Radio annual and television yearbook (1945)

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MICHIGAN W KZO KALAMAZOO— EST. 1923 EST. 1923 COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM Frequency: 590 Kc Power: 5000 Watts Owned By Fetzer Broadcasting Co. Operated By John E. Fetzer Business Addresses: P. O. Box 866 (Kalamazoo) Phone Numbers 3-1223 (Kalamazoo); 6-1222 (Grand Rapids) Studio Addresses: 7th Fl.. Burdick Hotel (Kalamazoo) Transmitter Location Parchment, Michigan Time on the Air 6 a.m. to 12:05 a.m. News Service AP Transcription Service Lang-Worth Representative .... Free & Peters, Incorporated Personnel President-General Manager. .. .John E. Fetzer Commercial Manager John W. O'Harrow Program Director Willis F. Dunbar Publicity Susan James Director of War Programs .... Rhea Y. Fetzer Chief Engineer Carl E. Lee WJIM LANSING— EST. 1934 BLUE NETWORK MICHIGAN RADIO NETWORK Frequency: 1240 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operated By WJIM, Inc. Address 15th Floor, Bank of Lansing, Bldg. Phone Number 2-1333-4-5 Transmitter Location 15th Floor, Bank of Lansing Bldg. Time on the Air: 7 a.m. to 12 midnight; Sundays, 8 a.m. to 12 midnight News Service UP Transcription Service .... Associated Recorded Program Service, LangWorth Personnel President .Lt. Harold F. Gross Acting Station Manager . . Fred W. Wagenvoord Commercial Manager O. S. Jones Sales Promotion Manager Jack Parker Production Manager Jack Parker Program Manager Bob Innes Chief Engineer Melvin Wirth WKLA LUDINGTON— EST. 1944 MUTUAL— BLUE MICHIGAN & WOLVERINE & ABC Frequency 1450 Power 250 Watts Owned & Operated By . . Ludington Broadcasting Co. Address Masonic Temple Bldg. Phone 842 Transmitter Location E. Ludington Ave. Time on the Air 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Transcription Service McGregor Representatives Burn-Smith Co. Personnel President Karl F. Ashbacker Station Manager Karl F. Ashbacker Sales Manager C. Leonard Pell Program Director Peter A. Mars Chief Engineer Hale Blakely WMPC LAPEER— EST. 1926 Frequency: 1230 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operated By: The Liberty Street Church Address 803 Liberty St. Phone Numbers 455-J; 455-M Transmitter Location 803 Liberty St. Time on the Air Specified Hours Personnel President-Station Manager Frank S. Hemingway (Non-Commercial Station) WDMJ MARQUETTE— EST. 1931 MUTUAL— NORTH CENTRAL— WOLVERINE Frequency: 1340 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operated By: Lake Superior Broadcasting Co. Address 146 W. Washington Phone Number 616 Transmitter Location 146 W. Washington Time on the Air Unlimited license Newspaper Affiliation . . . Daily Mining Journal News Service UP Transcription Service World Broadcasting Personnel General Manager Gordon H. Brozek W K B Z MUSKEGON— EST. 1926 BLUE NETWORK MICHIGAN RADIO NETWORK BLUE— WOLVERINE Frequency: 1490 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operated By Ashbacker Radio Corp. Business Address 432 Apple Ave. Phone Number 26-051 Studio Address 432 Apple Ave. Transmitter Location . . . Muskegon Township Time on the Air 6 a.m. to 12 Midnight 469