By way of merger with Music Management Service in January 1954, Royce Stoenner and David Wenrich, who formed Music Management Service, joined NOS as salaried employees."Booking Agents Merge," World-Herald (Omaha), January 24, 1954, col. 1, pg. 7C"Merge Firms of NOS, MMS in Ork Field," Billboard, February 13, 1954, col. 4, pg. 19, In September 1959, Royce Stoenner left the NOS agency to join as a 50% partner with the Dave Brumitt Agency, a territory band booking agency in Atlanta.
