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KOMO radio show, Seattle, March 1937
KOMO radio show, Seattle, March 1937
TitleKOMO radio show, Seattle, March 1937
PhotographerStaff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Date1937
CaptionKOMO radio started using its new call letters in the fall of 1926. The station was associated with Totem Broadcasters, the radio industry's first production company. Totem hired performers for musical and comedy programs. It also contracted with the YMCA and area churches to provide exercise classes and religious services. This meant that KOMO could provide listeners with up to 14 hours of programs each day.
Individuals pictured here are: Howard Edelson, Doug Setterberg, John Nickerson, Leon Cluff, Lionel Dobell, Rollin Neibauer and Robert Decker.
NotesHandwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, RADIO STATIONS, KOMO.

Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 9, 1937.
Caption supplied by PI provides names, stamped March 25, 1937.
SubjectsRadio broadcasting--Washington (State)--Seattle; Radio stations--Washington (State)--Seattle; Hunting trophies--Washington (State)--Seattle; KOMO (Television station : Seattle, Wash.)
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1986.5.11276.2
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Credit LineSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from print made from original negative as a 300 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, levels balanced, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
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