Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

Wednesday. March 24, 1937 RADIO DAILY s CADIC PCCXCNALITICX • No. 17 in the Scries of Who's Who in the Industry * J. R. POPPELE. Chief engineer of WOR. Also a member of the board of directors and secretary of the Bamberger Broadcasting Service, owners of the outlet. Holds a record in point of service, having started with WOR four days before it went on the air February 22, 1922. He pr» pared the 250-watt transmitter for the station's debut. Since that time he has fathered the engineering and technical developments of the outlet continuously, bringing it to the point where it became a high fidelity 50,000watter. His department is considered one of the most efficient in the country and his advice is constantly sought from many quarters. He is technical adviser to the Police Radio Survey Commission of New Jersey, which is only one of such connections, primarily a service to the community. Born within sight of the transmitter he zealously guards. He started his career as radio operator on commercial ships and U. S. Army transports. Actually, his radio schooling began at the age of 14 when he operated his first spark coil set of 1912 vintage. Studied electrical engineering iL at Newark Tech and Penn State. BBS His 50,000 Baby . Watter Is WITH THE * WOMEN * = By ADELE ALLERHAND IITHEN Lila Carmen deserted the Con" gress in Chi, Kay Weber stepped out of the orchestra into the limelight as vocalist .... the gal's piling up four to six encores after scheduled selections .... Sheila Barrett a bet to go on the Rudy Vallee program April 8 . . . . Little Mary Eastman (Pet Milk vocalist) is entering the glamor sweepstakes. . . .She does it by looking top-notch, and goes R K O screenie very soon When Prunella Woods, King Features ed.. made all those pretty presentation speeches to the most fashionable fillies, she'd no idea she was air-bound .... she found out after awards had been made Yolanda and Veloz are back in town, rehearsing with Eddie Duchin for the April 1 Plaza premiere .... And what, some of us would like to know, will Portland Hoffa do if Fred Allen makes good his thrice-voiced threat not to return to the airena for a long, long time, despite scheduled October repeat? .... Lucille Watson, who treads the "boards" in "Yes. My Darling Daughter", to be George K. Arthur's guestar Wednesday at 6:45 over WQXR That station goes very Left Bank with Eleanor Barnes, most perfect all around artist's model, and Leonard Wangro discoursing on "Strife on the Art Front" .... ▼ T Nila Mack of Columbia resting from excessive work, among the posies and livestock, for a few days When WOR broadcasts finals of the Eastern Intercollegiate Chin Golf Championship on April 3, 6:15-6:30, will the chin golf widows sit on the mourner's bench? .... And what about a "Hole in One Club" for too-successful users of the straight-edge variety? T ▼ Radio Rows, Helen Hayes, sponsored a genteel brawl Monday P. M. for the "Bambi" cast et al The Piccadilly Circus Bar will be the scene of another, to be tendered Marka, hand analyst, to be spotted there for an indefinite period of time, and soon to be aired .... Thursday evening's radio row will be in honor of the Canovas. Judy. Anne and Zeke, who go coast-ward to pix-make, with Judy signed to play comedy lead opposite Jack Benny Another guest of honor will be Durelle Alexander, on account of she's just been signed by CBS .... The Chicken Koop will be scene of the festivities and lots of radio's lads and lasses will be there. Repeating "100 Years" Dramatization of Philip Guedalla's "Hundred Years", originally broadcast Jan. 31 will be repeated April 4, 10-11 p.m., over the NBC-Red network, because of urgent audience demand. The script is by Wellbourn Kelly. Richard Gordon is the narrator. MILLS MUSIC is concentrating on Sid Phillips' two latest effusions, "The Night Ride" and "Escapade", the second of which has not yet been released. Phillips is the Britisher who's become noted for his "tone poems in swing". Roy Music Co. Inc. change their quarters on or about April 15. They will occupy the offices in the Brill Bldg., formerly headquarters for Major Music Co. Announcement emanates from Nat Margo. Erno Rapee will conduct the Newark Symphony Orchestra, effective sometime in June, for the third consecutive year. Ted Lewis is in the throes of rehearsal and opens at the Shubert house in Newark next week. The Casa Loma outfit celebrated their seventh anniversary Sunday night with a party at the N.Y.A.C. Seger Ellis and his boys, with Irene Taylor as featured vocalist, have been signed by Rockwell-O'Keefe Inc. and are on the West Coast awaiting the naming of spot at which they'll make music. Mark Warnow pinch-hits for Carl Hoff Saturday on the Hit Parade, with "This Year's Kisses" leading as No. 1 tune. Warnow will sponsor party in honor of Lord & Thomas after the broadcast on Saturday. "Czech Revels" Year Old Fort Worth — "Czech Revels," broadcast every Sunday at 2 o'clock by KTAT, celebrated its first anniversary Sunday. The program is devoted to Czech, Bohemian and Slavic music exclusively and is the only local aerial show that makes announcements in two languages, English and Czech. Joe Reichman and his band are airwaved three times weekly over NBC from Los Angeles. They'll dispense swing at the Cocoanut Grove for four weeks, then move to the Fairmount in Frisco. The new Consolidated Radio Artists-WINS series will feature transcriptions. The Raymond Scott Quintet, aired on the CBS Saturday Night "Swing Sessions", have just recorded "Twilight and Turkey" and "Minuet in Jazz" for release April 1st and 15th. Recordings were cut by Master Records. Another first time in the history of radio occurs when an ensemble of harpsichords is presented over the NBC-Blue network (with the exception of KGO) Wednesdays at 7: 15 p.m. in a series by the Manuel and Williamson Harpsichord Ensemble of Chicago, effective March 31. Joe Villella of the "recording" Villellas in Pittsburgh vocalized with the Joey Sims ork Monday night at 8:30 p.m. Moe Jaffe, whose musical aggregation is heard from the Ben Franklin in Philly, over WIP-Intercity, has had his Ascap rating raised to Class B, in recognition of his tunesmithing for the Mask and Wig shows, notably the "An Apple a Day" ditty. SELLING TtiE STATIC N Kids Join Safety Club WCSH, Portland, Me., is meeting with unusual success with its children's programs that are broadcast during the early morning hours rather than the afternoon, according to Weed & Co., station reps. Program sponsored by A. E. Barnard on this outlet is heard daily at 7:45-8 a.m., serving the purpose of attracting the juvenile audience desirous of hearing the early-bird kiddie yarns and musical feature. The Safety Club, one feature of the quarter-hour period, already has 5,000 members. Joseph J. Weed, head of Weed & Co., believes this is an angle worth looking into by stations wishing to sell more time during the early a.m. periods. New Biz at WIP Philadelphia. Recent newly signed business at WIP includes: Chrysler Corp., through Anderson agency, six spot announcements weekly; Women's Christian Temperance Union, 8 weeks of quarter-hour lectures weekly; E. P. Reed Co. ( shoes) , through Geyer, Cornell & Newell, 10 weeks of quarter-hour weekly ET; Nixon-Grand Theatre, 8 weeks, 2Vz hours weekly, remotes; Saul Gwirtz, (jewelers), two spots weekly; S p a to 1 a Importing Co. ( wines) , through Adrian Bower agency, three spots weekly; Hackney's Restaurant, participation in WIP Homemakers' Club; Tappins, Inc. (jewelery), through Schillin Agency, two time signals daily. WNBH Movie Name Contest New Bedford, Mass. — "Household's Hollywood Highlights", Tuesday and Thursday 6:30 to 6:45 p.m. movie news program, is conducting a mammoth scrambled movie name contest on WNBH for ten-week period with prizes in furniture aggregating over $500. This is biggest local contest ever conducted over WNBH. "Nosey Reporter" Renewed Admore, Okla. — "The Nosey Reporter," street interview program over KVSO, has been re-signed for a year by the Ice Service Co., sponsor for the last seven months. The program, which has been aired for 19 months, comes from Main street in Ardmore. Present sponsor is a beer and soft drink distributor. ON THE RADIO DAILY WARREN & DUBIN'S GREAT HITS FROM "MELODY FOR TWO" SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN MELODY FOR TWO REMICK MUSIC CORP. RCA BLDG. NEW YORK CITY ORCHESTRAS -MUSIC