Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

RADIO DAILY: Monday, November 7. 1949 Mutual, Gillette Sign World Series, 7 Years (Continued from Page' 1 ) United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, Cuba and Latin American countries. These games will also be made available to the U. S. Armed Forces Radio for shortwaving to Army posts and ships at sea throughout the world. Mutual and Gillette also have been granted the right to meet any offer for television rights 'for next year, which the Commissioner may receive. Sponsored Series 11 Years Gillette has sponsored the World Series in cooperation with Mutual for the past eleven years, the AllStar Games for three years, and tele for the past three years. Chandler said that his negotiations with radio since he became Commissioner will benefit baseball upwards of two and a half million dollars. The baseball players Annuity and Insurance Plan, adopted in 1947 by the baseball club owners and the Commissioner's office, will be specially benefitted. Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington — NAB this week will send members special reports on the new baseball broadcast rules and on TV progress. The baseball supplement, including the new amendments in the broadcast rules, along with a memorandum from Commissioner A. B. Chandler and excerpts from the Department of Justice release on the subject, is prefaced by a note from the NAB legal department. It points out that the amendment of the rules "has gone far toward the opening to broadcasters of a source of program material formerly severely restricted." Five Maps Included The television supplement contains five maps showing interconnecting facilities between TV stations throughout the United States and the cities with operating stations, as well as those under construction. WLAW, Lawrence, Plans In-School Pgm. Series Lawrence, Mass. — "Pan-American," a new series of 15-minute weekly broadcasts designed for inschool listening by fifth and sixth grade pupils, will be launched on WLAW, Lawrence, on Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. Bulletins announced the programs have been mailed by the Massachusetts State Dept. of Education to libraries, educators, parent-teacher groups, social agencies and other organizations in the area. The programs will consist of dramatic sketches highlighting the traditions of New England and those of the Latin American republics. They will be written and directed by Eleanor Hall, executive secretary of the PanAmerican Society of New England. Mainly About Manhattan. . . ! • • • WEEK-END CUFF NOTES: Several of the big time colleges following in the footsteps of pro football in barring TV. (They still insist it fractures the gate). . . . Big complication in the rhubarb between CBSTV and the Bklyn Dodger ball games next season is that the web wants iull night-time rates for the arc light games . . . Torchlight Productions. Inc., establishing an annual award to be presented each year to "the person, or organization, who has done the most to promote the betterment of race relations within the field of American theater." ... Ed Gardner has to import U. S. musicians when he does those Puerto Ricobased programs. Thus ruled Caesar. . . . Jerry Coionna has a video series but he's having trouble peddling it. The price ain't right. . . . One of the big talent outfits planning to cut scripters of TV shows in on the package instead of just the usual salary arrangement. . . . Now that Berle's flicker is being previewed at Lindy's, Geo. Wright wonders who directed it — Preston Sturgeon? . . . Xaxier Cugat turning over half of his royalties on his latest Columbia disc, "Thrill Me," to Buddy Clark's widow. Buddy did the vocal on it. . . . Incidentally, Metronome's 65th ann'y issue, out today, will include a tribute to the late singer by his pal, Geo. Simon. ft ft ft ft • • • Several months ago, Dan Seymour yielded to the pleas of his three youngsters and bought a television set just for them, making everybody happy with the arrangement. Dan and his wife watched the shows of their choice on one set, while the kids were busy with the Westerns, etc., on theirs. Yesterday, however, he got a new demand. It seems the three kids can't agree on what to watch and they're holding out now for separate sets. ft ft ft ft • • • THEY SAY: "Post-war TV is the engineering botch of the century. To jockey TV back into a position where it could realize its stunning potential would render obsolete almost a billion dollars worth of equipment." — Lawrence P. Lessing, in Fortune mag. . . . "Watch for a new deal regarding the broadcast and telecast of future World Series. The revenue from the pact will almost equal the amount brought in by ticket sales." — Dorothy Kilgallen. [See lead story, this issue! . . . "Hollywood is not as bad as people think, but the pictures are." — Orson Welles. ft ft ft ft • • • PUN-LINES BY TIM MARKS-MAN: A lot of TV ideas are being nipped in the budget. . . . Experiments prove that cannibals don't care for TV. They prefer their actors in the flesh. ... A certain actor dreamed all night about bicycles. Now he's having himself cyclo-analyzed. ft ft ft ft • • • SMALL TALK: Say what you will about those rootin/ tootin/ shootin' Westerns on video, songstress Nancy Kenyon sez you can't deny that televiewers get a bang out of them. . . . Ted Granik arranging to fly one of the speakers for next week's "American Forum of the Air" session to Washington from Sweden. . . . Romolo De Spirito, new tenor sensation, opening tonight at Place Elegante. . . . Thanksgiving is still a few weeks off, sez Al Nevins, of the 3 Suns, but he's already spotted several turkeys on video. . . . Publicist Walter Kaner's "B'way to H'wood" column, now appearing in 17 papers, has added two Queens dailies. . . . Jeff Clark, the Hit Parader, being wooed by two record companies. . . . Add thumbnails: Jack Carter, on "Cavalcade of Stars" — comedy a la Carter. ft ft ft ft • • • Sportscaster Guy Lebow handed Lisa Kirk a box of chocolates the other p.m. "No, thanks," sighed Lisa, "I've got to watch my figure." "You mean," retorted Guy, "that you get a kick out of watching it, too?" WNEW Denies Charge Of Unfair Firings (Continued from Page 1) dispute between the ACA and the IBEW, each of which claims to represent a majority of WNEW's engineers. According to William Bender, vice-president of the ACA's broadcast departmen his union took to the air via the balloon route after WNEW declined to sell the ACA time to tell its story. The ACA has held contracts with WNEW for 12 years, but the station refused to negotiate a new contract when the last pact expired on Sept. 30, Bender said. "Despite the solemn pledges of WNEW officials that the working conditions and jobs of the engineers would be secure, two of the men were summarily fired without cause two weeks ago," he said. The men who were discharged are Sol Pfeffer and Kenneth Haile, the union said; the ACA is demanding their reinstatement. The text of WNEW's statement on the matter follows: "This is a jurisdictional dispute between unions. IBEW, an AF of L union, claiming to represent a majority of our engineers, filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board which has called a formal hearing. ACA, a CIO union, also claims majority representation. Under the law, there is nothing we can do but remain neutral and wait for the National Labor Relations Board to determine which union is the proper collective bargaining agent. In the meantime, we cannot negotiate with either union on any subject. As soon as any union is certified by the National Labor Relations Board, we will negotiate for a contract with that union. It would be illegal for us to take sides with either union and, therefore, we can make no additional comment." Religious Radio Leaders Meet Tonight In Albany Albany, N. Y.— The Rev. Edward C. Parker, program director of the Protestant Radio Commission, and the Rev. Charles H. Schmitz, radio chairman of the Syracuse Council of Churches, will speak here on Tuesday at the fourth annual Capital District Institute of Religious Radio, to be held in Cavalry Methodist Church. Radio executives, clergymen, and laymen from Albany, Schenectady, and Troy will attend the Institute, which opens tonight. It is sponsored jointly by the State Council of Churches, the Albany Federation of Churches, and the Troy and Schenectady Councils of Churches. Grauer For Swayze Ben Grauer will handle the election night commentary on WNBT, New York, instead of John Cameron Swayze, as previously announced, NBC said on Friday.