Variety (Dec 1942)

S2 INTERNATIONAL RADIO Wednesda^t December 16, 1942 XEXJ, State Government Station In Mexico, Assumes Commercial Status Mexico City. Dec. 15 Rddio sialioii XEXJ (5.000 watts) whicli has fuiiclioned for two years in Tiixlla Guliencz, capital of the Koutheni state of Chiapas, turned cnnimeicial icccntly. XEXJ hereto- fore was conducted by the Cliiapas (•overnmenl as an educational and olTicial propaganda mouthpiece un- der the management of Artemio Lope/. Martinez who is continuing witii tlic commercialization of the station. XEXJ has joii-cd the national web headed by local stations XEW anci XPQ ot the Azcarraca syndicate. —But In Canada Rei-ina. Sask.. Dec. 15. In a move lo improve radio enter- tainment for Iraops in northern Brit- ish Columbia and Alaska, the Can- adian Broadcasting Corp. will take over radio station CFPR, Prince Rupert. B. C. and operate it in con- junclion with its national network. The move followed urgent re- qui-s's from Canadian and U. S. Montreal. Dec. 15. Board of Governors of the Ca- nadian Broadcasting Corp. announced last week the leasing of the radio station at Prince Rupert, B. C. radio broadcasting programs in the area. CBC ofTicials said it was likely a short wave transmitter would be in- stalled at Vancouver to deliver pro- grams to the Prince Rupert station FCC DELAYS PROBE INTO BUFF. B. C. UNTIL JAN. 19 Buffalo, Dec. 15. The Federal Communications Commission has postponed until Jan. 19 the inveslipation of the Buf- falo Broadcasting Cor|). scheduled to start Doc. B. The case was first set for Nov. 20. The FCC gave no rea- sons for Ihe Iwo deferments. The invosliKation is expected to deal primarily with the Sunday stranglehold of the local Church Tabernacle on six hours of WKBW's Sunday time, but probe also is ex- pected to touch on corporation's dual ownership of WGR and WKBW. CBC Leases Station 'Our Canada' Series Montreal, Dec. 15. 'Our Canada." pretentious physical and spiritual delineation of the Do- minion, past, present and future, de- signed to give a 'report to the na- tion' in a series of vivid kaleido- scope pictures, is being carried by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp, over a coast to coast network every Sunday night. J. Frank Willis is supervisor for 'Our Canada' and Mayor Moore is producer. Scriptcr is Gerald Nixon with Lome Greene as narrator. Spe- cial music has been composed by John Wcinzweig. It's sustaining. CBC Governors Spike Politicians Canned Speeches radio facilities possible, particiITarly for the benefit of the armed forces.' where they will be rebroadcast. Sta tion will operate from 12 to 16 hours daily. Fulton Lewis, jr. ANOTHEII BOMBSHELL! Ottawa, Dec. 15. Politicians' efforts to get around rules of the Canadian Broadcasting CornjOn air>nB si>eeches wer" :piked ing in Ottawa early last week (7-8). System of staggered airing of record- ed speeches, tried by Block Popu- laire. new Quebec-originating party, was banned when board ruled tl'.at 'no programs or speeches will be per- mitted which, by means of mechani- cal reproduction, evade what a cor- poration ruling prohibits.' Governors backed Dr. J. S. Thomp- son, CBC g.m., in refusing Conserva- tive party time on CBC stations to plug its convention, but ofTered Con- servatives time to allow their new leader to speak on the network yes- terday (Monday! following his elec- tion. Board has leased the new station at Prince Rupert, B. C, and is push- ing arrangements to provide greater facilities for sending programs to men of the forces, particularly those in Alaska. Board also approved pen- sion plan for CBC employees, based on contributory basis, to provide an- nuities for workers at the age of 65. Some details are still hanging fire, but most of the employees have agreed to the plan as it stands. CBC has also asked extension of plan to get news from the Canadian Press for aired bulletins. CP has provided news since CBC began air- ing it. Two years ago CBC opened its own news-gathering department, but retained CP service. It now wants expanded CP coverage. Hats off again to scrapping, campaigning Fulton Lewis, jr. Lewis jumped in and rescued America's farmers when he found out they were sinking in the red tape of gasoline and tire allotments. Lewis re- ported this story on his November 30th Mutual broad- cast and as a result of this and his follow up . . . farmers from now on will be given all the gas, tires and equipment they need. Fulton Lewis, jr., was also the FIRST to expose the muddled rubber situation . . . FIRST to predict com- ing of the Price Control Program ... A "Lewis" appeal brought in 441/2 tons of keys for the Scrap program. Fulton Lewis, jr., starts things and sees them through to a finish! nmERicn s ouTSfniiDinG nEUiscnsrER nuniiRBiE in vour citvi Hop on this "Human Bombahell"! Fulton Lewis, jr., ts available for sponsorship over YOUR STATION ... at YOUR OWN ONE TIME QUARTER HOUR RATE PER WEEK. If yoH want viore information, wire, phone or %orite Wm. B. Dolph, WOL, Washington, D. C. f^ROM WOL WASHINGTON, ^. 0, 1, ir/i ;/u' N^UTUAL BROADCASTING sYJiUu Argentine Govt Suspends License Of Pro-Democratic Station Operator BRIT. NEWS PROGRAM GOESCOMMERSHINBA Buenos Aires, Dec. 8. 'Servicio Informativo Britanico,' local news roundup based on mater- ial from British OfTicial Wireless and English sources, this week went commercial. SIAM, Argentine elec- trical appliance house handling American and British products, has inked the broadcast rights for an indefinite period. Service in Spanish will be heard henceforth from LRI Radio Mundo and Blue and White network at noon; over LR4 Radio Splendid and RADES chain at 12:30 and over LR5 Radio Excelsior at 5:15. Program consists of a 10-minute survey of the news with concentra- tion on British war effort. Unusual for local broadcasts is fact that ad- v«t'tiBing^.46-kcpt -to-start' «u«l--flnl without spot splugs in between each flash. Service was originally paid for by local British Ministry of In- formation Office. Majority of local news broadcasts are based on U. S. material, with UP and AP services holding a dom- inant position. D'Arcy Branch Making Heavy Use of Mex Radio Mexico City, Dec. 15. Radio is being used extensively in Mexico by D"Arcy agency via the organization of Publicidad D'Arcy, S. A., which has a building of its own, here. Mexican company is headed by E. A. Hallett, Jr., of D'Arcy's home office in St. Louis: E. Sanchez, who served the firm in Chicago and New York, and Carlos Riveroll del Prado, formerly with CBS in the U. S., and until re- cently production manager of local station XEQ (50.000) watts), oh the Azcarrraga .syndicate. Mexican D'Arcy has some of the biggest accounts in this land, in- cluding Coca-Cola and Monterrey Beer. Coca-Cola is the largest sin- gle-product radio advertiser in Mex- ico. D'Arcy is conducting for it an intensified campaign over XEQ and iLs sister station XEW (150,000 waits), here. These plugs comprise the half-'hour Coca-Cola concert, once weekly over XEW, featuring Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, No. 1 tenor and bone surgeton. singer, "Melody Parade,' 30 minutes, once weekly, at XEQ. featuring guest film slar.s doing dramatic sketches, and 'Musical Types,' six half-hours weekly, three on XEQ and three on XEW, a recorded series. D'Arcy is also plugging Monterey Beer with a half-hour weekly quiz on XEQ, featuring comic. Pan- seco, and Ravista's orch. Can, Station's Power Boost Lethbridge, Alta., Dec. 15. Power of CJOC. Lethbridge. upped from 100 to 1,000 watts. Station is owned and operated by H, R, Carson, Ltd, Manager is Nor- man A nnflAKill Lawrence Thor at CFCF, Succeeding Chris Ellis Montreal, Dec. 15. Succeeding Christopher Ellis on the early morning news cast is Law- rence Thor over Canadian Marconi station CFCF. Broadcast is spon- .sored by National Breweries Ltd. (Black Horse Ale) six mornings a week. CFCF reports extensions on cur- rent programs as follows: — War Finance Committee sponsored 'They Tell Me' 2:30-2:45 p.m., Monday through Friday to middle of Febru- ary. This is a 'Talks to Housewives' program* with Clair Wallace taking the a.ssignment. War Time Prices and Trades Board sponsored 'Sol- dier's Wife,' extended indefinitely, five days weekly, 12:30 to 12:45 p.m. CFCF also has contracted Nox- zema Chemical for three spots daily, Mondays through Fridays, for SO spots. Montevideo, Dec. 8. Argentine Government's Postal au- thorities this week indefinitely sus- pended transmitting license of Al- berto P. Brouard, operator of Sta- tion LV3 Radio Cordoba of the City of Cordoba, Believed suspension is rr suit of policy of Brouard's Uruguayan outlet LW7 Radio Car- melo. Argentine Government ad- mitted officially that Cordoba sus- pension was due to use of terms disrespectful and injurious to the Government, but didn't site them. Carmelo has for .^ome tinie been carrying nightly broadcasts by a mysterious Colonel X, who's de- scribed as an European military ex- pert. Colonel has commented freely on war news, distinctly pro-demo- cratic in tone. So long as he con- fined himself to the European front, there was.apparently no objection by Argentina, which maintains its policy of strict neutrality. Argen- tine Government, in fact, permitted some Buenos Aires dailies to carry ads describing the Colonel's pro- gram, resulting in a jump in the w-^l- l i s t B iw f fr c ") aat^ st the Rio de la tluta. Switch of tone to a more critical attitude toward Argentine Govern- ment brought quick frowns of dis- approval from B. A., particularly cracks which referred to Axis espion- age activities following Boston speech of U. S. Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles. General comment here is that while Brouard may lose his Argen- tine outlet (which did not carry Colonel) number of listeners to the Uruguyan transmitter should jump. Argentine listeners can easily tune practically all Urguayan stations on long wave. Power of several has re- cently been upped in order to fully blanket pampa territory. Pensions for CBC Staff Montreal, Dec. 15, Board of (governors of the Ca- nadian Broadcasting Corp. have ap- proved in principle the setting up of a pension fund for members of the CBC staff. 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