Swing (Feb-Dec 1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Swing
Date:
Feb-Dec 1951
Publisher:
Kansas City : WHB Broadcasting Co.
Volume:
Swing (Feb-Dec 1951)
Leaf #:
000587
Language:
English
Subjects:
Radio broadcasting -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Periodicals, Radio broadcasting -- Kansas -- Periodicals","WHB-AM (Radio station : Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Kan.) -- History -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Mo.) -- History -- Periodicals","Cook Paint and Varnish Co. -- Periodicals","WHB Broadcasting Company (Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals.","Cook Paint and Varnish Co -- Periodicals","WHB Broadcasting Company (Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals","Radio broadcasting",Kansas,"Kansas -- Kansas City","Missouri -- Kansas City
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The official magazine of Kansas City's WHB radio station, SWING printed far more than the station's schedule (which, as the title SWING suggested, relied heavily on music). From 1945 to 1953, SWING offered readers something eclectic every month -- profiles of entertainers on one page, discussions of citizenship in the postwar world on the next, with write-ups of nightlife offerings in KC, Chicago, and New York mixed in. WHB spent decades lobbying the FCC for clear channel status; the magazine's ambitious scope may have been part of the station's attempt to legitimate itself. But it was SWING'S first editor, Jetta Carleton, who later wrote a celebrated novel, that gave the magazine its distinctive style. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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1. "DEVINE" NECKTIES were worn by some o Andy's WHB friends when Guy Madison, who play the title role in "Wild Bill Hickok," and And; Devine, who is "Jingles," visited the WHB studio and staff. In photo, left to right front row, are Dick Smith, Guy Madison, Roch Ulmer, Andy Devine Hoby Schepp, Earl Wells. In back, left to right, are John T. Schilling, Don Sullivan, Bruce Grant. Madi son and Devine headed the great American Royal Parade in Kansas City. "Wild Bill Hickok," the frontier marshal who tamed the West, is heard every Sunday at 3:30 p.m. over WHB. 2. Cliff 'Ukulele Ike" Edwards returned to WHB recently for a visit with long-time friends on the staff. The singer and comedian is now a featured performer on the nightclub circuit. 3. LARRY RAY, WHB Sports Director, and D. R. "Dynamite" Alexander, Union Pacific Railroad executive, show mutual smiles after U. P. signed) to sponsor the "Larry Ray Sports Round-Up," Mon-j day through Friday at 6:15 p.m. ' 4. WHB BROADCAST the impressive ceremony, when Notre Mere Marie Irene de Sion, MotherSuperior of the French Institute of Notre Dame de Sion in Kansas City, received the Cross of a Knight of the Legion of Honor from Francois Briere, French ; Consul, of Chicago, for her distinguished service ioi furthering French culture in the United States over j a period of 25 years. j 5. BRODERICK CRAWFORD, Columbia Pictures'! star, appeared on WHB's "Club 710" during a per1 sonal appearance tour. '