Radio daily (Oct-Dec 1949)

6 RADIO DAILY Monday, December 12, 1949 Columbia Records Promotes 2 Execs. (Continued from Page 1) 1949. In his new post, he will be in charge of chain store and export sales.. McAllister has served as manager of distribution and promotion for McAllister WILSON the company since January 25, 1949. He joined Columbia in 1941 as manager of popular record promotion and following service with the Navy from 1943 to 1946, returned as merchandise manager. In November 1947, McAllister was made coordinator for Columbia's LP record activities. McCarthy Show Leading Coast Hooper Ratings (Continued from Page 1) and Molly, 23.9; fifth, "Radio Theater" with 20.9; Red Skelton sixth with 20.9; "People Are Funny" seventh with 20.7; Bing Crosby eighth with 20.6; Bob Hope ninth with 19.2; "My Friend Irma" tenth rated 18.8; "Inner Sanctum" eleventh, 17.4; Horace Heidt twelfth, 16.9; Burns and Allen thirteenth with 16.7; "Take It or Leave It" fourteenth with 16.5; and in spot fifteen, "Our Miss Brooks" with 16.5. Guedel, Linkletter Arrive John Guedel, producer of "You Bet Your Life," "People Are Funny" and Art Linkletter's "House Party" together with his wife and Irvin and Mimi Atkins, arrived from the coast Friday and are at Savoy-Plaza. Linkletter planed here in time to appear on NBC's TV show "Leave It To The Girls" with Maggie McNellis. Linkletter will do his show "People Are Funny" from NBC tomorrow and will also guest on Godfrey's daytime radio show Wednesday, that is, the non-cigarette portion anyway. (Linkletter Raleigh cigarettes) . J For Unique * JINGLES * Call ; KISSINGER ; PRODUCTIONS * JU A-M72 1*3* B'my. N. Y. C California Commentary • • • Carlton E. Morse has set two more stage and screen names for the cast of Mutual's "I Love a Mystery." He signed Les Tremayne. currently on Broadway in "Detective Story," and Luis Van Rooten, who is featured in "Champion" for the HollyWOOCl "Million Dollar Curse," whodunit which will run for 15 broadcasts on the mystery program. Mercedes McCambridge also will star in the story to begin airing December 19. . . . Tommy Dorsey has come up with one of the most ambitious undertakings in his career. To inspire and develop young American musicians, he will launch a chain of music schools from coast to coast in association with other "name" leaders. The best musicians in key cities will teach complete "systems" or musical styles of famous instrumentalists. He's already invited Benny Goodman, Harry lames, Jimmy Dorsey, Freddy Martin, Gene Krupa, Carmen Cavallaro, Charley Barnet and many others to join. . . . Now they're paying Radio and screen stars not to appear on television! Gene Autry, CBS cowboy star, receives $500 per week from his sponsor (Wrigley) to stay away from video cameras. The sponsor feels video is not yet ripe for the star and is giving him additional compensation to make up for what he might be losing by not going on TV. . . . Raymond R. Morgan Agency, which packages "Queen for a Day," has offered Mack Sennett a radio program in which the old time comedy king would do a 15-minute weekly broadcast. Format is anecdotal. ft ft ft ft • • a> Curt Massey and Country Washburne, musical conductor on "Curt Massey Time," are collaborating on modernizing some old Texas folk songs which will be done in album form. . . . Jack Bailey, "Queen for a Day" emcee, makes his first camera tests this week for the movie based on the Mutual Cinderella show. . . . Ed Wynn's new sponsor, Camel Cigarettes, now becomes one of the strongest represented in the TV field. This is a big boost for Wynn who has gone all-out for TV. . . . Jack Meakins, musical director on the "The Great Gildersleeve," is getting offers for his situation comedy. "The Meakins," TV-ed locally. . . . United Productions of America's recent Animation Art Festival was such a success that execs of the Hollywood TV cartoon studio now are making plans to present the show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York shortly after the first of the year. . . . Reports persist that Mutual is scanning its vast number of affiliates to set up a 60-station basic network for clients curtailing budgets. . . . Allan Jones will make a few Hollywood radio and TV appearances during this month in discussions now being carried out by manager Eddie Sherman. First guest shot it slated for the Ed Wynn video program. ft ft ft ft • • • An eastern shoe manufacturer has taken an option on Maestro Frank De Vol's "Music for the Mood" half-hour air show as a possible summer replacement program featuring De Vol as conductoremcee of the all-music format. Century Artists Ltd. is now trying to settle network and time for broadcast. . . . "Life of Riley" video star Jackie Gleason and his manager. Bullets Durgom, have formed their own music publishing house. Material Songs, and the firm will handle original tunes of comic Gleason initially, including his "The Malted Milk" and "Juke Box" song satires. ft ft ft ft • • • Benny Goodman has come up with a commercial Capitol record featuring the oldie, "Why Don't We Do This More Often" flipped with an instrumental "Egg Head." . . . Dolly Houston turns in a creditable vocal job on the top side. ... • Walt till you hear Dinah Shore's clever rendition of "Blbbiddy-Bobbiddy-Boo. Coy, Sterling Favor Trial Of Phonevision (Continued from Page 1) to the method of meeting the many financial expenses of programming a television station and that a fair opportunity should be afforded for testing." In a dissenting opinion he added that the Commission will be better able to determine the issues involved in the phonevision application after the experimental trial of the system than before. "If we have the opportunity to have experimentation we should welcome it," he said. Although he would prefer to have the experimenting done on a UHF channel, Coy said in this case it had to be in the VHF region because there are not receivers for the higher bands. Said he: "I would not agree to a grant of the petition if I thought that it would lead to the establishment of a new service before all the problems mentioned above were fully explored. However, I see no possibility of this happening. The authorization requested is experimental and hence can be cancelled at any time. Moreover, the period of authorization is for only three months. Finally, the authorization can in no way result in the public making any substantial investment in the system which would operate as a practical matter as a deterrent against discontinuing the experiment. Virtually the entire investment is to be made by the petitioner and even this is to be of a relatively modest nature. "For the foregoing reasons, I would be in favor of a grant of the petition for a three-month period, making it clear to the applicant that no consideration would be given to the establishment of a service of the type contemplated without a public hearing at which all of the above issues would be fully explored." Downey To Be Honored Morton Downey, radio and television singing star, will receive a special Award of Merit at the interfaith meeting of New York's Cinema Lodge of B'nai B'rith at the Hotel Astor, Tuesday evening, December 13th. THE MORGAN, THE MERRIER Morgan will get YOU if you don't watch out! 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