Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan - Mar 1951)

WIST (FM) Suspends Operation WIST (FM) Charlotte, N. C, this Saturday (Feb. 24) will suspend operations until construction on its new AM station is completed, Ray A. Furr, managing director, announced last week. "When the AM station, for which a construction permit was granted Jan. 26, is completed, The Broadcasting Co. of the South will go on the air as WIST-AM-FM, Funadded. The new AM station in Charlotte will operate on 930 kc with 5 kw day, 1 kw night. Mr. Furr explained that the interim suspension of FM operations will free technical personnel and management to devote full time to construction of the new station. He added that the company in February 1948 filed application for permission to operate a TV station and was looking forward to the lifting of the freeze. WINNERS Week-Long Events Fete Students Mr. Burnett Miss Harmon Mr. Romulo Miss Newbrough FTC Order ORDER by the Federal Trade Commission prohibiting alleged advertising misrepresentations in the sale of Arrid (Carter Products Inc., New York) has been affirmed by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Chicago). The court modified and affirmed the order the past fortnight. The product, a deodorant cosmetic, has been advertised in radio continuities and other media copy. FOUR high school students picked from a million-and-a-half entrants in the annual Voice of Democracy contest are meeting high Washington officials this week as they receive scholarship awards and TV combination consoles. The week-long program started with a Friday dinner, followed by a weekend at Colonial Williamsburg. Schedule of events was announced by Robert K. Richards, NAB public affairs director and chairman of the Voice of Democracy Contest Committee. Joining in sponsorship of the annual contest are Radio -Television Mfrs. Assn., U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce and U. S. Office of Education. Winning entrants were Marcie Anne Harmon, San Bernardino, Calif.; Norita Newbrough, Baton Rouge, La.; Robert A. Burnett, St. Louis, and Ricardo Romulo, Wash Put Yourself on a spot! Reach •7 3 * omes to* WINS spots move mountains of everything — from collar buttons to "Constellations"— fast! Let us give you examples! WINS spots have a high Pulse but a low rate per thousand homes. Let us show you! WINS spots, in other words, sell more, cost less. Get the straight facts on a WINS spot buy. Call your WINS representative . . . see him when he calls! •Source: Pulse of N. Y.— Dec, 1950 Buy WINS.. . if Sells! WINS 50KW New York CROSLEY BROADCASTING 1 CORPORATION ington. They are being chaperoned by C. E. Arney Jr., NAB secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Arney. Informal dinner was held Friday at the Statler Hotel, Washington, awards week headquarters. They left for Williamsburg Saturday morning. On the Saturday schedule was luncheon at Williamsburg Inn; afternoon workshop; 4 p.m. NBC broadcast with President Kenneth Chorley, of Colonial Williamsburg, and a Korean veteran, Pfc. James D. Batten. The party was to return to Washington Sunday. Today's (Monday) agenda opens with a Washington tour, winding up with an NBC recording session and dinner. Tuesday morning the group will meet J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director, and tour the FBI. The young people will visit President Truman at 11:30. After luncheon they will visit Senate and House galleries; Supreme Court and Justice Tom C. Clark; wind up with appearance at radio-TV clinic of Washington Ad Club. To Meet Pace Appointment with Frank Pace Jr., Secretary of the Army, opens the Wednesday program. Luncheon will follow at the National Press Club. In the afternoon the winners will be received by Gen. George C. Marshall, Secretary of Defense. After a Pentagon tour they will visit Edward Barrett, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. Annual Voice of Democracy awards luncheon will be held at the Statler Thursday. Earl J. McGrath, U. S. Commissioner of Education, will preside. Portions of the winning essays and presentation of prizes by Secretary Pace will be broadcast by MBS. A Voice of America broadcast at 4 p.m. for worldwide transmission will wind up the week. The four winners were selected by a board of prominent judges for writing and voicing the best broadcast scripts on the subject "I Speak for Democracy" in a competition that included 30,000 high schools in 48 states, District of Columbij arid Puerto Rico. National Judges were Erwin D : Canham, editor, Christian Selena Monitor; Rabbi Norman Gersten feld, minister, Washington Hebrew Congregation; Frieda B. Hennock FCC; H. V. Kaltenborn, news an alyst; Corma A. Mowrey, pred dent, National Education Assn. Secretary Pace; W. L. Spencei president, National Assn. of Sec ondary School Principals; Lowel Thomas, news analyst. The contes started last October as a featur of National Radio & Televisioi Week, with contests in individua high schools. After communit eliminations, prizes were given b Junior Chamber chapters and radi dealers coordinated by RTMA. NAB member stations turned on transcriptions and recordings o community winners for use in th state and national judgings. Disc were identified only by key nun bers. ANNUAL AWARDS* Announced By Conferenc I ANNUAL radio and televisio I awards of the National Confei 1 ence of Christians and Jews wer;§ announced last week by Dr. Everet R. Clinchy, conference presiden The awards are presented eac year to networks, stations, pre grams and individuals "for on standing contributions during th past year to mutual understandin and respect among American raci; and religious groups." The six radio winners were: Individual r: d i o personalit; Ted Cott, gener; manager o W N B C an WNBT (TV New York, fcj such production as "Little Son^ on Big Subject.1 and the Ne \ Freedom Doa : ments series. Network series, Horace Heidt, f( his Youth Opportunity Progra ] over CBS radio and television. Single network program, Tl ! United Nations Radio Division recognition of its production, Doc, ment A-777, a dramatization of tl U. N. Declaration of Hum? Rights. Individual stations, KPOJ Por land, Ore.; WAVE Louisville, aril WEEI Boston. The television award was wc| by Captain Video and the DuMoi I Television Network. Presentation of the awards is | be made this week, Feb. 18-21 celebrated nationally as Broth? I hood Week, under the sponsorsh j of the conference. \4 Mr. Cott INDIVIDUAL stars of the WLS CI cago National Barn Dance are beii spotlighted in a new series Haylo Spotlight, Saturday night shows by t' station. Page 44 • February 19, 1951 BROADCASTING • Telecastitj