Broadcasting (July - Dec 1936)

JUBILESTA — W9XBY took advantage of Kansas City's celebration Sept. 26-Oct. 4 to stage a number of special programs and some good promotion. Having the only booth in the municipal auditorium, W9XBY depicted station activities and operated a temporary studio. In all 58 programs were broadcast, including Bob Burns and other artists. Above is the dinner given in honor of Bob Burns (center). Left to right: Mrs. Clarence Salzer, wife of engineer; Walt Lockman, sports announcer; Clair Heyer, sales manager; Gloria Gipson; Bob Burns Jr.; Ward Keith, program director; Blevins Davis, Jubilesta publicity director; Mrs. Hugh Parks and Hugh Parks, editor of Van Buren Press Argus; G. L. Taylor, vice president of W9XBY, and Mrs. Taylor. BEHIND THE MICROPHONE FRANK AUSTIN, formerly of KSTP, St. Paul, has joined KDYL, Salt Lake City, as an announcer. George Snell, of KDYL, has had his second book published, its title being Root, Hog and Die. Myron Fox, announcer, took the first flight championship in the Salt LaKe City radio-newspaper golf tourney. DONALD HALADAY, formerly of K V S O, Ardmore, Okla., Arthur Schraeder, announcer and operator formerly of WTCN, Minneapolis, and Frank Devaney, announcer and continuity writer, formerly of WLPM, Minot, N. D., have joined WMIN, St. Paul. Other additions are Marie Tolonen, women's activity director, Edith Mack, receptionist and Marjorie Garretson, entertainer, formerly of WXYZ. PAT KELLY, former San Francisco NBC producer, is writing and producing the radio programs for the San Francisco ■ Community Chest which are being presented on the various stations in that city. JACK SAYERS, onetime publicity and script writer of KHJ, Los Angeles, has been appointed chief night announcer of KMTR, Hollywood. IRNA PHILLIPS, author of Today's Children, dramatic serial on NBCRed that is now in its fourth year under the sponsorship of Pillsbury Flour Mills, will leave Chicago Oct. 22 on a South American cruise in search of new material for her story. PETER KRTJG, graduate of St. Lawrence U, has joined the announcing staff of WGY, Schenectady, replacing John Sheehan, who has joined the General Electric publicity department to aid in GE broadcasting activities. CARL A. DOTY, statistician, replaces Barry Rumple in NBC's Chicago headquarters, following Rumple's transfer to the New York offices. ART GILMORE, formerly of KFWB, Hollywood, and other West Coast stations, has joined the announcing staff of KNX, Los Angeles. JAMES COX, new to radio, has joined the continuity staff of KFABKFOR, Lincoln, Neb., replacing Jim Van Liew. DAVID H. HARRIS, production manager of WOOD-WASH, Grand Rapids, and Miss Francis Billings, formerly public relations director of the station, were married in September. T. Wilcox Putnam has returned to WOOD-WASH to take the public relations post. K E N Y O N BROWN, formerly of W9XBY, Kansas City, has joined the announcing staff of Iowa Network. IRMA PERRY, long associated with KOIL, Omaha, and KFAB, Lincoln, Neb., pianist, accompanist, and vocalist, has been named musical director of the two stations. JOHN L. CLARK, formerly of KMOX, St. Louis, has been named program manager of WFIL, Philadelphia, where he will develop new talent and programs. KARL BARRON, formerly of WFBR, Baltimore, has joined the announcing staff of WIP, Philadelphia. TED M a c M U R R Y, engineer of WBBM, Chicago, who was sent to England a year ago to accompany Jack Hylton to America and to produce Hylton's midocean broadcasts, has been promoted to a position on the WBBM-CBS Chicago production staff. MARGARET HARRIS, formerly continuity writer at KSFO, San Francisco, who is now in Hollywood, has been signed for sketch writing on the Shell Chateau program on NBC-Red network. M. DONALD HAMBLY has been made production manager of KRE, Berkeley, Cal., succeeding Jack Bennett, who resigned to join KQW, San Jose, Cal., as announcer and continuity writer. George Stuart, formerly announcer operator at KJBS, San Francisco, has joined KRE in a similar capacity. KRE has also added Gilbert Laing to its staff as announcer-operator. KERBY CUSHING, sports announcer of KYW, Philadelphia, and Miss Elsie Wheaton were married Sept. 27 at Canandaigua, N. Y. JOHN R. McDONNELL, formerly with Northwest stations, has joined KJBS, San Francisco, as announceroperator, succeeding George Stuart, resigned. HARRY De LASAUX has been added to the announcing staff of KYA, San Francisco, succeeding Kenneth Higgins, who resigned to join KFRC, that city, in a similar capacity. De Lasaux, was formerly on the announcing staff of KFSD. San Diego, and prior to that with NBC in San Francisco. EDGAR JACOBS, announcer, has replaced Charles Glover Delaney, who left WFBL, Syracuse, to become commercial manager of WESG, Elmira, N. Y. KATHERINE CUFF, publicity director of WFBL, Syracuse, has resigned effective Oct. 17 to join the staff of Radio Guide, Chicago. RAY BUFFUM, formerly publicity director of KOIL, Omaha, on Oct. 1 became publicity manager of KFWB, Hollywood. HAL METZGER, manager of press and special events departments at WTAM, Cleveland on Oct. 12 was advanced to the position of program director of the station. Robert Dailey. formerly radio editor of the Toledo Blade, becomes manager of the press department on the same date. Mr. Metzger retains the supervision of the special events department under his new assignment. MAURICE A. RIDER has joined KIRO, Seattle, in full charge of news broadcasts. H. R. Langan, former studio manager and chief announcer of KXA, Seattle, and KVOS. Bellingham, Wash., has joined KIRO, as ha* Gordon Bambrick, formerly of KIDO. Boise. LARRY DODDS, formerly of WPAY. Portsmouth, has joined WSAZ, Huntington, W. Va., filling the vacancy caused by the illness of William Herbert. Robert Burns is back after an appendectomy. BRUCE FOUCHE, formerly with WOE press department and Western Newspaper Union, has joined the CBS press department in New York. Other additions are Helen Nolan, formerly of New York American, Jack Skinner, and John Lagemann. EDDY BROWN, concert and radio violinist, has been appointed musical director of W2XR, New York, it was announced Oct. 6 by John V. L. Hogan, president of the Interstate Broadcasting Co. JOSEPH KELLY has resigned from the announcing staff of WLS, Chicago, to devote his time to free lance announcing. He will continue to serve as master of ceremonies on the Saturday evening National Barn Dance broadcasts over NBC. JACK ODELL is back at his announcing post at WAAF, Chicago following a siege of pneumonia. HERB MORRISON, formerly oi KQV, Pittsburgh, has joined the staff of WLS, Chicago, where he will dou ble as announcer and production man FRANK BAKER, for the past sb months in NBC's Chicago continuity department and previously in charge of all broadcasts from the Edgewate; Beach Hotel in Chicago, has beei added to the WLS continuity staff t( handle commercial announcements. JACK HOLDEN, WLS announcer is now playing the role of Tom Mi: in the juvenile serial sponsored b; Ralston Purina Co. five afternoons : week over NBC. Holden joined th program, which was recently moved t>' Chicago after being produced for tw> years in New York, on Oct. 5. EDITH ADAMS, member of thj Girl Alone cast of NBC's Chicago studios, and Paul Dowty, of the CBi. announcing staff, will be married a the First Methodist Church of Evans* ton, 111., on Oct. 16. LARRY KEATING, who recentl' joined the NBC announcing staff i: San Francisco, has taken on the ac ditional duties as master of ceremon ies for the transcontinental Monda evening Carefree Carnival progratf which originates from the Communit Playhouse in that city. HELEN HARTZER. in the accounting department of KFRC. San Frar cisco. has announced her engagemer to Charles Jones, contractor in thn city. Wedding is scheduled for Nov.l JOSEPH ALVIN, formerly a men ber of the Chicago NBC press di partment, has been made assistant t Harold Bock, the network's press rei I resentative in Hollywood, accordin to announcement by Lloyd E. Yode '} NBC western division press depar ment manager in San Francisco. A vin recently was associated with Lor & Thomas in Los Angeles. BERRY KROEGER, formerly witlj KHJ and KNX, early in Octobe joined the announcing staff of KFWI also in Hollywood, replacing Artbr Gilmore who resigned to go wit KNX. HE WHO BUYS WBAL SELLS MARYLAND ■QALTIMORE AND MARYLAND D together comprise the fifth largest market in the United States. WBAL is a basic National Broadcasting Company Blue Network station, and a Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate. Federal surveys show that 63.5 per cent of the rural popu lation of Maryland prefer a clear channel station. WBAL is the only clear channel, high-power station in Baltimore and Maryland. The facts show that WBAL must appear on your list for the most complete coverage of the country's fifth largest market. WBAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND National Representative: HEARST RADIO, INC. NEW YORK • CHICAGO • SAN FRANCISCO • LOS ANGELES Page 52 • October 15, 1936 BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertisin