Broadcasting (July - Dec 1942)

XORMAN I'AGE, aunouucer of WEBC. Diiluth, has joined the Navy. Katherine Cooke, continuity staif, has resigned to join the advertising office of a Twin City wholesale grocery firm. Eleanor Barne.v. a recent graduate of tlie TJ of Minnesota has been appointed promotion dii'ector to succeed John W. Miller, resigned. JEAN LAFOREST aud Armande Lobruu of CKCH, Hull, Que., were married recently. Commission for Ray WILLIAM T. RAY, young Negro businessman of Cleveland, and former narrator on the Sunday morning Negro Business Hour on WHK, Cleveland, is shortly to be commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army's Chemical Warfare Service. Mr. Ray won three scholarships as an undergraduate at Oberlin College and, while a narrator for WHK, was sales manager for a furniture and appliance business in Cleveland. FOR BRAND NEW C. G. RENIER, program manager of KMOX, St. Louis, and Robert Louis Shayon, producer-director of MBS, have joined CBS as producerdirectors under the direction of Douglas Coulter, CBS assistant director of broadcasts. PAUL FOGARTY, producer and writer of WGN, Chicago, and author of the newspaper comic strip "Draftie", on Aug. 1 married Elizabeth Saclcley Davis of Chicago. NEVA PATTERSON, formerly singer of Cee Davidson's orchestra, has joined WBBM, Chicago as regular vocalist on Yictory Matinee, weekday hour and a quarter variety program. WARREN GERARD, formerly of WLEU, Erie, Pa., has joined the announcing staff of WCAE, Pittsburgh. BETTY BAKER has joined the program staff of WCAE, Pittsburgh, replacing Kay Conners who is marrying Phil Davis, continuity chief of WCAE. FRED OHL, program director of KWKH, Shreveport, La., is the father of twins, born last month. AMERICA'S LEADING FOREIGN LANGUAGE STATION STOP LOOK LISTEN and consider that we cover a Polish Population greater than 96% of the Communities in the United States. 550,000* in all . . . into the fact that $250,000,000 is spent yearly for daily necessities, by these Polish Families in the Metropolitan Area. to the success story of 14 advertisers using our Polish hours for a total of 73** years. Interested? Let us help you get a share of this business. • XJ. S. 19i0 Census Figures 1480 Kilocycles DetaUa on Request Full Time Operation WHOM JOSEPH LANG, Gen. Mgr. Tel.— PLaza 3-4204 29 West 57th Street, N.Y.C. FRANK ENDERSBE, sports announcer of KYSM, Mankato, Minn., has joined the armed forces, being replaced by Bob Redeen. HARLAND TUCKER, former stage, screen and network actor, has joined KGW-KEX, Portland, Ore. TOMMY BUILTA, formerly announcer on CBS Scattergood Baines has joined the announcing staff of W67C, FM adjunct of WBBM, Chicago. RODERICK G. O'CONNOR, formerly announcer of WJJD, Chicago, has joined the announcing staff of WGN, Chicago. RAY McGUIRE, announcer, formerly of WNOE, New Orleans, has joined KSFO, San Francisco. HENRY LUNDQUIST, formerly in charge of deliense programs of WEEI, Boston is now with Navy public relations in Boston as lieutenant (j.g.). EVERETT HOWARD and Morton Cohn. announcers of WCHS, Charleston, W. Va., have been inducted into the Army and are stationed at Ft. Knox, Ky. BRANDON SHAFER has been appointed news editor of WLOL. Minneapolis, succeeding Benedict Hardman who resigned due to illness. TOM LITTLE, formerly business manager of the Macon Peaches baseball team, is a new announcer at WBML, Macon. EDDIE ALBRIGHT, Hollywood commentator, has been appointed a civilian defense counsellor and during his five-weekly quarter-hour program on KHJ, that city, gives information supplied by the Civilian Defense Council. ED HELWICK, Hollywood writer of J. Walter Thompson Co., on the NBC Kraft Music Hall, has been inducted into the Army. WALLY REEF, former night editor, is now news manager of KFEL, Denver, replacing Bill Walsh. Bill Foulis transfers from announcing to the KFEL news room. J. HOWARD ACKLEY, former traffic manager and chief announcer, is now industrial relations representative of WOWO-WGL, Ft. Wayne. DAVE WISNER, announcer of WIBW, Topeka, reported Aug. 1 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., as a volunteer officer candidate. Al Franklin, of Topeka will replace Wisner. JACK LAURENCE, announcer of WELI, New Haven, has enlisted in the Marine Corps. JACK KINZEL, chief announcer of KIRO, Seattle, has been called to active duty as an ensign in the Naval Reserve. Carroll Foster, another former KIRO announcer, recently was awarded a senior lieutenant rating. BILL MALONE of the promotion department of WOWO-WGL, Fort Wayne, has been named on the merchandising committee of the Fort Wayne Drug Club. DON DOUGLAS has left the announcing staff of WTTM, Trenton, N. J., to do FM work. John Leslie Scott, formerly of WAKR, Akron, has joined the WTTM announcing staff. JIMMY WILSON, formerly with WRC-WMAL, Washington, and before that program manager of WWL, New Orleans, has joined the announcing staff of WWDC, Washington. ROD BELCHER has been named news editor and Elwood Thompson has become an announcer of KGVO, Missoula, Mont. Margaret Leppert Peterson is women's program director, replacing Dorothy Burgess, resigned. PAUL LONG, announcer of KWKH, Shreveport, La., has left for Arm.y air training. Jack Pulwers, has joined the announcing staff. STAN BROWN, news editor and special events director of KOA, Denver, entered the Army last week in the volunteer officers' training corps. He will be succeeded by Bill Day. WILLIAM A. WILLIAMS, formerly in the CBS music copyright department, has been made assistant to Jan Schimek, CBS commercial editor and director of the copyright division. Rupert Graves will take over Mr. Williams' duties. DAVID N. SIMMONS, promotion director of KDYL, Salt Lake City, is publicity director of Salt Lake War Bond sales. CLIFFORD EVANS, columnist of the Brooklyn Eagle, is conducting a thrice weekly political news commentary, on WLIB, Brooklyn. SAM ETTINGER, news editor of WIP, Philadelphia, is the father of a son, born July 30. ROY LaPLANTE has resigned from the announcing staff of WFIL, Philadelphia, to join WOL, Washington. WALLY SHELDON, announcer of WCAU, Philadelphia, has left for the Army. BILL BAILEY, announcer of KYW, Philadelphia, leaves to join the Navy as a lieutenant in the public relations. EL JONES has left CJKL, Kirkland Lake, Ont., to become a salesman for CHEX, Peterborough, Ont. Alex Gasson replaces Jones. DUKE McLEOD has been appointed program director and assistant manager of CJKL, Kirkland Lake, Ont. Billie McLeod has been named traffic manager. EMILY TREVILIAN, receptionist of WRVA, Richmond, on Aug. 24 will re])ort at Fort Des Moines for officer training in the WAAC. m %e ALABAMA TRIO Complete Coverage Of A Great Market And A 10% Saving! In buying radio coverage — just as in war production work — you need the right combination of "tools" to get the job done. The "right combination" in Alabama's vast war production market is the ALABAMA TRIO. These three stations blanket the entire state and parts of six others. Look into the BIG savings offered by this right combination — 10%, to be exact! BIRMINGHAM WSFA MONTGOMERY Page 34 • August 10, 1942 BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising