Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

2 RADIO DAILY Tuesday, February 16. 1937 Vol. 1. No. 6 Tues., Feb. 16, 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. Phone Granite 6607. Copyright, 1937, by Radio Daily Corp. All rights reserved. Sues on Civil Rights Over Aired Incident T. Benson Hoy, commercial air pilot, has instituted proceedings in the N. Y. Supreme Court against WMCA, asking $50,000 damages, charging he was made to appear foolish, unnatural and undignified in a broadcast of an incident in his life which he did not authorize. Suit was disclosed when pilot filed motion to examine Donald Flamm, president of the company, before trial. Plaintiff asserts civil rights were infringed upon without his consent for commercial purposes. Station admits the broadcasting of the incident in Hoy's life on August 18, 1935, but denies other allegations. Hoy was injured when a transport plane in which he was co-pilot crashed at Newark Airport on September 21, 1934, one minute after its take-off. McKnight Writing Again Tom McKnight, veteran radio producer and author, has resumed writing the Beatrice Lillie comedy scripts which are heard over the NBC-Blue network every Wednesday from 8 to 8:30. FINANCIAL (Monday, Feb. 15) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Net High Low Close Chg. Crosley Radio 27 26% 26'/4 — V4 Gen. Electric 61% 60 603/8 — 1 '/2 North American 30% 30y4 30'/2 + Vs Stewart Warner 20l/4 1 934 1 9% — Vs Zenith Radio 37'/8 36% 36% — % NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE Hazeltine Corp. 18'/2 18% 18% Majestic ROT 4% 4% 4% Nat. Union Radio . . . 3% 3% 3'/2 + Vi OVER THE COUNTER Bid Asked CBS A 49'/2 51 CBS B 49 51 Stromberg Carlson 19'/2 20'/2 \ETWOKK SO\«. FAVORITES Following is an accurate log for the week ending Feb. 13, covering songs played from 5 p. m. to 1 a. m. on WEAF, WJZ and WABC. Only songs played 15 or more times are included. Selection Publisher Times Played This Year's Kisses (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 36 There's Something in the Air (Robbins Music Corp.) 30 Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful (Words & Music Corp.). ... 28 With Plenty of Money and You (Harms, Inc.) 25 On a Little Bamboo Bridge (Joe Morris Music) 23 Good Night My Love (Robbins Music Corp.) 22 Love and Learn (Chappell & Co.) 21 May I Have the Next Romance With You (Leo Feist. Inc.) 21 Gee, But You're Swell (Remic Music Corp.) 20 When My Dream Boat Comes Home (Witmark & Sons) 19 You're Laughing at Me (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 19 I Can't Lose That Longing for You (Donaldson-Douglas & Gumble). . 18 I've Got My ove to Keep Me Warm (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 18 Trust in Me (Ager, Yellen & Bomstein) 18 Boo-Hoo (Shapiro, Bemstein, Inc.) 17 Serenade in the Night (Mills Music, Inc.) 17 When the Poppies Bloom Again (Shapiro-Bernstein. Inc.) 17 I'M in a Dancing Mood (Crawford Music Corp.) 16 If My Heart Could Only Talk (Sherman, Clay & Co.) 16 The Mood That I'm In (Broadway Music) 16 Rainbow on the River (Leo Feist, Inc.) 15 Slumming on Park Avenue (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 15 Summer Night (Remick Music Corp.) 15 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Popular Melodies) 15 New WHO Sales Manager Des Moines — Hale Bondurant has been appointed sales manager of Radio Station WHO, according to an announcement by Colonel B. J. Palmer, president of the Central Broadcasting Co. His new duties will include supervision of both national and local radio advertising, enabling J. O. Maland, vice-president of Central Broadcasting and manager of WHO, to devote more time to general activities of the company. Bondurant is president of the Advertising Club of Des Moines and a member of the executive council of Sales Managers' Association of the National Association of Broadcasting. Audience Device Several radio equipment manufacturers are negotiating for rights to the device invented by Dr. Nevil Monroe Hopkis for measuring listener-response, it was announced yesterday by National Electric Ballots, Inc. The device has now been perfected so that it may be attached to radio set. Edwards Replaces Seymour Ralph Edwards has been selected to replace Dan Seymour as announcer on the Major Bowes broadcasts Thursday nights. Seymour on the west coast with Gillette program for six weeks. He will resume Chrysler shows upon return to New York. Cantor Stooge Signed Harry Savoy, old time vaude star, who scored big in his debut as air stooge for Eddie Cantor, has been signed to a 13-week contract by Texaco and will appear weekly on the Sunday night Cantor show. WBS Adds Don Lee WBS has added the Don Lee network to its list of stations using the WBS library service, effective April 1. Philco Amateur Series Philadelphia — A novel departure from the general run of radio sponsorship will be instituted on Feb. 20 over WIP, when the Philco Radio and Television Corp. fosters a series of amateur hours with nothing to sell but good will to its own employees. Ams will have five tries with the finale a visual at the local Metop. Same stunt was pulled last year and once again James Allen, WIP program domo, will act as master of gonging ceremonies. Amateur Hour Renewed Chicago — The Master Amateur Hour heard over WCFL each Sunday from 9 to 10 p. m., sponsored by Master Jewelers here, has been renewed for a year following very successful 26 weeks of airing over the Labor station. Show is produced by Phil Shelley. Winners are awarded wrist watches as prizes and given engagements on "Stars of Tomorrow" program, quarter hour shot each Wed. and Fri. from 7 to 7: 15 under banner of same sponsor. Harold Isbel, announcer of the Eddie-Fannie Cavanaugh gossip club, steps into role of emcee on the Master show renewal. Opens Eastern Offices Earnshaw Radio Productions, Hollywood transcription firm, producers of "Monte Cristo", "Chandu the Magician" and several other popular transcription features recently opened Eastern offices at 116 Broad Street, New York. Charles Michelson is in charge. RADIO EVENTS, INC. AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCING GROUP SERVING ADVERTISING AGENCIES 535 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. cominc and Gome MARY LIVINGSTONE leaves the Jello program in Hollywood after the Feb. 21 broadcast and goes to Plainfield, N. J., to visit her family. Miss Livingstone will return to program March 14. FRANK MAULSBY, assistant CBS production manager, is back in New York after spending week in Washington and Atlantic City. KEN MURRAY arrives in Hollywood on March 29. Will take over Campbell Tomato Juice show in April. BRYAN FIELD, Mutual announcer, flies from Miami to Santa Anita for the Handicap announcing beat. QUIN RYAN, broadcast manager of WGN, left for a vacation to Sanibel Island, off the west coast of Florida. BOB ELSON, WGN announcer, comes to town tomorrow for a three-day confab with sponsors. BOB RIPLEY goes to Philly Thursday to address the Advertising Club there. Airing will come via WIP. Today's arrival of the He de France, brings JEAN SABLON, French radio sensation; MRS. TERESA ITURBI and MISS AMPARO ITURBI, mother and sister of JOSE ITURBI, famed pianist. Thomas Joins Taplinger Robert Taplinger, recently returned from the west coast, announces that Dan Thomas, former NEA writer and Walter Wanger publicity man, has joined the Taplinger Hollywood office. Thomas will head a new department, combining radio and movie publicity tie-ups. Taplinger was the first New York public relations council to open Hollywood office, and is the first to create the movie-radio hook-up as regular service to clients. Another Spelling Bee Philadelphia — Spelling bee bug bites WIP and on Feb. 20 station premieres a local series of spelling stumblers using wide pants guys and co-eds. Collegiates being culled from Drexel, Swarthmore, Temple, Villanova, Haverford, La Salle, Beaver and many others still to be heard from. Kreuger Ends NBC Series Krueger Beer show, heard over NBC-Red network Monday at 10:30 p. m., with Martin Block and Jerry Cooper, fades from net after March 22 broadcast. Sponsor also airs two 15-minute daily shows over WNEW which continue through the summer. The Tavern RADIO'S RENDEZVOUS MAKE THIS YOUR LUNCHEON — DINNER — SUPPER CLUB 158 W. 48th St. "Toots" Shor BHBHBBBOUMBHr