Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia is a federally recognized, state chartered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving the Philadelphia Broadcast Community since January of 1962.

July 18, 2018 FREE Tour
Entercom Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Three tours of the stations
Only 3 pm tour still available
Ratecard: FREE

Please reserve now!
Kindly e-mail reservations!
rsvp@broadcastpioneers.com

Another Third Wednesday Event!
July Summer Tour

The Music Stations of
Entercom Philadelphia
(formerly the CBS Radio Stations)

ADMISSION IS FREE!
Reservations are a must!

Space still available on
the 3 pm tour (but going fast)
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
(Only 12 spaces remaining)

1 pm and 2 pm tours are now completely filled!

DON'T MISS THIS TOUR!

The next Broadcast Pioneers event takes place on Wednesday, July 18th. It's a FREE tour of the three music stations of Entercom Philadelphia (formerly the CBS Radio Stations). The address is 555 City Avenue, 3rd floor in Bala Cynwyd. Free parking in their parking lot.

DON'T DELAY! RESERVE YOUR FREE SPACE NOW! Stations are located in Bala Cynwyd. Those stations are 98.1, WOGL; Today's 96.5, WTDY-FM and 92.5 XTU.

WARNING: You MUST reserve for this event in advance. We are obligated to provide the stations with a guest list which they will give to security. If you are not on that list, you cannot attend. When space is gone, it's gone! Don't delay!

There are three tours. 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm. (The 1 pm & 2 pm tours are now totally filled). Once they fill up, they are filled. Be there at least ten minutes early.

When we first meet, we will announce who will be our 2018 Person of the Year. Plus, we'll announce who our 12 living inductees to our Hall of Fame will be for this year. We'll also reveal the names of our 9 posthumous inductees.

HOW TO SIGN UP!

This will be an exciting afternoon. Space is limited! Total running time for visiting the three music station broadcast facilities will be approx. 45 to 50 minutes in length. Members may bring guests with them but they must also have reservations. Please reserve your space now.

E-mail us at: rsvp@broadcastpioneers.com. Make sure to include your name, the name of your guest (if any). You will be confirmed by return e-mail. Members without e-mail service may call (856) 365-5600. E-mails get service faster. Make sure you give us all the necessary information. First come, first served!

WE WANNA SEE
YOUR FACE IN THAT PLACE!

Our Officers & Board for 2018 - 2019

OUR NEW OFFICERS & BOARD

Officers

Gerry Wilkinson - CEO
Bill Gellhaus - Chairman of the Board
Pat Delsi - President
Brad Seecof - Vice-President
Bill Kelley - Vice-President
Jeff Benton - Vice-President & Secretary
Steve Tatz - Treasurer

Board

Eric Address
Paul Big Bear
Mike Bove
Ed Eisen
Bob Kravitz
Carol Leebron
Dorie Lenz
T. Morgan
Michael Muderick
Mike Nise
Joe Pellegrino
Leigh Richards
Kal Rudman
Steve Sacks
Jackie Strauss
Art Wilson
Bill Wright, Sr.

Board Members Emeritus:

Dave Abramson
David J. Custis
Ed Hurst
Dick Kearney
Barry Reisman
Alan R. Tripp

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DIGITAL ARCHIVAL PROJECT NEWS:

VIDEO:

Hit After Hit, Smash After Smash, Blockbuster After Blockbuster... Here was another "monster" lunch where the "stars" don't wait to come out at night. They were there at lunchtime!

You came (over 100 of you) and relived the glory days of WIBG Radio when it was the POWERHOUSE in the Philadelphia Market. The 50s and 60s. We relived so many wonderful memories.

On MC for the afternoon was Broadcast Pioneers member Jerry Del Colliano who was inducted into our Hall of Fame in 2016. Jerry was at WIBBAGE twice, one time as their Program Director. Introductory remarks were by Broadcast Pioneers Board Member T. Morgan who was inducted into our Hall of Fame last year. He also was a former Program Director for WIBG.

Our speakers were (in alphabetical order):

Bob Backman, President of WRDE-TV, also known as Cool Bobby B
Billy Carlucci, one of the top doo-wop singers from the fifties and sixties
Bob Hamilton, former WIBG Radio air personality from 1969 to 1971
Arlene Sullivan, popular dancer on the TV show, "American Bandstand"
Dean Tyler, one of the most popular and loved WIBBAGE Good Guys
Bill Wright, Sr., the Rebel with a Cause, an original WIBG Good Guy

Member Eddie Collins (former music director for the Drifters) was with us and he helped us recreate what WIBBAGE sounded like.

This all took place at the beautiful and historic Bala Golf Club, 2200 Belmont Avenue (across the street from the state police) in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia. Only minutes away from Channels 6, 10 and 17 and the radio stations in Bala Cynwyd.

Complete Video from our YouTube Channel!

(video courtesy of Broadcast Pioneers VP Brad Seecof and Metramedia Broadcasting & Studios)

AUDIO:

"Cinderella Weekend" was a local program, but was syndicated. The show was what was called in the early days of television, "a package show." It was created and developed by a company called "VIP, Inc." of New York City. That company owned the title, controlled the format and actually picked up the tab. In return, each station paid a fee for the rights. Each station carrying the program had their own local host. Therefore, it was always be a local show.

We obtained a complete radio broadcast from Monday, August 20, 1956, hosted by Ed Harvey. It originated on tape from the Tower Theater at 69th Street in Upper Darby. We have the original air tape. Long-time WCAU tech Charlie Higgins who worked on these broadcasts said:

The mixers we used then were RCA Remote Amplifiers such as OP-7 (a four position mixer) and an OP-6 (a single position mixer) that had a VU meter on it for monitoring levels. The OP-7 was fed to the OP-6 of course. As an emergency, we also carried an RCA OP-5 a four position battery operated mixer.

Listen with Real Audio!
Listen with Windows Media!

Broadcast Pioneers members Ed Sciaky and T. Morgan interviewed Elton John 44 years ago. On December 3, 1974, while working at WMMR Radio, Ed along with T., spoke with Elton John over the telephone. We have that recording in digital form in our archive. Morgan told us that until he heard the broadcast recently, he didn't even remember doing it. It's our job to preserve it. History is only what gets saved.

Listen to the Elton John interview in Windows Media!

Today's News Becomes Tomorrow's History!
(This is what our Digital Archival Project, DAP, is all about!)

A LITTLE BIT OF BROADCAST HISTORY!

WFIL Radio Ad
circa 1947

IN TOUCH WITH OUR MEMBERS:

Last month, we caught an episode of "Baker Dave" on TUTV (Temple University Television). He has been the pastry chef for Aramark at the dorms of Johnson and Hardwicke Halls at Temple University. He's been there for over a decade. Well, on the episode we caught, we saw him cooking a Cheese Steak Omelet with Broadcast Pioneers member David Murphy (a meteorologist for 6abc). It looked really good. You can catch David mornings doing the weather on WPVI's, Action News. David Murphy was inducted into our Hall of Fame in 2016.

Anne Klein, wife of former Broadcast Pioneers president and chairman Jerry Klein, was the "Lifetime Legacy" honoree at the Women of Excellence Awards sponsored by SJ Magazine in June. Anne was cited for her long career of leadership and accomplishment. Anne, the founder of Anne Klein Communications Group, is the author of a new book, "On the Cusp: The Women of Penn '64," (available on Amazon.com) which chronicles the lives of 19 remarkable women who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964 and went on to accomplished careers in an era when opportunities for women were very limited. It's available through Amazon.com and when you order, sign on through their SMILE program (most everything on Amazon is available through it) and Broadcast Pioneers gets a portion of the sale as a donation. It costs you no more to do so.

Last month, Action News on WPVI, 6abc, did a nice package about member Alan Tripp who is 100 years old. He got a minute and 42 seconds of air time. Quite a feat in this age of 20 second stories. It was all about "The Art of Aging." The piece told us his career. Alan said that he wanted to be a song writer until he found out it was incompatible with eating. His mom was a newspaper reporter. Tripp says that his mother is responsible for his creative products. If you remember the TV commercial for Choo Choo Charlie and Good & Plenty, well, that's a creation of Alan Tripp. By the way, he says, that they ran it for decades and he got paid for it only one time. Tripp served as one of our board members from 1996 to 2011. He is currently a Board Member Emeritus, a position he has held since 2011.

Broadcast Pioneers member Bob Charger tells us that he is now with RVN-TV, an online television service. Bob is the host of their "Morning Coffee" program and will be interviewing guests from various businesses. Charger says that if you feel you have a story that they should be airing, please contact him. He has a new e-mail address, tvbobcharger@gmail.com. Bob was also elected Vice-President of the Philadelphia Music Hall of Fame a few weeks ago.

Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Del Colliano is honored and proud to be joining the music business program at NYU Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions as a professor. As a former TV, radio, publishing and digital entrepreneur whose roots are in Philadelphia, Jerry, a former clinical professor at The University of Southern California, hopes to pass along some of the exciting things in the music/media space that he will continue to track daily as publisher and editor of InsideMusicMedia.com.

There's been a change on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT. All the local shows stay where they are. However, beginning July 7, the highly rated Mark Levin program airs in the evening 6 to 9 pm slot. Levin, a lawyer, was Chief of Staff for Attorney General Ed Meese. Mark is a graduate of Cheltenham High School and Temple University. He has a weekend TV show on Fox News.

The change moves Sean Hannity into the 9 pm to midnight slot. Note that Sean will now be competing with himself. He's on TV daily for an hour right in the middle of that radio broadcast. How is all this possible? Sean airs live on radio at 3 pm nationally and is delayed on WPHT.

Broadcast Pioneers member David Yadgaroff (Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Entercom Philadelphia) said: “We couldn't be more excited to add Mark Levin to our already impressive list of marquee hosts.... As a native Philadelphian, Mark’s show is the ideal complement to our local hosts, Chris Stigall, Dom Giordano and Rich Zeoli.”

Today's News Becomes Tomorrow's History!
(This is what our Digital Archival Project, DAP, is all about!)

A LITTLE BIT OF BROADCAST HISTORY!

(Left to right) Members Michael Tearson, Hy Lit and Cissy Hurst
Broadcast Pioneers Luncheon
The Bala Golf Club, Philadelphia
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
(Photo originally donated by member Gerry Wilkinson)

Did you know...

that Dr. Francis Davis played baseball? Well, it's true.

Dr. Francis Davis
as a college baseball player
circa 1938

This is a three part story about member Dr. Francis Davis. It will run this month, in August and end during September of 2018. Let's begin our story.

Dr. Francis Davis was the first meteorologist to do television here in Philadelphia. It was 1947 and it was on WFIL-TV, Channel 6, now WPVI-TV. He stayed with the station until 1971 and Davis was the part of the original Action News team from 1970 consisting of Larry Kane, Davis and Bill White.

Last month saw the 74th anniversary of D-Day and we thought we should remind you that Dr. Francis Davis was part of the team of meteorologists that did the forecast for the D-Day invasion in June of 1944 for General Dwight Eisenhower. He was a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corp during the Second World War.

Walter Annenberg, who was this organization's "Person of the Year" in 1984, owned WFIL Radio during the forties. Annenberg wanted someone on his station doing the weather who actually knew what he was talking about. So, Walter had Roger Clipp, a founding member of Broadcast Pioneers, contact the American Meteorological Society. Their Executive Director Ken Spangler was Davis' commanding officer during the war. Spangler and Davis were also part of the meteorological team for the D-Day forecast. Spangler recommended Davis and the rest is history.

"Maybe the most important weather forecast ever made," said Davis. This was during his days (18 months) stationed in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was based in Boston and San Antonio army facilities.

A 1935 graduate of Chester High School, Francis Davis received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics and Math from West Chester State Teachers College (now West Chester State University). For a half year, he was a student at the Crozer Seminary in Upland, Pennsylvania. Then he transferred to Temple University and studied Chemistry for two years. At the same time, Davis was working for the Sun Oil Company as a research chemist. While in the service, he was sent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for three-quarters of a year. In 1943, the Army sent him back to M.I.T. (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to study weather. While there, he completed requirements for his Master's Degree.

In September of 1945, it was Francis Davis who did the weather forecasting for the record breaking air voyage made by three B-29 airplanes. It was a military flight and the first non-stop voyage from Japan to the United States (almost 5,900 miles). While this flight has been written about for decades, most everyone seems to have forgotten who did the weather forecasting for the historic flight. It was Dr. Francis Davis who received a special United States government commendation for his efforts. His research work was published by the United States Army and the American Meteorological Society. At the 100th national meeting of that organization, Davis addressed the organization on the role of the weathercaster in radio and television.

Following the service, Davis taught Physics at what was then the Drexel Institute (now Drexel University). Roger Clipp at the WFIL stations hired him to be part of the news staff for WFIL Radio. That was in September of 1947. In that same month, WFIL-TV came on the air and two months later, in November 1947, Davis started doing weather on Channel 6. He was recommended for the position by the American Meteorological Society.

In the spring of 1949, Dr. Davis said: "Straight weather information usually is dry, even when the weather is wet." He had his own weather station at WFIL and his home, 18 miles away.

We'll continue this story next month.

Written and researched by Broadcast Historian Gerry Wilkinson

Our special thanks go to TUTV - Temple University Television and The Kal & Lucille Rudman Media Production Center.

They have again underwritten a grant to be used to fund an entire year of all our newsletters for calendar year 2018. We thank them so much for their continued support!

 

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Remember, History is ONLY What Gets Saved!
(If there were no portraits of George Washington, how would we know what he looked like?)

A LITTLE BIT OF BROADCAST HISTORY!

(Left to right) Ralph Bunche and Gunnar Back
UN Headquarters, New York City
1968
(Photo originally donated to us by Linnea Klee, Gunnar Back's daughter)

While this photo along with dozens of others of Gunnar Back has been in our photo archive for many years, we are delighted to share this photo that was taken a half-century ago.

Ralph Bunche in 1968 became Under Secretary-General of the United Nations. Back went them to interview him for WFIL-TV, Channel 6, now WPVI.

THIS AND THAT! Little Bits of Information....

Florence Hanford
Channel 3 TV Kitchen Hostess
sponsored by the Philadelphia Electric Company
circa 1957

Back in the early fifties, KYW Radio had a show on Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 8 pm called, "Top Tune Time." No, it wasn't what you might think. It was a program that featured amateur song writers and their music. Local talent competed against each other over 5 weeks. The winner would get his or her song published and collect the royalties. After 5 weeks, the cycle started all over again.

You may remember Jack Sterling, he was the ringmaster on the CBS-TV telecast called "The Big Top" which originated live from Philadelphia's WCAU-TV, Channel 10. At that time, the station was owned by the Evening Bulletin newspaper. WCAU wanted a young, tall local staff announcer to be the ringmaster, but CBS insisted that they send Jack Sterling down from NYC. For 18 years, he hosted the drive time morning shift on WCBS Radio. He had been with the station since November 5, 1948. He stayed with them until October 17, 1966. He was replaced by a young guy named Pat Summerall. Did you know that Sterling took over the slot from a red headed fellow named Arthur Godfrey. Oh, yes. One other thing. The young, tall guy that Channel 10 wanted to MC the circus show was Drexel Hill's Ed McMahon.

From our March 1990 newsletter....

A note from Malcolm Poindexter indicates "I'm a card carrying member, but have been unable to attend the Wednesday meetings because that is when I was in the field mouthing editorials on camera." He continued that now he is rejoining the Eyewitness News Team (from doing the editorials) and hopes to make his presence known and felt in our group.

Many radio stations back in the day of the Second World War put out house organs. That is, a newsletter to keep everyone informed including those in the service. WIP had one as did many others. They called theirs, The WIPeroo. It was written and edited by Josephine Dee who ran the station's traffic department. As of this date, no known copies are known to exist today either hard copies or electronic ones.

A couple months after WIBF-TV (now WTXF-TV), Channel 29 came on the air, they decided to do a new local program called, "The Rockin' Bird Show" featuring Broadcast Pioneers member Joe Niagara who was back on WIBBAGE at that time. The program started on Sunday, September 12th of 1965.

In November of 1961, the news in the radio industry locally was that Mitch Thomas had returned to WDAS Radio after leaving and returning to WILM in Wilmington. Also back at WDAS was Hyski. After leaving WIBG, he went to WCAM and then returned to WDAS. Marvin Burak had returned to the Philadelphia airways after a time away from WPEN with a daily broadcast on member Mel Gollub's station, WIFI.

WCAU-TV was one of the TV stations that carried a very short lived Science Fiction half-hour series called, "Out There." It mixed film and live material. The only way to record it was via kinescope. Only 12 episodes aired on late Sunday afternoons in late 1951 and early 1952. For awhile, CBS was considering putting it on Tuesday evenings against Milton Berle who ruled TV back in the day. They would have extended it to an hour but decided to go with more traditional programming. At the same time, CBS was also considering moving Willie the Worm to the network from WCAU-TV. They did and Willie lasted only a short time on CBS. Fortunately, WCAU-TV kept Willie the Worm on locally. It remained a big hit for years, but just couldn't make it on the network. Worms just must not be appealing in other parts of the country.

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES:

My Experiences at WIBG!

Member Gary Blacksmith worked at WIBG as an engineer from 1965 to 1969. He was kind enough to write a few details about his experiences at the station. He told us:

1. Abe Pepper, engineer, read the paper frequently while operating the audio board. He was handicapping horse races. I went with him to Delaware Park and bet on one race, won, and never went back.

2. FM automation failure: The FM was totally automated with “Underground “ music. No one listened to it at the station. But there was a silence sensor. A listener from the public called and said there was a strange sound over the air. A cartridge had jammed causing a continuous screeching sound. This was happening for days.

3. Hy Lit was on radio and TV at the same time Saturday nights. I came to the studio at 2 pm to record his show for four hours ($7.00 per hour). Then it was played backed at 6 pm. The public was notified that the show was recorded at the beginning of the program. Hy Lit said that the show was “transcribed.” I didn’t believe that anyone in Philadelphia knew what that meant.

4. Bat Phone: Paul Drew was hired as a program consultant to help the sagging ratings. He called on the Bat Phone when the DJ did something that upset him. The phone didn’t ring but caused a flood light to activate in the back of the studio near the ceiling. Paul had a Bat Phone at his previous job at CKLW, Detroit.

5. Knobs on volume controls: None of the volume controls in the studio had knobs. They were all just bare sticks. The DJs kept twisting the knobs too hard and broke the volume control. No more knobs.

6. Fluorescent tube illumination: Four foot fluorescent tubes would illuminate brightly near the output of the 50,000 watt transmitter while being held only by one hand.

7. The news man looked just like Less Nessman from WKRP in Cincinnati. He wore a jacket and bow tie. He honestly thought the music was a filler until the news was heard at 55 past the hour.

The FM Dial Card, Part One!

This was written by Broadcast Pioneers member Marlin Taylor and originally appeared on his website. Marlin was the original Program Director and Station Manager for WDVR Radio (today known as More FM). Taylor was inducted into our Hall of Fame in 2015. We'll be running the WDVR story in three parts. The first now, and the second and third episodes in August and September. Here's his first installment.

All evidence says that the first appearance of what was called an “FM Dial Card” appeared on the last page of “Stereo Notes,” the program guide of WHFS in Bethesda, Maryland … which began publication in the summer of 1962.

However, it was not a “card” as such, rather a listing of the FM stations serving the Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D. C. markets on a page in the guide, which was a subscription publication.

While there is a picture of the WDVR dial card and its story in my memoir … let me share the fuller story and show the cards in color and their evolution.

Whether “my cohort” Jerry Lee had seen it printed in card form somewhere, I do not know; however, it’s my belief that this promotional concept was pioneered by us at WDVR in Philadelphia.

This is the back side of our first card, which we began distributing not long after our first day of broadcasting on May 13, 1963. Month later, when it came time to print another batch of cards, the primary change was updating the list of song titles and artists. Between the two editions of the card, you are looking at the distribution of at least a quarter of a million of these cards … placed in any location in the Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey region which sold any kind of FM radio receiver.

You’ll note that both of these editions display the same address, located in the Germantown section, in the northwestern portion of Philadelphia … which was its home from sign-on in 1963 until the latter part of 1967.

We'll continue this story next month.

OUR HATS OFF TO YOU FOR GIVING:

We would like to thank the following for their contributions donated at our June luncheon. They include: Eric Address, Paul Big Bear, Bob Backman, Damon Castle, Ronald Crumbliss, Anthony DiFlorio,  Richard Evans,  Marlyn Kauffman, Tom Lamaine, Carol Leebron, Marian Lockett-Egan, Jim Loftus, Mike Melnyk, Mike Nozilo, Ted Schober, Phil Shuman, Steve Tatz, Rich Troyan, Fran Wessert, the Tuckey family, Ronnie Crumbliss and Gerry Wilkinson.

We would like to give a big thanks to all those of you who contributed to Broadcast Pioneers by sending an extra gift when they mailed in their membership renewals. The ones received in June included: Dick Standish, Steve Tatz, Don L. Brink, Mike Bove, Herb Scott, Beth Wagner, Allen Murphy, John Rajca, Sheree Goldflies, Rob Vaughn, Trudy Haynes , Michael Stairs, Raymond Fiedler, Kenneth Selinger, Colin Hanna, Debbie Lynn Elias, Len Stevens, Rob Jennings, Jay Soffian, Gerry Wilkinson, Douglas Fearn, Fred Woskoff, Ira Adelman, Robin Adelman, Phil Shulman, Jerry Del Colliano, Bob Kravitz, Michael Nozilo, John Johnson, Jay Lloyd, Dorie Lenz and R. Alan Campbell. Contributors donating in May were mentioned in the June newsletter. Those renewals received after our cut off date for this newsletter will be mentioned in the August issue.

We are a federally recognized, state chartered charity with a 501(c)(3) status. Contact us at (856) 365-5600 or e-mail pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com for more details. Your gift to Broadcast Pioneers will help us and may lower your federal income tax. That's win-win, isn't it?

Special Thanks (in alphabetical order) for the gift of Appreciated Stock: (a federal tax advantage for the giver)

Member Marc Howard - $3,600 (put into our general fund to be used where needed)
Member Sylvia Kauders - $5,159.45 (used for the scholarships listed below)

Special Thanks (in alphabetical order) for contribution of $1,000 or more to our DAP, Digital Archival Project:

Member Jerry Del Colliano - $1,500
Member Johnny B. Hall and wife Ginny - $2,200
The Harry Hurley - Hurley in the Morning Charity (Harry is a member)- $1,000
The Shunfenthal Family (in memory of Sherri Shunfenthal's father, Les Waas) - $2,000
Member Marlin Taylor - $2,000
A member who prefers not to be identified publicly - $1,000

Special Thanks (in alphabetical order) for contribution of $1,000 or more into our General Fund to be used where needed:

Member Art Moore - $1,000
Member Brad Seecof and Metramedia Broadcasting & Studios - $1,000

Special Thanks (in alphabetical order) for April 2019 Scholarships:

Member Johnny B. Hall and his wife, Ginny - 5 scholarships
The Harry Hurley - Hurley in the Morning Charity - 1 scholarship (for a Stockton University student)
Member Sylvia Kauders - 1 scholarship (from a grant for 5 yearly scholarships running until 2019)
Member Kal Rudman - 5 scholarships (for Temple University students)
Member Tony Scafide - 1 scholarship
Member Marlin Taylor - 2 scholarships

Special Thanks (in alphabetical order) for a contribution of $500 or more to our DAP, Digital Archival Project:

Member Bill Webber, Jr. - $500
Armitage Shanks (not their real name) - $500
Members Robin and Ira Adelman - $500

Bequests in their Will:

Member Sylvia Kauders passed away recently. In her will, she bequest to the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia, the amount of $5,000. This funding is to be used to underwrite one scholarship per year until gone. These scholarships will start in the year 2020 and continue until 2024. From a previous gift, Sylvia has underwritten one scholarship a year starting in 2015 and continuing until 2019.

Member Dave Shayer passed away last year. In his will, he bequest to the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia, the amount of $5,000. This funding is to be used to underwrite our archival project which was dear to Dave's heart and soul.

Underwrite a complete scholarship and we'll give you credit in the electronic newsletter until the scholarship is awarded. Give us a donation of appreciated stock of $2,000 or more) and we'll list you in our "Thank You" column for two years. Give us a donation of $1,000 or more and we'll list you in our "Thank You" column for a year. Give us a donation of $500 or more and we'll list you in our "Thank You" column for six months. You can select how we use the money: for our archival project, for scholarships or for our general fund to be used as needed.

More Thanks:

A growing portion of the revenues that fund the different activities of the Broadcast Pioneers comes from donations.  This includes our archival project and our scholarship program. Now we are making it even more beneficial for our donors. Broadcast Pioneers is now able to accept gifts of appreciated stock, which provides a significant tax benefit to you. By giving appreciated stock (stock which is worth more now than what it cost when it was purchased), you can get a charitable contribution tax deduction based on the current market value of your stock. At the same time, you avoid the capital gains tax that would arise if you simply sell the stock. So if you'd like to support our educational mission or our archival project and save money on taxes too, please consider making a gift of appreciated stock. We are a federally recognized, state chartered charity with a 501(c)(3) status. Contact us at (856) 365-5600 or e-mail pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com for more details.

Many of us are over 70 and a half years old. If you are, you can donate directly to Broadcast Pioneers from your IRA Account. If you take a distribution and then donate to us, you would have to pay federal tax on the distribution. By donating directly to us, you pay no tax and we get the full amount. Remember, this donation must go directly to us in order for you to avoid paying income tax. This direct donation may also prevent you from going into a higher tax bracket. That's always good. Speak with your tax advisor about this.

Don't be left out. You too can make a pledge. It's never too late. You can earmark it for scholarships, our Digital Archival Project or our general fund. Thanks so much for your support. If you forgot to make an extra contribution (cash or memorabilia) and would like to do so now, you can do so. We would be thrilled to hear from you at: PO Box 2886, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, call us at (856) 365-5600 or e-mail us at: pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com

A FINAL THOUGHT....

"If you can’t remember me with a smile, then don’t remember me at all."

Broadcast Pioneers member Harry Kalas
Fall 2008

Please contact us by e-mail at pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com or by mail to: Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia, PO Box 2886, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. Your stories are important, to you, to us, and your colleagues. Contact us today and we’ll include your story in the next newsletter!

Newsletter proofreader is Michele Wilkinson

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