Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

RADIO DAILY Tuesday, December 6, 1949 15th District Of NAB Opposes Board Cut (Continued from Page 1) urging that the board membership be reduced to half. The two-day session at the Mark Hopkins Hotel was essentially the same as other district meetings. They heard Maurice Mitchell's presentation in behalf of the Broadcast Advertising Bureau; Justin Miller, president of NAB, report on the status of the organization and held several round table discussions on problems of broadcasting. Glenn Shaw, general manager of KLX, Oakland, 15th District director, presided. David McKay, KOLO, Reno, was chairman of the resolutions committee which took a stand on NAB board membership and adopted other resolutions commending the administration of NAB. Serving with McKay on the committee were William Smullin, KIRM, Eureka; George Arnold, KSMO, San Mateo; Jack Wagner, KSYC, Yreka, and Sheldom Anderson, KVNO-KCOKKAFY, Tulare. It was the consensus of opinion of the 125 broadcasters in attendance that this was the best district meeting in the history of NAB. Arthur Hull Hayes, vice president of CBS in San Francisco and general manager of CBS said: "This is the best NAB district session I have attended in the past twenty years. The meeting has been strictly business with a refreshing absence of words without action." William Pabst, vice president of Don Lee-Mutual in San Francisco, and general manager of KFRC said: "Caliber of the presentation has been 100 per cent over what NAB has brought here in the past. It was interesting and timely and the large attendance pays tribute to the staging of the meeting." Glenn Shaw: "We are pleased with the enthusiastic response to the program. We meant it to be practical in its application to stations large and small, and from the comments I have heard, we succeeded." Gayle Grubb, general manager of KGO, ABC outlet in San Francisco: "With such men as Mitchell and Doherty operating at these divisional meetings, we're now getting that which we've never had since the formation of NAB." Stork News Web Benham, commercial manager of KOMA, CBS affiliate in Oklahoma City, announces the arrival of a new seven and one-half pound son. If you are a thorough reporter and able to write a stylized integrated newscast packed full of news and in fresh vernacular style. In first letter write references, salary, experience and if possible include samples to Box 291. Samples will be returned. RADIO DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York City. California Commentary. . . ! • • • Indications that the broadcasters of the 15th District NAB do not see eye-to-eye with these of the 16th District is contained in a resolution adopted in San Francisco on Friday. ... the 15th District group voted that the present number of districts HollyWOOd in NAB be maintained. . . . Earlier in the week at Phoenix the 16th district group adopted a resolution calling for cutting the NAB directorate in half. . . . could it be that some rivalry exists between the broadcasters of the Southern California area and those in the Northern part of the state? ir ir ir ir • • • During the four years Walter Scharf has directed the music on the "Harris-Faye Show" over a thousand scores have been composed especially for the program. . . . Robert Riley Crutcher has sold two original radio dramas, "The Magic Darkness" and "Murder Deferred," to C. P. MacGregor for presentation on scheduled Army recruiting shows the producer is prepping. . . . Sewell Clark, free lance short story and article writer, has joined CBS Hollywood Press Information staff, replacing William Froug, who is resigning to join the Columbia Pacific Network writing department. . . . Frank McLatchy, sales manager of KSL and KSL-TV, Salt Lake City, was in Hollywood recently for several days conferences with CBS executives. . . . Early in December, Standard Transcriptions will ship to all its subscriber stations a Christmas gift in the form of a clever half-hour dramatic fantasy, "Pokey, The Christmas Elf," produced by Jack Parker and staff at WSAM, Saginaw, Michigan last Christmas. . . . Ray Noble, maestro for CBS' "Edgar Bergen-Charley McCarthy Show," recently cut four sides for Columbia records Doris Day is vooalist starred on the records. ir ir ir it • • • KFMV in cooperation with the Los Angeles Public Library will present five concerts per week, Monday through Friday, consisting of outstanding recorded music from the Library's vast collection. The Public Library has been broadcasting one program a week over KFMV and this is an extension of its radio activities. . . . Cy Howard has penned a new comedy series starring Prof. Kropotkin and Mrs. O'Reilly, otherwise Hans Conreid and Gloria Gordon. The new CBS "package" will be scirpted under his direction by Stanley Adams and Roland MacLane, who now pen "Irma," . . . Eileen Wilson is set through March on the Hit Parade. The American Tobacco Company has picked up her third option. . . . Paul Franklin, writer-producer of KHJ-Don Lee's "Red Ryder" series, is now busy in his new capacity as president of the Radio Writers Guild, a position to which he has just been elected. ir ir ir ir • • • Jack Smith will celebrate his 1000th program over CBS for the same sponsor, Oxydol, on Jan. 5, and plans are now being completed for a gala celebration. . . . Teevee Productions announce that they have purchased the vido rights to the L. Frank iBaum "Oz" books; the Crime Club books; and all of the Treasury Department material contained in the T-Men series. This is part of a newly established policy, where Teevee has earmarked a substantial sum to purchase material which in itself has a public following. . . . Jack Bailey's "Queen for a Day" airer will be given a 39-week test on television by the sponsor beginning immediately after the first of the year. Bailey will be seen only on Mutual Don Lee's Los Angeles station KTSL, during this test run, to be presented as a weekly night-time half-hour show. ir ir it iz Four AP Veterans Upped To New Posts (Continued from Page 1) in New England and New York state. The Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan area will be under Gerald Swisher, while Mark Knight of Seattle will cover Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Contestant From KGGM Wins Lux Theater Award Jackie Lee Barnes, representing station KGGM, Albuquerque, N. M., has been judged the "most beautiful fifteen-year-old girl" in America, it was announced over the CBS net Sunday night on the "Lux Radio Theater." 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