DIRECTORY OF BROADCASTING STATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES Non -Commerciai Station. D -Day. N- Night. ST- Shares Time. SH- Specified Hours. U- Unlimited. CP- Conofruclion Permit Issued. LS -Local Sunset. L- Limited Time with Dominant Station. SA- Special Aulhoritalion. (Data corrected to January I, 1944)

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Name of Licensee Chief Owner or Executive Program Director Representatives Call Frequency Power Headquarters Address General Manager Mdsg. or Promotion Mgr. Transe. Library City Letters In Kilocycles In Watts Telephone Number Network Commercial Manager Chief Engineer News Service EOSTON 12 WEEI 590 5,000 Columbia Broadcasting System Inc. CBS CBS -H. E. Fellows K. F. Horton Radio Sales 182 Tremont St. H. E. Fellows G. H. Cunningham World Hubbard 2323 K. F. Horton W. J. Stiles Associated AP, UP LOS rON 16 WHDH 850 5,000 Matheson Radio Co. Inc. Blue Ralph G. Matheson George M. Watson Jr. Spot Sales 62 Boylston St. Ralph G. Matheson George M. Watson Jr. World Hancock 0900 Ralph G. Matheson Ralph G. Matheson Associated Thesaurus AP BOSTON 15 WMEX 1610 5,000 Northern Corp. Lt. John E. Reilly, USN John Kiley, acting McGillvra 70 Brookline Ave. William S. Pote MacGregor Commonwealth 8900 William S. Pote Alfred J. Pote INS BOSTON 15 WNAC 1260 5,000 Yankee Network Inc. MBS William F. O'Neil Herbert Rice Petry 21 Brookline Ave. Yankee John Shepard 3d James Powers Standard Commonwealth 0800 Linea Travers Irving B. Robinson Associated Linea Travers AP BOSTON 16 WORL 950 1,000 -D Bestg. Service Organization Inc. Harold A. Lafount Robert N. Perry 216 Tremont St. George Luker Robert Sanford Associated Liberty 4540 A. N. Armstrong Jr. John Parker AP, UP FALL RIVER WSAR 1480 1,000 Doughty & Welch Electric Co. Inc. MBS William T. Welch Josephine Y. Welch Walker 102 S. Main St. Yankee William T. Welch Angus Bailey Foster 7 -9477 Leonard C. Cox John C. Pavao Kane Standard Associated INS FITCHBURG WEIM 1340 250 Radio Station WEIM MBS Ruben E. Arooheim Robert Reynolds 717 Main SL Yankee Earle G. Clement Lang -Worth 1600 Mort Silverman Theodore Kalte AP GREEINFIELD WHAI 1240 260 John W. Haigis MBS John W Hai Ann M. Erickson Bannan 354 Main St. Yankee Horace W. Nichols Foster 4801 Horace W. Nichols Leland F. Wheeler Kane World Associated HOLYOKE WHYN 1400 250 Hampden-Hampshire Corp. MBS William G. Dwight Thome. R. Humphrey Bennet 180 High St. Yankee Patrick J. Montague Patrick J. Montague Kane Patrick J. Montague Thome. R. Humphrey Associated UP LAWRENCE WLAW 680 6,000 Hildreth k Rogen Co. CBS Irving E. Rogen Joseph P. Oakes Katz 278 Essex St. George H. Jupert Foster 4107 David M. Kamel George A. Hinckley Thesaurus Standard UP LOWELL WLLH 1400 260 Merrimac Broadcasting Co. Inc. MBS A. S. Moffat Thomas Clayton Petry 89 Kearney Square Yankee Robert F. Donahue Robert Donahue Associated 8716 Haskell Bloomberg Ralph Newton INS

NEW BEDFORD WNBH 1840 250 E. Anthony Sr Sons Inc. Blue Basil Brewer Donald L. Seller. Burn -Smith 688 Pleasant St. Hugh R. Norman Foster 8 -5228 Irving Vermilya Kane Thesaurus Associated

PITTSFIELD WBRK 1840 250 Monroe B. England MBS Monroe B. England Richard M81s Bum-Smith 8 Bank Row Yankee Monroe B. England John Panons Foster 2.1553 John Parsons Leonard Lavendol Kane Standard Associated UP SALEM- MARBLEHEAD WESX 1230 250 North Shore Broadcasting Co. Cherie. W. Phelan Marion Holt Foster 126 Washington St., Salem A. M. Morgan A. M. Morgan Thesaurus Salem 5670 A. M. Morgan Alwyn Stacey Associated World AP, INS SPRINGFIELD WBZA 1080 1,000 Westinghouse Radio Stations Inc. NBC Westinghouse -Walter C. W. Gordon Swan NBC Spot Chestnut St. New England Evans Harry D. Goodwin Associated 6 -8336 C. S. Young W. H. Hauser Thesaurus C. H. Muse UP SPRINGFIELD 3 WMAS 1460 260 WMAS Inc. CBS Albert S. Moffat Warren M. Greenwood Petry Hotel Charles Warren M. Greenwood Warren M. Greenwood Associated 7 -1414 Warren M. Greenwood Earl G. Hewlnson INS

SPRINGFIELD 5 WSPR 1270 500 WSPR Inc. Blue Quincy A. Brackett Wayne Henry Latham Hollingbery 63 Chestnut St. Quincy A. Brackett Milton W. Stoughton Bannen 6 -2757 Milton W. Stoughton Lawrence A. Reilly Kane Associated Lang-Worth INS WORCESTER 8 WAAB 1440 5,000 Yankee Network Inc. MBS ¡William F. O'Neil Albert Hiorns Petry State Mutual Bldg. Yankee John Shepard 3d James Powers, Boston Standard 6 -1411 Dorothy Robinson Joseph E. Grahn Associated Dorothy Robinson AP WORCESTER 2 WORC 1810 1,000 Alfred Frank Kleindienst Blue Alfred Frank Kleindienst Weed 65 Elm St. Mildred P. Stanton Worth 5 -3101 LangINS

WORCESTER 1 WTAG 580 5,000 Worcester Telegram Pub. Co. Inc. CBS George F. Booth David H. Harris Rhymer 18 Franklin St. Edward E. Hill Mini Komet, Bannen 5 -4321 Herbert L. Krueger Elliot A. Browning World Associated AP Page 108 1944 Yearbook Number BROADCASTING Broadcast Advertising