TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1963)

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Alabama Birmingham WATV, Gadsden WAAX, Mobile WKRG, Montgomery WCOV, Selma WGWC.Tuscumbia WVNA Arizona Phoenix KOOL, Tucson KOLD Arkansas El Dorado KELD, Fort Smith KFPW, Little Rock KXLR California Bakersfield KERN, Chico KHSL, Eureka KINS, Fresno KFRE, Los Angeles KNX, Modesto KBEE, Palm Springs KCMJ, Redding KVCV, Sacramento KFBK, San Diego KFMB, San Francisco KCBS Colorado Colorado Springs KVOR, Denver KLZ, Grand Junction KREX Connecticut Hartford-Manchester WINF, Waterbury WBRY District of Columbia Washington WTOP Florida Fort Myers WINK, Fort Pierce WARN, Gainesville WGGG, Jacksonville WIVY, Key West WKWF, Miami WKAT, Orlando WDBO, Pensaeola WMEL, St. Augustine WFOY, Sarasota WSPB, Tallahassee WTNT, Tampa WDAE, West Palm Beach WJNO Georgia Albany WGPC, Athens WGAU, Atlanta WYZE.Augusta.WRDW, Columbus WRBL, Gainesville WGGA, Macon WMAZ, Rome WLAQ, Savannah WTOC, Thomasville WPAX Idaho Boise KBOI, Idaho Falls KID Illinois Champaign WDWS, Chicago WBBM, Danville WDAN, Decatur WSOY, Peoria WMBD, Quincy WTAD, Rock Island WHBF, Springfield WTAX Indiana Anderson WHBU, Fort Wayne WANE, Indianapolis WISH, Kokomo WIOU, Marion WMRI, Muncie WLBC, South Bend WSBT, Terre Haute WTHI Iowa Cedar Rapids WMT, Des Moines KRNT, Mason City KGLO. Ottumwa KBIZ Kansas Colby KXXX, Topeka WIBW, Wichita KFH Kentucky Ashland WCMI, Henderson WSON, Hopkinsville WHOP, Lexington WVLK, Louisville WINN, Owensboro WOMI, Paducah WPAD, Paintsville WSIP Louisiana Alexandria KALB, New Orleans WWL, Shreveport KCIJ Maine Portland WLOB, Waterville-Skowhegan WGHM Maryland Baltimore WCBM, Cumberland WCUM, Frederick WFMD, Hagerstown WARK Massachusetts Boston WEEI, Fitchburg WFGM, Greenfield WHAI, Pittsfield WBRK, Springfield WMAS, Worcester WNEB Michigan Detroit WJR, Grand Rapids WJEF, Kalamazoo WKZO, Saginaw WSGW Minnesota Duluth KDAL, Minneapolis-St. Paul WCCO Mississippi Meridian WCOC Missouri Joplin KODE, Kansas City KCMO, St. Louis KMOX, Springfield KTTS Montana Butte KBOW, Missoula KGVO Nebraska Omaha WOW, Scotsbluff KOLT Nevada Las Vegas KLUC New Hampshire Concord WKXL, Keene WKNE, Laconia WEMJ New Jersey Atlantic City WFPG New Mexico Albuquerque KGGM, Santa Fe KVSF New York Albany WROW, Binghamton WNBF, Buffalo WBEN, Elmira WELM, Gloversville WENT, Ithaca WHCU, Kingston WKNY, New York WCBS, Plattsburgh WEAV, Rochester WHEC, Syracuse WHEN, Utica WIBX, Watertown WWNY North Carolina Asheville WWNC, Charlotte WBT, Durham WDNC, Fayetteville WFAI, Greensboro WBIG, Greenville WGTC, Rocky Mount WFMA North Dakota Grand Forks KILO, Jamestown KEYJ, Valley City KOVC Ohio Akron WADC, Cincinnati WCPO, Columbus WBNS, Dayton WHIO, Portsmouth WPAY, Youngstown WKBN Oklahoma Oklahoma City-Norman WNAD Oregon Eugene KERG, Klamath Falls KFLW, Medford KYJC, Portland KOIN, Roseburg KRNR Pennsylvania Altoona WVAM, DuBois WCED, Harrisburg WHP, Indiana WDAD, Johnstown WARD, Philadelphia WCAU, Pittsburgh-McKeesportWEDO, Reading WHUM, Scranton WGBI, State College WRSC, Sunbury WKOK, Uniontown WMBS, Williamsport WWPA Rhode Island Providence WEAN South Carolina Anderson WAIM, Charleston WCSC, Columbia-Cayce WCAY, Greenville WMRB, Spartanburg WSPA South Dakota Rapid City KOTA, Yankton WNAX Tennessee Chattanooga WDOD, Cookeville WHUB, Johnson City WJCW, Knoxville WNOX, Memphis WREC, Nashville WLAC Texas Austin KTBC, Corpus Christi KSIX, Dallas KRLD, El Paso KIZZ, Harlingen KGBT, Houston KTRH, Lubbock KFYO, San Antonio KMAC, Texarkana KOSY, Wichita Falls KWFT Utah Cedar City KSUB, Salt Lake City KSL Vermont Barre WSNO, Brattleboro WKVT Virginia Norfolk WTAR, Richmond WRNL, Roanoke WDBJ, Staunton WAFC, Washington Seattle KIRO, Spokane KGA, Sunnyside KREW. Walla Walla KUJ, Wenachee KUEN, West Virginia Beckley WJLS, Charleston WCHS, Fairmont WMMN, Parkersburg WPAR, Wheeling WOMP Wisconsin Green Bay WBAY, Madison WKOW, Milwaukee WMIL. VINCENT EDWARDS (Continued from page 28) He took some verbal jabs at Vince while being interviewed. "I read where Marvin said I held up production and didn't know my lines, and that made me unprofessional," Vince almost snarled, his dark eyes gleaming angrily. ''Well. I'm just as professional as he or anyone else on my set. When we have big-name guest stars, I deliver what they deliver. And let me tell you, I know and do my job as well as any of those insecure actors who put on what they imagine are 'socially acceptable' fronts. \ox\ know the kind . . . they sit around meditating for hours so they can get 'inside' a character. A bunch of prima donnas is all they are, and I love to put them on. I believe in a happy, friendly set. But some of these fellows mistake kindness for weakness. They'd better watch it. There's no room in TV for personal neurosis. Me — I'll take an old pro like Chester Morris anytime. That type of actor does his job and acts like a professional. So Marvin says I'm unprofessional. I'd like to belt him in the kisser!" Vince and that head-doctor Vince's second threat to life and limb was hurled at the trade-paper columnist, Mike Connolly, already in a state of discombobulation — to use an old Yankee term — having suffered a resounding thwack from Shirley MacLaine a short time ago. Mike's crime was reporting that Vince was consulting a Beverly Hills psychiatrist, Norman Trabulus. to cure a case of "stage fright." Again, there appears to be some justice to the actor's indignation. In his press denial, Vince's publicity man declared flatly that his client was not seeking, getting or receiving psychiatric treatment. When the question was then put to Vince himself, however, he failed to lend support to this outright denial. He allowed that he might have been seeing a psychiatrist for nearly a year, but he would not name the doctor and he emphatically denied it was for "stage fright." Said Vince: "I've been in this business a long time, and I'm not afraid of any scene I'm asked to play, nor am I afraid of a live audience. And I called up that writer and told him I thought printing that item was a lousy thing to do. Talk about being unprofessional! That penpusher could stand a few ethics himself." Vince's third blast was triggered by the issuance of a press release from Henry O. Dormann of New York. The announcement stated that producer Roger Gimbel had been signed to do a Thanksgiving Day special on NBC-TV and that Edwards would be the star. When apprised of this, Vince stormed, "I haven't signed anything. I haven't taken up their offer, and now I doubt very much there will be a deal. If that's how they start off, I don't think we'll get together." Vince then went on to amplify this: "I resent people claiming to have a deal when they don't. They take advantage of artists. They hope to push you into a corner so that you can't do anything but say yes. It's getting so you can't talk sincerely to people. No sooner do you show any interest in what they have to say. they rush out and call their press agents and plant stories to the effect that you have signed up with them. I resent this kind of promotion." Once again, it must be admitted that there is some justification for Vince's resentment, if not for his overheated manner of expressing it. In the first place. Vince is under contract to Bing Crosby Productions, the producers of ABC-TV's '"Ben Casey." While it is possible the network might on occasion be persuaded to let one of their top stars do a guesting for a rival outfit, it is highly doubtful they would allow Vince to headline a spectacular. Certainly Vince would have to clear such a proposition through both ABC and Crosby Productions before even giving the matter serious consideration. For this reason, the press release saying Vince had signed seemed both premature and tactless. It seems fairly credible that Vince is telling the truth when he says that "a pitch was made, the idea discussed in a general way, but that was the extent of it." One fact emerges from all this new hullabaloo surrounding the irascible figure of Vince Edwards. Time and success have not mellowed his disposition. He still carries that old worn chip on his broad shoulder and scarcely waits for anyone to knock it off before he takes up the challenge. And he is not afraid of stepping on toes, no matter how important his foes may be. There is no doubt Vince has made many enemies as a result of his outspokenness, and by what some call deliberate rudeness. For instance, set workers were appalled recently by Vince's behavior when director Mark Rydell called an afternoon rehearsal for an upcoming episode. "Light Up a Dark Corner." Though Rydell is a Broadway director, this was his first Hollywood TV job, and he was naturally anxious to make it a good one. So. after lunch. Sam Jaffe. Bettye Ackerman and the guest stars of the segment. Richard Basehart and Piper Laurie; hurried back to the set. There they waited for two hours for Dr. Ben Casey to show. It is no secret around Hollywood that Vince does not like to rehearse. But not to offer an excuse or explanation for this rudeness is a form of arrogance not easily forgotten. On their side, the group who were enacting a sort of "Waiting for Edwards" playlet did not blow their stacks as might have been expected. By the excuses that were being made for him, it was clear that Vince could be liked for himself as well as his undeniable talents, if he would only accept the affection and loyalty offered him. Sherry stands by The only person hovering on the sidelines of Vince's life who has made no public complaints so far is his long-time girlfriend Sherry Nelson. Sherry apparently is constructed of durable stuff. She has stood by her man while a veritable parade of damsels dance through his life. Rarely does a day pass that one or T v R 81