NBC Transmitter (Jan-Dec 1938)

OCTOBER, 1938 13 NBC CHICAGO — by Rudi Neubauer NBC Outing On Tuesday, September 20, led by Niles Trammell, vice president in charge of the Central Division, 228 members of the Chicago staff took over the Medinah Country Club for the first NBC annual outing. Golf, horseback riding, tennis, horseshoe pitching, baseball, ping pong, bridge, lunch and dinner, were the order of the day. Prizes donated by friends of NBC, were awarded in the evening. The prizes were awarded to athletic contestants and handed out as door prizes to the lucky winners. An RCA console radio was won by Maurie Ellis of the Music Library. After dinner, Mr. Trammell thanked the committee for putting over such a successful outing, and Bud Smith, who acted as general chairman, was invited to take a bow on behalf of the committee. The highlight of the after-dinner entertainment was a “drama” burlesquing a staff meeting with a prospective client. (N. B. the client didn’t buy.) Leslie Edgley was the author of the script and the show was directed by a visitor from San Francisco, Jennings Peirce, Western Director of Agriculture. The consensus of opinion seems to be that we should have another such outing next year, if not sooner. Pictures of the outing are on the next two pages. Personnel Changes Woodrow R. Crane of the WENR transmitter, and George J. Maki of the WMAQ transmitter, have been transferred to our Chicago Studios. Francis Riordan has been transferred from the Mail Room to the uniformed staff. Ronald F. Norton has replaced Mr. Riordan in the Mail Room. William E. Lawrence has been promoted from the reception group to the Production Department, as assistant to Fred Schweiker. William H. Henri is replacing Bill Lawrence on the page staff. The Civic Concert Service The Civic Concert Service in Chicago has added Messrs. Marion C. Heath and Pat Hayes, as field representatives, to its staff. Mr. Heath is working the Pacific Northwest territory and Pat Hayes the Central and Southwest. Bowling News The NBC Bowling Team opened the Season on September 15 with a bang by winning three games from the Marx Sign Company. On September 22 the team won one and lost two games to the Johns-Manville team. The NBC squad lines up as follows: Hal Totten, Announcer; Ed Davies, Artist; Larry Dutton, Engineering; George Bolas, Sales Promotion; Hank Guill, Communications; Ray Neihengen, General Office. Koelker Up Anthony J. Koelker, for the past four years farm editor of the National Broadcasting Company, has been named assistant agricultural director, according to an announcement by Niles Trammell, vice president and manager of the Central Division. Mr. Koelker is a native of Dyersville, Iowa, and a graduate of Iowa State College. Before joining NBC in 1934. he was an Associated Press correspondent in Ames, Iowa, and handled publicity for Iowa State College and the Iowa Division of the United States Forest Service. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Delta Chi and Alpha Zeta. Mr. Koelker’s new duties under William E. Drips, director of agriculture, start immediately. ( Continued on page 17) Talking over one of the Farm and Home Hour programs in a truly rural setting. Front, left to right: Bill Drips, agricultural director; Charles Lyon, announcer; Bucky Harris, director of the program. Back: Tony Koelker, assistant agricultural director, and Everett Mitchell, senior announcer of NBC Chicago. STAMP CLUB NOTES The NBC Stamp Club, after a summer lull, has resumed its activities and biweekly meetings where members trade, sell or auction stamps and discuss new issues. This season, as in the past, the club plans to have an occasional buffet supper with talks by prominent philatelists. Membership to the club is open to all NBC stamp collectors and the club is now conducting a drive to enroll new members. If you are interested in the club you may obtain more information from George M. Nelson, Room 308, Extension 417. Elected to NBC Board Edward F. McGrady, a vice president of the Radio Corporation of America, has been elected to the board of directors of the National Broadcasting Company to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of James R. Sheffield. His election took place at the annual meeting of stockholders of NBC on September 15. On September 23 he was elected to the board of directors of RCA. The following were re-elected to the NBC board: James R. Angell, Cornelius N. Bliss, Arthur E. Braun, Charles G. Dawes, Gano Dunn, James G. Harbord, Edward N. Harden, Lenox R. Lohr. DeWitt Milhauser, Edward J. Nally, David Sarnoff, chairman, George K. Throckmorton. Calling All Bowlers On Thursday evening, September 29, NBCites from every department of the New York staff took over twelve alleys in the Radio City Bowling Alleys and officially started the 1938-39 Bowling Tournament of the NBC Athletic Association. The first meeting of the bowling group was devoted to practice games in which players were picked to form the various departmental teams. George 0. Milne, chairman of the bowling committee, reports that a large number of men and women turned out for the opening games and that this year’s tournament promises to be bigger and better than last winter’s league. The committee in charge is planning to give away many prizes at the end of the season. Two of the twelve alleys reserved for NBC every Thursday night are for the ladies who will have their own competitions.