Heinl radio business letter (Jan-June 1933)

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WILE'S TEN YEARS ON THE AIR A RADIO RECORD In embarking this week upon his annual Summer leave of absence from the air, Frederic William Wile, Columbia's political analyst, hangs up a record in radio. With the close of his 193333 talks on "The Political Situation in Washington Tonight", which he will resume in the Fall, Wile concludes ten successive seasons before the microphone with the same topic and title. It is believed no other speaker now before the broad¬ casting public can claim such an air background. This covers a span almost as wide as radio itself. Wile started his weekly political reviews in 1923 before chain and network programs existed. He began with the original WRC station in Washington conducted by the Radio Corporation of America before NBC was formed, and remained with the NBC until he joined Columbia in the latter's early days in March, 1929. As a political commentator from Washington, Wile ranks as the pioneer, as he doubtless will also in connection with transAtlantic news broadcasting, in which he was first heard from the London Naval Conference in 1930. Wile's recent Saturday night absences from the mike were occasioned by a bout with his dentiBt, which, he says, the doctor won by three out and one to go. X X X X X X CANADIANS BAN PRICE MENTION Advertising matter of all kinds in radio programs broad¬ cast by Canadian stations must hereafter be limited to 5 per cent of the time of any program period 45 seconds in a 15-minute program. Also "spot" announcements (local advertisements broad¬ cast between program periods) must be limited to 100 words and may not be made at all between 7:30 and 11 p. m. These regulations have just been adopted by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission. Under the Radio Act of 1927, as amended, the Federal Radio Commission has no right of censorship over programs, and the Commission points out an "interesting deviation" in the sec¬ tion of the Canadian rules devoted to "Control of Programs." 5