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Thursday, December 1, 1949 RADIO DAILY 3 OK Virgin Is, Station; Other FCC Activities (Continued from Page 1) Va., coal mining firm, for $650,000. Kennedy, who has moved to California, retains control of WSAZ, Huntington, W. Va., and of construction permits for FM and TV stations in Huntington. The new Virgin Islands station will operate on the 1230 band with 250 watts unlimited. Cost estimate by the permittee, radio American West Indies, is $13,350. The first station for the islands was also authorized this year. The Commission also okayed the sale of WDAD, Indiana, Pa., for $45,000, Thompson K., Cartlyn M. and Charles M. Cassell purchasing it from Paul J. and Alice L. Short. Construction permits for new stations to operate daytime only were okayed by the Commission for Watertown Radio, Inc., Watertown, Wise, and Pemiscot Broadcasters, Inc., Caruthersville, Mo. The former will operate on the 1580 band with 250 watts, with its construction cost estimated at $16,937 exclusive of buildings. The latter will operate with one kilowatt on the 1370 band, with cost estimated $16,854. Radio-TV Luncheon Set For Boy Scouts Campaign Publicity material to be used by the Boys Scouts of Greater New York in their fund drive will be presented to radio and television executives at a luncheon on December 7th in the Hotel Roosevelt. The chairman of the radio committee for the scouts, Warren Jennings, will be M.C. for the occasion. William E. Berchtold, chairman of the businessmen's committee for the drive and executive vicepresident of Foote, Cone, and Belding, will explain the objectives of the campaign. The Scouts are seeking twomillion dollars in their drive during January and February in the greater New York area. New York stations will be provided with spot announcements including brief statements by famous people supporting the Scout campaign. Interviews of people connected with scouting are being sought on other programs. AP Names Dist. Chiefs New AP Bureau Chiefs have been appointed in Florida and Oklahoma and a special membership representative has been designated for Florida and Georgia, it has been announced. Noland Norgaard, formerly Oklahoma Bureau Chief, has been named for the Florida Bureau, and Austin Bealmear, formerly on the New York sports staff, is the new Oklahoma Chief. O. S. Morton formerly Jacksonville Bureau Chief, is charged with promoting AP membership activities in Florida and Georgia. Record Sales Growing With N. Y. C. Dealers (Continued from Page II confusion created by the issue of the new speeds is disappearing. Several say that when the buyer is given an adequate explanation of the 45 and LP records, there is no confusion at all. The record men pointed out that sales this year have not come near those of last year and 1947. They add however, that the sales are well above the totals during the summer. A spokesman for G. Schirmer, Inc. says the sale of 33^ discs is the strongest with 78's being about equal. The 45's are reported as becoming more popular. Haynes-Griffin says 78's are going very slow with the LP leading. The 45's are also reported as doing very well. Rabsons, Inc. say sales are still somewhat slow, but add that they are better than during the summer. The LP and 45 discs are again reported as selling well with the 78 sales down. The Liberty Music Shop spokesman said the outlook is much brighter and added that the public is beginning to ask for the different speeds. Commercial Radio Service Offered In Germany (Continued from Page 1) representatives in New York say most of the German market can be covered by mass advertising over Radio Sarrebruck. The 20,000-watt station was destroyed during the war, but rebuilt in 1945. Advertising has been carried only in recent months. Pan American points to the fact that Germany has spent $700,000,000 annually for American exports since 1946, and that the market can expand further. Sarrebruck now covers a good part of that market by day and most of it by by night, the company adds. The station operates 17 Y2 hours daily. Pan American says most large American manufacturers already have started operations in Germany and more are expected. Anniversary Program Planned On Bill Of Rights A special program commemorating the 158th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill Of Rights will be broadcast by ABC direct from the Sub-Treasury building in New York on Thursday, December 15. Participating will be Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman, motion picture pioneer Cecil B. DeMille, and Messmore Kendall, president of the Bill Of Rights Commemorative Society. Gardner Osborn, vice-president of the Society, will serve as master of ceremonies and Cardinal Francis J. Spellman will deliver the invocation. The Bill Of Rights was enacted on the Sub-Treasury site. Coleson Will Represent Adv. Council On Coast (Continued from Page 1 ) been radio representative for the council in the past four years on a part-time basis. He will now serve as liaison officer between the council and the Advertising Association of the West and will operate full-time from the Taft Building in Hollywood. He also managed the Hollywood office of NAB from 1946 to 1948. Business Series Planned For CBS Beginning Dec. 3 "You and Small Business" is the name of a new Monday-throughFriday series to be heard over CBS, 6:15 to 6:30 P.M. EST., beginning Dec. 5th. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer will tell about his recent tour of the country on the initial show. Host for this occasion and following broadcasts will be Dwight Cooke. Guests Listed The series will examine small businesses and discussions by experts will be featured. Others to be heard on the first week are Harry L. Miller, chairman of the Small Business Advisory Committee, C. F. Hughitt and C. Wilford White of the Department of Commerce, and economist Lvsander T. White. Ross Being Offered As Seasonal Co-op (Continued from Page 1) with Mae West scheduled to be the first personality interview on next Monday. The short term co-op deal is an innovation in Mutual program sales. Idea for offering Ross for commercial sponsorship on a co-op basis came from stations on the network who reported a demand among local meixhants for a Xmas merchandising tie-in with this type of a show, daily from 12:15 to 12:30 p.m., EST., Touchdown Club Dinner To Be Aired By WMGM WMGM will air the annual dinner of the Touchdown Club of New York tonight from 8: 00 to 8: 30 p.m. Bob Zuppke, Illinois coach who trained Red Grange, will receive the club's annual award at the affair being held at the Ruppert Brewery banquet hall in Manhattan. The club, an organization of former varsity football men, will also have George Little, Grantland Rice, and Art French as guest speakers. Herman Hickman of Yale, Ed Danowski of Fordham, Ed Dooley of Dartmouth and other football personalities will be present. Ward Wilson of the WMGM sports staff will be emcee for the occasion. WELLES WINS FREEDOMS AWARD To Ruth Welles, KYW women's broadcaster, went one of last week's coveted Freedoms Foundation awards., a medal of honor and $1,500 in cash presented at Valley Forge by General Eisenhower. This award was for the design of a cookie cutter embodying the Foundation's credo emblem., an ingenious method of teaching children the organization's aims. This same ingenuity has won Ruth Welles many awards for her work at the microphone, and continues to win new listeners to her daily program at 9:30-10:00 AM. For availabilities and convincing evidence of sales-power, consult KYW or Free & Peters. PHILADELPHIA 50,000 WATTS NBC AFFILIATE ffix WESTINGHOUSE RADIO STATIONS Inc WBZ . WBZA . KDK A . WOWO • KEX . KYW • W8Z-TV National Representatives, Free & Peters, except for WBZ-TVj for WBZ-TV, NBC Spot Sales