibi on this frequency for San Antonio, agreed t accept 1350 kc. President of Austin compan; is John B. Connally, who holds 50% interes Remaining stock is held by 10 others The Commission also designated 10 applies tions for new stations for hearing. New station authorizations were: Marietta Broai! casting Co., Marietta, O., 1490 kc, 250 w, unlimited Western Carolina Radio Corp., Shelby, N. C, 730 K 250 w, daytime; Austin Broadcasting Co., Austi Tex., 1300 kc, 1 kw, unlimited, DA for nighttm, use; Mrs. Lois Daniels, Brawley, Cal., 1490 kc, 250 1 unlimited; Broadcasting Corp. of America, Brawl e Cal., 1300 kc, 1 kw day, 500 w night, unlimite Arkansas Airwaves Co., North Little Rock, Ark., 14 kc, 250 w, unlimited; Southwest Broadcasting CC Pulaski, Va., 1230 kc, 250 w, unlimited; Dairyland Broadcasting Service Inc., Marshfield, Wis., 1450 K 250 w, unlimited. , I Designated for hearing were : Kankakee Daily Joui nal Co., Kankakee, 111., 1320 kc, 1 kw, daytime; Sui land Broadcasting Co., El Paso, Tex., 1340 kc, 250 ' unlimited, to be consolidated with El Paso Broacasting Co. and Seaman & Collins, seeking san facilities in same locality; Southeastern Broadcasts System, Sanford, Fla., 1400 kc, 250 w, unlimited i be consolidated with hearing on application Hazlewood Inc., scheduled for Feb. 19 in Delan Fla.); Peoples Broadcasting Co., Lancaster, Pa., coi solidated with Lebanon Broadcasting Co., Lebano Pa., both for 1270 kc, 1 kw, daytime only; Peninsul Broadcasting Corp., Coral Gables, Fla., consolidat with Everglades Broadcasting Co., Ft. Lauderda Fla., and Paul Brake, Miami, all for 1450 kc, 250 unlimited. BROADCASTING • Telecastin