Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

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Friday. February 26, 1937 RADIO DAILY: 3 commenTS On Current Programs JAZZ NOCTURNE, presented Wednesday nights at 10 over WOR, is one of the more distinctive interpretations of music. With Connie Miles as the deep-throated, rhythmic commentator, the program has the flavor of Beale Street and the mood of ,-St. Louis Blues," yet a lilting, fascinating style and tempo of its own. Those wo like something different but solidly tuneful in their music undoubtedly enjoy this very much. mRADE in mm PROFESSIONAL PARADE, which Fred Niblo genially emcees over WJZ on Wednesday nights as a plea for support of stage shows, has good intentions in back of it, and some good talent. But you cannot appeal to the public to help keep stage shows alive without admitting in the same breath that the stage is dying — and nobody cares to string along with a dead one. GLADYS SWARTHOUT and Frank Chapman, who duet vocally over the NBC-Red network on Wednesday nights, always bring a very pleasing program of varied numbers to the mike. Their voices blend harmoniously and in a half hour they manage to crowd in quite a diversity of concert, operatic and popular numbers. Unlike the screeching type of sopranos and the thundering baritones, the Swarthout-Chapman vocalizing is pleasurably soothing. Tastyeast Off March 25 After a hectic existence, Tastyeast, Inc., Trenton (yeast candy) , has signified its intention of signing off the NBC-Blue network with the March 25 broadcast. Program started out to feature James J. Braddock in a radio serial, but suddenly dropped the fighter and started the "Tastyeast Jesters" who are currently on the air. Earlier this month the sponsor signed a 39-week renewal with NBC which went into effect on March 2, and now comes the cancellation notice. Review "Billy and Betty" Sheffield Farms Co., New York (milk), on March 22 will renew the WEAF program, "Billy & Betty," Mondays through Fridays, 6:45-7 p.m. Renew is signed for 52 weeks and was placed through N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc., New York. "HAWAII MUSICAL SALUTE TO PRES. ROOSEVELT" Special NBC-Blue Network, Wed., Feb. 24, 10-10:30 p. m. PLEASING NATIVE MUSIC AND SINGING COMBINED IN SPECIAL BROADCAST. A fine salute to President Roosevelt was sent over the Pacific in this program employing the massed and individual bands of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Royal Hawaiian musicians. Presented on the island in the afternoon and reaching the Atlantic seaboard at 10 p. m , the concert embraced such popular selections as "Aloha Oe," "Song of the Islands" and other well-known numbers, along with lesser known but enjoyable native pieces, some played and some also vocalized, with a generous interspersing af guitar work. Shift "Marlin" Time Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati (Ivory snow), has shifted the time period for its "Story of Mary Marlin," which begins March 29, on the NBCBlue to the 5-5: 15 p.m. period. Eight stations (WJZ, WBZ-WBZA, WBAL, WSYR, WHAM, WXYZ, WLW) comprises the network. Series will be heard Mondays through Fridays. Same program will start on the 31 NBC-Red stations on the same date, five days a week, 12:15-12:30 p.m. Compton Advertising Inc., New York, is the agency. "Dude Ranch" Ends March 23 General Foods Corp., New York (Log Cabin syrup) , on March 23 will broadcast the last program of the "Log Cabin Dude Ranch" series on the NBC-Blue, Tuesdays, 8-8:30 p.m., with repeat 11:30 p.m. to 12 midnight. Program stars "The Westerners". Sponsor is also using transcriptions on numerous stations in the South which will also sign off during the last week in March. New Deanna Durbin Film Deanna Durbin, singing star of the CBS Texaco Co. show, begins work on her second staring film immediately. Picture will be called "One Hundred and a Girl," and will feature, in addition to Miss Durbin, Leopold Stokowski. Job Clinic at KDYL Salt Lake City— KDYL here has joined the list of radio stations conducting job clinics in cooperation with the National Re-Employment Service. Program, called "Wanted— a Job," will run for 15 minutes on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., offering eight applicants. Sam Henry Laid Up Sam Henry, WBS sales promotion manager, out of the office yesterday because of illness. "THE MOVIE MAN" Sustaining WINS and N. Y. State Broadcasting System, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, 9:45 a. m., E.S.T. SCREEN CHATTER AND ANSWERS TO FAN QUESTIONS ALONG USUAL LINES. Making his debut this week, "The Movie Man" dishes out a line of Hollywood personality chatter that is much the same as the general run of such programs with the exception of those originating from the film capital. Without any interruptions, "Movie Man" reels off a fifteen-minute batch of items dealing with screen personalities and movie activities. He covers a lot of ground and mention s a lot of people, with no effort to put sensationalism into his stuff. A good deal of the material necessarily is news that already has appeared in print, but which probably is still new to most tuners-in outside the metropolitan areas. Fan questions also are answered. SELLING THE STATICNS Consulting Listeners A NOTHER in the series of talks in the form of "consultations with listeners," will be broadcast 9:30-10 p. m. Monday from WQXR by John V. L. Hogan, president of Interstate Broadcasting Co., operators of that station. Hogan will tell the audience about some of the recent ideas which have been exchanged between the station and the listeners, on the question of the ideas and ideals which he and his associates are endeavoring to use in creating an improved radio service both in regard to advertising and entertainment. As part of the program he will include certain sound tests to demonstrate the features of High-Fidelity broadcasting. His topic, "Building a Better Radio Service," covers the matter of broadcasting from the point of view of mechanics of radio transmission, as well as the program material itself. JOHN EBERSON STUDIO ARCHITECT □ ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT 1560 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY