NBC Transmitter (Jan-Nov 1942)

JANUARY. 1942 SAN FRANCISCO (CONTINUED FROM PACE 9) all in stride, hoping nothing happens but ready for it if it does, NEW BUILDING Work on the new NBC Building in San Francisco is progressing on schedule and March 14 is set for the dedication. Most spectacular architectural feature is the huge mural panel, 14 by 40 feet, rising above the main entrance. This symbolic montage, containing scores of pictures in 114 colors, will tell the story of the unlimited reach of radio from the tropics to the poles. It is done in special tile, the only creation of its kind in the world. Completion of the mural was celebrated with a special broadcast at the building January 17. A dramatization of the story in the great panel was a feature of the program. HONOR ROLL These names appear on the Honor Roll in the main lobby at KCO-KPO: Curtis D. Peck, chief engineer Dick Bertrandias, production King Harris, sales P. A. Sugg, engineer Frank Fullaway, engineer Bob Bishopp, sound effects Alvin Nelson Jr., NBC Building Jim Pool, press Bob Cray, guest relations Don Monett, sound effects Ed. C. Callahan, engineer Milton Frank, mail Martin Levin, mail VACATION Four of five efforts to get a vacation had failed for Al Nelson, head man for NBC in San Francisco. Something always happened. He finally got away December 5th, reached Death Valley about noon. December 7th, and had just settled down for some good old peace and quiet when he began hearing things about Pearl Harbor. Came confirmation. Bags were repacked. Motor trip of 167 miles to the nearest airport and a flight back to work, arriving at 1 :00 a.m. Net result: A three-hour vacation. PERSONNEL NOTES Agnes Ansel of Mimeograph and Edward Kurnick of the J. C. Johnson Co. will wed in February. . . . Jane Scott of Stenographic and William Thurman of Bethlehem Steel were wed in December. . . . Juan Trasvina, Spanish News Editor for Short-Wave Station KCEI, and Carmen Puente, were married in December. , . . Arnold Marquis, writer-producer, transferred to Hollywood. . . . Paul Cates, Supervisor of Announcers, is teaching Voice and Program Building in the adult night school of Technical High in Oakland. . . . More than 250 members of the KCO-KPO staff, with their wives, husbands and sweethearts, joined in the dinner dance November 10th, in celebration of NBC’s 1 5th Anniversary. . . . J. Gilbert “Gil” Paltridge became head of Sales Promotion since the last issue. . . . Producer Bob Seal has taken over Arnold Marquis’ course in radio writing for the University of California. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wood recovered from their automobile crash in October. Rufus, their pet dachschound, wandered in a tomato field for a week before he was found. He’s back to normal, too. All is well. NEW YORK (CONTINUED FROM PACE 8) succeeded William Kostka as head of Press. . , . Jack McCarthy, the Basin Streeter, is the proud father of a baby girl. Her name is Joan Eileen. . . . Bob Hutton, Jr., came on from Minneapolis as Promotion Manager for WEAF. . . . Easton C. Wooley, Manager of the Service Division of Station Relations, married Miss Christine Poler of Forest Hills. . . . Miss Johanna M. Voith, formerly with the New York Public Library, has joined Research. . . . Dorothy Jorgensborg of Traffic is engaged to Laurence Ruddell of Telegraph. . . . Aarm Rubin of Accounting was married January 18th. . . . Charles Imperial of Duplicating wed the former Elynor A. Nicosia in September. . . . Rosalind Barbara Madison of Stenographic married Edwin Leonard Scher, January 3rd. . . . Valeria Sparks of the Bindery was engaged Christmas Day to Mr. Joseph Treutlin. . . . Jim Gillis of National Spot Sales broke all of his toes in a skiing accident. . . . Dom Davis, ex-TRANS 15 MITTER editor, is now on WFIS, White Plains. . . . Couverneur Helfenstein of Mail Messenger left NBC to manage a theatre in Rye, New York. . . . Shirley Metz welcomed in the New Year in Miami, leaving General Promotion for Florida and a vacation. . . . Palm Taege, Niles Thulin and Cal Abraham are all recent additions to International. . . . Hugo Seiler left Mail for Red Sales, replacing Alec Biddle who shifted to Bill Johnstone’s job when Johnstone 'became assistant to Mr. Frey. Cordon Vanderwarker started all this by leaving Red Sales for the Army. . . Bob Shaw is a new writer in Press. . . . Charles O’Connor and George Ansbro are staff announcers once again. . . . Clementine Hall and Eugene Juster are new readers in Continuity Acceptance. . . . Peter Barker and Martin Jones are the latest Television Production Men. . . . A. L. Hammerschmidt is a new Television Engineer. . , . Robert Savin, David Gilbert and Ludwig Simmel went from Guest Relations into Blue Sales Service. . . .Warren Ambler is in Music. . . . Charles Crane and Creighton Scott are newcomers in International. Thomas Tart, former manager of the Ritz Theatre, is assistant to George Monohan, Manager of the new Protective Division. MILE O’ DIMES Charles “Bud” Barry of Program Supervision is in charge of the 1942 WEAF-WJZ “Mile O' Dimes” campaign to raise funds for the fight against infantile paralysis. Assisting h'm are Jack Mills and Bill Carden of Guest Relations. Stands are located by the Astor Hotel on Times Square, at Grand Central and Pennsylvania Stations and on Fifth Avenue at Rockefeller Center. A Mobile Unit is again touring the City. Wall Street, 33rd Street and Greeley Square, Madison Square Carden, Bronx Concourse and 42nd Street are a few of the Mobile Unit locations. The Red Cross needs your aid this year more urgently than ever before. Send a contribution today !