Radio age (May 1922-Dec 1923)

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RADIO AGE— "THE MAGAZINE OF THE HOUR* 19 The Monthly Service Bulletin of the National Broadcasters' League George S. Walker Western Radio Corporation Denver, Col. President T. B. Hatfield. W O H President Hatfield Electric Co. Indianapolis. Ind. S. W. Place. W B A G Radio Engineer, Diamond State Fibre Co. Bridgeport, Pa. T. W. Findley. W L A G President and Genl. Mgr Findley Electric Co. Minneapolis, Minn. Solely by, of and for Radio Broadcasting Station Owners Arthur E. Ford, E. E. W. J. Baldwin, W S Y State University of Iowa Alabama Power Co. First Vice President Birmingham, Ala. Second Vice President Founded to promote the best interest of Radio Broadcasting stations in the United States and Canada. Executive Offices, Garrick Building, Chicago, 111. DIRECTORS: Stanley O. Need. W G A H The New Haven Electric Co. New Haven, Conn. Earle C. Anthony. K F I Earle C. Anthony, Inc. Los AnEeles. Cal. Howard E. Campbell, W W J The Detroit News, Detroit, Mich. A. J. Westland, W W L Physics Dept. Loyola University New Orleans, La. Frederick A. Smith Garrick Building, Chicago Secretary J. Elliott Jenkins, W D A P Midwest Radio Central, Inc. Drake Hotel, Chicago, 111. H. A. Trask, K S D St. Louis Post Dispatch St. Louis, Mo. Frank W. Elliott. W O C Palmer School of Chiropractic Davenport, la. President George S. Walker, of the National Broadcasters' League, sent out a call for a convention of the league to take place on January 16, but notices were mailed later informing broadcasters that the meeting had been deferred because of the postponement of the Second National Radio Exposition which was to have been held in Chicago from the 13th to the 20th of January. It was felt that if a meeting were called during the show many broadcasters could be present as attendants at both functions. A meeting will be held at a later date, and information concerning it will be forwarded to the membership at the earliest moment after the date is set. New members of the League since the last issue are reported as follows: Kelley-Duluth Company, Dulutht Minn.; Lennig Bros. & Co., Ninth and Spring Garden streets, Philadelphia, Pa.; Gene Huse, Norfolk Daily News, Norfolk, Neb.; Standard Radio Equipment Co., Fort Dodge, Iowa; D. W. May, Inc., 375 Central Ave., Newark, N. J.; H. J. Paar, 144 Second Avenue, East, Cedar Rapids, la.; Chicago Daily News, Chicago, 111.; Fort Worth Star Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas. As we were going to press others were coming in through the mail and will be mentioned in the February issue. All these new members are interested in the possibilities of concerted action. The Secretary has received a letter from the Radio Broadcasting Society of America, in which the following word of cheer is included: "We are pleased to see that a good, live Broadcasters' League is being developed in the Middle West and wish you all success." The Copyright "Hold-up'' ^ I "'HE Secretary of the League has ■* received numerous communications regarding the demand of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, that the owners of copyrighted music be paid a fee by those who broadcast their music, literature and songs. The majority of broadcasters appear to believe that the American Society of C. A. and P. is out to gouge the broadcaster. At a recent conference in New York, details of which are found elsewhere in this number, the A. S. C. A. P. was plainly told that its demands would not be met by some of the more important broadcasting interests. Among those who have been discussing the question with the A. S. C. A. P. is Mr. George S. Walker, President of the National Broadcasters' League. Following is a portion of a letter which Mr. Walker addressed to the society in response to the society's elaborate questionnaire: "The broadcasting of popular song and instrumental music, and reference to same by the broadcasters in naming the music house having these records and music on sale, undoubtedly has gone a long way toward increasing the sales of said sheet music, and records, and in this your society has undoubtedly benefited. You should remember that when a song or instrumental piece is broadcasted, no one can make use of it other than to hear it, and we cannot see for the life of us how your rights under the copyright law are infringed or abridged in any manner. However, as we are neither lawyer, son of a lawyer, or even a relative of a lawyer, we do not assume to say that your lawyers are wrong in their legal opinions. But we do believe that common business horse sense ought to be applied in this situation. We all are trying to recover from the effects of the war; business for none of us is what we would like it to be, and for one concern, set of men or association to deliberately carry out a plan that" not only will wreck another industry, but at the same time seriously injure their own, is beyond us. "However, law is law, and if you have it on your side, it gives you the right and power to drive, and if you elect to drive (broadcasters out of business), then all we can do is submit, take our loss in broadcasting investment and let it go at that. It will be all in a day's work. The results, if unsatisfactory to your interests in the long run, cannot be laid at our door. "It seems to us that another way out could be found by you, and we venture the suggestion that you could require broadcasting stations to announce the name of the publisher, song writer, composer, etc., before or after the broadcasting of each number, and I believe all broadcasters would be glad to do this; whereas, I think you will find, generally speaking that the broadcasters will resent this present plan of yours as being an attempted holdup, even though it should be shown that you have a legal right to charge for the privilege of using copyrighted pieces. "In writing as we have we sought to help you rather than antagonize you, and no matter what slant this whole affair may take, we sincerely hope we will retain your friendship, as I wish* to assure you now that you have ours." Important Meeting THE National Broadcasters' League will be represented at a conference arranged by the Bureau of Standards, United States Department of Commerce, to be held in the Engineering Societies Building, 29 West Thirty