NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1946)

manufacturers may revise their production schedules to include a greater proportion of FM receivers. The commission Friday (5) officially denied a news agency report quoting an alleged FCC spokesman as say¬ ing “that in view of the very few FM sets to be produced this year, it is hardly worth while for the broadcasters to continue with station construction plans.” “No person in any responsible position in the agency has made such a statement,” the Commission declared. “The statement does not represent the views of the Com¬ mission. It is erroneous and gravely misleading. “Far from discouraging broadcasters from continuing with their station construction plans, the Commission urges all of them to proceed with their plans with the greatest possible speed.” The following is a breakdown by type of receiver of the es¬ timated production: Number of manufacturers Number of reporting receivers production planned to Type of Receiver plans f produce Percent AM band only . FM band only (88-108 Me) . AM band, FM band (88-108 Me) . Television band only (Chan¬ nels 1-13 inclusive) . AM band, FM band (88-108 Me), Television band (Channels 1-13 inclusive) . Other A M band, Television band (Channels 1-13 inclusive) . FM band, Television band (Channels 1-13 in¬ clusive) . Television (Channels 1-6 inclusive) . AM band, Television band (Channels 1-6 in¬ clusive) . Miscellaneous . Receiver Type Unspecified. Total Production of Re¬ ceivers . FM adaptors . FM convertors . Other . Total . Units supplied to others. . . Units, for export . Total for All Receiver Types . 76 16,736,862 79.2 8 86,286 .4 41 1,689,750 8.0 13 44,706 .2 14 54,606 .3 1 500 * 1 . 500 * 1 4,000 * 1 10,000 * 5 21,250 .1 7 2,481,300 11.7 85 21,129,760 100.0 4 47,000 3 37,000 1 1,000 85,000 2 90,000 16 677,050 21,981,810 * Less than one-tentli of 1 percent. f The same manufacturer may be reported on more than one line. APPOINT NEW TREASURY RADIO CHIEF Brent Gunts, effective today, is Chief, Radio Section, Treasury Department. He replaces Lt. David Levy, USNR, who expects to be out of uniform later this week. Mr. Gunts was continuity chief, WFBR, Baltimore, before beginning nearly five years of army service. He began as a private and was discharged a major. His first promotion is to be a special June E-Bond campaign, Treasury’s first peacetime effort, “Back Your Future.” Lt. Levy’s last Treasury job is the Roosevelt Memorial Bond campaign of April 12. Announcement material is now in the hands of stations. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SURVEY Station managers are urged to send their candid im¬ pressions of the utilization of radio by local libraries either through actual broadcast series or as a source for script writers and staff members. All replies will be treated in confidence. The material and information is to be used as background for a book to be distributed to libraries throughout the country. It is being written by Miss Frances G. Nunmaker, the Ohio Library Trustees Associa¬ tion, 1113 State Office Building, Columbus, Ohio. The request for assistance was received from the Ameri¬ can Library Ass’n by Dorothy Lewis, NAB Coordinator, 535 Fifth Avenue, New York. Your reply can be directed to the National Association of Broadcasters, New York office or to Ohio. Research BAKER ASSUMES DUTIES AS NAB DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Kenneth H. Baker, whose appointment as NAB Director of Research was announced recently by President Justin Miller (see NAB Reports, p. 204), assumed his new duties on Monday (1). THANKS! The Research Department is extremely grateful for the magnitude of the response to the recent questionnaire on the employment of musicians. Over 90% of those queried replied. The results have been tabulated and have proved invaluable. We hope we can count on a similar or better response to our requests in the future. In turn, we promise to ask only for information which we must have to be of service to the industry. Ad Council -OWMR Allocations PUBLIC INTEREST CAMPAIGNS -APRIL 15-21 The following three public interest campaigns have been given top priority on Network Radio Allocation Plans during the week of April 15-21 by The Advertising Council and the Media Programming Division of the OWMR. A brief resume of each Fact Sheet is given below: Merchant Marine Officers Needed There is still a critical need for licensed personnel to man our postwar merchant fleet. Mates and engineers are most urgently needed. No longer faced with the neces¬ sity of winning a war as an incentive to stay on the job, merchant seamen are quitting the sea. Point out the vital postwar role of the Merchant Marine and stress the fact that until it is carried out successfully, the job of the Merchant Marine will not be complete. Emphasize the fact that the Merchant Marine offers employment opportunities equal to those in any other industry today, and that the opportunities for a career in the postwar Merchant Marine are greater than seamen have ever known. Acknowledge the job the Merchant Marine did during the war but emphasize the magnitude and importance of the job still to be done. Specify the type of men needed — mates and (Continued on next page) APRIL 8, 1946 — 279