Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

The National Daily Newspaper of Commercial Radio VOL. 49, NO. 44 NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1949 TEN CENTS RADIO RECEIVER SHORTAGE REPORTED WINS Employees Hit Pope Language Plan Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington — Attacking the whole idea of turning a major-powered | station to foreign-language broadcasting, former FCC chairman James Lawrence Fly yesterday called upon the Commission to withhold approval of the recently completed purchase of WINS, New York, by Generoso Pope, New York publisher and present licensee of WHOM, New York. The Fly petition was filed on behalf of employes of WINS, which (Continued on Page 6) Jordan Re-elected Pres., Of Texas AP Broadcasters Charles B. Jordan, vice president of KFJZ of Fort Worth, has been reelected president of the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Association. The election was conducted by mail ballot pursuant to a decision at the Association's annual meeting at Dallas, October 2. Others elected are: Pat Flaherty. KPRC, Houston, vice president succeeding Joe Leonard, Jr., KGAF Gainesville, and Jim Alderman WRR, Dallas, reelected secretarytreasurer. Standard Oil Sponsors The Cleveland Symphony Cleveland, Ohio — WTAM will originate a series of ten weekly broadcasts of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. The ten twilight concerts, under the sponsorship of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio, will be fed to a network of nine other Ohio radio stations. The first broadcast will be aired Sunday, (Continued on Page 2> For Top Vets The Disabled American Veterans are making available to all stations, without charge, a third series of six iive-minute platters lauding individual disabled veterans who have had outstanding rehabilitation experiences. Transcriptions star Cornel Wilde and David M. Brown, DAV national commander and the organ music of Hank Sylvern. Catty Affair Radio personalities will have entries in the Empire Cat Club show which opens Thursday at the McAlpin Hotel in New York City. Among those showing cats are John Reed King, Allen Prescott, Lyle Van, William Gargan and Bob Poole. June Havoc is flying her Persians here from Hollywood and Jim O'Bryon, publicity director of Mutual, will serve as custodian of the movieland felines. The cat show is being staged as a benefit for the Police Athletic League. Oil Co. Sponsors Basketball Sked Philadelphia — Atlantic Refining Company will sponsor, via AM or TV, a total of 77 college basketball games in four cities between now and next March, it was announced yesterday. Full scale local promotion of the broadcasts and telecast? will support the oil company's ampaign. Richard Borden, Atlantic advertising manager, said that games would be sponsored in Philadelphia. Syracuse, Newark, N. J., and Buffalo; (Continued on Page 8) Novik Signs A.F.L. Show On Coast Starting Jan. 2 West Coast Bureau oft RADIO DAILY Hollywood — Morris S. Novik has arranged with Don Lee for an A. F. of L. program starting January 2nd, to be heard at 10: 15 p.m. (Continued on Page 2) Major Set Mfrs. Misjudge Demand For Christmas Gift Sets; Dealers Unable To Fill Orders 14th Dist. Members Convene At Sail Lake Salt Lake City— With 125 broadcasters in attendance the 14th District NAB session got under way at the Hotel Utah on Monday with Hugh Terry, manager of KLZ, Denver, and district director, presiding. Highlighting the three-day session are many unusual activities which are being used to focus attention on both radio and television. These include address by Maurice Mitchell, director of Broadcast Advertising Bureau, before the Salt Lake ad (Continued on Page 6) Fulton Lewis Interviewed At New York Conference Fulton Lewis, Jr., Mutual commentator, came to New York yesterday for a press conference at the offices of the American Pacific Industrial Corp., which was attended (Continued on Page 2) Newell-Emmett Dissolve; Form New Agency Newell-Emmett Co. will dissolve its partnership on December 31, it was announced on Monday. However, the business will be carried on (Continued on Page 2) Radio Goes To Bow-Wows; Dog Hits Big Gaines Jackpot One of the wackiest promotionalpublicity stunts in a dog's age kicks off tomorrow morning when a reception committee composed entirely of dogs (canines) "representing various city and state officials and celebrities of the entertainment and society world" turns out at La Guardia airport to greet "Konrad von Wesdell," Daschund winner of Gaines Dog Food "Lucky Dog" contest, when he arrives, with his owners, from Nashville, Tenn., to claim his prizes. 'Konrad' was selected "top dog" over 105 other canine winners in a contest that satires every give-away program ever conceived. Masterminded by Benton & Bowles, the promotion stunt calls for having the dog met at the airfield by his own Crosley station wagon and two lavender-liveried (Continued >"n Page 8) An unexpected holiday demand for radio receivers has caught many large radio manufacturers unprepared, a Radio Daily survey revealed yesterday. Leading companies converted a large part of their production facilities to building television sets in anticipation of a reduced demand (Continued on Page 5) Cities Covered By TV Linked In ABC Web ABC has set aside a special 57-station radio network covering the cities in the country with video stations now in operation and is offering this line-up to TV receiver manufacturers for advertising purposes, it was announced yesterday. In a letter to TV set manufacturers and their agencies, ABC, the first net to offer such a specialized TV set market points out that with (Continued on Page 6) Three Jersey Stations Plan Anniversaries Three New Jersey radio stations will celebrate anniversaries with special programs this week. WVNJ in Newark will mark its first year on the air with a one-hour broadcast today from 5 to 6 p.m.; (Continued on Page 2) Documentary "Punishment without Crime." a hard-hitting documentary scripted by Lou Hazam. will highlight racial and religious intolerance in the United States next Sunday over NBC's "Living — 1949." Program will show how best to contend with "hate" organizations, prejudice and discrimination by recounting a series of eight case histories.