Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

Section of RADIO DAILY, Thursday. December 1, 1949 — TELEVISION DAILY is fully protected by register and copyright PRIVATE TV FOR CANADA URGED TELE TOPICS THE NOISIEST OCTETTE in TV may ■ be found cavorting weekly on "Pantomime Quiz," an opus that recently marked its second anniversary in Hollywood and has been on CBS, New York, for a considerably shorter time, both under the aegis of Chevrolet Dealers. The members of this rowdy group are movie actors — some big-name, some mediumname and some no-name — and divided into two teams, they play charades. They all are pretty adept at this sort of thing, especially the regulars who seem to have developed a telepathic code that gives them quite an advantage over the guests. The participants get louder as The Game progresses and at times the girls, all blondes, sound as though they're going to shriek themselves into laryngitis. It's a pretty amusing show usually, although the actors always seem to have a better time with it than we do. . . . Items: As one of the performers was acting out her part recently, she pointed to her throat. A beautiful blonde on the same team, (they're all beautiful on the show) repeatedly suggested, "larnyx? larnyx?" Second item: At the second ann'y airer, the cast let producer-emcee Mike Stokey have a layer cake square in the mush; they all thought it was a wonderful gag. . . . Recording quality on the show is as bad as most. Bernie Ebert is co-producer. CampbellEwald the agency. • rORMER DANCING STAR Mitzi May • fair chalked up a double header for her favorite show on the Hooper count Thanksgiving Day. 'Twas the first Thursday that Mitzi has been home in over 30 weeks and she had to convince Hoop's caller that she had two sets going, both tuned to "Stop The Music." After insistent quizzing by the interviewer, she established that the cook and the maid were watching one set while her guests were watching another. In a cooperative mood, she volunteered the information that both groups always watched "Stop The Music" and that it was their favorite show. What she didn't volunteer, however, was the fact that she and her husband, Charles Henderson, co-produce the giveaway for the Lou Cowan office and that the servants' interest was hypoed by their preparation of an after-show holiday feast for the stanza's cast and crew. • HAUL TRIPP, star of Mr. I. Magination * and lyricist of "Tubby The Tuba," has completed a similar work dedicated to the Philadelphia Zoo, now marking its 75th anniversary. Titled "Adventures of the Zoo," the new work will be narrated by Tripp at its premiere performance by the Philadelphia Orchestra Dec. 17. Guy Lebow pinch-hit for the ailing Russ Hodges on the CBS boxing pickup from St. Nick's last nite. Pye Cameras Used On WOR-TV Remote First on-the-air demonstration in this country of cameras made by Pye, Ltd., major British manufacturer, was held last night when two Pye cameras were operated side by side with WOR-TV cameras during the station's coverage of boxing bouts at the New York Athletic Club. The Pye cameras, which were manned by British crews in this country to demonstrate the equipment as part of an export drive, used a new pick-up tube called "Image Photicon," which the company claims provides a more detailed picture with better shading effects. Half of last night's program was scanned by WOR-TV and half by the British crew. B. J. Edwards, head of the Pye team in this country, said his firm's equipment would sell here for about 15 per cent less than comparable American equipment. Other members of the British team are J. E. Lakin, director in charge of arrangements for the team; William Jones, designer of the equipment; N. Q. Lawrence, program and lighting director; and engineers D. H. Fisher, C. H. Babbs and John Hurst. Chief mechanical engineer is Donald Jackson. Goodrich Adds WSB-TV WSB-TV, Atlanta, has been added to the station roster for "B. F. Goodrich Celebrity Time" bringing the show's total to 23. Carried by ABC, program is a World Video package. Para. To Back Study Of TV's UN Coverage (Continued from Page 1) mount Pictures, which has offered to contribute $500 to the Dean's fund of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and $500 in student prizes as well as a 19-inch DuMont receiver for use in carrying out the project. Paramount camera crews handle the daily pickups of the UN sessions for CBS. Students will be organized into groups and assigned to study the UN pickups with emphasis on evaluating their effective presentation to school and theater groups and home viewers. At the end of the current Assembly session, the students will be required to present critiques, with prizes to be offered for the five best presentations. Judges of the contest will be Benjamin Cohen, Assistant Secretary-General of the UN; Prof. Boscoe Ellard. of Columbia, and Paul Raibourn, vice-president of Paramount. KTLA Sells Two Sale of two KTLA, Hollywood, shows to national advertisers was announced yesterday by Cris Rashbaum, eastern sales rep of Paramount. Penick & Ford, maker of My T Fine desserts, signed for "Sandy Dreams," weekly children's stanza, for 13 weeks, beginning Dec. 3, through BBD&O, Pioneer Scientific Corp., through Cayton agency, signed for "At The Mat," weekly interview stanza, for 26 weeks. Free Enterprise As Spur To Video's Growth Seen Three N. Y. Cities Join Web, Bring Bell System Total To 24 Montreal— Amendment of Canada's broadcast legislation "to give private interests equal rights with the CBC in the television field," and establishment of "an independent government regulatory authority" for TV v/ms urged by the Montreal Board of Trade in a brief filed with the Royal Commission on National Advancement of Arts, Letters and Sciences. The Board took exception to a CBC brief submitted earlier which emphasized that "in the national interest there must be a development of television by the national broadcasting system," and said: "It aDoears to be the opinion of the CBC that if television was turned over to private companies, there would be a predominance of programs from the United States and that the gospel of Canadianism would thereby be weekened. The Montreal Board of Trade does not agree with this opinion." The brief continued: "With private enterprise willing to risk its capital in the development of television, even with governmental control, it is difficult to understand why this should not be permitted as not only will it mean a considerable saving to taxpayers, but it will also mean that the mechanics of broadcasting TV will be developed more quickly. "It is submitted therefore that private enterprise should be permitted, in fact, encouraged to develop television with reasonable governmental regulations supervised by an independent government body." The Bell System's TV network facilities will be expanded to a total of 24 cities today when service is inaugurated to Schenectady, Utica and Syracuse. N. Y. Coaxial cable between New York and Albany, in telephone service since spring, 1948, has been equipped for TV and will form part of the new link. From Albany the web stretches to Syracuse via radio relay with four intermediate stations at Rotterdam, Cherry Valley, Deerfield and Sullivan. Schenectady will be served via a seven-mile link from the Rotterdam station and Utica via a three-mile hookup from Deerfield. Utica's first station, WKTV. will begin commercial operations today. WHEN, the only outlet in Syracuse, will hold a dual celebration today, marking its interconnection with the web and its first anniversary. AT&T and station officials will take part in ceremonies marking the opening of live network service, while a special anniversary program will be aired tonight. WRGB, pioneer outlet of General Electric in Schenectady, has been receiving network programs from New York for the past several years via a GE relay hookup. 'Believe It' Back Ian. 4; Ballantine Will Sponsor Robert I. Ripley's "Believe It Or Not" returns to NBC Jan. 4, 8 p.m.. with a new half-hour dramatic format under sponsorship of Ballantine ale and beer. Name performers will be used on the new show. J. Walter Thompson is the agency. Two Join UA TV Sales Appointment of Herb Harris and Mark Scott to the United Artists TV sales staff was announced yesterday bv John Mitchell, UA tele topper. Harris, formerly with NBC. will headquarter in Dallas and Scott, formerly in radio sales and promotion, will work out of the UA Chicago exchange.