Radio annual and television yearbook (1944)

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MISSISSIPPI WGCM GULFPORT— EST. 1929 BLUE NETWORK KEYSTONE BROADCASTING SYSTEM MISSISSIPPI STATE NETWORK Frequency: 1240 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned and Operated By WGCM, Inc Business Address Hewes-Martin Bldg. Phone Number GuHport 1111 Studio Addresses Hewet-Mortin Bldg. (Gulfport) Transmitter Location Arlington Heights Time on the Air .6:55 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sundays, 7:55 a.m. to 10 p.m. News Service AP Transcription Service Standard, Keystone Representative Sears & Ayer Personnel President-Owner Hugh O. Jones Program-Production Manager C. E. Vann Publicity Director Shirley Davis Chief Announcer Tommy Tucker Chief Engineer Donovan Murphy W F*0 R HATTIESBURG^EST. 1926 NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO. REBEL NETWORK KEYSTONE BROADCASTING SYSTEM Frequency: 1400 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operated By Forrest Broadcasting Co. Address 302 Hemphill St Phone Number 1866-67 Transmitter Location W. Seventh St. and 25th Ave. Time on the Air 6:30 a.m. to 11:05 p.m. News Service UP Transcription Service Standard Personnel President and General Manager . . . C. J. Wright Commercial Manager H. L. Patterson Program Director Les Carmichael Chief Engineer James N. Glore W J*DX JACKSON— EST. 1929 NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO. Frequency: 1300 Kc Power: 5000 d., 1000 n. Owned-Operated By Lamar Life Insurance Company Business Address Lamar Life Building Phone Numbers 2-1183 (Com'l Dept.), 2-2641 (Studios) Studio Address Heidelberg Hotel Transmitter Location U. S. Highway No. 51 Time on the Air Unlimited license News Service UP Transcription Service NBC Thesaurus; C. P. MacGregor Representative George P. Hollingbery Company Personnel Station Manager Wiley P. Harris Commercial Manager C. A. Lacy Sales Promotion Manager Frank Gentry Program-Musical Director. . .Maurice Thompson Publicity Director Elsie Holmes Chief Engineer P. G. Root W S* L I JACKSON— EST. 1938 THE BLUE NETWORK Frequency: 1450 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operated By Standard Life Broadcasting Co. Address Robert E. Lee Hotel. P. O. Box 1847 Phone Number 3-2788 Transmitter Location Foot of High St. Time on the Air 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. News Service INS Transcription Service Standard Radio Representative Weed & Co. WGCM I^BLUE NETWORK/ 1^ Gulfport, Biloxi,Miss.//| Completely covers ''Mississippi's No. 2 Market" where the greatest buying in history is taking place. Millions in payrolls makes WGCM territory one of the richest in the Deep South! National Reps.: SEARS Cr AVER. INC. Chicago and New York 478