William A. Schudt, Jr., noted radio broadcaster, who has been connected with the Columbia Broadcasting system since its inception, became manager of radio station WBT yesterday afternoon, succeeding Earle J. Gluck, resigned.
Gluck's Plans Not Announced.
Mr. Schudt came here yesterday and immediately assumed management of the station. Mr. Gluck said today that he had no definite announcement to make regarding his plans.
Whether any changes in personnel or policy are contemplated at the station was not announced by Mr. Schudt, who was today familiarizing himself with the activities of the station. He was accompanied here by H. Akerberg. of the research and development department of the Columbia system. Mr. Akerberg plans to leave soon for New York.
Long in Radio Work.
Mr. Schudt is well known to radio executives and listeners. He was identified with station WABC, New York, since it started, and before that was radio editor of the old New York Evening Mail. Later he became radio columnist and critic for The New York Evening Telegram Mail, now The World-Telegram. He originated and conducted the oldest newspaper feature on the air, "Bill Schudt's Going to Press", the oldest program on the Columbia system. For the past year and one-half Mr. Schudt has been directing Columbia's extensive research experiments in the realm of television.
Gluck's Activities.
Mr. Gluck became connected with WBT when it was started in 1920. Fred Laxton started the station and Mr. Gluck, in his spare time, helped install the equipment for the station, which. was located in Mr. Laxton's home near the Charlotte Country club. When the station was placed on a permanent basis in 1921 Mr. Gluck resigned his position with the Southern Bell Telephone company and became full-time chief engineer of the station, which was moved to the ninth floor of the Independence building. Later the station was moved to the Coddington building on West Trade street and later to the Wilder building on South Tryon street. Mr. Gluck became manager of the station when Henry Burwell resigned as manager. He has since been manager. He continued in the position when the station became the property of the Columbia Broadcasting system.
Mr. Gluck has been active in she civic life of the city. He is a member of the Kiwanis club.
New York, Feb. 23.—AP—William Schudt, Jr., one of New York's pioneer radio editors and broadcasters, has gone to Charlotte, N. C., to become station manager of WBT, key transmitter of the CBS Dixie network. He succeeds Earle Gluck, resigned.
In addition to his other accomplishments Schudt has been prominently identified with television experimentation, having been television director for the network's picture station W2XAB for the last year and a half.
Schudt joined the Columbia staff when it took over WABC, New York, in the summer of 1928. With him went a program he had established there under the title of "Going to Press," still running as the announced "oldest newspaper feature on the air." It brings newspapermen to the microphone discussing a wide variety of subjects.
Previous to his affiliation with WABC as publicity director when it was owned by A. H. Grebe and Co., radio manufacturers. Mr. Schudt had been a radio editor on the former New York Telegram.
With the establishment of experimental television by CBS, Schudt took charge of the programs and was responsible for a number of innovations, including sound and sight transmissions of weekly boxing bouts. The television broadcasts have been temporarily discontinued, awaiting development of improved apparatus.
His other duties also included work in the publicity department to which he was assigned when first coming to the network. For several months Schudt has also been acting as relief announcer.
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