Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1937)

8 RADIO DAILY Friday. October 22. 1937 MURRAY L. GROSSMAN, new business manager for WBRY, New Haven, recently shifted from Waterbury, reports the Elm City is getting more radio-minded. A couple of big new commercials have just been signed by WBRY. George Hicks will be at the mike for the slice of American Newspaper Guild party which NBC will air from the Manhattan Opera House at 11:15-11:30 tonight over the Blue web. KGMB, Honolulu: An average of three football games a week are being heard over two local stations under sponsorship of Standard Oil of Calif, and Associated Oil Co., with the difference in time giving football fans here a mainland game at noon and a local game in the afternoon . . . Webley Edwards and Bob Stanley were at the mike for the recent annual regatta in which Hawaii's stalwart oarsmen challenged each other, with Honolulu Broadcasting Co.'s ultra shortwave portable unit, K6XCJ, following the action. Jack Hollister, sports commentator, has a new Saturday night program, at 11:05 o'clock, over KDKA, Pittsburgh, starting tomorrow. KVOR, Colorado Springs: Dudley Tichenor of the sales staff, who was major of a commercial team during the community chest drive (Zelle Wade of program dept. served as a captain) , is now suggested for the Junior Chamber of Commerce board of directors. . .Wauhillau LaHay, program director, addresses the Quill Club next Tuesday on radio script writing. . . .Charles C. Roberts Jr., announcer, and bride had a nice honeymoon in Okla. .. .Eustace Taylor, chief engineer, back from Virginia and Washington. . . .Don Parker, formerly with Cleveland Players, now on the dramatic staff here .... Russell Young, colored novelty pianist, is doing a six-weekly program and appearing at a local dance spot. Bert Swor and Lou Lubin, the blackface comedians featured on NBC's "Bicycle Party" commercial, have taken to song writing with a satire on football coaches entitled "Fight For Your School And Paycheck". Robert Lee, formerly of Chicago, Tulsa and other points, is now on the announcing staff at WMBH, Joplin, Mo. -Coast * WPG, Atlantic City: Wilbur Miles, lecturer-pianist of Williamsport, Pa., has joined Ethel Rattay's "Tea Time Topic Entertainers", airing each Monday from the Steel Pier Ocean Spray Studio. .. On the return of Manager Richard Endicott of the Steel Pier from his California and Florida vacation, WPG's winter studio on the famous amusement center will be built on the picturesque stage where the Aldrich Imperial Hawaiians entertain the pier lounge guests.... WPG's religious broadcast conducted weekly by the Rev. Robert Fraser, Philadelphia's popular blind evangelist, is believed to be the only regular hour-and-a-half program of its kind. Preview of the "March of Time" newsreel showing Mayor LaGuardia's four years in office, to be shown at the Embassy Theater on Broadway starting today, will be aired by WINS at 12:15 p.m., with many notables expected to be brought to the mike by emcee Heywood Broun. WJSV, Washington: "Red" Reynolds, CBS promotion manager, has been visiting here a few days in quest of ideas.. . New find at the station is Jimmy Jones, who wandered in from WGH, Newport News, to do a bit of piano practicing and was spotted by station officials .... Larry Elliott, announcer, went to Fredericksburg to cover the annual Dog Mart and came back with a pooch for which he bid seven dollars, accidentally. WSGN, Birmingham, again did a I good piece of public service in an emergency during the recent Mulga I mine disaster. On hearing of the i blast, the station rushed men and equipment to the scene. Joe Ford, announcer, and James Evans, engineer, set up the station's remote equipment in fast time, and obtained the only broadcast permitted from the mine. There will be an invitation performance of RKO-Radio's picture, "Music For Madame," starring Nino Martini at the Criterion Theater at 8:15 tonight. Among those of the opera who are expected to be present are: Mme. Gay, Martini's teacher. Lily Pons, Grace Moore, Doris Doe. Edward Ziegler, Charles Hackett, Armand Tokatyan, Frank Wenker, Giovanni Zenatello, Wilfred Pelletier, Lucrezia Bori, Elizabeth Rethberg, Friedrich Schorr, Arthur Bodanzky, Suzanne Fisher, Queena Mario, and others. Society and the stars of stage, screen and radio also will attend. # I • c. c. # ACTIVITIES EXAMINER'S RECOMMENDATIONS Chickasha Daily Express, Chickasha, Okla. CP for new station. 1500 kc, 250 watts, daytime, be dismissed. KRE, Berkeley, Cal. CP to change frequency and increase power to 1440 Kc, 500 watts, 1 KW. LS., unlimited, be granted. Louisville Times Co., Louisville. CP for new station. 1210 kc, 100 watts, unlimited, be denied. Louisville Broadcasting Co., Louisville. CP for new station. 1210 kc, 100 watts, daytime, be denied. Southwest Broadcasting Co., Prescott, Ariz. CP for new station. 1500 kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS., unlimited, be granted. W. P. Stuart, Prescott. CP for new station. 1500 kc, 100 watts, unlimited, be denied. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WRDO Inc., Augusta, Me. Transfer ot control of corporation from Henry P. Rines to Conrad E. Kennison. Greater Greenwood Broadcasting Station, Greenwood, S. C. CP for new station. 1420 kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS., unlimited. L. B. McCormick, Greenville, N. C. CP for new station. 1370 kc, 250 watts, daytime. KFBK, Sacramento, Cal. Special experimental authorization to operate facsimile station from 12 mid. -6 a.m. PST, using 1 KW. power. KMJ, Fresno, Cal. Spec, experimental auth. to operate facsimile station from 12 mid. -6 a.m. PST, using 1 KW. power. APPLICATION RETURNED Harry M. Ayers, Anniston, Ala. CP for new station. 1420 kc, 100 watts, daytime. CALL LETTERS ASSIGNED Clarence A. Berger and Saul S. Freeman, Coeur d'Alene, Idauo. KGCI. CBS Extends Schedule For Cantor Celebration CBS yesterday arranged to leave entire network open one-half hour overtime on Oct. 28 in order to broadcast a full hour of the Eddie Cantor 25th Anniversary dinner being held that evening in Hollywood. Program will be heard at 12:30-1:30 a.m. over a coast-to-coast network with George Jessel acting as emcee. Others to be heard during the program include Irvin S. Cobb, Dr. A. H. Giannini, Louis B. Mayer, Gov. Frank Merriam, and Joseph M. Schenck. It is expected that the majority of the film capitol's luminaries will be present. Though considered somewhat behind the times in radio progress, Mexico now has 104 active broadcasting stations. including 89 owned by individuals and operated commercially. Dave Meyer, sports announcer and WCBS' contribution to the sports fans of Springfield and Central Illinois, gets a nice complimentary article in a booklet just issued about the teams of Springfield's Muny Baseball League, whose games were aired over WCBS. "Stella Dallas" Begins Monday Tetley Tea begins a Monday through Friday spot on WEAF only, on Oct. 25. Program, to be heard at 12:3012:45 p.m. is dramatization, "Stella Dallas." Blackett-Sample-Hummert is the agency. NEW EBUSINESS Signed by Stations KSL, Salt Lake City: Vick Chemical, spots; S. & W. Foods Corp., spots; Chevrolet, spots; Nash, spots; Plymouth, spots; Hudson, spots; The Paris Co. WGN, Chicago: American Chicle Co., "Lou Little's Football Forecasts," ETs, through Badger, Brown and Hersey; Chocolate Products Co., "Buddy and Ginger," through George H. Hartman Co.; Little Crow Milling Co., through Rogers & Smith. o KDYL, Salt Lake City: Chevrolet, spots, through Campbell-Ewald. WHN: Sterling Products (Dr. Lyons Toothpowder) , "Wife vs. Secretary," 5 times weekly, through Blackett-Sample-Hummert. KGMB, Honolulu: Heinz Co., 26 half-hour studio programs, "Heinz Hawaiian Serenade," and 13 quarter-hour disks, B. A. Rolfe orchestra; Bi-So-Dol, disks, "Problems for Pamela" with Lila Lee; Procter & Gamble, Crisco disks, "Ketty Keene Inc.", and Ivory soap disks, "Gospel Singer"; Corn Products Refining (Karo), "Around the Town" spot announcements; Vick Chemical Co., musical disks. All of these accounts, except Corn Products, also include KHBC, Hilo. KMOX, St. Louis: Bauer & Black, May Robson in "Lady of Millions". WIL, St. Louis: Hartz Mountain Products Co., Jerre Cammack at the organ ; Adam Hats of New York, opening St. Louis store. WJBK Gets Hockey Games Detroit — WJBK has arranged for the exclusive radio rights to the 48 games to be played this winter by the Detroit Red Wings' hockey team, winners of the Stanley Cup last season. Al Nagler, WJBK sports announcer will handle. Station is now contacting prospective sponsors. Owen and Parco for Disks Owen and Parco have been signed to make two electrical transcriptions for Alka-Seltzer on Nov. 9. This makes the third to date for AlkaSeltzer by the team. Deal was set by Bob Calvert of Sam H. Stiefel Enterprises. CNE MINUTE INTERVIEW OLAN SOULE "While the technique of radio limits and hampers all actors, it is the comedian who suffers most from its limitations. I refer more particularly to the light or polite type of comedian rather than the gag comedian. The latter achieves his effects almost entirely through his material or by some trick of voice or distinctive style of delivery. But the specialist in high comedy depends in large measure on little mannerisms or gestures to accentuate the humor of what he is saying and to draw his laughs. That is why radio is more successful. I think, in the presentation of drama, melodrama and even tragedy than it is in presenting sophisticated comedy."