Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

8 RADIO DAILY Thursday. November 3. 1949 Election-Cover Plans Include AM And Tele (Continued from Page 1 1 died by the respective New York flagship stations, with top web news commentators and analysts augmenting the work of the local news staffs in covering and interpreting the balloting. Analysts Listed "WCBS has assigned Don Hollenbeck, Ned Calmer, Douglas Edwards, Bill Leonard, Larry Leseur. and Jack "Walters to Election Night chores, with Margaret Arlen covering the event from the women's viewpoint. WCBS-TV plans pickups from the CBS newsroom in New York, and also from the headquarters of the major candidates. Movies will also be made at those locations to be shown later in the evening. WCBS will air its first election broadcast at 6:15 pjn., and will remain on the air broadcasting returns until the contests for Mayor of New York and U. S. Senator from New York State have been decided. NBC has assigned Kenneth Banghart to handle a running election commentary on WNBC. and John Cameron Swayze to do the same on WNBT. In addition, reporters will be stationed at strategic points in the New York metropolitan area for direct cut-ins on "Metropolitan News Roundup," which will serve as a clearinghouse for election news and returns. Special TV Newsroom NBC's Studio 3-H in Radio City will be converted into a special television newsroom. Starting at 8: 30 p.m., all WNBT station breaks will originate there, together with 30second reports on late balloting. A special half-hour program of lastminute returns and filmed interviews with the winning candidates is scheduled for midnight. WNBT will also send a crew and two cameras to WNYC, to make use of the city-owned station's special election coverage facilities. ABC, as previously announced, will center both radio and television coverage of the election in its big new TV-l studio in its Television Center. ABC commentators and pundits who will be seen and heard on WJZ and WJZ-TV Tuesday night include Walter Kiernan, Ted Malone, George Sokolsky, Pauline Frederick, Taylor Grant, Gordon Fraser, Don Gardiner, John Edwards, and Julian Anthony. The usual remote pickups from the various campaign headquarters are also planned. WOR Assigns Reporters WOR will plant reporters at the seven campaign headquarters and also in the Times Square area for color fill-ins and interviews with candidates. Lyle Van, Fred Vandeventer, Henry Gladstone, and Prescott Robinson will broadcast the returns from the WOR newsroom starting at 8 p.m. and continuing until final returns are in. Harvey NAB Registration The advance registration for the Second District NAB meeting which opens at the Hotel Berkely-Carteret, Asbury Park, N. J., today follows: Alden, Jerry WSNJ — Britlgeton, N. i. Alford. W. K. Jr. WSYR — Syracuse, N. Y. Alger, Paul WSNJ — Bridgeton, N. J. Arena, J. E. . . WFAS — White Plains, N. Y. Ball, Don WCBS — New York, N. Y. Bell, Robert . WCTC— New Brunsw ick, N. J. Bengtson, C. A. . WINK — Binghamton, N. Y. Brinkley, F. H. . . WENE — Endicott. N. Y. Brown, T. L WGVA — Geneva. N. Y. Burns, I>. P..WDHN — New Brunswick, N. i. Cassili, Harold W WEOK — Poushkeepsie, N. Y'. Churchill, Dr. C. H..WKBW — Buffalo, N. Y. Clother. Howard WEBR — Buffalo, N. Y. Cottrell, I. E WI.NA — Peekskill, N. Y. Doerr, W. Jr WEBR — Buffalo, N. Y. Gaines. James M. . .NBC — New Y'ork, N. Y. Gervan, R. I!. RRN — Ithaca. New York Goldman, Harry L..WROW — Albany, N. Y. Goldman, Simon . WJTN — Jamestown, N. Y'. Goodman, Harry B. . WN.IR — Newark, N. J. Hanna, M. R WHCC — Ithaca, N. Y. Hanna, R. B. . . .WGY — Schenectady, N. Y. Hoffman. K. B WGR — Buffalo, N. Y. Keesee, F. I WMBO — Auburn, N. Y. Kennedy, J. W.. Jr. WHAM — Rochester, N. Y. Kellv, E. K. . WWNY — Watertown, N. Y. King, Cy WKBK — Buffalo, N. Y. Call, New York Sun political reporter, will analyze voting trends for the station's listeners. WNYC to Feed Indies Election coverage by New York's independent stations will be strengthened by use of the special facilities of "WNYC, New York's cityowned station. Unable to get FCC permission to remain on the air beyond its usual 10 p.m. signoff time Tuesday night, WNYC has offered the other local stations use of its lines to Police Headquarters and other key locations. WNEW has accepted the WNYC offer, and other New York stations may follow suit. WNEW's own coverage will be bolstered further by the city staff of ihe New York Daily News, which compiles the station's regular halfhourly newscasts. To speed the airing of election bulletins, WNEW will put lines and microphones into the News Building to replace the teletype circuit normally linking the newspaper and the station. In the WNEW studios Quentin Reynolds and J. Murray Davis, political reporter for the New York WorldTelegram, will wrap up the returns with a running commentary. Another Daily News political expert, Lowell Limpus, will contribute to the election coverage of the paper's video station, WPIX. Times City Room On Air The New York Times' station, WQXR, will broadcast election news and returns directly from the Times' city room. William R. Conklin, of the Times staff, will handle the commentary. WQXR's hourly newscasts from the Times probably will be lengthened to insure fullest ?lection coverage. WABD, key DuMont video station, plans pickups from campaign headquarters at intervals during the evening of Nov. 3, but beyond that has made no extensive coverage plans. Martin, Paul WKBW — Buffalo, N. Y. McFadden. T. B. . WNBC — New York, N. Y. McHugh, Thomas. .WMSA — Massena, N. Y. Miller, Don WCBS — New York, N. Y. Moore, W. I WBNX — New York, N. Y. Rintoul, S. R WXKW — Albany, N. Y. Riple, W. A WTRY — Troy. N. Y. Rosenhaus, I. R. ...WAAT — Newark, N.J. Rowan, B. J. ...WGY — Schenectady, N. Y. Ryder. S. W WENE — Endicott, N. Y. Seit7., F. A.. . WFAS — White Pining, N. Y. Silver, R. S., Jr.. . WLNA — Peekskill. N. Y. Snyder, C. R., Jr. .WELM — Elmira, N. Y. Stewarl, E WIBX — Utica, N. Y. Swift. G. R WCBS — New York. N. Y. Wiig, G. O WHEC — Rochester. N. V. Wilde. R. B WABY — Albany, N. Y. Woodland, C WCSS— Amsterdam, N. Y'. Valerius, W. A WELM — Elmira, N. Y'. Amor, Addison . . . RCA — New York, N. Y. Batson. Charles ... BAB — New York, N. Y. Cervone. L. . .Gates Radio — Qulncy, Illinois Hardy. R. W. . .NAB — Washington. D. C. Harrison, A. F. . . . U.P. — 'New York. N. Y. Hart, Lee (Miss) . BAB — New York, N. Y. Heberer, Miles N. Y. State Radio Bureau — Albany, N. Y. Kaye, S. M BMI — New York, N. Y. Markh-im, G. E. . . NAB — Washington, I). C. McGredy, R BAB — New York, N. Y". Mitchell. M. B. . BAB — New York. N. Y. Miller, Judge J.. NAB — Washington, D. C. Morrison, R WBS — New York, N. Y. Sparnon, K BMI — New York, N. Y. Tower. C. H NAB — Washington, D. C. Williams. I). R. . . SRTS — New York, N. Y. Radio License Fee To Continue In Canada (Continued from Page ll $2.50 radio license fee would be abolished next year. Mr. McCann was replying in the Canadian House of Commons to a question asked by John Dienfabaker (PC— Lake Centre). He wanted to know if there was any basis for the statement made by a private Liberal member that the fee would be eliminated. "I have no knowledge of it," Mr. McCann said. "People who make statements of that kind do so on their own responsibility." Scholarships Awarded By WHOM's '5Kw. Club' Three Columbia students from the New York area will receive financial aid from a scholarship fund endowed by members of the 5 KW Club, made up of members of the staff of WHOM, New York, the university disclosed yesterday. The club was organized as a social group during the summer of 1948. when WHOM's power was upped to 5 KW. The scholarship fund of $1,000 represents the proceeds of a benefit performance staged earlier in the year by WHOM talent at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Members of the 5 KW Club hope to make the scholarship awards an annual event. Coast Show Expands San Francisco — "Palace Personalities," half-hour weekly variety show aired from the Palace Hotel here over KFRC since May, will also be carried by KHJ, Los Angeles, starting Saturday, Nov. 5. The show is sponsored by I. Magnin's, is packaged and produced by Pavia Agency. BMB High On Agenda At NAB 2nd Dist. Meet (Continued from Page 1) BMB audience measurement will aid them in radio sales and how they may improve their radio sales techniques through the medium of BAB. Hanna to Report Michael Hanna, general manager of WHCU, Ithaca, and director of the 1st District will open today's meeting with a report on district activities. He will then turn the meeting over to the BMB discussion and sales session. Charles Phillips, WFBL. 2nd District Sales manager chairman, will preside at the sales session which will feature the presentation by Mitchell of BAB. Later today Carl Haverlin, president of Broadcast Music, Inc., will give a report on the industry music organization's status. Hosts at Cocktail Party At 5:30 p.m., the New Jersey Broadcasters Association will be hosts at a cocktail party at the Berkeley-Carteret. A special meeting on "Small Markets" has been called for 8 p.m., at which time broadcasters in the smaller communities will discuss their problems of operation. Employee-employer relations will be the topic of the session tomorrow morning beginning at 10 a.m. Gunnar Wiig, WHEC, Rochester, 2nd District Employee-Employer Relations chairman, will preside at the meeting which will feature Charles H. Tower of NAB as discussion leader. Station operating labor costs, technical programming and selling are among the topics which will come up for discussion. In the afternoon beginning at 1:30 p.m., the broadcasters will hear from Justin Miller, president of NAB. Judge Miller will speak on "NAB and You" and will discuss frankly some of the problems faced by the radio industry. Judge Miller's address will be followed by a forum discussion. RWG Negotiators Given Power To Call Strike The negotiating committee of the Radio Writers Guild, which has been attempting to reach agreement with ABC, NBC, and CBS on a contract covering staff news and continuity writers, has been authorized to take strike action if and when it deems such a step necessary. Meeting Held Tuesday The authorization was voted unanimously at a meeting in New York on Tuesday of the network writers involved. At the same time, the Guild's negotiating committee reaffirmed its intention of withholding any strike order while Commissioner J. R. Mandelbaum of the Federal Mediation Service continues his efforts to bring about a peaceful settlement of the issues being disputed. Foremost of these, according to a Guild spokesman, is job security.