Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

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Wednesday. March 10, 1937 RADIO DAILY 5 WITH THE * WCMEN * — By ADELE ALLERHAND = ^ITTLE Marilyn Miller to join the great radio majority .... in flickers .... From songbird to icebird in one swoop .... Vocalist Bernice Claire has gone skatecurrazy .... La Claire and Dick Merrill seen cheek-by-jowling it at Minsky striptease palace t'other eve. . . .in kerridge trade regalia but what does that prove? .... they still deny wedlock rumors .... According to Ray Lee Jackson, NBC pix-maker. Gina Cigna is almost as gorgeous as her voice .... Doris Hare. British comedienne, is a Mayfair Helen Broderick .... and the best model he ever had was Edgar Bergen's dummy. . . . Loretta of Jack and Loretta Clemens convalescing from appendix abrogation .... Don Bestor's family should incorporate .... His wife is on salary as sec and treasurer to Don and the proceeds go into a Mary Ann fund .... that being the name of the Bestor offspring .... Mary Sabin. statistician of WOR-Mutual press department, at home, indisposed.... T T Richard Himber's lass on the Monday program is the latter-day Gibson girl, but you should know it's Gogo Delys who's his vocalizing gal Friday . . . .Peggy Tudor will tell the femmes all.... from how to chill the Chablis to what he means when he sends white roses, via transcriptions every Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. over WOR ....There'll be orchestral interludes ....Lois Wilson, flicker -femme, will talk to Jeff Sparks on Sunday about herself, the movies et. al. . . .Charlotte Buchwald, "The Playgoer", will interview Walter Abel, who is Katharine Cornell's behind-the-footlights squire, next Tuesday at 2, instead of her usual 1:45.... Maribel Vinson, skating champ and one of the few femme Fourth Estaters to write about sports .... she tells about swimming, skating and field hockey in the New York Times .... will talk sports with Scoop Ward on his "News of Youth" program .... When "Pretty Kitty Kelly" premiered Monday eve lady listeners at the studio were invited to comment Colleen Arline Blackburn, "Kitty Kelly" herself, will attend a party tendered Patty, the canine with a social conscience, who helps raise funds, by the Humane Society .... Arline was asked on account of she's a Gael, too .... Elaine Howard, who warbles with the Irving Aaronson ork. singing extra-curricular duets with Emil Renan. STATIONS CT AMERICA Highlights in the Development of Outstanding U. S. Radio Stations: No. 9 of a Series UJ ICC Bridgeport, Conn. 500 Watts, Night, 1000 watts, day— 600 K.C. JOHn SHCPflRD 3rd, President JOSEPH LOPEZ, Supervisor WICC, the second radio station in Connecticut, is owned by the Southern Connecticut Broadcasting Corp. Established in 1926 as WCWS, the station today has a primary coverage of a 75-mile radius which includes Southern Connecticut, Long Island and Metropolitan New York. Station is on the air 18 hours daily from 7 a.m.-l a.m. the next morning. ON Jan. 1, WICC became a member of the basic NBC-Blue network. It is also affiliated with the Yankee network and the Colonial network. Its present call letters were not used until 1927, when the station was moved from Danbury to Waterbury Conn. In 1930 it was taken over as a Connecticut outlet for the Yankee web under John Shepard 3rd and Joseph Lopez, then chief announcer for WNAC, Boston, was placed in charge. Within five years the following improvements were effected: power increased to 1000 watts, daytime; new studios in the Stratfield hotel; CBS affiliation; new transmitter constructed and effective production of remote and studio production— features for network consumption. WICC is the only station ever to have received a national citation from the American Legion for its department and auxiliaries. The most distinguished service citation was made to Joseph Lopez, and the distinguished service citation was awarded to the station. Service programs have been aired for organizations such as Boy and Girl Scouts, Parent-Teacher Ass'ns, Chambers of Commerce, religious, educational and municipal departments throughout Connecticut. Network contributions include a series of musical comedies and concert and educational features of Yale University. There are also four network news broadcasts a day originating from the studios of WICC. IN addition to John Shepard and Joseph Lopez, the staff includes Garo W. Ray, head engineer; Judson La Haye, program director; Richard Voynow, sales supervisor, and Fred L. Rowe, sales manager. 'Good Will Court" Action Dismissed (Continued from Pane 1) Radio hour; NBC, Standard Brands, J. Walter Thompson Co., and WMCA. Louis Nizer of Phillips & Nizer represented Alexander. Hallam Richardson represented the plaintiff, and Hugh Williamson of Breed, Abbott & Morgan represented the defendant, J. Walter Thompson Co. Judge Steinbrink decided that Judge Sweedler's arbitration court in Brooklyn could not enjoin the radio program. He decided that Judge Sweedler had given permission to A. L. Alexander to use the name "Good Will Court" and could not withdraw that permission after $160,000 had been spent to establish the radio program as one of the most popular ever presented on the air. It was testified that 15 million listened to the program weekly. Alexander testified that over 80,000 applications for help had been presented to him, but that when the Appellate Division ruled against attorneys or Judges appearing on such programs, that he immediately stopped broadcasting on the advice of his attorney. Judge Steinbrink stated that he could find no damages. He therefore dismissed the complaint as well as an injunction. Macfadden Publications and Bamberger Broadcasting Service, operators of WOR, had previously been defendants in the suit, but were released earlier in the case when the program changed sponsors and networks. Bendix Gets Air Device Vincent Bendix, president of Bendix Aviation Corp., has announced that the Bendix Corp. has purchased manufacturing license rights to the long range, ground-station radio direction finder developed' by American Airways. The device will be made available for the first time to the domestic airlines. Its sale abroad, however, has been prohibited by the U. S. government in the interest of national defense. Similar devices developed in other countries have only a fraction of its minimum effective i-ange of 1800 miles. commEriTS On Current Programs Pick and Pat Blackface funsters Pick and Pat are in great form since their recent brief vacation, but on the Dill's program this week there was another highlight. It was the singing of "Chloe" by Edward Roecher, baritone. Roecher put the number over with a bang. Good Times Society Spiritedly living up to its title, this half-hour program heard over NBCBlue at 9 p.m. on Mondays never fails to deliver a lively batch of musical entertainment in typical Negro style. The revue has a background of Chick Webb's orchestra, with Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Linton, Juan Hernandez as the potentate, the Ink Spots and the Juanita Hall Choir among its cast. Jazzy harmony, rhythmic vocalizing, and a little humor and philosophy are combined in a colored cocktail that tastes like more. Grace Moore Grace Moore's singing of the title role in "Madame Butterfly" on the Lux Radio Theater hour at 9 p.m. Monday was one of the season's choice entertainments. The radio adaptation of the Puccini opera was skilfully handled, Miss Moore was in fine vocal trim, and there was good work by Cary Grant as the male end of the love interest. NBC in Chi Promotes Bud Smith, M'Dermott (Continued from Page 1) five years. He attended Notre Dame University and is a graduate of the University of Chicago. His first job, after leaving school, was as a newsreel cameraman with Fox Movietone. Later he sold industrial films, and just before joining NBC in 1932 he was selling for World Broadcasting Co. His home is in Beverly Hills. Seiter, Carver & Livingston Publishers, inc. .-ftfEAT/^ I shall be glad to subscribe myself and to recommend the book to my friends in the Theatre. RICHARD ALDRICH The Blue Book reaches every executive of Radio, Stage and Screen Tell them who you 425 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Telephone: CAI. 5-4854