Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1956)

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NBC, CBS had been conditional on network unanimity. Nov. 17: Tv network service extends to Boston with opening of AT&T radio relay system between that city and New York. Nov. 24: Networks and AFM begin discussions for renewal of contracts after present pacts conclude Jan. 31, 1948. Dec. 1: AFM President Petrillo calls off ban on performing for network co-op programs. Dec. 29: President Truman appoints Wayne Coy, director of Washington Post stations, as FCC chairman; George E. Sterling, FCC chief engineer, as FCC commissioner to assume office immediately as re alternative to AT&T coaxial cable. Jan. 12: Westinghouse breaks with Clear Channel Broadcasting Service, tells FCC that 20 superpower (750 kw) stations will not "adequately or economically solve the issues" of clear channel proceeding. Jan. 12: Mrs. W. J. Virgin, owner of KMED Medford, Ore., refuses to sell station to competing bidder selected by FCC in preference to original "purchaser"; asks reconsideration and permission to complete that transfer. Jan. 19: Federal Judge Walter La Buy again finds James C. Petrillo, AFM president, not guilty of violating Lea Act by causing strike of librarians at WAAF Chi FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE NARTB TWO YEARS after the first commercial broadcast, the nation's broadcasters faced so many new and confused problems that a trade association was desperately needed. The founding fathers of NARTB met April 23, 1923 at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, to set up an organization known as National Assn. of Broadcasters. The first convention was held in connection with the New York Radio Show, with Comdr. Eugene F. McDonald Jr., then owner of WJAZ Chicago, as first president. Taking part in the organization meeting were (1 to r) : Raymond Walker; C. H. Anderson; Frank W. Elliott, WHO Des Moines, later an NAB president; Comdr. McDonald; Paul Klugh, WJAZ manager; William S. Hedges, radio editor of the Chicago Daily News, operating WMAQ; Elliott Jenkins, WDAP Chicago (now WGN); A. B. Cooper; John Shepard 3d, Boston; Powel Crosley Jr., WLW Cincinnati. Philip G. Loucks, now a communications lawyer, became managing director of NAB before it was a decade old, resigning in 1935 to practice law. He was succeeded by James W. Baldwin, who had been NRA code authority for the industry. In 1938 Neville Miller, assistant to the president of Princeton U. and exmayor of Louisville, Ky., became the first paid president. Staff departments were set up for public relations, law, labor relations, research and engineering. Networks were given board representation in 1942, with fm and tv directors added after World War II. FM Assn. and Television Broadcasters Assn. were merged with NAB, the latter in 1950 when the name was changed to National Assn. of Radio & Television Broadcasters. J. Harold Ryan, of the Storer stations, served as interim president in 1944-45, with Judge Justin Miller, of the U. S. Court of Appeals, elected president in 1945. A. D. Willard Jr., ex-CBS station manager, was elected executive vice president under Judge Miller. In 1951 Harold E. Fellows, of WEEI Boston, was elected president and still holds the office. cess appointees. Mr. Sterling succeeds E. K. Jett, resigning to join Baltimore Sunpapers as vice president and radio director. 1948 Jan. 5: Year begins with AFM President James C. Petrillo pulling all AFM members out of recording studios; companies have two-year backlog of records on hand. Jan. 5: WFIL-FM, Philadelphia Inquirer station, starts regular transmission of two facsimile editions a day, an eight-pager at 2:15 p.m., a four-pager at 5 p.m. Jan. 12: NBC plans east coast microwave relay system for networking tv programs as Page 218 • October 15, 1956 cago; Rep. Clarence F. Lea (D-Calif.), author of act, calls verdict "unwarranted." Jan. 26: AT&T files fm tariffs; base monthly airline mile cost for 16 consecutive hours a day is $10, compared to $6 for am. Feb. 2: FCC says programs of horserace information are all right if they're part of balanced overall program service. Feb. 2: James C. Petrillo agrees to drop AFM ban against musicians performing for am programs duplicated on fm; extends network contracts 60 days. Feb. 2: Senate approves appointments of Wayne Coy and George E. Sterling to FCC. Feb. 2: FCC, by four to two vote in WHLS Port Huron, Mich., case, holds Sec. 315 of Communication Act to comprise "absolute" prohibition against a station's censoring political broadcasts; states this federal prohibition will relieve station of responsibility for libelous material in political broadcasts. Feb. 2: RCA announces development of a 16-inch tv picture tube, first metal kinescope, with picture area of 125 square inches. Feb. 2: Loren Ryder, head of Paramount Pictures sound department, demonstrates film developed in 66 seconds. Feb. 9: Western Union reveals plans to enter tv network field, starting with microwave relay between New York and Philadelphia. Feb. 23: FCC assigns band for intercity tv relays operated by broadcasters for interim period until permanent common carrier facilities are available. Feb. 23: Following successful test in Cincinnati, Transit Radio plans installation of fm receivers in bus and trolley lines of other cities, to receive special program service, largely music. March 1 : Senate Interstate & Foreign Commerce Committee orders FCC to hold up its clear channel decision as Sen. Edwin C. Johnson (D-Colo.), ranking minority member, introduces bill to break down clear channels and limit power to 50 kw. March 1: NAB board approves $200,000 promotion campaign for radio. March 1 : Rural Radio Network, fm project in New York State, financed by 10 farm cooperative organizations and calling for investment of $400,000 in six outlets, to begin operation with three stations in May. March 8: FCC starts hearings on right of stations to editorialize. March 1 5: American Jewish Congress petitions FCC for revocation hearing for KMPC Los Angeles, charging station with "slanting" news comments. March 22: FCC holds three-day hearing on proposed standards for facsimile broadcasting. March 29: AT&T files new tariffs for intercity tv transmission, substantially lower than those proposed year ago. March 29: With "The Washington Radio Market" B • T starts continuing series of studies of major radio markets. March 29: FCC orders investigation of news policies of KMPC Los Angeles, WJR Detroit and WGAR Cleveland, stations owned by G. A. (Dick) Richards. April 19: Court of Appeals for District of Columbia reverses FCC's non-hearing grant to Joseph P. Stanton of 10 kw daytime station at Philadelphia on WCKY Cincinnati's 1-B clear channel (1530 kc), rules that when licensee claims a grant would adversely affect him he must be given an opportunity to argue his cause and if the argument indicates that his rights would be adversely affected, a full dress hearing on the application must be held. April 26: As Senate Commerce Committee closes hearing on Johnson Bill to break down clear channels, Acting Chairman Charles W. Tobey (R-N.H.) issues surprise order for new hearing to investigate broadcast allocations, regulation and patent ownership. May 3: Affirming lower court's denial of an Broadcasting • Telecasting ■