Radio daily (July-Sept 1937)

6 RADIO DAILY Thursday. September 23, 1937 GUEJT-ING CONRAD NAGEL, added to Rudy Vallee lineup, tonight (NBC-Red. 8 p.m.). EDNA FERBER. in intermission talk, on Lux Theater presentation of ••Cimarron", Sept. 27 (CBS. 9 p.m.). GENE and GLENN, CLEVELAND ORPHEUS CHOIR, WYNN MURRAY. QUEENA MARIO and PEDRO LAURENZ ORCHESTRA, on "Magic Key of RCA", Sept. 26 (NBC-Blue, 2 p.m.). JOHN D. M. HAMILTON, Republican national committee chairman, on National Radio Forum, Sept. 27 (NBC -Blue, 10:30 p.m.). EVELYN LAYE, on "Hit Parade," Oct. 2 (CBS, 10 p.m.). LARRY CLINTON, on "Swing Club," Sept. 25 (CBS, 7:30 p.m.). HOMER MORTON, football coach of Texas A. & M., interviewed by Eddie Dooley, Oct. 2 (CBS. 6:30 p.m.) . NEW BUSINESS Philadelphia WFIL: Sears-Roebuck, children's show, through Lavenson Bureau. WHAT: Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission, "The Scenic Show." WBAL, Baltimore American Oil Co., announcements; Procter & Gamble, announcements. KSL, Salt Lake City Oldsmobile, 15-min. transcriptions. Sablon Gets Extension Jean Sablon, NBC's French troubadour, has just signed another 13week contract with NBC and will remain in the United States. Sablon's present engagement with the RCA "Magic Key" program expires Sunday. However, his present engagement with the NBC Artists Service calls for a continuation of his regular sustaining series of broadcasts heard every Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. over NBC-Red network. Orson Welles as "Shadow" Orson Welles, who starred in the recent Mutual "Les Miserables" series, will play "The Shadow" in the forthcoming "Shadow" programs which start on Mutual next Sunday, 5:30-6 p.m. Blue Coal is the sponsor. Greetings from Radio Daily Sept. 23 E'sn Bestor Leo B. Tyson Helen Marshall Elliot Shapiro • • • Benny Davis and his "Star Dust Revue" will be off MBS this Sunday only — because of Mutual's salute to new stations .... lose Manzanares, who conducted the "South American orchestra" on the Ford hour, will be emcee for a Broadway nitery, Havana Madrid, opening Oct. 1, featuring a rhumba band by Nilo Menendez, with a CBS and MBS wire. . . . Richard Himber was supposed to sign contracts late yesterday to open at a downtown hotel with two CBS wires .... Betty Allen of the Broadway musical stage, is making her debut as a band vocalist with Hudson-DeLange crew at the Paramount. . . .Leon Navara returns to the Hollywood on Oct. 2 — with plenty of wires. . . .Tommy Lyman, the torch singer, is doing air auditions now.... Danny Engel, right-bower for Chappel in the Mid-west, was engaged to Rae Kruke of Cincy over the week-end.... Truman Bradley. CBS announcer in Chi, promised "all" to Evelyn Jane Essenther of that city last week. . . .Mark Warnow should be glad there's only seven days to the week. He has an important commercial every 24 hours. . . . ^ -vc^ • • • When Danny Watkins, WDAS (Philadelphia) man of all work, appeared at the studios last week with a large blister on the sole of his foot, he explained that the hot water bottle had sprung a leak.... An unnamed KF1, Los Angeles, technician had to decide a fine technical point the other day for a telephone caller who insisted on a phone audition of his brand-new upper and lower STORE TEETH ... .Chap is radio-ambitious and wanted expert advice as to whether or not the dentures interfered with his diction to a degree which might minimize his chances. .. .Expert opined there might be about "3db" of porcelain overtone filed off advantageously ... .Ernie Smith swears it was not a gag. . . .James E. Sauter, director of publicity for the American Legion Convention, who has been in charge of airing arrangements, said that the work done by NBC, CBS, MBS and indie stations was the best ever done. It is estimated that 80.000,000 listeners from coast-to-coast, besides foreign comitries, heard what was going on here. • • • Edward G. Robinson and Glenda Farrell start a show from the coast via CBS in Oct . . . Joe Williams, the sports columnist, replaces Jim Crowley on the first Kate Smith show and will present "Parade of Summer Champions" .... Patsy Kelly has been signed by Phil Baker to act as stooge on the latter's Gulf show .... Morton Bowe is off the Kool show permanently because he refused exclusiveness .... Herbie Kay, Dorothy Lamour's husband, opens at the International Cafe on the coast the 27th with three CBS wires .... Tommy Mack may be the leading man in Harry Conns' air show which will be musically conducted by Freddie Rich .... Florence Brower, actress, has been added to the Edgar A. Guest show .... Jack Harris. London ork leader, has bought out his partner, Bert Ambrose (also a leader) of Ciros. a swanky nitery there. • • • Jack Mitchell, former movie reviexoer, and at present emcee-ing the "Let's Talk About Stars" show via WAAT, N. Y., has written a movie script, "A Dummy on Her Knee" ... .Gil Gibbons, WHK-WCLE (Cleveland) sportscaster, had a novel experience the other day. He was invited to go for a ride in the police dept. vice squad car.... They were returning from a shooting at an outlying tavern, and stopped on the way to halt a street brawl between two colored men. . . .When the cops got out of the car to settle the combat, one of them came at the officer with a knife ... .Gil, who had left the car first to watch, grabbed the stiletto from the mug's hand. The combatants were taken into custody and Gil was awarded the knife for his meritorious act. G r« c« c. & ACTIVITIES APPLICATIONS RECEIVED Jonas Weiland, Kinston, N. C. CP for new relay station. 1,622, 2,058. 2,150, 2,790 kc, 35 watts. Indianapolis Broadcasting, Inc., Indianapolis. CP for new relay station. 38,900, 39,100, 39,300, 39.500 kc, 2 watts. Evening News Press, Inc., Port Angeles, Wash. CP for new station. 1.500 kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS., unlimited. Kenneth H. Thompson, Whittier, Cal. CP for new station. 1,170 kc, 100 watts, limited. SET FOR HEARING Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City. CP for new international station. 6,020, 9,510, 11,710 kc. ACTION ON EXAMINER'S REPORTS WRAX, Philadelphia. Granted auth. to transfer control of corp. from Clarence H. Taubel to John Iraci. Also granted mod. of license to increase power to 1 KW. Governor on WMBD Programs Peoria — Governor Henry Horner of Illinois made two appearances on the programs of WMBD in connection with the station's celebration of its increase to 5,000 watts a few days ago. The governor was present in the afternoon at the transmitter dedication and then returned as honored guest at the night-time "Power Party" in which more than 10,000 persons jammed the state armory, largest auditorium in the city. The "Power Party" presented every artist on WMBD's staff and featured Homer Rodeheaver, CBS community sing leader, and the Maple City Four, WLS quartet. Edgar L. Bill, formerly manager of WLS, Chicago, is president of Peoria Broadcasting Co. and manager of WMBD. Networks and AFM Will Meet Tomorrow (Continued from Page 1) executive committee in the meantime, with full power to transact whatever business develops in the interim. This sub-committee, composed of Jos. N. Weber, AFM president; Jimmy Petrillo of Chicago and Fred Birnbach of Newark, will meet with the networks tomorrow morning, in effort to close a deal for the key stations as well as other owned, managed and operated outlets. Decca Disk Deal Off Deal for Decca Record Corp., to purchase an interest in American Record Co.. also Brunswick and Columbia, is believed to be off due to option running out. Possibility of the option having been renewed, however. Jack Kapp, head of Decca is now on the Coast. Is your life insurance free from creditors ? JOhn 4-2800 BEekman 3-0375 80 JOHN ST.. NEW YORK