Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

2 RADIO DAIL1 Friday, December 2, 1949 Vol. 49, No. 41 Friday, Dec. 2, 1949 10 Cts. 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. VV. Alicoate, President. and Publisher; Donald M Mersereau, Treasurer and General Manager ; Marvin Kirsch, Vice-President; Chester B. Bahn, Vice-President; Charles A. AlicoLte, Secretary. Terms (Postage free) United States (other than California) $10.00 one year; California, $15.00. Foreign, $15.00. Address all communications to Radio Dailv. 1501 Broadway, New York (18), N. Y. Phone Wisconsin 7-6336, 7-6337, 7-6338. Cj.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 Tate, Manager. 612 N. Michigan Ave. Phone: Superior 7-1044 SOUTHWEST BUREAU Paul Girard, 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., under the act of March 3, 1879. FINANCIAL (December 1) NEW YORK STOCK ABC Admiral Corp. Am. Tel. & Tel.. . CBS A Philco RCA Common RCA 1st pfd StewartWarner Westinghouse Westinghouse pfd. Zenith Radio .... NEW YORK Hazeltine Corp. Nat. Union Radio High 7% 291/2 1471/4 1 247/8 291/4 121/2 73 12 281/4 lOW/s 1 287/a CURB 151/, 2% EXCHANGE Net Low Close Chg. 67/s 7% 4 % 291/2 291/2 + 1/4 47 147V4 + Va 2434 24% 291/s 291/a — ya 121/4 123/8 73 73 — 1/4 II3/4 12 + 3/8 277/8 28 + l/8 017/8 1017/8 285/s 28% EXCHANGE 151/2 151/2 21/2 21/2 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Asked DuMont Lab 135/8 14? 8 Stromberg-Carlson 131/2 14% New Musical Series Elliot Lawrence, bandleader, starts a new series tonight at 9. over WNEW, on which he will discuss progressive music. His talks will be illustrated by recordings by well known vocalists and orchestras. Lawrence has been lecturing on progressive music at various colleges throughout the country and is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the subject. Though the series is originating at WNEW, it will be syndicated to stations all over the country by Stan Lee Broza, Lawrence's manager. Tony Bello Joins KWK St. Louis, Mo.— Tony Bello has recently joined the announcing staff of KWK. Bello came to KWK from WCNT, Centralia, 111., where he was news and sports editor. i< COmiNG AND GOING it JERRY DEVINE, producer of "This Is Your FBI" on the American network, will arrive in New York today with MRS. DEVINE and their son, MICHAEL. While here, he'll confer with ABC officials and will make a side trip to Washington, where he'll meet with J. Edgar Hoover to check FBI files for authentic data, which will be used on Devine programs of the future. JOHN T. MADIGAN, director of news for the American network, has returned from Erie, Pa., where he produced Martin Agronsky's Thursday program. NANCY CRAIG, American network's women's service commentator, is expected back Monday from a trip to Europe. MORRIS S. NOVIK, public service radio consultant, left yesterday by plane for Los Angeles for conferences regarding forthcoming AFL programs. DONALD A. STEWART, general manager of WDTV, DuMont television outlet in Pittsburgh, is back at the station following a trip to New York on network business and for talks with DuMont officials. MARY C. WILSON, commentator on "Meet Mary" program heard Monday through Friday on WTTM, Trenton, N. J., has arrived in Europe, where she'll spend two weeks touring Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. E. Z. WALTERS, comptroller for Altec Service, has arrived in town from Hollywood on a short business trip. H. R. BAUKHAGE, American network commentator, will leave Dec. 12 on a two-week vacation. Albert Warner, ABC's Washington correspondent, will substitute for him during the first week. Baukhage will return December 26. ABC To Cover NAM Industries Meet In N. Y. (Continued from Page 1) NAM and will have as its theme "New Strength for America." Paul Hoffman, head of EGA, will speak at the opening session on Wednesday and his speech will be broadcast over ABC from 1:45 to 2 p.m., EST. A talk by Emil Schram, New York Stock Exchange president, will be broadcast at the Thursday session from 4: 15 to 4: 30 p.m., EST. The newly elected president of the NAM will be on the third ABC program from 4: 15 to 4: 30 p.m., EST, on Friday. Naumburg Winners On Telephone Hour Guests on the Telephone Hour on December 12 over NBC will be Lome Munroe, cellist and winner of the 1949 Walter W. Naumburg Musical Foundation Award, and Carroll Glenn, violinist and former Naumberg winner. Munroe is the only single winner of the award since 1938 when Miss Glenn took the solo honors. The contest is open to persons between the ages of 16 and 30 in the Western Hemisphere. The winner is given a recital in New York's Town Hall as a prize. The Telephone orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees will assist Munroe and Miss Glenn. They will join together in the major work of the evening, the "Finale" of Brahms' "Double Concerto in A Minor." Goldman Heads Agency Albany — Jack Goldman has been elected president and Ralph Kanna, vice-president, of the GoldmanWalter Advertising Agency, Inc. The board of directors also announced the change of the firm name to Goldman, Walter & Kanna. Goldman has been vice-president of the agency for several years. Kanna joined the firm as a director last September. He formerly was vice-president of the Julian Gross Advertising Agency and manager of WONS, Hartford. 'Radio Theater' Continues To Lead Nielsen Ratings (Continued from Page 1) lease covering the period October 23-29. Benny won third place with 21.5. Other shows in the "Top Twenty" are: "My Friend Irma," 19.1; "Charlie McCarthy," 17.4; "Mr. Keen," 17.1; "Inner Sanctum," 16.7; "Amos 'n' Andy," 16.4; "Mystery Theater," 15.9; "Dr. Christian," 15.7; Bob Hope, 15.5; "Crime Photographer," 15.2; "Mr. & Mrs. North," 14.9; "Suspense," 14.9; "FBI In Peace and War," 14.9; "Truth and Consequences," 14.9; "Fibber McGee and Molly," 14.8; "Mr. Chameleon," 14.2; Theater Guild On the Air," 14.2; and "This Is Your FBI," 13.9. This rating marked the first time Theater Guild placed in the top twenty. It was previously in position 36. Int'l Harvester Buys Time On WMCA For New Prod. (Continued from Page 1) with Dynamic Electronics, will offer a chest of silver valued at more than $100 with every radio sale of their $189 refrigerator. A phone call to the station will bring a Dynamic salesman for a home visit. International Harvester will use 14 half-hour musical programs each week exclusively over WMCA. Oil Co. Buys Newscast On Alaskan Stations (Continued from Page 1) advertiser to sign with the six-station ABS network in recent weeks. The System is represented by the Pan American Broadcasting Co. of New York. "Housing" Talks On WFDR The talks of U. S. Solicitor General Philip B. Perlman and Stanley Isaacs, minority leader of the City Council, before the Conference on Housing at the Hotel Martinique today will be broadcast over WFDR at 9:30 p.m. Talks will be taped at the luncheon session and aired the same evening exclusively on WFDR. Watch the birdie! Most cats would make a quick meal off an injured bird. But this cat seems to sympathize with the little bluejay that broke its legs. We sympathize with advertisers who have a tough sales problem in the highly competitive market of Baltimore. And we've got the solution for them, too. You just put your advertising message on W-I-T-H, the BIG independent with the BIG audience. 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