Radio daily (Jan-Mar 1938)

8 Friday, March 25, 1938 RADIO DAILY * C^si-iO'-Coasi * THE Rowe Memorial Handicap, for three-year-olds and upward, to be run on April 2 at the Bowie Track will be picked up by WBAL and fed to the NBC-Blue network from 4: 15 to 4:30 p.m. Clem McCarthy will describe the running of the race, assisted by John Wilbourn, chief announcer at WBAL. During the Bowie meet, which runs from April 1 to April 14, inclusive, WBAL will broadcast the feature race each day in addition to other races and news from the track. Harry W. Flannery’s “Views on News”, broadcast for the last three years over KMOX, St. Louis, has been renewed for the fourth successive year by his original sponsors, the American Packing Company. Before he entered radio on KMOX, Flannery spent several years in editorial work on metropolitan newspapers. and acts as editor on all KMOX news broadcasts. WBAL is cooperating in the Baltimore Annual Roll Call of the American Red Cross which opens next week, by presenting several programs during this week featuring prominent speakers, including Mayor Howard W. Jackson, Baltimore, and Dr. J. M. T. Finney, chairman, Baltimore Chapter of the American Red Cross. A number of musical organizations are taking part. Allan Clark, program director and leader of WKY orchestra, has also been named head of the publicity department and director of the Artists Bureau. He takes over two jobs formerly held by Hal Scher who has been transferred to the night shift on announcing, position at which he formerly did bit jobs. A gala anniversary program is being planned for Dow’s Dawn Patrol on WKRC, when it celebrates its first year on the air, Sat. April 23. A1 Bland, has been the pilot of the full-hour show since it began. The Three Tune Tossers, Dick, Don and Shine are now being heard over The greatest period of growth in the broadcasting industry occurred in the years 1922 and 1923 when the number of licensed broadcast stations jumped from a total of sixty to five hundred and seventythree. WMT of the Iowa Network. The trio has been featured in the past over WHO. Des Moines, WBEN, Buffalo, and Detroit stations, besides the NBC coast-to-coast hook-up and has a ready-built audience for their familiar songs dressed up with modern and unique arrangements. KMBC’s artist bureau, conducted by Jimmie McConnell, passed on nearly 800 amateurs in connection with the nightly amateur contests conducted at the Municipal Auditorium for the International Food Fair sponsored by the Kansas City Retail Grocers’ Ass’n. Starting with ten acts to the bill, it was necessary to increase the number to seventeen to take care of all the promising talent which tried out. Wilf Davidson, singing announcer, of CKY, Winnipeg, has been transferred to CBM, Montreal. WRJN was host to hundreds the past week in connection with open house celebration at its new studios on the third floor of the American Bank & Trust Co. Bldg., Racine, Wis. For 11 years the station was located in the Hotel Racine, but its growth required larger quarters and so it was moved to the new quarters. Special features were broadcast during the week. WTOL, Toledo Additions to the staff of WTOL, include Clarence (Sonny) Bullard, who will write continuity, having been with the U. S. Advertising Corp., and several New York dailies; and John Byrnell, who will be an announcer, having formerly been with WXYZ, Detroit. M. E. Kent, general manager of WTOL, has assumed the duties of program director, following the recent resignation of Lester Mitchell, who left last week for Bay City, Mich., where he has a similar position at WBCM. Mrs. Mitchell (Elaine Beeson), who conducts the "Woman’s Spotlight” broadcast from WTOL, will join him soon. Paul Spor, local band-leader and operator of a booking agency, is taking over the “Children’s Workshop” for WTOL. Miss Dorothy Diller, pianist, is now being heard over WTOL, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 2:30 with the studio orchestra. Sterling Brand, a tenor, sings with Dorothy at 1:15 p.m. Sundays. New series of historical dramas, based on events in Toledo’s history, written by C. S. Van Tassel, will be broadcast starting Sunday over WTOL. Claire Mast, pianist, formerly with WJR, Detroit, has joined the WTOL staff and is heard weekdays at 12:45 p.m. A HOT TIP ON A COOL $70,0 0 0,0 0 0 T JL here’s only one 50,000 watt station in Minnesota. There’s only one dearchannel station in Minnesota. There’s only one station that reaches all Minnesota day and night (conclusively proved in a recent P.T.A. survey). (( That one station is WCCO, the Columbia network station for the Twin Cities! (( This summer an extra two million people will swell Minnesota’s spending power with an extra 70,000,000 dollars of vacation n?oney. A hot tip for summer selling: you can reach all this free-spending market with only one station — WCCO. d Have you all the facts about WCCO? WCCO MINNEAPOLISST. PAUL, A COLUMBIA STATION 50,000 watts. Owned and operated by the Columbia Broadcasting System. Represented by Radio Sales