Broadcasting (Oct 1931-Dec 1932)

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GATEWAY to THE GREAT NORTHWEST MINNEAPOLIS \|TCCO SAINT PAUL 50,000 WATTS Cleared Channel 810 Kilocycles Full Time •With its new 50,000-watt Western Electric transmitter, WCCO enters upon a new era of service as the radio gateway to the threequarters of a million receiving sets in the Great Northwest. • You can tell your story to each one of these three-quarters of a million radio-equipped homes, fifteen minutes in the daytime, for thirteen one-thousandths of a cent — 750 homes for a dime. • Use radio for your selling message where radio reception is at its best — and where you have a 50,000-watt station to deliver it. W CCD's Commercial Rates, Effective September 1, 1932: Six to Ten-Thirty P. M. One Hour One-half Hour Fifteen Minutes All Other Hours One Hour One-half Hour Fifteen Minutes Ten Minutes Five Minutes 1-12 13-25 26-51 52-103 $425 $403.75 $393.00 $382.50 265 251.75 245.00 238.50 160 152.00 148.00 144.00 $275 $261.25 $254.25 $247.50 165 156.75 152.75 148.50 100 95.00 92.50 90.00 75 71.25 69.50 67.50 45 42.75 41.75 40.50 Announcements: 1 Announcement per week 2 Announcements per week 3 Announcements per week 4 Announcements per week 5 Announcements per week 6 Announcements per week Morning Time Signal 7:00-9:00 a.m. $25 45 60 75 88 100 Nooii 12:00-1:00 p.m. $35 63 84 105 123 140 NORTHWESTERN BROADCASTING, Inc. H. A. BELLOvVS, Pres. Offices: Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis E. H. GAMMONS, Vice Pres. BROADCASTING • September 1, 1932n