Program Director for New York Station

JERRY DANZIG '34, former editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth, started his post-graduate life with journalistic ambitions, but it took him only one year to find a new niche in the field of radio. Since 1935, when he started with WOR, New York key station of the Mutual network, he has seen all phases of the broadcasting end of the aoth century's vast medium of communication; and today he holds the important post of Program Director for Station WINS, New York member of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation.

During his first two years with WOR, Mr. Danzig wrote, arranged for, and produced all special feature broadcasts; and then for the next two years he served as commercial program manager, building shows, network sustainers and new program ideas, before taking over as WOR's publicity director from 1939 to 1942. In the latter year Mr. Danzig enlisted in the Navy and was first assigned as officer in charge of the Radio Section of the Third Naval District public information headquarters. In the varied duty that followed he was skipper of an LST at Bizerte, Sicily and Salerno; advance Navy operations officer at Utah Beach, Normandy, on D Day; aide to the commanding officer there and at Le Havre; radio broadcasting officer on Admiral Stark's staff; and officer in charge of the entertainment branch of the Navy Liaison Unit, building shows for sailors in the Pacific after V-J Day; all of which won him the Bronze Star and four battle stars.

Last October, Mr. Danzig took over as Program Director of WINS, formerly a small, Hearst-owned station, which recently stepped up its power from 10,000 to 50,000 watts and established a direct line with its sister station, WLW, Cincinnati, as part of its program to acquire major stature among American radio stations.