Rudy Vallee's devout theme song, My Time Is Your Time, went back on the air last week after ten months off. So, for a lot of other programs, did a lot of other tunes whose rights are held by the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers. ASCAP and the two big networks, NBC and CBS, had finally ended their bitter tiff, signed on the dotted line.
Terms of the contracts were substantially those agreed on with NBC in August (TIME, Aug. 11). It took three months to get affiliated stations to ratify, though the stations are the principal beneficiaries. Instead of...
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