Broadcasting (July - Dec 1938)

FRANK L. KELLOGG, FCC field inspector, has been transferred from San Francisco to Los Angeles. ! G. STANLEY McALLISTER, CBS New York manager of construction and building operations, visited the West Coast late in August to inspect the new CBS Hollywood and San Francisco studios and transmitters. E. K. COHAN, CBS technical director, is in Hollywood checking the new KNX transmitter, which will be dedicated Sept. 16. JOSEPH BAUER, of KFRO, Longview, Tex., resigned recently to return to Denver and join Western Electric \ Co. Grady Sheppard, formerly of KICA, Clovis, N. M., replaced him on the KFRO engineering staff. TED KENNEY, of KDKA, Pittsburgh, is the father of an 8%-pound girl, Virginia Ann, born recently. EUGENE T. GOLDRUP. chief engineer of KGMB and KHBC, Honolulu, recently visited in San Francisco. KELLOGG FALLS, formerly a radio operator with Braniff Air Lines, has joined KVRS, new station being constructed at Rock Springs, Wyo., as operator and announcer. ROGER JENKINS has joined the engineering staff of WLAK, Lakeland, Fla. NBC, anticipating a heavy West Coast originating fall schedule and preparing to open its new Hollywood studios in early October, has transferred three studio engineers there. They are John F. Morris and H. F. Hicks, of Chicago, and J. R. O'Kelly, New York. I Personality + KXL § PORTLAND OREQON § Pacific Northwest f Coverage Group § Member of § KFpy t KRSC | KGIR § KPFA Spokane Seattle Butte § § § § Transcribed Hearings WOL, Washington, has been transcribing the proceedings of the Dies committee's Congressional investigation of un-American activities daily under the direction of Fulton Lewis Jr., Mutual Network commentator. Radioscriptions Inc., Washington transcription firm, records the colloquies, which are then edited by Mr. Lewis and used as part of his daily MBS broadcasts. KDYL Dedicating New Transmitter EXPLOITING its new transmitter installation, KDYL, Salt Lake City, goes on the air Sept. 5 with an RCA 5-D 5,000-watt transmitter, a new 400-foot Blaw-Knox vertical radiator and a complete speech input system of RCA and WE equipment. A new transmitter building housing the equipment, designed along the most advanced and approved lines, has been completed and is landscaped with shrubs and a sunken garden fronting U. S. Highway 50. Publicizing the new installation, KDYL presented a complete section in local newspapers carrying stories of the station's achievements from its inception in 1922, double-truck spreads with pictures of the new transmitter and the entire staff of the station. An* intensive campaign throughout KDYL's coverage area is backing up the air exploitation. The latter included a salute by NBC, and a threeday inaugural celebration conducted from the station's own Radio Playhouse. Opening program, presented before an audience of 400 guests, included salutations by outstanding civic leaders, and during the course of the program Governor Blood threw the switch turning on the new transmitter. CAPITOL RADIO Engineering Institute, Washington, D. C, has issued a 50-page illustrated catalogue of its plant and radio engineering courses, on the occasion of the opening of its handsome new building at 16th St. and Park Road. FRANK V. BECKER, chief engineer of WFIL, Philadelphia, is planning a two month tour of Europe late this fall to study television in England and on the continent. RESULT vwve S777T-1 MEMPHIS is the best teacher Free! Write today for your copy of this illustrated /oWcr— "New Standards for Vertical Radiators'*. In your request please state location, power and frequency of station. -LINGO STABILITY is the best proof! Since 1897 JOHN E. LINGO & SON, Inc., has been constructing and erecting vertical structures. They are in service throughout the United States and in all the U. S. possessions. As early as 1926 Lingo tubular steel towers were installed for the U. S. Government. In spite of tropical hurricanes and wear of the years . . . there HAS NEVER BEEN A LINGO FAILURE. Upon this record of experience and achievement of stability . . . we present the Lingo "Tube" Radiator to fulfill your requirements with maximum efficiency at a minimum of cost. John E. Lingo & Son, Inc. Dept. B9 Camden, N. J. SELLS THE IVERTICA MID-SOUTH Owned and operated by THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL "The South's Greatest Newspaper " NBC RED NETWORK Helena BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising REPRESENTED BY: THE BRANHAM COMPANY RADIATORS September 1, 1938 • Page 63