Broadcasting Telecasting (July - Sept 1952)

VHOL BID Smith's Proposal Attacked 3ARP criticism of FCC Hearing xaminer Elizabeth C. Smith's oposal to re-grant to WHOL Hentown, Pa., its construction Tmit for 250 w fulltime on 1230 : was contained in two exceptions the initial decision filed with e Commission a fortnight ago. Miss Smith's ruling, which ught to culminate a proceeding at has been before the FCC and e courts since 1946, also recome^nded denial of the competitive d of Easton Pub. Co., Easton, |, operator of WEEX (FM) there J«T, June 16]. Curtis B. Plummer, Chief of the 3C Broadcast Bureau, took exption to the initial decision for 0 reasons and Eliot C. Lovett, atrney for Easton Pub. Co., for 109 asons. "This initial decision is so aught with error — in fact, law, id judgment — that the Commisyn is urged to review this entire cord in the interest of rendering fair final decision," Mr. Plummer id. Easton Pub. Co. asserted that iss Smith "by means of distorm of the record and by employg not only overemphasis and be;tlement, but also disregard for e Communications Act, of the )mmission's own policies and •actice, of the issues specified by e Commission in this proceeding, the decision of the Court of ppeals, and of the undisputed cts of record . . . has endeavored support her arbitrary and emo)nal pre-judgment in this case." Original construction permit was anted WHOL five years ago. But e hearing was re-opened when :e U. S. Court of Appeals in 1949 manded the case to FCC on the ound that its decision did not ke into account the relative needs Allentown and Easton, Pa. GRO PURCHASE Gerity Assumes Operation CTIVE operation of WGRO Bay ty, Mich., has been taken over James Gerity Jr., Adrian, Mich., anufacturer and owner of WABJ Irian, whose purchase of WGRO r $12,000 was approved by the :C Sept. 10 [B*T, Sept. 15]. Others named staff members of GRO are: O. W. Myers, WABJ neral manager, who becomes inaging director of both stations th headquarters at Adrian; Har7 West, station manager; Phil nford, program director, and his fe, Doris Sanford, copy director, ivid Norton replaces Mr. West as les manager of WABJ and Keith •per of KVOR Colorado Springs comes WABJ staff announcer, placing Mr. Sanford. WABJ is plicant for vhf Channel 5 in Bay ty [B*T, July 28]. AMONG those present at the joint meeting of Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters and the Chesapeake AP Radio Assn. at Virginia Beach Sept. 1 1 were (I to r) R. C. Embry, WITH Baltimore, Chesapeake association president; Adm. Lynde D. McCormick, Supreme Allied Atlantic Commander under NATO, and Maynard Dillaber, WMVA Martinsville, Virginia organization president. Adm. McCormick's talk was aired by WTAR-AM-TV Norfolk and WGH Newport News. NLRB FINDING Cites WALA, IBEW Local COMPLAINT against both WALA Mobile, Ala. and an IBEW local, alleging certain unfair labor practices with respect to discharge of a radio engineer, was upheld by a National Labor Relations Board trial examiner last week. In an intermediate report and recommended order, Examiner Sidney Lindner claimed that the station had discharged engineer John A. Thompson because he did not hold membership in the union. Complaint was filed by the engineer last October. WALA reportedly had been assured by IBEW Local 1264 (AFL) that its request for Mr. Thompson's discharge was in accordance with the law and the station's union-security agreement with the union. The local was charged with unfair practices by "encouraging" WALA to "discriminate" against the employe and by denying him union membership. WALA is licensed to Pape Broadcasting Co. and operates with 5 kw DA-N on 1410 kc. Mr. Lindner's preliminary findings are subject to final NLRB approval. 'VOTE' PRIZES Judges Are Selected PRIZES will be awarded, following November election results, to clubs of the Advertising Federation of America currently directing or cooperating in the national campaign to get-out-the-vote, sponsored by the American Heritage Foundation. The awards will be given jointly by the AFA and the foundation. Judges are: Frank J. Reynolds, president, Albert Frank-Guenther Law Inc.; Thomas D'Arcy Brophy, chairman, Kenyon & Eckhardt Inc.; Louis A. Novins, vice president, Paramount Pictures Corp., and C. M. Vandeburg, foundation's executive director. BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN, national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, will speak on NBC radio and television on Sunday, Oct. 12, at 3:45 p.m. in preparation for Mission Sunday, Oct. 19. RCA EXPANSION May Soon Enter New Field RCA'S entrance into the range and heater fields was foreshadowed last week as the firm announced conclusion of negotiations with the Noma Electric Corp., New York, for acquisition of Estate Stove Co., Hamilton, Ohio, a Noma Div. The agreement is subject to approval by Noma stockholders at the next regular meeting scheduled for Nov. 5. A joint announcement from RCA and Noma noted that Estate manufactures quality gas and electric ranges and gas and oil space heaters. RCA's plan is to form a new subsidiary, the RCA-Estate Appliance Co., with Cecil M. Dunn, who heads Estate Stove, as president. Ohio Award OHIO Assn. of Radio & Television Broadcasters received an annual Governor's Award for the advancement of Ohio's prestige Sept. 18. The award, made in Columbus at the annual Ohio Newspaper Banquet, was accepted by Robert Fehlman, WHBC Canton and OARTB president [B*T, Sept. 22]. E. F. Ireland, chairman, Ohio Development & Publicity Commission, cited the outstanding service rendered by the OARTB in devoting public service time to the promotion of recreational and industrial Ohio. AAAA SESSION Midwest Agencies To Meet WHY a buyer's market is in the offing, and what sellers can do about it, are top questions to be posed at the management meeting of the Central Council, American Assn. of Advertising Agencies, in Chicago Oct. 9. The next day, representatives of midwest agencies will attend a general session. Meetings will be at the Drake Hotel. At the management meeting on Thursday, Arno Johnson, vice president and director of research for J. Walter Thompson Co., New York, will outline advertising and marketing problems. The management luncheon will be served to four groups, each representing agencies in a particular business volume bracket. The general session on Friday will feature a report by Frederic Gamble, AAAA president, on his activities and the parent organization staff. Among speakers and topics for that day are Charlotte Montgomery of New York, columnist for Tide Magazine, "Selling the Housewife"; John Harold Johnson, editor and publisher, Ebony magazine. "Selling the Negro Market"; Jack Cunningham, board chairman of AAAA and executive vice president of Cunningham & Walsh, New York, "An Expedition Into Some Closed Minds." The Friday luncheon speaker will be Millard C. Faught, president of the Faught Co., New York, who will outline "The Future of Television." Afternoon speakers and their subjects: Otis Carney, J. Walter Thompson Co., Chicago, "The Creative Approach to TV Commercials"; Betty Betz, New York author, artist and columnist, "Selling the TeenAger"; Floyd S. Chalmers, executive vice president, Maclean-Hunter-Publishing Co., Toronto, "Selling to the Canadian Market"; Ladd Haystead, New York consultant and associate publisher of Agriculture Leaders' Digest, "Is Agriculture Listening?", and Robert E. Lang, director of Radio-Free Europe, New York, "Ideas Behind the Iron Curtain." »>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(TW^t><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<« ✓\ £ A ft ft i ■ i ^ ft subject to prior sale — $ ft ^ X We have a number of metropolitan market AM stations available ft ft for purchase. Some are network, others independent. Most of them ft £ are currently profitable while a few, strategically placed, require new $ aggressive management. TV potentials naturally vary. ft ft I ft Complete information furnished to lorn f\ic inquiries. . ft ft ft ft ft I R. C. CRISLER & Co. I | RADIO STATION BROKERS— FINANCING ft CINCINNATI, OHIO 1109 UNION TRUST BLDG. 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