Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

RADIO DAILY: Tuesday. March 30, 1937 commenTs On Current Programs 6 FCC ACTIVITIES APPLICATIONS GRANTED WSGN, Birmingham. License to cover CP; 1310 kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS, unlimited. WGCM, Gulfport, Miss. auth. to transfer control to P. K. Ewing. 1210 kc, 100 watts, 250 watts daytime, unlimited. WBBZ, Ponca City, Okla. Increase power to 250 watts, daytime. WTFI, Atlanta, installation of new equipment and vertical antenna. Transmitter site approved. WHDL, Olean, N. Y. Mod. of license to change name to WHDL, Inc. WCAU, Philadelphia. Auth. to determine operating power by direct measurement of antenna input. WNBF, Binghamton, N. Y., increase in day power to 250 watts. KFRO. Longview, Tex., license to cover CP and Mod. 1370 kc, 250 watts, daytime. WLAK, Lakeland, Fla. Auth. to transfer control to J. P. Marchant. 1310 kc, 100 watts, unlimited. SET FOR HEARING Gallatin Radio Forum, Bozeman, Mont. CP for new station. 1420 kc, 250 watts, daytime. Leon M. Eisfeld, Burlington, la. CP for new station. 1310 kc, 100 watts, unlimited. Glen E. Webster, Decatur, 111. CP for new station. 1290 kc, 250 watts, daytime. Harold F. Cross, Lansing. CP for new station. 580 kc, 500 watts, 1 Kw. LS., unlimited. Robert E. Clements, Huntington Pk., Cal. CP for new station. 1160 kc, 250 watts, daytime. John Stewart Bryan, Petersburg, Va. CP for new station. 1210 kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS., unlimited. Gerald A. Travis, La Porte. Ind. CP for new station. 1500 kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS., unlimited. L. L. Coryell & Son, Lincoln. CP for new station. 1450 kc, 250 watts, 1 Kw. LS., unlimited. Standard Life Insurance Co. of the South, Jackson, Miss. CP for new station. 1420 kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS., unlimited. WGL, Fort Wayne. CP to make changes in equipment and increase power to 250 watts. Phillip Jackson, Brunswick, Ga. CP for new station. 1420 kc, 100 watts, daytime. WKBH, La Crosse, Wis. Auth. to transfer control of corp. to Harry Dahl. The Enterprise Co., Beaumont, Tex. CP for new station. 1400 kc, 500 watts, unlimited. APPLICATIONS DENIED C. P. Sudweeks, Spokane. CP for new station. 950 kc, 500 watts, 1 Kw. LS., unlimited. WDAS, Philadelphia. Mod. of CP. 1390 kc. 500 watts, 1 Kw. LS., unlimited. APPLICATION DISMISSED Howard A. Miller, Galesburg, 111. CP for new station. 1500 kc, 100 watts, daytime. Staunton Broadcasting Co., Inc., Staunton, Va. CP for new station. 1500 kc, 250 watts, daytime. Galesburg Printing and Publishing Co., Galesburg. CP for new station. 1500 kc, 250 watts, daytime. EXAMINER'S RECOMMENDATIONS H. W. Wilson & Ben Farmer, Wilson. N. C. CP for new station. 1310 kc, 100 watts, daytime, be granted. Peryatel Bros. & Richard Beauchamp, Raton, N. M. CP for new station. 1210 kc, 100 watts, unlimited, be denied. Falls City Broadcasting Corp., Falls City, Neb. CP for new station. 1310 kc, 100 watts, unlimited, be denied. WBAX, Wilkes-Barre. Mod. of license to change hours of operation to unlimited, be granted. WELI, New Haven. App. for change in power, frequency and hours of operation to 930 kc, 250 watts, 500 watts LS., unlimited, be granted conditionally. Lawrence K. Miller, Pittsfield, Mass. CP for new station. 930 kc, 250 watts, daytime, be denied. Baker Hospital, Muscatine, la. Auth. to transmit programs to Canada and Mexico be denied. H. O. Davis, Mobile. CP for new station. 010 kc, 250 watts, 500 watts LS., unlimited, be denied. Harold Thomas, Pittsfield. CP for new station. 1310 kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS., unlimited, be denied. Radio Enterprises, Lufkin, Tex. CP for "PARAMOUNT ON PARADE" Sustaining NBC-Red network, Sundays, 1212:30 p.m. EST. VARIETY PROGRAM FROM FILM STUDIO LOT MAKES A POOR START. Loosely put together, the opening show of the Paramount Pictures studio series was far below expectations. Opening program was dedicated to the country's film exhibitors — who have been putting up quite a squawk about the competition they get from movie stars appearing on the radio. After a musical bit in which Phil Harris and his orchestra and the Albee Sisters took part the emcee or guide and his assistant, Lynne Overman and Mary Carlisle, were introduced. They killed a few minutes with some trivial dialogue, then gave way to Rufe Davis, who offered an entertaining routine of novelty musical stuff. Shirley Ross did some vocalizing from the "Waikiki Wedding" set. It was not made very clear how the guide happened to be visiting the set of a film that is already finished and being exhibited — although there was a brief remark about a foreign version. Bob Burns contributed a bit, and Boris Morros, producer of the program, came in for a few words. Overman doubtless could have done a much better job if he had been given the material. Miss Carlisle didn't register. Musical background, with Victor Young conducting the studio orchestra, was good. New BBC Transmitters London — Of the three new transmitters being built at Daventry, each with 50 kilowatts power, compared with 15 kws. of the existing service to British possessions overseas, two are expected to be completed in time to broadcast the Coronation on May 12. Twenty-two new aerials are being erected. British Broadcasting Corp. is tripling the power of its transmitters to the dominions and colonies presumably in an effort to combat the longrange ether propaganda guns of Italy, Germany and Russia. new station. 1310 kc, 100 watts, daytime, be denied. Red Lands Broadcasting Ass'n., Lufkin. CP for new station. 1310 kc, 100 watts, daytime, be granted. Virgil V. Evans. CP for new station. 1420 kc, 100 watts, unlimited, be denied. HEARINGS SCHEDULED April 3: KDON, Del Monte, Cal. CP to change frequency and power to 1400 kc, 250 watts, 1 Kw. LS., unlimited. Salinas Newspapers, Inc., Salinas, Cal. CP for new station. 1390 kc, 250 watts, daytime. June 4: KLO, Ogden. CP to increase power. 1400 kc, 1 Kw., 5 Kw. LS., unlimited. "TO OUR MOTHERS" Sustaining WMCA-Intercity network, Mondays. 10:45-11 a.m. SENTIMENTAL TRIBUTES TO MOTHERS THAT WILL PLEASE THE WOMEN. Originated and conducted by Eve Hammer, lecturer, who has encountered many instances of motherly devotion in the course of her travels, this sentimental program suggests possibilities beyond those achieved in the initial broadcast. Four incidents were embraced in the first program, with a New York girl, a Hollywood film man, a girl from the recent flood region and a doctor taking turns at relating what they owed to the toil, struggles, bravery, etc., of their respective mothers. No attempt made to dramatize the incidents, hence the effectiveness and appeal of the stories must depend on the narrating abilities of the individual speakers. Potentialities for listener interest also are indicated in the invitation to dialer to send in stories of their own mothers for re-enactment in the series. Remote Studio in Henderson Henderson, Tex. — The radio studio in the Randolph Hotel here which came in for publicity through its work in the recent New London school disaster is linked with KOCA, Kilgore. Roy G. Terry, manager of KGKB, Tyler, and KOCA, recently entered into a contract with Ted Hudson to operate the remote studios here for KOCA. Hudson cooperated with KOCA and KGKB in the recent emergency relief work. Poole Handling Television Minneapolis — Henry Poole of the WDGY staff has been placed in charge of the daily 15-minute television broadcasts over W9XAT in the WDGY building. Frank Blair in New Post Greenville, S. C— Frank Blair, formerly of WCSC, Charleston, and WIS, Columbia, has become program director of WFBC here. He succeeds Walter Knobeloch, who moved to WOL, Mutual's station in Washington. Holt Handling Foreign Disks C. A. Jocelyn Holt has taken over the foreign department of Alsop Radio Recording, Inc. The foreign language transcriptions are intended for Latin-American consumption. WROL Adds News Period Knoxville — WROL has added a 10:30 p.m. news period, making eight daily. Claude Frazier and Harry Moreland take alternating nights. "Story of Mary Marlin" Switching to a new sponsor (Procter & Gamble, Ivory Flakes) and going on an extended schedule (NBCRed, 12:15-12:30 p.m., and NBC-Blue, 5-5:15 p.m., Monday through Friday), "The Story of Mary Marlin" started off yesterday by giving a collection of flash-backs calculated to familiarize new listeners with the background of Mary Marlin. The resume, scripted by Jane Crusinberry. author of the serial, dealing with the married life of a young couple, consisted of about a dozen short scenes that served the intended purpose very nicely. Cast of the show includes Robert Griffin, Judith Lowry, June Meredith, Isabel Randolph, Ann Stone, Robert Barron, Arthur Kohl and Frances Carlon. Ed Wynn Most likely the worst hunk of material this comedian ever unloaded into the mike. No one expects a program to be funny in high at every performance, but this particular show on Saturday night (NBC-Blue) never got started and this in itself may have accounted for the unfunny aspect of the subsequent continuity. Wynn fluffed and painfully so, with the situation being saved to great extent by Graham McNamee. When Wynn falls into indelicate lines, and he does quite often, they are overlooked if a laugh follows; when there is no laugh the spot is a tough one. Charles Kullman, operatic singer was unusually good, and in fine voice. Nash Speedshow This 9 p.m. stanza on CBS slowed up perceptibly with the acquisition of Grace Moore, probably due to production and again probably due to uninteresting selection of songs for Miss Moore. Change of policy whereby the warbler has been added to the Floyd Gibbons-Vincent Lopez combination in place of pepped up variety style seems to be a distinct letdown if former shows of the series are held up by way of comparison. Saturday night is exactly a time for sleepy-time tempo. Twin Stars Switching to a Sunday spot and the CBS network, the National Biscuit program with Victor Moore and Helen Broderick was not a very spirited affair in its debut on this web. The comedy material was below par. Billy Gilbert and his sneezing specialty provided some of the best fun, and a girl vocalist was pleasing but had only one number. Lou Kosloff conducted the Buddy Rogers orchestra, which did itself credit. Rogers, now on his way back from England, rejoins the show next Sunday.