Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan - Mar 1951)

GOT A SPONSOR BROADCASTING TO POST (Ky.) 'U See stations Braa«ea^ to Po,t W at aU. Even on Saturday s' P°St Stream for us. • • v,est known in tke Gur Hair for P-^^e great LonUviUe T„„a * gantry COO.V ^ ^ ^ of „ar Trading Area. Here . ^ ^ *» ti/e ^dueVng 315,000 » " We<« be glad , r„«' Ask Free & fei future! Take tne Cue. A ^ your I-u tosendthefaetstovutar Wave HOC MHU»« tret & nn**< m ' sooo «rrs • 970 RC MiLe±tone± ► KWK St. Louis, Globe-Democrat station, held dual celebration March 17 — its 24th anniversary and St. Patrick's Day. Founded by Thomas Patrick Convey, with studios in the Hotel Chase, station has been in Globe-Democrat Tower Bldg. since 1949. Growth of station since 1927 under presidency of Robert T. Convey, son of KWK founder, was stressed on 24th anniversary, which found studios decked in green for general holiday atmosphere. ► William F. Malo, commercial manager at WDRC Hartford, is observing his 21st anniversary with that station this month. . . . Charles Parker, WDRC control room operator, is marking his seventh anniversary there. ► Kraft Foods Co. celebrated sponsorship of Kraft Television Theatre March 7 with telecast of 200th dramatic performance, "Delicate Tory" starring Felecia Montealegre, Nelson Olmsted and John Erickson. Program is aired Wednesday, 9-10 p.m. ► Lester H. Bowman, director of technical operations for CBS Hollywood, is completing 22 years service with the network this month. * * * ► Tomorrow (Tuesday) The Johns Hopkins Science Revieiv, weekly telecast of current developments in science, will begin its fourth year. Program originates at WAAM (TV) Baltimore each Tuesday and is carried as far west as Chicago by the DuMont network. ► KRNT Des Moines on March 11 marked the anniversary of what it believes may be the oldest local radio program on the air with the same sponsor. The program, Uncle Dan Reads the Funnies, is sponsored by the Colonial Baking Co. It was originated in 1933 by Art Smith, the original "Uncle Dan," who now is news director of WNAX Yankton Sioux City. Current "Uncle Dan" is Carter Reynolds. * ❖ * ► France Laux, sportscaster for KXOK St. Louis, celebrated his 21st anniversary in St. Louis radio March 5. He started at KMOX as sportscaster and chief announcer, and has aired all types of sports, including nine World Series and nine All-Star baseball contests. * * * ► One of the oldest regular programs on any Canadian station is Club Broadcast, Sunday, 10-10:30 a.m., which is celebrating its 28th anniversary on CFCO Chatham. CKDM are call letters of new 250 w station on 1230 kc at Dauphin, Man. WARM wishes are extended to Frai C. Shroeder Jr. (I), vice president ai general manager of WDZ Decati III., by Mayor James Hedrick, on t occasion of the station's 30th am versary. In recognition of the eve March 17, WDZ carried news, far1 sports and musical programs cc trasting 1951 with 1921. Stati was founded at Tuscola as a "grc information medium" for Centi Illinois and still serves tha.t co munity with an auxiliary studio, switched facilities to Decatur October 1949 and later moved new studios in the heart of the ci HOUSE BUILT DJ Leads City Proje FLAMES which destroyed t house of Mi\ and Mrs. John P< Jones, of Jacksonville, Fla., a snuffed out the lives of their t babies, also kindled fires of co passion in fellow Jacksonville re dents. These fires compassion w< fanned by 1 Chapeau, WM: Jacksonville, w on his morni disc jockey sh; quietly sugges that the c make it a cc munity project provide a r home for ] and Mrs. Jones. Fifteen minutes after Mr. C peau made the suggestion, necessary labor had been vol 1 teered and an architect made av 1 able a set of plans. Even la 1 scaping companies came throug 1 Construction began early Ma I 10 and by nightfall March 11, IV 1 Jones had completed her ft household chore of sweeping j| carpenters' shavings. Jacksonville residents, who I preciated the opportunity to | something for the Joneses, do 9 their chapeaus to Ted Chapearji WMBR likes to refer to "House that Jax Built," and I that if a visitor should ever w| to visit the home, just turn to j right — on Chapeau Drive. Mr. Chapeau Page 20 • March 19, 1951 BROADCASTING • Telecasti I 1