Broadcasting (July - Sep 1950)

Page scan 0001341 from Broadcasting

Record Details:

Title:
Broadcasting
Date:
July - Sep 1950
Publisher:
Broadcasting Publications Inc.
Volume:
Broadcasting Telecasting (July - Sept 1950)
Leaf #:
0001341
Language:
English
Subjects:
Radio Periodicals, Broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
This trade paper began in 1931 with a focus on radio, but as the TV industry expanded in the post-World War II era, the paper increasingly became devoted to television (even the title changed to BROADCASTING TELECASTING). Developments in technology, policy, advertising, and programming were covered. The paper's advertisements and articles reveal the intricate relationship among sponsors, stations, program suppliers, and station representatives -- the industry's term for middle-men who represented numerous local stations in negotiations with national sponsors. The success of particular stations or programming choices are frequently trumpeted in BROADCASTING'S advertisements -- always with the goal of selling more of something, such as a film program or a station's spot advertising time. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
June 13, 2024
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ALONGSIDE WJR Detroit's mobile unit, used in the two-week campaign to take Crusade for Freedom scrolls to various centers throughout the city, a young Detroiter ;igns the first scroll as Worth Kramer (I), vice president and general manager of WJR, and Victor G. Reuther, UAW-CIO educational director, look on. WJR carried the unit's itinerary on its newscasts. ARMY COURSE Record Ft. Ord Experiences SOLDIERS completing the Army's rugged infiltration course at Fort Ord, Calif., are having their experiences recorded for overseas broadcast through efforts of the "team" of Cpl. Arthur M. Suchesk, USAF, Armed Forces Radio Service, and Cpl. Roy Sims of Fort Ord's public information office. Cpl. Suchesk, radio engineer with the AFRS shortv^ave section, Los Angeles, arrived at Fort Ord with some 30 newsmen, as a guest engineer to work with Cpl. Sims. The pair combined their efforts to taperecord interviews with the soldiers. A 110-volt generator — in Army nomenclature PE-95-G — made completely portable a PT-6-P threechannel amplifier Magnecorder setup on back of an Army weapons carrier. Tapes made during the day are edited for AFRS broadeast to troops overseas. In addition, specialized programs for local station use also are taped on the recorder. VO/CF NidMfS Pfeiffer, N alley Get Posts FOLLOWING on the heels of the recent expansion bill approved by the Senate for Voice of America, comes announcement of two State Dept. appointments to head divisions of the Voice. Timothy A. Pfeiffer, formerly of Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, and American U., Beirut, Lebanon, has been appointed chief of the Turkish unit. Mr. Pfeiffer will direct, write and edit all Voice of America programs for Turkey, scheduled to be 30 minutes daily of news, features and music. John A. Nalley, former director of United States Library Service, Djakarta, Indonesia, has been named acting chief of the Indonesia unit of the Voice. The 15 minutes daily of news and music which will compose the Indonesian broadcasts will be handled by Mr. Nalley as director, writer, and editor for that area. Oberfelder Address THEODORE L OBERFELDER, ABC director of advertising, promotion and research, will speak on radio and television research at the ninth annual luncheon given by the Pulse Inc., audience research organization, Oct. 25 at New York's Biltmore Hotel. The Nation's Richest Farm Market local Retail Sales, 1949, 18% above the Nation's Average — 1950 — higher. lUf TTM WATE.RTOWN. I I N WISCONSIN GERMAN RADIO Exhibit Joined by RIAS RIAS Berlin took part in the "German Radio Exhibition 1950" at Duesseldorf , in what is described as the first large-scale western German radio exhibition to be held since the war, according to the office of the U. S. high commissioner in Western Germany. The exhibit, held Aug. 18-27, outlined the history of radio in general, emphasizing the work and achievements of German radio. RIAS displayed a stand including a scale model of a transmitting mast and a map of Germany showing the "targets" of the outlet's broadcasts. fCC actions m 0 SEPTEMBER 15 TO SEPTEMBER 21 CP-construction permit ant.-antenna DA-directional antenna D-day ERP-effective radiated power N-night STL-studio-transmitter link aur.-aural synch, amp. -synchronous amplifier vis.-visual cond.-conditional LS-local sunset mod.-modification trans. -transmitter unl. -unlimited hours STA-special temporary authorization CG-conditional grant Grants authorizing new stations, changes in facilities, and transfers appear at the end of this department, accompanied by a roundup of new station and transfer applications. September 15 Applications . . . ACCEPTED FOR FILING AM— 1290 kc WIKC Bogalusa, La. — CP AM station to change from 1490 kc 250 w unl. to 1290 kc 1 kw-D 500 w-N DA-N AMENDED to request DA-2. AM— 1090 kc WNOE New Orleans, La.— CP AM station to change from 1060 kc 50 kw-D 5 kw-N DA-2 to 1060 kc 50 kw-D 25 kw-N. License Renewal Request for license renewal AM station: KSJO San Jose, Calif.; WALB Albany, Ga.; WRMN Elgin, HI.; WCBC Anderson, Ind.; WGIV Charlotte, N. C; KAST Astoria, Ore.; WACB Kittanning, Pa.; WACO Waco, Tex. Modification of License WKBI St. Mary's, Pa. — Mod. license AM station to change name from Kenneth E. Rennekamp and Gary H. Simpson, partnership d/b as EUk County Bcstg. Co. to same partners d/b as Elk-Cameron Bcstg. Co. Modification of CP KUMO Columbia, Mo. — ^Mod. CP new AM station for extension of completion date. Mod. CP new FM station for extension of completion date: WAFM Birmingham, Ala.; WBIB New Haven, Conn.; WGNR-FM New RocheUe, N. Y.; WDSU-FM New Orleans; WMOX-FM Meridian, Miss.; WARD-FM Johnstown, Pa. WCBS-TV New York— Mod. CP new commercial TV station for extension of completion date. TENDERED FOR FILING AM— 1290 kc KJEF Jennings, La. — Mod. CP new AM station to change from 1290 kc 500 w-D to 1290 kc 500 w unl. DA-N. September 18 Decisions . . . ACTIONS ON MOTIONS By Commissioner E. M. Webster WCOC Meridian, Miss. — Dismissed petition to intervene in proceeding re application of Harold L. Sudbinry, KLCN Blytheville, Ark. Rock City Bcstrs., Little Falls, N. Y. • — Denied request that Commission change place of hearing from Washington, D. C. to Little Falls and Herkimer, N. Y. in proceeding re application and that of Robert Harvard Dye. WLEA Hornell, N. Y.— Granted leave to amend application so as to show revised DA, to change answer to Section 2, Page 4, Table 2 and Exhibit 1 of anplication to show that John S. Booth has assigned all of his right, title and interest in WCBA Coming, N. Y. to Wellsboro-Corning Bcstg. Adv. Inc., and for removal of application, as amended, from hearing docket. By Examiner J. D. Bond WELS Farmers Bcstg. Service, Inc. (Formerly, Commonwealth Bcstg. Corp.) Kinston, N. C. — Granted continuance of hearing, now scheduled for Sept. 19, in proceeding re auplication and that of WFTC Kinston, N. C.; hearing continued to Nov. 20 at Washington, D. C. By Examiner Fanney N. Litvin KLCN Blytheville, Ark. — Granted indefinite continuance of hearing on application now scheduled for Sept. 22, in Washington, D. C; hearing continued without date until further order. Carl H. Meyer, Streator, 111.— Granted leave to amend application to increase daytime power to 500 w, change type trans and location of main studio, specify new ant. site and make such other changes in his application as are necessary to conform his application to changes suggested hereby. Application as amended, removed from hearing docket. By Examiner Leo Resnick WOOK Silver Spring, Md.— Granted in part petition for indefinite continuance of hearing in proceeding re application. Hearing now scheduled for Sept. 18 was continued to Dec. 18 in Washington, D. C. September 18 Applications . . . ACCEPTED FOR FILING AM— 1570 kc Pratt Bcstg. Co., Pratt, Kan. — CP new AM station 1230 kc 250 w unl. AMENDED to request 1570 kc 250 w D. AM— 930 kc KWOC Poplar Bluff, Mo.— CP AM station to change from 1340 kc 250 w (Continued on page 86) RED WHITE RED network, Vienna, Austria, presenting reportedly first live radio dramas before studio audi WMTR NOW 1000 WATTS morristown, N.J. BROADCASTING • Telecasting September 25, 1950 • Page 65