The radio annual (1947)

ORGANIZATIONS • • • FUNCTIONS The Association of National Advertisers is composed of the leading companies of the United States who use advertising. Its function is to represent them and further their interests as buyers of advertising. • Association of Radio News Analysts Room 1207, 1540 Broadway, New York, N. Y. BRyant 9-7800, Extension 386. OFFICERS President Lowell Thomas Chairman, Exec. Committee H. V. Kaltenborn Vice-President John W. Vandercook Vice-President H. R. Baukhage Secretary Johannes Steel Treasurer Max Hill FUNCTIONS Membership consists of experienced news analysts devoting a major part of their time to radio work and not voicing their own commercials. The association's function is to improve quality and standards of radio news analysts. • The Authors' League of America 6 E. 39th St., New York, N. Y. MUrray Hill 5-6930 OFFICERS President Russel Grouse Vice-President Fannie Hurst Secretary Katherine Seymour Treasurer Arthur Schwartz COUNCIL Franklin P. Adams, Frederick Lewis Allen, Erik Barnouw, Philip Barry, Carl Cramer, Sidney Carson, Hector Chevigny, Robert Colwell, Norman Corwin, Russel Crouse, John Dunkel, Mignon Eberhart, J. C. Furnas, Paul Callico, Clifford Goldsmith, Arthur Garfield Hays, Oscar Hammerstein, II, Otto Harbach, Lillian Hellman, George Kelly, Ruth Adams Knight, Christapher LaForge, Georgia Layton, Howard Lindsay, Peter Lyon, Frank Mandel, Robert Newman, S. J. Perelman, Henry F. Pringle, Elmer Rice, Kurt Steel, Rex Stout, John Vandercook, Kenneth Webb, Kurt Weill, Thornton Wilder. FUNCTIONS The Authors' League of America, Inc.. is the national organization of authors, dramatists, screen writers and radio writers. It was organized in 1912 in order to procure adequate copyright leg's'ation, both international and domestic; to protect the rights and property of all those who create copyrightable material of whatever kind or mture; to advise and assist all such in business matters relating to the disposal of their productions and to obtain for them prompt remuneration therefor; to disseminate information among them as to thefr just rights and remedies. Its membership is approximately 4,200. • 6MI Canada, Ltd. 2100 Victory Bldg., Toronto, Ont. Elgin 5623 OFFICERS President Sydney M. Kaye Vice-President Merritt E. Tompkins Vice-President Harry Sedgwick, K. C. Vice-President Joseph Sedgwick V'ce-President J. E. Campeau Secretary-Treasurer T. A. Evans FUNCTIONS BMI Canada, Ltd., was organized to buy and publish original music, to coordinate and license performing rights of music published under its own imprint and of music in the catalogs of affiliated publishers and performing right societies and to provide equal opportunity of recognition for all writers and composers. The British Broadcasting Corporation 630 Fifth Ave., New York 20, N. Y. Circle 7-0656 OFFICERS North American Director William R. Reed Special Asst. to N.A.D , . .Donovan Rowse Program Advisor Henry David Research Department. J. A. S. Kenas Chief Engineer. Arthur S. Toby Acting Program 'Director Sam Slate Talks Producer Annette Ebsen BRANCH OFFICES Chicago: 430 N. Michigan Ave., Phone, Delaware 6881. William N. Newton, Middle West Representative. Washington: 1150 Connecticut Ave. Phone Executive 1465. Leonard Miall, Washington Correspondent. FUNCTIONS Activities of the North American offices of the British Broadcasting Corporation consist of two interrelated but separate operations. The first, Eastbound Operations, are concerned with the interpretation of the American scene to British audiences. The other, Westbound Operations, are concerned with making available to independent radio stations and networks regular and specially requested programs broadcast from England in the BBC's North American Service. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) 580 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. PEnnsylvania 6-5466 OFFICERS President Justin Miller Executive Vice President — General Counsel Sydney M. Kaye Vice President — General Manager M. E. Tompkins Treasurer .Charles E. Lawrence Comptroller Claude C, Boydston Assistant Secretary Robert J. Burton John Elmer, WCBM, Baltimore, Maryland; Carl Haverlin, Mutual Broadcasting System, New York City; William S. Hedges, National Broadcasting Co., New York City; Leonard Kapner, WCAE, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Joseph A. McDonald, American Broadcasting Co., New York City; Justin Miller, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D. C; Paul Morency, WTIC, Hartford, Conn.; J. Leonard Reinsch, WSB, Atlanta, Ga.; J. Harold Ryan, Fort Industry Company, Toledo, Ohio Frank K. White, Columbia Broadcasting System, New York City. STATION RELATIONS Roy Harlow, Director; Ralph Wentworth, Glenn Dolberg, James L. Cox, Al Marlin, Linn Pattee, Ken Sparnoon, Constance Mendel. BRANCH OFFICES 1549 North Vine St., Hollywood, Calif. Executive-in-Charge .Eddie Janis 54 West Randolph St., Chicago, III. Executive-in-Charge James Cairns FUNCTIONS The functions of BMI are: (1) To buy and publish original music; (2) to coordinate and license the performing rights to music published under its own imprint and of music in the catalogs of affiliated publishers and performing rights societies; (3) to provide equal opportunity of recognition for all writers and composers. • Canadian Assn. of Broadcasters 2100 Victory Bldg., Toronto, Ont., Canada Elgin 5623 OFFICERS Chairman of the Board Harry Sedgwick Engineering Consultant Harry S. Dawson Director of Broadcast Adv Doug Scott Public Service Director T. Jim Allard Secretary-Treasurer. T. Arthur Evans 935