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INDEPENDENT RADIO NETWORK AFFILIATES, INC.
Independent Radio Network Affiliates, Inc., under the Chairmanship of Samuel R. Rosenbaum, put in an active year, procedure being centered on certain network operating practices, particularly regarding the chainbreak periods and "hitch-hiker" announcements.
IRNA has also been actively called in for discussions of industry policy in connection with the Ascap situation and the suits as proposed by the government.
Somewhat of a furor was caused during the course of filing briefs with the FCC relative to the latter's Committee report on chains, when IRNA denounced the report under consideration. It was subsequently revealed however, that only one affiliate dropped its membership as a result of this move. Thus the organization is considered to have taken a course feasible to the majority of the affiliates.
During the year approximately 120 affiliates paid dues to IRNA, but as pointed out by Chairman Rosenbaum, the policy is to function on behalf of all of the affiliated outlets whether or not they pay dues. Members who forwarded their dues paid in a total of nearly $8,000.
It is expected that during the 1941-2 season, IRNA will become more active than ever, having already proven its worth in reaching its original objective when it averted serious trouble with the AFM. Formal incorporation of IRNA was directed by its membership in September 1939, after nearly two years of activity as an informal group.
Executive Committee
I. R. LOUNSBERRY,
WGR, Buffalo P. W. MORENCY, Vice Chairman
WTIC, Hartford SAMUEL R. ROSENBAUM, Chairman
WFIL, Philadelphia
Board of Directors
PAUL W. MORENCY,
WTIC, Hartford CHARLES W. MYERS,
KOIN, Portland, Ore. GEORGE W. NORTON, JR.,
WAVE, Louisville SAMUEL R. ROSENBAUM,
WFIL, Philadelphia W. J. SCRIPPS,
WWJ, Detroit HULBERT TAFT, JR.,
WKRC, Cincinnati L. B. WILSON,
WCKY, Cincinnati
MARTIN B. CAMPBELL, WFAA, Dallas, Tex.
H. K. CARPENTER, WHK, Cleveland
DON S. ELIAS,
WWNC, Asheville, N. C.
MARTIN B. CAMPBELL,
WFAA, Dallas H. K. CARPENTER,
WHK, Cleveland ARTHUR B. CHURCH,
KMBC, Kansas City EDWIN W. CRAIG,
WSM, Nashville MARK ETHRIDGE,
WHAS, Louisville DON S. ELIAS,
WWNC, Asheville JOHN A. KENNEDY,
WCHS, Charleston, W. Va. I. R. LOUNSBERRY,
WGR, Buffalo
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