Yearbook of radio and television (1947)

Record Details:

Title:
Yearbook of radio and television
Date:
1947
Publisher:
New York : Radio Daily
Volume:
Radio annual (1947)
Leaf #:
000421
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound, Year Book, and Books
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 28, 2023
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ILLINOIS Address W.C.U. Bldg., 510 Main St. Phone Number 6200 Transmitter Location . . Quincy Gardens, 3 miles So. of Quincy Time on the Air 6 a.m. thru 12:05 a.m.; Sunday, 6:30 a.m. to 12:05 a.m. News Service AP; UP Newspaper Affiliation Mason City Globe Gazette Transcription Service Standard Representative Weed & Co. Membership NAB, BMB Personnel Secretary-Treasurer F. C. Eighmey General Manager F. C. Eighmey Asst. to Gen. Manager George Arnold Commercial Manager for Lee Stations W. T. Burghart Director of National Sales ... W. J. Rothschild Merchandising Manager Gerald Staten Program Director Merritt Milligan Production Manager C. Arthur Fifer Publicity Director Gerald Staten Chief Announcer Merritt Milligan Musical Director Jean Fessler Technical Director Leo Born Chief Engineer Urlin Whitman Record MC Hal Barton WHBF ROCK ISLAND—EST. 1925 ABC Frequency: 1270 Kc .Power: 5000 Watts Owned-Operated By Rock Island Broad. Co. Address 1800 Third Ave., Moline, 111. Phone Number 918 Transmitter Location. . .23rd Ave. and 53rd St., Moline, 111. Time on the Air .6 a.m. to 12 midnight; Sundays: 7:55 a.m. to 12 midnight Newspaper Affiliation . . The Rock Island Argus News Service AP, UP Transcription Service Standard Radio. Lang-Worth Representative Lewis H. Avery, Inc. Membership. NAB. BMB Personnel President John W. Potter Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. .... Leslie C. Johnson Commercial Manager Maurice J. Corken Merchandising Manager .... Maurice J. Corken Program Director Ted Arnold Production Chief Bill Selah Publicity Director. .Feme Hawks News Director Charles Harrison Chief Engineer Robert J. Sinnett W R 0 K ROCKFORD— EST. 1923 ABC Frequency: 1440 Kc Power: 1000 d. 500 n. Owned-Operated By . . . .Rockford Broadcasters, Inc. Address News Tower Phone Number Main 5632 Transmitter Location Kilburn Ave. Rd. Time on the Air 6 a.m. to midnight Newspaper Affiliation Rockford Morning Star, Rockford Register Republic News Service UP Transcription Service World Representative Headley-Reed Co. Membership NAB, BMB Personnel President A. G. Simms General Manager Walter Koessler Commercial Manager John J. Dixon Sales Promotion Wm. R. Traum Program Director Morey Owens Musical Director Lorna Lane Chief Engineer W. A. Smith Record MC Martin Bouhan To WROK for PROMOTION in '46 * 1st Prize in Promotion Contest for "Counterspy." * City College of New York All -Over Promotion, Honorable Mention. * 1st Prize in Promotion Contest for Longines-Wittnauer series. * Annual ABC Award for Outstanding Promotion (To WROK for 3rd year). * One of Top Ten ABC Stations in Tom Breneman Promotion. ABC in ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 1000 w V HEADLEY-REED 399