Radio daily (July-Sept 1937)

Tuesday. August 17, 1937 RADIO DAILY 3 ISAAC A. LEVY DEFENDS MEMBERS OF THE FCC (Continued from Page 1) concentration of stations in certain areas and refusing equitable service to others." At the same time, however, Levy made it clear that he recognized both the right and duty of Congress to call for a radio industry investigation. Meanwhile the latest developments at Washington included a statement by Senator Wallace White to RADIO DAILY that he is preparing a report, giving reasons, etc., to be presented soon in behalf of his resolution for a sweeping radio probe. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee last week reported the resolution favorably. Congressman W. D. McFarlane also has a new resolution before the House Committee on Rules calling for a "house-cleaning" in the FCC. Same committee still has the Connery resolution under consideration. From the FCC camp, Commissioner George Henry Payne last week sent a letter to Powel Crosley Jr. of WLW demanding an accounting and asking various pointed questions about that station's 500,000-watt monopoly. The information was originally requested when Crosley was a voluntary witness at the informal engineering conference of the FCC last year, but was never supplied, despite subsequent reminders, Payne states. Crosley has now been given until Sept. 13 to reply. Data asked includes company's financial statement, broadcasting time devoted to Crosley products, rates charged advertisers, amount of time sold, whether rates were increased since granting of 500,000 watts, etc. AGENCIES NORMAN FRANKEL, formerly with the Freitag Advertising Agency, Atlanta, where he was in charge of the radio department since 1934, has been appointed account executive and radio director with Houck & Co., Roanoke, Va. Houck has just been named to handle the account of Dr. Pepper Bottling Companies of Roanoke, Lynchburg and Staunton. C. DONALD WING, account executive for McCann-Erickson since 1934, handling the Ford Motor Co. account in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa, with offices in Kansas City, has been transferred to the company's Detroit offices. NEW PCCGCAMS-I DtA/ "Accent on Science" "Accent on Science' 'is a new Tuesday series being inaugurated this week over WNYC at 8 p.m. by The American Institute of Science. First program features Dr. Clyde Fisher, head of the Hayden Planetarium. NEW YORK'S FASTEST GROWING STATION INTERSTATE BROADCASTING CO. 730 Fifth Ave., New York "Flying Americans" KTAT, Fort Worth, is doing airport interviews under the title of "Flying Americans." Joe Pierson is at the mike. Palmistry "What Does Your Palm Say?" is the title of a new bi-weekly series being conducted by Doris Field, palmist, over KHJ, Los Angeles. "I'm from Missouri" KFJZ, Fort Worth, has a new program called "I'm from Missouri" that it catching on with listeners. Heard three nights weekly, it contains brief resume of strange happenings from all parts of the world. Blair As KQW Rep. John Blair & Co., effective Sept. 1, takes over the national representation of KQW, San Jose. Possibility that rep will open an office in Los Angeles to service the Don Lee account, which they assume on Jan. 1, 1938. Stations Now Getting 24-Hours-Daily INS WMCA will immediately inaugurate a 24-hour-a-day service for news with the INS. Announcement from the station followed confirmation by King Features Syndicate that INS has absorbed Universal Service and will in future offer a day and night service to radio stations and newspapers. WNEW, the only,24-hour station in the city, also subscribes to INS 24hours-a-day. KFYO Staff Changes Lubbock, Tex. — Albert Woas, formerly with WPAD, Paducah, Ky., has joined KFYO here as announcer and in charge of dramatics. Woas recently passed an RKO screen test, and joins the RKO Junior Players on his graduation from Texas Tech. Bruce Collier, formerly continuity editor of KFYO, has joined the sales staff of the same station, replacing Harold Scott, who has accepted a position on KGGM, Albuquerque, N. M. "Get Thin" Gets Sponsor "Get Thin to Music" sustaining on Mutual, will be sponsored by Wallace Biscuit Co. beginning Sept. 27, Mondays through Saturday, 10:3010:45 a.m. Show will be heard on WHB for three weeks from this date and WGN joins on the commercial after that. Last season show was commercial in spots and fed as a sustaining to other stations. Agency is Reincke, Ellis, Youngreen & Finn Inc. of Chicago. Daughter for Harry Fox Six pound daughter was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fox at Doctor's Hospital. Fox is general manager of the Music Publishers Protective Association and Mrs. Fox, the former Yetta Blau, was until recently with the MPPA for more than 15 years. Mother and daughter are reported as doing nicely. New Wisconsin Network Will Issue Rate Cards Fond du Lac, Wis. — Network rate cards will be issued shortly by the newly formed Wisconsin Broadcasting System consisting of KFIZ here, WIBU, Poynette, and WHBY, Green Bay. Programs will be interchanged starting Sept. 1. "Dr. Jekyll" on Mutual Continuing a policy of presenting dramatizations along with NBC and CBS, WOR beginning Aug. 19 will air a radio version of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" presented by Alonzo Deen Cole. It will be in two installments, heard over entire Mutual network at 10-10:30 p.m. EDDIE CANTOR HEADS RADIO ACTORS UNION (Continued from Page 1) tion for charter from the Associated Actors and Artistes of America and this is a formality which will be granted forthwith. Frank Gillmore made public a telegram he received from Kenneth Thomson, executive secretary of the Screen Actors Guild, in which Thomson stated that the press had reported the Screen Actors Guild as seeking to dominate the AFRA. This is untrue, said Thomson, since he had plenty of work to accomplish in his own organization and it was the whole desire of the guild to see that radio and the entertainment field is benefited by organization of the radio actor, also that the AFRA become truly representative of all artists who work before the microphone. Sponsor Signs Announcer Charles O'Connor, announcer, has resigned from NBC to join Philip Morris & Co. as a free-lance announcer for the NBC and CBS shows sponsored by the cigarette manufacturer. O'Connor is the first announcer to be hired directly by his sponsor. Tom Dailey Joining WDOD St. Louis — Tom Dailey is resigning from the KWK announcing staff to join WDOD, Chattanooga, as chief announcer and sportscaster, effective Sept. 1. 72 ROAD A S T I N (SEE PAGE THREE TOMORROW)