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From the MCRFB radio scrapbook: 1947
Detroit’s WJBK Dropping All Religious Commercial Shows
DETROIT (November 8) — An almost complete turn-about of programming at WJBK, which has been in the works since the station was taken over in July by Fort Industries Corporation, becomes a reality November 16. Latest decision is to drop all religious commercial shows (which have accounted for about 15 hours a week on the station) except from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays.
Heaviest hit will be the Temple Baptist Church, which as carried eight half-hours on the station under the the direction of the Reverend J. Frank Norris, who recently had an audience with the pope. Nearly a dozen other groups, including Protestant denomination and Catholic churches, are affected.
Other Stations Sought
Stanley Altschuler, now head of the Stanley Advertising Agency here, and formerly foreign and religious director at WJBK, is attempting to find time for some of the groups on some other Detroit stations.
WJBK will continue to find sustaining time for some other religious shows, including a program for the Detroit Ministerial Association and the Ave Marie Hour.
In addition, WJBK becomes completely English in programming this week with the Polish Variety Hour, a two-hour show which has been running six days a week with one hour on Sunday afternoon, being taken off the air. The station formerly carried some 15 foreign language groups but has been steadily dropping them with one hour on Sunday afternoon, being taken off the air. The station formerly carried some 15 foreign language groups but has been steadily dropping them since the present management took over. The current Polish show is the last to go.
Most of these shows have been switched to WJLB, another 250-watter, which has taken over the Czech, Lith, Hungarian, Serb, Croat and Syrian shows, which were formerly on WJBK. On Monday (November 8) the Italian American Hour, formerly on WJBK five days a week at 8 p.m., and half an hour Sunday at 3 p.m., is starting over inside WJLB for half an hour at 9:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
The switch has made WJLB practically the only foreign language outlet of the Detroit area, a rating they once shared with WJBK. Altschuler is supervising several of the WJLB programs, but now has no official connection with the station. His agency, however, is selling time on several of the programs, inasmuch as all these foreign language shows are handled on a participating basis.
At least one religious group which got airtime from WJBK is understood to be planning an appeal to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). However a local committee which appealed to the FCC on the foreign language issue a few weeks ago was turned down and it is not expected that the religious group will have a different outcome to the effect just the same. WJBK’s position is that the change will be for better programming in the interest of the majority listener audience. END
(Information and news source: Billboard; November 15, 1947).
From the MCRFB music calendar:
Events on this date: SEPTEMBER 17
1931: RCA Victor unveils its new invention, the 33 1/3 rpm or long-playing “LP” record, at the Savoy Plaza Hotel in New York. However, the company badly overprices the record players themselves, leaving the new format to lie dormant for years until Columbia Records revives it in 1948.
1952: Frank Sinatra records his final session for Columbia; he will be dropped from the label due to poor sales, but rebounds the following year after signing to Capitol and singing more “mature” fare.
1955: The Perry Como Show moves to NBC-TV, expanding from three 15-minute programs per week to a one-hour long variety show on Saturday nights.
1955: After deejays keep complaining that Les Paul’s “Magic Melody” single ends abruptly, Capitol Records releases the shortest single of all time, Les Paul’s “Magic Melody Part 2,” which is merely the final two notes of the old “shave and a haircut” tag. Released only as a promo, it last exactly one second.
1956: The BBC bans Bill Haley’s new single “Rockin’ Through The Rye,” based on the 17th-century tune Scottish tune “Comin’ Through The Rye,” to avoid offending its Scot listeners.
1964: The Beatles breaks with established practice and agree to add an extra date to their current US tour after the British band is offered a then-record $150,000 by the owner of the Kansas City (Missouri) Athletics to perform a concert at Kansas City Municipal Stadium. The Beatles cannily add their medley of “Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!” to their setlist, the only time they would play this song in during their North American tour. Afterward, their hotel manager sells their unwashed bedsheets to a couple of businessmen from Chicago, who promptly cut them up in 2×2 inch squares and sells them at $10.00 a pop.
1967: Appearing on CBS-TV the Ed Sullivan Show, the Doors are asked to change the line “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher” in their hit, Light My Fire. Lead singer Jim Morrison agrees, then sings the “restricted” references in the line anyway, leading to a permanent ban from the show.
1967: In an ill-advised move, Keith Moon from the Who rigs his bass drum to explode at the end of “My Generation” during the group’s appearance on CBS-TV’s Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Unfortunately, a stage-hand packs far too much explosives into the drum, and the resulting explosion damages Keith’s leg, and causes permanent hearing damage to guitarist Pete Townsend.
1969: Tiny Tim announces his forthcoming marriage to “Miss Vicki” Budinger, which would break records for viewership when the ceremony is broadcast on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show. The two are separated three years later, and the couple are divorced in 1977.
1975: Mayor Stephen Juba of Winnepeg, Canada, declares today “Guess Who Day” in honor of the Canadian band (of hit songs fame: “These Eyes,” “American Woman,” “Laughing,” “Share The Land,” “Undun”) in honor of its native sons.
1997: Fleetwood Mac begins their first tour in 20 years at the Meadows Music Theater in Hartford, CT.
2007: Barry Manilow cancels his upcoming appearance on ABC-TV’s The View after learning he would not be allowed to ignore conservative co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
Deaths: Rob Tyner (MC5), 1991; Jessie Hill, 1996; Frankie Vaughan, 1999; Al Casey, 2006.
Releases: 1962: “Anna (Go To Him),” Arthur Alexander.
Recording: 1955: “Sixteen Tons,” Tennessee Ernie Ford. 1960: “Walk Right Back,” Everly Brothers. 1968: “Love Child,” Supremes. 1973: “Piano Man,” Billy Joel. 1974: “Shelter From The Storm,” “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go,” Bob Dylan.
Charts: None for this date —
Certifications: 1968: “Stone Soul Picnic,” 5th Dimension; certified gold by the RIAA.
And that’s just a few of the events which took place in pop music history on this day — 