Variety (Oct 1941)

48 RADIO Wednesday, October 1, 1941 Clergyman Drops Vice Conditions Speed Code-Banned by WGAC Augusta, Ga., Sept. 30. WGAC here has imposed 'ethical' ban against mention of this defense area city's hotly argued controversy on vice conditions, with result that, with his consent, the Rev. Paul R. CaudilVs sermon on situation last Sunday was not broadcast. Minister, pastor of First Baptist church, joined in support of Ministerial association's drive against registration of prosti- tutes. He announced he would dis- cuss vice conditions in sermon. At station's request he agreed for ser- mon to be omitted from his church's paid Sunday schedule. ,J. B. Fugua, station manager, said, 'Since broadcasting reaches a cosmo- politan audience, our code of ethics forbids us to use the air for discus- sion of subjects that would not be in good taste, in a family group, in- cluding smiSfchildren. For this rea- son, we do^rot accept whisky adver- tisements or advertisements of many proprietary drugs. We have banned all mention of the local vice contro- versy.' Locked Out Locks recently installed on control booth doors at CBS to keep the rooms sacred for di- rectors and production men are about to be removed. Directors find that the locks ierve to keep them' out as well as the kibitzers after they ex- citedly rush from booth into studio and leave coat and keys behind. BUTTER SALES MELTS IN OLEO MOUTHPIECE Washington, Sept. 80. Complaint ^et radio Is aiding and •betting ttie Department of Agricul- ture in 'eut throat tactics' against the dairy Industry was voited Thursday (25) by Senator Alexander Wiley, Republican lA Wisconsin. Suggestion that oleomargarine was an adequate substitute for butter was made In a radio seript rel*ased by the Con- sumers' Division of the Department, the Dairy State aolon oomplained. 'Copies of this radio skit have been printed by the thousands,' Wiley wept, 'and virtually circulated as a Government endorsement of oleo- margarine.' Standards recently promulgated virtually put the vegetable substitute on a par with real butter, he de- clared, by permitting advertising which points out the similarity be- tween the much-cheaper product and the more aristocratic bread-spreader. Johns-Manville Steps Into Five-Minute News Period Vacated by Com'! Credits Johns-Manvile has bought the five-minute news spot on CBS (0:10- 6:15) which Commercial Credits re- cently vacated Frazier Hunt Is the summarlzer. J. Walter Thompson has the ac- count. WISR, BUTLER, PA. STAFFED KIcran Balfe Amonff Those on Payroll Under J. L. Cox Pittsburgh, Sept. 30. Kicran (Kay) Balfe, former an- nouncer and continuity writer at WWSW here, has been engaged for production manager's berth at WISH, new radio station which opened last week in nearby Butler, Pa. For last few months Balfe has been doing free-lance cafe publicity locally. James L. Cox is general manager of WISH, and remainder of start fol- lows: Evert H. Neil, program direc- tor; Cliftord L. Gorsuch, chief engi- neer; Lillian Schoen, commercial de- partment; James V, Pryor, sales de- partment; Vernon Stahl, engineer; Kenneth Wilson, head announcer; Robert Kaufman, newscaster; Ver- non Slahl, engineer; and Elizabeth Sharpe, secretary. New station Is owned by David Rosenblum, Butler business man. Has a 250-watt transmitter and broadcasts on a frequency of 680 kilocycles. Charles C. Shaw, KTSA, San An- tonio news editor will do three quar- ter hour broadcasts per week spon- sored by the Winerich Motor Co. (Studebaker). Chief Justice Kobak In giving the NBC-Blue the contract for 'The March of Time' hookup Young & Rubicam estab- lished the precedent of making Edgar Kobak, v.p. in charge of Blue sales, the lone contact on anything having to do with the material in the program. The agency wanted to make Bure that it wouldn't run into multiple opinions and judgments among network personnel on matter contained in the contin- uity and so it stipulated that if any questions or suggestions arose they would have to be passed on to Kobak and his de- cision would be the final one. SPOT IS LOSER Bristol-Myers Cancels Because of Blue Network Program Start In anticipation of going NBC-BUie, using the Sunday 9:45-10 p. m., pe- riod Bristol-Myers last week Issued through Young & Rubicam a cancel- lation on the spot campaign which it had set for the fall. Latter schedule was to start Monday (29). Series on the blue will commence either Oct. 13 or 20. Program Is still under negotiation. BOTH TONGUES FOR HOCKEY Montreal, Sept. 30. International Hockey League games, so far as they affect the Cana- dlens team from Montreal, will be broadcast over Canadian Broadcast- ing Corp., French stations CBF, Mon- treal; CBV; Quebec City; CBJ, Chi, coutiml; CJBR, Rimouski; and CHMC, New Carlisle, from Nov. I (Saturday nights) to end of season and for the play-offs and over Eng- lish stations of the corporation, CBM, Montreal and CKCV, Quebec City. Sponsor is Imperial Oil Co., Ltd. Robert Beaudry will give play-by- play descriptions in French. Selling Service Rather Than Branded Items San Antonio, Sept. 30. 'We Who Are Young,' from WBAP, Fort Worth, to the Texas Quality network each Tuesday and Thursday, is sponsored by the I.G.A. stores. Stores are turning to radio not for any one product, but to tell listeners of their services. Program will be aired by WBAP, Dallas, and KPRC, Houston. FOOTBAU UNDER UGHTS ON PHBIY TELEVISION Philadelphia, Sept. 30. The night football game between Temple University and Kansas Uni- versity was televised Friday night (26) at Temple Stadium here over Philco's station, WPTZ, in what is believed to be the first telecast of a grid contest under lights. The broadcast required five came- ras working in various spots on the field and in the studios. Action was shot from two large cameras on the 45-yard line. Two more showed the scoreboard and summarized the play. The fifth camera In the studio brought the lineup of players and the com- mercials. (The show was sponsored by the Atlantic Refining Co.) A new portable antenna was used. PLAY-BY-PLAY EXHAUSTING Mickey Heath Asks To Be Excused From Football Schedule Milwaukee, Sept. 30. Although he played professional baseball for 17 years, Mickey Heath, . after one summer of announcing Mil- waukee Brewer games for WEMP, has asked to be relieved of a sched- uled job of broadcasting football contests this iaU, declaring he can't stand the nervous strain. Accord- ingly, he will content himself with doing a daily late afternoon sports review and dtvote the rest of the day to selling time, which he finds more to his liking. C. J. Lanphler, station manager, Is himself covering the Milwaukee Chiefs pro games, sponsored by the Milwaukee Fuel Ik Dock Co., for the time being. INITIAL COLUMBIA RECORD ALBU