Yankee Network studios

[Donna Halper]

At 01:51 PM 1/31/2008, Doug Drown wrote:
>I think what we're specifically looking for here is what the name of
>Shepard's corporate entity was before General Tire took it over.

The earliest yearbook that mentions names of companies other than 
General Tire or RKO General is the 1952 Radio/TV Annual which says 
WNAC is owned by "Thomas S. Lee Enterprises."  After that, it's 
always permutations of General Tire.  BUT... keep in mind that in 
1948, when Shepard was ill (he would die in 1950), he was voted out 
as the director.  From then on, General Tire ran everything. The 
Yankee Network was still operating, doing news, sending out 
reporters, hiring musicians... but it was no longer listed as an 
owner of anything.  In fact, my 1948 Radio Annual even lists General 
Tire and the owners of WNAC Radio.