Variety radio directory (1939)

Page scan 0001026 from Variety radio directory

Record Details:

Title:
Variety radio directory
Date:
1939
Publisher:
New York : Variety, Inc.
Volume:
Variety radio directory (1939-1940)
Leaf #:
0001026
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound and Year Book
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
September 19, 2024
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RADIO EDITORS— Continued MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON GLOBE (m: 126,247; e: 159,769; S: 305,538), Boston, Mass. Elizabeth L. Sullivan. Uses 10 inches, Sunday only — N,C. Log runs about 50 inches, with 7inch feature box daily, 9-inch Sunday. Also uses 4 or 5 cuts on Sunday; accepts glossy prints. Prefers good action photos, human interest shorts on stars, accurate program information. Lists WEEI, WNAC, WBZ, WAAB, WHDH, WMEX, WCOP, WORL, WLLH, WLAW, WCSH, WEAN, WJAR, WPRO, WORC, WTAG. Rate: 50 cents per line daily, 60 cents Sunday. BOSTON POST (m: 352,008; S: 264,858), Boston, Mass. Howard W. Fitzpatrick. Uses one-third column daily, 3 columns Sunday — N,C,R. Log runs about 55 inches, with 8 inches of "best bets". Uses art work on Sunday only; accepts glossy prints. Prefers straight news, authentic gossip, last-minute corrections and biographies of performers with real name, birthplace, etc. Lists WEAF, WJZ, WABC, WNAC, WAAB, WBZ, WEEI, WMEX, WORL, WCOP, WHDH, WLLH, WEAN, WJAR, WORC, WTAG, WTIC. Rate: 60 cents per line daily, 55 cents Sunday; bold face listings in radio logs, $2.50 per line. BOSTON RECORD (m; 309,676), AMERICAN (e; 159,961) & SUNDAY ADVERTISER (528,794), Boston, Mass. Newcomb F. Thompson. Uses one-half to full column daily and Sunday — N. Log appears daily only and runs to 3 columns with 6 to 8 inches of "best bets." Art is used occasionally; accepts glossy prints. Prefers straight program news and biographical material on performers. Lists WEEI, WBZ, WNAC, WAAB, WMEX. WHDH, WCOP, WORL. Rate: 60 cents per line in daily Record and American combined; 80 cents in Sunday Advertiser. BOSTON TRANSCRIPT (e, except Saturday: 27,937; Saturday: 39,096), Boston, Mass. Frederick W. Hobbs (also reference librarian). Uses 15 inches Monday through Friday, 24 inches Saturday— N,R,C. Log runs to 30 inches daily with 3 inches of "best bets," 40 inches Saturday with 8 inches of "best bets." Also uses a one-column cut daily; accepts glossy prints and mats. Prefers straight news material. Lists WEEI, WBZ-A. WNAC, WAAB, WMEX, WHDH, WORL. Rate: 25 cents per line Monday through Friday, 35 cents Saturday. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR (e: 138,372), Boston, Mass. Albert D. Hughes (also aviation editor, record reviewer). Uses one 20-inch column twice a week (one New England column, one national) — R,N,C. Log runs 30 inches Monday through Friday, 45 inches Saturday. Also uses single pictures once a week, layout once a week; accepts glossy prints. Prefers program announcements, program material, feature material when dealing with a specific program; candid picture: and well-posed full panel portraits. Lists WEEI, WBZ, WNAC, WAAB, WMEX. Rate: No special radio rate. HOLYOKE TRANSCRIPT TELEGRAM (e; 18,400), Holyoke, Mass. Michael F. O'Connor (also news editor). Uses halfcolumn daily— N,C,R. Log runs threequarter column, with one-quarter column of "best bets." Art work is used occasionally; accepts mats. Prefers gossip highlights, etc. Lists WBZA, WTIC. WMAS, WSPR, WHAI, WDRC, WOR. Rate: 9 cents per agate line (except political radio announcements which arc 30 cents per line). LAWRENCE DAILY EAGLE (m; 4,368) & TRIBUNE (e; 25,485), Lawrence, Mass. Sebastian Bartolotta (also reporter). Uses short items daily— N,C,R. Log runs to 2 columns with 3 inches of "best bets." Uses only cuts of "unusual interest"; accepts mats. Prefers gossip of unusually interesting nature. Lists WLAW (owned by the papers), WBZ, WNAC WEEI and shortwave stations. Rate: $ per inch. LOWELL COURIER-CITIZEN (m; 9,040) & EVENING LEADER (13,200), Lowell. Mass. Ethel Kelcer Billings (also theatre page editor, librarian). Uses a column or less according to available space, with additional news items in column "Whimsies"— n,C. Log runs from \xk to 2 columns in Courier-Citizen, one to V-k in Leader, with about 8 inches of "best bets." Also uses art work 2 or 3 times weekly; accepts mats. Prefers news, feature stories and gossip. Lists NBC, CBS Colonial and Yankee Networks; WEEI. WBZ, WNAC, WAAB, WLAW. Rate: 11 cents per line for combined papers. LOWELL SUN (e; 16,009), Lowell, Mass. Charles G. Sampas (also film editor, dramatic critic, columnist, reporter, rewrite man). Uses 8 to 10-inch column daily— C,N,R. Log runs to 10 column-inches. Amount of art used depends on space available; accepts glossy prints. Prefers short, breezy items. Lists WLLH. WNAC, WBZ, WEEI. Rate: $2 per inch. LOWELL SUNDAY TELEGRAM (14.863 \ Lowell, Mass. George Gagan (also sports 1000