NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1944)

1760 N St., N.W. VPPp WASHINGTON 6, D. C. Phone NAtional 2080 J. H. Ryan, President C. E. Arney, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer Robert T. Bartley, Director of War Activities ; Lewis H. Avery, Director of Broadcast Advertising ; Willard D. Egolf, Director of Pub¬ lic Relations: Howard S. Frazier. Director of Engineering : Paul F. Peter. Director of Research : Arthur C. Stringer, Director of Promotion. limited to an overall review of the conduct of the station in terms of its long-range operation in the public interest. It is possible that you feel the station to have been op¬ erated generally in a manner contrary to the public inter¬ est. If this be true, the Commission would suggest that you file a petition asking for this type of review. “It is assumed that in that petition you will review the incident in question and that you will set forth as specifi¬ cally as may be the facts which indicate to you that there has been a general run of anti-Catholic remarks over this station, and no one has been given the opportunity to an¬ swer these critical remarks. It would be well that you inform the Commission of the programs and dates to which you refer and point out the instances to which the station denied the time to reply or to give opportunity whatever.” TEXT OF QUESTIONNAIRE WOULD YOU ACCEPT PAID WAC RECRUITMENT ADVERTISING OVER (Check) YOUR STATION? yes [h NO □ WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAM SERVICE WOULD DO THE BEST JOB OVER YOUR STATION? ( If you check more than one, number in order of preference) Half Hour Once Per Week Quarter Hour Three Times Per Week Five Times Per Week Dramatized Announcements Station Breaks □ □ □ □ □ WHAT ARE THE BEST AVAILABILITIES YOU CAN OFFER FOR AN OCTOBER 1 START? Half-Hour Program : Day Time Preceding Program Following Program Rate Quarter-Hour Programs: Day Time P receding Program Following Program Rate Dramatized (One-Minute Announcements): Day Time Preceding Program Following Program Rate Station Breaks: Day Time Preceding Program Following Program Rate FCC-NAB COOPERATE IN SURVEY The FCC released its third report on its manpower survey listing the names of 600 holders of first and secondclass radiotelephone licenses who have indicated their availability for employment in the communications indus¬ try. The survey, which was started last summer, has been intensified in recent months in response to reports from the industry of an increasing scarcity of radio op¬ erators and technicians. The third list, shows in addition to the names and ad¬ dresses of the license-holders, their present draft status, the nature of their present employment, the class of license held and whether they state their availability for full or part-time employment. To facilitate the use of the list, the names of license holders are grouped according to State of residence and the States are grouped according to Census regions. The lists are made available to the War Manpower Com¬ mission and to the communications industry. In the prep¬ aration of the new list, the National Association of Broad¬ casters has cooperated by furnishing clerical assistance in addressing the post card questionnaires. The Commis¬ sion is also advised that the NAB is obtaining from the persons on the list supplemental data which are available on request. All persons using the list are cautioned that the Com¬ mission does not certify as to the experience or avail¬ ability of any person listed, but merely sets forth the in¬ formation as received. Users of the list are also advised to consider the applicable orders and regulations of the War Manpower Commission and the National War Labor Board. NAB SURVEYS BROADCASTERS USE OF HIGH FREQUENCY SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES FLY REPLIES TO COMPLAINT vs. WMCA FCC Chairman James Lawrence Fly yesterday (20) released his letter of reply to a telegram sent him by Edward McCaffrey and three past Commanders of the Catholic War Veterans. The senders of the telegram complained of the action taken by radio station WMCA in deleting from a talk given over its facilities certain portions which the station asserted “* * * contained as¬ persions on our Allies and other material calculated to spread disunity at home.” Chairman Fly’s letter follows: “This will acknowledge your telegram of July 15, 1944, in which you urge the Commission to hold public hearings concerning the censoring by station WMCA of part of the text of a speech which Senator Frederick Coudert of New York proposed to deliver on Friday, July 7, 1944. “The Commission has no rule or policy which would re¬ quire the broadcasters to accept or reject the type of ma¬ terial mentioned by you in any particular program. The authority of the Commission in this general regard is July 21, 1944-240 Under date of July 19, Howard S. Frazier, NAB Dii-ector of Engineering who is also chairman of Panel 4 on Stand¬ ard Broadcasting of RTPB, forwarded the following letter to the licensees of all domestic broadcast stations, including FM and television. “The Radio Technical Planning Board is now working on recommendations for post war frequency allocations. It appears that the requests of the various services, such as police, fire, railroad, public utility, aviation, broadcast, etc., will far exceed the spectrum space available for non¬ government communications. “Broadcasters (standard, FM, and television) are now assigned certain frequencies outside the regular broadcast bands for relay, studio transmitter link, experimental, emergency use, etc. In order to estimate the present and future needs for these supplementary frequencies, infor¬ mation is urgently needed. “Please list on the enclosed form your present and pro¬ posed use of supplementary frequencies and return imme¬ diately to NAB. No disclosure will be made of individual information submitted.