Right -A "GREASE -PAINT COMPLEX" hasbeen the compelling influence in the life ofannouncer FRANK CATTO, too. It hasn't beenexpressed quite as fluently as was Fred Kilian's,however. In between his radio or theatre ef-forts Frank has sold advertising and served asa "dispensing optometrist" - the fellow whoprovides the "specs" after they are prescribed.A native of Bay City, Frank went west aftercollege, played some "extra" parts in themovies and learned about broadcasting on thedramatics staff of KHJ, Los Angeles. Backnearer home, again, he worked for a while atWWJ in Detroit as an actor and came to ourorganization early in 1938. Horseback ridingand the amateur theatre comprise Frank's hob-bies. Married? Yep, in 1938.

YOUR ANNLeft-TO DRIVE A CATERPILLAR TRACTOR wasthe first remembered ambition of RUSS LYON,News Editor -Announcer. And that early urge -which still prevails, incidentally - is in rathersharp contrast to Russ' association with the delicatemechanisms of radio. At Michigan State Collegein WKAR Russ first found a place in radio. Thencame two years as Chief Announcer at WJIM,Lansing. Russ, whose father is a minister and or-chardist near Pontiac, is now News Editor at WBCMand engaged in Radio Production. He is taller thansix feet, blond, twenty-four, single and holds aprivate license to fly an aeroplane.

Left-MUCH TO EVERYBODY'S SURPRISE, in-cluding his own, CHUCK ANTHONY won acompetitive audition at WBCM last springwithout more than a pinch of broadcasting ex-perience. The whole thing came about whenhe was mistaken by a WBCM engineer andhanded the test script for sports announcing.Then a senior at Bay City Central High School,and only eighteen, Chuck has done a sportsjob that has received the plaudits of his lis-teners and experts such as Harry Heilmann.One incident will remain in Chuck's memory,however . . . "guesting" one time on one ofHeilmann's baseball reconstruction broadcasts,he had a player on second, none out, whenthere were two outs and no one on . . . helearned right then to manufacture words to fillthe hole he had stepped into.

MCER Is . . .Right - NO LAZY MAN, although he willargue the point, could ever have kept pacewith JACK PARKER, WBCM Program Director.In 1932 the Atwater Kent radio people wereholding auditions all over the nation . . . re-member? That started Jack Parker in radio.You see, he won the contest in Flint, and thelocal station put the 16 -year -old singer on theair. Michigan State College was operating aradio station, so Jack enrolled there to keepin touch with the business, to study journal-ism and take a "flier" at publishing a radionewspaper . . . Some time in journalism anddramatics at the University of Michigan sup-plemented his background and he joinedWJIM, Lansing. About two years ago he cameto WBCM to write, announce and finally headthe program department.

Left -WINGS CAME EARLY to Musical Directorand Announcer LIONEL DEREMER. No, he wouldn'timply that he is any kind of an angel, any morethan he would claim to be younger than 52 years,but he was the 115th person licensed to fly anairplane in this country. That was before the firstWorld War, when he flew with the famous WrightBrothers, barnstormed about the country, built'planes and taught flying. And as if that were notenough, he became a widely recognized piano im-presario . . . which brings us to his radio advent:In the autumn of 1928, "Nello" (From Lionel, wesuppose) came back to northeastern Michigan afteryears of all kinds of musical performance through-out the country. WBCM needed a pianist, "Nello"stayed. He is the veteran in our staff.

Right -FOOTLIGHTS AND KLIEG LIGHTS stillcan be seen occasionally reflected in the eyesof Announcer FRED KILIAN. He wasn't pasthis middle teens when his theatre trainingstarted down in Toledo. To give a chrono-logical report of his activities would be diffi-cult, but they have included Little Theatreacting and directing, dramatic stock companyengagements, scene designing, movie parts onthe west coast and a position as assistant di-rector at Republic Studios. In between all thisFred got his "larnin' " at the University ofToledo and Pasadena Playhouse School of theTheatre - institutions separated by two thirdsof the continent. In 1929 he was ushered intoradio at Chicago's WBBM, but returned to thetheatre before joining WBCM in 1938. Thus,at twenty-nine, Fred Kilian has much experi-ence, a charming wife and a year -old son,Michael.

HAROLD TRUE, one of the veterans of American radio,presents his review of the day's news each evening overWBCM-Michigan Radio Network.

AT THE TELETYPE MACHINE of the United Press, JACKPARKER selects the news items for a broadcast. From 5 a.m.until 1 a.m. - 20 hours a day - this machine keeps WBCMin constant contact with the world, automatically printingstories that have been transmitted from news capitals, hereand abroad, only minutes before.

EDITING THE NEWS finds FRED KILIAN well occupiedwith a heavy pencil. Because of the speed with which thenews is sent, there are occasional errors in typography andspelling which must be corrected for swift reading. More-over, the shortage of time to include all the news makesnecessary the removal of words that add nothing to thefacts. This is "Boiling -down" the news.

.WHILE IT IS NEWS"Throughout the world the streams of human activity are turbulant with bitterness, hate and struggle . . . a maelstrom whosecurrents touch the lives of every person on this continent, although we are not directly engaged in the conflicts. Eventsdevelop with such lightning speed that only the split-second facilities of radio are able to keep pace. Thus, WBCM hasdrawn from the most expert news source agencies in the world to bring you the NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS.Nine regularly scheduled newscasts every day are the aggregate result of the work of thousands of reporters in all partsof the globe whose reports are brought together under the banners of either the far-flung United Press Association or the alertnews division of the National Broadcasting Company. From those two established agencies WBCM receives the stories tobe broadcast to you.Only the news accounts from approved news bureaus are ever heard from WBCM . . . NO PROPAGANDA is inserted . . .

NO PRIVATE OPINIONS are allowed from newscasters. Thus, WBCM listeners have the true story of the activities ofthe world's people.

NEWSCASTING, at which RUSS LYON is concentratinghere, is extremely exacting. The newscaster must keeppracticed on the foreign names and phrases that appear inthe news without notice; he must know something of thescene of the event about which he is talking; and he mustdevelop a sense of timing, so that a news story will not beonly half told at the end of the news period.

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T. R. YBARRA draws from a background as war correspond-ent, author and journalist to present his NBC interpretivenews feature. Mr. Ybarra is well-known for his articles inColliers magazine.

NBCOMMENTATORS from Europe give WBCM listeners eye-witness accounts of the war events by short wave radio fromthe capitals of the continent. Left to right-top: PAULARCHINAID and FRED BATES; bottom: BAUHHAGE andMAX JORDON.

DURING THE CRISIS that saw the European war flames spread last fall this picture of the NBC news and special events staffwas taken. An allnight vigil was kept by these newsmiths. The coatless man in the center is GRAHAM MacNAMEE -attacking a sandwich.

Right-The Ridotto Fire brought forth a broadcast coincident:WBCM was broadcasting a Social Security talk from the studiosand the listeners had just been advised to send inquiries tothe office in the Ridotto Building when the fire broke out. Thenext instant a WBCM announcer broadcast the general alarm.Incidentally this happened on April 1st.

Below-The Story of the Fire in the Ridotto Building wasgiven eye -witness treatment by Jack Parker, perched onthe bumper of a Bay City Fire Truck. Bob Phillips standsbelow.

Right-Bay City Police Chief Frank Anderson discussesthe Ridotto fire for WBCM listeners with Jack Parker,left, while announcer Fred Kilian stands by to take the"mike" from Jack.

Not all news is made abroad, noreven in another city. Within theWBCM area human events fre-quently become news stories ofimportance to our own communi-ties and to the people beyond,as well. To bring our listeners

Left-The American Legion Con-vention in Bay City in August,1940; gave WBCM special eventsmen plenty of exercise: torch-lite and daylight parades, inter-views, drum and bugle corps con-tests, memorial services, banquets. . . all were broadcast. In thispicture, during the closing ses-sion banquet, Raymond J. Kelly,Legion National Commander isspeaking. To the left are Mrs.Doris Corwith, National Presidentof the Auxiliary, and Alvin Ows-ley, past -Commander of the Na-tional organization. Mrs. N. J.Danhoff, State Auxiliary Presi-dent is to the right.

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PROM THE SCENEthe first-hand accounts of whattranspires WBCM is ready at amoment's notice with a staff ex-perienced in Special Events andwith technical equipment de-signed for such remote -controlbroadcasts.

The Showboat makes its annualtour up the Shiawassee River toChesaning and stages a perform-ance in the pier. And each yearthe WBCMicrophone packs allthe music into wires to Bay Cityand into the air for the enjoy-ment of our friends.

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To the Kentucky Derby, 'way down in Louisville, went theWBCM microphone to send back a pre -race interview programto WBCM and the Michigan Radio Network. Dignitaries andcelebrities were frequent at our "mike" that evening. Here areKentucky's Lieutenant Governor Rhodes K. Myers (with themint julep) with Bob Phillips (center - without julep) andJack Parker (at the "mike" - no julep).

Midland's "Queen of Diamonds," Miss Jablonski, receivesher crown from Dr Willard H. Dow, and the "coronation"is "seen" by thousands of WBCM listeners who were notin attendance. Back to the camera, microphone in hand,is WBCMan Jack Parker.

Left-Michigan's Governor Dickenson stopped in BayCity recently long enough for a word to WBCM lis-teners through the microphone held before him byFrank Catto.

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Clifton Fadiman, "emcee" of the NBC "Information Please"program, came to Bay City to speak on the "Town Hall"series last year. At the reception in the Trinity Parish HouseJack Parker gave him even wider introduction through theWBCM microphone.

Left - The Historic Meeting ofFrank Fitzgerald and Frank Mur-phy - then Governor of Michi-gan - was an exciting spot inthe 1936 campaign for the post asthe state's chief executive. TheWBCM microphone stands infront of Mr. Fitzgerald as he ad-dresses the banquet crowd.

At the Alma Harvest Festival WBCM broadcast the corona-tion of and interview with the queen of the Jubilee occasion.The announcer is Jack Parker.

Left-The "8 -Ball Club" met be-hind the WBCM "mike" in BayCity a little while ago to usherin a new network program. Leftto right on the stage appearedthe Vikings Quartet, Jack Coffeyand his orchestra and with hissongstress Lynn Gari, Harry Heil-man, Bud Shaver, and WBCMenJackson, Kilian and Parker.

Republicandidate Wendell Wilkie visitedBay City just prior to the GOPresidential

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group of youngsters enjoying theSaginaw County Fair in 1939.

Right - Out -in -the -Open Broad-casts were the order of the weekfor WBCM during the 1939 Sag-inaw County Fair. From thestudio on the grounds all WBCMprograms, excepting the networkshows, were broadcast in fullview of the Fair public. Deep inthe crowd can be seen the Mon-arch Minstrels cast with JackParker.

The Torch -Light Parade of the AmericanLegion "40 and 8" society packed thebroadcasting platform with (left to right)Bob Phillips, now in New York City,WBCM Program Director Jack Parker; andex-WBCMan Joe Mercier, now at WCAR,Pontiac.

Behind All WBCM "Special Events" isthe remote -control staff of WBCM engi-neers. Chief Engineer Ralph Carpenter isshown here with the portable amplifier.at the Ridotto fire. Microphone lines leadinto the amplifier before him, where vol-ume is regulated and additional electricalcurrent is applied to "boost" the soundto the transmitter.

RELIGION an WBCMBehind the religious broadcasts you hear over WBCM lies much more than the policy of presenting church services to itslisteners; the basic American philosophy of "Freedom of Worship" is borne out by the time WBCM allots to inspirationalservices.

Left-The Saginaw ValleyCouncil of Churches,headed by Rev. JohnGardner (shown here) ofthe First PresbyterianChurch of Midland, hasselected a committee toarrange educational re-ligious programs overWBCM.

Right - Rev. Richard A.Elve of Bay City's FirstBaptist Church, speakseach Sunday from theWBCM studios.

Left - Lutheran Servicesare broadcast by Rev.Theodore Stiegemeyereach Sunday from thepulpit of the ImmanuelLutheran Church in BayCity.

Right-The Catholic Evi-dence Hour, directed byFather Parent, picturedhere, comprises a pro-gram of music and reli-gious discussion directfrom St. Joseph's CatholicChurch.

Left-Morning Devotionsare conducted by mem-bers of the Bay CityCouncil of Churches.Shown here is JohnSeagle, whose sacredsongs are featured eachmorning.

Right-The Gladwin Houris a Saturday morningfeature conducted byRev. Karl H. Keefer, Glad -

win Methodist Church.

"THE WOMAN'S -EYE VIEW" is a program resulting fromthree months of illness, a constant -companion radio, and, ofcourse, LOU SHERRY, whom you see here. Yes, Lou listenedfaithfully those three months and conceived an urge to tryit herself. Some business and selling experience had givenher the "spunk," but she is supported by her lifelong hobbiesof oil -painting, poetry and collecting old china and pottery.She used to teach piano, and that is still a major enjoymentto her. Yes, she's married, but only twenty-eight.

"YOUR PERSONAL SHOPPER" is a friendly, ambitious andself-reliant lady who has had her place in radio longer thanRoosevelt has been president. That means NANCY CLAI-BOURNE, who is smiling across the microphone at you. InWashington, D.C., Nancy was well-known for her women'sprograms, but when her husband was transferred from theCapital city, she withdrew from the airwaves. Only this yeardid she take up her work, again, at WBCM. Theatre work,writing and editing has been part of her life, too, andwants - someday - to sit down to do nothing but WRITE.

STRICTLY FEMININEINTERVIEWS with prominent women comprise an importantpart of NANCY CLAIBOURNE'S "Personal Shopper" show.Here we caught her with MRS. W. L. DARDAS, President ofthe Bay City Auxiliary of the American Legion. They hadjust finished an air interview.

BACK FROM A JAUNT into the realms of women's affairs,LOU SHERRY was just starting up the steps of the WenonahHotel when we caught up with her.

Right-A "RECONSTRUC-TION BROADCAST,"complete with HARRYHEILMANN, engineersand assistants. A reportof out - of - town Tigergames are telegraphed toHarry, received by theoperator on the right, andreconstructed into theplay-by-play account ofthe ball game by Harry.This picture was taken atthe "Morning Patrol" pic-nic this year.

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Left-HARRY HEILMANN inthe Michigan Radio Net-work broadcasting boothoverlooking Briggs Stadiumin Detroit. From this pointof vantage Harry describesall of the home -games of theTigers.

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"THE FAN ON THESTREET" duo - HARRYHEILMANN, left, andJOHN SLAGLE. Thissports -quiz show wasbrought to Bay City thissummer and drew a crowdof thousands into thecity's business district.

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN presents this view when the playersin the soft -ball league gaze up at the radio -press booth atLeague Park. Just visible at the right are the tops of CHUCKANTHONY'S and engineer KEN ROBINSON'S heads.

BUD SHAVER, the Michigan Radio Network sport -specialist who reviews the sports day for WBCMlisteners.

SOFT -BALL games are broadcast by CHUCK ANTHONY, right, directfrom League Park whenever the soft -ball circuit of northeasternMichigan gets out on the flood -lighted green. At the controls besideChuck is WBCM engineer KEN ROBINSON

IP AND MORE SPORTSAlthough Not a Bona -Fide Cowpuncher,hobby stood him in good stead whenevents schedule called upon him to take the mike torison, Michigan for WBCM's first actual Rodeo broadcast.Frank did everything that a good special events man issupposed to do, including this stint from the back of oneof the competing entries.

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Don McNeill, guiding light of "The Breakfast Club," is aformer cartoonist, editor and announcer.

Walter Blaufus, veteran NBC con-ductor, plays maestro to the musi-cians on the gagging "BreakfastClub" show.

Young, intriguing Evelyn Lynne in clothes fit for a spot ofsport - which she does not wear as contralto on "TheBreakfast Club" broadcast.

Crystal-clear voiced Jack Baker,who serves as tenor and generalstooge on "The Breakfast Club" eachmorning.

Nancy Martin does double -duty on"The Breakfast Club" . . . her rapid-fire recipes and narrations are onlyincidental to her sweet contraltosongs. She's a "Club Matineer," too.

The Escorts and Betty came all theway from the east to join the gangson both "The Breakfast Club" and"Club Matinee."

Carry Moore alternates the "emcee"performance on "Club Matinee" withRansom Sherman. Garry is one ofthe youngest radio ad lib gagstersin broadcasting.

Both "Club Matinee" and "The Breakfast Club" have thebenefit of the five -part harmony turned out by the fellowsin this picture-"The Cadets."

The original master -of -ceremonies on"Club Matinee" is Ransom Sherman,whose numerous other radio dutieshave required him to share thosehonors with Gerry Moore.

A composite of charm is the result when The Dinning Sistersput their heads together for either a photograph or a songon "Club Matinee" or "The Breakfast Club."

Right-The "Temper-ay-cher" is the ap-parent concern of the busy "Barrelhouse"here. This information is relayed fromWBCM's transmitter to Mr. "Brodie" andthence to you. He is on good terms withthe transmitter boys, for until he was"discovered" and became "Barrelhouse"he had served as an engineer since 1927.He built his own amateur transmitter in1923.

"BARRELHOUSE PRODIE'SLeft-For the Correct Time, "Barrel-house" matches his family of clocksand hopes one of 'em is right. Sometime ago Jack Parker was startledout of several hairs on the north-western portion of his head whenhis "Morning Patrol" show - hehad it at that time - was inter-rupted by a voice from the walls.It was one of WBCM's transmitterengineers who had attached a tele-phone to the line to studio loud-speaker. The hollow, heckling voicepersisted, became a part of the pro-gram and was named "BarrelhouseBrodie" by a listener. Finally, "it"became the whole program.

Left - Serving Up Your MusicalRequests, "Barrelhouse" has amoment to - perhaps - thinkback to his first radio days withthe U. S. Army, stationed in theHawaiian Islands. He was bornand raised in Saginaw, but got along way from home at one time.Part of his schooling was in anArmy Technical College in Hono-lulu.

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Right-The Daily Mail heaps lettersof request and greeting in the lap ofthe worried -looking "Barrelhouse."But none of them are addressed withhis real name. We may lose ourMickey Mouse doll for telling, buthe is really Alvah Bissonette-"Biz"for short. He's thirty-two and fatherof three sons.

Below-"The Morning Patrol" Quilt,with hundreds of hand -stitched sig-natures worked into the design, isposed behind (left to right) Mrs.Lucille Wickie, "Barrelhouse," Mrs.Viola Rody and Mrs. Pearl Wester-velt. Mrs. Wickie started the projectand it has gone ahead with the helpof 4-H Club girls and many womenfrom as far away as Toledo, Ohio.

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Above-Needles Bob Merrily when "theladies" go to work on the new quilt. Leftto right: Mrs. Belleville, Mrs. Rody, Mrs.Belleville (another one), Mrs. Bissonette,Aunt Ida Dunnit, Mrs. "Barrelhouse," (allso far from Saginaw) Mrs. Wickie fromCarland, Mrs. Westervelt from Freelandand Mrs. Plainer from Elsie.

Left - "Morning Patrol" Picnic - Timebrought out the special "Brodie" car.Double-parked on one of Bay City's main"drags," it becomes a fine loafing placefor "Barrelhouse," Russ Lyons and JackParker. More about the picnic on thenext two pages.

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Plenty of Power wasapplied to the sandsof Wenonah Beachwhen the Police tug -o -war came heaving,grunting and pantinginto the picnic pro-gram. With Bay Citywinning for the sec-ond consecutive year.

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The Prizes for the picnic events ranged from beaded bagsto ball bats, from wicker chairs to Wheelies, from skatesto scales.

This surunier the WBCM 'Morning Patrol" picnicattracted some 15,000 people to Wenonah Beach foran exciting day under the auspices of 'BarrelhouseBrodie" and the WBCM staff From Detroit cameHarry Heilmann, tamed both as an early baseballstar with the Tigers and now as the popular play-by-play narrator for the Tiger games over WBCM

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Released from the Microphone for a moment, Harry Hellmannturns to face our camera while Al Nagler carries on the"reconstruction" of an out-of-town Tiger game

VG PATROL" PICNICand the Michigan Radio Network. With him camehis "Fan On the Street" co-worker, John Slagle, hissportscasting assistant, Al Nagler, and the wholecrew of technicians and helpers to handle broad-casting. Games, stunts and entertainment continuedlong after dark. It was a "just plain wonderful"outing for everyone.

"In the Bag" was this one event at the picnic: the boy'ssack race. The portion of the crowd visible in this pic-ture indicates the sizable attendance at the affair.

"Knots" to You . . . seemed to be the theme of the boy's shoerace at the "Morning Patrol" picnic. Barefooted from one endof the course, the boys raced to the other, untied and donneda pair of shoes, raced back again.To the Victor . . . the captain of the Police team to win thetug -o -war . . . Harry Heilmann awards the trophy. In thecenter foreground . . . and "Frank Buck" hat . . . is "Barrel-house Brodie."

"The Fan on the Stage," instead of on the street, became partof Harry Heilmann's entertainment. The girl to the right ofHarry has become an "almost -part" of the show for her fast,answer -defying lingo.Winner of the picnic amateur contest was this charmingyoung singer, Connie Cavette. The $25.00 prize money wasa lot for so little a person, but her talent is liable to bringher a great deal more.

MILTON J. CROSS, dean of NBC an-nouncers, acts as the master -of -ceremonieson the "Coast -to -coast On a Bus" pro-gram, and serves as announcer for "In-formation Please," also.

Gracious IRENE RICH brings her charm-ing personality along with her to her pro-gram over WBCM-NBC each week.

"VIC AND SADE," features this trio: Bernadine Flynn as"Sade," Art Van Harvey as "Vic," and Billy Idelson as theirrepressible "Rush." This is a popular WBCM-NBC feature.

THIS IS "SANDY" in the Story of MaryMarlin." The vivacious young man in thepicture is named Barry Drew in real life.

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"PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY" is the radicscript concern of this ruddy -faced gentleman. He is Curtiss Arnold, whose potrayal of "Pepper" is popular with WBCIvNBC listeners.

THE POLISH HOUR from the WBCM studios each Sundaypresents the "old country" dances and songs and all -Polishannouncing. At the rear are Joseph Karasiewicz, manager -director -announcer of the program, Mrs. Karasiewicz andWilliam Przybylski.

"MA PERKINS' " DAUGHTER: Dora John-son is heard as "Evey Fitts," one of thedaughters of the spirited "Ma Perkins" inthe NBC serial of that title.

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AROUND NOON each day Frank Catto conducts his "MANON THE STREET" program in downtown Bay City. In themidst of a street crowd his questions fly fast - and theanswers return with equal speed.

"BETWEEN THE BOOKENDS" MAN - Ted Malone's easystyle of talking and reading poetry has won him an ever-increasing audience from one coast to the other.

In Case You Didn't Remember, this is the crowd that at-tended Harry Heilmann's "Fan On the Street" broadcast theday of the "Morning Patrol" picnic at Wenonah Beach. Inthe center of the downtown Bay City crowd are John Slagle(side to the camera at the left), Harry Heilmann with the"mike," and "Barrelhouse Brodie" wearing the "bomb -proofshelter" at the right.

MEET THE FACTFINDER, the "know-it-all" man whose thriceweekly programs from Detroit pack a lot of interest andentertainment into "Six Minute Nutshells of Knowledge."Incidentally, when he is at home he is known as DICKOSGOOD.

HALF OF "OVER THE RAINBOW" . . . JACK MINER, stafforganist at WBCM, presents the organ part of the popular"Over the Rainbow" show. Jack plays from the ConsistoryChapel of the Scottish Rite Cathedral, while Lionel Deremeradds the piano at the studio. They listen to each other bymeans of head -phones. For nearly five years, Jack was aSaginaw newspaper man, then became organist at the TempleTheatre before coming to Bay City and WBCM.THE OTHER HALF of "Over the Rainbow" comprises LionelDeremer at the piano. This unique arrangement whereby theorgan and piano music originate from widely separatedpoints relies largely upon engineering skill for success.

SNOOTY as hemay look, AllenPrescott is essen-tially a practicalhousehold hinterwhen it comes tohis WBCM-NBCshow - "WifeSaver.""The Lone Ranger"- mythical heroicfigure from thecreative mind ofDetroiter FranStriker, has notonly brought en-joyment to WBCMand Michigan Net-work listeners, buthas grown to famefrom Seattle toSandy Hook.COUNTERPART of"The Lone Ranger"is "The Green Hor-net," also producedin the studios ofthe Michigan Ra-dio Network andheard on WBCM.Fran Striker au-thors this story,too.

Ed Vallender, whoconducts your"Riddle Club" andthe "Nighthawks"programs, has hada lively careersince he first sawlight of day inBay City twenty-seven years ago.He has the com-bined experienceof service with theNavy, musicalstage work, night-club "emcee- per-formance, orches-tra and choir mu-sic, and personneland manufactur-ing jobs.

FLYING NEWSMAN is the tag -line accredited to Russ Lyon, WBCM'snews commentator. He is shown here with the WBCM Special Eventsplane, used for covering long distance remotes, andshots of local news events.

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FEW RECORDS ARE BROKEN,but plenty of them are played tofill the requests for favorite tunesthat come in to Ed Vallender,"The Voice of Inexperience" (left)on the "NIGHTHAWKS" show.Assisting here are Fred Kilian(kneeling) and Chuck Anthony(examining records on the piano).HOLLYWOOD AT VINE. Thereyou have the location and themefor BEN ALEXANDER'S sprightlyvariety program, L'IL OLEHOLLYWOOD, heard overWBCM-NBC each week. Musicby Gordon Jenkins and his or-chestra, songs by Gogo DeLies,and an original playlet "TWOHAPPY PEOPLE," complete theformat of the show.

Left -"POT 0' GOLD- musicalingredients include the handsomeHORACE HEIDT, maestro of theshow, and his new vocalady, 16 -year -old JEAN FARNEY. This"get -rich -on -your -telephone -num-ber" program is popular withWBCM-NBC dialers.

Right - MUSICAL AMERICANAfeatures an orchestra of 95 piecesunder the baton of RAYMONDPAIGE, shown here. Outstandinginstrumentalists make their debuton this NBC program each week.Del Shargut acts as commentator.

Left-Ben Bernie and All the Ladshave pleased radio listeners formany, many a year. They weredoubly pleased when Ben broughtthe mirth, music and madness ofhis crew back to WBCM, for aweekly visit each Tuesday nice."OUR BARN," WBCM-NBC juve-nile show, is a creation of thisnut -very -old lady, Madge Tucker.She has originated and directedmany radio productions for chil-dren, and her entertainment ap-peals equally to Park Avenue totsand their coisins on a farm inNebraska.

Left-CASH FOR QUESTIONS ORANSWERS is offered by thesethree gents: Russ Lyon (the"esker" at the table), Jack Parkerand Fred Kilian (standing readyto begin their trek down theaisles). The show is "Know YourSaginaw Valley," which origi-nates in the Michigan Theatre inSaginaw each Thursday evening,and offers prize money to mem-bers of the audience who cor-rectly answer questions on localhistory or geography.

"MELODIES OLD AND NEW"take to the WBCM air each Wed-nesday and Friday evening whenthese gentlemen open up onpiano and saxophone. JIMMIEAND CLAUDE are old-timers innorth-eastern Michigan radio.

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Well, those are the folks who provide your radio features when you turn to 1410 on your dial.Artists from the National Broadcasting Company, The Michigan Radio Network and from WBCM'sstudios in the Wenonah Hotel in Bay City have each contributed pictures and stories to this album.They hope you will enjoy the book and will continue your encouraging attendance to the programsthey give you.

Photography by George C. Ferguson, Ed Carney and others.Editing and writing by Jack Parker and Art Huebner of WBCM, andHal Hubert of National Radio Personalities, Inc.

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