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4/18/44
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TRADE NOTES : : :
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James L. Fly, Chairman of the Federal Communications Com¬ mission, Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones, and Senator Burton K, Wheeler (D), of Montana, will be among those to assist in dedicating the plaque to be placed in the Capitol May 24th to observe the lOOth anniversary of the birth of telegraph,
Dean Carl W, Ackerman of Columbia University School of Journalism in his annual report wrote:
'’The future of journalism is in the air, literally, not figuratively. Scientific developments, in aviation and electronics, via the airways and the airwaves, will have such a profound influence upon the press, radio, television, facsimile and other instrumental¬ ities of communication after this war that they will determine the extent and the content of public education in politics, social and economic relationships and foreign affairs, ••
RCA’ 8 new radio program, ’’The Music America Loves Best”, Saturday nights over the Blue network, is serving not only as insti¬ tutional advertising vehicle, but also as a continuous promotion for Victor and Bluebird phonograph records through its recording artists. The program name itself is the title of Victor’s famous catalogue, ’’The Music America Loves Best”,
Mutual gross billings for the month of March reached the all time figure of $1,807,031, an increase of 91.„9 percent over the figure reached in March, 1943, when the billings totalled $941,533.
Cumulative gross billings for the months of Jan, , Feb. and March, 1944, totalled $5,173,169, which represents an increase of 87.4 oercent over the figure for the same period in 1943, which was $2,759,722,
Ben Felner, Jr, , for the past six months Assistant in Charge of Program Planning for CBS’ Shortwave Department, is trans¬ ferring to the network’s Television Department as General Programming Assistant and dire ct orwriter. Mr. Feiner will be succeeded by Dan Russell, formerly CBS Shortwave Production Suoervlsor and later with the Office of Coordinator of InterAmerican Affairs,
Approximately 40,000 handwound portable phonographs, which the United States Government will sell as surplus commodities, were given specific dollars-andcents prices at wholesale and retail levels by the Office of Price Administration,
For the sale of a Model No, 64 Special (with Swiss Motor), a consumer may be charged a maximum price of $14.25, and for the sale of Model R (rebuilt with American Motor), $12,75. At wholesale the maximum prices are set at $8.50 f.o.b. sellers point of shipment for a Model No. 64 Special, and $7,00 f.o.b, sellers point of shipment for a Model R, These prices are in line with the level of prices in effect during March, 1942, for comparable phonographs.
The provision also requires the retailer to attach a tag to the phonograph showing the model number and ceiling price,
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