NBC transmitter (Jan 1943-Sept 1944)

12 NBC T ransmUter KODY (ON BUFFALO BILL SITE) JOINS NBC NETWORK GOODWILL VIA MUSIC— Members of the North Platte. Nebraska. High School Band inspecting part of the music library presented to the school by KODY . Seated in the center is R. Cedric Anderson, conductor of the band. NORTH PLATTE, NEB. Station KODY here joined NBC on December 13. KODY is named after Colonel William F. “Buffalo Bill" Cody, and is owned and operated by Station WOW. Inc.. Omaha, of which John J. Gillin. Jr., is president and general manager. KODT's transmitter is located on the site of the original Cody Ranch at North Platte. Local legend has it that the famous Indian scout and plainsman made his permanent home here at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers because of the excellence of surrounding farm land and because it was almost exactly half-way between Boston and San N. Y. High School Advisors Get NBC Vocational Hints NEW YORK.— Helen M. Korday, NBC placement supervisor spoke on “Opportunities at NBC." at a luncheon held January 20 for all vocational advisors of New York high schools. Other representatives of NBC attending the luncheon were Helen J. Moore, in charge of stenographic and duplicating; Dwight Herrick, manager of guest relations, and Anita Barnard, manager of the correspondence division of the department of information. Following Miss Korday’s address, guests returned to Radio City for a tour of offices and studios. Francisco. The site is a local landmark. Manager of the new station is John Alexander, who was until recently the night supervisor at KSL. Salt Lake City. Alexander started in radio in 1933 at KSTP in St. Paul. KOD^ created a lot of goodwill recently by presenting a librarv of orchestral sheet music, valued at more than $1,000 to the North Platte Senior Highschool which has a championship hand and orchestra. The music was donated with the provision that it will be available on a loan basis to any orchestra or other musical organization in the KOD^ coverage area. Station Salutes Sponsors With Special Broadcast MANCHESTER. N. H.-Station WFEA celebrated the NewT Year’s arrival with a salute broadcast on behalf of its local sponsors. An hour in length, the program comprised (1 ) a brief resume of the year's news with mention of all local sponsors who had serviced WFEA's audience with daily or weekly newscasts during 1943; (2) brief playbacks to recall introductory themes of talent on all sponsored entertainment programs during the past year, and (3) an interview with a retailer designed to interpret the various sales and merchandising complications currently facing dealers. KPO and Bailies Present Bill of Rights Promotion SAN FRANCISCO. — A high-powered Bill of Rights promotion was triplv supported here by KPO. The San Francisco Examiner and The San Francisco CallBulletin. While both newspapers were devoting generous space to the week’s activities. KPO was incorporating Bill of Rights information into all of its locallv originated programs besides airing the special network shows. Topping KPOs originations was a special rally in the Civic Auditorium which featured Governor Earl Warren: Bainbridge Colby, former Secretary of State: Francis V. Keesling. one of San Francisco s foremost civic leaders, and Mayor Angelo J. Rossi. Larry Smith. NBC's West Coast network commentator, compared the Japanese “freedoms" with the genuine liberties of American citizens. Smith, who was former INS chief in the Far East, spoke from first-hand experience. A round-table discussion on “Bill of Rights and Religion" was presented by a Jewish rabbi, an Episcopal bishop and a Catholic priest. John Francis Neylan. prominent attorney, was presented in a special quarter-hour discussion. Judge Theresa Meikle. the only woman in Northern California to sit on the Superior Court bench, explained for “Woman s Magazine of the Air" listeners the rights set forth in the bill and their application to American women todav. All West Coast network programs originating at KPO carried Bill of Rights stories. These included “The Standard Hour," the “Standard School Broadcast.” “Dr. Kate,” “Fighting Front Facts” and “Haw thorne House.” Bucks Forgot to Buck ROCHESTER. N. Y.-Six boys at the WHAM transmitter had a duck dinner for themselves, for free. It all came about this way: One night two loud thumps were heard on the roof of the transmitter building. Not too much thought was given to the odd noise as it did not occur again. However, in the morning an investigation got under way and one of the men climbed to the roof to look around. There, quite dead, were two beautiful ducks. They had hit the tower and fallen on the roof.