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Columbia had been founded by Publisher H. M. Newman of the Fourth Estate, was affiliated with Columbia Phonograph Co. and the Arthur Judson Concert Bureau. Broadcaster Newman got time on WOR and WABC. Then he sold control to a Philadelphia contractor, Jerome Louchheim. When Contractor Louchheim turned Columbia Broadcasting System over to young William Paley it consisted of WABC and 15 affiliated stations bound under loose contracts, and it was costing him more money every...
...listeners were able to hear the little man in his first radio broadcast last week.* Several radio stations claimed credit for the hookup. It was due to the enterprise of Newark's WOR alone. At the appointed time St. Gandhi refused to be hustled from his dates and milk; his flustered hostess, Miss Muriel Lester of Kingsley House, was forced to ad lib for many minutes. At length the Mahatma approached the microphone, prayed for a few moments silently. Then millions of U. S. listeners heard his first words: "Do I have to speak into this thing...
...Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, are prepared in Manhattan but can be modified to include events of local interest where they are displayed. The name of the "sponsoring" newspaper is worked into the radio broadcast and into the title of the film, e. g.: "Hearst Metrotone News . . . The New York American . . . WOR . . . The Globe Trotter." In cities where there are no Hearstpapers, other dailies may engage in the three-way plan...
...writing for the New Yorker, Manhattan sophistisheet, Mr. Woollcott also speaks over radio station WOR, calling himself the "Town Crier...
...approached by two young men about to start a new business. They wanted him to buy some of their stock at $25 the share. Looking down his straight strong nose, Banker Forgan declared he could buy no stock. Said he: "I'm just a poor mon and I wor-rk for a sollery...