Roderick Broadcasting Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 19, 1948

78 N.L.R.B. 406 (N.L.R.B. 1948)

In the Matter of RODERICK BROADCASTING CORPORATION, PASO BROAD-
CASTING COMPANY, INC., TRI-STATE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.,
EMPLOYERS and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF RADIO ARTISTS, PETITIONER
Case Nos. 33-RC-41 , 33-RC-42, and 33-RC-43.-Decided July 19,
1948
DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
Upon separate petitions duly filed, a consolidation thereof was
ordered, and a hearing held before a hearing officer of the National
Labor Relations Board. The hearing officer's rulings made at the
hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with
this case to a three-man panel consisting of the undersigned Board
Members.*
Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds :
1. The Employers are engaged in commerce within the meaning of
the National Labor Relations Act.
2. The labor organization named below claims to represent em-
ployees of the Employers.
3. A question affecting commerce exists concerning the representa-
tion of employees of the Employers, within the meaning of Section
9 (c) (1) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act.
4. The following employees of the Employers constitute units
appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the
meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act:
(1) All station announcers employed by the Roderick Broadcasting
Corporation (radio station KROD), El Paso, Texas, including the
news editor, but excluding the program director, all other employees,
and all other supervisors as defined in the Act.
(2) All station announcers employed by the Paso Broadcasting
Company, Inc. (radio station KELP), El Paso, Texas, including
*Chairman Herzog and Members Murdock and Gray.
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Caryl Downey, but excluding the program director, all other em-
ployees, and all other supervisors as defined in the Act.
(3) All station announcers employed by the Tri-State Broadcasting
Company, Inc. (radio station KTSM), ET Paso, Texas, excluding the
program director, the music librarian, all other employees, and all
other supervisors as defined in the Act.
DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
As part of the investigation to ascertain representatives for the
purposes of collective bargaining with the Employers, separate elec-
tions by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible, but not
later than 30 days from the date of this Direction, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Region in which
this case was heard, and subject to Sections 203.61 and 203.62 of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 5,
among the employees in the units found appropriate in paragraph
numbered 4, above, who were employed during the pay-roll period im-
mediately preceding the date of this Direction of Elections, including
employees who did not work during said pay-roll period because they
were ill or on vacation or temporarily laid off, but excluding those em-
ployees who have since quit or been discharged for cause and have not
been rehired or reinstated prior to the date of the elections, and also
excluding employees on strike who are not entitled to reinstatement,
to determine whether or not they desire to be represented, for purposes
of collective bargaining, by American Federation of Radio Artists.