Sponsor (Jan-June 1954)

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Here are some of the activities BAB has been carrying on in the way of service to the advertiser (For further information, see "Are you getting the most out of BAB's aids to advertisers?" sponsor, 25 January 1954) : Information supplied to advertisers by BAB can be grouped under two headings, ready-made and tailor-made. Much of the information is in the form of presentations to advertisers and agencies. During the fiscal year ended March 1953 BAB made 860 major presentations. Besides this it filled 1,650 requests for information. ( Keep in mind that BAB by then was spending about 50% more than TvAB's projected budget.) The ready-made information consists of such material as research studies, success stories, digests, a newsletter, reprints, product information sheets. BAB's 1953 index of its material listed nearly 6,000 reports on radio's audience and its ability to sell. For example: BAB's cumulative audience studies show the advertiser what size audience he can expect over a period of weeks with disk jockey shows, soap operas and newscasts. The product information sheets are one-page summaries containing highlight facts about such products as toothpaste and electric blankets. While they were made up for station salesmen, agencies out for new business have found them helpful. While TvAB has mushroomed into being, it still has a way to go before it will be in BAB's league. Here's where it stands at present: It is functioning under the leadership of a temporary executive committee headed by Richard A. Moore, general manager of KTTV, Los Angeles. Aside from members that's about all there was to it at sponsor's press time. Moore was authorized by the executive committee to appoint three working committees to carry on necessary activities until a permanent Board of Directors is elected. Now working on this is Richard P. Doherty, who served as a consultant to TvAB's organizing committee and will be retained in that capacity on a permanent basis. Doherty is a former vice president of the NARTB. SPONSOR sought Doherty out at the headquarters of the TvAB in the New Weston Hotel, New York, in between a busy schedule. He explained he is rounding up people to serve on the three working committees. In New York... v An address of traditional distinction betwee ^v Fifth Avenue's smart shops and [j. Broadway's gay white way. Sh TIMES SQUARE Choice of particular travelers as (he ideal home-away-fromhome! Singles from $4.50 per day. Also, doubles and suites. Many suites have kitchenettes. Celebrated "International Room" Air-Conditioned "Fiesta Bar" RADIO CITY 11 1 TjTi il'.i if the C0?**! FIFTH AVE. H1 500 Rooms, all with bath Television if desired. CARNEGIE HALL * PL KSSBffifc HOTEL Ttl. Circle 7-1900 & GREAT NORTHERN 118 WEST 57th STREET * NEW YORK Stan E. Johnson LOVES KUDL Says Mr. Johnson ". . . many interested inquiries as a result of your advertising." See FORJOE for details of how to sell $16,000 homes by use of radio. *Mr. Johnson is President of Stanton Construction Co., Kansas City, Mo. THE MIGHTY MIKE SAN ANTONIO 250,000 Milliwatts IMww National Time Sales — New York Gene Grant & Company Los Angeles — San Francisco 14 JUNE 1954 111