Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

6 RADIO DAILY Wednesday, December 14, 1949 Philco Earnings Rise During Past 3 Months (Continued from Page 1) ings in the same period last year equaled $4.23 on the common stock. Balderston reported in a letter to stockholders that "the 1950 Philco television receivers have received universal recognition, as evidenced by the tremendous demand from distributors, dealers and the public." He said radio and phonograph models "have also met with exceptionally fine puplic assistance." New television plant facilities were financed out of earnings from other years, Balderston said. The plants are now operating at record levels, he added. WLIB Making Strong Bid For Negro Market In N. Y. (Continued from Page 1) Courier. C h a n n i n g Tobias, Earl Brown and other prominent Negro leaders will appear on this broadcast which will emanate from the Hotel Teresa in Harlem. This program will be a one-shot affair to be heard from 7 to 10 a.m. The "Y Hour" which will be run during the salute from 9 to 9:30 on its first broadcast, will be a weekly feature thereafter. Ralph Bunche, UN mediator in Palestine, will be guest speaker on the opening program. The "Y Hour" is being run in cooperation with the YMCA and YWCA of Harlem and features a chorus of 40 voices in addition to outstanding classical and light classical talent. A Sunday morning series will present the New York editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, George Schuyler, beginning this Sunday at 9: 30 a.m. He will discuss Negro life throughout the world on the co-op with the Pittsburgh Courier. The Amsterdam News in New York City has also arranged a tie-in with WLIB, Novik said. The station will put mikes into the news room of the paper where the editor, Julius Adams, will preside over a discussion of news as it affects Negroes. The premiere will be on Saturday, December 24 from 9:45 to 10 a.m. A women's program with Betty Granger heard each Thursday from 9 to 9: 15 a.m. run in conjunction with the New York Age, was announced previously by WLIB. Stork News Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kalan are the parents of their first child, Jonathan Russell, 7 pounds, born Dec. 11 at Doctors Hospital. Father is sales manager of Schwerin Research Corp. ★★★★★★★★★♦★★★★★a******** J For Jingle-Cartoon * TV SPOTS * Call : KISSINGER t PRODUCTIONS * JU 6-5572 1650 B'woy, N. Y. C California Commentary By ALLEN KUSHNER • • • "Name a Star" to start on KNBH. Hollywood, under Van De Kamp Bakeries Sponsorship. The program will fill the 7:55 to 8:00 p.m. time spot. The California Advertising Agency handled the deal. . . . Six participating sponsors already have signaHollyWOOCl ,ured contracts ior "Chef Milani's Kitchen College" which is aired over KECA-TV on Fridays, from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m., PST for 13 weeks, it was announced by Bob Laws, ABC Western Division Sales Manager. Clients signed include: Western Stove Co., Culver City, Calif.; Thru the Brooks Advertising Agency; Freeman Certi-Fresh Foods, L. A., through the Bogerts. Hollywood; Hunts Foods, L. A., through Young & Rubicam, Hollywood; American Beauty Macaroni, L. A., through Dan B. Miner Agency, L. A.; Laura Scudder Monterey Park, Calif., through Davis Co., L. A. and The Wilson Packing Co., L. A., through Davis & Co. Agency, Los Angeles. . . . The Hancock Oil Co. of Calif., will sponsor "Strange Adventure" over KNBH for a period of 13 weeks beginning Sunday, January 1, 8:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The program each week will consist of two 15minute dramatic films, Ruthraui and Ryan is the agency. . . . MutualDon Lee's "California Caravan" show (Sundays, 3:00-3:30 pjn.) will be entered for a possible award in the 14th American Exhibition of Educational Radio Programs to be held at Ohio State University, May 4-7, 1950. So high is listener acceptance of this program that it received the 1947 10th district P.T.A. award and producer Lou Holzer was invited by the L. A. Board of Education to lecture before numerous local high schools on the subject. . . . "Radio Techniques in the Advancement of History and Cultural Subjects." The broadcast series is based on authentic happenings in early California history. . . . The Whiz Vacuum Cleaner Company, L. A., will sponsor Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday participations on KNX "George Fisher programs" for 13 weeks beginning Dec. 6th. Dick Donald Adv. Agency placed the order and Joe Marshall is the KNX account executive. ft ft ft ft • • • Cinch Products, Inc., through the Elwood J. Robinson Adv. Agency, will sponsor two and half hours of the annual Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena over KNBH Jan. 2. The TV cameras will go into operation at 9: 15 a.m. Bud Cole will handle directorial chores for KN1BH. . . . An energetic all-radio campaign has been launched on KFSD, San Diego, by the HudsonSeverin Co., San Diego, promoting Hudson Pacemaker and used cars; using spots and weekly half-hour musical show, sponsor is awarding free use of a new Hudson for a week-end, plus free accommodations at famous guest ranches, in listener-participation angle. Account was placed direct for 13 weeks. . . . Standard Brands, for Chase and Sanborn Coffee, will sponsor three weekly spot announcements on KNX for 52 weeks beginning Jan. 9th. Compton Advertising, N. Y. is the agency. . . . KDON, Monterey, California, has renewed and extended their contract for the continued use of the World Broadcasting System's Transcribed Library service. . . . Jack H. Little has joined the Don Lee network as news and special events man under Lee Mawhinney, chief of the Don Lee News Bureau. Little is moving from the Armed Forces Radio Service where as a civil service employee he produced the Hollywood Bowl series on platters for overseas use for the past two years. a ft ft • • • Newest addition to the announcing staff of KFSD. San Diego, NBC affiliate is Ed Baltimore, formerly of KOA. Denver. Baltimore assumes duties of Alvin Yantiss, now producer-writer assigned to direct "The World in Song," with KFSD's ten-piece studio orchestra, and also Produce station's Farm Bulletin Board. . . . KECA-TV's Richard J. Goggin. senior director, has been appointed technical adviser of TV and radio sequences in the 20th Century-Fox motion picture, "My Blue Heaven," now in production and co-starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey. Pope Counsel Replies To 'Language' Charge (Continued from Page 1) ploye group, told the FCC last week that foreign language broadcasting is of "questionable" value from the public interest standpoint. Cohn said the petition filed by Fly for the committee of employes of WINS does not call for any action in terms of normal Commission procedure because it does not complain "of anything done, or omitted to be done, in contravention of provisions of law or of the Commission's rules and regulations." "These Particular Employees" In essence, he said, the committee "requests the Commission to guarantee these particular employees — and not to others — their jobs . . . the objection ignores the fact that with the consumation of the assignment of license and the subsequent sale of WHOM, the total number of employees in the radio broadcasting business in New York will probably remain about the same." He charged that "instead of frankly stating to the Commission that the only thing that concerns the committee is the fact that perhaps some of its — and only its — members might lose their jobs, there is an attempt made in the objection to castigate and ridicule the concept of foreign language programming. . . . "The committee attempts to abuse the Commission's processes, it attempts to use an inappropriate forum to accomplish self-serving results which are completely unrelated to the public interest," it was argued. Pointing out that only a minority of the jobs of the members of the committee would be affected at all whether the station programmed entirely in English or entirely in other languages, Cohn submitted an affidavit from Pope that he had never discussed the matter of employment with any representative of the committee — although the committee statement said Pope had informed it the jobs would be gone. Quotes From WHOM Case On the matter of foreign language broadcasting, Cohn quoted from the examiner's decision in the recent WHOM case, that "foreign language broadcasting is an important and effective means of promoting mutual understanding among the foreignborn and between them and the more firmly established American groups; thus Americanization of the foreign-born is greatly facilitated through foreign language broadcasting." In addition, he quoted from several statements by Fly affirming his belief in the importance of foreign language broadcasting as an aid in the Americanization process. From an official statement by Fly in 1941 he quoted the following: "It seems clear to me that any persons who are bringing pressure on stations to discontinue our foreign language programs are pursuing a short-sighted policy and should not be encouraged."