Variety (Aug 1940)

26 RADIO Wedii^sfiaiy, Au^st 14» 1910 K|Rp, Seattle, Sues IkoinsiC. of C JVIeantime FCC Rebukes Liaittei' f 6r Attitude-—CBS Ha» Perfect Right tp^P^^ Wash in A ug, 13. IC.^tUe Columbia Broadcasting Sifs- tenv j^ejtjjrs KIRO, Se?iW^ Tacoma,, , outlet for its .pro- grams; there. Ls; nothing, that the. Fed- eral;^ Communications .CoiTJhiis^ csitt do about it. In a letter ta T. A, Stevenson, mianager vof ,;ihe> Tac^ Chamber;' i>£ .Commercei Acting ContV lish Ghaiririah T. A. M. Craven last Week declared: that the FCC .has no jurisdiction dyer; the ■ matter, if CBS flnds that ItlRQ—with its newly- acquired pOweii; 62 10,000 watts, is a better mediiih? for .the- broadcasting 0;f its prograrnsV ■" ■'■ ■■/-^ Craveni declared tha* legiaiI ques- tions involved the grants ol additional pow/^ir to KIROT-which KVI . already has appealed—Will be 'passed - upon by the courts.' Ncthingi however, can be done about asserted injustice to KVI by the Cdmmish-r-unless eyi- denpe :caih be presented showing that past or. present ^conduct on the part of KIRO is such that it should be deteted.from the ait: . Crayon rebuked the : Chamber of Commerce official ; for . his wails " against the- granting of KIR6*:i ap- ; pUcation for a boost to 10 kwf- : . .. ''Ybiir opening statement suggests that the .Cbrhmission should: nbt have authorized Station' KiRO without benefit 6rhearing,V G^raven wrote; i • would like to explain tliat the Com- ■ mission does- not; h&ld 'iearings in . cases where there is no protest or submission Jot evidenceto . indicate that the grahtihg of increased power \v6uld, be cphtraty tb| the public in- erest; convenience or. niecessity/ When KVI flted .a petitioh icr re- hearirtg, ; 'its only; iargument was passed on. the prospect - of losing its Columbia Broadcasting System cbh- tract to KiRO.VCrayeh charged; The petition was: 'piroperly denied,' :he said, under .the. rule laid do\yh by the U. S.. supreme Court in. the; San- ders case,' which 'elimihatts the;c6n- sideratioh of adverse effects which may' result . to ah • existing station through cbmpetitibn frdm an appli- cant; station.''.' \'' Stevensbri '■ was reminded by the acting . chief .of the FqC- that. KVI filed an applicatioh for a boost from 1 to 5 Jt w, shoi-tly after KIRO's aip-. plication' 'was 'receivied. .This appli-; cation also > Was. girahted witheut a hearing, Criayen pointed but, and both stations hay6 been enstbled to serve; Tacbrna \ with . substantially, strongeif signals, as i result, : ■ ! Final , settlement of the squ'abbie between KIRO and KVI rests with CBS,; (Sriven indicated;., ■Under the; "existing . laW, : the .Co-: lumbia Broadcasting System is en- tirely free to determine which.; sta- tions .shall, carry its own network programs,' he . wrote. ,'Ih thjs coh- npctibri, it should be recalled .that eVeh prior to the filing of ttiis appli- cation, -Station KIRO was already affiliated with CBS as was stated by Luckies' Hint mmmrmis /AND. mm Muutc4^J4.m ^Qk --^^ CALL US O^^ JNNeWyo^K DETROIT^ ST: i0Uf;$ SOyOOO wATrs OWNED Mtrmkhm Opening anhbuncement on ., . Lucky Strike *Hit Parade' pro- griam over CBS last Saturday : night (10) for tlje first time in- cluded.: the statement, that the : . program pffer^: . The 10 leading hit 'ttines 'avM- abie for radio' . KVI in its petiticin for reshearing, and Was. eveni then serving: the Tacoma' area with Columbia: programs;' . Regardless of which. station CBS chooses for iairi butlet, 'Tacoma's lis- tening, public will .continue to re* ceive :prograrns,' and. . with stronger intensity than 'heretofore,'. ■ Craven, toid.istev^nschr-'■■' KIRO Files . Tacoma, Aug. 13. Bitter dispute betWeeh KVl,. Ta- coma, and . KIRO, . Sealtle,: :seems headed tor the. courts; T^e Seattle station ha.s. served a $l6o,()00' libiel suit upon T. A. Stevenson, secreitary- rnanager of the TaCbma .Chamber b Gbmmerce, and 26 membfers ! of the board of directbrs; for ; statements: concerning the dispute between the. 3tatiohs appearitig in Tacoma .Prog- ress, a .Cliambier. publication; and also a letter from yManager Steven- son to Chairman JamCs Fly of the FCC,.--.-. ; .■ ,: ■...'. -.;:-.;-': KVI is on nbtice that: it will, ho Ipnger :be northwest outlet Ibr Co' lumbia .Broadcasting System prbr^ graim after KIRO goes to 10,000 ;^V^tts.: ■ "■:'■■ '^' ■ : The complaint servred oh the local Chamber " attributed .lb: . re- marks in the pamphlet ill which the loss of . CBS service to Tacoma Was protested by Stev.ensoh and in whichi he 'attributed the Seattle station's growth to 'Thie political managenien.t of Sol Hass, coiector' of; customs for the Washington district and in- fluence of Senator. Homer T. Bone.' .. Manager Steyensoh and Tacotha's Mayor Harry Pi Cain are in 'Wash- ington, D; C, to protest the Seattle .station's increased wa»ttage. They are to appear; before the FCC to plead foi*. 'investigatipn of. .station.' , : This action recalls a case of'two years ago,;by KbL against- Senatbt Hpmer T. Bone, CoUectbr Haas and bthers.. ;*rhia, action was later dis- missed .on the plaintifT's motion, KMBC AND WRC DUE TO ASK 50 KW KMBC, Kansas City; VfRC, Wash- ington, and KFWB, tos •Angieles, joint pccupants. of the 950-kilocycle band,' may apply soon to the Federal Communicatibns Commissibn for piermisslon' tor go . 50,000 watts. All three outleits.' are now licensed for 5,000 watts.. Discussions, on the subject have been held among the . Kansas . City and Los Angeles outlets and .NBC, which I \;3rates WRC, but the date for taking preliminary has been set. Inside Stulf--Ra(B Texas Radio Educators Hear Leonard Power ,-•';.• .':'Austin; .Tex.l Aug,'13. In a conference at the Uhiversity; of Texas, L^pnard Power; research director ,pf. the . Federal .radio- educa-: tipn commission tbld the giathering that, np w and then broadcasting . by commianity service organizatibris de- feated its pAvn purpose.. Civic lead- iefs and ■teficher.s meeting to. iconsidet prbblems of . brbadcastihg were: told by, Power thit unless a program ran contiriuousiy at a given . tirhe - over a iijeripd of at least-a year, ;it is.alitipst irnpbssible -to.;biiild;; satisfactPi'y listcning.audience.. . ; ' Conference discussiphs .lieaderS; ' eluded, Frances ;Scarbbi:ough,: of star, tion KTSA, San Antonio; J, Mar^ Glai;k and Merle .McMurry ' of Ausr tiriI'Mrs. Ji: C.; VanderWoude,;: radio chairm.en for. the Texas Congress of PafentS and Tcachers'arid Jack .Mcr idiriew of .'Houston.;;. . ■;::.'".' Technical pvbbiems were discu.ssed: by Embfy Hprger of the Texas State Gbilege for Woinen, Epste Yoiing of the: North 'Tex^s State Teachers Cbl-^ lege; John Rosser, .radio directPr of Texas A & M College;'.S! B. Kovacs of Baylor University and A, L. Chap- inah, J. HbWard Lumpkin arid Mrs, Elithe Hamilton Beat of the Univer- sity of Texas. ■ '.-•'-,.•'■;. Super-power question is getting warm again in the wake of trade gossin that WLW, Cincinnati, is abbut to reiqiuest another QOO kw permit bh th» ground that such operation will promote 'natipntil ;defense'. :Thepry u' that ties with Latin Americi could be it the Cincinnati trans- mitteir's programs were, ayaiiahie beybnd th<s R;io Grande. •. , ' : Attentibh was directed tp the q^est^on recently )t>y Senator Burton j^^ . Wheeler, sipbnspr of the resolutipn by Which the Senate twb years ago deelaried it does n'bt appirpve .use; pr power ab^ In questibninj - CommiSsibner "Thad-H. Brpwn abPut FCC practices, the Jiontank i)em(^ brat shoWed dispieasure at. runV)!-? the Crosley crowd may try to get bkc^ its;i500,000 wattage; -'V' -.-; ^:'. . .; . .•■...;^.'; -..;;;--. ■■:;■■>:'.■■.;:'.;;■-.. But there are- apparently^well-fpunded reports, that sonie; feelers^ sent out. Most persistant story: has Crosley legmien trying to convince the- State pepartmeht-that pu^rin^^ be prPmoted if WLW prograiiis could be. picked: up . :wider ariea. :; They ^supposedly ' trying; to'sell the. diplomats,: in the hope .that, the State Peparthiehtvwiii prbpbsitibn the White yHouse, about b^ : the. commish:io back doWn from its 1938-39! stand..: . ■ / - If such a desire is in- the; mind of the WL'W owheK,. their W^ representatives;. prbfe.ss ignorancei AVithput going so far. as to :say there is, hb basis for: the yarn, the; tWp new' Crosley front mien-—former FCC General Counsel; William; j. Dtemp.sey and fornier AMistaht deriefal Coun- sel William uLV Koplowitz-—indicate they . are in the da^k,: They sug'gest the story is >yithout any :fpundation since it wbuld be logical for the. Cin- cinriati girpup to iask them: to find put if the .wih^ -is stillVblbwing in the same directibh before gbitig put pii -ahy: limb; "This, they maintain; has.'ndt ■been doiie;- .■:. .--.':■■ ■ .■•-:■: -,-. - -'-■.'; .■:.'■-;. ''•.. .. ' ■ ' Talbot Mutidy,. ei, lived through all sorts of real life . adventures iu Africa and 'other renvote . part^^^^^^^ of the world and, ended up aS the writer of the radib serial, '^Jack Armstrong, the: All-American' boy, died Ih his sleep 5(t Bradentbri Beach, Fla^, Aiig. 5;^^^^:/ - ' . : . ., : ., Bprn in London his: picturesque advehtures in Portuguese, German iiij' British East Africa provided him with material for scores, of ribvels, inady Of' them big sellers and seyeral of. them made into mptipn,! picliires. ■ . Spme three or four, years' ago he b«igah turning out radio scripts for tha Knox Reeves agency, Minnea behalf of Geiieral Mills. Walter p'Keef2 is wprking on Willkie campaign radio staff. Hurhorlsl; goes to ElWood; Ind:; to arrange human-interest airingis to go oh networks in advance of Republican candidate's: ibrnfial notification speech. After that p'Keefe will di^o .for McNary.nbtification i^^^^ Also employed on GOP boa i d , Roger B. I>oulens, former radio press agent who's been radio aide to Gov. Raymond E. ^aldWih of . Con- necticut. Doulens will spot Republican programs through lai*^ge eastern territpry... ■; •..:;. ;/ , - ■ ■ ' Anything for a gag,-so j;im Backus, whp's on the 'Big Sister' show, sent what he Jthbught, was a funny postcard fiom Asbury Piarkj N, J., to a friend last week. It was accompanied on arrival by a G-man. Card, to Richard Midgely, of the cast of 'kiss the Boys Goodbye,' at the Windsor theatre m the Bronx, read: 'Dear Gaulteier. (district leadei*): Spending, a few days here with my. camera. Coastline ideal for small landing jparties, Get it?: Jim ' Fran Striker, ?iuthor bf .WXYZ's 'Lprte Ranger' programs, curriiritly is penning a bbbk brt the western hero, strictly fpr adults, at reqftiest of G. P. Putnam, tagged .'The Lone Ranger Rides.' Diiie to reach bbokstiinds around: first of year. Striker has written seyeral books for kids, aneiit the Ranger, for Grossett & Dunlap during the past t\yo years. Clerk who departed abruptly from a broadcasting organization when ht heard the boss had resigned wa^ twp jumps ahead of the auditors. It ap« pears the clerk had failed to turn in luncheon money for which the boa had habitually dunned his colleagues in the organizatiph. It ainounted to quite a bit when adde<i up Oyer months. ■ Sidelight on N.A.B. conventions: Bill for San Francisco cocktail party tossed by CBS to wind up festivities at conclave Was $1,000. Some 500 guests attended. ' ■.■■'