| | Some History of the Mutual Broadcasting System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The agreement recognized that WOR and WGN were the "leaders" of the alliance -- the true cornerstone of the operation -- in that they were charged with arranging and paying for the telephone circuits that would connect the stations. |
 | | Albert McCosker of WOR and Wilbert McFarlane of WGN were probably inspired to set up a permanent network by a former NBC executive named George McLelland, who opened an office in New York in late 1933 proposing to start a new cooperative network based on the "mutual" sharing of expenses among members. |
 | | In September 1934, WOR, WGN, WLW, and WXYZ formalized their relationship with a contract, specifying that WOR and WGN held controlling interests in the operation, and the following month, the Mutual Broadcasting System Inc. was incorporated, with WOR and WGN each controlling fifty per cent of the stock. |
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