Variety radio directory (1940)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety radio directory
Date:
1940
Publisher:
New York : Variety, Inc.
Volume:
Variety radio directory (1940-1941)
Leaf #:
000611
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
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 28, 2023
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MICHIGAN STATIONS— Continued Rep: Howard H. Wilson Co. Seating: facilities: None. Merchandising: Complete service rendered; have outside man contacting retail outlets. Foreign language programs: Not accepted. Artists bureau: Yes; lists a roster of about 75. Base rate: $120. Copy restrictions: Beer and wine accepted; adhere to NAB code of ethics. E. T. library: Standard. News: Transradio. Commentators: Herbert Lascelles (newscaster; sports; market news); Ralph Snyder (newscaster; livestock); Jackson Tisch (newscaster); Patty Criswell (women's features; social events). WJIM, LANSING Operator: WJIM, Inc., City National Bldg. Phone: 2-1333. Power: 250 watts on 1210 kc. Affiliation: NBC Basic Blue Supplementaries; Michigan Radio Network. Opened: Aug. 22, 1934. General manager: Harold F. Gross. Director: Bob Innes. Musical director: Earle Parchman. Production manager: Howard Finch. Promotion manager: Omri St. Clair Jones. Rep: None. Seating facilities: None. Merchandising: Local and state coverage via the merchandising bureau of the Michigan Radio Network; no service of own. Foreign language programs: Not accepted. Artists bureau: None. Base rate: $75. Copy restrictions: Accept beer and wine subject to strict censorship; all other copy should comply to rulings of truthful and ethical advertising, and regulations of the FCC and Federal Trade Commission. E. T. library: NBC Thesaurus. News: Transradio. Commentators: Howard K. Finch (news commentator; sports); Bob Hitter (newscaster); Judy Holliday (recipes; menus; clubs). WMPC, LAPEER Operator: First Methodist Protestant Church of Lapeer. Power: 250 watts on 1200 kc (specified hours). This station is non-commercial; churchowned. WDMJ, MARQUETTE Operator: Lake Superior Broadcasting Company, Mining Journal Bldg. Power: 250 watts on 1310 kc. Affiliation: None. Base rate: $50. No other information available after repeated requests. WKBZ, MUSKEGON Operator: Ashbacker Radio Corp., Michigan Theatre Bldg. Phone: 26-051. Power: 250 watts on 1500 kc. Affiliation: None. Opened: Nov. 3, 1926. (Note: This station was removed from Ludington, Mich., to Muskegon on Sept. 10, 1934; it opened in Ludington in 1926.) Vice-president, general manager: Grant F. Ashbacker. Sales manager: William C. Wester. Program and musical director, artists bureau head: Garrison Poling. Chief engineer: George Krivitsky. Publicity director: Louis T. Dwyer. Rep: Burn-Smith Co., Inc. Seating facilities: Can accommodate about 700 persons. Merchandising: Have a mechandising department; services not listed. Foreign language programs: Accepted. Artists bureau: Complete roster of talent available. Base rate: $100. Copy restrictions: Beer advertising accepted. E. T. library: NBC Thesaurus; World; Associated; NAB; Davis & Schwegler. News: UP. Commentators: Curt Flowers (news commentator; newscaster); Hilliard Gudelsky (news commentator; newscaster; sports); Robert Quinn, Garrison Poling, and Louis Dwyer (newscasters); Elsie Buttrick (fashions; cooking); Helen Smith (fashions). WCAR, PONTIAC Operator: Pontiac Broadcasting Co., Riker Bldg. Phone: 7141. Power: 1,000 watts on 1100 kc (daytime). Affiliation: None. Opened: Dec." 16, 1939. (Note: H. Y. Levinson, general manager and stockholder in this station, is also publisher of the weekly Farmington Enterprise). General and station manager: H. Y. Levinson. Commercial manager, publicity director: W. K. "Bill" Bailey. Program and musical director: Stanley Schultz. Chief engineer: Wiley Wenger. Farm director: W. E. Macdonald. Rep: Radio Advertising Corp. Seating facilities: Observation booth seats 100 persons. Merchandising: Service available on request; estimates submitted on complete service, if desired. Foreign language programs: Not accepted. Artists bureau: None. Base rate: $125. Copy restrictions: Beer and wine copy accepted; no hard liquors; all copy subject to station approval. E. T. library: NBC Thesaurus. News: Transradio. Commentators: Swanson Shields (news commentator); Stanley Schultz (news commentator; sports); Joseph Mercier (newscaster); Tom Harmon (sports); Vane Knight (women's features); Al Gordon (Hollywood news); Carl Bailey (farm news). WHLS, PORT HURON Operator: Port Huron Broadcasting Co., 932 Military St. Phone: 6191. Power: 250 601