NBC transmitter (Jan 1943-Sept 1944)

May 1944 7 MINNEAPOLIS RADIO CITY HAS GALA OPENING NIGHT IK TEC H N 1 C 0 L 0 R ] |j(ER MGERS RAT MIL LAUD WARNER BAXTER KSTP 1 * t jFMl-TniiiiT i Crowds flocked to the new unit housing KSTP studios and a 4,400-seat movie theater. Mayor Marvin Kline and other local officials participated in the opening night ceremonies. Guided tours through the structure have attracted many thousands of visitors. Leonard Leigh, KSTP musical director, conducts the 26-piece orchestra and eight-voice mixed chorus on the dedication program from the modern theater studio in the edifice. towwmctry new Minneapolis home of KSTP Hlfe i L ilAOlO STATION 1 "“V.C° KSTP used 24-sheet posters and triple-sized car cards to announce the opening and invite tourists. The station proudly proclaimed itself as NBC’s only affiliate serving the Tivin Cities area. No, this isn't a real stage. It’s a replica, in miniature. Three such exhibits display KSTP programs in theatrical fashion. The tiny stages are set in wall recesses in corridors. A Day for Joy PHILADELPHIA.— St. Patrick’s Day was a big day for the Irish— but no less an anniversary for Leslie W. Joy, general manager of Philadelphia’s Westinghouse Station, KYW, who made his debut over WJZ on March 17, 1923. On that day 21 years ago, Joy did his first chore as a concert singer. He still recalls that memorable occasion when it just so happened that his competition on WEAF was none other than John McCormack, the famous Irish tenor. About a year later, he obtained a permanent spot on the announcing staff of WEAF. He continued with NBC after WEAF was absorbed in 1926— first in the program department and later in an executive capacity. In 1935 he came to Philadelphia as liaison officer with NBC which at the time operated KYW for Westinghouse. A year later he was made general manager, a position he has held since. Station Host to I.R.E. Group MILWAUKEE, WIS.-WMFM, The Milwaukee Journal FM Station, was host to the regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Section of the Institute of Radio Engineers, at WTMJ’s Radio City, Milwaukee, March 18. More than 225 engineers from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, attended the sessions held in the broadcasting building. During the afternoon WMFM engineers served as guides, as the engineers toured Radio City and visited the WMFM transmitter at Richfield, Wisconsin. Dinner was served in the structure’s television studio. Status Quote SALT LAKE CITY. KDYL’s News Editor John Page boasts a record of more quotes in The Weekly Digest of Radio Opinion than any other individual. Page is commentator of the KDYL program titled “This Week in Review.” KIDO’s Red Gross Campaign BOISE, IDAHO.— After KIDO carried all NBC Red Cross programs, it extended its facilities to the Idaho Red Cross chapter and staged a dramatization of Arch Oboler’s play, “Paul Revereski"’ on March 19. The event was attended by all chairmen of the state’s Red Cross committees, and the public showed fine response, filling the ballroom of the Hotel Boise to see and hear the war effort drama. The program was a promotional triumph. The Sunday evening radio time was donated by Falk’s, a Boise department store. An added feature of the evening was a pre-show demonstration of studio sound effects and announcer voice demonstrations. The show was directed by Sid Martoff. Letters from Idaho officials and the general public, unsolicited, thanked KIDO for presenting the story of the Red Cross and the home front play.