Radio mirror (Jan-June 1948)

Stronger Grip Won't Slip Out ASK FOR JUI\E, 1948 VOL. 30, NO. 1 KEYSTONE EDITION »tMgT£££VMSiai^ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitt The Big Voices 29 There's Only One Irma by Sara Hamilton 30 Come and Visit Fibber McGee and Molly by Pauline Swanson 32 "We Adopted a Baby" by Bobbin Coons 36 People Are Funny — in Pictures.... 38 I Walked into $22,500 by Mrs. Florence Hubbard 42 He's My Boss by Bob McCord 46 The Bride and Groom Whose Hearts Grew Fonder by John Nelson 48 Through The Years With Portia — in Pictures 56 My Pal Milton Berle by Frank GaUop 62 The Winner (Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund) 3 Facing the Music by Duke Ellington 8 The Laine Controversy by Joe Martin 10 Radio Mirror Quiz , by Art Linkletter 11 Look At the Records by Joe Martin 12 Collector's Corner by Miguelito Valdes 13 What's New From Coast to Coast by Dale Banks 14 Information Booth 20 Tom Moore 23 The Fitzgeralds 26 Your Front-row Seat for the Charlie McCarthy Show — in color 60 Inside Radio 70 It's Here 73 Which is the Better Half? by Terry Burton 6 The Romantic Touch by Mary Jane Fulton 16 Between the Bookends by Ted Malone 40 Life Can Be Beautiful 44 — And Something New by Kate Smith 64 Traveler of the Month by Tommy Bartlett 74 WNBC: Bob Smith 4 KDKA: Ruth Behringer, Violinist 18 WFIL: Wide Awake in Sleepy Hollow 22 WHAM: Charles Siverson 24 Alma Kitchell 51 Pix Means Pictures 52 People in Television 53 What's New From Coast to Coast in Television 54 iy»li0f Wft»©R RWtf R to N U S Masquerade of Hearts — A Young Dr. Malone Novelette by Helen Christy Harris 66 ON THE COVER: Dick Haymes; color portrait by Hymie Fink Editorial Director FRED K. SAMMIS Managing Editor EVELYN 1,. FIORE Editor DORIS McFERRAN Associate Editor MARJOBIE WALLACE Art Director JACK ZASORIN Associate Art Director FRANCES MALY Television JOAN MURPHY LLOYD Research TERU GOTO Hollywood Office: Editor, ANN DAGGETT Managing Editor, McCOLLAH ST. JOHNS Staff Photographers, HYMIE FINK, STERLING SMITH; Assistant, BETTY JO RICE RADIO AND TELEVISION MIRROR, published monthly by MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, INC., New York, N. Y. Ge eral Business, Editonal and Advertising Offices, 205 East 42nd St., New Yorlt 17, N. Y. Hollywood— Beverly Hills Office: 321 S. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California. O. J. Elder, President: Harold Wise, Senior Vice President; Herljert Drake, Vice President; JoFeph Schultz, Vice President: S. O. Shapiro, Vice president: Meyer Dworkin, Secretary and Treasurer; Edward F. Lethen, Advertising Director. Chicago Office: 221 North La Salle St., Leslie R. Gage, Mgr. San Francisco Office: 1613 Russ Building, Joseph M. Dooher, Mgr. Los Angeles Office: Suite 908, 649 South Olive St., George Weatherby, Mgr. Reentered as Second Class matter March 1, 1948, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: U. S. and Possessions, Canada and Newfound, land, $2.50 per year. All other countries $5,00 per year. Price per copy: 25c in the United States and Canada. While Manuscripts, Photographs and Drawings are submitted at the owner's risk, every effort will be made to return those found unavailable if accompanied by sufficient first class postage and explicit name and address. Contributors are especially advised to be sure to retain copies of their contributions; otherwise they are taking unnecessary risk. The contents of this magazine may not be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission. (Member of Macfadden Women's Group) Copyright, 1948, by Macfadden Publications, Inc. AH rights reserved under International Copyright Convention. All riglits reserved under Pan-American Copyright Convention. Todos derechos reservados segun La Convencion Pan* americana de Propiedad Literaria y Artistica. Title trademark registered in U. S. Patent Office, Printed in U. S. A, by Art Color Printing Co.. Dunellen, N. J.