NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1946)

PER-INQUIRY AND FREE TIME Member stations report additional P I deals. RedfieldJohnstone, Inc., of New York, is trying to get stations to handle the sale of a book, “The Veterans Best Opportuni¬ ties.” National Nurseries of Biloxi, Mississippi, are attempting to buy time on the same basis. NAB has written both concerns advising them of the industry’s attitude toward such practices and inviting them to use radio at card rates. A copy of a resolution related to sound advertising principles, unanimously adopted at the 1942 NAB convention was sent to each of the firms. Sound advertising is the most effective and almost the only economical way to introduce a new product, improve¬ ment in old products, and new uses for existing articles. WOULD MAKE RADIO ADVERTISING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ILLEGAL Friday afternoon, January 25, Representative Rankin of Mississippi introduced a bill (H. R. 5238) which would outlaw radio advertising of alcoholic beverages. Details were not available as NAB Reports went to press. COMMISSION REJECTS ADDED CHANNELS In the Matter of Allocation of Frequencies to the Various Classes of Non-governmen¬ tal services in the Radio Spectrum from 10 kilocycles to 30,000,000 kilo¬ cycles. Docket No. 6651 Upon consideration of the petition of the Zenith Radio Corporation and the General Electric Company requesting the allocation to FM broadcasting of a second band of fre¬ quencies between 44 to 50 megacycles, the Commission has concluded to deny the petition thereby retaining the band 88 to 108 megacycles as the allocation for FM broadcast¬ ing. An opinion setting forth the reasons upon which the Commission bases this decision will be issued in due course. In the meantime, the Commission has decided to make known its decision so that the industry may proceed with¬ out further delay with its planning and production in the FM field. Denying the GE-Zenith Radio request for allocation of a second band of FM frequencies, the FCC issued the following statement Wednesday (23) : TOTAL FM GRANTS, 290 The Commission has granted 11 additional FM stations, bringing the total additional FM grants to 290 made to date. Following is a list of the grants: Interest in Type of City Grantee Standard Station FM Station San Mateo . . CALIFORNIA . . . Amphlett Printing Co. . . . . . — Community Augusta . GEORGIA . . . The Augusta Chronicle Broadcasting Co . — Metropolitan Springfield . ILLINOIS . . . WTAX, Inc . . WTAX Metropolitan Salisbury . MARYLAND . . .The Peninsula Broadcasting Co . WBOC Metropolitan Minneapolis . MINNESOTA . . . Independent Merchants Broadcasting Co . WLOL Metropolitan Joplin . . . MISSOURI . . . Joplin Broadcasting Co . WMBH Metropolitan Toledo . . . . . . OHIO . . .The Fort Industry Co . . . WAGA Metropolitan Du Bois . PENNSYLVANIA . . .Tri-County Broadcasting Co., Inc . WCED Metropolitan Bristol . . TENNESSEE . . .Radiophone Broadcasting Station WOPI, Inc . WOPI Metropolitan, possibly Rural Town of Greenfield. . . WISCONSIN . . . Wm. C. Forrest . WIBU Metropolitan, possibly Rural Oshkosh . . . . Myles H. Johns, et al, d/b as Oshkosh Broadcasting Co . WOSH Metropolitan Legal JUDGE MILLER APPOINTED TO AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Justin Miller, president of the NAB, has accepted ap¬ pointment as Chairman of a committee of the American Bar Association to work nationally on a program of co¬ operation of laymen and the courts. The appointment was made by Bolitha J. Laws, Chief Justice, District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. The Chief Justice is Chairman of the Section of Juridical Administration which has assigned to it the work of setting up programs for improving the administration of justice throughout the various courts of the nation, both state and federal. (Continued on next page) JANUARY 28, 1946-57