Excavation work started on the new Globe-Democrat frequency modulation radio station KWGD on the building site between Thirteenth and Twelfth streets and Cole and Carr streets. The motor shovel is working on the site of the radio station's main building which will have a 525-foot tower atop it. In the background is the Globe-Democrat newspaper plant located at Twelfth street and Franklin avenue. The new all-FM broadcasting station is a part of the Globe-Democrat Publishing Company's 1947 expansion program to further serve the great St. Louis area.
The New Globe-Democrat frequency modulation radio station KWGD will be housed in the modern building on the northwest corner of Cole street and Twelfth boulevard. The architect's drawing shows the entrance to the structure from which the area's first exclusive frequency modulation broadcasting will originate.
Steel-rimmed wooden truck tires and steel-rimmed wagon wheels rolled into service yesterday at the loading platform at the 1133 Franklin avenue when the Globe-Democrat inaugurated a new system of delivery to solve the rubber tire shortage. The vehicles are loaded with magazines for today's editions of the Globe-Democrat.
Several years after the cyclone the House of the Good Shepherd found its quarters on Seventeenth and Pine somewhat crowded and plans were drawn for a new building. In 1900 it moved to the northwest corner of Gravois and Bamberger.