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...fight between ASCAP and the major broadcasting chains neared a climax, the Federal Government intervened...
...Indicting ASCAP as a monopoly...
...Setting up the B.M.I, to rival ASCAP...
When the networks had to drop ASCAP tunes and arrangements from the U. S. air, they ordered many a swingster to stifle his hot-licks for fear of violating an ASCAP copyright. That was hard on many a younger listener. Aside from hot record programs from independent stations, only reasonably warm music on the radio was the show called ASCAP on Parade, aired by an independent chain on Saturday night. Last week, officially because Producer Billy Rose was too busy with private matters to handle it, more probably because ASCAP was toying with compromise, ASCAP on Parade was withdrawn...
...fear had WJZ headmen that ASCAP monitors would find Goodman poaching on the Society's preserves. His improvisations were never written by anybody, and most of the tunes he uses are of his own non-ASCAP concoction. Since his band plays better when jitterbugs jig, WJZ provided space for the more delirious members of the audience to strut their stuff. Feature of each broadcast is incidental jazz shop talk by Maestro Goodman, retailing in the self-conscious argot of swing the doings of various other popular musical heroes. Sample chatter...