NBC Transmitter (Mar-Oct 1941)

OCTOBER. 1941 15 HOLLYWOOD Noel Corbett LISTENING POST The tension in the Far East has provided NBC with the incentive to create a powerful short wave “listening post” near the Hollywood studios. A. A. Schechter, Director of News and Special Events in New York, came West to get the new station under way. Don E. Gilman, Vice-President in charge of the Western Division of NBC, dedicated the new post August 1 5. QUICK PIX . . . Mr. and Mrs. Lew Frost (he’s assistant to Vice President Don E. Gilman) have just returned from a motor trip through the northwest and into British Columbia. . . . Now it’s his secretary’s turn to vacation and Margaret Kent is off for two weeks in San Francisco. ... It will be a November wedding for Herbert “jock” Fearnhead of Auditing and Miss joy Carolyn Richards. The pair announced their engagement when the bride-to-be was graduated from UCLA last june. “jock” is late of Southsea, England. . . . Hollywood’s newest benedict, Ray Schultz of Guest Relations, is back on the job following his Ghicago honeymoon. Ray and the former Gretta jane Lockwood were married August 2 at Wilshire Methodist Ghurch. The bride is a USG graduate. . . . Engineer Murdo MacKenzie parted with his appendix and is now recuperating at home. . . . A. H. Saxton, head of Engineering, and Ken Hicks of the same department, both moved into their respective new homes during their vacations. . . . jack Parker of Program Talent Sales resigned to return to his home in Portland, Oregon. . . . Alene Butcher, secretary to Leo Tyson and Gharlie Smith, has been entertaining her mother from East Orange, New jersey. . . . Miss Dorothy Knight is the new secretary to Mr. R. H. Graham in Legal, replacing Miss Gilligan who resigned August 15. . . . Tracy Moore, Blue Network Sales Manager, regretfully bade farewell to his secretary of five years standing, Helen Aldrich, who resigned to accept a secretarial position at Mather Field, the Air Gorps base in her home town of Sacramento. First time Helen's been back home in fourteen years. . . . Vava Bowers, secretary to Bill Andrews in Guest Relations, is the proud mama of a baby girl, born August 7. The baby has been named Nadine and tipped the scales at six and a half pounds at birth. Vava returns from her leave of absence this month and pinchhitter Grace Leddy returns to her home in New York for a visit. . . . Ben Byers of Press and Virgil Reimer of Sound Effects spending all their spare time and/or dollars in flying lessons. . . . john Swallow, Program Manager, showing off a 34-pound salmon sent him by Dick Keplinger at KOMO in Seattle. . . . The Wallows and the Buddy Twisses both celebrating wedding anniversaries September 12. The Swallows have ticked off six years, the Twisses 1 6. ... Ed Wulzen, of the Music Library, leaves the company to join KVEG at San Luis Obispo as an announcer. He’ll be replaced by Gharles Sergeant of Guest Relations. . . . Newcomers to the Guest Relations department are Victor Livoti, Louis Onofrio, William Adams and Alfred Atherton, while among those transferring to Hollywood are Archie Scott, formerly a Ghicago producer, and Marjory Moline, formerly of the File Department in New York, who is now in Gentral Stenographic. . . . And now your reporter bids you adieux. After handling Transmitter news from Hollywood ever since he trans PIGTURE Seeking improvement in service and facilities, nine radio station owners and managers of the National Broadcasting Gompany Pacific Coast basic Blue Network, held a precedent shattering meeting at Hollywood Radio Citv. The regional meeting, the first of its kind in radio, was called by Don E. Gilman, Vice President in charge of the Western Division of NBC. Those attending are pictured here in this order: (standing left to right) Hal Bock, Press Manager for the Western Division of NBC; john Swallow, Program Director for the Western Division of NBC; Clyde Scott, Sales Manager for KECA, Los Angeles; Louis Wasmer, President of KGA, Spokane; Birt Fisher, General Manager of KjR, Seattle; Lew Frost, assistant to Don E. Gilman; Tracy Moore, Blue Network Sales Manager for the Western Division of NBG; Howard Lane of the McGlatchy Network; Arden Pangborn, Manager of KEX, Portland; Bob McAndrews, head of Sales Promotion for the Western Division of NBC; (seated) Charles Storke, Manager of KYMS in Santa Barbara; Tom Sharp, President of KFSD in San Diego; Don E. Gilman, Vice President of the Western Division of NBG; Harrison Holliway. General Manager of KECA, Los Angeles; Keith Kiggins, Blue Network Sales Manager for NBC; and Al Nelson, Manager of KCO in San Francisco. ferred from San Francisco several years ago, his other Press Department duties force him to relinquish the job. Beginning next month, your Hollywood notes will be written by Martha Sherwin. ED. NOTE: Noel’s been a very swell correspondent and we’re sorry to lose his work. We welcome Martha Sherwin though and we’re sure that she can equal the fine caliber of Noel Corbett’s columns.