Broadcasting (Jan - June 1941)

IB ILL TRBDWAY, formerly of KFBB, Great Falls, Mont., has joined '.KTRI, Sioux City, to handle all home baseball broadcasts for the Sioux City team. ;CARL RAYMOND, of the announe:ing staff of WGY, Schenectady, re/cently returned to his home in Locksport, N. Y., to marry Dorothy West. DOROTHY RICE, of the music rights idepartment of WGY, Schenectady, was recently married to Frank Barnes, electrical engineer, graduate of Stanford U and native of Wrangel, Alaska. EDITH NATALIE STARK, formerly of the Buffalo Evening News and WBEN, has succeeded Peggy Stokes ias conductor of Musical Matinee on WGY, Schenectady. RALPH MADDOX, formerly of * WJDX, Jackson, Miss., and NBC in Chicago, has joined WFAA-KGKO, Dallas, as announcer and producer. DAN HOSMER, character actor with CBS, NBC and Mutual in Chicago, Qow with KSO-KRNT, Des Moines, is writing and producing a new program, Brandin' Time, a dramatization [,i3f western tunes. WILL DOUGLAS, of WKBN, .Youngstown, has been assigned to an}iiounce band broadcasts from the Mil'ijlion Dollar Mansion ; Wayne Johnson ;s scheduled for the Yankee Lake jaroadcasts and Dwight Merriam will innounce at Idora Park. HERBERT MORRISON, publicity coordinator, and Irma Loomis, mer;handising staff, have joined WCAE, Pittsburgh. MAURIE WEBSTER, CBS Hollyivood announcer-producer, was to report for U. S. Navy duty June 16. DOUGLAS WAY, former newscaster |V)f WWRL, New York, and previously khief announcer of WFBM, Indianapn:)lis, has joined the New York headquarters staff of AFRA. DAYTON LUMMIS, announcer and ormer NBC and CBS actor in New fork and on the West Coast, has )een appointed dramatic director of WCAM, Camden, N. J. iRTHUR ZAPEL Jr., formerly of WCLS, Joliet, 111., has joined WKZO, Kalamazoo, Mich., as announcer and ■ontinuity assistant. BOB SPARKS, announcer of WOL, jfSVashington, married Edna Amtos, of iLansdale, Pa., June 12. "JAIPH J. ABODAHER, continuity lirector of WKZO, Kalamazoo, Mich., |S author of an article appearing in a iiational monthly on Charlie Gehringer, iDetroit baseball player. rOHN HENRY, sports announcer of VKZO, Kalamazoo, Mich., is the jather of twins, Sharen Lee and Karen jee. BEAUTY PREPARATIONS ' MANUFACTURER ^w^... V-P in Charge of Advertising wrifes —"I just wanted you 'to know that. ..our V-P in Chargeof Sales and I thoroughly appreciate the fine cooperation which you have been giving. ..our representative in your area. 50,000 WArm Mr. Wiseman Bill Wiseman Appointed WOW Promotion Head BILL WISEMAN has been named promotion manager of WOW, Omaha, succeeding Howard 0. Peterson, according to John J. Gillin Jr., general manager of the station. Mr. Wiseman also will continue as publicity manager of the station and editor of the WOW Tower Magazine, which won the St. Louis U award as the outstanding radio station publication at the NAB Convention in St. Louis. Mr. Peterson will remain with WOW as local sales and research manager. In his new post Mr. Wiseman will handle both consumer and advertising promotion, along with publicity, merchandising and other promotion activities. Before joining WOW four years ago, he was in newspaper work in Omaha, serving as promotion manager of the Omaha Bee-News for five years until that paper ceased publication. Mr. Peterson joined the station five years ago, after serving as advertising manager of the Omaha store of Sears, Roebuck & Co. DAVID C. TEAGUE, feature writer for the Sunday editions of the Chicago Times, on June 16 joins the CBS publicity department as a staff writer. IAN WYTHE WILLIAMS, 23-yearold son of Wythe Williams, MBS news analyst, has volunteered for service in the Army and is awaiting orders. BILL CRAWFORD, assistant promotion chief of WOR, New York, on June 7 married Jean Chatterley. ELIZABETH SHAY, of the NBC production division, will direct four plays at the Monomoy Theater, Chatham, Mass., during July. SYDNEY MO SELF Y, news commentator of WMCA, New York, and English journalist, is writing his impressions on American radio to be published this fall in book form. PHIL McKERNON, announcer-operator, formerly with San Francisco stations, recently joined KHSL, Chico, Cal. CHARLES CONKLIN has joined the traffic department of WOAI, San Antonio. Ben Kaplan has been assigned to the news desk. Reilly to Defense Post JACK REILLY, manager of KOY, Phoenix, was appointed June 6 to the post of commissioner of defense for the City of Phoenix by Mayor Reed Shupe and the city council. In his new position, which is an official city office, Mr. Reilly will coordinate all defense activities within the city. The KOY manager is also a member of the community defense council in charge of recreational facilities; chairman of the American Legion committee to provide club facilities for Army personnel; and is Phoenix campaign manager for the USO drive. IROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising KHJ Personnel Shifts GENERAL promotional shifts took effect for KHJ, Los Angeles, personnel on June 5. Harry Gerkstenkorn, merchandising director, has joined the general sales staff of the Don Lee network. Edward Kemble, former commercial traffic manager, became sales promotion manager, while Emily Peters was named to the commercial post. Sally Austin, formerly secretary to James Burton, production manager, assumed Miss Peters' former duties as secretary to Van C. Newkirk, program director. Mary Ellen Ryan, of the script department, moved into the production department's secretarial vacancy. TO ANNOUNCE to employers and employes the inauguration of the Unemployment Insurance Plan on July 1. the Canadian government used live spot announcements on 22 Canadian stations during the first half of June. Sparkles Series QUAKER OATS Co., Chicago, is currently running a one-month campaign for Sparkles, cereal, on WRC, Washington, using time signals and station break announcements. Sponsor is also using Orphan Amiie transcriptions on WHP, Harrisburg. Pa., for the same product. Contracts expire in July. Agency is Ruthrauff & Ryan, Chicago. Mrs. Ray Myers MRS. RAY MYERS, known professionally as Mary (Bubbles) Kelly, 46, radio and vaudeville actress, died June 7 at her Hollywood home. In show business for 30 years. Miss Kelly started her career in stock company work and in recent years turned to radio, appearing as a comedienne on programs with Burns & Allen, AI Pearce and Jack Benny. Surviving is her husband, Ray Myers. 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