NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1947)
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committee believes their reading will contribute fur¬ ther to raise the standards of radio news.
Titles and speakers of the papers contained in the brochure were:
Radio News Department Starts with Management — Buryi Lottridge, Vice President, WOC, Davenport.
Value of News to Radio Stations — Wayne W. Cribb, General Manager, KHMO, Hannibal, Mo., and Chair¬ man NAB Small Market Stations Executive Com¬ mittee.
Use of Wire Recorder — William Ray, Director of News and Special Events, WMAQ-NBC, Chicago.
Building Every Newscast for a Particular Audience — Bruce Palmer, News Director, WKY, Oklahoma City.
Farm News — Phil Evans, Farm Director, KMBC, Kansas City.
Radio Rewriting — Soren Munkhof, Director of News, WOW, Omaha.
Correspondents for Individual Radio Stations — Jack Shelley, News Editor, WHO, Des Moines.
Value of a News Editor to a Radio Station — Ken Miller, News Director, KVOO, Tulsa.
Research Department
STATION ANALYSES
The following tables present the status of all AM, commercial FM and commercial television stations by month through June 30, 1947. These analyses are kept up-to-date as of the beginning of each month and are pub¬ lished once a month in Reports.
AM STATIONS
Total
Monthly Change
Licensed
Total
As of
Stations**
New***
Licensed
Deleted
to Operate
CP
1946
to Operate
July 1 . .
. . . 1215
961
254
Aug. 1 .
. . . 1247
33
9
1
CP
970
277
Sept. 1 . .
. . . 1299
53
12
1
CP
982
317
Oct. 1 . .
. . 1343
45
25
1
CP
1007
336
Nov. 1 . .
. . . 1427
87
18
3
CP
1025
402
Dec. 1 . .
. . . 1469
44
26
2
CP
1051
418
1947
Jan. 1 . .
. . . 1524
59
11
4
CP
1062
462
Feb. 1 . .
. . . 1552
32
39
4
CP
1101
451
Mar. 1 . .
. . . 1571
19
23
0
1124
447
Apr. 1 . .
. . . 1610
44
70
5
CP
1194
416
May 1 . .
. . . 1712
105
22
3
CP
1216
496
June 1 . .
. . . 1726
16
42
1
CP
1257
469
1
Lie.
July 1 . .
, . . 1795
70
42
1
CP
1298*
497
Total Changes _
12 months . 607 339 27
COMMERCIAL FM STATIONS
Total Monthly Change _ Licensed Total
As of Stations** New*** Licensed Deleted to Operate CP CG 1946 CP CG to Operate
July 1. Aug. 1 .
... 503 ... 513
78
10
0
0
48
48
107
185
348
280
Sept. 1 .
... 572
64
60
0
1
CG
48
249
275
Oct. 1
... 594
46
23
0
1
CG
48
295
251
Nov. 1 .
. . 644
65
51
0
1
CG
48
360
236
Dec. 1 .
... 655
24
14
0
3
CG
48
384
223
1947
Jan. 1.
... 688
45
35
0
2
CG
48
429
211
Feb. 1 .
... 712
58
24
0
0
CP
CG
48
487
177
Mar. 1 .
... 730
23
21
0
u
13
1
48
509
173
Apr. 1
... 749
22
20
0
CP
48
530
171
May 1
... 828
7
82
0
1
CP
48
536
244
June 1
... 850
12
23
0
1
CG
48
548
254
July 1
. . 918
62
31
0
4
CG
48=
610=
260=
Total Changes 12 months. . .
506
394
0
19
MB Convention— Atlantic City— Sept. 15-18
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS
Total
Monthly Change
Licensed
Total
As of
Stations**
New
*** Licensed
Deleted to Operate
CP
1946
CP
to Operate
July 1
. . 26
6
20
Aug. 1
. . 33
7
0
0
6
27
Sept. 1
35
3
0
1
CP 6
29
Oct. 1
. 39
4
0
0
6
33
Nov. 1.
. 43
4
0
0
6
37
Dec. 1
. . 45
2
0
0
6
39
1947
Jan. 1
53
8
0
0
6
47
Feb. 1
. . 58
5
0
0
6
52
Mar. 1
, . 57
0
0
1
CP Prewar 6
51
Apr. 1
. 59
2
0
0
6
53
May 1
. 61
2
0
0
6
55
June 1
. . 66
5
0
0
6
60
July 1
66=
0
0
0
6=
60=
Total changes
12 months . .
42
0
2
CP (1 Prewar)
1 Non-commercial CP included.
FCC states that 238 FM stations are now on the air. They include CG. CP and licensed stations. There are 11 TV operating.
* License for WCPS, Tarboro, N. C., set aside.
** Includes stations licensed to operate, CP’s and CG’s.
*** Stations which have been granted construction permits or con¬ ditional grants during the preceding month.
CP — Construction permit.
CG — Conditional Grant.
Public Interest Programming
Broadcasters Obtain Outstanding Results
In Pulling Response for Atomic Commission
This is a story of how broadcasting came to Uncle Sam’s rescue, and in 2^/2 days converted a seemingly hopeless situation into an outstanding success. The job was done by 185 stations in fourteen states west of the Mississippi.
The Beginning
U. S. Civil Service Commission called on NAB June 17; said that an emergency existed; that efforts to secure 10,000 applications for job of Security In¬ spector for the United States Atomic Energy Com¬ mission were doomed to failure — unless radio could perfoi'm a seem.ing miracle.
Next day a telegram explaining the nature of the emergency was sent stations in western cities where it was known that application blanks were on hand in post offices. It also contained an announcement which, it was suggested, be bi’oadcast as frequently as possible Thursday, Friday and to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 21. Copy was purposely written to discourage curiosity seekers.
The End
So immediate was listener response that over 5,000 applications wei’e tabulated Monday, June 23, with that day’s mail still unopened. Applications totalled over 14,000 at the end of the count on June 30.
Appreciation
Official acknowledgement and appreciation for in¬ dustry assistance has been voiced by Harry B.
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MY 14, 1947-567