NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1944)

Class Range of Income Monthly Dues J . . . . $400,001 $500,000 $125.00 K ... . 500,001 600,000 150.00 L ... . 600,001 700,000 175.00 M . . . . 700,001 800,000 200.00 N . . . . 800,001 900,000 225.00 0 . . . . 900,001 1,000,000 250.00 P . . 1,000,001 2,000,000 400.00 Q . 2,000,001 4,000,000 500.00 R . . 4,000,001 6,000,000 750.00 s . . . . 6,000,001 8,000,000 1,000.00 T ... . 8,000,001 10,000,000 1,250.00 U . . . . 10,000,001 12,000,000 1,500.00 V . . . . 12,000,001 16,000,000 2,000.00 w ... . 16,000,001 20,000,000 2,500.00 X . . . . Over 20,000,000 3,000.00 TOO PER CENT COOPERATION The following letter from Winthrop W. Aldrich, Presi¬ dent of the National War Fund, to Harold Ryan, NAB President, constitutes a splendid tribute to the radio broadcasting industry : “On behalf of the 1944 campaign for the National War Fund, I want you to know how much we appreciate the active supopi't that you and your associates gave the Fund. “Mr. Butcher, our Radio Dh’ector, tells me that not one station out of the nine hundred failed to cooperate whole¬ heartedly in bringing our message to the American people. The Radio Industry, indeed, may be proud of its record again this year. “Will you please convey our deep gratitude to the Industry.” First Global Shows Ready for Use Army Presses for More Production In addition to the “Let’s Go to Town” programs which are scheduled for production in accordance with November 10, 1944, NAB Reports, are the following: TO BE CUT IN NOVEMBER — New Bedford, Mass. TO BE CUT IN DECEMBER— Atlantic City Evansville Kansas City, Mo. Louisville Savannah TO BE CUT IN JANUARY —Trenton Shows Delivered or En Route According to long distance advice from Los Angeles, at 3:15 p. m., Wednesday, Nov. 22, the first two Task Force Commanders listed below have delivered finished jobs; while the second three have their finished job en route. Robert Stoddard, KOH, Reno Ken Craig, KQW, San Francisco Charles Crutchfield, WBT, Charlotte Irvin G. Abeloff, WRVA, Richmond Vernon Nolte, WMBD, Peoria Scripts Cleared for Cutting Twenty-three scripts from the following city-areas have been cleared: DISTRICT II Kolin Hager, WGY, Director Program Area Task Force Commander Buffalo (Pgm. A) . C. Robert Thompson, WBEN Rochester . Gunnar Wiig, WHEC Schenectady . Earl Pudney, WGY DISTRICT III Roy F. Thompson, WFBG, Director Philadelphia . Leon Levy, WCAU Pittsburgh . Joseph Baudino, KDKA Pittsburgh . Frank R. Smith, Jr., WWSW DISTRICT IV Campbell Arnoux, WTAR, Director Asheville . Don S. Elias, WWNC Winston-Salem Harold Essex, WSJS Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth . Henry C. Whitehead, WTAR Roanoke . James H. Moore, WSLS DISTRICT V John C. Bell, WBRC, Director Miami . F. W. Borton, WQAM Tampa . W. Walter Tison, WFLA DISTRICT VI Hoyt B. Wooten, WREC, Director Jackson . Wiley P. Harris, WJDX New Orleans . W. H. Summerville, WWL DISTRICT VIII John E. Fetzer, WKZO, Director Detroit . Leo Fitzpatrick, WJR DISTRICT IX Leslie C. Johnson, WHBF, Director Rock Island, Moline, Davenport . Les Johnson, WHBF Springfield . L. G. Pefferle, WCBS Green Bay . Rev. James A. Wagner, WTAQ LaCrosse, Winona . Howard Dahl, WKBH DISTRICT XIV Hugh B. Terry, KLZ, Director Denver Robert B. Hudson, Rocky Mountain Radio Council Boise, Nampa . Walter E. Wagstaff, KIDO Salt Lake City, Ogden . Ralph W. Hardy, KSL DISTRICT XVI William B. Ryan, KFI, Director Los Angeles . Don McNamara, KFI LOST SCRIPTS FOUND IN PENTAGON In a recent bulletin to Task Force Commanders it was stated that copies of Reno and Richmond scripts were en route. These scripts, lost for many days, were discovered in the Pentagon on Wednesday, Nov. 22. As soon as they can be pried out, they will be mailed. NAB WELCOMES NEW WASHINGTONIANS Welcoming officials who have recently become associated with government branches involved in radio and Washing¬ ton radio stations, NAB tendered a luncheon at the Statler Hotel on Wednesday, the 22nd. The invited guests of honor were Neil Dalton, new head of the Domestic Branch of OWI; Merle S. Jones, newly arrived manager of WOL; John Patrick Smith, who recently assumed the manage November 24, 1944 — 433