NBC Transmitter (Dec 1945-Jan 1947)

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January 1947 13 Ty Krum, NBC’s roving “Veterans’ Advisor,” is shown at three more local stations in his cross-country fact-finding mission. The indefatigable Ty stopped of) at KHQ in Spokane, where he talked with Mel Derry (right photo), pilot of Mamer-Shreck Air Transport, on “Veterans in Aviation.” During his jaunt up the East Coast Ty took his mission to Baltimore veterans over W BAL, with the assistance of IT BAL special services director John J. Dickman (above). Upper right photo shows Krum talking over war veterans’ problems with Wes Hopkins, WTTM (Trenton, N. J.) announcer. One of the features of KTAR’s (Phoenix) “Arizona Highlights” series was the appearance of General Jonathan W'ainwright. Above, Howard Pyle chats with Wainwright (left) and Netherlands’ General W'illiam Schilling (right). MacMurray College, in Jacksonville, III., bestows an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters upon Judith W aller, NBC Central division’s public service director (second from left, front row). President C. P. McClelland (center) made the award.