NAB reports (Mar-Dec 1933)

RESEARCH AND PLANNING REPORT November 11, 1933. From: Donald K. Wallace, Research and Planning Division. To: Sol A. Rosenblatt, Deputy Administrator. Subject: Radio Broadcasting Industry. Owing to the fact that the radio broadcasting industry is com¬ paratively young, and to the fact that it has expanded rapidly in the past five or six years, an attempt to compare the current activi¬ ties and economic conditions of the industry with those of any preceding year would tend to give misleading results. For example, in the average industry, the employment peak occurred in 1929, and it is the desire of the Administration to re¬ absorb wage earners to the extent of putting employment back to the 1929 level. In the case of the Radio Broadcasting Industry, however, more stations are in operation now, and more individuals employed, than there were in 1929. Therefore, that year cannot be used as a barometer. In so far as the Code is designed to improve conditions in the Radio Broadcasting Industry, our division is satisfied with it as it stands modified, amended, or changed by the Deputy Administrator. Respectfully submitted, Donald K. Wallace, Division of Research and Planning SPECIAL ADVISOR’S REPORT WESTERN UNION 1933 Nov 2 PM 3 27. WU97 DL-WUX Boston, Mass., 2 309P. Sol Rosenblatt, Deputy Administrator NRA, Department of Commerce Bldg. Have been carefully over third revision of Broadcasting Code and believe it to be fair to both industry and labor stop It there¬ fore has my approval as Special Advisor. John Shepard Third. 2931 McCOSKER SIGNS FOR N. A. B. ADOPTION OF THE REVISED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOE THE RADIO BROADCASTING INDUSTRY The undersigned does hereby adopt the Code for the Radio Broadcasting Industry as finally revised. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, INC., By its President duly authorized to adopt such code: Alfred J. McCosker, President. November 15, 1933. WEBER SIGNS FOR A. F. OF M. November 18, 1933. The undersigned hereby approves and adopts the foregoing Code of Fair Competition for the Radio Broadcasting Industry. Joseph W. Weber, President, American Federation of Musicians. ELLIOTT SIGNS FOR IATSE November 18, 1933. The undersigned hereby approves and adopts the foregoing Code of Fair Competition for the Radio Broadcasting Industry. William C. Elliott, President, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada. TRACY SIGNS FOR IBEW November 18, 1933. The undersigned hereby approves and adopts the foregoing Code of Fair Competition for the Radio Broadcasting Industry. Dan W. Tracy, President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION for the RADIO BROADCASTING INDUSTRY ARTICLE I Purposes To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are submitted as a Code of Fair Competition for the Radio Broadcasting Industry, and upon approval by the President shall be the standard of fair com¬ petition for such Industry and shall be binding on every member thereof. ARTICLE II Definitions 1. Radio Broadcasting, as used herein, means the transmission through space by means of any radio frequency of signals intended to be received, whether audibly or visually, directly by the public. 2. Radio Broadcasting Industry, as used herein, embraces the complete operations of all broadcasters, or networks designed for broadcasting as above defined, including, in connection with such operations, the preparation and production of programs, both spon¬ sored and unsponsored, for the purpose of providing entertainment, instruction and general service through the agency of radio broad¬ casting. 3. Broadcaster, as used herein, means any individual, partner¬ ship, corporation, association or other form of enterprise engaged in the radio broadcasting industry as above defined. 4. Network, as used herein, means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other form of enterprise, in the busi¬ ness of regularly supplying, by wire or wireless, programs for broadcasting, simultaneously to two or more radio broadcasting stations. 5. Employee, as used herein, means any person engaged in the industry and employed by a broadcaster or network at a regular hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly salary or wage, as distinguished from an independent contractor or a professional person who is paid by the job or performance. 6. Employer, as used herein, means any broadcaster or network engaged in the industry. 7. Broadcast Technician, as used herein, means any person em¬ ployed for the operation or maintenance of any transmitting, con¬ trol or input equipment used in radio broadcasting. 8. Act and Administrator, as used herein, mean respectively Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act and the Adminis¬ trator for Industrial Recovery. ARTICLE III Hours 1. No employee shall be permitted to work in excess of forty hours in any one week, except those included in the classes enumer¬ ated in paragraph number two hereof. 2. The maximum hours fixed in the foregoing paragraph number one shall not apply to: (a) Employees in a managerial or executive capacity (including announcers, production men and chief operators) who receive more than thirty -five dollars per week; employees in a managerial or executive capacity (including announcers, production men and chief operators) who receive more than twenty-five dollars per week in radio broadcasting stations in which on July 1, 1933, not more than ten persons were regularly employed. ( b ) Outside salesmen. (e) Employees on emergency maintenance and emergency repair work, but at least one and one-half times the normal rate shall be paid such employees for hours worked in excess of the maximum hours provided in Section 1 of this article. ( d ) Broadcast Technicians, with respect to whom the maximum hours of work shall not exceed forty-eight hours per week. (e) Persons employed on special event programs of public inter¬ est, with respect to whom the maximum hours of work shall not exceed the number of hours herein prescribed for their class of work averaged over any six weeks’ period. ARTICLE IV Wages 1. No employee, except those enumerated in paragraphs (a), ( b ) and (c) hereof shall be paid at less than the weekly rate of ■ Page 240 •