Word: wbbm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other prizes: to Chicago's WBBM, for its Report Uncensored (TIME, Aug. 11); to KXAR, of Hope, Ark., for outstanding public service during a flattening tornado; to Washington's WQQW (TIME, Jan. 20), for The Children's Hour, the best children's program, and to Minneapolis' WCCO, for As the Twig Is Bent, a youth rehabilitation series. The U.N. "Network for Peace" wins a special commendation for its United Nations Today...
Like slugs from a Tommy gun, the words stuttered out of Chicago's WBBM: "They take this 90-pound pressure hose and shove it up against your spine and . . . keep on giving it to you until you scream bloody murder." A scared kid was describing life at the state training school for boys at St. Charles...
Report Uncensored, an exposé of Chicago's juvenile delinquencies, is the brainchild of WBBM's pressagent, Don Kelley. He suggested it as a summer filler for the Lux Radio Theater spot. "Okay, but make it interesting," said CBS Vice President H. Leslie Atlass. Kelley...
...appeared at many professional recitals with orchestras in Chicago, Milwaukee, New York City and Washington, D. C. For 36 weeks he was on a sustaining radio program over Station WBBM in Chicago...
...WBBM Steinkopf will analyze news for Barbasol (and any other sponsors WBBM digs up). Barbasol pays WBBM, WBBM pays P.A. for Steinkopf's services. P.A. then deducts a "handling charge" (like an agent), gives the balance to Steinkopf, greatly augmenting his regular salary...