Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

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From 6:30 to 7:00, five mornings a week, farmers lake time off from their chores to listen to John Merri field, WWJ's eapahle farm editor. He not only presents weather news, market data, farm commentary, and other farm news of usual interest, hut he has traveled more than 15,000 miles the past vear through the prosperous farm areas of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio to make I ~>° transcribed and direet-wire hroadeasls of unusual on-t he-farm happenings. To make "The Farm Story" the most lislened-to and most authentic of all farm programs, John Merrifield has talked to several thousand farm people and farm leaders, visited numerous farm houses, attended fairs and expositions, eattle sales, etc. He has entertained almost 500 guests and experts, spoken hefore 26 farm organizations, sat in with more than 70 farm planning meetings and spent countless hours in researeh. And he has interviewed on his program a diversity of personalities that run the gamut from the Governor and State College speeialists to farmers, their wives and their children. "'The Farm Story" is another example of why WW J — The Detroit Mews is first in puhlie service and first in puhlie acceptance of its programs and the products advertised on it. FIRST IN DETROIT . . . Owned end Operated by THE DETROIT NEWS N ionol Representatives: THE GEORGE P. HOlllNGBERY COMPANY Associate Televis e Station WW) TV Sane NBC Alliliatr AM — 950 KILOCYCLtS— S000 WATTS fM — CHANNU 746 — 97.1 MeGACYCLlS