Word: airings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During World War II, the U.S. rated its bases in Newfoundland as the strongest outpost in North America's Atlantic defense. Nearly $400 million was pumped into Newfoundland during the war years to build air and naval installations on the rugged island. In peacetime an average of $30 million a year continued to flow from Washington to keep the bases in first-rate shape and, incidentally, provide Newfoundland with the equivalent of an important industry...
...importance of the few incidents in Newfoundland, his article seemed likely to do more good than harm to U.S.-Canadian relations. For more than a year, Canadians have been working patiently and getting nowhere trying to iron out the problem with the U.S. State Department (and with U.S. Air Force brass who saw no reason for either generosity or haste). With the grievance aired in public, U.S. response might come a little faster...
Brokenshire's latest comeback to radio appears to be sticking. It began with an announcing chore in 1945 on Theatre Guild on the Air. Then, two years ago, New York's WNBC signed him up to do Take It Easy, a half-hour (later expanded to 45 minutes) daytime disc-jockey show. His easy microphone manner and his new reliability made him a solid hit with both audience and sponsor. Soon, he picked up another show, the morning Melody Time. Last week one more was added: Inner Sanctum...
During the early years he developed the opening announcement that is still his trademark. "Our biggest problem was what to say when we first went on the air," Brokenshire recalls. "I finally decided on 'How do you do, ladies and gentlemen.' Pretty soon I found that other announcers were copying me. So I added a second 'How do you do' and really underlined...
...then up, then down. In 1943 he joined Alcoholics Anonymous (Forest Hills, N.Y. group) and now feels that he has a better than even chance. Says he thoughtfully: "Sometimes it takes an awful lot of kicking to get a man straightened out." Though he never mentions drinking on the air, he feels that an intense and sympathetic bond has grown between him and his audience. "Somehow, they can sense I've suffered and that I'm sympathetic to other people's suffering," he says. "I get all kinds of letters telling me how I've helped...