Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

VOL. 49, NO. 50 NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1949 TEN CENTS BASEBALL BROADCASTING HELD SECURE Maj. League Leaders Express Opinions On Broadcasting At Conference Held In New York WWDCInWashington Sold To WOL Owners Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington — Sale of the facilities of WWDC and WWDC FM for $125,000 by the Capital Broadcasting Company to the Peoples Broadcasting Corporation of Columbus, Ohio, has just been announced. Head of the latter company is Murray D. Lincoln, Ohio Farm Bureau head and possible Democratic opponent of Ohio's Senator Robert Taft next year. Capital Broadcasting Co. recently purchased stations WOL and WOLFM from the Cowles Broadcasting Co. This transaction has already received FCC approval. If FCC approval is obtained for (Continued on Page 3) Two Football Classics Signed By Gillette On MBS Gillette has been signed by Mutual to sponsor the annual East-West gridiron clash Dec. 31 over the full web facilities. East-West sponsorship by Gillette gives the razor company the full afternoon's programming starting at 2:30 p.m., EST, with back-to-back presentation of the Blue-Grey football game to be immediately followed by the EastWest airing. Spot Campaign Planned For Eagle-Lion Movie Spot campaigns in key center cities are planned by Eagle-Lion Pictures for their new production, "Guilty of Treason." produced by Edward Golden. First campaign will be on the Yankee Network in the Boston area beginning February 18th. Another is scheduled for Feb. 15 over WLW in the Cincinnati area. Water Is Topical ABC affiliate WMPS, Memphis, called on many times to report local news over ABC's web-wide "Headline Edition," last Tuesday turned the tables when WMPS newscaster Larry Trexler interviewed, by beep-telephone, ABC newsmen Taylor Grant, John Dunn, Gordon Fraser and Jean Mason on how New Yorkers react to the current shortage. WiVEW Gets OK For 50,000 Watts Washington — The FCC yesterday okayed a boost to 50 kilowatts power for WNEW, New York, thereby giving New York City seven top-powered stations. The application has been pending for more than three years. Sale of WNEW by the greater New York Broadcasting Corp. to a combination including the Providence, R. I., businessman, Ralph Cherry, is currently before the FCC for approval. Several engineering conditions were attached to the grant. Mutual Web Board Meeting In Chicago Formation of a Mutual TV network will be among the topics to be discussed at the MBS board of directors meeting which will be held today and tomorrow at the Ambassador Hotel in Chicago. Highlighting the meeting will be President Frank White's report on the reorganization of the web's operations, new programming plans (Continued on Page 2) FCC Denies WJZ Request To Take KOB Off 770 Kc. Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington — Because the status of KOB, Albuquergue, cannot be determined until the final disposition of the 770 and 1030 channels is worked out, the FCC yesterday denied the petition by WJZ. New (Continued on Page 2) Chicago — Seventeen manufacturers of television sets, including both members of the Radio Manufacturers Association and non-members, met at the Palmer House here Tuesday to outline a series of meetings which the manufacturers would sponsor in TV cities throughout the country for stimulation of TV dealers so that they could do a more effective selling job and increase TV set sales. Twenty-one persons attended the Public Hearing Set On Wired Radio Issue The New York State Public Service Commission yesterday ordered hearings on complaints received about the daily broadcasts of advertising, news and music over the loudspeaker system in Grand Central Terminal. The Commission in a closed session said the first hearing will be held on Wednesday, December 21 at 10:30 a.m. at ' the New York offices located in the Woolworth Building. The chairman of the Commission, (Continued on Page 3) Seeking Historical Data For Radio Pioneers Club Following a meeting yesterday of the executive committee of the Radio Pioneers, president William S. Hedges announced that questionnaires would be put in the mail this week for the purpose of gathering (Continued on Page 3) Sales Factors Emphasized By RCA Victor Speaker Buffalo — Four factors which may prove decisive in the business reevaluations of 1950 were cited yesterday by Carl V. Haecker, mer(Continued on Page 2) meeting which was presided over by George Gardner of Wells-Gardner & Company, Chicago set manufacturers. Gardner presided in absence of R. C. Sprague of Sprague Electric Company, North Adams, Mass., who was unable to attend due to death of his father-in-law. A committee was appointed to study the proposed meetings for TV set dealers which will be patterned after the successful (Continued on Page 7) Major league baseball's realignment of its radio-broadcast policy is not expected to effect the number of programming hours devoted to play-by-play game description over the airwaves, it was revealed yesterday at the major league's winter meeting now in progress at New York's (Continued on Page 3> Avery Named Prexy Of Radio Reps Group Lewis H. Avery of Avery-Knodel. Inc. yesterday was elected president of the National Association of Radio Station Representatives at the organizations annual meeting in New York, according to T. F. Flannigan. managing director who was elected to succeed himself in that position. Avery had been treasurer for the past year. Other officers elected include: (Continued on Page 21 Church-Station Operation May Get FCC Scrutiny Washington Bureau of RADIO DAILY Washington — Raising a question as to the continued licensing of such stations as WWL, New Orleans, FCC hearing examiner J. D. Bond has proposed to deny the application of fundamentalist preacher. (Continued on Page 2) Demonstration TV's power of demonstration, cflen pointed out as a boon to advertisers, was put to work for the Red Cross yesterday by George F. Putnam on his "Headline Clues" show over Du Mont. Putnam, while on the air, donated a pint of blood to the Red Cross Christmas Gift Of Life Campaign to demonstrate ease and painlessness of procedure, TV Manufacturers Meet To Plan Service Schools