Variety (Oct 1938)

WtihitBimj^ October 26, 19^S RADIO VAltlBTr if After the Battle LnO at FCC McNinch Expected to Resume Attack—Shadow of Congress Larger—^Dailies Attentive 4 —— -r^. Washington, Oct. 25. Recent FCC whoop-de-do, oc- casioned by the firing of Commish General Counsel, Hampson Gary, and the efforts ot Chairman Mc- Ninch to unseat other veterans of the FCC via exempting 'their jobs from Civil Service, has quieted down. Deathly silence has reigned over the Conunlssion for more than a Vreek, \vith the half-dozen indi- viduals who had been definitely mentioned for the purge still doing business at the same old stand. Some apprehension, however, that it may be-merely a lull-before a new storm, MfitA the Chairman readying for a sudden-attack. Believed that confidence was. shaken In the purge when ap unex- pept^d assault was made upon the McNinch house-cleaning philosophy by the Civil Service Conunission. Unwelcome interest taken by the newspapers in what was going on under the bed also said to have had a marked effect on the purge advo- cates. Breaking of the WLW 'leak' story, further mutterings over the WNAX case and the alert manner in which many of the big daiUes are eyeing the FCC may be a further reason for the temporary truce . .•. That Congressional investigation, whether by the House or by the Sen- ate, is another cause for deliberation. "Known that newshawks are now deflditely poking into the affairs of the Commi;sh, with an occasional dope story appearing in the local par pers to pr4>ve that the press will be on hand for the next party. CHOQUEITE'S SEBIAL FOR CANADIAN PACIFIC Montreal, Oct. 25. Canadian Pacific Railways is going on the air over station CBF and the regional French network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. with a dramatic serial by Robert Choquette. This- is the first commercial to be sponsored by the CPJl. since about 1933. Last season J. Murray Gibbon, director of publicity and advertising for the CP.R,, m.c'd a sustaining program for the Corp. dealing with the cultural and practical contribu- tions of various racial groups in the building of the Dominion. New dramatic serial is entitled •Pension Yaldare* and is on Monday through Friday. Robert Choquette, who authors, also scripted the most successful dramatic serial in the his- tory of local broadcasting, 'Cure .fl? Village* (Village Pastor), which was withdrawn imder fire from clerical forces after four years on the air.- WiBW's Water Level Topeka, Kas., Oct. 25. "Wmw, the Capper Publications* station he»e,. will' start erecting im- meditaely. a 445-footer. It's be spotted several feet above the high- est flood level of the Kaw river at its base. Nearby witl be" a modernistic building to house a plsuit capable of handling 5:600 watts. SftLTtAKE is ^ The POPULAR STATION SALT LAKE CITY John Blair & Co. Gordon Owens at KUTA Salt Lake City, Oct. 25. Gordon Owens is new director of sales -and promotion for KUTA. un- der Frank Carman, general manager. Owens was a member of the KSL staff for four years before going to KYA, San Francisco. Will handle sports events between his sales chores. KOESSLEK SOSS OF WSLOt. Rockford, Oct 25. Walter Koessler is the new gen- eral manager of WROK, Rockford, 111. He succeeded Lloyd Thomas, re- tired. Koessler joined WROK. in March, 1938, as commercial manager. Before that he was with WCLO, Janesville, Wise. BRIAN MCHIE QUIZ FOR BROWN & mm London, Oct. 18. Brian Michle nas been pet by J. Walter Thompson agency as master of ceremonies for a new Brown U Poison Custard Powder program en- titled 'The Riddle Master.' Listen- ers will be asked to submit posers and riddles whidh 'Professor Michie' and his confederates ',will answer. Prizes will be awarded to listen- ers whose riddles are. broadcast. Programs will be heard from Luxembourg each morning. HoDingkry Gets WAAC Chicago, Oct. 25. George Hollingbery rep firm ap- pointed, sales representatives for WDAC, Akron. AUan Simmons, station owner, and Ed Marshall, sales chieftain, flew into town in Simmohs' private air- winger to close deal with Holling- bery. British United Press Opens Leased Grcnft for Canadian Stations ~ ' '—'^7*: Sudbury Broadcaster. Shopping in Montreal Montreal, Oct. 25. W. E. Mason, owner of. station CKSO, Sudbury, Ontario, was here last week shopping for new broad- casting equipmenL Mason, also pub- lisher of the Sudbury Star, plans ex- pansion of ether> facilities in the Northern Ontario districts. Accompanied by Wilf J. Woodill, station manager of CKSO. Mikcman to Mimeoffra,pher Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 25. Charles Burke, WLAW mikeman, is now the station's first p.a. H«rb Brown, WLLH, Lowell-Law- rence, Mass., operator, is now WLAW chief engineer, replacing George R. Luckey, who returned in that ca- pacity to WORL, Boston. Regina, Oct. 25. British United Press will -open a leased circuit in Canada Nov. 1. Wire will be controlled out of Win- nepeg where the BUP is opening an office. Ed E. DoweU, formerly of the Vancouver, B. C, bureau, and lately connected with the radio di- vision of the United Press' Pacific Coast bureau, has been ^issigned to make the new local setjip. Provincial Telephone System of the Provinces of Manitoba, Saska- tachewan and Alberta will furnish a teletype service to radio stations. Clients already set for servicing out of Winnepeg are CKX,- Brandon; CHAB, Moose Jaw; CKCK, Regina; CJOC, Lethridge; CKCN, Calgary; CFRN, Edmonton, and CFQC, Saska- toon. When the CROWD CHEERS- There you^U find a WSAI mike Sports . . . whether.they're baseball., . football.. * tennis ... golf ... polo . •. pistol matches ... marble tournaments *.. trap shoots ... soap box derbies .,. or what have you... are covered thoroughly ... completely and authentically by WSAI, Gincinnatrs Own Sta- tion. No Cincinnati station covers the sports scene as completely and thoroughly as WSAI.... that's why sports fans of all kinds turn their dials to 1330 regularly. And because WSAI sports shows are listened to so avidly .,. they bring results for sponsors 1 . ,,/.<-'i'XW'>''''"-t.. Former blf ten football referee brine* WSAI listeners the most .authentic and authoritative football broadcasts available in Cincinnati. Hia Icnowledce of £olf, tennis and baseball makes him one 'Of the nation's leading .sportscatters. His schedule of Eall football broadcasts in- cludes some of the nation's biegest camcs. Vf/y/v///.- 'Regular WSAI sport*' »nnour(eer, broadcaBtinic all Cincinnpti Reds vxatt. chosen by Mutual to broadcast the world series in 1936, by NBC in 1937 and 1938 as well as the All Star games in these years. This,, plus his broadcasts of major football games, 4iaVe put him high amonc the nation's leading sports announcers. Consider these Faets about Sports on WSAI Tresler Oil, distributors for Phillips 06 Gasoline, offered a Cincinnati Reds windshield sticker oil Red Barber's eve- ning sports resume and had 20,000 requests within 2 weeks. Knox Reeves, agency for General Mills, co-sponsors of the Cincinnati Reds baseball broadcasts on WSAI, re- cently wrote. "... I think your station did one of the best jobs on the recent ring promotion." WSAI Cincinnati's Own Station 1330 K.C. The Bavarian Brewing Company, so satisfied With their Baseball Night Cap, recently bought "Football High- lights", a great n€w football show broadcast every Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday night. WSAI schedule of football games—one of the most complete ever offered — is now available for sponsorship. Consider it and the fact that no Cincinnati station has as complete sports coverage as WSAI.