Swing (Jan-Dec 1953)

Record Details:

Title:
Swing
Date:
Jan-Dec 1953
Publisher:
Kansas City : WHB Broadcasting Co.
Volume:
Swing (Jan-Dec 1953)
Leaf #:
000281
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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Old Days at WHB" prise, as he sang "For You" . . . WHB's Ad Club show at the Kansas City Club when De Wolf Hopper did his wonderful "Casey at the Bat" and Russ Pratt, in the guise of an English radio man, preceded Ed Kobak's fine speech with the most sensational half-hour I ever heard . . . that hillbilly woman singer who put on complete stage make-up including beaded eyelashes for every performance . . . Cec Widdifield's wonderful French accent on a Lucky Tiger hair tonic program . . . Jack Todd's fan who wrote him passionate love letters every day and signed them, after pouring out her undying love in every line, "Yours Truly." . . . Blanche La Bow and her songs . . . ethereal Belle Nevins . . . the Northside Municipal Court broadcasts and the laughs we had over the characters — including all the "John Does" who were pinched in a Chesterfield Club raid. "The Story Behind the Song" was a brainchild of mine and, I understand, went on for years. And "Kitty Kelly" and "Montgomery Ward's Christmas Lady" and all those others I used to write and announce. I should probably be proudest of a slogan I coined for the Gorman Furniture Company — "B. Gormanwise, Economize." Yipe! There weren't singing commercials then, but we sang 'em! Any of us — including salesmen — pinch hit when an announcer didn't get to the microphone on time. Even Goldie and WAUHILLAU LAHAY "THE GADABOUT" John T. Schilling used to be heard occasionally. And those parties Charlie Cook used to give for us! WHAT food! John Wahlstedt always sang and Lou O'Connor played and the whole gang entertained. Doggone it, Don and John, can I come back? THE "JUBILESTA" OPENING ★ 1936 BRYCE B. SMITH DICK SMITH DAVE RUBINOFF GEORGE GOLDMAN BEN BERNIE HENRY F. McELROY BOB BURNS RUSSELL LUGER JOHN CAMERON SWAYZE