Variety (Mar 1949)

S6 RA9IO Wiednegday, Mafch 23, I949 'Hustle & Go' NAB Meet Continued from pass Kt i eASineering sessions actually begin fhurisday, April 7, and continue through Saturday, with top tech- nicians of industry and government on the agenda. While highly tecli- nical for the most part, the pror gram includes discussions on re- cent broadcasting developments^ of interest to radio people generally. Among these will be a progress report on the use of the ultra-high frequency band in. television by Dr. Thomas B. Goldsmith, Jr„ re- search director of DuMont. The report will take up reception prob- lems in the UHF band, tlfe status Tom Cork's NAB Role Washington. March 22. Attorney General Tom Clark Jieads the roster of: government officials who will address the 27th annual convention of the National Assn. of Broadcasters next month in Chicago. Clark will be principal speaker at the April 12 luncheon. He will talk -on small business aspects adio. > Wayne Coy,: chairman of the FCC, win address the conven- 'tion on April 11. of receiving and transmitting equipment for UHF, and an allo- cation plan for UHF stations. ■Other papers will deal with Iconoscope film pickup systems, kinescope recording, operation of the image orthicon camera^' recent advances in facsimile, and develop- ment of superpower FM stations. The management half of the con- vention begins Sunday, April 10, and continues through April 13. On the first day, the unaffiliated stations will convene, and it is ex- pected their sessions will be the liveliest of the convention, for it Is independents who have been . feeling sales pressures from all sides. 'On Monday morning there will be meetings of the executive committees of NAB, with the after- .noon devoted to sales problems. An important meeting of FM mem- bers of NAB will be held on this day. ; Tuesday morning, the convention will take up station public relations at the management level, with dis- cussions on programming news, employee relations and community activities. The afternoon will be given to discussions relating to the North American Regional Broadcasting Conference to be held in Canada next September^ Broadcast Musics Inc., Broadcast Meifsnrement "Bu^ reau, and other Industry problems. Wednesday,, television will hold forth, with more attention given the medium than at any previous NAB gathering,. On this last day of the convention, it is expected that broadcasters will be given the last word on expansion of the me- dium, after the freeze is lifted. Programs for the engineering conference have been mailed to NAB members. The agenda for the management sessions Is ex- pected to be completed this week. Supreme Court but the FCC was upheld. Bulova theQ filed to transfer the station to his brother-in-law, Harry Henshel, prexy of WOV and parti owner of WNEW. O'Dea, a W7<r stockholder in WNEW, then filed for an injunction against the trans- fer and Bulova withdrew this ap- plication. Last year he proposed to sell WOV to General Broadcast- ing Co., but under the AVCO sys- tem Victory came in with a match- ing bid, whereupon General with- drew, Bulova then amended his application to transfer to Victory. Followup Comment ' Continued from pagt 26 ;isss hegira, Fletcher Markle has en- trenched the program on a surer Gotham footing. Richards ^Continued .from pagC' M-i decision to clear out, although not financially, from operation Of his stations. But the Commission has left the door open to pursue its in- vestigation, if the plan of transfer doesn't fill the bill. The agency will not buy, it was reported, any arrangement in which there is not absolute guarantee that there will be no more slanting of news on the three stations. Wheeler said the request for continuance was being made "not for the purposes of delay but . . ,. to meet the delicate situation" aris- ing- f rom-Rlchards' -illness_He-en=t CIRCLING THE KILOCYCLES Jacksonville, N. C—tester L. Gould, owner of WJNC, has re- turned from the Caribbean after covering Second Marine Division maneuvers for the Tobacco net- work. He made several wlje-re- corded broadcasts featuring Marine Corps brass for the net. Rome, N. Y.-^I>ouls A. Barile, for .five years a staff announcer at WIBX, Utica, is now a disk jockey at WKAL here. . Greensboro, N. d—WMIT (FM) held open house in its new studios in the Charlotte News buildini;^ March 2. This was its formal open4 ing although some programs have originated here for several weeks. Station is owned by Gordon Gray, of Winston-Salem. . v Atlanta—Two new faces have been added at WCON, ABC outlet here, owned and operated by At- lanta Constitution. W. Dean Kaye, Canadian-born: spieler, has joined I announcing staff. Ed J. Hennessy, former advertising manager of WRBL, Columbus; Ga., station, has joined WCON's sales staff. The Teitas Rangers, America's greatest western act, for many years stars of jradio, ^screen and stage, now are starring in their own television show on CBS-Los Angeles Times station KTTV each Mon- day evening. They star, too, on the CBS coast^to- coast network each. Satur- day afternoon,-4-4:30 EST. The Texas Ratigers tran- scriptions, used on scores of stations from coast to coast, have achieved Hoop- eratings as high as 27.4. Advertisers and stations —we have a new and even better sales pllihl "Ksk~ about it! ARTHUR B. CHURCH 'Protfuctfona KANtAt CITY 6^ MISSOURI Don HoUenbeck continues to perform a notable public service via his "CBS Views the Press," pointing out the failures, omissions and faults of the N. Y. daily news- papers, and thus keeping them on their toes. Saturday's (19) 15- minute airer was devoted to one item—the so-called Trenton (N. J.) "Scottsboro" case, and the strange sluff-off the N. Y. dailies in the main have given the story. Hol- lenbeck said it might develop into another Sacco - Vanzetti cause celebre. Case concerns six Negroes reportedly, railroad to the death house on a murder charge. Com- menting on the attention the case has aroused abroad, among organi- zations and unions, and in. some of the political or: social magazines, Hollenbeck cited chapter and verse to point out the way the N; Y. press (with exception of the Post and late Star) ignored the case from the start, including its latest, ramifications. Hollenbeck punches' hard and tellingly, but in simple, restrained manner, presenting the facts and letting them speak for t-hemfielves.^This- is fi rst-raf .f» radio journalism—and quite a ' slap at newspapers;: closed affidavits from two physi clans which, he said, make It 'abundantly clear. . ; that the hold Wilmineton, Del.--Eddie Lee, singer-pianist air veteran, -has joined WAMS and WAMS-PM as imperil Mr. Richards' life. Wheeler stated that Richards frequently told friends he planned to retire on his 60th birthday, which Was yesterday (19) and that before "the latest relapse" in his health which compelled his return to Palm Springs he had planned to attend a celebration in Detroit to be tendered by his employees on that occasion at which time he was to have announced his retirement." In his petition to the FCC for postponement of the hearing, Rich- ards indicated that in view of his failing health he intends within 30 days to submit to the commis- sion an application to transfer the voting control of all stock owned by him in the three corporations. This revived rumors of sale of KMPC to NBC, which has been on. and off for the past five years. NBC is said to be interested but not at *'the last quotation of $2,000,000'. live shows and special events. Bob Brodie, former newspaper man, has been added to the staff to head up public relations. Hartford—-Ralph S. Silver/ Jr., has moved from his post of sales- man in the commercial department of WTHT here to seat Of station manager of WLNA at Peekskill, Buffalo—WEBR, Mutual outlet here, will be represented by the Kat; Agency effective April 4. * N.Y. Labor Continued from page 27 ; Chicago^^ohn Blair & Co., sta- tion reps, picked up two more ad- counts in Texas: KWFT, Wichita Falls, and KEPO, El Paso. Detroit—Sinclair Refining Corp., through Hixson-O'Donnell Adver- tising, Inc., New York, has ordered five chainbreaks weekly on WXYZ for 13 weeks. Sweets Co. of Amer- ica, through Moselle & Eiseh CO., ordered three one^minute spots weekly on WXYZ for 10 weeks. Cerebral - palsy, its origin, effect and possible cure, got a dramatic workout via "The Kid Next Door'' stanza on WMCA, N. Y.'s public service series; "Inside New York," on Friday (18): night's airing. Though primarily a clinical item, Allen; Boretz's script; bore the stamp of authenticity inasmuch as his youngster is a victim of the malady. A competent cast con- tribbed moving performances that undoubtedly held listeners atten- tion, even if not particularly inter- ested in context of program: For dramatic purposes the case history of the Parkers was' em- ployed. Young parents are panicked when their youngster does not act like other youngsters of his age. Subsequent examina- tion reveals child a victim of eere- Tf of Musicians, and other unions and guiltts, Opinion among radio labor reps was divided, with some pointing out that lit certain situations unions favqr overall agreements. In Boston, for instance, AFRA tried to secure a uniform contract but stations turned down the proposal on the grounds that their differ St. Louis—A new AM station, KWRE, Warrenton, Mo , began broadcasting last week. Remote studios have been established at Washington and St. Charles, Mo. Les" Ware, forifferly with" KXLW, St. Louis county, is gen. mgr. ences in power, policrand'^o^- j jTlnl ^I'^'^^Z^.lix.T^^l Louisville ^ Mrs. George S. i Partridge, wife of WINN special! events director, is chairman of I Town Hall Committee of the I Louisville Federation of Teachers I bringing Dr. George V. Denny for placing child in mental insti- tution. Wife rebels against this, and after a series of treatment the youngster shows signs of recovery to a normal life. It was all neatly done* These sort of programs rate a wide audience. WOV Decision ; ConEInued from page 24 ; I have so many applications arisen ; in connection with efforts to sell a j station. Even before the multiple ownership rules : were formally 1 adopted, Bulova filed an applica- , tion to sell WOV to the Mester , Bros. Because of the war, he later j-wlthdrew-the -application^ explain- . ing that he had been asked by the government to retain the station I under his control because of Its I foreign language broadcasts. I Some time later, Bulova again I applied to sell the outlet to the I Mesters but the transaction Was denied by the FCC becau.se of vlo- jlations by the Mesters of Federal I Trade Commission rules. The Mesters carried the case to the • • ■■ •■ I •! ) I ■• f ) sonnel were too great. In Los An geles and Chi, however, AFRA does have uniform pacts with sta- tions being classified into three categories. In New York City the situation Is more complex, with stations more greatly differen- tiated. Uniform deals, it's pointed out, have both advantages and disad- vantages for the unions. In some cases, organizers reason, pro-labor stations can be held back by other stations. But in other instances, it's argued, antHabor toppers can be swaye4 by more moderate forces. Other union leaders claim tliat •if the stations are raising the issue it can't be good for labor." They state that guilds might suffer be- cause tactical advantages of tim- ,jns would be lost to employees. They add that managements are making the suggestion with the knowledge that they are niore united than the, unions and that the lal)or organizations' differences would only be intensified by uni- form pacts. Radio employees have an over- all organization, the Assn. of ing to town, to originate at Me- morial Auditorium April 5. Cleveland — Al Henderson, ^E5A .president, now flack at NBC's-'WTAM, succeeding Ralph Eckhart. t ; Pittsburgrh^ane Schiiltz has re- signed from WWSW staff after I more than four years to join Mu-1 sical Corp. In New York. She'll write continuity and do some an- ' nouncmg for that outfit, which I pipes canned music Into stores In and around Manhattan ... Sid Both CBS, NBC SB Cpntinued from page 27 s edy scripted by Jesse Oppen- heimer. ■ A new Cy Howard 30-mlnute show. Howard already is repre- sented by the top-Hooperated "My Friend Irma" and "Life With Luigl." A dramatic show called "Make Believe Town," about Hollywood Philadelphia—Carl Owen, vet- Broadcast Unions and Guilds' but' h Ai'I^Vu*" a^?"'* •="'"^'^5' ^'^''^ ABUG has not been an important •^'^^^•"P^d by Ackerman. factor in the city's labor relations ^ half-hour Rudy VaJlee pro- picture.- - ^^l-gfam.createdLlbyiester Gottlieb. { The new Jerry Lawrence-Bob I Lee situation comedy, "Young eran bWd'caTterTnd a^Jmber^of i^"^^'",*'*'* Waldo, about the WCAU staff for the last eiehf' * '^""ese freshmen with - 'a yen to get married years, has been named assistant to wr ATT .?-&*^'""«"' WCAU and WCAU-TV commercial manager. A talent-showcase program with Clifton Fadlman, tentatively called .. —* T ^ uwuiHiei-L-iai manager. -""<■"«« '. ouiiuau, icuiitiiveiy uaiiea James F. Coyle, asst. commercial 1 Columbia Stage Door," created manager of the station since 1943, by Irving Mansfield. Auditioned Will concentrate his activities on sales of both media^ _„ as a one-hour program. It will proh .., J ably be cut .down to a half-hour. '' ' 5 . "I <t ■(* '<■ 'i m I i i ) ♦ ) ■) / Berlin has been taken on a« . salesman at WWSW. He t«L* over the post left vacant when SnJ Philson recently switched to KOV . . . Thomas P. O'Connor, na™ veteran and onetime internal rw^ »»/ff «8™t' 1»W Joined KDKAsWm <t.Ji^'"£?1?; City-Election of p. a Sugg to the office vlce-presidonf and director of WKY has been «S* nounced by B. K. Gaylord nr«„^' dent of the Oklahomr City o?gan: ization. Sugg came to WKY owr three years ago as manager 15, Win continue in that capacitv n; rectors of the company eleoS'; Sugg in a business meeting Ma *h Abe Burrows BB Covtlnned from, page 25 pression was that Burrows wm headed for the NBC camp. He had been negotiating with the latter network, and. In view of NBC's de- termined bid to recapture program prestige. It was considered a vlr. -tflsLcertainty that he'd wind uo on the Nlles Tranimell ipayroU (If« recalled that Burrows literally wowed the NBC crowd at the web'g convention in Sun Valley last fall) ■ Initial Burrows project for CBS win be a half-hour show for him. self which he'll also write. Under terms of the deal he's also com' mltted to write other programs for the web. Originally a scripter In radio ("Duffy's Tavern," Dinah Shore, Joan Davis, etc;), Burfowi branched out on his own a few years back and was sponsored by Llsterine on CBS last year In a 15-minute Saturday evening pro' gram, e YEAR ROUND ESTATE 55 aerti overlooking Ramapo Mti.' Vi hr. G«o. Wash. Irldg*. 1 hr. djownlowii N Y. Macadam driv* windi through proptrty fo Gtorgian rtiidanea, built '37. .Ha aiixl for low -coit oparotien. Ex- catlmt pr«>war~cehitructioir;'~Slolt' roof, 20" foundatton. 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