Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

6 RADIO DAILY Wednesday, March 17, 1937 -WW '■/Mr CUrftec CLIFF HOWELL, with KFWB for the past six years as chief announcer, and more recently as writer of the Gus Edwards show, has resigned to go in the freelance field. For this week, Maurice Ostroff will write and be co-producer on the Edward show, and for the week of the 24th Dave Becker will take the post, waxing the show as trial feeler for Transamerica, as well as puttting it on KFWB here. Result of the union's protest over KFWB's airing the Inglewood cemetery program over its own Southern California network and piping it to another Los Angeles outlet, KFAC, has been to make two programs for the same sponsor until the difficulties are ironed out. KFWB will continue to use Southern Calif, network for the regular program, and KFAC will do a Friday night half hour's symphonic music with Gino Severi conducting an augmented orchestra. Raymond R. Morgan Co. reports sale of 33 record series of half hour Drums programs to Hogan Advertising Co. of Kansas City, to be aired over KDAF, starting March 21. WPA music project is holding auditions for announcers for new series to be waxed and released to feature Los Angeles Mexican orchestra. Roberta Semple, daughter of Aimee Semple McPherson, has gone radio, signed with KGFJ to write continuity for a new series on auto trailer camps, which KGFJ will offer for sponsorship if its sustaining period attracts nibbles. Bert Gordon, the "Mischa Moody" of the Gillette Community Sing show, has been signed for the movies, to play with Milton Berle, Parkyakarkus and Joe Penner in "New Faces of 1937." A.A.A.A. Convention Set for April 29-May 1 {Continued from Page 1) has been named chairman of the committee on convention program. Sessions on the first day will be for A.A.A.A. members only. On the second and third days, guests of the Association will be invited to join with the members in business sessions, sports and at the annual dinner to be held Friday evening. A form of entertainment entirely new to the four A's Convention will be on tap after the dinner. II Duce on NBC Premier Benito Mussolini will be heard over the NBC-Blue network tomorrow, 11-11:15 a.m., speaking from Tripoli via 2RO, Rome. Mussolini's talk will be broadcast over the entire length of Italy, his first since November, and will be followed immediately by an English translation. PAULA SMITH of the Billy Glason Fun-Fest, heard Sundays at 2 p.m. over WMCA, lived up to the creed show business when she made her appearance on the program despite the death of her father, who was buried only a few hours before broadcast time. Ethel Shepard, who appeared with Ed Sullivan's Dawn Patrol this past season as well as doing quite a bit of radio work, will be on the Professional Parade Program for the third time tonight over WJZ-NBC at 9 p. T7i. Miss Shepard was on the Tastyeast show over NBC for a year until three months ago. W. F. Salothe, formerly advertising manager for Braniff Airways, is the new salesman for KOMA, Oklahoma City, succeeding L. A. Hill, resigned. Lloyd H. Rosenblum, manager of sales and merchandising at WOAl, San Antonio, is on a Rio Grande Valley goodwill trade trip sponsored by S. A. Chamber of Commerce and local firms. Ken Houseman, formerly at WWJ, Detroit, and now news and promotional director at WJIM, Lansing, has been doing such a good job in his new post that he's been tagged "Dog" Houseman — a Hound for News. Ken also is known as "High Pockets" — he's 6 ft. 6 in. tall. Irving H. Grossman, manager of the Artists Bureau at WHO, Des Moines, writes from Hollywood, where he accompanied the Oklahoma Outlaws, that Republic Pictures has taken an option on the Outlaws for a second picture to be made within a year. While in Hollywood, the Outlaws also will do some phonograph recording and probably some transcriptions. Harry E. Marshall has taken over the news broadcasts for WMAZ, Macon, Ga., replacing Basil Hall, who resigned to join the new Gulf Coast Air Lines operating out of Savannah. WMAZ maintains microphone by Associated Press machines in Macon Telegraph and News and airs six newscasts a day from that point. No other connection between paper and station. B. H. Long, WBT, Charlotte, spent the week-end in Macon, Ga., golfing with E. K. Cargill, WMAZ prexy, and visiting with "Red" Cross, sales manager. Lee Kirby, WBT, Charlotte, announcer, is confined to a hospital with a serious ailment, but is doing nicely after receiving two pints of blood from Charles Crutchfield, WBT program director. William A. Schudt, Jr., general manager of WBT, and Dewey Long, WBT sales department manager, are in Atlanta and Augusta on a business trip. Donald Thompson, WHO (Des Moines) production manager, had been elected an associate member of the newly formed radio branch of the Iowa Authors' Club. Win Williams, singer who brought the first local commercial program to WDAF, Kansas City, in 1927, has been elected Secretary of the Paxton Lumber Co. of Kansas City. Since his debut ten years ago with a program known as Sunny Jim and His Dandies, Williams has appeared weekly over WDAF in various shows. At present he is on a quarter-hour sustaining program and will carry on his radio work in addition to his other business interests. Harry W. Mitchell, who for the past six months has done the scripts for the Sendol programs, is Hollywood-bound to complete arrangements for the filming of a play he has written. William H. West, WTMV (East St. Louis) general manager, is due to return with his family from a Florida jaunt at the end of the week. He's promised to bring his staff a box of grapefruit, while his son, Billy junior, has collected a group of sea shells for the station's display table. Alex Buchan, news announcer, and Les Crow, news editor of WTMV, East St. Louis, returned from the execution of two negroes at the Southern Illinois penitentiary at Chester considerably the worse for wear. Henry P. Schroeder, candidate for Democratic nominee in the mayoralty election in St. Louis, crossed the river to East St. Louis to buy time for his campaign on WTMV. He won one of the nominations, present mayor Bernard F. Dickman carrying the other. John L. (Strongboy) Sullivan, WTMV time salesman, is back in East St. Louis from a jaunt to Rochester, Minn., where he was poked, prodded, and looked at by the famous Mayo Clinic. Harold Fair, program director of WHO, Des Moines, was appointed to the talent committee of the Civic Music Association. The committee selects attractions for a series of concerts sponsored by the association. Lolita Cowser, pianist, recently joined KABC, San Antonio. The station also is airing a new play, "The Return of Ivan Greer." Ken McClure, news editor of WOAI, San Antonio, had a request last week to give away free, over the air, an artificial leg. BOB HAWK, whose "Red, Hot and Lowdown" program has been one of the most popular local programs over a period of years, now on WAAF, is doing several personal appearance dates every week. Playing Kenosha, Fon du Lac, Green Bay and Milwaukee this week, each for one night, and returning in time for next afternoon's broadcast. Dick Wells, who was in auto smashup week ago Sunday, is improving. Did some 33 shows a week. Place being taken by Tom Shirley, formerly CBS announcer and now free lance. Wells is also a free lance announcer. Ma Perkins show (Blackett-Sample-Hummert Agency), sponsored by Oxydol, has put its players under contract, lopping off several who could not double. Radio Club, opened last fall, having a membership of those actually in the radio business and with a constitution which barred outsiders even though they were remotely connected with the air business, has let down the bars. After lukewarm reception given Wrigley's new "Scattergood Baines" show on coast, it will probably fold at the end of 13 weeks and not go coast-to-coast as originally planned. Mortimer Gooch is now in shape where it has begun to click, with Walter Preston brought in to doctor show and doing plenty with it in very short time. Verne Hassel and Lavelle Carter of the National Barn Dance will tie the marital knot here today. Skylark Scotty and Lulu Belle have composed a new tune, "I'm in the Doghouse Now," which will be the theme of the Knights of the Doghouse Club here. Bob Taplinger in and out of town. WWJ Anti-Crime Series Detroit — Calling the radio into service in its war against crime, the Delinquency Prevention Committee of Michigan is presenting a series of educational broadcasts every Monday night at 10:30 p.m., over WWJ, Detroit. The purpose of these broadcasts is to focus civic attention on a basic essential of crime prevention, namely, the reduction of juvenile delinquency. Each program presents a dramatized version of a typical delinquency case, written by Myron Golden and directed by Wynn Wright. Pope on CBS CBS has completed plans to broadcast the Easter morning services conducted by Pope Pius direct from the Cathedral in Rome. The program, sent to America via short wave, will be heard 5-6:30 a.m., March 28.