Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

2 RADIO DAILY Monday. February 15, 1937 * THE WEEK IN 8 VI K * . . . Connery to Press Investigation — By M. H. SHAPIRO (Continued from Parte 1 ) Vol. 1, No. 5 Mon., Feb. 15, 1937 Price 5 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE : Publisher DON CARLE GILLETTE : : Editor MARVIN KIRSCH : : Business Manager Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Radio Daily Corp. J. W. Alicoate, President and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Treasurer and General Manager; Chester B. Bahn, Vice-President; Charles A. Alicoate, Secretary; M. H. Shapiro, Associate Editor; John B. English, Advertising Manager. Terms (Post free) United States outside of Greater New York, one year, $5; six months, $3; three months, $2; foreign, year, $10. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to RADIO DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone Wisconsin 7-6336, 7-6337, 7-6338, 7-6339. Cable Address : Filmday, New York. Hollywood, Calif.-— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Fhone Granite 6607. Copyright, 1937, by Radio Daily Corp. All rights reserved. New Calif. Studios Go Into Use March 1 (.Continued from Page 1) Bakersfield. The first two stations are Hearst, the others owned by the McKlatchy newspaper chain. New studios are located on North Vermont. Wonders to Vacation Ralph J. Wonders, who resigned as manager of the Columbia Broadcasting System Artists' Bureau last week, leaves for Miami within the next day or so and will remain there on vacation for three weeks. Upon his return Wonders, who has under consideration several offers, will announce his future plans. He definitely stated, however, that he does not intend to take up any new duties whatsoever until after his Florida holiday. At least two of the offers under consideration are of more than a year's standing, but CBS officials at the time persuaded Wonders to remain. _EINA.NO/lL — (Saturday Feb. 13) — — ■ NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Net High Low Close Chg. Am. 8el. & Tel. 182'/2 181 '/2 182'/2 — Vl Crosley Radio 26 Vi 25% 26'/2 + 3A Gen. Electric 62 >/8 6134 61% — >/8 North American . . . 305/8 303/8 30% — % Stewart-Warner 20'/2 20'/4 20'/4 — V4 Zenith Radio 37 36'/2 37 + Va NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE Hazeltinc Corp. ... 18'/4 18'/4 I8V4 + Va Nat. Union Radio . 3 2% 3 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Asked Prv. Bid. CBS A CBS B Stromberg Carlson was reaching an all-time high with NBC Thesaurus being ahead 68 per cent on its January business over the same month a year ago. The Music Publisher's Protective Association collected 100 per cent more in fees for the use of copyrighted music on ET's during the year of 1936 as compared to 1935. The 1935 total collections were $110,000 as against the 1936 figure of $220,000. Local advertisers around the country began to take new interest in the possibilities of network shows which they could sponsor locally, three such shows being set on the Mutual web...Philco demonstrated "practical television" to an invited group, televising on 441 lines, which will be the standard from now on. . . or until further notice from the FCC. Range for Philco waves is 10 miles. CBS released figures giving it the best January in its history and NBC were about to come out with gross billing for January which would show a tremendous increase, but these were said to be based on the new card rate (which included a 10 per cent overall increase). Conference between execs of NBC and CBS sales promotion departments finally ironed it out. . .decision it is understood at this writing being to stick to the accounts individually and not card rate. Ralph J. Wonders, CBS Artists Bureau head resigned after more than six years at the job... with Larry Lowman. vice-president in charge of operations taking over the reins for the next few months. . .Record size audience came to the Radio City Music Hall to attend a benefit show for the Red Cross, broadcast on NBC. CBS, MBS and indie outlets as well . . .William Wrigley, Jr., Company received the privilege of sponsorship by donating $30,000 to the R. C. for I WTAG Spends $100,000 On Its New Transmitter WTAG, newspaper-owned station at Worcester, Mass., affiliated with the NBC Red network and the Yankee Network, has doubled its power to operate on 1,000 watts. Broadcasting activities are now carried on at the new transmitter plant in Holden, Mass., five miles from Worcester, where studios and offices of the station continue to be located. The new transmitter plant was erected at a cost of $100,000. Station is owned by Worcester Telegram and Gazette, morning and evening dailies, and is managed by John J. Storey. Report is also current that the other Worcester station, WORC, soon will remove studios and offices to new location. the two-hour early morning broadcast of the performance. . .Everybody was to give their services free and they did, until the next morning when Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians notified CBS that the men in the huge pit orchestra at the Music Hall would have to be paid the usual rates for such time as they put in rehearsals, etc. Bill was $7,500 and explanation was that the event was a sponsored show. CBS got the bill because the contract with Wrigley's was cleared thru the web. . .Presumably CBS will get pro rata help from sister webs... presumably. Hollywood continues to hold the limelight, with more shows scheduled to originate there and agency and nets increasing facilities there constantly. NBC President Lenox Riley Lohr and William S. Paley, CBS prexy, both stopped off at the talent mecca and issued statements anent radio and television. Mr. Paley reiterated that there was no bad blood between radio and films. Foreign In Canada, W. E. Gladstone Murray voiced the opinion that the Dominion should have more stations, especially in the more thickly populated areas, and that Canada passed up something vital when it agreed to present allotment of channels with the U. S. a few years ago ... In Toronto between 45 and 50 stations were represented at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Convention held at the King Edward Hotel, Feb. 8 and 9. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. assured the radio men of the corporation's whole-hearted cooperation. New officers were elected, Harry Sedgwick of Toronto getting the presidency. Electrical transcription and other radio men from the states attended the convention. cominc and Gome JACK LAVIN, Paul Whiteman's manager, back from St. Louis and Chi trip Saturday. CHARLES E. GREEN and GUS C. EDWARDS, pres. and gen. manager, respectively, of Consolidated Radio Artists, return the latter part of this week from mid-western trip. LOU IRWIN going and coming from Cleveland. Idea was to see the Ritz Brothers open there. IRVING BRECKER, Milton Berle's sole gagster, leaving with the troupe for Hollywood. C. O. LANGLOIS, president of Langlois and Wentworth, production and transcription agency, returns today from Toronto. Attended the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Convention. EVERETT MARSHALL from Chi's Chez Paree to Florida's Hollywood Country Club. BUDDY MORRIS, Warner Bros, music head, returns from the coast Thursday. FRED RAPHEL, WHN production dept.. returns from a four-week Nassau vacation today. HELEN JOHNSON, director of the CBS American School of the Air, left yesterday for New Orleans. Will attend National Educators confab. HARRY BOYD BROWN, national merchandising manager of Philco Radio & Television, Philadelphia, went to Little Rock, Ark., last week to address a convention. CECIL B. DeMILLE, after tonight's Lux Radio Theater broadcast from Hollywood, leaves the coast for New Orleans to shoot scenes for his new picture. CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER back in New York after three-week tour of the south. BUDDY ROGERS, "Twin Star" ork leader, arrives in New York the 27th. MILTON BERLE, "JOLLY GILLETTE," BEN BARTON, BERT GORDON, TOMMY MACK, JONES AND HARE, WENDELL HALL and ANDY SAN ELLA leave today for the west coast via the Red Arrow. JEAN SABLON, French singer, arrives tomorrow on the He de France to begin a radio series with NBC. Weber & Fields for Air Weber and Fields, famous veteran comedy team of the stage, and who already have had a couple of air series, are expected to be starred in a new radio show shorlty. Lew Fields is now in California, where he is handling negotiations, and Joe Weber will join him from New York. Appprove First Episode In New Wrigley Program West Coast Bureau, RADIO DAILY Hollywood — P. K. Wrigley and 41 members of his sales staff auditioned and expressed approval of the first episode in the dramatization of "Scattergood Bains," series which is expected to go nationwide as a substitute for the present Wrigley gum program. Script is being written by Hal Hudson and Rus Johnston. Dave Owens is producing, and the leads will be played by John (Windy) Hearn, Francis Trout, and Jess Pugh, who is changing his name to Bill Davis. Agency is Neisser-Meyerhoff. Another femme on the Stoopnagle and Budd show Sundays via NBCBlue. Gogo Delys signed to appear with the Colonel, Budd, Don Voorhee's band, and the recently acquired Joan Banks. Technicians to Meet Hartford, Conn. — Annual banquet of Associated Radio Technicians of Conn, will be held Feb. 25 at the Hotel Bond. W. R. G. Baker of General Electric will speak on "Television," and there will be prizes. Jack Guetens, president of the association, is in charge of arrangements. February 15 Greetings from Radio Daily to Larry Wellington