NBC Transmitter (Mar-Oct 1941)

6 WASHINGTON NBC TRANSMITTER NBC TRANSMITTER Published for and by the NBC personnel from coast to coast. VOL. 7 MARCH, 1941 No. 1 EDITOR Charles L. Turner ASSISTANT EDITOR Herbert Warren Wind CIRCULATION MANAGER Tom De Huff ASSOCIATES Steve de Baun Jim Manilla Charles Norwood Raine Thomas Margaret Wyvill Address all correspondence to; NBC Transmitter, National Broadcasting Company, Room 465, RCA Building, New York, N. Y. Telephone; Circle 7-83U0. Extension 220. DEER ED KONTINYOOD wayz wuz gud at figgers. an muzikly speekin, AL BENGTSEN, graduut uv th artis servis clas, now haz a desk uv hiz very own up in consort servis, wile ADDY AMOR iz a feeld representativ for th servis. JAGK CRUTGHER haz becum a tulfleged parlay-vooer in internashnul. PAUL HUTGHINSON is informing th publik like mad frum rum 302 insted uv th nynth flore. a buck (thatz one $ to thoze uv yoo-hoo liv in noo jersy) to enyone hoo can ges th number uv fellows hoo hav left us for th army, eether by invitashun or vol. no takes.^ 22. amung ar fettered frens ar; JOE BURGER, RALPH KENDALL, PHIL HARTNETT, JIM (very-few-hares-left) NIX, JAGK REYNOLDS, BILL O’MEARA, KEN (you-no-me-al) FEES, STU BILLHART, PETE KUGHMY, TOM (did’nt-get-to-bed-last-nite) CANNING, JACK MC FALL, BILL WILEY, BOB PARKE, ED (theresno-l-in-my-name) ROFF, BILL MIDDLETON, (the) BARON CHANDLER, well, hoo iznt theez days.^ well, ed, ol kid, i ges ive bent yoor eer long enuf. i hope i showd yoo i hav bin keepin up with things, evin tho i spen so much uv my time cownting my milyuns (it sez heer) , that i barely hav time for a kwik cup uv java durin th day. hopin yoo ar th same, i am yoor fren, scoop (x) my sinichur. Station WMAL has dedicated and put into operation its new transmitter located in nearby Montgomery County, Maryland. The $200,000 plant went on the air the first part of February with an increase in power to 5,000 watts day and night. Engineers Wadsworth, Fischer, Burg, Simmons and Rogers accomplished the transition from the old downtown transmitter to the new without a hitch. Their biggest reward was a home-cooked meal from the kitchen of the four-room apartment in the transmitter building. The building is of colonial design and, in addition to the modern apartment, contains a large transmission room, a high voltage room, and a workshop. The new transmitter was appropriately dedicated with a special program from the WMAL studios. Participating were William S. Hedges, Vice President in Charge of Stations; Kenneth Berkeley, station manager; Fleming Newbold, Vice President of the Evening Star which owns WMAL; and representatives of various community interests. THE START OF THE MILE The NBC Washington-Evening Star Mile O’ Dimes campaign was concluded on February 1 when codirectors Announcer Bryson Rash and Star Radio Editor Bill Coyle turned over to Major-General Watson, presidential secretary, more than $27,000 in dimes in a special ceremony at the White House. This represented an increase of $10,000 over the amount collected last year. Gredit for the success of this year’s effort goes to Rash and Coyle, to Announcer Dorian St. George who contacted the government departments which were the greatest source of contributions, to Kibitzers Larry Marino and Toby David who entertained at the street stand, and to Auditor Rudy Goldenstroth who handled the money bags. WRG-WMAL first launched their Mile O’ Dimes plan in 1939. The Gommittee to Celebrate the President’s Birthday was so pleased with the returns that it borrowed Tom Knode Station WMAL’s new transmitter, showing the transmission building correct in Colonial, and three of the four 400-foot towers. Night Supervisor Charles Barry, the director of our first two campaigns, to organize similar drives at other stations throughout the country. BAGATELLES New faces: Bill Neel, transferred from N. Y. Press . . . Engineers Nick Close and L. A. McClelland also N. Y. transferees . . . Semi-new faces: Engineer John Stetson, from summer relief to permanent status . . . Marge Brown, retired front-office secretary, back in re-emphasized music department . . . Seen at ATE Dance at the Carlton: Announcer Don Fischer Washington’s foremost class lA man, and his financee . . . Virginia Hawk swinging without benefit of music . . . Around-theoffice circuit: Musicman Jim Seiler with hair bleached a new shade by a Florida vacation sun . . . Salesman Stanley Bell with his hand in that GHA envelope . . . Sales Promotioner John Marshall Dinwiddle (he insists on it all) back from a “meeting” trip to New York . . . Hostess Rose Ewell answering fan letter from Manila. Rose can expect mail from Tibet now that the power’s been increased.