Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons The Maine Broadcaster Local History Collections 10-1948 The Maine Broadcaster : October 1948 (Vol. 4, No. 10) Maine Broadcasting System (WCSH Portland, ME) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/mainebroadcaster TBE . - MAINE BROADCASn:R· Af!illnto PUBLISHED AS AN AID TO BEITER RADIO LISTENING VOL. IV, No. 10 Portland, Maine, October~ 1948 Price Five Cents Farm Programs Featured On · MeBS Victor Best Named To Post Broffee Confers On Boston University~;Faculty With Republican Standard Bearer Bangor Woman Wins During Septemller, the Maine Broadcasting System went all out to On Network Program bring its rural listeners complete Mrs. Michael Smart of 161 York coverage of agricultural events in Street, ·Bangor, has been named a New England and the nation. The intensified farm coverage centered winner on the BC Let's Talk Holly­ around "Jake" Brofce, agricultural wood program. As her r~ward, fVIrs, director of the network, and his Smart was offered the choice of either regular early morning show, Maine a new television set, worth approxi­ Farm Topics. mately I-thousand dollars instaUed or The week of Sept. 20, Brofee aired an RCA combination radio-phono­ his program from Springfield, Mass., grnph and $100 worth of Victor re­ scene of the giant Eastern States Ex­ cords and a year's free admission to position. A special line from Spring­ her favorite local theater. field to Portland was set np to carry This was all a very pleasant sur­ Brofee's broadcasts to Maine listeners. prise co Mrs. Smart as she was n~t M IS~ MAINE AND MR. BROFE.E-Miss Mur rel Appleby of Enfield, ''Miss Victor S. Best listenjng to the program on the parti­ The programs originating from Maine of 1948," shows a picturesque cake to ''J ake" Brofee at the Eesriern Springfield featured Maine agricultur­ cular rnght the news was announced, States Exposition in S•pringfield, Mass. The ettractiv:! University of Maine Vktor S. Best, assistant news direc­ and she was notified of her good for­ al experts attending the Exposition as tor of \NSCH in Portland for the Senior later appeared as a special guest on Brofee's program, Maine Ferm well as contestants from the Pinc tune by a vVLBZ staff member. Topics. past cwo years, has been named an in­ She decided upon the radio-phono­ Tree Scare. Maine listeners heard a struccor of radio at Boston Univer­ graph as her prize. special interview with State Aricul­ ture Commissioner A. K. Gardner, sity's School of Public Relations. He 1 he American Tobacco Company, conducted by Brofce. They were in­ assumed his new duties Sept. 27. sponsors of Let's Talk Hollywood, Linwood T. Pitman Resumes Post Best will instruct courses in radio also sent a large supply of free Lucky troduced to Howard O. SeU>y, Presi­ Ex­ broadcasting, including lecture and Strike Cigarettes to the Veterans Ad­ As Public Relations Director dent of tl1c famed Eastern States work-shop pei:iods in announcing, ministration Hospital in Northamp­ position, and Prof. Cy Terrill of the radio news, special events and pro­ ton, Massachusetts. Linwood T. Pitman, veteran Majne was employed by newspapers in Port- University of New H ampshire's ... duction. broadcaster, has returned to his desk lai1d, l\llc. and Fitchburg, Mass. Later, Animal Husbandry Department. a The 30-year old newsman is a na- at \,VCSH as Pul>lic Relations Direc­ he joined the Associated Press and widely-known judge in Maine. tive of Chicago. He was educated WLBZ TQ Braadcabt tor of the Maine Broadcasting System. was made night bureau chief of che Brofce devoted two of his programs at the U1:ilirer;;icy of Tal:ontor.'Vi:.JJh11-1e"rc.___•~---~ ... For th~.E~~ J~ mont~~ he h:is sc~ AP- ~n .£ittsburgh. -. _ _- _ _ ro Mainc£s raral Y.Outh. He:, pres~ d.___ _. lw received his B. A. degree. He Maine Home Games a, r\ctm1111strat1vc Assistant to Govcr­ "Tfoa11zing the potentialities of radio, a broadcast for 4-H members and an- came to \,VCSH from Albuquerque, nur Horace A. l-:lild r~th at Augnsta. which was then in the experimental other for the Future Farmers of New Mexico, where he was news ,\1r.ung various othrr duti.:s at the stage, Pitman deserted newspaper America. vVhen the University of Maine Purrlaud station, Pirman will resume work to devote his career to tl1e new editor of station KGGM. Prior to opened its I948 football season Meets Dewey d1at time, Best was employed by vari­ ecLirorship of The Maine Broadc1Stec, medium. lt was then that he became against the Rhode Island Rams, Sep­ monthly publication of llleBS. associated lwith WCSH. He has re­ The weekend before the Eastern ous radio stations throughout the tember 25, \NLBZ began a series of country, including vVFBL, Syracuse, Pirman has been associated wi;:h maine9 wlrh the station continuously States .Exposition opened, Brofee was play-by-play presentations of the \\'CSH longer than any other staff si11ce 1925, except for a brief period the guest of Gov. Thomas E. Dewy N. Y.; WHLD, iagara Fa.11s, N. Y., Maine home games with John Mc­ and \,VCA.;\'.:, Burlington, Vermont member. His was the first voice heard during the recent war in the news­ at Pawling, N. Y. 'the Maine farm Kernan and Eddie Owen at the paper field, and his more recent tour For several months during the last on the station when it started broad­ broadcaster was invited by tl1e GOP microphone. casting in 1925. Through the years he of duty as Governor Hilderetl1's Ad­ war he was a free-lance newscaster in standard-bearer to join other agricul­ vVLBZ will take part in tl1e State has served as announcer, salesman, pro­ ministrative Assistant. tural broadcasters and writers for a . Chicago. Series broadcasts as a member of the gram dir ector, commercial manager He sei:ved in tlte army during discussion of America's fa.rm policy. World Traveler Maine Broadcasting System. and general manager. He was named vVorld War I, H e is married with Brofce was carried by special car, The Maine Bears are playing a to his present position as public rela­ rwo grown children, a son and daugh­ under police escort, from New Best's international background seven game schedule, with North­ tions diiector in 1945. ter . wonld be the envy of any newsman. York to JJewey's Pawling farm. There eastern, New H ampshire, Connecti­ He was educated at the University In his youth, he live~ in Rio de at the Pawling Grange Hall, Brofee cut, Bates, Colby and Bowdoin listed of Maine, where he received an A.B. Janerio, Brazil, where lus father was joined a discussion of major pro­ as gridiron opponents. in Journalism. Upon graduation, he blems now confronting the nation's a resident engineer employed by an Old l{adio Friends American company. He later travel­ farm economy. He was escorted by Reunited On WRDO the New York Governor on a tour of ed in Europe, Jiving for v3.i:ious lengths Dewey's farm. of time in France, !taly, England and From Pawling, Brofee flew to Germany. He speaks Portuguese Once again, radio listeners in Cen­ rrnl Maine arc thrilling to cbe back­ Springfield, to be on hand for the fluently and is familiar with several stage story of Myre and Marge, two colodu.l opening of the Eastern States other foreign languages. lovely chorus girls whose adventures Exposition. While employed by tl1~ Portla~d were eagerly followed for ten years While io. Springfield, Brofee parti­ station, Best became identified with by miUions of fans all over the na­ cipated in many activities other than two daily news broadcasts-the 6:00 rion. This series of the new adven­ his regular broadcasts. He recorded P· m. and 11:00 P· ":'· news. He also tures of ''Myrt and Marge" is pre­ a summary of Maine farm news, was heard on special events broad­ sented at 2:45 p. m., Monday through which was broadcast by W JZ, New casts and appeared frequently on As York, on tbat station's early morning Maine Goes, the weekly m:ws pro­ Friday, by Marquis Radin of Hallo­ well, in cooperation with Philco. farm program, and he appeared on a gram of the Maine Network News The original cast is supporting special Eastern States' television pro- Service. Alice Yourrnan as "Myrt" and Alice gram. Best's hobbies in addition co his Goodkin as "MHge," the rwo girls Brofce was a virtual ambassador of radio work a.re current events and who meet during rehearsals of "Hay­ good will for Maine agriculture. He sculpture. In the latter field, he touted the virtu;5 of Maine-grown studied under the world-renowned field's Pleasures," a musical extrava­ ganza created by Francis Hayfield. produces. to thousands of out-of-state.rs sculptor William Zorach, and has who visied the huge Exposition. created several figures in clay and "My.rt and Marge" become insepara­ able friends, and their story is one marble. which fascinates all of their old You get 12 is.~ues of the Maine friends and captures many more. Broadcaster for 50c. Tape-Recordings Of UNESCO Public Forum The WCSH news show, As Maine Check Your Subscription Date, Please ! Goes, presented tape-recordings of a For some of our subscribers, this month marks the expiration of thoir UNESCO public forum at Symphony subscriptions. An easy way to check is by noting figures et the right Hall, Boston, last month. One of the of your name and address on Page lZ.