Broadcasting (Oct - Dec 1950)

District 1 1 Registration Batson, Charles, NAB, Washington; Bloomquist, Carl, WEVE Eveleth, Minn.; Boler, John W.. KCJB Minot, N. D.: Brataas, Jerry, KROC Rochester; Brooks, George, KDIX Dickinson, N. D.; Bruzek, Walter, KLER Rochester; Burda, Orville, KDIX Dickinson, N. D.; Burton. Robert J., BMI, New York; Caley. Charles C, WMBD Peoria, 111.; Clark. George W., KYSM Mankato, Minn.; Clark, Paul, RCA, Chicago; Clayton, Donn, KSJB Jamestown, N. D.; Dell, Harold, KGDE Fergus Falls, Minn.; Doherty, Richard P., NAB, Washington; Dragston, Palmer, KDHL Faribault, Minn.; Dunn, Jack, WDAY Fargo, N. D.; Fantle, S., KELO Sioux Falls; Fick, Robert, KLER Rochester; Fitzsimonds, F. E., KFYR Bismarck; Gentling, G. David, KROC Rochester; Gill, Jerry. Associated Press, Omaha; Gravel. Hugh, World Broadcasting System, New York; Gussner, Paul C, KGCU Mandan, N. D. Hagenah, Gus, Standard Radio, Chicago; Hart, Lee, BAB, New York; Henkin. Morton KSOO Sioux Falls; Hance, K. M.. KSTP Minneapolis-St. Paul; Hyett. Harry, WEAU Eau Claire; Kennedy. Robert D., KBZY Grand Rapids; King, J. R., WREX Duluth; Konynenburg, F. Van, WTCN Minneapolis-St. Paul; Lawson, Orville, Orville Lawson Assoc., Minneapolis; Lee, Herbert H., KDHL Faribault, Minn.; Le Masurier, Dalton, KDAL Duluth; Linder, Harry, KWLM Willmar, Minn.; Marget, Manny, KVOX Moorhead, Minn.; Marsh, Ken, KWNO Winona, Minn.; McKnight, J. T., KVOX Moorhead, Minn.; Meagher, John F., KYSM Mankato, Minn.; Miller, Justin, NAB, Washington; Murphy, Harold, Blackburn-Hamilton Co., Chicago; Nickels, J. L.. RCA, Chicago; Parker, Kenneth, SESAC, New York; Peck. Harry, WDGY Minneapolis; Peterson, Oscar, WMFG Hibbing, Minn. Ramsland, Odin S., KDAL Duluth; Reilly. Bill, RCA Thesaurus, Chicago; Richards, Robert K., NAB, Washington; Ridder, R, B., WTCN Minneapolis; Robertson, Miller C, KSTP Minneapolis-St. Paul; Rogers, Dave, RCA Thesaurus; Russell. W. B.. KGCU Mandan, N. D.; Schilplin, F. C, KFAM St. Cloud, Minn.; Shields, A. T., WLDY Ladysmith, Wis.; Smith, Cal, KROC Rochester, Minn.; Sorensen. Loran, Music Corp. of America, Minneapolis; Spear, E. A., KDIX Dickinson, N. D.; Staley, M. F., KIJV Huron, S. D.; Steeves, Ed, United Press, Minneapolis; Stone, Wallace E., KILO Grand Forks, N. D.; Sullivan, D. D., WNAX Yankton, S. D.; Squire, Burt, BMI, Chicago. Tincher, Robert. WNAX Yankton, S. D.; Thompson, Bill, BROADCASTING, Chicago; Vann, Anson, KATE Albert Lea, Minn.; Whiting, Lee, and Winther, Harold, KEYD Minneapolis; Wickels, J. L., RCA, Chicago; Whitman, Stan, Gates Radio Co., Quincy, lU.; Wolf, George, KATE Albert Lea, Minn.; Wood, Patricia, KVOX Moorhead, Minn.; Young, William, LangWorth Transcriptions, New York. ACTION ON MANPOWER » Dist 11 FTC POST Spingarn Appointment Seen A RECESS appointment for Stephen J. Spingarn, who serves as special assistant to the President, to the Federal Trade Commission for an unexpired seven-year term ending Sept. 25, 1953, was strongly indicated last week in White House circles. He would succeed the late Ewen L. Davis. Mr. Spingarn's nomination to FTC was submitted to the Senate by President Truman Sept. 22, before Congress recessed. Inasmuch as the recess will exceed the customary 30-day lapse, the President would be required to resubmit the nomination when the Senate again reconvenes. In the interim, Mr. Truman probably will give Mr. Spingarn a temporary appointment. The Senate then would have to act on the nomination within a 40-day period. Page 38 • October 2, 1950 AROUSED OVER an "acute manpower situation," NAB's District 11 Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the NAB board to explore the possibility of reinstatement of World War II provisions allowing use of transmitter operators holding restricted licenses. The resolution came at the end of two days of meetings at Hotel St. Paul, St. Paul, attended by more than 70 association members from all sections of Minnesota and North and South Dakota. Presiding at the sessions was John F. Meagher, KYSM Mankate, district director. On Monday the district unanimously endorsed an enlarged Broadcast Advertising Bureau on motion of Lee Whiting, KEYD Minneapolis, seconded by Robert Tincher, WNAX Yankton, S. D. Previously, Charles C. Caley, WMBD Peoria, District 9 NAB director and member of the NAB board's BAB committee, had termed the broadcasting industry "slightly neurotic." "Let's stop worrying and go out and sell," he urged. "Let's come out fighting." Mr. Caley asserted broadcasters are giving far too much for the money. He suggested they look at their costs of five years ago and compare them with those of today. "Are your rates commensurate with your increased operating expenses?" he asked. Super-BAB Advocates Strong advocates of the superBAB resolution were Odin S. Ramsland, KDAL Duluth; Wallace E. Stone, KILO Grand Forks, N. D., and Miller C. Robertson, KSTP Minneapolis-St. Paul. Mr. Ramsland commended the five-man BAB committee for a "well thought out plan," and Mr. Stone observed "there is no alternative but to go ahead." Mr. Robertson, who had introduced the District 9 director, charged that broadcasters are "string-savers." "We've been cutting off the dog's tail an inch at a time so it won't hurt," he quipped. "Let's go all out this time." Before the resolution was put to a vote, however, Mr. Ramsland received assurances from Mr. Caley that the plan for an improved BAB did not embrace television stations. BAB may go into television sales at a future date when it is equipped to promote the medium, he said. Other speakers on the two-day program included NAB President Justin Miller, who alerted broadcasters as to implications of current NARBA developments and forecast that the present international state of alfairs will continue for an indefinite period. He spoke of "deterioration of free broadcasting" in Latin America at a (Continued on page 7h) DELEGATES at NAB District 11 meeting (I to r): Seated, Harry Linder, KWLM Willmar, Minn.; John F. Meagher, KYSM Mankato, Minn., district director; Kenneth M. Hance, KSTP Minneapolis-St. Paul; standing, Orville Lawson, Orville Lawson Assoc., Minneapolis; Lee Whiting, KEYD Minneapolis; F. Van Konynenburg, WTCN Minneapolis; William Young, Lang-Worth Transcriptions, New York. NAB GROUP at St. Paul (I to r): Seated, Ed Steeves, United Press, Minneapolis; Robert Tincher, WNAX Yankton, S. D.; Carl Bloomquist, WEVE Eveleth, Minn.; standing, Wallace E. Stone, KILO Grand Forks, N. D.; Robert B. Ridder, WTCN Minneapolis; Harry Peck, WDGY Minneapolis; Harry Hyett, WEAU Eau Claire, Wis.; Walter Bruzek, KLER Rochester, Minn. SEXTET at St. Paul NAB session (I to r): L. L. McCurnin, KAUS Austin, Minn.; Harold Murphy, Blackburn-Hamilton Co., Chicago; Dalton A. Le Masurier, KDAL Duluth; M. M. Marget, KVOX Moorhead, Minn.; F. E. Fitzsimonds, KFYR Bismarck, N. D.; Odin S. Ramsland, KDAL.