[N.B.C trade releases]. (1952)

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RCA BUILDING ‘RADIO CITY * NEW YORK PR-17A-9-45 February 4, 1952 * # •BAND OF AMERICA 1 TO OFFER SPECIAL FULL-HOUR SALUTE FEB. 18 FROM CARNEGIE HALL TO CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF CITIES SERVICE ON NBC RADIO NETWORK * * ‘35 Radio 1 s oldest continuously sponsored series will celebrate its 25th anniversary on the NBC radio network Monday, Feb, 18 (9:30 p.m., EST), when the CITIES SERVICE BAND OF AMERICA strikes up a salute entitled "The Cities Service Silver Radio Jubilee." I The special full-hour program will feature Paul Lavalle and the 48-piece "Band of America" and the Green and White Male Quar¬ tet. Announcer Ford Bond will introduce former stars of the Cities Service program during the celebration at Carnegie Hall, New York. Bandmaster Lavalle will conduct the band in America's favorite marches and melodies from the same podium where Edwin Franko Goldman first directed a Cities Service radio concert 25 years ago -on Feb., 18, 1927. Since then. Cities Service programs have never missed a week on the air. "The Cities Service Silver Radio Jubilee" will be the 1,301st program in the series. When the Cities Service program began on Feb. 18, 1927, it featured Edwin Franko Goldman and his band. Then, in June of the same year, the format was changed from a brass band to a 33-piGce (more) AMERICA’S NO. 1 NETWORK • THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY