Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

4 RADIO DAILY LOS ANGELES By ALLEN KUSHNER WILLIAM H. FINESHRIBER, JR., Mutual v-p in charge of programs, arrived in Hollywood on Nov. 9th. KGER, Long Beach, California, announces appointment of Dick Walsh as its account executive for Long Beach Area. Walsh was formerly commercial manager for KAFY, Bakersfield, and prior chief of the AP radio news bureau in New Orleans. . . . Bill Froug and Will Fifield will write the Columbia Pacific Network "Jeff Regan, Investigator" series, beginning Wednesday. They replace E. Jack Neumann who is resigning from the writing staff to accept other radio commitments. . . . Milt Samuel, director of publicity and public relations for Young & Rubicam, Inc. Pacific Coast Division, has returned from a fourweek trip which took him to San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Portland and Seattle. ... Ed Smith, manager of the advertising service section for Y & R in Hollywood, returned to the Coast, after three weeks in N. Y. on business. . . . Jack Beck, CBS PN news director, is in New York to attend the convention of the National Association of Radio News Directors, and to confer with Edmund Chester, CBS director of news. . . . William D. Shaw, assistant sales manager for KNX and CBS, left for a two-week sales trip to New York and Chicago. Antihistamine Mfrs. Buy Web, Spot Time (Continued from Page 1) ship of "Counter-Spy" over 60 ABC stations, Thursday nights, 7:30-8 p.m. The contract,, which runs through Dec. 29, 1949, was placed through Foote, Cone & Belding. In addition, Anahist has been sponsoring a spot campaign in 30 cities which will continue for an additional month. Meanwhile, Grove Laboratories, Inc., St. Louis, a heavy user of radio time over a period of years, has announced plans for an extensive spot radio campaign to introduce its new anti-histamine product, "Antamine." Sullivan, Stauffer, Colwell & Bayles has been appointed to handle promotion for the new product. yyp I»49 CONFISEUR FRENCH RESTAURANT LUNCHEON from $2.00 DINNER from $3.00 COCKTAIL BAR c7amouAj/i£wh Candied 15 East 52 nd St. AIR CONDITIONED Mem About Manhattan. . . ! • • • AROUND TOWN: MCA is making a strong pitch for personal management contracts with some of the top radio-TV names. N. Y. artists contacted by the agency include Vaughn Monroe, Arthur Godfrey and Fred Allen. . . . Petrillo's demands that "Duffy's Tavern" employ AFM musicians for their tape recordings in Puerto Rico may result in Ed Gardner altering his plans to continue production of his show down in San Juan. , . . Paramount's TV film network reported growing with some 20 stations signed for the video film service. . . . RCA reported ready to sell the U. N. all of the radio and TV equipment which will be installed in their new headquarters in New York. . . . Frank Sinatra and Geo. Evans, who split a year or so ago. have kissed and made up. . . . Rumored that NBC's giveaway series. "H'wood Calling," will fold with Old Gold's Amateur Hour taking the Sunday night radio spot. . . . Commodore Productions have signed up Clyde Beatty for a half-hour radio series and are readying an advertising campaign. (They expect this show to duplicate the success of the Hopalong Cassidy series, which is also their property.) . . . FCC resenting Congressmen trying to pressure them on decisions will appeal to the Pres. to get the pressure boys off their necks. . . . "Inner Sanctum" will turn up as a sponsored video offering if tele-rights can be straightened out. ...AN Y. afternoon daily is planning to slash its radio-TV listings still further. ft ft ft ft • • • TELLING ON TELEVISION (or views on video): Louie Nizer's razor-sharp, analytical legal mind completely dominated the Overseas Press Club's discussion on dismantling of German industries Sunday p.m. Loaded with facts, figures and logic, Nizer toyed with the panel — one of whom actually stated that he considered Germany to be "a peace-loving nation." Yep, that's what the man said. Nizer should've walked out on that one. We did. . . . DuMont, agreeing with us that Sat. night is the loneliest night in the week — on television, is preparing to give it the strongest build-up of the week. . . . 'Garroway at Large" scores because it is one of the few television shows geared specifically for the medium. Garroway, purveying the intimate approach, speaking totally at ease as if in your living room, succeeds where many of the others occasionally fail. . . . The Philco "Bookof-the-Month" adaptations each Sunday portray stories which are so essentially over-mawkish and sentimental that there is seldom any dramatic impact despite fairly good adaptation. Television drama needs meat — not applesauce. ft ft ft ft • • • TICKER TAPE: Our Washington gumshoe is raving, but loud, about the singing of Steve Olds (a West Point grad and custombuilt for the films) who does his stuff daily via WTTG. (The greeting in Wash, is no longer 'what's new' — but 'where's Olds?' . . . Hoyt agency has taken over the Bloch Bros, tobacco account from Walker & Downing in Pittsburgh and our guess is that they'll soon shelve their Fishing & Hunting series on both radio and TV. . . . Geo.. Hogan quitting his announcing post at WOR after 10 years to concentrate on his mail order biz. . . . Frank Cooper now representing the Pied Pipers. . . . Dolly Dawn, who's been away from the local scene too long, will headline the new show at Cafe Society Downtown opening on the 24th. . . . Tex and Jinx skedded to go to Japan in Dec. . . . Bill Slater's Messing "Prize Party" drew something like 2,000 letters in 24 hours for a write-in giveaway, proving that people still want something for nothing. ft -sir ft ft By HAL TATE BILL REILLY, midwest rep for RCA-Recorded Program Service (formerly the NBC Thesaurus department), became a father for the second time last Wednesday. It was a girl, Sharon Marie, and she weighed in at seven pounds, 14 ounces at the Illinois Masonic Hospital. The other Reilly youngster is also a daughter, Margaret Ann. Art Harre, WJJD general manager, and Frank Lane, White Sox general manager, have closed a deal for the Marshall Field station to broadcast the White Sox games exclusively on WJJD and its sister FM station, WFMF, for the next two years. Bob Elson, recognized as one of the country's top sportcasters, will handle the mike for the 4th consecutive year. Bob's been calling 'em for 17 years except for 4 years with the Navy during World War II. WIND and Phil Wrigley will shortly announce an exclusive deal for the Daily News station to again broadcast the Cubs games exclusively in Chicago over the Atlass outlet. WBKB has a unique show coming up Thursday night from 10: 15 to 10:45 p.m. Purchased by the local B'nai B'rith, the program will be devoted to a drive for new members. Members who have TV sets will have parties at home and will invite prospects to view the show. Irv Kupcinet of "The Sun-Times" will be emcee with Cantor Moses Silverman rendering a few solos and a prominent movie star as guest. Bernie Howard is writing and producing this unique membership drive TV show which is called "This is B'nai B'rith." Bernie Howard is preparing and purchasing the film spots for the Leo P. 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