NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1948)

YOU WORK, OR, IP YOU’RE NOT ON A PAYROLL, WHERE YOU BANK.” Fact Sheet No. ll-I) Our New Soldier— Young, Skilled Volunteer Since the Council’s last Radio Fact Sheet on building America’s peacetime all-volunteer Army and Air Force, the following major developments have taken place; 1. The National Security Act of 1947 created a separate Depart¬ ment of the Air thus putting the Air Force on an equal footing with the Army and the Navy. As before, how¬ ever, recruiting will continue to be conducted jointly for both the Army and the Air Force by the U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force Recruiting Service. 2. Both services have launched new educational and technical training programs allowing high school graduates to select, before enlist¬ ment, the service schools they wish to attend. 3. Enlist¬ ment standards for the Army and Air Force have been raised to insure high type specialists who can handle the complex instruments and machines of the electronic age. Congress has authorized the largest peacetime Army and Air Force in our history — 1,070,000 men. Before the war we were a fourth rate military power. We had a standing Regular Army of 178,000 men — smaller than Poland’s, Roumania’s, or Turkey’s. Today, the Army and Air Force are charged with the essential tasks of carrying out occupation duties in Europe and the Pacific; garrisoning our outlying bases and defenses; manning the military establishment at home; conducting research de¬ velopments and experimentation ; carrying on the training of new men and replacements. Though everyone hopes the United Nations will find the means to prevent war, we live in a world where there are many quarrels and hos¬ tilities. To reach and maintain their authorized strength the Army needs 21,000 men a month, the Air Force 9,000 — a total of 1,000 recruits a day! A paid recruiting cam¬ paign is being conducted — but it’s not enough. In order that the recruiting campaign may succeed, the Army and Air Force must have the understanding and support of the American people. Unless this campaign to build and maintain prestige and appreciation is continued, it will be very difficult for the paid campaign to bring in the 30,000 recruits each month. Respect for the Army and Air Force and their enlisted personnel must be built in the public mind, particularly in the minds of potential recruits, their families and friends — and in the minds of those who have already enlisted. Mention that today’s U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force are two of the greatest scientific research organizations in the world. They are constantly searching for and perfecting new methods and devices which will protect our national security as well as contribute to better peacetime living. Indicate that, as a result of the Army and Air Force’s emphasis on scientific research and development, today’s enlisted man is a skilled professional who works with advanced techniques and equipment in at least one of the many specialized fields. Stress the educational opportunities open to Army and Air Force men. Specify the large variety of subjects and fields of study in which training is available. Point out that usefulness of such training in civilian, as well as in mili¬ tary life. (Fact Sheet No. 2-H) FGC DO€KET HEARINGS The following hearings are scheduled to be heard before the Commission, Washington, D. C., unless otherwise in¬ dicated, during the week beginning Monday, January 12. They are subject to change. Monday, January 12 Oral Argument (Before tlie Cbinmission en banc, Room (1121, 10:00 A. M. in the order listed) /.st Argument NEW — Bay State Beacon. Inc., Brockton, Mass. — C. 1’. 1450 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — Cur-Nan Company, Brockton. Mass. — C. P. 1450 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — Plymouth County Broadcasting Corp., Brockton, Mass. — C. P. 1450 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. i)ul Argument New York — FM WBNX Broadcasting Co., Inc., New York, New York. News Syndicate Co., Inc., New York, New York. WMCA, Incporated, New York, New York. Debs IMemorial Radio Fund, Inc., New York, New York. Frequency Broadcasting Corp., Brooklyn, New York. American Broadcasting Co., Inc., New York, N. Y. Bernard Fein, New York, New York. WLIB, Incorporated, New York, New York. I’eoples Radio Foundation, Inc., New York, New York. Metropolitan Broadcasting Service, New York, N. Y. N.M.U. Broadcasting Co., Inc., New York, N. Y'. Amalgamated Broadcasting System, Inc., New York, New York. Unity Broadcasting Corp. of New York, New York, N. Y'. North Jersey Radio, Inc., Newark, New Jersey. Radio Projects, Inc., Newark, New Jersey. North Jersey Broadcasting Co., Inc., Paterson, N. J. Radio Corp. of the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Church, New York, New York. (10:00 A. M.) NEW — Belleville News-Democrat, Belleville, Ill. — C. 1’. 1260 kc., 1 KW, DA, unlimited. NEW — Hobart G. Stephenson, Jr., St. Louis, Mo. — C. 1*. 1230 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEIV — Cahokia Broadcasting Corp., Inc., East St. Louis, 111. — C. P. 1260 kc., 1 KW, unlimited, DA-day and night. WTMV — On the Air, Inc., East St. Louis, 111. — C. P. 1260 kc., 1 KW, uidimited. DA-night. WEBQ — Harrisburg, Ill., Intervenor ; WDAE — Tampa, Fla., Intervenor; IVIL — St. Louis, Mo., Party Respondent. Further Hearing (10:00 A. M.) NEW — Cumberland Publishing Co., Pikesville, Ky. — C. P. 1240 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — East Kentucky Broadcasting Co., Pikesville, Ky. — C. P. 1240 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — Turlock Broadcasting Group, Turlock, Calif. — C. P. 1450 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — Frank M. Helm, Modesto, Calif. — C. P. 1390 kc., 1 KW, DA, unlimited. NEW— Radio Modesto, Inc., Modesto, Calif.— C. P. 1360 kc., 1 KW, DA, unlimited. NEIV — Albert Alvin Almada, Sacramento, Calif. — C. P. 1390 kc., 1 KW, DA, unlimited. (Continued on next page) JANUARY 12, 1948-25