Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

8 RADIO DAILY Wednesday, February 17, 1937 ARBITRATION PLAN SEEN ON MUSICIAN-DISK BAN {Continued from Page 1) benefit and indigent fund for musicians. The union head will have another meeting with executives of recording firms in about ten days. Ready for Flood Emergency New Orleans — Tests of the short wave radio tieups to handle emergency flood directions in the lower Mississippi valley were successful, Joe Uhalt, director of the tieup announces. Inasmuch as there has been no flood emergency in the south end of the delta, the circuit has not been put into effect, but the north end in Arkansas and Memphis is handling communication, Uhalt said. Philco Marketing Phone Philadelphia — A new product, the Philco-Phone, providing two-way private communication in home, factory, office, store or other establishments, will be marketed by the Philco Radio & Television Corp. Built to serve as many as four remote stations connected with the master control unit and will operate over a distance of a quarter of a mile. Broadsides, folders, display and other dealer aids have been provided for an intensive drive to develop the market to the limit. Comedy in Hebrew Philadelphia — Jewish foreign language programs over WPEN-WRAX. heretofore all musical and dramatic, gets its first touch of comedy in show sponsored by W. M. Knatz, Inc., realtors. A weekly series on Fridays airing the crossfire between William Zigenloub and Louis Gross. Rosenberg on Coast Emanuel Rosenberg, executive vice president of Transamerican Broadcasting & Television Corp., New York, is in Hollywood for a month's stay, and is attempting to close several deals now pending for the exclusive representation of movie talent by Transamerican. Jules Alberti Moves Jules Alberti has moved his business over to the Herman Bernie offices. Understood that he will retain personal direction of Benay Venuta, however. Film-Testing Buddy Clark Buddy Clark, CBS singer, will be movie-tested one day next week by 20th Century-Fox. Paul Ross of CBS artists bureau handling the arrangements. Youngman Gets Program Henny Youngman, comedian who has been scoring on the Kate Smith hour, will be starred in his own show with an orchestra Super Suds is the sponsor, and details are now being worked out. F. C. C. ACTIVITIES -.Washington Bureau of THE RADIO DAILY • HEARINGS SET WCOP. Mass. Broadcasting Corp.. Boston, application lor Mod. of license. 1130 kc. 500 watts, limited until LS at KSL. Salt Lake City. Louisville Times Co., Louisville, application for CP for new station to operate on 1210 kc. 100 watts, unlimited time. Sharon Herald Broadcasting Co.. Sharon. Pa.. CP for new station to operate on 780 kc. 250 watts, daytime. Allen T. Simmons, Mansfield. O.. CP for new station to operate on 780 kc. 1 kilowatt, daytime. Frazier Reams. Mansfield. O.. CP for new station to operate on 1370 kc. 100 watts, daytime. Richard S. Gozzaldi d/b as Oak Cliff-Dallas County Broadcasting Co.. Dallas. CP for new station to operate on 1500 kc, 100 watts, daytime. A. L. Chilton. Dallas. CP for new station to operate on 990 kc, 1 kilowatt, daytime. Bellingham Publishing Co.. Bellingham, Wash.. CP for new station to operate on 1420 kc. 100 watts, unlimited time. Gomer Thomas, Bellingham, Wash.. CP for new station to operate on 1420 kc, 100 watts, unlimited time. WHAT, Independence Broadcasting Co., Inc.. Philadelphia, application for CP for change of power and frequency to 1220 kc. 1 kilowatt, unlimited time. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WMCA, Knickerbocker Broadcasting Co.. N. Y„ Mod. of license to increase power of auxiliary transmitter from 500 watts to 1 kilowatt. WHK. Radio Air Service Corp., Cleveland. Mod. of license to increase night power from 1 kilowatt to 5 kilowatts. KTSM, Tri-State Broadcasting Co., Inc., El Paso, Tex., license to cover construction permit for changes in equipment, increase in power, move of transmitter and authority to carry WDAH schedule over KTSM transmitter. KTHI. Arkansas Broadcasting Co., Little Rock, Ark., Mod. of license to change power from 100 watts night. 250 watts daytime to 250 watts day and night. Knickerbocker Broadcasting Co.. Inc.. Flushing, N. Y., CP for new high frequency broadcast station to be operated on 26550 kilocycles. 100 watts, unlimited time. WNBF, Howitt-Wood Radio Co., Inc., Binghamton. N. Y„ CP to make changes in present equipment and increase day power from 100 watts to 250 watts. Charleston Broadcasting Co., Charleston, W. Va„ CP lor new relay station to be operated on 31100. 34600. 37600, 40600 kc, 5 watts, variable hours. EXAMINER'S RECOMMENDATIONS That the application of Dorrance D. Roderick. El Paso, Tex., to construct new broadcast station on frequency of 1500 kc, 100 watts, unlimited time, be granted. Westerner Broadcasters. Inc.. Clovis. N. Mex., granted Mod. of license to change hours of operation from specified to unlimited day, specified night hours, 1370 kc. 100 watts. SELLING THE STATION . . . Merchandising * Showmanship * Exploitation Free Trip to Coronation A trip to Europe and front seats at the Coronation of King George VI of England will be offered through the medium of the Mutual network's "Coffee Club", program on the broadcast scheduled for Friday at 8 p.m. The series is on WOR locally. First prize, which is augmented by 99 other unusually attractive awards, includes five exciting days in London and two days in Paris, with all travel, hotel and sight-seeing expenses paid. The winner and companion sail from New York on May 4 aboard the Berengaria and return from France May 19 on the Queen Mary. Other prizes included will be a G. E. all-electric kitchen, complete from dishwasher to refrigerator, a Studebaker four-door sedan, two 18tube radio sets, glassware and Silex coffee-makers. The only thing contestants are required to do to compete for any of the many prizes is to write a short letter, 50 words or less, on the subject "Why I prefer coffee vacuum packed in glass." Each letter must be accompanied with the label of the coffee advertised on the air. Winners will get the good news April 26 and their names will be announced on the Mutual air waves April 30. "Coffee Club" features Richard Himber's smooth music, Gogo De Lys and Stuart Allen, vocalists, and Fred Uttal, master of ceremonies. WOMEN'S RADIO GROUP MAKES AWARDS MAR. 31 (Continued from Page 1) also a definite award to a musical show. Last year the General Motors concert program received honorable mention, and the year before took the award. Reason for this was that the WNRC has based its award on a musical program built especially for radio and did not take into consideration an organization, for instance, as the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra. Awards this year will total six instead of five. They are (best in each case) : Musical Program, Dramatic Program, Variety, News, Children's Program and Adult's Educational Program. Another new feature this year will be the appointment of two outside authorities to the awards committee, for each particular type of program. News program will invite two newspapermen of note, but none connected with radio interests. Wellknown educators will be asked to help on the educational programs. Not all of those invited have had time to forward their acceptances as yet. It is felt that expert opinion could be had in this way as an aid to the regular committee and its ballots. In addition to the affiliated women's club votes, radio editors--, as usual, will also receive a ballot on the six classifications and subclassifications, etc., and thus allow for runners-up. Also, the use of men from news, dramatic or musical fields, will lend a more professional air to the awards committee. No straight comedy award will be made this year due to the fact that no comedian on the air seems to be getting along without a guest star at one time or another and it is believed it will be covered under the variety heading. As is the custom, radio and advertising agency executives nave been invited to the luncheon, also Anning S. Prall, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Mme. Yolanda Meto-Irion is chairman of the WNRC. WNRC has also made a tie-up with Wadsworth & Wood Sales, Inc., whereby the concern has research privileges to poll members of affiliated clubs and in turn peddle the information to agencies, their clients and to stations. WRNC is said to be getting a cut on the proceeds. Research organization is headed by Nathan Wadsworth with offices at 551 Fifth Ave. 1,300,000 Letters for WLS Chicago — Check of mail received by WLS the past year reveals a total of 1,300,000 letters, the station an