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Chicago manager of the agency. While there the West Coast manager
of the Katz Agency called the leading radio station at Spokane,
KHQ, long distance. Their manager was in Phoenix, attending a
meeting with the manager of KPHO, which had just opened time for
us. The KHQ office in Spokane called their manager on another
telephone at Phoenix. The KPHO manager recommended that he accept
The WORLD TOMORROW. The KHQ manager instructed his office that if
his West Coast representative, who was making the call from
Chicago, also recommended it, to clear the time 9:00 to 9:30 P.M.,
seven nights a week.
Thursday morning the manager of WJJD came to breakfast
with us, and then we walked over to the WJJD offices. Two station
officials were there waiting for the conference. They seemed
friendly. Then the president of the company which owns this
station along with a few others walked in. There was no smile on
his face. He was decidedly antagonistic. Nothing could budge him.
His mind was not open to any facts, other than that the answer was
a frigid "NO!"
About noon we met the manager of a 1,000-watt station,
while waiting to see the manager of 50,000-watt WCFL (the CFL
stands for Chicago Federation of Labor). This station manager shot
sharp questions at me about our program. When I mentioned that we
tell people HOW TO LIVE to be happy, and that we proclaim the TRUTH
of the Bible, he asked: "What is Truth? Nobody knows! This whole
world is all mixed up. There is nothing but CONFUSION--especially
in religion." He said he himself was confused.
"I can straighten you out," I said, "if your mind is
open, and I can have enough time with you." He was intrigued.
Later he called our advertising agent at our hotel, offering to
open an early morning time seven days a week. "What shall I tell
him?" asked our advertising agent?
"Tell him," I said, "that if he will make it a condition
of the contract to come out to Pasadena and see our college campus,
and spend a little time with me getting straightened out, we will
go on his station." He accepted. Incidentally, he said that he
was a sort of Catholic, but he was afraid not a very good one--a
sort of "Protestant Catholic" he called it. He quipped, "I didn't
vote for Mr. Kennedy because he is a Catholic. I voted for him
because I'm one." Of course this was meant as a jest, but, funny
as it may sound, that may be the reason enough Catholics voted for
him to elect him!
Later we met the manager of WCFL--only he had just
recently resigned. However, he is some kind of a top man in
Chicago union circles and very influential. He felt that the
station would do whatever he recommended. He spent some little
time with me personally. God seemed to give me favor in his sight.
He became real friendly--seemed to really want to help us get on a
50,000-watt Chicago station. Of course we could not get the final
answer at the time, for we had to leave for the airport to catch
the evening non-stop jet plane for home.
Co-Workers, does this give you a little clearer idea WHY