Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

2 RADIO DAILY Monday, December 5, 1949 l-.li Vol. 49, No. 42 Monday, Dec. 5, 1949 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICO ATE Publisher FRANK BURKE : MARVIN KIRSCH : : : Editor 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 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 2) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Net High Low Close Chg. ABC 7 73/s 29% Admiral Corp. . . . 29% 29% + Va Am. Tel. & Tel.. . 1475/8 1471/4 1475/8 + Va CBS A 25 243-4 25 + % CBS B 24% 24% 24l/4 — Vz Philco 30 29% 30 + Va Philco pfd 84 83% 83% — Vi RCA Common . . . 12% 12% 123/4 + % Stewart-Warner 12 11% 12% + Va Westinghouse 28'/2 28i/4 28% + Va Westinghouse pfd. 101 101 101 + Va Zenith Radio . 29% 29 2934 + Va NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE Hazeltine Corp. . 163/s 1534 16% + Va Nat. Union Radio 2% 2% 2% + Va OVER THE COUNTER Bid Asked DuMont Lab. 13% 12 143/4 131/4 Stromberg-Carlson Two Symphony Airers Skedded By Mutual (Continued from Page 1) programs, it was announced yesterday. The coast-to-coast debut of the Oklahoma Symphony has been set for January 11 from 10:30 to 11:00 p.m., and the hour long presentation of "Symphonies For Youth" by the Los Angeles Philharmonic will resume on Saturday afternoons. t< COmiNG AND GOING * ROBERTA QUINLAN, vocalist, on Friday left New York by plane for San Francisco, where on Saturday sfie acted as good-will representative of Mohawk Carpet Mills Company on a KNBC television show. On Sunday she was in Hollywood for a similar appearance on KFI. She'll be back in New York tomorrow. EDDIE CANTOR is spending a few days in New York. On Thursday of this week the comedian will be honored by Hadassah. DAVE GARROWAY, emcee and comedian featured on NBC, plans to be in New York the 16th and 17th of this month. DWIGHT COOKE, of "You and Small Business" on CBS, will be in Washington tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. His program will emanate from the Nation's Capital on those days. RALPH EDWARDS on Saturday was in Providence, R. I., for the broadcast of "Truth or Consequences." On Wednesday of this week he'll be in Washington to air "This Is Your Life" at a meeting of the American Medical Association. LUCILLE BALL, star of "My Favorite Husband" on the Columbia network, back to Hollywood following a visit of ten days in New York. WILL O. MURRELL, prominent attorney of Jacksonville, Fla., who is owner of WORZ, Orlando, has returned to the Sunshine State after a few days in Gotham discussing promotional matters. ERIC SEVAREID, Columbia network commentator, returning from Montevallo, Ala., where yesterday he delivered an address at Alabama State Women's College on the subject, "The World from Washington." DEAN FITZER, manager of WDAF, Kansas City, Mo., an affiliate of NBC, on Friday was in conference at the network with Burton M. Adams, of station relations. TONY MARTIN, singer, and his wife, CYD CHARISSE, on Friday left by plane for Hollywood following the close of Tony's engagement at the Roxy Theater and completion of a number of recordings for Victor. Ellison, Head Of ANA, Joins TV Film Concern (Continued from Page 1) the .Association of National Advertisers and resigned recently as executive vice-president of Control Systems for Management, New York. He has also served wth Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., in various positions and was advertising manager of the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., Chicago. He is a former director of the Advertising Council, Advertising Research Foundation and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. 'Voice" Requests ET Of CBS Livestock Cover (Continued from Page 1) ica." Show, a recapitulation of events at the International Live Stock Exposition, was heard over WBBM and the full CBS web last Saturday. Included were tape-recordings of interviews with exhibitors and guests plus descriptive highlights of major events. WBBM Farm Director Harry Campbell and News Editor, Julian Bently collaborated with Bev Dean, producer-director in constructing the show. American Oil Renews American Oil Company has renewed sponsorship of the "Carnegie Hall" concert series for an additional 13 weeks starting early in January over ABC. Renewal marks two years of sponsorship for the series by American Oil. Agency is Joseph Katz Company of Baltimore. Stanton To Ride The Goat Frank Stanton, president of CBS, will be initiated into Alpha Delta Sigma, national honorary marketing fraternity, Friday, Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Advertising Club, 23 Park Avenue, N. Y. C. He will be the honor guest at the fraternity meeting, WPEN Completes Plans For Scholarship Award (Continued from Page 1) will each receive a $500 scholarship from WPEN in cooperation with the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism. Teachers of the winners will receive U. S. Savings Bonds and runners-up will get memberships in the Franklin Institute. Presentation of awards will be made January 17. Ted Malone Featured In New ABC Co-op Ted Malone will present a blend of poetry, tales, and stories on a new Monday through Friday ABC series beginning Monday, December 12 at 11: 15 p.m., EST. The quarterhour program will replace Joe Hasel's sports round-up and will be offered to local sponsors on a co-op basis. Plans for the program call for Malone to make week-end trips to spots around the world, recording interviews on tape. Malone is now heard over ABC Monday through Friday at 3: 55 p.m., EST, and on a transcribed show Sundays at 10:15 p.m., EST. 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