Broadcasting (Oct 1931-Dec 1932)

RUDOLPH GANZ, former director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, heads the National Little Symphony Orchestra being organized under NBC Artists Service sponsorship. An exclusive concert ensemble comprising 25 of the finest orchestral talent in New York, the National Little Symphony Orchastra goes on its first tour this month, featuring new compositions by European composers recently brought from Europe by Mr. Ganz. DAVID BATH, formerly of the New York Daily News, has been appointed Columbia Artist Bureau representative for Morton Downey, the tenor, and will handle all outside bookings for the Camel minstrel. DON CLARK, head of the continuity department of CBS, New York City, was recently married to Susan Church, also of CBS. IRVING BLAINE, formerly with WICC, Bridgeport, Conn., has been added to the announcing staff of WLTH, Brooklyn. MYRA DORRANCE, formerly of WOR, Newark, has joined WFOX, Brooklyn, as assistant to Frank Vallon, program director. Vallon recently returned from Hollywood where he did work for Universal Pictures. Formerly he was associated with NBC and CBS. JOHN FRASER, formerly of WEAN, Providence, R. I., and Floyd Marion, formerly of KFI, Los Angeles, have been added to the announcing staff of WMCA. CARLYLE STEVENS is a new announcer at WABC, New York City. He got his start with WLTH, Brooklyn. JACK RYAN, Teaberry sports announcer, himself a former crack athlete in southern Illinois, has been named by Homer Hogan, manager of KYW, Chicago, to announce the eight intercollegiate football games to be carried over that station. BOB WHITE, continuity man and performer of the NBC-Chicago staff, is now announcing over WMAQ, Chicago. VAL SHERMAN, young baritone soloist with wide concert and stage experience, is now announcer and soloist at WBBM, Chicago. He formerly sang over WJJD, Mooseheart, 111., acting also in the Elgin Watch and Wilson Packing Company productions. ART JARRETT, Chicago tenor, is getting a big build as a sustaining feature on CBS, whose officials see in him another find like Bing Crosby and Morton Downey. He has been singing and playing the guitar on WBBM, Chicago, which is relaying his new "Fitch Professor" program to WCCO, Minneapolis: WMT, Waterloo, la., and WTAQ, San Claire, Wis. TED PEARSON, announcer, who shifted from the NBC Chicago studios to WTAM, Cleveland, has returned to the Chicago offices in the capacity of production man. He will also announce some sponsored programs. FRED HOEY ended his fifth season as baseball announcer for WNAC, Boston, and the Yankee network, with the close of the recent season. Between April li and Sept. 27, Hoey announced 160 games, representing about 320 hours that he was on the air. FREEMAN LANG, technician-announcer, once known as the "Bald Headed Shiek of Sawtelle" on radio frolics over Los Angeles stations, is acting as master of ceremonies of the Hollywood film premieres being sponsored locally by the Texas Company. GENE ARNOLD, NBC announcer whose "Beautiful Thoughts" programs are heard daily from coast to coast, is gaining fame as a song writer. His "Little Old Church in the Valley" has mounted to the best seller class, and he's soon to publish another song, "Blue Ridge Moon," written in collaboration with Gus Kahn and Egbert Van Alstyne. BRUCE KAMMAN, Chicago NBC production man, not only produces the National Farm and Home Hour, but assists Johnny Wolf in presenting some of the dialect stories and humorous anecdotes sent in by listeners. Bruce has proved himself a "triple threat man," finding no trouble in being either an Irishman, Englishman, or German. ROBERT BOWMAN, announcer for KHJ, Los Angeles, has joined KGB, San Diego, as program manager. JOAN HARVEY, formerly announcer at KMPC, Beverly Hills, Cal., is now conducting week-day beauty chats for Weaver-Jackson Co., Los Angeles hair establishment, over KFWB, KHJ and KFI, Los Angeles. BLANCHE WOOD, known for years in vaudeville and musical comedy as "The Girl Baritone," is announcing and entertaining over KGB, San Diego. One of her features is a week day morning shopping tour. WNAC, Boston, claims to have made a "find" in Eleanor Talcott, of Talcottville, Conn., heiress of an old New England family, who is making her debut in radio over that station after flings at vaudeville, stock company performances and concert work. She will be featured on the Yankee network. IN THE CONTROL ROOM RUSSELL S. HOFF, specialist in studio pickup, has joined the technical staff of WLW, Cincinnati, according to Joseph Chambers, station technical director. Mr. Hoff comes from Hollywood, where he was engaged in sound recording work for Warner Brothers. Formerly, he was connected with RCA Photophone and WGY, Schenectady. O. B. HANSON, manager of plant operation and engineering of NBC, who is touring Europe with S. A. (Roxy) Rothafel's party in the interests of Radio City, spoke to the American radio audience from Berlin via short waves on October 9 about his European observations. He recently returned from Moscow where he examined Russia's 100 kw. transmitter and spoke before a group of Soviet radio engineers. HARRY ANDERSON, Pacific Coast sales manager for NBC, is out a perfectly good secretary. She is now Mrs. Winston C. Moore, whose husband is operations supervisor at the NBC plant department. She was formerly Miss Gertrude Wright. A. R. McGONEAL, formerly with WJSV, Alexandria, Va., is doing vacation relief at WRC, Washington, until November 1. S. W. EDWARDS, supervisor of development and production, Radio Division, Department of Commerce, with headquarters in Detroit, was to arrive at the new Grand Island, Neb., monitoring station of the department on October 15 to check its operations. During the last few weeks he has been inspecting the supervisors' offices in Boston, Springfield, New York and Washington. L. C. HERNDON, Department of Commerce radio supervisor at Baltimore, started October 8 on a test car tour of Virginia. The week before he inspected broadcasting operations in New Jersey. ARTHUR BATCHELLER, travelling radio supervisor of the Department of Commerce, is now back at the New York supervisor's office after a special tour of duty in Washington in connection with field personnel program. ELLERY PLOTTS, formerly in charge of studio equipment installations in the Westinghouse stations, has been appointed resident engineer of KYW, Chicago. J. E. BAUDINO has been appointed plant engineer of WBZ-WBZA, Boston-Springfield, succeeding Phillip F. Robinson who resigned to start his own business of handling public address systems in Boston. WALTER C. EVANS, manager of operations of the Westinghouse stations, announces the appointment of Ralph N. Harmon as general engineer of all Westinghouse broadcasting and short wave stations. Mr. Harmon previously was engaged in the development of synchronizing equipment. Detroit Pastor Heard Over a 19 -Station Net FATHER Charles E. Coughlin of the Church of the Little Flower, Detroit, on Oct. 4 resumed his Sunday talks, formerly on CBS, over a special network arranged in collaboration with Leo J. Fitzpatrick, manager of WJR, Detroit. Card rates are being paid for station time, and the hookup will be expanded to include additional stations. The network, for which the A. T. & T. Co. has furnished lines, now consists of WOR, Newark; WCAU, Philadelphia :WBBM, Chicago; WGR, Buffalo; WGAR, Cleveland; WLW, Cincinnati; KMOX, St. Louis; KSTP, St. Paul; WCAO, Baltimore; WFBL, Svracuse; WJAS, Pittsburgh; WJR, Detroit; WNAC, Boston; WEAN, Providence; WORC, Worcester; WICC, Bridgeport; WDRC, Hartford; WLBZ, Bangor, and WNBH, New Bedford. WFIW Rebuilding WFIW, Hopkinsville, Ky., which was completely destroyed by fire last July, is now being reconstructed and its management expects to have it back on the air on or about Nov. 15. Broadcast Pleas Decline BROADCAST applications received by the Federal Radio Commission during the past five months have dropped off from an average of 36 per week to 20 per week, according to a compilation made by V. Ford Greaves, Assistant Chief Engineer. The analysis covers the period from May to October. For the preceding two years there had been a steady climb in applications received, he said. From January, 1930, to April, 1931, the average increased from 31 to 36 a week. New Call Letters THE Federal Radio Commission has authorized Cherry & Webb Broadcasting Co., Providence, R. I., to change the call letters of its station from WDWF-WLSI to WPRO, effective immediately. The station shares time with WPAW, Pawtucket, R. I., on 1210 kilocycles with 100 watts. LOS ANGELES' city council has authorized the city attorney to prepare an ordinance under which only licensed persons would be permitted to operate electrical devices that interfere with radio reception and requiring that each device be equipped with a filter. ELECTRICAL TRANSCRIPTIONS '// better transcriptions can be produced — the name on them will be" Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn. N. Y. Uroadcmliiiq ti^p! Corporation Pa. N. J. Del. Md. Va. W. Va. D. C. EASTERN DISTRIBUTORS Series for station sustaining features or commercial advertising. 33 1/3 r.p.m. Program list and prices on request. Room 1107 — Annapolis Hotel — Dept. B Washington, D. C. Page 20 BROADCASTING • October 15, 1931