Variety (Oct 1943)

38 RADIO Wednesday, October 6, 1913 Rep Lea Replaces Co^i As Probe Chairman; GareyV Status Uncertain ';isluili;U>n. Oc^l. S. op Cl.u-ciicp F, t,c;i iCalir . Dcm.V niovcrl ill yovtprdiiy i4 r as cli;iiriii:m of llio coniiiiiHeo- invostiKtdinR - llio Kcdeiol' Convimihicalions Coiniius- sioii. surccc>cliiig pep. Biiseiin K, Cdn (Ga., Dcm.i. ulio icsiBiicci iiiulci' picssiiro liisl TlHilVday' <30). This is c-onsi(lcrcd a break for llic" FCC. frtv Lea is expected lo f!ive (lie Com- mission, a sqiiaio deal, Tlic appoiiUmcnl of the Califbr- ian. wt'll-known bolli to the radio niul illni indti,-;irio.-:. »'a.s wai'mly. re- ceived l)y- all. sides ihvoh'od in lliis proi)c. L,ca. is also chairman o.l the House ('omiiiittec on Interstate anrf .F<)rci!;n Coiiiiiicrce. wliii-h haiuile.-- Ic.iiisralion alTettini; comnuinicalions ami the FCC'. In addilioii. lvis .Cora- mil lee'.uVls all the House,bills wliicli would aflecl film disli'ibufiqn and exhibition throngh the use of Con- Kres.--' Interstate Conimerce- power. Lea has a habit, of nuttiiif! such bills i where they nover'anain see llie liniil of day. 'We want lo cpndnct an invesli.na- lion.' he saiti. 'that will emiiniand tlie respecl or the piri)lic.' Lea was asked aboiii shakinj^ iip .the Coijimit- lee.aiKl the pos.^ibility of dropping Ennene L. Garoy. chief epuiisel for the Conuniltee. who luis been' under attack with Cox for the iiiahncr in which lie has been conducting the probe. Lea said he had reached no decision, but admitled tliat 'there may be a netessily lor some .ul- justiiieiil." , -. Clarey Ivas been keepin.i; • nuiin ex- cept Toi' one comnient tlial he intcnil- Vd to conliinic hearings and woiilil wait to see who succeeded Co.x be- fore (leterniinin;i his tuture .course, Cox. wb"' launched the ihvesliiiaiion riWr. Ilie' FCC. haii. accused hiiii ol impropet-iy takini; a $2.ri0n fee fioi'n 'C'onliiuicd WMGA, After Army Beef, Gets Series Airings , 'ashinglon. ct. 5. ecause , it is Ihe (inly slafion Aviitch can be picked up on the radio sets, owned b.\' ll'.o.^t of the. .soldiers at • Sijence Field. C.a.. WMClA at Moultrie. C;a.. lia.- been ••allowed to liaiidle the Mutual liroadcast.s of the; World Series. VVMCJA hail beefed to the Federal .Coriinuiiiicalions Com- mission that ii had been left out in (lie cold'as far a.s th'> series was concerned. Miitual s defense wa.s thai WALB. Albany. C;a.'. had been Kireii the series and it covered, the Moultrie area. The FCC look tiie liiaiier up after C'ol. L. If.vKodieck, comniaiidcr of the Spei'.cf Field Aii; Station, i-ohi-' plained about the si)Id'uM-'.> predica.- meiu. WLB ;.s now feeiiinsi. tlie serie.S to WMC.V. Ollawii. • ouulas I^u.sly. announcer, at'CBO. local Canadian roadeastinfi Corp. (lullel. to Toronto on CBC procUiction slafr. Succeeded here by Irwin tiro.i.-. from Toronto CBC studios-: ■ ♦ ♦♦ f 11 ♦ t»f ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦ M ♦♦> » » t » ♦ 1 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ « »♦♦♦«♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ -^^^ .Olluwa-T-CBC appoinlmeiits Ihls week include Andrew Allan 'as supervisor of drama, Charles Jen- nings as sssislahl supervisor ot pro- prams and R. S. Lambert supervisor of educational broadcasl.s, all sta- tioned here. dlingwomen's activities, also lakcj over publicity. At WSPR, Howard S. Keete, as- sistant proKram director, becomes publicily director. Memphis—Alvin Hick,, for H jears manaficr ,pf Western .Newspapci; Union's Memphis branch, has joined WMPS . as account executive Robert Hobs.obd, aniiouncer. known to local .dealer.s as' Bob. Neal. was elevated to production director. SiH'iMKnrld, . — W a r'r c n, M Greenwood, program director- of WMAS: will be the new station inan- iv^cv. He replaces Albert W: Marlin, now rogianv director at WHAS, Louisville, Mrs. Fildca Coty, traffic ;aiid ohicE iliaivaser, takes Green- wood's proi>raih post. Airs.- Ellicl Henin Bo.weis, in addition to han -A to all radio listening In four metropobtan centers, 28 major^ cities, and 218 rural communities of WLW's great mid-western rnorket. "ffcXlifetJii^ll^ C. E, Hooper's Mid-Winter 1943 Report in two partsf WLW Audience Ratings and WLW vs. Other Network Stations. It 1$ the first new release for your WLW Faxfile, It is off the press; It will reach you soon. Salt ..Antonio—Additions to staff of WOAF include Bill Watson, annbtiiic- iiig siaff: Margie Wyatt to tralVic dcpartnveiu, ■ '-f—— ■ ■ PitlsbiirBh —John F. • McMahon. KDK.^ publicity dircctoi', has been named sale.s proniotion manayer for local Wosfinfjhpiiso station. He'll till viicancy created by recent upping ot W. . AIcGill to . Weslinghouse's Philadelphia hcadciuai'tcrs a.s gen- eral advertising director oC. that coinpany'.'i radio group. New rIc.tns—Stanley Halli ay. annoiuicer and - news reporter' of NVDSU, upped to program dircccor.- Al Godwin, formerly with WWL here and KftLD, Dallas, has joined WDSU stall as news editorand head of. the .special events, dcpartmcnl. Other additions to the staff are Guy i.ebow, of N. Y., announcer, and Rulh Sweeney Sullivan as con- tinuity editor. P, K, Ewing is out as,.commercial manager. This eiVd of the business, ill be handled b.v Frctl Weber, executive director and general manager. llailford.-^Irwin Cowper has been promoted to assistant sales iVianagcr tor Hartford's WTIC. Other recent WTIC promotions include Grace Sapsuziai\ to continuity acceptani^e editor and Olive Johnson to super- visor of conimercial traftic. Kansas'Cit.>v , ill Griffith, Jr., as- sistant city editor of the Kansas City Kansan, now doing three newscasts daily tor KCKN, affiliated radio sta- tion. ' " Hazel Tomlinson is .the newest addition to the niike staff at KCKN. She niakes the fourth fcmrhe spieler at the station. Cincinnati.—Bob Otto, cit.v desk man and a fcatvi'e writer on the Post, ends 13 years of affiliation with that Sci'ipps-Howard sheet this.week to become morning news editor ot WKRC. Mutual affiliate and linked with the rival afternoon paper, Times-Star. He replaces Dick Wil- iContihued on page 44) Sponsors Biiy Mich. U. Gridcasts on 3 Outlets Detroit, Oct, 5. Where football broadcasts last year were curtailed, ^hi'ce Detroit stations this season are-carrying the University of Michigan games under varied sponsorship, one statewide. Coca-Cola, through the Michigan bottler.s, has taken the sponsorship over WX'VZ and the Michigan net- work with Don Wattrick calling the games. Sam's CutrRale, Inc., which also •sponsors the Symphony Orchtstra, has taken over the U. pi M. games via WWJ, where the veteran Ty Tyson is doing the announcing. Sponsorship at WJR has been taken over again bythe Eminco In- surance Co,, which took the games last season. The station has called in Bob Kelly .from'its afBliate sta- tion, WGAR, Cleveland,' for the gab. Plenty of sponsorship also. was. ready for the Detroit Lions, profes- sional team which seems headed for a good season after a dud last year, but clearance could not be. obtained over any station because of the late Sunday time of the game,s. Hf you (till haven't received a copy of the WLW Faxflle, shoot us a wire or letter. We will gladly send 4 Jtisfcw^ along with all materia l prev i ously releosed. TNI NATietrt Motr m»umun«m.am( stahon OIVISION Of THE CMSLEY COKTOBATIQH MILDRED BAIL|Y_ WTAG'i Hosfesi Central t^ew England women appreciate her daily "hbusewise" approach. WT AG WORCESTER