Radio daily (July-Sept 1937)

Tuesday. August 17, 1937 RADIO DAILY: ELZA SCHALLERT, with husband Edwin and their three boys, is vacationing at Del Monte and will do her NBC broadcast tomorrow night from San Francisco, interviewing Marjorie Rambeau. James Bloodworth resigned his KHJ continuity berth to join the William Esty agency under J. Savington Crampton, Camel producer. Later slated to go East with Harry Holcombe on the Benny Goodman end of the program, to be piped from New York. Howard Wiley, RCA account executive, was on the job checking-up on Magic Key of RCA which originated here for the first time Sunday. Dresser Dahlstead, NBC announcer, is in Hollywood from New York for a week or two, accompanied by Mrs. Dahlstead. Lily Pons and Andre Kostelanetz drew a mere 30,000 to the Hollywood Bowl last Friday night. This is four or five thousand better than the S.R.O. mark set by the duo last year, since it represents four or five thousand standees. Alfred Leonard, KMPC's Hollywood Bowl commentator, inaugurates a "Symphonies of the Stars" series of transcribed classical music over that station five nights weekly. Bill Sharpies has a daily 15-minute spot on KMPC sponsored by Union Guaranty Life Insurance Co. Anne Shirley, filmite, guest of Bill Demling on KFWB tonight on his "Mr. Hollywood Pops the Question." Lynn Chambers, former KHJ staff vocalist, making her Eastern debut with Harold Stokes, Mutual maestro. University of California's "Radio University," KHJ on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, has become "Radio Campus" due to conflict in program titles. Harrison Holliway is back at his KFI-KECA activities after attending Bohemian Grove festivities up North and checking-up on the old stamping ground, San Francisco. Virginia Flohri, KFE soprano, is recuperating from an operation at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, with Harriet Lee, contralto, taking over the weekly KFI spot for local Packard dealers. Frank Healy has joined the Helen Ferguson publicity office to specialize in radio accounts. Frank recently emigrated to California after being on NBC publicity in New York for several years and knows who's who and why in radio. Arden Dairies sponsoring a new commentator, Hayden Roberts, formerly on WBBM, Chicago, over KFWB. Lai Chand Mehra, Hindu mystic, philosopher and screen actor, inaugurates a series titled "At Home" over KFAC on Sept. 6. Ken Charney, NBC program director in San Francisco, is in town huddling with NBC execs. KEHE's "Breakfast Club" has done WCOA's Radio Page The letters WCOA provide the initials for What Comes Over the Air. title of the Sunday radio page in The Pensacola News-Journal. Page is devoted entirely to WCOA, the News-Journal station, affiliated with CBS. This means a swell break for a single station in the way of reading matter and pictures. The day's program is conveniently boxed at the top, and the coming week's highlights are summarized at the bottom. News notes about both the station and the network programs are spotted on the page. Russell Hirsch is responsible for the stuff. a switch in time and title. Moved to 1 p.m. Sundays, "Breakfast" has become "Brunch." Reid Kilpatrick still officiates, and Jack Owens remains a fixture with other regulars. Only newcomer is Patricia Kay, songstress. Dr. Seth Maker, who will be remembered for his "Philistine" series of a couple of years back, returns to the air over Don Lee-Mutual. His new series will be along the same lines and will be known as "Radio University," Monday through Friday, 1:30-1:45 p.m. Maurie Webster, KNX-CBS announcer, is back from a vacation spent in the old home town, Tacoma. Norman Field is being written out of KHJ scripts temporarily to permit him to devote all of his time to affairs of local branch of Radio Equity and the AAAA. NBC's local schedule of network shows probably hit an all-time high on Sunday. With "Magic Key of RCA" originating here, other transcontinentals on tap were: Chase & Sanborn, Walter Winchell (2) , Jerry Belcher, Werner Janssen and "One Man's Family," while others confined to the Coast included Richfield Reporter and the Owl Drug's "Treasure Island," moved here from San Francisco for the one time shot to permit Cliff Engel, producer, to interview prominent figures in aviation. Together with purely local KFI and KECA programs, this line-up made for a busy day around NBC. KHJ offers a new sustainer in "Sands of Time," dramatizing the lives of famous figures of history, set for Don Lee net Sundays at 1:15. Script is by Charles Frederick Lindsley, directed by John Prince. Carlos del Prado has been assigned to script CBS "Black Chapel" following resignation of "Hec" Chevigny who aligned himself with Associated Cinema and Frank Purkett. First meeting of CBS Junior Group, organized for purpose of familiarizing younger personnel with all phases and problems of CBS, was held at a luncheon meeting last week. Don W. Thornburg was principal speaker. Other meetings follow regularly until all heads of departments have painted their portion of the complete picture. Eddie Peabody is off the air and hibernating on the Riverside orange ranch until fall. GRACE BRADLEY, star of the 20th CenturyFox picture . . . "Wake Up and Live". DICTOGRAPH RADIO with the ACOUSTICON MYSTIC EAR ERE, at last, is a radio that can offend no one — a radio with advantages never imagined a few years ago. By means of its Acousticon Mystic Ear it permits "private listening" — one can listen while others read, sleep, talk. Music heard this way has a soothing ethereal quality that relaxes nerves, induces deep, natural sleep. The deafened can hear with it, too — and it's a marvelous way to get the children to bed (just put the "Ear" under the pillow). 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