NBC transmitter (Jan-Nov 1936)

JANUARY R < C f p RECEPTION STAFF REVIEW Official organ of the Reception Staff of the National Broadcasting Company, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. Published monthly throughout the year. VOL. II JANUARY, 1936 NO. 1 Frank C. Lepore, Editor Ary R. Moll, Managing Editor Walter Wiebel, Circulation Manager ASSOCIATES Walter Clark Frederic M. Kirkland D. Caldwell Davis Alwin D. Foster Don Gardiner CONTRI BUTORS Don Mercer Martha Trdeblood Bill Garden Ken Ci rtis Grace Stillman Andrew Kinbacher Bruce Macill To Mr. Lenox R. Lohr ■ The Reception Staff wishes to convey to you its warm good wishes upon your coming to NBC as our new president, and to promise our earnest cooperation in performing diligently our function as NBC’s direct personal contact with clients, agencies, and the general public. House Rules Committee ■ Congratulations are in order! At last an effective check has been found for the untidy Locker Room situation. Mr. Carey’s order calling for the formation of a committee to deal with this problem was the solution. A group representing all divisions pf the Page and Guide staffs hereafter will be held directly responsible for the appearance of the Locker Room at all times. Heretofore, fine furnishings were as out of place within the “inner sanctum’’ as a ribbon “mike” on the Vox Pop program, but with the allocation of responsibility and authority in a Page and Guide unit to deal directly with this problem the many planned and executed improvements can be appreciated. enjoyed, and protected. The representatives appointed to serve on this committee are: Walter Wiebel. Chairman (Day Guides) ; Thomas McFadden (Evening Guides) ; Adam Gayeck (Day Pages), and Edward Blainey (Evening Pages). Greetings, West Coast! ■ We’ve heard about our new Hollywood Radio Studios — and the NBC Reception Staff at Radio City wants to get acijuainted. The Reception Staff Review extends heartiest congratulations to the Hollywood Reception Staff and hopes it already has started a memorable and enjoyable New Year. To our former comrade-in-arms. Charlie Young, now Captain of Pages, Hollywood — special congrats. Let’s hear from you! Review Circulation Jumps ■ The Reception Staff Review has a total circulation of 1200 copies each issue. If you do not receive this publication regularly and would like to, notify the Review Office. Room 297, by mail or call EXT. 220 between II A.M. and 5 P.M. C[ As this is the first column of Chatter for the new year, it is most fitting and proper to start out on the right foot . . . So— we present our New War’s Resolutions. We realize that they probably will be forgotten in a week or so but still— we give you NEW \ EAR’S RESOLUTIONS. RECEPTION RESOLVES... C[ BILL COLLINS ... to get out his old clarinet and play it as he used to years ago. BOB ELDRED . . . to bowl a better game than last year (which isn’t very difficult). C[ ERNIE CLARK ... to continue to be the best dressed man in Reception. C[ JOHN BAKER ... to cut his lunches down to a mere six sandwiches, four apples and two quarts of milk. G[ "JACKIE” BRENNAN... to get up a new routine— finally. C["H.APPY’’ W'ACENMAN . . . to stop wearing those loud ties. C[ ED H.AYES. . . to hit high "C” without being hit. G[ ED LOLLEY ... to show the fellows how to make model airplanes, a hobby which has won him many medals and wide recognition. C[ MRS. JUDGE ... to continue to give a smile with each tour ticket she sells. (T"CAPT. BLIGH” MOCARSKI . . . to get a bigger whip with which to haggle his mutineers. C[ JIM GIBNEY ... to write another song and sing it on the next Brass Buttons Revue. ((PAUL RITTENHOUSE . . . to buy a new suit iust as he does every leap year. (( HARRY WEIR ... to get a new soap box. ((TILDEN BROWN ... to get a shorter hair-cut. if possible. (( WALTER MACOMBER ... to trade his hat for a later model. (( DONALD CAIN ... to be posted on the eighth floor for one year more and then retire on a pension. ((ALL THE PAGES AND GUIDES... to make all penalties unnecessary. (( ALL OFFICERS ... to cease all unnecessary penalties. C( And so it goes . . . till next issue. .So long.