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The National Daily Newspaper of Commercial Radio and Television
VOL 49, NO. 43
NEW YORK. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1949
TEN CENTS
HIGH COURT IS FINAL: STATION-TAX OK
Utilities Group Gels Transit-Radio Plea
Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington— The District of Columbia Public Utilities Commission was asked yesterday to dismiss complaints against street-car and bus radio, in a brief filed by the Capital Transit Company. It was charged that hearings this fall had failed to produce evidence that the installations were not in the public interest.
The service is currently installed on over 250 of the company's street
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Atwater Kent Estate
Totals Over 9 Million
West Coast Bureau of RADIO DAILY Los Angeles — The first accounting of the A. Atwater Kent estate places its value at $9,130,971.11. The executors, George W. Noble and Harold Ashworth, made their report which was approved in Superior Court.
They told the court that more than five-million dollars of the radio pioneer's estate was in cash with the balance mostly in stocks and bonds. Kent, who died last March 4 at the age of 75, included many radio and stage celebrities in his will.
Four AP Veterans Promoted To New Posts
Four veteran newsmen have been promoted by the Associated Press to the rank of Executive Representatives, it was announced yesterday. Al Stine of Kansas City will cover Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma in his new position and Tom Cunningham of Boston "will be (Continued on Page 6)
Climax Of Contest
One hundred housewives hailing from all sections of the United States will gather at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on December 12th for the finals in Pillsbury Mills nation wide radio recipe and baking contest. Finals will be staged in the grand ballroom with Mrs. Peanor Roosevelt making the awards of $1 50.000 in prizes.
Outlook Bright
Fort Wayne, Iind. — A five-day sales meeting of The Magnavox Company district sales managers has just been concluded at Fort Wayne, with indicated record sales volume for 1950. Frank Freimann, Magnavox executive vice-president, disclosed the company's marketing plans for the coming year, designed to great'y expand the company's business and that of its franchised dealers.
lever Bros. Moves Headquarters To N,Y.
Lever Brothers completed one of the largest industrial moves in recent years over last week-end when the company shifted its executive headquarters from Cambridge, Mass. to New York City. Charles Luckman, Lever president, started occupying executive offices at 505 Park Avenue at 9 a.m. yesterday morning and other top executives reported to 30 Varick Street at the same time.
Lever Brothers expect to have
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Heitin Succeeds Heywood In WNBC-WNBT News
Jay Heitin, formerly program manager of WHYN and WHYNFM, Holyoke, Mass., has been named news and special events director of WNBC and WNBT, Thomas B. McFadden, manager of the stations, announced yesterday.
After graduation from Harvard (Continued on Page 3)
Levy Against Arkansas Outlets Stands; Trade Sees Dangerous Precedent; Last-Resort Measures Studied
15th District Of NAB Opposes Board Cut
San Francisco — Members of the 15th District NAB meeting here last Thursday and Friday took no action on discontinuance of the national convention but took a definite stand on whether the membership of the NAB board should be cut. The broadcasters adopted a resolution insisting that the present number of districts be maintained. Earlier in the week the 16th District meeting in Phoenix passed a resolution
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Thomas To Address
Next REC Luncheon
Lowell Thomas, Jr. will present films made on his recent trip to Tibet with his father, at a meeting of the Radio Executives Club of New Work this Thursday, December 8. Thomas
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Special Proarams Set
On Water Shortage
The water shortage will provide material for special programs over NBC and over station WJZ, New York on Dec. 6 and 10 respectively.
The NBC airer will be narrated
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FMA Will Merge With NAB; Committee, Purposes Listed
Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington— The FMA board of directors cleared the way yesterday for merger with NAB, probably about the end of this month. This will bring to an end the three-yearold separate existence of the FM group, which has been on shaky financial footing for the past year. The merger agreement includes assurance that NAB will establish an FM department to function under
an FM executive committee, which will consist of three members of the FMA board of directors and two members of the NAB board. This department will have a full-time director. FMA director Edward L. Sellers has been recommended for this spot.
Members of the newly-formed executive committee include the follov/ing from FMA: Josh L. (Continued on Page 2)
Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY
Washington — Industryhopes for early aid by the Supreme Court in licking the dangerous discriminatory Hot Springs, Arkansas, tax against broadcasters were dashed yesterday as the court refused for a second time to hear the case. There is no further appeal. It is feared here that
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Three MBS Renewals AnnouncedYesterdav
U. S. Tobacco Co. has renewed "Martin Kane, Private Eye," and "The Man Next Door" over Mutual for 52 weeks, it was announced yesterday. "Kane" renewal is effective Jan. 8 and "Next Door" renewal is effective Jan. 7. The Kudner Agency represents U.S. Tobacco.
In another announcement, Mutual revealed the renewal by the R. B. Semler Co. of Gabriel Heatter to promote Kremel for an additional 52 weeks. Irwin Wasey is the agency.
Three Arizona Stations Are CBS Replacements
Stations KOOL. Phoenix; KOPO. Tucson; and KCKY, Coolidge, Ariz., will join the CBS network as affiliates, effective January 1, it was (Continued on Page 3)
'Schnoz' Chins
Jimmy Durante, "in poisson," will don the red robes and flowing white beard of Santa Claus when he returns to his old New York neighborhood next Saturday to distribute Xmas gifts to more than 200 underprivileged children at the Henry Street Settlement. NBC will air the festivities featuring the veteran comedian at 5 p.m. (EST).