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DIRECTORY OF AM, FM, and TV STATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES ILLINOIS-(Continued) Executive Abbreviations City Name of Licensee Owner o; Pres. p; Exec. up evp; Gen. Mgr. gm; Sta. Mgr. sm; Corni. Mgr. Transe. Library Call Letters Chan. or Freq. Headquarters Address Network cm; Sal ^s Mgr. sim; Prog. Dir. pd; Chief Eng. ce; Prom. Mgr. pmm: News Service Established Power Telephone Number Representative Prod. Mgr. pdm; News, Farm. Sports or Women's Dir. nd, rd, sd, wd. Transmitter DANVILLE WDAN 1490 Northwestern Pub. Co. CBS E. C. Hewes, gm Honore E. Ronan, pd & wd Wld. 250 1500 N. Washington Ave. McKinney Robert J. Burow, C. sta. & pmm Max Shaffer, sd UP 1700 T. G. Magin, ce RCA DECATUR WDZ 1050 WDZ Bcstg. Co. Free & Peters Charles C. Caley, p William F. Miller, pd Wld., Cap. 1921 1.000 -D 265 S. Park St. Frank C. Schroeder Jr., A. James Ebel, ce 3-9744 vp & gm Wick Evans, nd GP Howard G. Bill, cm Marty Roberts, fd WSOY 1340 Illinois Bcstg. Co. CBS F. W. Schaub. p Milburn H. Stuckwish. tech. d L-W 1925 250 351 North Main St. Weed Merrill Lindsay. gm Al Rowe, nd 5371 Chas. F. Bruce, e & pmm Bob Goben, sd GP Bernard J. Johnson, pd WSOY-FM Ch. 271 (B) 1946 102.1 mc 31.2kw RCA DE KALB WLBK 1360 De Kalb Radio Studios R. C. Brown, m & pd L -W 1947 500 -D 153,1 N. Third St. Donald Whitman, slm. AP 2677 Clayton DeWitt, ce RCA EAST ST. LOUIS WTMV 1490 WTMV On the Air Inc. Sears & Ayer Alvin O. Eades, p Erle E. White, ce Wld. 1935 250 Hotel Broadview Frank J. Prendergast, gm Gene Clayton, nd UP Bridge 4625 Elmer F. Wilirich, asst. m Neil Norman, sd RCA Byron Scott. pd Betty Prescott, wd WTMV-FM Ch. 273 (B) 1949 102.5mc 55kw EFFINGHAM WCRA 1090 Effingham Bcstg. Co. KBS Joseph E. MacNaughton, p (Mrs.) Zona B. Davis, nd Cole 1997 250 -D 110 S. Banker Joseph M. Sutter, g & cm James W. Clear, fd 1090 George S. Kregotis, ce Bettie Cunningham. wd G Stuart N. Sanders, pd, pmm & sd ELGIN WRMN 1410 The Elgin Bcstg. Co. McGillvra George A. Ralston, ptnr.. g & Lester Boese, pd L-W 1949 500 -D 156 Division St. cm & ce Bob Ferguson, nd & sd UP 6930 Jerry C. Miller, ptnr. Fern Ralston, wd ELMWOOD PARK WLEY (FM) Ch. 296 (A) Elmwood Park Bcstg. Zeb Zarneck, p & gm SES. 1948 107.1mc Corp. Jim Weiss, ce 0.95kw 2526 N. Harlem Ave. GE Tux. 9 -1133 EVANSTON WEAW (FM) Ch. 286 (B) Northshore Bcstg. Co. Edward A. Wheeler, p & gm J. R. Brock, ce Assoc. 1947 105.1mc Inc. Jack Royel, cm Carol Lindner, traffic m UP 36kw 2425 Main St. Doris Peterson, pd Col. University 4 -4606 WMP 1590 Evanston Bcstg. Co. Fred S. Newton, p 1,000 -D 2201 Oakton St. Angus D. Pfaff, g & cm Sheldrake 3 -1590 Walter S. Burr, pd RCA FREEPORT S (FM) Ch. 273 (B) Freeport Journal- Stand- Donald L. Breed, p Milton Boyd, pd Assoc. W 102.5mc ard Pub. Co. John D. Holmes, m Floyd E. Linneman, ce AP 9kw 217 West Exchange St. Charles Englehart, cm GE State 504 WFRL 1570 Freeport Bcstg. Co. Inc. Sears & Ayer Vincent S. Baker, p, gm & ce Arthur Hanstrom, pd & fd L -W 1947 1,000 -D 9 N. Chicago Ave. Dave Taylor, cm AP State 436 GALESBURG WGIL 1400 Galesburg Bcstg. Co. Flambeau (Mrs.) O. N. Custer, p George Fox Thoma. pmm Thes. 1937 250 312 Hill Arcade Robert W. Frudeger, gm Douglas Horner, ce UP 4626 Roger L. Hoffman, cm A. R. Kemp, fd Col. Cy Nelson. pd Marty Mottlo, sd HARRISBURG WEBQ Harrisburg Bcstg. Co. KBS Inglis M. Taylor, g & cm Eddie Wise, nd 112Ó 100 E. Poplar St. Norma Alexander, pd Guy Parish, fd UP 28 Ken Hamilton, pmm & sd Naomi Rice, wd WE Elmer Gladson, ce WEBQ-FM Ch. 260 (B) 1947 99.9mc 4.2kw Fed. HERRIN WJPF 1340 Orville W. Lyerla MBS Orville W. Lyerla, o Charles Weber, pmm L -W 1940 250 P. O. Box 179 Pearson Charles R. Cook, g & cm Ryburn Yandell, ce UP 382 Fred Simmons, asst. cm Chet Townsend. nd RCA Frank Elders, pd JACKSONVILLE WLDS 1180 Edge & Korsmeyer Holman Milton Edge, ptnr. E. H. Garlich, fd Thes. 1941 1,000 -D Fox Ill. Theatre Bldg. E. J. Korsmeyer, ptnr., g & cm Barney Lewis, sd UP 1180 T. J. Fairburn, pd & nd Virginia Colwell, wd G G. J. Cassens, ce WLDS-FM Ch. 263 (B) 1948 100.5mc 7.3kw JOLIET WJOL 1340 Joliet Bcstg. Co. McGillvra Calvin Wilson, p Willard Erwin, secy. -treas. 1926 250 601 Walnut St. Robert Thomas, vp Glen Logan, nd UP 4761 Joseph J. Garvey, g & cm Scott Dilworth, fd G Eileen Caron, pd Robert Philbin. sd Lester De Costa, ce Mildred Lawrence. wd KANKAKEE WKAN 1320 Kankakee Daily Journal Holman Leslie C. Small, p Richard Eckles. ce Wld., St. 1947 1.000-D Co. Burrell L. Small, gm John Allen, nd AP 183 N. Schuyler Ave. Bruce Brown, sm Sylvia Staebler, wd Ray. 3 -6633 Orren Allain, pd & sd LA GRANGE WTAQ 1300 The LaGrange Russ Salter, ptnr., gm, pd & ce 1950 500 -D Bcstg. Co. Charles Sebastain, ptnr., cm, 613 S. 7th Ave. pmm &nd Col. Data corrected to Dec. 6. 1950. If executives or services for FM or TV are same as AM affiliate names are not repeated. FM's in italic. -Non -Commercial Station. CP- Construction Permit issued. D -Day. DA -N- Directional Antenna, night Only. DA- 1- Directional Antenna, same pattern day and night. DA -2- Directional Antenna, different pattern day and night. L-Limited Time with Dominant Station. LS -Local Sunset. N-Night. SA- Special Authorization. SH- Specified Hours. ST- Share Time. Complete ke y to abbreviations, page 6. Page 132 1951 Yearbook Number BROADCASTING Telecasting .