Radio daily (Jan-Mar 1938)

4 Friday, January 28, 1938 CLE/T-ING CONSTANCE BENNETT, on A1 Jolson show, Feb. 1 (CBS, 8:30 p.m.). LUPE VELEZ, on Jack Oakie program, Feb. 1 (.CBS, 9:30 p.m.). JOE DI MAGGIO. on “For Men Only.-’ Jan. 31 (NBC-Red. 10:30 p.m.). NOLA DAY, replacing Carol Weyman, on “Magic Key of RCA," Jan. 30 (NBC-Blue. 2 p.m.). SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE. guest of Bide Dudley today (WOR-Mutual, 12:15 p.m.). LOUISE LINCOLN, same program. Monday. MURIEL KIRKLAND and STAATS COPSWORTH, on “Theater Guide,” tomorrow (WINS, 10:45 a.m.). JACK DEMPSEY, on People's Medical League Program. Jan. 31 (WOVWBIL, 6:30 p.m.). CONGRESSMAN HAMILTON FISH, on Public Service Forum, Jan. 30 (WOV, 4 p.m.). MARLENE DIETRICH, on Chase & Sanborn Hour, Feb. 6 (NBC-Red, 8 p.m.). GENEVIEVE ROWE, soprano, on “Rising Musical Stars." Feb. 6 (NBCRed, 10 p.m.). HAROLD J. ROME, song writer, on Doris Smith’s "Encores and Epitaphs”, Feb. 1 (WNEW, 4:30 p.m.). BETTE DAVIS and JEFFREY LYND, on "Your Hollywood Parade”, Feb. 2 (NBC-Red. 10 p.m.). AGENCIES CLARENCE OLMSTEAD has returned from the west coast to resume his post as manager of the Young & Rubicam Inc. radio department here. Bill Thomas has been appointed to serve as his assistant. RALPH J. ROSENTHAL of Neisser-Meyerhoff agency, Chicago, is honeymooning. W. FRANK McCLURE of Critchfield & Co., Chicago, is in charge of arrangements for the course of six governmental and business problem discussions planned by Chicago Federated Advertising Club. WLIiC, M untie, Ind. Hectic week was put in by Donald Burton, owner, and Ottis Roush, announcer, broadcasting regularly scheduled basketball games and the Delaware County Tournament. Carter’s Medicine has renewed on WLBC with a 100 per cent increase in time commitments. Henry Marks, announcer, handling series of school programs originating in local studios. E. Pierre deMiller, news editor, taking vocal lessons and building tepid tenor temperament. Bob Lee, announcer, now handling several new shows. Earl Kirk, the singing auditor, singing the blues in great fashion. RADIO DAILY • • • When the CBStudios open on the coast an admission price of 15 cents will be charged for a look-see — the money going to some charitable cause. . . Gale Gordon replaces lohn Deering as the male lead in the Irene Rich series .... Beatrice Lillie will swing out with Benny Goodman next month .... Phillip Morris holds an audition today at CBS with Howard Barlow's band for a third show — which isn't set as reported .... Andy Devine will be in Bing Crosby's next flicker. . . .lames Melton will vocalize on "Song Shop". . . .Del Casino did an audition with an organ before leaving for Hollywood .... Under the terms of her contract with U. S. Rubber, Jane Pickens is permitted to accept four guestar shots during the 26 weeks. . . . Joe Morrison replaces Tony Martin with Ray Noble's crew tomorrow for a special short-wave show to Germany .... After four years, Jimmy Grier quits the Biltmore Bowl April 1 for a series of one-nighters on the coast. . . . Jan Peerce has been selected to sing with Toscanini at the latter's Carnegie Hall concert .... Discovered at long last: One fellow, a kid, Benny Baron, who is able to write words to Raymond Scott's weird music .... Eddy Duchin's sponsor is sending powder-puffs to radio editors — but not us — we wear a toupee on our chest! • • • Reading in RADIO DAILY where the WFBR, Baltimore, inquiring reporter, Henry Hickman, was collecting unwanted Christmas cards for a local shut-in agency, Edele Levy of Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble wrote Hickman offering a huge batch of cards she has been collecting for a number of years. . . . A few days ago one of WDOD’s leading sopranos was delighting her listeners with a song concerning a waterfall. .. .When the peak of the selection was reached, one of the water mains leading into the station in Chattanooga burst in mighty applause and the whole station went into a general uproar — but the singer didn’t seem to appreciate a REAL sound effect. PROGRAM REVIEWS “ Under Western Skies” This is the first of a series of sustaining dramatic shows to go network from KDKA, Pittsburgh on a split NBC-Blue web and heard locally on WJZ, Wednesday, 12 midnight to 12:30 a.m. Program is heard on KDKA earlier in the evening. “The White Mustang” was the initial dramatization and, with the aid of special organ music for interludes and occasional background, the drama unfolded dealt with a story based on the facts and legends of the singing sand dunes in the San Luis Valley, a desert at the base of a mountain range in Colorado. Narration and dramatizations as well as flashbacks were used as the tale of Silas Wesler was brought out, the old settler finally going mad and out into the shifting sand dunes to disappear as had his young wife years before him when they sought to capture the white mustang, who led a herd of wild horses, and were caught in a sandstorm. Story was excellently written and produced, holding the attention at all times and maintaining an even but progressive pace. Derby Sproul, was author and producer; Spahr Hull acted as narrator and the rest of the fine cast included Delle Gillis, John Johns, Helen Wayne, Jack Orriston, Charles Webster and Leon Ward. Carl Weininger contributed the special music, which was directed by Maurice Spitalny using organ, strings and woodwinds. • • • "Hobby Lobby" will come from Detroit on March 9 . . . . Alex ander Woollcott is working out a deal with MBS whereby he's to go on that net as a sustainer whenever he has something to say .... Col. J. C. Flippen quits WHN on March 16 after three years, feeling that he's earned his spurs.... CBS on Monday opens its "new idea dept." with Jim Burke and Gwen Jones in charge .... Doris Rhodes gets another CBSpot .... Rudolf Friml Jr. will be feted at Leon & Eddie's on Sunday.. . Will Muzak leave World Broadcasting to work in their own studios after March? . . . . A1 Jolson sent wires to every music publisher in N. Y. to tune him in last Tues. — for a chance to nab his new song, "And I Do Mean You". . . Hal Moore, Paramount sportscasfer, has been signed by J. Walter Thompson to announce the Gabriel Heatter Johns-Manville transcription series. . . .Jean Paul King will emcee the Rexall recordings starting Feb. 27 — the date just set for Francia White to come east for five of these plus a series for Chevy. . . . NEW HAVEN Jimmy Milne, president of WELI, will emcee the local President’s Ball, with Vera Cruse, Mildred Rosenbaum and Bill Stoker helping provide enj tertainment. Walter Osborn Howard emcees the new commercial five-weekly sponsored by Orkil Electric and General Electric Appliances on WBRY. FCC ACTIVITIES APPLICATIONS GRANTED Morton Downey is being considered for a cosmetic show. • • • Recently a long-awaited show on Akron’s municipal air port made possible a unique broadcast by WJW. Towed by the station’s mobile unit, W8XOA, Bob Weber, young sportsman and ski enthusiast, carried a mike and described the thrill of 40 -mile-anhour skijoring across the broad expanse of the sky port. . . .Mikeman' Len Taylor did some dashing around to assist Bob in handling the mike before and after the trek, as well as to drive the towing unit, leaving engineer Jerry Roberts free to take care of the technical angle ... .Harriet Parsons, originally signed for three Bromo-Seltzer • shows, will do eight additional spots ... .Max Heatter, who entered radio to handle the destinies of his brother, Gabriel, finds himself a full-fledged manager now, handling a complete "stable” of Heatters: Gabe’s son, Buddy, a writer for Young & Rubicam, and the commentator’s daughter, Maida, who is preparing a fashion air show! KSOO, Sioux Falls, S. D. Amended CP to increase power to 5 KW. and changes in composite equipment. WDRC. Inc., Hartford. CP for high frequency station. 40,300 kc., 1 KW. SET FOR HEARING P. W. Spencer, Rock Hill, S. C. CP for new station. 1500 kc., 100 watts, daytime. Cuyahoga Valley Broadcasting Co., Warren, O. CP for new station. 1200 kc., 100 watts, unlimited. EXAMINER S RECOMMENDATIONS Shirley D. Parker, Yakima, Wash. CP for new station. 1310 kc., 100 watts. 250 watts LS., unlimited, be denied. Evening News Press, Inc., Port Angeles. Wash. CP for new station. 1500 kc.. 100 watts, 250 watts LS., unlimited, be granted. APPLICATION RECEIVED WMBQ, Brooklyn. Involuntary assignment of license from Metropolitan Broadcasting Corp. to Joseph Husid, Receiver Metropolitan Broadcasting Corp.