U. S. Radio (Jan-Dec 1960)

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HI-FI RADIO gets one more enthusiastic supporter in the person of Mrs. L. M. Larsen. She was the winner of drawing held by WLOL-FM Minneapolis. Her prize was a Blaupunkt fm-am radio provided by a local dealer. Names were mailed in by listeners at the station's request. Seen (I. to r.) Don Guis, hi-fi dealer; Mrs. Larsen and Tom Rueben, station manager. LETTING THE SECRET out of the bag about the secret word contest conducted by KRLA Hollywood, is Donald Fry, station comptroller, as he Interviews Rose Queen Margarethe Bertelson. Queen Margarethe is surrounded by some of the 49, IOC entries that were submitted in the station's popular contest. GIVE THE GIFT of life itself was the theme of a campaign put on by KOIL Omaha to boost blood donations to the Red Cross. Each donor was rewarded with a popular music album contributed by the station. Deejay Steve Brown (I.) loolts on as one listener responds to the call. NAMED TO FCC's National Defense Executive Reserve Unit, Lawrence Webb, managing director. Station Representatives Assoc, receives scroll from FCC Commr. Robert E. Lee. H. Preston Peters, SRA head and president, Peters, Griffin, Woodward, Inc., looks on. BURIED UNDER the 5,000 ping-pong balls used by KFMB San Diego is Nancy Kierspe, secretary to Virgil Clemens, station account executive, who helps her out. Ping-pong balls were dropped over Tustin Hills Ranchos, to promote new homes in the area RUSHING TO THE rescue. Bob McKee, of WAKE Atlanta, keeps his listeners informed of the latest exploits of Dick Tracy. McKee is staging a one-man campaign to bring the comic strip back to Atlanta. Strip was dropped recently by the city's newspapers, so McKee stepped in. 43