Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

4 RADIO DAILY Wednesday. November 9, 1949 SOUTHWEST NEW WRR, Dallas, personnel includes Virginia Baker in copy department, John Wolfe in sales, announcer Eddie Hill, and Grover Herring, Al Welch, and Charlie Froman in the engineering department. "The Chuck Wagon Gang," sponsored by Bewley Mills through Glenn Advertising began its 18th year on the air this week and its 12th year on WBAP-570, Fort Worth, and the Lone Star Chain. Talent on the show is the four member Cartel' family. WBAP-TV, Fort Worth, moves up its sign-on time Monday through Friday to 4: 00 p.m. for two hours of live studio programs. From 6: 00 p.m. to sign off time remains unchanged with ABC, NBC, studio and remote programming. "Foremost Young American's Club," aired on WBAP-570, Fort Worth. (11:30 a.m. Saturday) since May, moved out of radio into television November 5. The program is an audience participation-talent program for children, sponsored by Foremost Dairies through Albert Evans Advertising, Fort Worth. Television version will run alternating Saturdays 5:45 to 6: 15 p.m. Moral to untelegenic sportscasters: Bud Sherman, sportscaster for WBAP-TV, Fort Worth, who handles wrestling, high school football, etc., received the following note from Smithfield, Texas: "I used to swoon at the sound of your voice, but that was long before the night they turned the camera on you. Since then, I just don't care anymore. 'Heartbroken'." Latest set count released through Harold Hough, director, WBAP-TV, Fort Worth, for the Fort Worth-Dallas area, is 20,800 sets as of November 1. The station keeps close tabs on the sets through dealer and distributor connections and a free weekly television schedule mailing to home set owners. WEVD 117 119 W. 46 St HENRY GREENFIELD, Mg. Director H.Y.19 California Commentary. . . • • • Could the Mexico City visit of Frank Stanton, president of CBS, have any bearing on the TV planning of Emilio Azcarraga's planning? ... it is known that Prexy Stanton will visit with the Mexican radio-movie tycoon, and maybe they'll discuss an HollyWOOCi interchange of TV film. . . . Azcaxraga is said to have some definite ideas about a TV transcription network that might become international in scope. . . . Rumored that NBC's coast television personnel will undergo some changes in the reorganization of the web's operational departments. . . . Ronson Lighters will sponsor a new weekly musical variety program, "The lohhny Desmond Show," over the full 271-station network of ABC starting Wednesday. Jan. 11, 1950. Contract runs for 49 weeks. Eleanor Engel will announce. . . . Gordon MacRae, the warbler and Mrs. MacRae are vacationing in New York, staying at the Waldorf, no less, where Gordon once was refused a bellboy job. . . . lack Carson has booked a second airplane tour of veterans hospitals. This one takes him to Wymoing, Colorado, New Mexico. Oklahoma and Texas. . . . Garry Moore has turned down a thirty-minute sponsor for his daytime program. Bankroller oiiered a tive-a-week backing if Moore would trim his hour to 30 minutes. Moore, who has Ken Carson and Ilene Woods helping him on the chore, relused. . . . Hal Sawyer's Hollywood TV show, "I'll Buy That." being eyed by national experts as a test of TV's selling power, is sold out, with three sponsors. Sawyer is starting another similar program within a month. Tfr ft "ft # • • • Jo Stafford wound up an eight-day concert tour of the midwest by appearing at Purdue University, in Lafayette, Ind. She opens next at the Paramount in New York. . . . Doris Day will guest on Railroad Hour over NBC when "No, No, Nanette" is aired. . . . Ben Gage has telecast his final "Ben Gage Show" over CBS-KTTV and will now prep his two new video packages, "Backstage with Ben" and "Milestones in Showbusiness." . . . Allan Jones and Irene Hervey will guest on Milton Berle NBC TV program in New York on Nov. 15th, when they return from England after a seven-month concert tour. Stint will mark first U. S. appearance of act on state-side TV. . . . Beginning Nov. 15th, Art Linkletter's "People are Funny" show will be taped for four consecutive broadcasts. Guedel, show's producer, feels that there will be greater advantage in taping "People are Funny" because it will allow greater latitude for Art's great ad lib talent. . . . Jimmy Wakely plays the Fox Theater, Detroit for one week starting Nov. 11th, before going into the Thunderbird Hotel at Las Vegas. . . . Sara Berner is taking on title of featured vocalist with due notice to Dinah Shore and Doris Day, Sara vocaling in dialect on Jack Benny Show, Bob Hope Show, and on the Jimmy Durante Program. . . . Larry Kolpack, of Larry Finley Productions returned to Hollywood after a lengthy tour making a survey of radio and TV stations. . . . Larry Parks, Maxie Windsor, and Stan Laurel highlighted the sequence of Erskine Johnson's "Hollywood Reel" over KECA-TV, Hollywood, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m., P. S. T. . . . Comedian Jack Marshall, back from his stint in Salt Lake and is the first actor set for Estelle Taylor's second series of "Taylored Lady" fashion featurettes, which will again be filmed on 16mm for TV release. . . . Marc Lawrence, who portrays ganster roles on radio, TV and the screen, has reported to MGM for his part in "Asphalt Jungle," produced by Arthur Hornblow and directed by John Huston. . . . Fran Warren, Broadway show singer and recording artist, joined the Henry Morgan show as featured vocalist on Friday, Nov. 4th. CHICAGO By HAL TATE BEN ROGERS of the Veterans Administration has been transferred here from Washington, D. C. He'll be the information service representative for radio and television for Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Rogers has already cut three "Here's to Veterans" shows at the local Universal Recording studios for January release. Featured in this 14th series will be Orrin Tucker, Jack Fina and Buddy Moreno. G. I. loans and hospital priorities are plugged by the bandleaders in the forthcoming series. Radio and TV actress Kay Westfall has been signed for a starring role in "The Golden Gloves Story" currently being filmed in Chicago by Central National Pictures. James Dunn has the leading male role in this boxing yarn which is being produced by Chicagoan Carl Krueger for Eagle-Lion release. 'Fix It' To Greystone The Greystone Press has signed for sponsorship of "Mr. Fix It," quarter-hour weekly program of home repair suggestions, on CBS, Saturday, 2:30-2:45 p.m., starting Jan. 7, on behalf of Popular Mechanics Complete Book of Home Repairs. H. B. Humphrey. Inc., New York, is the agency. Western Echoes, five-day a week KMBC-KFRM feature at 5:30 p.m., stars the Rhythm Riders. These four young vocal-instrumentalists have been featured on network programs and their arrangements of western and popular tunes are extremely well received. They haye a large following in the Heart of America, and their personal appearances in the area win new fans every week. Satisfied sponsors have included Grove Laboratories, Allbritton Motors, and other local accounts. Contact us, or any Free & Peters . k. "Colonel" for availabilities! A KM BC of Kansas Cily KFRM for Rural Kansas