Broadcasting (Oct - Dec 1950)

FOUOe & CO., INC T. t. taker, Jr., G»n»ral M»itm§0t Page 38 • October 23, 1950 NAB N.Y. MEET Review Business Conditions SEVENTEEN leading industrialists, economists and broadcasters comprising the NAB Business Trends Committee met last Monday at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, to discuss general business conditions. First meeting of the committee, appointed last spring by NAB President Justin Miller, went into economic developments and views were exchanged on elements affecting business and industrial trends. The all-day session was opened by Judge Miller, with Richard P. Doherty, NAB employe-employer relations director, leading the discussion. Economists submitted data on business trends after which the committee members took up the problems. Meetings are to be held twice yearly. Minutes will be submitted to committee members. NAB has not yet decided what disposition it will make of the information derived from the discussions. Attending Sessions Attending Monday's session for NAB, besides Judge Miller and Mr. Doherty, were Robert K. Richards, public affairs director, and Charles H. Tower, assistant employeemployer relations director. Broadcast members who attended were Robert D. Swezey, WDSU New Orleans; William B. Quarton, WMT Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Edgar Kobak, consultant. All three are NAB board members. Fourth broadcast member was Theodore C. Streibert, WOR New York. Economists present were Martin Gainsbrug, chief economist. National Industrial Conference Board; Dexter Keezer, economist, McGraw-Hill; Edwin George, economist, Dun & Bradstreet. Businessmen included Bayard Colgate, chairman of board, ColgatePalmolive-Peet; J. Cameron Thompson, president, Northwest Bank Corp.; Lloyd Brace, president. First National Bank, Boston; Dr. Bishop Hunt, vice president-economist, John Hancock Life Insurance Co., attending for Paul Clark, president; Gilbert N. Chapman, president, Yale & Towne Mfg. Co.; Herman Steinkraus, president, Bridgeport Brass Co.; Robert C. Tate, president, Stromberg-Carlson Co.; John S. Sinclair, president, National Industrial Conference Board; Charles P. McCormick, president, McCormick & Co.; Clyde Shute, F. W. Dodge Co. Railroad Radio RADIO PROBLEMS of the railroads were canvassed by FCC Comr. E. M. Webster in an address at the annual meeting of the Communications Section of the Assn. of American Railroads last Tuesday at French Lick, Ind. He reported that more than half of the larger railroad systems and many of the smaller roads are now using radio, and that the number of stations operating in the railroad service increased 64% during the past year. MSSS AMERICA, Yolande Betbexe, is interviewed on arrival in her home town. Mobile, Ala., by Walt Turner (I), special events announcer for WKRG Mobile, while F. E. Busby, Wi<RG general manager, extends the station's official welcome. WANT RICHMOND Plans December Opening TARGET date for the appearance of WANT Richmond is set for December, according to Richard Eaton, president, The United Broadcasting Co., which operates WOOK Silver Spring, Md., and WSID Essex, Md. WANT will operate on 990 kc with 1 kw daytime. Station has purchased land and tower formerly used by WLEE Richmond at 1705 Colorado Ave. where it plans to locate its tower and transmitter. Plans also are being made, Mr. Eaton said, for a Broad St. studio. Church Radio-TV Week THE WEEK of Oct. 29-Nov. 4 has been designated as National Lutheran Radio and Television Week, according to the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod owned station KFUO St. Louis. Special "Reformation Week" programs will be carried by the station. A pamphlet distributed by the station urges church groups to try and get time on the air over their local stations, and stresses the importance of the medium in church activities. PALMETTO JOINS ' New Progressive Network I PALMETTO NETWORK, compris i ing 24 stations in South Carolina , and Georgia, has been signed as h affiliate by the newly-organized • Progressive Broadcasting System, \ according to Larry Finley, PBS ' president. Contract was worked out by Mr. ' Finley with Glenn Warnock, gen ; eral manager of the southern net • work. WCAC Anderson, S. C, will ; be key station of the network in that area. Mr. Warnock, also vice president of WESC Greenville, S. C, stated [ PBS will service that station as well, replacing its present Mutual . affiliation. ' In addition to the Palmetto Network, Mr. Finley has signed 27 ■ other affiliates in 16 states, he said, and will announce an additional list of stations within the next week. I Progressive is scheduled to begin I operations on Nov. 26 with 12 hours of network programming daily. WARNER TO NBC Joins 'Three Star Extra' ALBERT WARNER, ABC-WMAL Washington commentator, joins NBC Oct. 30 as replacement for Felix Morley on the network's five weekly Three Star Extra, 6:45-7 p.m., sponsored by Sun Oil Co. (for Sunoco gasoline). He will appear with Ray Henle and Ned Brooks on the news program, which is aired on over 30 NBC stations and is handled through Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson, & Mather, New York. Mr. Morley reportedly is leaving to join the Washington office of Barrons Weekly, financial publication. Mr. Warner, a former MBS commentator, currently has his own program, Congress Today, Monday through Friday 7-7:15 p.m. on WMAL under sponsorship of the Bituminous Coal Institute. He will be replaced by Gunnar Back, ABC Washington news and special events specialist. Mr. Back also will replace Mr. Warner on ABC's Sunday show, This Week Around the World. TheVoice^/Kansas //I TOREK A BROADCASTING • Telecasting