NBC Memories 1942 - 1964
by Bill Roddy

Chapter Two of Twelve

Guest Relations

I'm sitting in the beautiful lobby.
A very drafty place when the doors were open!

After a few months I was promoted to Guest Relations and was fitted out with my blue uniform; a proud day. I had taken the first step up the NBC ladder to success. No longer did I have to deliver mail and only Guest Relations would be considered for more important jobs.

The photo is the lobby of the NBC studios at Taylor and O'Farrell in San Francisco. One of my duties was to sit in the lobby and greet visitors. The lobby was cold and drafty in San Francisco winters, (summers too!) whenever those doors were open and I once got a terrible cold.

There were many audience shows in Studio A. Then you put up stanchions and herded the people inside, while they waited patiently an hour to climb the stairs to glory.

This is my friend Phil Ryder
who became an engineer

.I recently heard from Phil Ryder. He lives in Santa Barbara.

The crowd was so excited at being at NBC and regarded us with unabashed envy. I have to admit we were pretty supercilious especially with pretty girls.

Chapter Three: Studio A