NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1948)

on January 28, as the climax of the nationwide con¬ test for high school students, which began as a community feature of National Eadio Week last Sep¬ tember. The contest was co-sponsored by the National Asso¬ ciation of Broadcasters, the Radio Manufacturers As¬ sociation, and the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, and endorsed by the U. S. Office of Education and Dr. John W. Studebaker, Commissioner of Education. Judges Are Listed. Final national judges, who are now completing their work of hearing five-minute transcriptions of the competing broadcasts, are: Gen. Omar N. Bradley; Attorney-General Tom C. Clark; Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder and di¬ rector of Boys Town, Nebr. ; Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, wartime director of the WAC, now executive vicepresident of the Houston Post, operator of Radio Sta¬ Advance "Freedom Train" Schedule The “Freedom Train” today is at Nashville, Tenn. Following is the schedule of the train for the week of January 26: Monday (26) — Open date, Oklahoma City. Tuesday (27)' — Enid, Okla. Wednesday (28) — Ada, Okla. Thursday (29) — Denison, Tex. Friday (30) — Dallas, Tex. Saturday (31) — Forth Worth, Tex. Sunday (Feb. 1) — Waco, Tex. tion KPRC; U. S. Senator Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) ; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN ; and James Stewart, motion picture star. The contest on the community level was conducted by local broadcasters, radio dealers, and Junior Cham¬ ber of Commerce chapters, with dealer-donated radios as school prizes. Approximately 20,000 students entered the contest in an estimated 500 communities, and 39 state winners, including one from Alaska, achieved the finals. The contest was the first of an annual series to be conducted in connection with National Radio Week, giving to senior high school students scholarships in the colleges or universities of their own choices. Three Speakers Set for Ceorgia Meeting Hugh Feltis of BMB, Enid Day of WSB, Atlanta, and J. Allen Brown, NAB Assistant Director of Broad¬ cast Advertising, will be featured speakers at the twoday winter meeting of the Georgia Association of Broadcasters, at the Sheraton Bon Air Hotel in Augusta, Jan. 19 and 20. Mr. Feltis will speak of plans for forthcoming BMB interim surveys. Miss Day on development of pro¬ grams for retail advertisers, and Mr. Brown on radio’s business outlook for 1948, according to an announce¬ ment by Edwin Mullinax, WLAG, secretary-treasurer of the association. The Georgia Association of Broadcasters represents 50 of the state’s stations, and is headed by Allen M. Woodall, WDAK, Columbus, as president. flews CSinics Scheduled for Oistrict Four Campbell Arnoux, NAB director for District Four, last week announced dates and locations for three news clinics to be held in February for his district, along with names of station representatives in charge of arrangements. The news clinics will be held as follows: February 16: Charleston, W. Va., for West Virginia. Bert Sonis, program manager, WCHS, Charleston. February 17 : Richmond, Va., for Virginia and Dis¬ trict of Columbia. E. S. Whitlock, WRNL, Richmond. February 18: Charlotte, N. C., for North and South Carolina. Harold Essex, WSJS, Winston-Salem, N. C. Arthur Stringer, of the NAB staff, will participate in the news clinics. Music Commiftee Names Kaye Legal Aide And Verne Burnett Public Opinion Counsel The Industry Music Committee Wednesday (31) an¬ nounced the appointment of Sydney M. Kaye as its special legal counsel, and Verne Burnett as its public opinion consultant. Widely known in industry circles, Mr. Kaye is a member of the New York law firm of Rosenman, Goldmark, Colin and Kaye. He was the author of the original plan for Broadcast Music, Inc., and served for several years as its chief active executive officer. He was also counsel for the Newspaper-Radio Committee. Mr. Kaye has appeared frequently before Congres¬ sional committees on copyright and radio matters, and has lectured on these subjects. He is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Law School. A member of the Bar Association of the City of New York and the American Bar Association, he is also a member of the copyright committees of both associations. Mr. Burnett, a graduate of the University of Michigan, is a former newspaper and magazine editor. From that field, he went to General Motors as executive secretary of the corporation’s advertising committee. He later served as vice president in charge of public lelations for the General Foods Corporation. For the past four years, as head of his own firm, he has been public opinion counsel to several large corporations, serving also during that time as a vice president of the ANA and director of the Audit Bureau of Circulation. (Continued on next page) JANUARY 5, 1948-4