Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

2 RADIO DAILY Thursday, November 10, 1949 Vol. 49, No. 27 Thur , Nov. 10, 1949 lOCts. JOHN W. ALICOATE : : Publisher FRANK BURKE : : : : : Editor MARVIN KIRSCH : Business Manager Published daily except Saturdays. Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, 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. C.-.ble address: Radaily, New York. WEST COAST OFFICES Allen Kushner, Manager 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Gladstone 8436 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older. Chief 6417 Dahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Hal Tata, Manager. 360 No. Michigan Ave. Phone: Randolph 6-6650 SOUTHWEST BUREAU Paul Girard, Manager Tower Petroleum Bldg.. Dallas, Texas Phone: Riverside 3518-9 Entered as second class matter, April 5 1937, at the postoffice at New York, N. Y.. mider the act of March 3. 1879. FINANCIAL _ | Vovt mber 9) — NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Net High 8 Low Close Chg. ABC 734 73/4 V4 Admiral Corp. 29 Vs 2838 28'2 + VS Am. Tel. & Tel.. . 1 461 8 145X8 14578 — Vs CBS A 25', 2434 25 + Vs CBS B 25 2478 25 + % Philco 31 2934 2934 — 1 Vs Philco pfd. 80 80 80 'A RCA Common 1238 12'8 1238 + 1/4 RCA 1st pfd. 74 74 74 Stewart-Warner 12'/, 12V4 1238 Vs Westinghouse 273/4 27 2738 — Vs Westinghousc pfd. 9938 993R 9938 Zenith Radio 29 28 Vt 28'4 — 1/2 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Asked DuMont Lab. 14 15 WCAO (Baltimore) 17 20 WJR (Detroit) 7'2 8 Receiver Tube Sales Show Increase In Sept. (Continusd from Pa'e 1) weekend, and well above the September, 1948. total of 18.444.588 tubes Of the overall total, 16.207,087 tubes were packed for new sets. 4.033,127 for replacement. 925.090 for export and 228,181 for government. RCA INSTITUTES, INC. A Service of Radio Corporation of America One of the leading and oldest schools of Radio Technology in America, offers its trained Radio anil Television leebniefana to the Broadcasting Industry. Itur tzradttaten hnie I jf flla** Telephone License. Afldress inquiries to Placement Director RCA INSTITUTES, Inc. 850 W. 4th St., New York ] 4, N. Y No Paper Tomorrow Tomorrow, November 11, is Armistice Day, celebrated widely as a legal holiday. In observance, RADIO DAILY will not be published. Cuba's Reply To NAB Says U. S. "Hogs" Air (Continued from Page 1) by NAB's District 4 meeting, at Pinehurst, N. C. complaining that some Cuban and Mexican stations are not living up to the terms of NARBA. It was proposed that American stations be permitted to extend their hours and power without regard to protecting the Cuban and Mexican signals. In addition, the NAB petition suggested the use of economic sanctions by the United States Government to force the Cubans and Mexicans to behave. New WLIB Series A new weekly program series titled "American Christians Present Israel" was launched yesterday by WLIB. New York, to be heard each Sunday from 4:45 to 5 p.m. Moderator for the series is Dr. Carl Herman Voss, chairman of the Executive Council, American Christian Palestine Committee. Radio Shares Honors For Aid To Handicapped (Continued from Page 1) ety for Crippled Children and Adults, in recognition of their "outstanding service to the nation's handicapped." Another citation went to the Needham, Louis and Brorby agency, and special awards were made to CBS and NBC. Fredric March accepted a certificate of appreciation for the motion picture industry. Hope and Quinn wired telegraphic acceptance of their awards, which were announced at the Society's convention meeting in the Commodore Hotel. Benny Far In Front Of Pacific Hoopers (Continued from Page 1) with 21.6, followed by "Charlie McCarthy" and "Fibber McGee & Molly" in third and fourth places, respectively, both with 21.3. Fifth and sixth places were filled by Red Skelton and "People Are Funny," both with a rating of 18.1 The remaining "First Fifteen" of Pacific Programs follows: "Radio Theater," 17.8; "My Friend Irma." 17.4; Bob Hope, 16.1; Horace Heidt Show, 15.9; "The Whistler," 15.3; Judy Canova, 15.2; Bob Hawk Show. 15.0; George Burns & Gracie Allen, 13.9; and "Our Miss Brooks," 13.8. "What's new, Emperor?" That beautiful penguin on the right is known as an emperor. It looks as if his mate is asking him for the latest news. There's big news in Baltimore for radio advertisers! 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