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Washington
Inferim Three-Man Policy Committee Holding NAB Fort
Sorely feelino the untimely loss ol Harold E. Fellows, the Natif)nal Association ol Broadcasters has been selling up the machinery necessary to select a new piesident and to continue functioning effectively. The special three-man connniitee ol broadcasting executives is currently carrying out the policy functions of the NAB, and will continue doing so until Mr. Fellows' successor is named. This policy (ommittee is headed by Clair R. McCollough, president and general manager of the Steimnan Stations, Lancaster, Pa. The other members are G. Richard Shafio, executive vice piesident of WHS-AM-TV Columbia, S. C, and Merrill Lindsay, vice president, WSOY-AM-FM Decatur, III.
Special Croup Considering Nominees for Top NAB Post
Authorized by the NAB board of diiectors, a (onunittec has been wrestling with the difficult task of nominating a successor to Mr. Fellows. Connnittee mcr.ibership was not limited to members of the association or the board ol tiiiectors, it was pointed out. Temporary respoiisil)i!iiv for directing the administrative needs of the N.AB has been given over to Everett E. Revercomb, the association's secretary-treasurer. Until a new president is named, Mr. Revercomb will act as the administrative officer in charge of coordinating acti\ities of the association and super\ising services to its members.
New FCC Chairman Seen Favoring More Regulation of Broadcasting
Labeled by the New York Times as "An honest, hard-working pui)lic servant," Frederick W. Ford has been going about the task of taking over the chairmanship of the Federal Communications Conmiission which became vacant with the resignation of former FCC Chairman John C. Doerfer. A veteran of two-and-a-half-years on the Commission, Mr. Ford's record indicates that he holds some strong views in favor of more regulation of broadcasting. Industry expected to follow carefuliv the moves of the new FCC chiel.
Latest Slate of Radio Board Members Facing Active Terms
With the burst of action brought aboiu by the death of Harold E. Fellows, and Frederick W. Ford ijeing named the new FCC Chairman, the 12 new members ol the N.\B's radio board of directors are sure to start their two-year terms on an active note. Of the dozen directors elected, eight were from the even-numbered districts. They were: District 2, Simon Goldman, WJTN Jamestown, N. Y.; District 4, Jack Younts, WEEB Southern Pines, N. C; District 6, F. C. Sowell, WLAC Nashville: District 8, J. M. Higgins, VV^THI Terre Haute, Ind.: District 10. Richard W. Chapin, KTOR Lincoln, Nebr.: District 12, Allan Page. KGW.A Enid, Okla.; District 14, George C. Hatch, KALL Salt Lake City, Utah, and District 16, Robert J. McAndrews, KBIG Avalon, Calif. Elected from four at-large categories were: large station, John F. Patt. ^VJR Detroit: medium stations, Alvis H. Temple, WKCT Bowling Green. Kv.: small stations, Robert T. Mason, WMRN Marion, O.. ard lin stations. Mcirill Lindasv, WSOY-AM-FM, Decatin. 111.
Number of Stations Subscribing To Standards Expected to Swell
NAB's radio board has taken a niiml)er of steps to broaden both the scope and effectiveness of the Standards of Good Practice for Radio
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U. S. RADIO
April 1960
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