Radio annual (1940)

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OHIO — OKLAHOMA WHIZ ZANESVILLE— EST. 1924 NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO. FREQUENCY: 1210 Kc. POWER: 100 watts. (C.P. 250 watts). OWNED BY: WALR Broadcasting Corp. OPERATED BY: WALR Broadcasting Corp. BUSINESS ADDRESS: 48-52 North Fifth St., Lind Arcade. PHONE: 5044. STUDIO ADDRESS: 48-52 North Fifth St., Lind Arcade. TRANSMITTER LOCATION: Newark Road. TIME ON THE AIR: 7:00 A.M. to 12:00 midnight. NEWS SERVICE: International News Service. MAINTAINS ARTISTS' BUREAU. TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE: Standard Radio, Davis & Schwegler. Personnel Managing Director Stanton P. Kettler Program Director and Assistant Manager, Allen L. Haid Chief Engineer Wm. Hunt Coverage Daytime Population — Primary .... 150,000 Population — Secondary . . 230,000 Source: U. S. Census. Representative John Blair & Co. OKLAHOMA Evening 65,000 100,000 Population 2,548,000 Number of Families 619,000 Retail Sales $478,272,300 Number of Radio Homes 454,300 Auto Registrations 553,062 K A D A "GATEWAY TO OKLAHOMA'S VACATION LAND" ADA— EST. 1934 MUTUAL— OKLAHOMA NETWORK FREQUENCY: 1200 Kc. POWER: 100 Watts. OWNED BY: Dr. C. C. Morris. OPERATED BY: Dr. C. C. Morris. BUSINESS ADDRESS: Highway No. 48, north of Ada. PHONE: 1212. STUDIO ADDRESS: Highway No. 48, north of Ada. TRANSMITTER LOCATION: Same. TIME ON THE AIR: 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. NEWS SERVICE: Transradio Press. Personnel Owner Dr. C. C. Morris Station and Commercial Manager John M. Whitney Chief Announcer and Publicity Director Russell Miller Chief Engineer Leiland Seay Coverage Daytime Evening Population — Primary .... 225,000 150,000 Radio Homes — " 48,000 27,000 Source: U. S. Census. Representative Arthur H. Hagg & Associates K V*S 0 "VOICE OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA" ARDMORE— EST. 1935 FREQUENCY: 1210 Kc. POWER: 250 Watts, d.; 100 Watts, n. OWNED BY: Ardmoreite Pub. Co. OPERATED BY: Ardmoreite Pub. Co. BUSINESS ADDRESS: 114-18 N. Washington. PHONE: 3030. STUDIO ADDRESS: Chickasaw and N. W. Blvd. TIME ON THE AIR: 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 P. M. NEWSPAPER AFFILIATION: Daily Ardmoreite. NEWS SERVICE: Associated Press (Non-Commercial). TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE: NBC Thesaurus. Personnel General Manager Albert Riesen Station Manager James Griffith Commercial Manager T. E. "Pat" Perrin Chief Announcer Paul Duncan Musical Director Dolly Dutton Chief Engineer Paul Ross Coverage Daytime Evening Population — Primary .... 202,413 110,184 Radio Homes— " 31,668 18,243 Population— Secondary . . 221.559 135,721 Radio Homes— " 33,533 19.286 Source: U. S. Census; Joint Committee. ka'sa ELK CITY— EST. 1932 FREQUENCY: 1210 Kc. POWER: 100 watts. OWNED BY: E. M. Woody. OPERATED BY: E. M. Woody. BUSINESS ADDRESS: Casa Grande Hotel. PHONE: 730. STUDIO ADDRESS: Elk City. TRANSMITTER LOCATION: Casa Grande Hotel. TIME ON THE AIR: 6:30 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. NEWS SERVICE: Transradio Press. personnei President E. M. Woody Station Manager F. E. Mayhew Chief Engineer Geo. Patterson 486