Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

RADIO DAILY Monday, November 7. 1949 Vol. 49, No. 25 Monday, Nov. 7, 1949 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher FRANK BURKE : : : : : Editor MARVIN KIRSCH : Business Manager Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Brozjdway, New York, (18), N. Y., by Radio Daily Corp., J. W Alicoate, President. and Publisher ; Donald M Mersereau, Treasurer and General Manager; Marvin Kirsch. Vice-President; Chester B. Bahn, Vice-President; Charles A. Alicoate, Secretary. Terms (Postage free) United States (other than California) $10.00 one year; California, $15.00. Foreign, $15.00. Address all communications to Radio Daily, 1501 Broadway, New York (18), N. Y. Phone Wisconsin 7-6336, 7-6337. 7-6338. Cable address : Radaily, New York. WEST COAST OFFICES Allen Kushnar, Manager 6423 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Gladstone 8436 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older. Chief 6417 Dahlonega Rd. Ptione: Wlteonsln 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Hal Tate, Manager. 360 No. Michigan Ave. Phone: Randolph 6-6650 SOUTHWEST BUREAU Paul Glrard, Manager Tower Petroleum Bldg., Dallas, Texas Phone: Riverside 3518-9 Entered as second class matter, April 5. 1937, at the postomce at New York, N. Y., "nder the act of March 3, 1879. FINANCIAL (November 4) — NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE High Low Close ABC 8 73^ 8 Admiral Corp 28 V4 27% 28>/8 Am. Tel. 8, Tel.... 145V4 145% 145% CBS A 24% 24 24% CBS B 24'/4 23% 24% Philco 30% 2934 29% Philco pfd 79i/2 79% 7914 RCA Common 12% 12% 12% RCA 1st pfd 73 73 73 Stewart-Warner 12% 123/g 12% Westinghouse . 28% 28 28% Westinghouse pfd.. 100% 100% 100% Zenith Radio . . 28% 28% 28% NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE Hazeltine Corp. 14% 14% 14% Nat. Union Radio 2% 2% 2% OVER THE COUNTER Bid DuMont Lab 14 Stromberg-Carlson 13% Net Chg. + % + % + % + % + % + >/4 — 1V4 — % — ' ' % — % — Vs Asked 15 15 Decca Earnings Down Consolidated net earnings of Decca Records. Inc. for the nine months ended September 30, 1949, amounted to $427,601 after provision of $262,078 for income taxes. This equals 55 cents per share on 776,650 shares of capital stock outstanding at September 30. 1949, and compares with net earnings of $550,877 or 71 cents per share in the corresponding period of 1948. * COmiNG AND GOING * FRANK STANTON, president of the Columbia network; HERBERT AKERBERG, vice-president and manager of station relations; HUBBELL ROBINSON, JR., vice-president and director of programs, and JOHN KAROL, sales manager of the web, spent Friday and Saturday in Houston, Tex., attending a meeting of the 6th District, Columbia Affiliates Advisory Board. DON DUNPHY, American network sportscaster, on Nov. 14 will go up to Buffalo, where he will be toastmaster at the Sports Night dinner of the Buffalo Athletic Club. R. C. ALEXANDER, radio and television director of the Ward-Wheelock advertising agency, this week is in Milwaukee with NBC's "Double or Nothing" show, which is being broadcast from that point. JACK MANGAN, master of ceremonies for "Ship's Reporter" on WJZ-TV, is back in town following a trip to three eastern seaboard cities, where tie appeared at Navy hospitals. DR. JOHN E. BARKLEY, supervisor of physical chemistry research at the Armour Industry Research Foundation of the Illinois Institute of Technology, has left for London, England, where he will confer with British scientists on the latest developments in the field of infra-red photocell research. IRA MARION, American network scriptwriter, and his wife, EDITH, left last Friday on a three-week vacation. They'll make their first stop in Washington, D. C, where they'll spend three or four days. RICHARD S. TESTUT, vice-president and general manager of Associated Progrom Service, is vacationing. He'll be back at his desk Nov. 14. CARL MARK, executive vice-president and general manager of WTTM, affiliate of NBC in Trenton, N. )., and FRED BERNSTEIN, sales manager of the station, returning from Asbury Park, where they ottended the meeting of District 2 of the NAB. KYW Ad For Girl D. J. Brings 1300 Replies 'Continued from Page 1) broadcast advertisement for a lady disc jockey, and more than 900 turned up at KYW for auditions. This group was narrowed down to 12 finalists, from among whom the ultimate winner was chosen. She is Marjorie Wieting, 26-year-old Collingswood. N. J. housewife, and mother of two. A newcomer to radio, Mrs. Wieting will start a Monday-Saturday, 12 midnight1 a.m. disc jockey stint on Nov. 14. RCA Victor to Sponsor 'Screen Directors' Show (Continued from Page 1) nounced. J. Walter Thompson is the agency. The program, which features Hollywood stars in adaptations of Alms, has been presented on Mondays heretofore. Effective Nov. 11, the program will be broadcast on Fridays at 10:00 p.m., EST, continuing on a sustaining basis until Jan. 6. This is the third NBC house package to be sold in a month. The others are "Dragnet" and "Baby Snooks." 'Opry' Cast To Entertain U. S. Troops In Europe I Continued from Page 1) day entertainment tour of U. S. air bases in Europe. The "Opry" programs for Nov. 19 and Nov. 26 will be broadcast from Europe via shortwave. Twenty-five members of the cast, headed by mc Red Foley and comedians Rod Brasfield and Minnie Pearl, will make the trip by plane as guests of the Air Force. Minute Maid Renews Minute Maid Corp. (orange juice) has renewed its sponsorship of "This Is Bing Crosby," quarter-hour transcribed heard Monday-Friday. 1010: 15 a.m. on WCBS, New York, for an additional 52 weeks, effective Nov. 18. Doherty, Clifford & Shenfield handles the account. Stork News Andrew Wiswell, vice-president of Muzak in charge of recording and recording director of Associated Program Service, is the father of a son born to Mrs. Wiswell Nov. 3. Baby will be named Andrew M. WVN J 'NEW JERSEY'S MOST POWERFUL RADIO STATION" Announces the Appointment Of Walter Kaner Associates NEW YORK TO DIRECT PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION IVON B. NEWMAN VICE-PRESIDENT Teddy Bear growing up This baby bear weighed only 11 ounces at birth and was bottlefed. Now he's eating ice cream out of a container. And soon he'll be so grown-up that he'll be yelling for big chunks of meat. We've watched a lot of advertising campaigns grow up on W-I-T-H. You can do such big things on W-I-T-H with a little bit of money! You see, W-I-T-H delivers more home listeners-per-dollar than any other station in town. And in addition, a recent survey made under the supervision of the Johns Hopkins University showed that of all radios playing in drug stores, 34.6% were tuned to W-I-T-H! So if you want low-cost results in Baltimore, just call in your Headley-Reed man and get the whole W-I-T-H story. And do it today! Baltimore 3, Maryland TOM TINSLBY, President Reprejf nr«d by H«odl«y-R««d W E A V PLATTSBURG, N. Y. AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO. consistently SELLING the north COUNTRY'S RICHEST MARKET JOSEPH HERSHEY McGILLVRA, Nat. Rep.