Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

VOL. 49. NO. 29 NEW YORK. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1949 TEN CENTS NAB FINANCING GETS CONSIDERATION CAB Takes Issue With Dunlon On TV The Canadian Assn. of Broadcast I ers has challenged a statement by | A. D. Dunton, chairman of the board of governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., on the status of Cana II dian television, as quoted in Radio Daily on Nov. 1. In a letter to Radio Daily last t week, T. J. Allard, general manager of the CAB, which represents 95 of Canada's 119 privately-owned stations, questioned in particular Dun( ton's assertion that television in Canada is "wide open" for private broadcasters. Said Allard: "This (Continued on Page 2) Capital Radio Women Will Hold One Day Clinic Washington — A publicity clinic, designed to give D. C. women's club, I Embassy and other organizational publicity chairman an insight on how to use radio to promote their activities, will be given Thursday, / Nov. 17 by the Nation's Capitol Radio Women on the American University campus. The clinic is sponsored by the public relations I division of the university and the (Continued on Page 6) Texas Co. To Sponsor Met Opera Airings The Texas Company will sponsor | the Metropolitan Opera Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts over the ABC web for the tenth consecutive year starting November 26, I it was announced by George A. Sloan, Chairman of the Board of the Metropolitan Opera, W. S. S. Rogers, Chairman of the Board of the Texas (Continued on Page 8) Both Barrels The law of averages took time out Sunday night on ABC's "Stop the Music," when two listeners collected fat jackpots for identifying a "Mystery Melody." The first tune, "Chief Hckum," had gone unidentified for six weeks. Minutes after it was successfully named, another listener hit the bull's eye — naming the new tune — "Rustic Dance." Plan Xmas Drive Camden, N. I. — Preparing for a big Xmas drive on the 45-rmp music reproduction system, the RCA Victor Home Instrument and Record Departments are readying an intensive and complementary program, employing national advertising, a new radio program for children, and a variety of pointof-sale display units to spotlight 45-rpm instruments and records as ideal Xmas gifts fcr all family members. Special emphasis will be placed on the expanding children's market. BMB To Suspend; New Service Studied Plans to suspend operations of Broadcast Measurement Bureau on December 31 except for servicing operations on the Second Study which is scheduled to be released next month, were announced last weekend following a meeting of the executive committee of BMB. Decision to curtail operations was made by NAB, AAAA and ANA, the three associations which are mem(Continued on Page 8t Davis Named Vice-Pres., Of Kenyon & Eckhardt Hal Davis, publicity director of Kenyon & Eckhardt Agency, New York, yesterday was named vicepresident of the agency following a meeting of the board of directors. Two other executives were elected to similiar positions. They are Rob(Continued on Page 5) Members Of Board Finance Com m ittee Meet To Discuss Budget Problems And Make Recommendations Drewry Announces Peabody Plans Athens, Ga. — January 9, 1950 is the deadline for entries in this year's Peabody Awards competition, according to an announcement yesterday by Dean John E. Drewry of the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady School of Journalism, which administers the awards. Winners will be announced at a luncheon meeting of the Radio Executives Club of New York on May 1 by Edward Weeks, Peabody board (Continued on Page 2) Twelve ABC Stations Get Promotion Awards Twelve radio affiliates of ABC have won top honors in the net's sixth annual competition for outstanding audience promotion of network programs. Award certificates are given by ABC based on question (Continued on Page 6) State Dept. to Send Music Series Overseas All Sunday's programs of the New Friends of Music chamber music series at Town Hall, and all subsequent programs this season, will be recorded by the International (Continued on Page 4) Shelley Named President Of Radio News Directors Jack Shelley, of WHO, Des Moines, la., was elected president of the National Assn. of Radio News Directors, succeeding Sig Mickelson, during the closing business session of the NARND convention held in New York last week. Ben Chatfield, WMAZ, Macon, Ga., was named first vice-president; Jim Bormann, Cedar Rapids, la., second vice-president; Sheldon Peterson, KLZ, Salt Lake City, Utah, treasurer, and Soren Menkoff, WOW. Omaha, secretary. The following men were elected to the NARND board for three-year terms: Ben Cochran, WCOP, Boston; Sheldon Peterson, KLZ. Salt Lake City; John Bills, WQAM. Miami, Fla., and Tom Eaton, WTIC, Hartford. Conn. Jack Shelley, of WHO, was elected to fill the unexpired oneyear term of David Kessler. WHAM, (Continued on Page 8 Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington — The problem of financing NAB operations for the balance of the year and effecting additional cuts in operations came before the Board's Finance committee at a meeting held yesterday on the eve of the three-day session of the full NAB board. It is no trade secret that the (Continued on Page 5) Butler To Address REC Luncheon Thurs. Ralph Starr Butler, formerly vicepresident in charge of advertising for General Foods Corp., will be the guest speaker at the luncheon-meeting of the Radio Executives Club of New York at the Hotel Roosevelt, Thursday, at 12:30 p.m. Butler, pioneer in radio advertising who for 17 years supervised the (Continued on Page 2) Georgia Tells High Court FCC Right In WGST Case Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington — The State of Georgia told the Supreme Court in great detail yesterday that the FCC judgment concerning the ability of a radio station to serve the public interest cannot lightly be set aside by a state court. In the case of (Continued on Page 4) Record TV Reception Montreal — A television broadcast was viewed here Friday night, according to D'Alton Woodlock, of Iberville, Quebec. He brought television equipment which he built himself to the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Desjardins, and the three watched a boxing match staged in Madison Square Garden, New York. 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