Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1959)

arate business paths. Mr. Barry is executive vice president of Fragrance Process Co., New York, which markets a newly developed aroma process for scented advertising in newspapers and for various packaged products. When Mr. Enright was asked later the same day what his current business activities are, he replied firmly, "No comment." • Program notes Participants • About Faces, new audience participation series starting Jan. 4 on ABC-TV (Mon.-Fri., 1-1:30 p.m. EST) , will have following participating sponsors: Block Drug Co. (Sullivan, Stauffer, Colwell & Bayles Inc., N.Y.); Dusharme Products Inc., (Graves & Assoc., Minneapolis); Renuzit Home Products Co. (Arndt, Preston, Chapin, Lamb & Keen Inc., Phila.), and Shulton Inc. (The Wesley Assoc., N.Y.). Program is Ralph Edwards production and will originate from Hollywood, with Ben Alexander as m.c. Indefinite termination • Closing of the London office and termination of all British production activities for "an indefinite period," was announced by Philip N. Krasne, president of California Studios. The Hollywood tv film organization has been concentrating on preparing tv filmed programs for network exposure. The company's Britishmade films had been aimed at the U.S. syndication market. Second adventurer • Dominick Dunne, executive producer of Adventures in Paradise (ABC-TV, Mon. 9:30-10:30 p.m. EST), has signed Ron Ely, formerly a 20th Century-Fox contract performer, as alternate-week co-star of the Paradise series. He will share alternate week story focus with Gardner McKay. 'Lineup' replacement • CBS-TV is replacing The Lineup with a variety show, Be Our Guest, beginning Jan. 27 (Wed. 7:30-8:30 p.m. EST). The Lineup was a casualty in the network's move for better program balance (Broadcasting, Dec. 1). Be Our Guest will star George DeWitt, former m.c. of the defunct Name That Tune on CBS-TV, and will feature Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America 1958, as vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra conducted by Ray McKinley. The announcement, made by Oscar Katz, vice president, network programs, said the new program would use non-professional guests and is planned as a live origination from New York. Al Singer is executive producer and head writer. Crackdown • The Screen Actors Guild has served notice on producers of tv commercials that it plans to crack down BROADCASTING, December 21, 1959 OR AS . in Here are the next 10 days of network color shows (all times are EST). NBC-TV Dec. 21-25, 28-30 (11-11:30 a.m.) Price Is Right, participating sponsorship. Dec. 21-25, 28-30 (12:30-1 p.m.) It Could Be You, participating sponsorship. Dec. 21, 28 (10-11 p.m.) Steve Allen Plymouth Show, Plymouth through N.W. Ayer. Dec. 22, 29 (9-9:30 p.m.) Arthur Murray Party, P. Lorillard through Lennen & Newell and Sterling Drug through Norman, Craig & Kurnmel. Dec. 22, 29 (9:30-10:30 p.m.) Ford Startime, Ford through J. Walter Thompson. Dec. 23, 30 (8:30-9 p.m.) Price Is Right, Lever through Ogilvy, Benson & Mather and Speidel through J. Walter Thompson. Dec. 23, 30 (9-10 p.m.) Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, Kraft through J. Walter Thompson. Dec. 24 (8-9 p.m.) Pontiac Star Parade, Pontiac through MacManus John & Adams. Dec. 24 (9:30-10 p.m.) Ford Show, Ford through J. Walter Thompson. Dec. 26 (10-10:30 a.m.) Howdy Doody Show, Continental Baking through Ted Bates. Dec. 26 (10:30-11 a.m.) Ruff and Reddy Show, Mars through Knox Reeves and Borden through Benton & Bowles. Dec. 26 (l:45-conclusion) Blue-Gray Football Game, sponsor tk Dec. 26 (7:30-8:30 p.m.) Bonanza, Liggett & Myers through Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample. Dec. 27 (9-10 p.m.) Chevy Show, Chevrolet through Campbell-Ewald. A Top NBC Award Winner on those violating the provisions of the Guild's collective bargaining contract, pertaining to interviews of performers. The Guild claims that it has received complaints from members charging that payment and advance notice clauses have been violated. Yule sing • Three one-hour broadcasts of local choirs, called The Voices of Christmas, are planned by WBAL-TV Baltimore for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Each program is composed of five different 10-minute segments, one by each of the five choirs, with a WBAL-TV personality giving the narrative. The programs, taped in the churches, feature Catholic, Protestant and Greek Orthodox choirs. The station is donating the time and assuming the expense of the project as a public service. Switch to tv • Robert L. Jacks Productions, Hollywood, producer of feature films for 20th Century-Fox and United Artists, last week signed with Screen Gems Inc. to produce two new series, as yet untitled, for television. Earl Felton, associate of Mr. Jacks, will write the series, which are expected to be ready for presentation in the fall of 1960. "The Giant of Southern Skies'* Miss Edna Seaman WFBC-TV's Promotion Manager For Audience Promotion in GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG ASHEVILLE Using the theme "Total Television in DIXIE AFTER DARK", Miss Seaman was one of the top 5 winners in NBC's nationwide audience promotion contest from August 11 through October 11th. She thus wins for herself an allexpense paid trip to Hollywood ... and for WFBC-TV and its clients she maintains dominance in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville market. CHANNEL 4 WFBC-TV GREENVILLE, S. C. NBC NETWORK Represented Nationally by WEED TELEVISION CORP. 65