Sponsor (Jan-June 1955)

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SP j I..-J4 MR WM S HEDGE: N^c-ROOM 604 ZD ROCKCFCLLER PLAZA N r yu y 3 ° K rO N Y 1 i magazine radio ind tv advertisers use 10 JANUARY 1955 50< per copy«$8 per year map shows the tremendou; gulf which separates Omaha's leading radio stations audience-wise. e"d: Solid line — KOWH share of audience. Broken — second station's share.* legend: KOWH quarter-hour averages run as high as i%, no lower than 30.5%. KOWH leads in 36 of 40 time quarters. More sets were tuned to KOWH than to Data from latest available Hooper "Quarter Hour Averages," 8 a.m. to 6 p m., Monday through Saturday the other stations combined in 18 periods. Latest Hooper: (Nov.-Dec.) KOWH, 46.5%, second station, 22.3%. This man-made gulf is created by the Mid-Continent formula: engaging personalities, spinning top tunes, talking good sense, handling the news to Omaha's taste. For a tour de force, see your travel agent — the H-R man, or talk to KOWH General Manager, Virgil Sharpe. CONTINENT BROADCASTING COMPANY President: Todd Storz KOWH OMAHA Represented by John Blair & Co. ■■ irleans Represented by Adam J. Young, Jr. KOWI Represented by H-R, Reps, Inc. Key questions from admen on the radio-tv year ahead page 37 Ford's "This Ole House" jingle: a radio saga page 40 pa Spot radio facts: will the "Iron Cur in" lift in '55? age 42 Sunbeam Corp.: from nothing to $3 million on tv in two years page 44 HOW MANY I I COMMERCIALS? age 46 "Radio never went away": Worth Kramer cites radio progress page 48 How radio forced distribution for cement coating page 50