Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

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12 RADIO DAILY Tuesday, February 9. 1937 k Ckait&i. k DON BESTOR, ork leader has split with S. K. Kushner, his personal manager and the Music Corporation of America. He will go with the Consolidated Radio Artists immediately. F. C. C. CALENDAR Washington Bureau of THE RADIO "1"!' Burns and Allen celebrate five years of uninterrupted broadcasting on Feb. 17. They switch sponsors in April, when they will begin a series lor General Foods. Current sponsor, Campbell's Tomato Juice has signed Ken Murray to replace B. & A. Lee Roberts, KCMO announcer, is back at the mike after 10 days in bed with the flu. Toni Gaye is vocalizing with Dave Schooler and his Hotel Piccadilly band over WOR thrice weekly. Helen Gleason, star in "Frederika," may go on the Magic Key hour. Arthur Boran, CBS mimic, has been asked to join Gus Edwards' radio shoiv on the Coast. May Singhi Breen and Peter de Rose are forming a Radio Esperanto Club. Jack Pearl, as the resurrected Baron Munchausen, began his second 13 weeks series of broadcasts over the NBC network yesterday. "Sharlie" < Cliff Hall) was also present. TODAY NEW — Metropolis Co., Jacksonville, Fla.— C. P., 1280 Kc, 250 watts, unlimited time. KARK — Arkansas Radio & Equipment Co., Little Rock, Ark. — Modification of CP., 890 Kc, 1 KW, unlimited time. Present assignment: 890 Kc, 500 watts, 1 KW LS, unlimited time. Hearing before an examiner. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 10 NEW— Cadillac Broadcasting Co., Michigan Corp., Dearborn, Mich. —CP., 1140 Kc, 500 watts, daytime. NEW — West Texas Broadcasting Co., Wichita Falls, Texas. CP., 1380 Kc, 1 KW, unlimited time. NEW— W i c h i t a Broadcasting Co., Wichita Falls, Tex. — CP., 620 Kc, 25Q watts, 1 KW LS, unlimited time. KFPL — C C. Baxter, Dublin, Texas — Voluntary assignment of license to WFTX, Inc.; 1310 Kc, 100 watts, 100 watts LS (CP., 100 watts, 250 watts LS) unlimited time. KFPL— WFTX, Inc., Wichita Falls, Tex— CP., 1500 Kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS, unlimited time. Present assignment: 1310 Kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS, unlimited time. Hearings before an examiner. Static "Transradio News" with Frank Singiser will be presented by the Anderson Company over WOR on Sundays at 10 to 10: 15 A.M. instead of 11 to 11:15 P.M. as heretofore. The date is Feb. 14. Norman Boggs has left Station WAAF, Chicago, where he directed the sales staff for the past two and a half years to join the sales staff oj WGN, The Chicago Tribune Radio Station. THURSDAY, FEB. 11 NEW— Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa— CP., 1340 Kc, 500 watts, daytime. WKBB— Sanders Brothers Radio Station, Dubuque, Iowa — CP., to move. 1500 Kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS, unlimited time. NEW — Glenn Van Auken, Indianapolis, Ind.— CP., 1050 Kc, 1 KW, daytime. WSBT— South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Ind.— CP., 1010 Kc, 1 KW, unlimited time. Present assignment: 1360 Kc, 500 watts, share WGES. WEMP — Milwaukee Broad ca s t i n g Co., Milwaukee, Wis.— CP., 1010 Kc, 250 watts, 500 watts LS, unlimited time. Present assignment: 1310 Kc, 100 watts, daytime. NEW— Dr. F, P. Cerniglia, Monroe. * a.— CP., 1566 Kc, iOO watts, unlimited time. Oral argument before Broadcast Division. FRIDAY. FEB. 12 NEW— H a r o 1 d Thomas, Pittsfield, Mass.— CP., 1310 Kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS, unlimited time. WMBD — Peoria Broadcasting Co., Peoria, 111.— CP., 1440 Kc, 1 KW, 5 KW LS, unlimited time. Present assignment: 1440 Kc, 500 watts, 1 KW LS, unlimited time. Hearing before an examiner. LAST September, when Wendell Hall was engaged for the Gillette "Original Community Sing," it was announced he would feature his greatest success — his own composition, "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More." But at that time the middle-west was affected by a severe drought, and G. Bennett Larson, in charge of production for the program, thought it best to drop the song. Now an exactly reverse situation has occurred. Because of the millions of people afflicted by the present wide-spread flood conditions, Larson feels that any song pertaining to rain must of necessity be eliminated from the program. NBC's newest sensation, Hildegarde. made many radio stars happy when she issued the statement that "television is the best reducing medium in the world, fhe lights placed over one's head keeps the thermometer hovering around 90 degrees. As a result, says she, "after four performances, I lost more than nine pounds." Graham Gladwyn, formerly with WT1C and the Hammer advertising agency, Hartford, has joined the Yankee network staff. Radio Artists, Inc., New York. Margaret Flynn formerly with NBC has also joined the radio department. Harold C Higgins has been added to the WOR Chicago sales office as a salesman and Dorothy E. Miller is now secretary to R. J. Barrett, Jr., manager of the WOR office. Philip Kerby, former copywriter for Geyer, Cornell & Newell, Inc. has joined the NBC sales promotion department, New York, to do the same kind of thing there. Stuart Hawkin, assistant to Bertha Brainard, NBC commercial program manager for two years, has sent in his resignation. Pick and Pat (Pat Padgett and Pick Malone) will desert the NBC Maxwell House Showboat and the CBS U. S. Tobacco Pipe Smoking Time for just two weeks. They'll be golfing and fishing in Florida on their annual vacation. Clifford Glick succeeds James Post as radio director of Consolidated The Canadian Broadcasting Systern is collecting radio recordings with a view to establishing a museum of historic broadcasts. Included in the collection will be the late King George's Christmas message, the Economic Conference in London in 1933, and the farewell address of King Edward VIII. Frank Quinn has been appointed national sales manager for KLZ, Denver. Quinn has been with KLZ for five years and was given the promotion as a reward for his splendid sales record since he has been with KLZ. Walter Framer, Pittsburgh free lance radio commentator, moved his "Show Shopper" from WWSW to KDKA and switched his "Pittsburgh Backstage" program from WJAS to KCAE. Both programs are commercials. Sondra Lee, veteran staff songstress over WWSW, Pittsburgh, married Robert J. Osborne last week. Joseph Keeley of the N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc., publicity staff in New York and Howard Stephenson, editor of "American Druggist," have collaborated on a book entitled "They Sold Themselves" which will be published by Hillman Curl, Inc., New York, on March 11. Bob Smith, former script writer at CBS, transferred to program service department. He will be located in Leonard Hole's office. Arthur B. Church, president of Midland Broadcasting Co.. operators of KMBC, is vacationing in California with Mrs. Church. They will be joined by Mr. and Mrs. "Chuck" Myers of KOIN Portland for a trip to Mexico City. Mr. and Mrs. Church are expected to return to Kansas City about March. 1. Chet Santon has been appointed to the Waterbury staff of WBRY as announcer, a la Edwin C. Hill. J. Vincent Callanan has replaced Richard Ponsaing as WICC commercial representative in New Haven. A new series of Half Hours of Drama will be presented on WELI, beginning today at 2 P.M. Arthur Geto of the Yale Graduate School will produce the shows. Burt Gordon and Tommy Mack have been signed by Gillette for Community Sing show. Mack has a two-year contract with the company and has also been signed by RKO pictures. Walter Haase, WDRC secretary. Hartford, is on a Florida vacation. Jack Kofoed, WHN sports editor sniffed last week's snow, shivered, quit his job and headed for Sunny Cal by the same token, Bob Elson, Chicago WGN's sports critic headed for San Diego. He'll travel with the Cubs. No wonder Rae Eleanor Ball, Philadelphia WCAU's violinist wows 'em. She plays a rare old Gagliano, 175 years old, valued at $25,000 WHO in Des Moines went to the right spot to pick a sales manager. Station signed Hale Bondurant, prexy of Des Moines ad club. Fred Norman Productions has formed a new radio comedy writing battery unit consisting of Howard Blatteir (who has been writing material for Fred Allen) -—Mel Aaronson (who's been with Jack Benny — and Phil Goldstein — a newcomer Also auditioning "That's My Pop" (from the Milt Gross script) with Harold Moffatt (from "High Tor") and children from "Dead End". Jack Denny, Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Crawford and Maurice Spitalny are latest additions to the roster of Consolidated Radio Artists, Inc. WNEW music director, Max Pitt, is the contractor for the Hit Parade shows. Yehudi Menuhin and his sister Hepzibah will broadcast together for first time on the Ford Sunday Symphony hour Feb. 28.