Battle over music rights ASCAP vs BMI looms large for radio
A century battle pits ASCAP against BMI as major radio chains split from the music monopoly. ASCAP charges fees for every public performance, while BMI forms to represent rebel stations and up and coming composers. Public opinion could decide radio’s music fate as hearings and industry shifts unfold.
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ASCAP
EMI
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
United States
Broadcast Music, Inc
BMI
Gracie paints a dog amid a curbside brawl scene
Gracie captures a dog perched on a curb as two men clash in a street fight. The caption Hot Dawg hints at playful irony in the chaotic moment.
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Gracie
Radio Schedule Highlights From Bluefield December 6
A dense listing of radio programs and sponsors for Friday December 6 including segments from UNCLE Gus Lilly Land Musial Clock and News Chicago House and The Forty Niners. The schedule lists many sponsors such as Coca Cola JFG Coffee Bluefield Hardware Co and The Heekin Co with time slots from 6:00 AM to 9:30 PM and multiple programs across music news and entertainment.
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Gus
Buskirk Brothers
Bi-Tone Corp
Baggs Club
Woman’s Radio Journal
Poca Fuel Co
Solovox
Warlick
Lee Moore
Juanita Tomchin
Feuchtenberger Bakery
SAM Coca-Cola
the Heekin Co
A. W. Cox Dept
Tonic Tunes
Bluefield Guppy Co
Chicago
Rhythm & Romance
Bluefield Supply Co
Nat'l Bank
Nat'l Bank Commercial Bank
World OF Sports
Radio Schedule Fragments From Old U.S. Airwaves
A scrambled list of broadcast items outlines a 1950s style radio lineup featuring orchestral dance programs, news segments, and talk shows. Programs include Dancing Music Orch, News and Dance, Fred Waring repeats, and Roundtable About Science with various station codes.
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Nbc-Blue-West
Hedda Hooper
Cbs-Wabc
Yella Passi
Cbs- Dixie
Adap Stamps
Weaf
Nbc-Red-Chain
Nbc-Wiz-East
Bud Barton
Nbc-Bluewest
Paul Sullivan
Cbswabc
Harold Turner
Mbs-Chain
Li'l Abner
Nbcweat
Lowell Thomas
Nbc
Wjz-Bas
Tom Mix
Nbc-Blue West
Mbs
Midw
Waring
Nbcweaf
East
Josef Marias
Wjz
Amos and Andy
Fulton Lewis, Jr
S. Balter
Wgen
Kwk
Wrkswire
Nbe
Lucille Manners
Nbc-Weaf
Nbc-Wiz
Kate Smith
Lew Loyal
Nbe-Weaf
Playhouse
Mbs-Wor
Cbbs
Wabc
Basic
al Pearce
Cbswest
Mbs-Wen
Nbcwear
Fred Waring
Nbc-Red-West
Cbschain
Vagabond
St. Louis
Byrd
Alumni group to meet at West Virginian hotel
The alumni association will convene this evening at the West Virginian hotel with F. M. Cloyd as president. Light refreshments begin at 6 30, followed by a buffet supper at 7 30, and out of town entertainment is planned for the event.
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V. P
West Virginian
F. M. Cloyd
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Tom Stewart
WHIS
Tom
Charles Dickens
Granada
A. W. Cox Department
Feuchtenberger Bakeries
Speed Gibson
Sunrise Bottling Company
Aletta Jo Looney
Barney Nash
Concord
Alice Marple
Mel Barnett
Stubby
Orren Tucker
Bonnie Baker
NBC Blue
Paul Dudley
Earl Carroll
Gracie Allen
Eric Ce
Pel Servict
Ampood Stores
RADIO
NEWS
Chicago House
H. R. Peyton
the Sun Rise Bottling Co
Newea
Pure Oil Company
Bluefield Woman's Club
Parade OF Bands
American Oi
Vocal Varieties
Alma Kitchel
Cbs
New York City
Lonion
A. W. Cox Shoe Repair
Rm, A
Cox
W. Cox Dept. Store
Enemall
Cox's
Apint
Pharrass
Leros
Hudson Hose
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