Radio annual and television yearbook (1940)

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Record Details:

Title:
Radio annual and television yearbook
Date:
1940
Publisher:
New York : The Radio Daily
Volume:
Radio annual (1940)
Leaf #:
000985
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound and Year Book
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 18, 2024
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Mar. 13 — Sykes Resigns March 31; Commissioner Has Tendered Resignation to President Roosevelt; Lewis or Wearin Seen as Possible Successor. Mutual Forms New Facsimile Network. Move to Abolish Canada License Fee (For Receiving Sets). Mar. 14 — Few Agency Cast Cuts; Survey of 6 Major Agencies Reveals No Large-Scale Changes Resulted Because of Signing of AFRA Code. DuMont Television Opening Transmitter April 1. Clarify Language in "Radio" Measure (In New York State Assembly). Mar. 15 — Atlantic Baseball Schedule; Sponsor 1,842 Games Over 39 Stations in 12 States; FCC Hears First ET Angles as Jerry King Takes Stand (In Monopoly Investigation). Sponsored AP News Still Being Sought. Mar. 16 — Civil Liberties Testimony (In FCC Monopoly Probe) : Afraid of "Hidden Censorship" But Advocates 3-Year License Term; Educator Gives FCC Ideas. Mar. 17 — Goodrich Joins Parade: Capitulates to Radio in a Big Way with Half-Hour ETs Set for 100 Stations; 150 Later On. Oklahoma Introduces Anti-ASCAP Measure. British Home Office Today Takes Up Television Problems. Mar. 20— NBC Blue Gets Stronger; Four-Month Average on Billings Shows Discount Policy Was Successful; New Accounts on Larger Webs Aired. Mar. 21 — NAB's Copyright Meet: Committee Opens Three-Day Session Preliminary to Drawing Up Plan for Convention Approval. AFRA Signs Don Lee; First Regional Web, Outlets Can Run Own Papers Says Moore Anent Facsimile. Mar. 22 — NAB Copyright Action: Committee Passes Resolution Okaying Immediate ASCAP Negotiations; Society Is Amenable. Canadian Independents Ask Permit for Own Web. New Television Attachment for Radio Receivers (Announced by Wald Radio & Television Laboratories). IRNA Defends Web Contracts; Others Heard at FCC Probe. Mar. 23 — CBS Reveals Television Setup. NAB Opens Meeting on Code-Practices. Introduce Tax Bill on Radio Biz Gross (In N. Y. State Assembly). Mar. 24— FCC Eyes Station Pacts: Contracts Involving the Transfer of Station Control Occupy FCC Probers All Day. Mar. 27— NAB Collates Code Ideas; Material Gathered at 3-Day Session Will Be Ironed Out and Approved for Convention Ratification. FCC Approves Plan to Reorganize Press Division. Mar. 28— RMA Co-Op Plans Ready; Outline "Sell Radio to Public" Theme for Campaign to Start April 17; Coordinating Features. New Anti-ASCAP Bill in Oklahoma Legislature. Mar. 29 — Names F. I. Thompson as Sykes' Successor (On FCC). CBC Lists Wide Restrictions for Royal Visit Broadcasts. Mar. 30 — Compare Air With Newspapers; Testimony on Value of Two Medias in Leading Markets Highlights FCC's Probe Hearing. Still Larger Television Screens Predicted by English Firm (Scophony). See Acetate ET Biz Ruined by New (N. Y. State) Bill. Mar. 31 — Nets Question Statistics; Attorneys for Networks Query FCC Exhibits Relative to Billings and Similar Matters. Film Television Scanner Ironed Out by CBS. APRIL Apr. 3 — "Mystery" FCC Exhibits: 3 Major Networks Trying to Fathom Motives Behind the FCC Layouts; All Highly Complicated. Vermont House Okays Anti-ASCAP Measure. Apr. 4 — Radio Continues to Improve Say 61% of Leading Critics; Editors (In RADIO DAILY'S SECOND ANNUAL FORUM) See Gains While Faults Seem Trivial. Apr. 5 — CBS Resents "Statistics": Multiple Ownership as Set Up by FCC (In Monopoly Hearings) Is Attacked. Baird Theater-Television Showing Will Get Under Way May 15. Five Senators Back Ban on Liquor Ads. Apr. 6 — Musician Union Pay-Off: Musicians' Salaries in New York to be Paid Through Unions. Labor Takes Stand Against Beer-Ad Ban. FCC Takes Up ET Business (In Monopoly Probe); Lloyd Egner Heard for NBC. Apr. 7— CBS Feature for Schools: U. S. (Office of Education) Sets Recording for Educational Purposes. Stewart-Warner Television Reality This Spring. Fox Films Sponsors Kentucky Derby Over CBS. ERPI-WBS Setup Described for FCC "Chain" Committee. Apr. 10 — "Sell Radio" Year-Round (Campaign): NAB-RMA Complete Plans for Drive Opening Next Week; Special Disks Available for Summer. BBC New Television Budget Upped to $2,500,000. Apr. 11 — Fair Shows Centralized; Studios Being Built for Every New York Outlet; Full View for Visitors; Over 24 Sponsor-Exhibitors. Zenith Tells Dealers Television Still in Offing. Apr. 12 — Shepard Resumes Stand; Believes SelfRegulation Best Move as Opposed to FCC Web Meddling; Rosenbaum Defends IRNA. Recording Men Meet to Form Trade Association. Lower House in New York Passes Libel Measure. Apr. 13— CBS New Biz $6,313,829; (Web) Signs 14 New Contracts; 5 Renewals in Past 30 Days; Several Accounts Move Over from NBC. 953