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10/3/41
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The Chicago Board of Education for the fifth consecutive year has selected the stations of Ralph L. Atlass, WJJD, of CTnicago, and WIND of Gary, to broadcast its official educational programs.
The hearings before the Committee on Interstate Commerce in the Senate last June before Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana, on the resolution introduced by Senator Wallace White, of Maine, to authorize a study of the network regulations of the Federal Communi¬ cations Commission, have now been printed. As yet the Committee has made no reoort and there is no indication when or if it will do so^, _ _
A pamphlet ’’Meet lAr. Big" has been sent out by the Clear Channel Broadcasting Service, a group of independent stations, emphasizing the importance of clear channels as a part of a campaign to prevent the FCC from breaking down these channels. The pamphlet Is directed to the listener especially in rural and small communi¬ ties and shows how essential It is to keep these channels clear and free from interference.
j.j*""Alfred H. Morton, Vice President of NBC’s Television Divi¬ sion, has assumed active supervision of all television programs now being transmitted over WNBT, the National Broadcasting Company’s tele¬ vision station. Warren Wade, a pioneer in the television "field, has been named by Mr. Morton as Executive Producer. Arthur Hungerford, another television pioneer, has been named Business Manager.
^ WJZ, New York’s oldest radio broadcasting station and key outlet for the Blue Network of the National Broadcasting Company on Sunday, October 5, will celebrate twenty years on the air. Next week will be known as "WJZ’ s 20th Anniversary -Week", with speciaJ. programs, both local and network, honoring the station.
During August, never noted as a period of heavy merchandis¬ ing, the national total of FM sets increased by 27.6^. It was the greatest single monthly gain of listeners since Fli began. The na¬ tional total of sets is now estimated at about 70,000, with totals of receiver distribution in September expected to top by a good margin those of August.
It was recently announced that the combined output of Armstrong licensees am.ong the set makers is now about 1000 units a day. In spite of this, demand is still well ahead of supply.
Philco Distributors of New York, now featuring a newly developed FM receiving set, has bought time on WOR’ s all night pro' gram for six announcements per night, six nights a week.
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