Radio annual and television yearbook (1949)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Elmo C. Wilson, Vergil D. Rccd, Franklin R. Cawl, Cornelius Du Bois, Philip Salisbury. FUNCTIONS To stimulate scientific study and sound thinking in marketing research; to stimulate wider use or its services; to encourage Governmental agencies to undertake practical studies; to encourage the study of marketing research as a profession; to take an active interest in the plocement and advancement of marketing research personnel; to provide the focal point around which marketing research men can gather; to invite speakers to the monthly meetings to discuss studies, techniques and problems pertaining to marketing research and related subjects; to encourage the highest ethical practices in the preparation and use of marketing research. Music Publishers' Protective Association, Inc. 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N. Y. Clrclt 6-3084 OFFICERS Chairman of the Board Walter C. Douglas President Lester Santly Vice-President Jack Mills Secretary J. J. Bregman Treasurer Abe Olman Agent and Trustee Harry Fox National Association of Broadcasters For Complete Listing See NAB Section on Page 233 National Assoc, of Broadcast Unions & Guilds (NABUG) 37 West 46th St., New York 19, N. Y. Luxemburg 2-5130 OFFICER Nat'l. Chmn., N. Y. Council Chmn.. Oliver W. Nicoll COUNCILS e/o The RWC, 1655 North Cherokee Avenue, Hollywood 27, Calif. Chairman, Sam Moore; SecretaryTreasurer, James H. Brown, c/o AFRA, 102 E. Hubbard St., Chicago 11, III. Chairman, Raymond A. Jones; Secretary-Treasurer, George Maher. c/o NABET, 375 O'Farrell St., San Francisco 2, Calif. Chairman, J. R. McDonnell; Secretary-Treasurer, William S. Covin, c/o NABET, 486 Thornycroft Rd., Pittsburgh, Penn.; Chairman, Edward B. London. CORRESPONDING OFFICES Washington, D. C; Denver, Colo.; Atlanta, Co.; Boston, Mass.; Cincinnati, 0.; Cleveland, O.; Derroit, Mien.; Kansas City, Mo.; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.; New Orleans, La.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Portland, Ore.; Kaieigh-L>urnam, N. C; Kocnesrer, N. T .: Seattle Wash.; S. Louis, Mo. FUNCTIONS "NABUC" is the National Association of Broadcast Unions and Guilds in the radio and television industry, organized on behalf of their respective memberships for the solution of parallel problems and the working together of the unions and guilds in those directions — cultural, legislative, economic — where mutual interests coincide. National Assn. oi Performing Artists 630 Fifth Ave., New York 20, N. Y. Circle 7-8194 OFFICERS President Fred Waring Vice-President iBing Crosby Vice-President Meyer Davis Vice-President pau| Whiteman Vice-President Al Jolson Secretary Eddie Duchin Treasurer Don Voorhees General Counsel Alfred Rice BOARD OF DIRECTORS Fred Allen, Connee Boswell, Noel Coward, Richard Crooks, Bing Crosby, Meyer Davis, Eddie Duchin, Duke Ellington, Mary Garden, Benny Goodman, Jascha Heifetz, Lewis James, Al Jolson, Andre Kostelanetz, Arthur W. Levy, Guy Lombardo, Ray Noble, Walter O'Keefe, Irra Petina, Dick Powell, Fritz Reiner, Fabien Sevitzky, Nathaniel Shilkret, Lawrence Tibbett, Rudy Vollee, Don Voorhees, Paul Whiteman, Victor Young, Efrem Zimbolist. FUNCTIONS To protect the interpretive artist from exploitation of his recordings and transcriptions. National Assoc, of Radio News Directors Radio Station WOW, Omaha, Neb. Webster 8400 OFFICERS President Sig Mickelson WCCO, Minneapolis 1st Vice-President Jack Shelley WHO, Des Moines, Iowa 2nd Vice-President Ben Chatfield WMAZ, Macon, Ga. Executive Secretary Soren Munkhof WOW, Omaha, Neb. Treasurer David Kessler WHAM, Rochester, N. Y. BOARD OF DIRECTORS The aforementioned officers plus: Bob Redeen, WOC, Davenport, Iowa; Fred Hinshaw, WLBC, Muncie, Ind.; Bruce Barrington, KXOK, St. Louis, Mo.; Ed Kirk, WPTF, Raleigh, N. C; James Bormann, WMT, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Sid Pietzsch, WFAA, Dallas, Texas; John Hogan, WCSH, Portland, Maine. FUNCTIONS The National Ass'n of Radio News Directors is a professional organization composed of men in charge of news operations. Its purpose is that of a purely professional organization to raise the standard of radio news operations so that the product of all stations will be of the highest integrity. The function of the organization is the interchange of information of a professional type, to aid its members in improvement of their profession. It has as affiliates, various state groups of radio news directors. The NARND issues a monthly bulletin in which new developments of radio news techniques are discussed. National Association of Radio Station Representatives 10 Park Ave., New York 17, N. Y. MUrray Hill 5-4141 OFFICERS President Frank M. Headley Vice-President Robert D. C. Meeker Treasurer Lewis H. Avery Secretary F. Edward Spencer, Jr. Managing Director Thomas F. Flanagan MEMBERS Avery-Knodel Inc., John Blair & Company, The Boiling Company Inc., The Branham Company, Free & Peters Inc., The Friedenberg Agency Inc., HeadleyReed Company, George P. Hollingbery Company, The Katz Agency Inc., Joseph Hershey McGillvra Inc., J. P. McKinney & Son, John E. Pearson Company, John H. Perry Associates, Edward Petry Co. Inc., Ra-Tel, Paul H. Raymer Company, Inc., Walker Company, Inc., Weed & Company, Adam J. Young, Jr. Inc. FUNCTIONS To develop the use and increase the sale of national spot radio. National Better Business Bureau, Inc. 405 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y. MUrray Hill 6-3535 OFFICERS President R. P. Claybcrger Vice-President Warren Agry Secretary Harry Dwight Smith Treasurer John L. Anderson General Manager Edward L Greene FUNCTIONS This organization assists the public, advertisers and publishers to avoid false and deceptive advertising. It cooperate with law enforcement agencies In this work. National Television Film Council 300 West 23rd St., New York 11, N. Y. WAtkins 4-0460 OFFICERS President Melvin L. Cold (National Screen Service Corp.) 1212