Broadcasting (Oct - Dec 1949)

CHARLES ADAMS, Detroit theatrical and TV producer, onetime account executive for Ruthrauff & Ryan, appointed executive producer of West Hooker Telefeatures Inc., Nevsf York. He will headquarter at his own Detroit office, which merges with Hooker organization, and will head all video productions for firm. ALEX MUMFORD, of Roberts & Carr Productions, New York package producer, granted two-month leave of absence from firm to be radio director of March of Dimes for Greater Manhattan. BERT F. RUDOLPH, formerly with Telamir Production, Monterey, Calif., recording and TV film firm, named president and business manager of Calmont Radio and Television Co., > newly formed corporation with offices at 226 Pajaro St., Salinas. STANDARD RADIO Transcription Services Inc., Hollywood, is distributing as Christmas gift to all subscriber stations a half -hour dramatic fantasy, Pokey, The Christmas Elf. Program can be used as sustainer or sold locally by individual stations. CHARLES MICHELSON Inc., New York, announces sale of A Date With Music series to KTTS Springfield, Mo., and WWPB Miami, Fla., on five-perweek basis under sponsorship of Blackstone Washing Machines. Another series, The Sealed Book, half-hour mystery, sold to WCPO Cincinnati. CHESHIRE & Assoc., radio program packaging and transcription sales organization, formed in Hollywood by BOB REICHENBACH, formerly sales manager, Mayfair Transcription Co., Hollywood, and HARRY CHESHIRE, entertainer. Offices are at 6533 Hollywood Blvd. Telephone: Hollywood 9-4580. Firm now producing and distributing transcribed series titled Lonesome Gal. A. C. NIELSEN Co., Chicago, announces Ellington & Co., New York, has subscribed to New York television index service. Young & Rubicam Inc., New York, has subscribed to Nielsen's Class A service. Equipment WILLARD H. SAHLOFF, formerly merchandise manager and vice president of Montgomery Ward Co., and more recently president of National Enameling and Stamping Co., appointed manager of General Electric Co. Receiver Div., Syracuse, N. Y. AEROVOX Corp., New Bedford, Mass., purchases entire outstanding stock of FIdURE THE ODDS by KX^ Got a penny? BUT THE ODDS ARE IN YOUR FAVOR when you pick Charley Stookey's "Town and Country" program on KXOK to sell form products. Persuasive salesman, Charley Stookey, is widely known in KXOK-land, with legions of listeners from 6:00 to 7:30 o. m., Monday through Saturdoy. To build soles in the vitol-fo-odvertisers 112-county, 5-state coverage of KXOK . . . phone, wire, write for availabilities today . or call your John Blair man. 630 KC 5,000 WATTS FUU TIME BASIC ABC IN BIG ST. LOUIS Electrical Reactance Co., Franklinville, N. Y. Plants will be operated as wholly-owned subsidiary under continuing management of CHARLES E. KRAMPF, president. Mr. Krampf also becomes a director of Aerovox. ADMIRAL Corp., Chicago, appoints four new vice presidents. Executives and their new positions are: RICHARD F. DOOLEY, vice president in charge of real estate; FRANK J. KAZDA, vice president in charge of purchasing; CY S. ROSSATE, vice president in charge of production, and KENNETH D. TURNER, vice president in charge of engineering. DAVID RANDOLPH, music consultant for Lafayette Radio, New York distributor of radio equipment, has created High-Fidelity Music Guide, explanation in layman's language of what high-fidelity sound reproduction is, its advantages, and how it can be obtained. Copies of 12-page guide may be had by writing to company at 100 Sixth Ave., New York 13, N. Y. HENRY TAYLOR Cited in FTC Order FEDERAL TRADE Commission has issued a "cease and desist" order to prohibit Henry J. Taylor, ABC commentator, and Package Advertising Co., from "coercing and inducing" other manufacturers into certain license agreements involving unpatented waxed paper bands. Mr. Taylor's firm makes and sells printed waxed paper inserts used by bakers for advertising media. According to FTC, he purportedly licensed other manufacturers on a royalty basis, and collected about $1,300,000 from 1931 to 1945. The company used the trade mark Ad-Seal-It. The ABC commentator said, however, that patents and licensing agreements had terminated this past March, and that his firm had issued the licenses without charge. The licensees paid a uniform royalty on all sales realized, he said. The commission said it found that "none of the licensees have ever used the methods" covered by Mr. Taylor's two patents — one dealing with the method of applying the bands to the wrappers, the other covering the package resulting from use of the method patent. FTC concluded that the result of the practices tended to "create a monopoly ... in the interstate sale and distribution of unpatented printed waxed paper bands." WHO Buys WE Units WHO Des Moines has contracted v/ith Westinghouse Electric Corp. for two new 50 kw FM and AM transmitters, according to Ralph Evans, WHO executive vice president. The AM transmitter is model 50-HG-2. The FM transmitter, model FM-50, uses the new "Symmetron" power amplifier. Both transmitters use selenium rectifiers in the high-voltage d-c power supplies. KVOO SHINES in Promoting Shoe Polish CHANCE United Press sports item jelled into a natural promotion for KVOO Tulsa and Griffin shoe polish at the annual gridiron classic between Oklahoma A&M and the U. of Tulsa Nov. 5. The news article quipped that to even the U. of Oklahoma-Oklahoma A&M "press box score" (the Oklahoma press box has an elevator but the Aggies' box doesn't), A&M would offer free shoeshines to newsmen on the day of the A&M-Tulsa big game. "Quanah Parker, Stillwater's shoeshine star Mr. Henry gets his shoes shined by Mr. Parker as Mr. O'Brien stands by with more polish. * * * and sports expert who was sent to the World Series by townspeople, will carry the brush and polish for the Aggies," UP reported. John Henry, KVOO sports director, who is sponsored three nights a week on Sports Call by Griffin, read the dispatch and wired Otis Wile, Aggie publicist, that he would furnish all the Griffin ABC shoe polish that Mr. Parker would need for the game. He also plugged the promotion on the air preceding Griffin spots. At the game, M. L. O'Brien, Griffin representative, contributed a case of the polish to Mr. Parker for his "athletic contribution" and distributed 85 cans to visiting newsmen. ^^^^^ C H N S HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA THE SIGNBOARD OF SELLING POWER IN THE MARITIME PROVINCES ASK JOS. WEED & CO. 350 Madison Ave., New York He Has the Reasons Why! 5000 WATTS-NOW! Page 42 • December 5, 1949 BROADCASTING • Telecasting