Swing (Jan-Dec 1953)

Record Details:

Title:
Swing
Date:
Jan-Dec 1953
Publisher:
Kansas City : WHB Broadcasting Co.
Volume:
Swing (Jan-Dec 1953)
Leaf #:
00099
Language:
English
Subjects:
Radio broadcasting -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Periodicals, Radio broadcasting -- Kansas -- Periodicals","WHB-AM (Radio station : Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Kan.) -- History -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Mo.) -- History -- Periodicals","Cook Paint and Varnish Co. -- Periodicals","WHB Broadcasting Company (Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals.
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The official magazine of Kansas City's WHB radio station, SWING printed far more than the station's schedule (which, as the title SWING suggested, relied heavily on music). From 1945 to 1953, SWING offered readers something eclectic every month -- profiles of entertainers on one page, discussions of citizenship in the postwar world on the next, with write-ups of nightlife offerings in KC, Chicago, and New York mixed in. WHB spent decades lobbying the FCC for clear channel status; the magazine's ambitious scope may have been part of the station's attempt to legitimate itself. But it was SWING'S first editor, Jetta Carleton, who later wrote a celebrated novel, that gave the magazine its distinctive style. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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NITE OF SPORTS 93 All of them enjoyed the favorite stories of the eighteen speakers — and it was with a start that the assemblage realized it was eleven o'clock when the party broke up! If there was a central theme it was the presentation of three citations: To Ernie Nevel for his no-hit, no-run game in the final game of the Kansas City Blues season; to Al Conway, William Jewell halfback who led the nation's small colleges in scoring; and to Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, the nation's No. 1 basketball coach last year. While the theme was friendliness and a good time, there was the serious side. It included a moment's silence for those sports figures who left the sports scene in 1952; a moving description by Allen of the Olympic games; and the report that Charles "Kid" Nichols, Kansas City's only entry in Baseball's Hall of Fame, was very ill at his home. The list of distinguished guests was impressive. (See photos on page 70 and 71.) Well-known golf pros represented their sport. Steve Aleshi, who has won just about every fly-casting championship there is to win, was present; and the press and radio had a table. Take it from those who have attended sports parties all over the nation, there is nothing quite like Kansas City's "Nite of Sports." Take it from his friends, there isn't anyone quite like Sammy Dubin! NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH A certain clergyman was known for his shrewd and humorous expressions. In the pulpit he maintained a grave and orderly manner. Occasionally, if emergency required, he introduced something queer in a sermon for the sake of arousing the flagging attention of his listeners. Seeing that his congregation was getting sleepy one Sunday he paused in his discourse and said: "My dear friends, you haven't any idea of the sufferings of our missionaries in foreign lands. The mosquitos in the tropics, for instance, are terrible. Some of them are enormous. A great many of them weigh a pound and they get on logs and bark when missionaries come along." This aroused the people. When he had finished his sermon members of his congregation called him to account for telling fibs in his pulpit. "There never was a mosquito that weighed a pound," said one member. "But I didn't say that one of them weighed a pound," replied the minister, "I said that a great many of them weighed a pound, and I believe a million of them would weigh a pound." "But you said they barked at missionaries," the member persisted. "No, no," the minister replied, "I just said that they would get on logs and bark. Logs do have bark on them you know, and while we're on the subject, Brother Smith, is it possible that you got your dreams mixed up with part of the sermon?" — Louis ]. Mihalich ▲ Wifey was at it again. "I gave up everything when I married you," she said. "The heck you did," replied her harried husband. "You didn't give up talking." "Tell me," said the sweet young thing, as she tripped up to the bank teller's window, "how do I make out a check so it comes from my husband's side of our joint account?"