NBC Transmitter (Jan-Nov 1945)

January 1945 7 NBC 1945 WAR CLINICS CANCELLED 2-Day SPAC Meeting Held; Shafto Elected Chairman NEW YORK.— A two-day inceling of the NBC stations planning and advisory committee was held here, January 9 and 10, with William S. Hedges, NBC vicepresident in charge of stations, acting as host. Niles Trammell, NBC president, opened proceedings. After the first order of the day, in which G. Richard Shafto, of WIS, Columbia, S. C., was elected chairman of the SPAC, the committee turned to the agenda. During the two-day session, subjects covered were “Advertising and Sales Promotion Plans for 1945,” presented by Charles P. Hammond, NBC director of advertising and promotion; “Program Developments,” C. L. Menser, vice-president in charge of programs; “Labor on the Air,” Frank E. Mullen, vice-president and general manager; “1944 All-County Survey,” James H. Nelson, manager of network sales promotion; “Welcome Home Auditions,” S. B. Hickox, Jr., manager of station relations and “NBC’s Postwar Plans Abroad,” W. F. Brooks, director of news and special events. Members of the 1945 stations planning and advisory committee attending the meeting included: District 1. Clair McCollough, WGAL, Lancaster, Pennsylvania: District 2, G. Richard Shafto, WIS, Columbia, South Carolina; District 3, Nate Lord, WAVE, Louisville, Kentucky; District 4. Harold Wheelahan, WSMB, New Orleans; District 5, Stanley E. Hul) NEW YORK.-I'he 1945 War Clinics which had been scheduled to be held in New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, and Los Angeles during the month of February will be indefinitely ])ostponed, it was announced January 10 by Niles Trammell, NB(i j)resident. “It is with extreme regret and no little reluctance that I have arrived at a decision, following a consultation with the stations planning and advisory committee, to definitely i)ostpone the 1945 War Clinics,” said Mr. Trammell. “I feel that each of the three preceding War Clinic sessions has added vasth to the contribution which radio in general, and NBC in particular, has rendered in the war effort. As a result of these previous Clinics, the finest kind of cooperation has been extended to every war agency. Recognition has been accorded NBC and its affiliated stations by governmental authorities for the aid which has been extended in the sale of bonds, in the conduct of the various salvage camj)aigns. and in the numerous drives made by the government for the conservation of gasoline, fuel bard, KSJ P, St. Paul; District 6, Gayle Grubb, substituting for Edgar Bell, WKA . Oklahoma City; District 7, Richard Lewis, Kl’AR. Phoenix, Ariz. ; and District f!. Arden X. Pangborn. KGV', Portland. Oregon. McCollough. Lord and Wheelahan are new members, elected b\ affiliates in their resi)ective districts. oil, rubber, and other critical materials. “J he attendance at each of our (dinic meetings, in accordance with the advance registrations which we have already received, would far exceed 50 i)ersons and, for tliat reasoti, might be construed to be in the nature of convenlicjns and, therefore, nnmerically at least, would fall under the |)roj>osed ban on coti\ entions. “Despite our inability to hold the (dinics during the early part of the year, fre(|uent contact with our affiliated stations is absolutely vital to a continued coordination in order that the network and its affiliated stations may best serve the war intf'rest. We ])iopose to achieve that contact to a large extent through the district meetings of the National Association of Broadcasters. “Ihese meetings, being 1.5 in number, w ill bring together broadcasters of every network affiliation as well as independents. NBC will be represented at each one of these meetings by a member of the staff of the station relations department. By this means it will be possible not otdy to discuss ways and means of establishing the best possil)le coordination with onr own alliliales but likewise to establish a basis for working w ith the entire industrx so that it may function as the most effective instrumentality for aiding in the winning of the war. “We will reseiwe decision in respect to a possible later meeting or meetings depending nj)on the course of the war.” COAST CONFERENCE-Radio station managers of the NBC Western division met at the Biltrnore Hotel, Los Angeles, recently to discuss problems related to the intensification of the war effort in the Pacific. Left photo: 0. W. Eisher, president of Fisher Blend, operators of KOMO, Seattle; S. S. Fox, KDYL, Salt Lake City; Mrs. O. P. Soule and Florence Gardner, KTFI, Ticin Falls; Frank Berend, NBC W estern division sales manager. Right photo, 1. to r.: William S. Hedges, NBC vice-president in charge of stations; Richard Lewis, KTAR, Phoenix; Harold Ritter, KYCA, Prescott; R. B. Williams, KVOA, Tucson; Jennings Pierce, .NBC division manager of station relations, and Ray Smucker, KYUM, Yuma.