Broadcasting (July - Dec 1939)

I BOB HOWELL, formerly of WNLC, j Xew London, Conn., has joined the sales department of "WELL Xew Hav j en. Vincent Palmeri has transferred from the WELI publicity dei^artment I to continuity, and is succeeded hy ! Richard Carlson. Bill Reeves has been I named chief of the news department. ! succeeding Sidney Gollubolf. Bud I Finch has joined the TVELI announcI ing stafi^. I FRANK DOUGHERTY, head of the il supply department of WIP. Philai| delphia, sailed from Xew York Oct. il 6 on the Santa Lucia for Guayaquil. Ij Ecuador, where he will join the staff ;i of the Ministry of Industry. Thomas Gill has succeeded him at WIP. PAUL S. FARRELLE, formerly of I KROY, Sacramento, has joined the announcing staff of KPMC. BakersI field. Cal. j GAXUS SCARBOROUGH, formerly j of WJBY. Gadsden, and WBRC. Birmingham, has joined the announcI ing staff of WHMA, Anniston. Ala. j LIXCOLX P. SIINLMOXDS. of Texas State Xetwork. has returned to ! work in Fort Worth following a successful eye operation and five weeks I confinement in a Xew York hospital. ' SIDXEY WALTOX. former announc! er of WOR. Xewark. on Oct. 1 joined rhe station's news staff with a daily 4 p. m. Transradio period. Floyd Mack, formerly announcer of the Don j Lee Xetwork, has joined the WOR ,1 announcing staff on a permanent basis after a temporary position this past summer, and Al Heifer, who assisted ' Red Barber with baseball broadcasts this summer, has returned to the station's regular announcing staff. ED MASOX. announcer of WLW. ( Cincinnati, and George Biggar. pro; gram director of the station, recently won first and second prize, respective, ly, in a muzzle-loading rifle contest staged by the Ohio Valley Coon Dog I Assn. at Dillsboro. Ind. ! KEX ALLY'X. formerly of the XBC ,j guest relations staff. has joined J WRTD. Richmond. Va.. as special ,! events announcer. Hugh Carl.vle. Car' negie Tech graduate, has replaced Peco Gleason as head of the WRTD .sports department. EMERSOX SMITH, formerly with XBC in San Francisco, has joined the announcing and production staff of KDYL. Salt Lake City. Mildred Baker has joined the KDYL continuity de I I partment. i FRAX'K WILLIS, who returned early I this summer from an exchange post with the Australian Broadcasting ■ Commrssion, is now stationed at the I Toronto production headquarters of Canadian Broadcasting Corp. ' WILBUR CORLEY. announcer of j WIXD, Gary, Ind., is to marrv Mi.ss I Audrey Miller Oct. 21. DOX McXAMARA. chief announcer of KMTR, Hollywood, has resigned \ to join KFI, Los Angeles. ij HUGH fBud) ERXST Jr.. produr, tion manager of KMTR, Hollywood, I for 10 months, has resigned. His suc!y eessor is Mort Werner, formerly assistant to Ernst. WALTER KELSEY has resigned as musical director of KPO-KGO, San i Francisco, but will remain on staff as ! i a conducter and violinist. The post I will not be filled. M THOMAS D. COXXOLLY, assistant to Victor M. Ratner. CBS director of sales promotion, on Oct. 10 spoke on "Covering the Market by Radio" before the X'ational Canvas Goods Manufacturers A.ssn., at the Hotel Xew Yorker, Xew York. Using as a basi.s the figures that 28 million families in America own over 41 million radio ■ sets and spend an average of more than five hours daily listening to their sets, Mr. Connolly proved that radio produces results for advertisers in this tremendous market by telling of the rise in net profits as a result of radio advertising for a gum manufacturer, a silverware producer and one of the largest of the food advertisers. BALTIMORE-"TEST-TUBE" CITY! Get a representative reaction by trying out your advertising formula here: I or ABlQ, Market A CiTY AN^ DIVERSIFIED MARKET fe?^ 20J different industrial cfassjj* ^ Violent busmen OF URBAN ^ AHt> RURAi; m '^'•-•■■i farming INEXPENSI^^ ^ MARKET covep ONE statiof. can do the jo" WFBR is Baltimore's leading radio stationfirst in popularity first in advertising first in showmanship I BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising October 15, 1939 • Page 47