Radio showmanship (Jan-Dec 1947)

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PUBLISHER-EDITOR Marie Ford EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD oger Clipp . Van Konynenburg Harold Ryan lorry Burke en St rouse Philadelphia Minneapolis Toledo Omaha Washington, D. C. ^ilt Gunzendorfer loyd E. Yoder San Francisco Denver DITORIAL OFFICE • 1004 Marquette, Minneapolis 2, Minn. Telephone BRidgeport 0181 Marie Ford, Manager. (Business, editorial and general office.) OPYRIGHT . 1947 by Showmanship Publications, publishers of Radio Showmanship. COXTEIVTS SEPTEMBER, 1947 Vol. 8, No. 9 How retailers increase profits from radio 292 Columbia Broadcasting System Analysis— 202 typical department stores, 74 specialty stores give the answers, NRDGA collects and compiles. 1-Day sales concentration sells clothing: 297 Ed Mellon Co.-Unique air dominance achieved with 105 minutes of Sunday airtime in Charlotte, N. C. Women good sales target for men's wear 298 Grafton & Co.— Men's store in Hamilton, Ont., beams its radio campaign to feminine listeners with excellent results. Base juvenile sales appeal on sound entertainment 300 Dorothy A. Kemble— A 5-point plan for juvenile entertainment presented by the director of continuity acceptance. Mutual Broadcasting System. Juvenile series with emphasis on public service ups flour sales. .302 BvERS Flour Mills— Results from campaign begun in 1934 leads Camrose, Alb. miller to increase coverage to 1 1 -station area. Department store finds news A-1 sales medium 304 Ruth M. Fox— Spots and programs in combination sell items, merchandise groups, departments and store itself says the advertising manager of Fowler, Dick & Walker, Inc., Binghamton, N.Y. Changes time schedule to exploit various audiences 308 Moskin Stores, Inc.— Varied audience appeal keeps mail pull up, creates store traffic for the Huntington, \V. Va. outlet of this 104-store chain. Radio builds department store prestige 310 Frankel Clothing Company— Service to the community basic in store policy for this Des Moines, la. retailer. Airing the New — New program ideas 312 Proof O' the Pudding — Results from radio 314 Showmanship in Action — Merchandising and promotion 317 Showmantips — Programs briefly noted 321 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and possessions, $3.00 one year; Canada, $3.50. Single copies — 35 cents. Canada — 40 cents. CHANGE OF ADDRESS should be reported to Radio Showmanship Magazine, 1004 Marquette, Minneapolis 2, Minn., three weeks before it is to be effective. Send old address with new. EPTEMBER, 1 947 • 291 •