Radio daily (July-Sept 1937)

4 RADIO DAILY Friday, September 10. 1937 APPLICATIONS DISMISSED Ohio Broadcasting Co., Canton, O. CP for new station. 1310 kc, 100 watts, daytime. Enterprise Co., Beaumont, Tex. CP for new station. 1350 kc., 250 watts, 500 watts LS., unlimited. Salinas Newspapers, Inc., Salinas, Cal. CP for new station. 1390 kc, 250 watts, daytime. EXAMINER'S RECOMMENDATIONS WKBH, La Crosse, Wis. App. for renewal of license and authority to transfer control of corp. to Harry Dahl be granted. 1380 kc, 1 KW., unlimited. Earle Yates, Las Cruces, N. M. CP for new station. 930 kc, 500 watts, daytime, be denied. "Ballroom" Comes to Life Martin Block's "Make-Believe Ballroom", famed WNEW recorded show, came to life at 6 p.m. last night when Fats Waller and his orchestra made a personal appearance on the program. Block plans to use a live orchestra from time to time. Dorothea Lawrence to Canada Dorothea Lawrence, opera singer, leaves today for Montreal, where she will make radio appearances in addition to enjoying a two-week holiday. Francis X. Bushman to WGN Francis X. Bushman, idol of silent films, is joining WGN radio programs, his first appearance to be Sept. 16 in "Curtain Time." Jean Ellington Renewed NBC Artists Service has renewed its contract with Jean Ellington for another year. NEW BUSINESS KJR. Seattle Pacific Outfitting Co., serial "Trail Blazers," by David Halpern. WNEW, New York Schattner's Shoe Shop (Conformal shoes) , disks, through Newman Associates. WDAF. Kansas City Philco, "Phyl Coe" mysteries; K. C. Bible College, daily except Sunday, 30-minute religious music and addresses. WICC, Bridgeport Philco, "Phyl Coe" Radio mysteries. AD AGENCIES TOM REVERE, director of Benton & Bowles radio department, has arrived in Hollywood, accompanied by Donald Cope, who will take over duties of production supervisor. Cope is well known in Coast radio circles, having been Pacific Coast production head for NBC prior to joining Benton and Bowles' New York office in 1935. HERSCHEL WILLIAMS, producer of "Show Boat" for Benton & Bowles agency, is taking a month's vacation on orders of his doctor. He has arrived in New York. • • • Palmolive Beauty Box fades from the nefs Oct. 6, with Jessica Dragonette, Charles Kullman and Al Goodman's ork. Al has been on the show for three years .... A Chi. account will have Mary Small's "Junior Revue" tied up with Ed Wolf before the next airing .... Cappy Barra and his harmonics go NBC Sept. 29 for 13 weeks. .. .The Benny Davis "Stardust Revue" on MBS switches to a 9:30 spot Sunday .... Is that M-G-M show for General Foods going to replace "Show Boat" for Maxwell House Coffee? .... Politicians offered A. L. Alexander $1,500 per speech (four of them!) to campaign in the coming election! A. L. refused the offer, not wishing to tangle up in political fights. . . .Lester Linsk of Philly is with Rockwell-O'Keefe on the coast now. . . .Max Baer is definitely set to wield a baton over the heads of AFMen at one-nighters .... The reason Frank Curley (Baby Rose Marie's pappy) has been seen outside of the Roxy stagedoor while his kid was performing — is to offset legal tampering with the show! . • • • Here we go again! A memo from our circulation dept. says that the head of Packard Motors wanted a subscription to RADIO DAILY and had filled out a voucher for the $5. . . .Well, there were at least ten signers to the request — with a detailed report on our functions PLUS a listing of rules under which requisitions might be made ... .Anyway , the five spot was granted — with a notation that Packard Motors must be the receiver! ... .WBT, Charlotte, is the real reason why the "Big Apple" dance stepped out!.... Bill Schudt Jr., station manager, saw the dance taking high favor at the beach, looked into its beginning and sent a special events man to Columbia, S. C, and the "Big Apple" negro night club to get the originators for an air show.... Thus he gave the first big airing to a dance that has since swept the land! • • • A. & P.'s return to the air this season will be with a transcribed series titled "Love Story of Ann and Paige," with Mimic Arthur Boran set to do "Paige" .... Virginia Baker, who was femme interest in the "Bill and Ginger," show was hitched to Hecker exec Norman E. Walters of Buffalo and will retire to reside there .... Vincent Lopez returns to the Astor Grill (as intimated here weeks ago!).... Mac Green has left Mario Music .... Sid Schwartz has resigned from WNEW as publicity head .... Singer Marcia Lloyd is back from four months of retirement in Ohio. . . . Tommy Dorsey's vocalist, Edythe Wright, is reported leaving for Arizona or Colorado .... Bill Gernandt's trip to the coast will be to close a Universal picture deal for Prof. Quiz .... A q. t. audition was piped the other day featuring David Ross, Joey Nash and organ-pumping which is to be sold as an a.m. show .... At the James Cagney preview of "Something to Sing About" even the "pass"-engers applauded. It's swell entertainment. . . .We repeat an item of many, many editions back (just to hear a few denials — we DARE): Fred Waring will head an air show for Old Gold this season! • • • WIP, Philly, will be divided between Inter-City and Mutual. .. .When Brewster Morgan, former CBS director, visited his home-town radio station, KCKN, Kansas City, Kas., while seeing his folks, he was greeted by such a crowd of old friends, schoolmates and acquaintances that it was difficult to complete plans for an air interview Ralph Nelson, program director, learned of B. M.'s presence in the town and didn't have much trouble getting Morgan to grant an interview to his old friends....As soon as details for the show were set, announcements were made at hourly intervals on the station. . . .So, when the time approached for the program to be aired, so many of his friends and people "who-knew -himwhen" arrived to get a glimpse of a local hero — that it was impossible to carry on! ... .Morgan promised to make another appearance in the future — he liked it so much! Iowa Network Corncobs Iowa Broadcasting System of Des Moines is distributing corncob pipes with the call letters of its stations, KSO, KRNT and WMT stamped in red around the yellow corncob bowl. Accompanying the pipe is a letter from Craig Lawrence, commercial manager, pointing out that the pipe is a symbol of Iowa's $600,000,000 corn crop, which means plenty of spending money for advertisers to go after. A few words about desirable IBS programs also are included. WHK Market Data Folder A booklet giving briefly summarized and illustrated market and circulation data has been issued on behalf of WHK, Cleveland, NBC-Blue network outlet. Camel Adds 3 Stations When the CBS-Camel cigarette show expands to the full-hour 9:3010:30 p.m. period on Sept. 28. thre» stations (WKBB, WCHS and KOY) will be added to the network. William Esty has the account. Eton Boys' Sixth Year The Eton Boys begin their sixth year over CBS on Sept. 20 when they start a new series of programs to be aired Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:15-5:30 p.m. over a combined coastto-coast and Canadian hook-up. New set-up marks the largest network the boys have enjoyed while broadcasting as a sustaining feature of the network. Son for Bernardine Flynn Chicago — Bernardine Flynn, the Sade of "Vic and Sade," is the mother of a seven-pound boy, born Wednesday night, just eight hours after the mother finished her radio stint. She will be written out of the script for a week or two. GUEST-ING RAYMOND SCOTT QUINTET, VIOLET MELE and LES LIEBER, on "Swing Club," Sept. 18 (CBS, 8 p.m.) THREE MARSHALLS, on Harry von Zell's Gulf program, Sept. 12 (CBS, 7:30 p.m.) RAMON NOVARRO, on "Professional Hour," tonight (WMCA, 9:30 p.m.) MARGARET SPEAKS, interviewed on Nellie Revell program, Sept. 14 (NBC-Red, 5:15 p.m.) WALTER O'KEEFE, same program, Sept. 21; HELEN TRAUBEL, Sept. 28; STOOPNAGLE and BUDD, Oct. 5; ERNO RAPEE, Oct. 12. FREDDIE FISHER'S SCHNICKELFRITZ BAND and BATTLING NELSON, on NBC Jamboree, tomorrow (NBC-Red, 10 p.m.). ARTHUR DONOVAN, boxing referee, on Dick Fishell program, tonight (WMCA, 6:30 p.m.). JIMMY DORSEY and ALEC TEMPLETON, on "Swing Club," tomorrow (CBS, 8 p.m.).