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6 RADIO DAILY; Friday, December 9, 1949 Programs To Ukraine Planned By^V. Of A.' (Continued from Page 1) ment the .present broadcasts of the "Voice of America" to the Soviet Union in the Russian language, which began in February of 1947. The new program will be broadcast in the eastern Ukrainian dialect and will be directed to the Ukraine. It will be broadcast from 1:30 to 2 p.m., EST, (9:30 to 10 p.m., local listening time), and will be carried by 16 shortwave transmitters in the United States and will be relayed by four shortwave transmitters which the "Voice of America" leases from the British Broadcasting Corporation and by three shortwave and one medium-wave transmitter at the American Relay Base in Munich. The program also will be re-broadcast daily on medium wave from Munich at a later time. The new broadcast series will increase to 21 the languages utilized by the State Department's International Broadcasting Division in its world-wide radio service. Special Airing To Honor Department Store Sponsor Chicago — The local Weiboldt department store chain, which has been a client of WMAQ, Chicago, for 14 years will be honored by the local NBC outle* here in a special half-hour program Friday, December 16. The Wieboldt firm will also mark the event on its "Your Neighbor Program," which has been heard over WMAQ continuously since 1935. Needham, Louis & Brorby, Inc., Chicago, have renewed the latter program (Mondays through Fridays, 8:00 to 8:30 a.m., CST) for 52 weeks effective December 12. Wieboldt's started as a WMAQ sponsor in December, 1935 with a series of morning programs. The first announcer was Paul McCluer, who is now NBC Chicago network radio sales manager. The present "Your Neighbor" format includes recorded music, time, temperature, and fashion news by Miss Marlowe. The special Dec. 16th broadcast will feature anniversary greetings to the store from Chicago civic leaders. The WMAQ husband and wife team, Elizabeth Hart and Louis Roen, will represent Mr. and Mrs. Chicago, while music will be provided by an orchestra conducted by Joseph Gallichio. Barry Bewildered Barry was another name for confusion yesterday afternoon in the office of Charles C. Barry, ABC vice-president in charge of programs. ABC's Barry received simultaneous telephone calls on his extensions — 504 and 505 — frca ABC-TV star Wendy Barrie and Jack Barry, radio producer. xmfls PRomorion Xmas Toy House With its main theme the solicitation of toys for the needy children of greater Miami, WTTT opened a Christmas Toy House in downtown Miami. The house sits on the corner of one of the busy thoroughfares and is decorated in a Walt Disney fashion. WTTT's Santa Glaus will broadcast from the house daily from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and interview the children that flock around and various celebrities who are in town at the time. During the day members of the Women's Council of the Boulevard Christian Church will occupy the booth to collect the toys to be distributed on Christmas Day. Assisting in this promotion are a local used car dealer, Olin's, and a kiddie shop, Alray children's Shop and Alray Bootery. The house itself is propped up in front of the A. S. Beck Shoe Store. Tim e-Bu vers' Tcmnenbaum Robert S. Keller. In-., sales promotion representative, has mailed a unique Christmas greeting to 195 New York agemy time buyers, all of whom are personal contacts of the firm. The greeting is a compilation of the buyers' names in the shape of a Christmas tree bearing the season's greetings and reproduced in green and red on legal size duplicator stationary. Lombordo Aids Drive Guy Lombardo w;ll helr> the Christmas seal campaign in Nassau County with an abearance over WHLI and WHLI-FM, Hempstead, Long Island, on Monday, December 12 from 2:45 to 3:00 p.m. Miss Frances Barbour, director of the Nassau County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association, and Dr. Lindon Davis of Williston Park will also take part. Busy On TV Santa Claus is making television appearances on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays over WVTR in Richmond, Va. Santa, surrounded by toys in a North Pole workshop setting, reads letters and tells stories on the show from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Mother Claus gives Santa an assist by writing the children's names in a book. The Nolde Brothers Bakery in Richmond is sponsoring. WEOL Aids Santa The Sears Roebuck & Co. store in Elyria, Ohio has set up a mailbox for letters to Santa Claus and has sponsored broadcasts over WEOL to read the letters. The box, in the middle of the store, has brought a steady stream of children with their parents. The company originally sponsored a 15-minute show daily, but the volume of mail made it necessary to increase the program to 30 minutes each day. WIBG Plans Party Zella Drake Harper, WIBG commentator, will hold her 7th annual Christmas party for dependent children on Saturday, December 17th at the State Theater in Philadelphia. A thousand children from 17 homes and orphanages have been invited to the morning affair. Uncle Jim Willard will lead the kids in songs and carols before Santa Claus arrives in time for a half-hour broadcast at 10:30 a.m. over WIBG. Xmas Recordings Single 45 rpm records from the Robert Shaw-RCA Victor Chorale album of Christmas Hymns and Carols have been released by the recording company. The album was made available only recently on the new speed. It was previously available on 78 rpm. National Sales Meeting Held By Thesaurus Staff (Continued from Page 1) the projections presented throughout the week, during whi~h plans for programming, production, promotion, advertising and sales developments were outlined and completed. The meeting brought together for the first time all representatives of the recently organized RCA Recorded Program Services. James P. Davis, manager of Custom Record Sales, under whose direction Recorded Program Services has been placed, presided. Others in attendance were Mercer, Wade Barnes, sales head; Bert Wood, program manager; Ben Rosner, promotion manager; and sales representatives Ad Amor, New York; Bill Reilly, Chicago; and Bill Gartland, Hollywood. At the meeting's final session, Davis said: "We are all highly elated over the tremendous response our station subscribers the country Miles Laboratories Signs NBC 'One Man's Family' (Continued from Page 1) duct to be advertised by Miles has not yet been chosen. The series is written by Carleton E. Morse. "One Man's Family" has been featured on the NBC network since April 29, 1932. The unchanged format will continue to recount the home life of the Barbour family. over have given the new area in Thesaurus. The important new talent in commercially-designed programming already added to Thesaurus will be joined during the months ahead by a steady parade of more top stars in many many hours of saleable radio programs. We firmly believe in the growing importance of transcription services to the industry, and we are more than gratified by the overwhelming vote of approval our station friends have registered for our new Thesaurus plans." Expect No U, S. Action On Cuba NARBA Plea (Continued from Page 1) agreement will be made in the spring. The new meet would not be in Montreal. Earlier reports that State Department pressure for acceptance of the Cuban proposals had been sufficient to swing the agreement, have not been born out, it was said. Industry resentment has been so strong that the American delegation is said to have decided against proceeding with its tentative plan to accept the Cuban demands. Duquesne U Station Going On Air Soon Pittsburgh — Duquesne University will dedicate its FM radio station, WDUQ, on Thursday, December 15, and at the same time increase its power from 10 to 2750 watts. The outlet, Pittsburgh's first college radio station, will switch its frequency from 89.3 to 91.5. The Right Reverend Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh, will bless the station during the program. Paul Shannon of KDKA, Ralp Fallert of WCAE and Rege Cordic of WWSW will also take part in the dedication ceremony. Wedding Bells Betty Barrett, former time buyer now with the New York Post, was married Nov. 18 to Stuart M. Kelly, staffer at Taylor-Borroff & Co., Inc., national station reps. ^5end $i r thd ay Cj rs e t ina 5 ^Jo December 9 Ken Niles Judith Gardner Willard Butler Jerry Lesser Freddy Martin Linnea Nelson December 10 Andy Kelly Chet Huntley Alvin Austin Lew Brown Lois Burke Ray Collins Jean Dickenson Morton Gould Dorothy Lamour December 11 Buster Coward Donald Flamm December 12 Ann Eden Edward G. Robinson Emanuel Demby Allen Massey Hal James Louis G. Cowan Helen Menken Danny O'Neil December 13 Florence Baker Phil Mayer Charlie Gregg Jay Jostyn December 14 Erskine Johnson Morey Amsterdam December 15 Art Brown Marian Barney Phil Dak in Bob Hawk Maxine A. Chaffin Edward P. Shurlick. Jr. ■■■■■ fwwmw