Earl Hall for KGLO Mason City. BLACKHAWK BREWING Co.. WILLIAM P. ADAMS, House Jame- These quarter -hour platters will be Jergens in West Davenport, Ia., will add a series of son, Jay Jostyn, Anne Seymour, Alex rushed to Mason City for broadcast. ANDREW JERGENS Co., Cincin- chain breaks to its schedule of spot McKee, Ben Grauer, George A. Put- KGLO will depend on network cover- nati (lotion), on July 20 starts announcements now being carried by nam were elected members of the na- age for spot news. sponsoring a weekly half -hour WOC KBUR KXEL KBIZ KFJB tional board of AFRA to fill vacancies comedy -mystery, Hollywood Mys- WHBF KROS, effective July 17. among the New York locals allotment, Three Daily on KDKA Contract is for 26 weeks. Agency is according to a tery Time, on 8 CBS Pacific tabulation of the mail Three broadcasts daily direct from sta- H. W. Kastor & Sons, Chicago. ballots, just announced. the Convention are planned by KDKA tions (KNX KQW KARM KROY Pittsburgh, J. E. Baudino, general KGDM KIRO KFPY KOIN), manager, announced. Studios will be Thursday, 9 -9:30 p.m. (PWT). set up by the Westinghouse station Contract is for 52 weeks. Carleton "MAKE CONTRACT 52 WEEKS" in the Convention city for the daily Young and Gloria Blondell will broadcasts of Don Hirsch, spon- be co- starred. Louis Dittes and says BARRON HOWARD -WRVA sored by the Duquesne Brewing Co. Jerome Epstein Plans also contemplate origination of are assigned writ- Charles L. DeVault's daily programs. ers. S. James Andrews, radio di- sponsored by Peter Paul Inc., and rector of Lennen & Mitchell, New = =-= York =THE SHADOW Grove Labs. agency servicing account, will produce first two programs. Available locally on transcription -see C. MICHELSON 67 W. 44 St., N.Y.C. KUOA Uses Overhead Don Sharpe, radio director of Storm Whaley, manager of KUOA Frank Vincent Agency, Hollywood Siloam Springs, Ark., will roll up his talent service, will then take over sleeves at the Democratic Conven- that assignment. tion as he did at the GOP sessions PROFESSIONAL and function as both announcer and reporter. Mr. Whaley will keep originate his noon and night news- KUOA covered on Convention news of casts daily from Chicago during the DIRECTORY special interest to Arkansas by over- Convention. He also plans to do other head wires daily. He also plans to special color broadcasts during the cut quarter -hour transcriptions of in- Democratic sessions. Mr. Adams, too, terviews with delegates from the will assist on the CBS staff. JANSKY McNARY & WRATHALL KUOA area. Mr. Whaley said the Aldridge for KXOK & BAILEY transcriptions probably will be spon- An Organization of CONSULTING RADIO ENGINEERS sored locally. Mahlon Aldridge, newly appointed news editor of KXOK St. Louis, Qualified Radio Engineers Dobyns Files for KGER Star -Times station, will do two DEDICATED TO THE National Press Bldg. DI. 1205 broadcasts daily, G :45 and 11:15 SERVICE OF BROADCASTING C. Merwyn Dobyns, president and Washington, D. C. p. m. from Chicago. Lines have been National Press Bldg., Wash., D. C. general manager of KGER Long installed in the Stevens Hotel and Beach, Cal., and his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Stadium for direct pickups. Assisting Dobyns, station educational director, Mr. Aldridge will be the following will cover the Democratic Conven- staff correspondents of the Star-Times: tion as they did the Republican con- HECTOR R. SKIFTER Robert Holliway of Jefferson City ; clave, keeping KGER listeners in- Ernest Kirschten, editor of the ed- PAUL GODLEY CO. H. R. SKIFTER DONALD M. MILLER formed by daily telegraphic stories. itorial page; Truman Felt, Washing- Mrs. Dobyns will emphasize the Con- ton correspondent. Technical details CONSULTING RADIO ENGINEERS CONSULTING RADIO ENGINEERS vention from a woman's viewpoint. will be in charge of Arthur Rekart, ENGINEERING SERVICES Gleeson for KPRO KXOK chief engineer. Station also plans to record interviews with dele- MONTCLAIR. N. J. AVAILABLE AFTER VICTORY W. L. (Bill) Gleeson will be in gates and political leaders from its MO 2 -7859 the radio news gallery for KPRO listening area, according to C. L. s Riverside, Cal., according to H. W. Thomas, manager. Wilson, manager. He plans to file WBBM's Behind Scenes daily wire reports, which will be C. DAVIS Radio Engineering Coesultats spotted as public service newscasts WBBM Chicago, CBS station, plans GEORGE Frequency Monitoring throughout the KPRO schedule. On a series of behind -the- scenes broad- casts during the convention, as well Consulting Rodio Engineer his return to Riverside Mr. Gleeson Equip. Co. will summarize the Convention in a as others augmenting network cover- Munsey Bldg. District 8456 Commercial Radio special broadcast. KPRO will de- age. Pre -convention programs began Evening Star Bugdieg, Was6ingtoe, D. C. Sunday. On July 17 WBBM was to pend on Blue coverage for direct Washington, D. C. 321 E. Gregory Boulevard. Kansas Gty, Me. pickups. present members of the Stevens Hotel staff in a round -table discussion of Cava, Roads of the Wend, H.Iywood, Calf. KGFW Augments Newscasts how hotels handle large convention groups. At 2 :45 p. m. CWT Tuesday Regularly scheduled newscasts of a quarter -hour discussion of the radio KGFW Kearney - Lincoln, Neb. and mechanical organization at Con- Frequency Measuring (every hour on the hour) will be vention hall will feature Tom Garry, highlighted during the Convention by Service RING BG CLARK coverage from chief of physical arrangements at special overhead Chicago Stadium; J. Leonard EXACT MEASUREMENTS Consulting Radio Engineers George Kline of Lincoln, who repre- Reinsch, Democratic National sented the station also at the GOP Com- ANY HOUR -AND DAY mittee radio director ; Hal Carlson of WASHINGTON, D. C. Convention. Mr. Kline's copy will em- R.C.A. Communications, Inc. the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. ; Jack phasize human interest and local an- Darnell, Western Union. 66 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. Munsey Bldg. Republic 2347 gles not included in regular news wire At the same time Wednesday cor- services. respondents for newspapers of United Two Daily on WCCO Nations will discuss politics and the various methods of choosing national J O H N B A R R O N Cedric Adams, WCCO Minne- leaders by their respective countries. RWh apolis-St. Paul commentator, will Alvin J. Steinkopf, WBBM's foreign Consulting Radio Engineers be RAYMOND M. WILMOTTE affairs expert, will moderator. Specializing in Broadcast and Leading magazine and newspaper CONSULTING RADIO ENGINEER writers will be presented Thursday Allocation Engineering afternoon. Val Sherman, WBBM Earle Building, Washington 4, D. C. From FCC Application to Com- chief announcer, will be moderator Telephone NAtional 7757 plete Installation of Equipment on all forums except the Wednesday 1469 Church St., N.W., Washington 3, D. C. program. Other direct pickups in- clude Robert F. Hurleigh's 3 :45 p.m. daily newscast, which will feature "EVERYBODY'S interviews with prominent Demo- WOODWARD & KEEL PAUL A. crats; a 5 p.m. analysis, July 19 deMARS by Mr. Steinkopf on the German at- CONSULTING RADIO ENGINEERS Consulting Electrical Engineer titude and reaction to the American "Pioneer in FM" TALKING political conventions and coming elec- Earl Bldg. NAtional 6513 tion ; special newscasts at various D. 1900 F St., N. W.- Washington, D. C. times by WBBM staff commentators Washington 4, C. and reporters, under direction of Phone: Metropolitan 0540 ABOUT Shepard Chartoc, special events chief, and Jack Burnett, his assistant. Cov- ering for WBBM, in addition to Messrs. Hurleigh and Steinkopf, will LANG- WORTH!" be Walter Preston, director of pro- gram operations; George Case, as- LOHNES & CULVER sistant ; Florence Warner, director of CONSULTING RADIO ENGINEERS education; James Beloungy, chief BUY WAR BONDS! engineer ; Fred Killian, production Munsey Bldg. District 8215 manager ; James Crusinberry, news Washington 4, D. C. editor ; Earl Horrigan, news writer; John Harrington, newscaster. BROADCASTING Broadcast Advertising July 17, 1944 Page 61 .