Broadcasting (Jan - Dec 1935)

U. S. Radio Stations Subscribing TO MAJOR PRESS ASSOCIATION NEWS SERVICES UP — United Press TP — Transradio Press Service INS — International News Service RNA — Radio News Association (Compiled from reports from stations, practically all of which indicate availability of news for sponsorship) ALABAMA City Station Service Decatur WMFD TP Dothan WAGF TP Gadsden WJBY TP Montgomery WSFA TP Selma WHBB TP Sheffield WNRA TP ARIZONA City Station Service Prescott KPJM TP ARKANSAS City Station Service El Dorado KELD TP Little Rock KARK TP CALIFORNIA City Station Service Bakersfield KERN INS Bakersfield W6XAI TP Beverly Hills KMPC INS Chico KHSL TP & INS Eureka KIEM UP Fresno KMJ UP Long Beach KFOX INS Los Angeles KECA UP Los Angeles KFI UP Los Angeles KGFJ INS Los Angeles KHJ INS Los Angeles KNX TP & UP Los Angeles KMTR INS Oakland KROW TP Sacramento KFKB UP San Bernardir, KFXM TP San Diego KGB INS San Francisco KFRC INS San Francisco KGGC RNA San Francisco KJBS UP San Francisco KSFO RNA San Francisco KYA INS San Jose KQW UP &■ INS Santa Barbara KDB INS Stockton KGDM UP Stockton i.WG INS COLORADO City Station Service Alamo KG1W TP Colorado Springs KVOR TP Denver KFEL-KVOD TP Denver KLZ INS Durango KIUP TP Greeley KFKA INS Grand Junction KFXJ TP Pueblo KGHF TP CONNECTICUT City Station Service Bridgeport WICC *IN3 Hartford WTIC TP Hartford WDRC *INS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA City Station Service Washington WJSV UP Washington WMAL UP Washington WOL TP FLORIDA City Station Service Clearwater St. Petersburg WFLA TP Daytona Beach WMFJ RNA Jacksonville WMBR TP Miami WQAM TP Orlando WDBO TP Tampa WDAE TP Tallahassee WTAL TP GEORGIA City Station Service Albany WGPC TP Atlanta WATL TP Atlanta WGST INS Augusta WRDW TP Columbus WRBL TP Griffin WKEU TP Macon WMAZ TP Savannah WTOC TP Thomasville WPAX TP IDAHO City Station Service Pocatello KSEI TP Boise KIDO TP Lewiston KRLC TP & RNA Twin Falls KTFI TP 'Through Yankee Network Page 32 NEARLY 300 of the 640-odd broadcasting stations in the United States are now purchasing news services for sponsorship purposes, according to a preliminary survey conducted by Broadcasting. Thus a year and a half after the major press associations entered into the field of selling news to radio stations for sponsorship, the news situation apparently has settled down to a definitely accepted part of the service of American stations in spite of all the clamor against the broadcasting of news once raised by certain newspaper interests. Transradio Press, on the basis of reports from the stations, is serving the largest clientele, namely, 153 stations. International News Service, Hearst subsidiary, is serving 80, which includes the 12 served through the Yankee Network with which INS has its contract. United Press is serving 64. Radio News Association, an affiliate of Transradio, is reported by 20 stations which get what is practically the Transradio report delivered via short waves. No attempt has been made to tabulate local news services offered for sponsorship, mostly by arrangements with local newspapers. Because some stations obviously did not differentiate carefully between Transradio and RNA, it is more accurate to regard the Transradio-RNA total as a unit of 173, which does not include the territorial, Canadian and foreign stations also served by Transradio and its associate RNA nor the several newspapers now buying Transradio. The tabulation herewith, which can be dated as of Oct. 15 and which necessarily would include some additions and subtractions if an up-tothe-minute check were available, reveals a surprisingly large number of stations subscribing to two services. Significant also is the fact that many newspaper owned stations are subscribers not only to one of the two newspaper press associations, INS and UP, but to either UP or INS in combination with Transradio or RNA. This tabulation is based practically entirely upon reports from the stations. A tabulation, dated as of Jan. 1, will be finally checked with the various news services for inclusion in the 1936 Year Book edition of Broadcasting. MONTANA City Station Billings KGHL Butte KGIR Great Falls KFBB Kalispell KGEZ Missoula KGVO NEBRASKA City Station Clay Center KMMJ Lincoln KFAB Lincoln KFOR Omaha WOW Scottsbluff KGKY ILLINOIS MARYLAND City Station Service Chicago WBBM INS Chicago WCFL TP Chicago WLS TP Chicago WJJD INS Decatur WJBL INS Quincy WTAD INS Springfield WTAX INS INDIANA City Station Service Anderson WHBU INS Decatur WJBL INS Gary WIND INS Indianapolis WFBM INS Indianapolis WIRE TP Muncie WLBC INS Terre Haute WBOW INS IOWA City Station Service Cedar Rapids Waterloo WMT TP Des Moines KRNT UP & INS Des Moines KSO UP & INS Des Moines WHO UP Marshalltown KFJB INS Shenandoah KFNF INS Shenandoah KMA UP KANSAS City Station Service Garden City KIUL TP & RNA Hutchinson KWBG TP Lawrence WREN INS Topeka WIBW INS KENTUCKY City Station Service Lexington WLAP UP Louisville WAVE TP Paducah WPAD RNA LOUISIANA City Station Service Alexandria KALB TP New Orleans WDSU TP Shreveport KRMD TP Shreveport KTBS UP Shreveport KWKH UP MAINE City Station Service Augusta WRDO *INS Bangor WLBZ *INS City Station Service Baltimore WBAL UP & INS Baltimore WFBR TP Frederick WFMD TP MASSACHUSETTS Citr Station Service Boston WAAB *INS Boston WNAC *INS Boston WBZ UP Boston WEEI UP Boston WHDH TP Fall River WSAR TP Lowell WLLH *INS New Bedford WNBH UP Springfield WBZA UP Springfield WMAS *INS Waterbury WATR *INS Worcester WORC *INS MICHIGAN City Station Service Detroit WJBK RNA Detroit WJR INS Detroit WMBC TP Detroit WXYZ UP Detroit CKLW UP Flint WFDF TP Ironwood WJMS TP & RNA Kalamazoo WKZO TP Muskegon WKBZ TP MINNESOTA City Station Service Duluth-Superior WEBC TP Hibbin'g WMFG TP Minneapolis St. Paul KSTP TP & UP Minneapolis St. Paul WCCO UP Minneapolis St. Paul WDGY INS Minneapolis St. Paul WTCN INS Rochester KROC UP & RNA City Jackson MISSISSIPPI Station WJDX MISSOURI Service TP Servi Servi City Manchester City Newark City Clovis City Albany! L Buffalo , Buffalo | Buffalo New York City New York City New York City New York City New York City Rochester Rochester Schenectady Syracuse Syracuse Utica NEW HAMPSHIRE Station WFEA NEW JERSEY Station WOR NEW MEXICO Station KICA NEW YORK Station WABY WBNY WGR WKBW WOR WEAF WJZ WFAB WINS WHAM WHEC WGY WFBL WSYR WIBX Serv *U Serv Serv RI Serv It NORTH CAROLINA City Station Asheville WWNC Charlotte WBT Charlotte WTOC Durham WDNC Gastonia WGNC Greensboro WBIG High Point WMFR Raleigh WPTF Rocky Mount WEED Serv TP & 1 City Fargo Grand Forks Minot NORTH DAKOTA Station WDAY KFJM KLPM City Akron Canton Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Columbus Portsmouth Toledo Youngstown City Ada Elk City Tulsa Tulsa OHIO Station WJW WHBC WCKY WKRC WLW WSA1 WJAR WHK WJAY WBNS WPAY WSPD WKBN OKLAHOMA Station KADA KASA KTUL KVOO •i OREGON Serv i: Rl Serv: TP & B TP & V I] City Station Service City Station Cape Girardeau KFVS TP Eugene KORE Joplin WMBH RNA Klamath Falls KFJI Kansas City KMBC TP Marshfield KOOS Kansas City WHB UP Medford KMED St. Joseph KFEQ TP Portland KEX St. Louis KMOX UP Portland KGW St. Louis KWK UP Portland KALE St. Louis WIL INS Portland KOIN St. Louis WTMV INS Salem KSLM Serv TP & Rt 1 TP & i: Serv BROADCASTING • December 15, 193