Variety radio directory (1940)

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STATION REPRESENTATIVES Information on the personnel and offices of the various U. S., Canadian, and foreign station representatives is given below. Those firms whose names bear an asterisk (*) also represent newspapers or other media as well as radio stations. All-Canada Radio Facilities, Ltd. Officers: H. R. Carson, president, managing director; A. R. Gibson, secretary. Winnipeg office: Manitoba Telephone Bldg., Portage Ave., E.; P. H. Gayner, representative (phone 92 191). Calgary office: Southam Bldg. (R 2021); A. R. Gibson, manager. Montreal office: Dominion Square Bldg. (LA 6400); Burt Hall, manager. Toronto office: 305 Victory Bldg. (Elgin 2464); G. F. Herbert, manager. Vancouver office: 541 W. Georgia St. (Trinity 1391); J. E. Baldwin, manager. (Note: This firm also serves as Canadian distributors for various Amer-' ican transcription producers, and is an amalgamation of the former AllCanada Broadcasting System and United Broadcast Sales, Ltd.) Associated Broadcast Advertising Co. Officers: Irving T. Porter, commercial manager and owner. New York sales office for Station WFAS: 152 W. 42nd St. (Wisconsin 7-2299). Personnel: Irving T Porter, Gertrude Baron, Helen Gray. Bertha Bannon. Boston office: 538 Little Bldg. (Hubbard 4370). T. Beck, Inc. New York office: 331 Fourth Ave. (Gramercy 5-2947). Personnel: Irving Goldman. (Representative for KZIB, Manila, P. I.). Paul Belaire. Boston office: 80 Federal St. (Liberty 0437). Walter Biddick Co. Officers: Walter Biddick, general manager. Los Angeles office: 568 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. (Richmond 6184). Personnel: G. M. Bid dick, manager; C. A. Burpee. San Francisco office: 1623 Russ Bldg. (Sutter 5415). Personnel: Don C. Robbins. Seattle office: 1038 Exchange Bldg. (Main 6440). *R. J. Bidwell Co. San Francisco office: 681 Market St. (Garfield 0947). Personnel: R. J. Bidwell, president, treasurer. Los Angeles office: 1031 S. Broadway (Prospect 3746). Personnel: W. H. Grubbs in charge. John Blair & Co. Officers: John Blair, president; George W. Boiling, vice-president; Lindsey Spight, vice-president; Blake Blair, treasurer. Chicago office: 530 N. Michigan Ave. (Superior 8659). Personnel: John Blair, manager; Gale Blocki, Jr., Charles F. Dilcher, W. Ward Dorrell. New York office: 341 Madison Ave. (Murray Hill 9-6084). Personnel: George W. Boiling, manager; Richard D. Buckley, William H. Weldon, H. Leach Laney. Detroit office: New Center Bldg. (Madison 7889). Personnel: R. H. Boiling, manager. St. Louis office: Paul Brown Bldg. (Chestnut 4154). Personnel: J. Chris Hetherington, manager. San Francisco office: Russ Bldg. (Douglass 3188). Personnel: Lindsey Spight, manager. Los Angeles office: Chamber of Commerce Bldg. (Prospect 3584). Personnel: Carleton .Coveny, manager. *The Branham Co. Officers: John Petrie, president. Chicago office: 360 N. Michigan Ave. (Central 5726). Personnel: E. F. Corcoran, vice-president; L. S. Greenberg, secretary-treasurer; H. C. Shomaker, J. B. Guenther, C. B. Peterson, Joseph F. Timlin, Carl Sundberg, 773