NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1945)

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J. H. Ryan, President C. E. Arney, }r., Secretary -Treasurer Robert T. Bartley, Director of Government Relations ; Helen A. Corne¬ lius, Asst. Director of Broadcast Advertising ; John Morgan Davis, General Counsel; Willard D. Egolf, Director of Public Relations ; Howard S. Frazier, Director of Engineering ; Dorothy Lewis, Coordina¬ tor of Listener Activity; Frank E. Pellegrin, Director of Broadcast Advertising ; Barry T. Rumple, Director of Research; Harlan Bruce Starkey, Assf. Director of Public Relations, Chief, News Bureau ; Arthur C. Stringer, Director of Promotion . CLOSE STATION-NETWORK COOPERATION URGED (Continued from page 413) At the Wednesday meeting in New York network officials discussed special programs as wel.l as methods of in¬ corporating the theme in established shows, sustaining and commercial. Network promotion and station relations departments will acquaint affiliates with all developments. Recognition from Others Thus far in the Anniversary year, the broadcasting in¬ dustry has received recognition notably from Kiwanis, International and the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, through Kiwanis Radio Week in May and Jaycee Radio Week in August. National Radio Week is expected to attract acknowledgements from many national and international organizations, as well as friends from abroad. Trade and civic organizations and citizens’ groups are known to be in readiness to lend endorsement to the American system of broadcasting on this occasion. The Radio Manufacturers’ Association plans to present the broadcasting industry with a statuette commemorating its Silver Anniversary, duplicates in plaque form to be pre¬ sented to individual stations and networks throughout the country accompanied by advertising and publicity on the part of manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and dealers. NAB Clearing House The NAB Public Relations Committee will act on behalf of the industry in National Radio Week planning, with the collaboration of the Committee on Network Participa¬ tion. Bulletins will keep all stations and networks con¬ stantly informed. SENATE PASSES DAYLIGHT TIME REPEAL BILL As NAB Reports go to press the Senate unanimously passed the daylight savings time repeal bill which calls for return to standard time September 30. The House having previously passed the bill, it now goes to the President whose signature is assured. Thanks are in order for all broadcasters who wired their representatives asking for passage of the bill. AWD CELEBRATES RADIO'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY On November 4th, the members of the Association of Women Directors will devote their programs to the theme of radio’s 25th anniversary. A blueprint is being sent to each member giving various methods of handling. In each of the 270 cities, these women directors of 425 sta¬ tions plan to address local women’s clubs and service groups using as theme various aspects of the American System of Broadcasting. Special material is being released to heads of national women’s groups such as the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, YWCA, United Council of Women, Girl Scouts, PTA, etc., for use by these organizations. HOLLYWOOD BOWL STAGES RADIO CELEBRATION As part of NAB’s plans for the celebration of radio’s 25th anniversary, Dorothy Lewis, Coordinator of Listener Activity, announces that a series of mass meetings for radio listeners are scheduled this fall in various parts of the country. The first one will take place in the Holly¬ wood Bowl on September 29th. Mr. William B. Ryan, NAB District Director, and Chairman, Radio Division, Victory Chest, has been working on this project for several months. The committee consists of : Sidney Strotz, Chair¬ man of Bowl Committee, Don Searle, D. W. Thornburgh, Lewis A. Weiss and R. 0. Reynolds. Kay Kyser, Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope, Lionel Barrymore, Dinah Shore, Orson Welles, Meredith Willson are some of the top talent that will salute 60,000 Victory Chest Volunteers. Governor Earl Warren v/ill present citations of merit. NAB’s new President, Justin Miller, may par¬ ticipate. This event is sponsored by the radio industry. There is no admission charge or solicitation of funds. Later on, in Minnesota, the St. Paul Institute, an ex¬ pected audience of 22,000 will witness several network shows originating on the platform and hear top radio executives. A show depicting radio’s development in the Northwest will be featured. All local stations and the Minnesota Radio Council will join in the celebration. Tributes will be paid to industry leaders. Radio Councils in many key cities will carry on similar projects. MILLER LEAVES BENCH Justin Miller, NAB President-elect, resigned, effective October 1, his position as Associate Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He will terminate almost seven years of service upon that bench. President Truman, in accepting Justice Miller’s resig¬ nation, said: “It has been your privilege to serve the Federal Judiciary in a pei-iod of grave crisis both in peace and in war.” In presenting his resignation to the President, Justice Miller said that he regretted leaving the Court but that he looked upon the opportunities with NAB as outweigh¬ ing even the responsibilities of judicial office. E. Barrett Prettyman, former President of the District of Columbia Bar Association, has been named to succeed Justice Miller. PELLEGRIN REJOINS NAB Frank E. Pellegrin, who was the first Director of the NAB Department of Broadcast Advertising (March, 1941 to July, 1942), has rejoined the NAB staff in his former capacity. He succeeds Lewis H. Avery, who resigned September 15 to launch his own station representative company. Pellegrin left the NAB to join the Radio Section of the War Department’s Bureau of Public Relations, assisting Colonel Ed Kirby, former NAB Public Relations Director. Pellegrin rose from the rank of Captain to that of Lieu¬ tenant Colonel. He saw service in Africa, Sicily, Italy and on the European front, having gone in with the Allied forces on D-Day. He was honorably discharged from the Army and took up his old duties at NAB on September 15. (Continued on next page) September 21, 1945—414