Word: hanrahan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Spreading last week in radio circles was the fame of James Coleman Hanrahan, suave but peppery manager of Memphis' station WMPS. Mr. Hanrahan had had enough guts to apologize to his listeners for two commercial plugs heard over his station in the first week of the war. One came to WMPS on NBC's Blue network and began: "Here is a late important news bulletin: use Smith Bros, cough drops. . . ." The other came on the Mutual network and began: "Use Gillette blades which last longer and thereby conserve steel for national defense...
...Declared Hanrahan: "We absolutely will not carry any more advertising copy of this type, which attempts to exploit the national emergency, and have notified the two networks ... of our position...
...heyday of Manhattan's stage the Theatre Guild published a quarterly house organ. Started in 1919, the Guild magazine became a monthly ten years later, in 1932 acquired a new name, Stage. About that time John Hanrahan, one of the early backers of The New Yorker, took over management of Stage. Up went circulation until it hit 55,000, up went Stage's price to 35?. Then Manhattan box-office receipts began to skid, and down went Stage with them. In June 1939, Stage dropped its curtain for the summer, did not reopen...