Radio daily (July-Sept 1937)

8 RADIO DAILY Thursday, September 9. 1937 BEN LARSON, producer of the recent Milton Berle series for Gillette on CBS, arrived here a few days ago and has taken up his duties in the local Ruthrauff & Ryan office, George Jay had Olympe Bradna on his "Listen, Ladies" program over KEHE and California Radio System yesterday at 2 p.m. Today he will have Harry Sosnick, and tomorrow Virginia Verrill. Associated Cinema is waxing 52 Kay White transcriptions for White King Soap, with Barnes-Chase Co. placing on Coast and midwest stations. George Buckalow, formerly on sales promotion at KNX, has returned to resume that work after several months in the East. Bill Kelso, staff announcer at KMTR, becomes night supervisor. Also takes over all sports events and special interviewing assignments. Aerogram Corp. will produce, wax and market "Uncle Aesop's Fable Time" property of Triangle Productions, from script of Paul Irving. Designed as a five-a-week live and transcription show, with Clarence Muse in the title role. KFAC has a new transcription series for juveniles sponsored by Gordon's Bread at 7-7: 15, daily except Sunday. With "Vox-Pop" and "Prof. Quiz" soaring in popularity, KFI now offers a similar but different one produced and conducted by Eugene Bloodgood, labeled "My Word." Bloodgood picks words commonly mispronounced and tries them on his participating audience each Wednesday night at 9. Annual sales conclave of Radio Transcriptions of America field men wound up Saturday, with men returning to their respective territories over the weekend. Had been in session nearly month, with C. C. Pyle, president, apparently not one bit worried about the future of transcriptions. William Kadison, onetime newspaper man on Los Angeles and Hollywood sheets, has been appointed day program manager for 3DB, Melbourne, Australia. Walter Bunker, previously handling various NBC production assignments, has been promoted to assistant production manager functioning directly under Marvin Young. Don Prindle, scripter for Joe Pen CNE MINUTE INTERVIEW CLAUDE SWEETEN "Agencies and sponsors are now beginning to realize the value of the western maestros. It has been substantially proven that you don't have to be from New York to be a successful radio maestro." BILL HEFFERNAN, program manager at WBTM, Danville, Va., has proved to the satisfaction of owners, advertisers, and listeners, the truth of the saying that negroes are born actors. This station is now airing a weekly series of dramatizations by an all-colored cast, The Paschal Players. Only one member of the cast had ever done dramatics before, although most of them had done considerable work in musical broadcasts. Special scripts are written by Diogenes, Jr., WBTM's feature script writer and the cast is headed by Harvey Paschal, an employee of the station. voted the leading organist in the midwest in a poll of 100,000 members of the Broadcast Listeners' Ass'n of America. Lewis Charles is the latest addition to the announcing staff at WHN. Betty Worth ("Mousey,") has returned to WHN's "Broadway Melody Hour." The WBTM "Theater of the Air," under the direction of Jack Black, is a high spot in the weekly schedules of the Danville station. The cast of locally selected players is doing a wide variety of dramatic presentations from farce comedy to Shakespeare. "The Theater of the Air" is broadcast every Saturday night at 7:30-8. KOY, Phoenix, Ariz.: Fred A. Palmer, manager, is on an extended business trip to Chicago, New York and other cities . . . Burridge D. Butler, chairman of the board of Salt River Valley Broadcasting Co. (KOY) , has returned to Chicago after a Grand Canyon vacation . . . With exclusive Transradio news for Arizona listeners, station is now giving six complete news broadcasts daily . . . Transradio's Arizona bureau is now located in the KOY studios, with Gerald Gordon as bureau manager and Henry Poole in charge of short wave operations. Ralph Waldo Emerson, staff organist at WLS, Chicago, will become organist at KOY, Phoenix, Ariz., for the winter season, following installation of a new Barton studio pipe organ at KOY. Henry Hickman, the Tydol inquiring reporter on WFBR, Baltimore, is back on the job after a vacation. WRTD, Richmond: Julian Huckstep, studio engineer, resigned to pursue his education at Randolph-Macon College . . . Station's "Do You Need A Job?" program has placed 21 applicants in jobs within two months . . . Opening of the new Bellevue Theater was aired from the lobby by Sam Lawder, chief announcer. Allen Trench, former sales manager of WWSW, Pittsburgh, and now commercial manager at WIRE, Indianapolis, originated two program ideas which are still being used by the former station. One was "Prof. Yes and No", a question and answer program, which he started last February. Other is "Audiographs" , wherein audience is asked to guess the meaning of sound effects. Both shows sponsored. CJOC, Lethbridge, Alberta, is the latest subscriber to the Star Radio feature, "Good Morning Neighbor". Several other stations are using the "Neighbor Club" script, Star's new merchandising tie-in, with good results. World Peaceways program on WNYC, will have as guest speaker this Sunday at noon Armando Mencia of the legal department of the League of Nations. His subject will be, "Is Japan at War with China?" Mencia was secretary of the League from 1927 to 1934. Peaceways play will be the famed sketch, "Bury the Dead", under supervision of Dr. J. Max Weiss. KMOX, St. Louis: Jerry Hoekstra, director of public affairs department, made instantaneous recordings at several school openings this week . . . Venida Jones, organist, has been Renewals by Standard Radio ET library subscribers are KATA, Fort Worth; WDGY, Minneapolis; KRGV, Weslaco, Tex.; WBNX, New York; WDNC, Durham, N. C; WSIX, Nashville; WESG, Elmira; KFOX, Long Beach, Cal.; and KCMO, Kansas City. FRED ECKHARDT, JR. has joined staff of Edward W. Cunningham as assistant to vice president at NBC. Leo Salkin, manager of Consolidated Radio Artists, recently back from a midwest trip, off to Rochester, Ind., for one more round of fishing before fall. Wade Grinstead, of WBBM sales promotion staff, back from vacation spent mainly at hospital where wife presented him with new boy. Quin Ryan, manager of WGN, back from Alaskan cruise. Tom Fiszdale has landed the Quaker Oats account which has "Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten" and "Aunt Jemima" of the Air on NBC. Commonwealth Edison has dropped its two shows, "Charlie on the Spot" and Kaye Brinker's "Everywoman," now that the refrigerator season is over. Reported considering new radio plans. Lord & Thomas handlethe account. Fred Weber, Mutual co-ordinator, and wife Ruth Betz in town on business. .Ruth is working on P. & G's new show, "The Road to Life." Manager Jay A. Jones of the Edgewater Beach has written a new tune titled "Melody" which Bandsman Roger Pryor has been plugging over WBBM-CBS. Dick Wells eloped to Crown Point, Indiana with Teresa Hubbs of Kansas City, a sweetheart of his boyhood days. Maybelline is reported considering going back on the air. Account last season used Freddy Martin's orchestra and Betty, Jean and Jim. Sally Jo Nelson, staff songstress of WGN, is making a personal appearance this week at the Oriental theater. Stanley Hickman, long top tenor with Ted Fio-Rito, is singing on the staff of WCFL. "Only Ones" Changing Spot "The Only Ones", novelty human interest program which recently started on WMCA in a Saturday night spot, will next be heard as a Sunday feature beginning Sept. 26. Sam Hammer produces the show, with Andrew Stanton as emcee. ner, is in town to start grinding out laughs for Joe's new series. KMPC's "open house" last Thursday evening brought out all of local radio scribes and literally scores of radio celebs to congratulate Manager Leo Tyson on the swank of the remodeled and redecorated station. Employes of Universal Microphone Co., Inglewood, held their annual picnic at Centinela Park on Labor Day. KEHE's "Cosmopolitan Revue," with tongue-twisting Joe Twerp, Mitzi LaMarr, Berna Deane, Mel Angle, emcee, and Cy Fcurer's music, goes network over the California Radio System today at 9-9:30 p.m. Mortimer Smith, NBC engineer, is wearing a grin a yard wide because of the recent arrival of Richard Sewell Smith -who weighed in at 9 pounds, 12 ounces. Gary Brackner is handling the commercials for the remaining Ken Murray broadcasts, permitting Ken Niles to devote his time to "Hollywood Hotel." Dick Joy is doing a similar chore on "The Newlyweds" in the absence of Don Forbes. Greetings from Radio Daily September 9 Betty Howard Billy Dauscha Ed Prentiss