Radio doings (Dec 1930-Jun1932)

Page Twenty-two RADIO DOINGS December, 1930 FOUR YOUR EWTIERTAIMMIlMT The Eddie Bush Ambassador Trio adorns the cover this month. These lads are dispensing some of the most unusual arrangements in the musical world. From left to right the buys are Craig Leach, Billy White and Eddie Bush, and listeners may hear them nightly, except Sunday, over KNX, where they do their stuff with Gus Arnheim and his neat music-makers of the Ambassador Hotel. So don't retire before 10 o'clock. Midnight is soon enough. • — o — Many plans are being completed for some unusually fine programs to be released during the month of December, according to Dick Creedon, KHJ's publicity director. Here are a few of the features which Dick assures us are well worth lending an ear. Knute Rockne, insipration of the unbeaten Notre Dame football team, will talk over the CBS December 5th, 7:30 to 7:4^ p. m. This is especially timely, being on the eve of the Notre Dame-U.S.C. football classic on the 6th. The second Curtis Symphony Orchestra of Philadelphia concert will be released on December 7th from 7:00 to 8:00 p. m. This splendid orchestra is directed by Emil Mlynarski, Russian conductor. Sundays bring Jesse Crawford back to ardent organ enthusiasts at 7:00 p. m. each week. This new series features ten solo instrumentalists and a large group of guest stars in addition to the "Poet of the Organ." — o — KNX. Hollywood, recently had the honor of being chosen by the 17,000 odd citrus growers of Southern California as the station from which they preferred to receive the nightly frost warnings broadcast by the United States Department of Agriculture from Pomona, Calif. The frost warnings are the only insurance the citrus growers have, as it enables them to protect their trees in the event of a frost coming on during the night. It is vital to them that they be able to tune in the broadcast, which is given nightly at 8 o'clock, and it was paramount that a station be used who's signals were uniformly clear and received throughout the citrus belt. A remote control has been established by the station at Pomona which is approximately 4? miles from the main studios of KNX on the Paramount lot in Hollywood. — o — Arthur "Bugs" Baer, noted humorist, will be the master of ceremonies during a 15-minute broadcast over a nationwide NBC network Saturday, December 13th, beginning at 5:15 o'clock. He will introduce Welcome Lewis, contralto; Harold Van Emburgh, tenor; Sam Herman, xylophonist, and a dance orchestra playing under the baton of William Merrigan Daly. KHQ, KOMO, KGW, KECA and KFSD will release the program. The entire coast-to-coast network of the Columbia System will broadcast the Army-Navy football game to be played in the Yankee Stadium, New York, Saturday, December 13, for the Salvation Army's unemployment fund. Ted Husing, Columbia sports announcer, will describe the game play-by-play and the preliminary ceremonies, starting at 9:15 a. m. (E.S.T.) At this hour the cadets from West Point and midshipmen from Annapolis will march on the held in formation, and these colorful maneuvers will be graphically relayed to radio listeners by Husing. The game starts at 10:00 a. m. — o — So many devotees to Major Mott's popular Sport-oLogues that he gave over KHJ have been wondering why they came to a sudden stop. We regret to say that the major had a serious breakdown after his long and hard fight on the air, and in other ways, for the passage of Fish and Game Proposition Eleven on the November ballot. An affection of the throat and tongue became distressingly apparent and he has been under the care of specialists ever since. The latest reports are, however, that he is getting on nicely and will soon be on the air again from the Don Lee station with his unique chats on shooting and fishing — that have delighted listeners everywhere. Major Mott is grateful for the magnificent support given Proposition Eleven by those that listened to his urgent pleas for it from Southland microphones. — o — Stephen F. Merrill, of San Jose, tenor, and Esther B. Coombs of Long Beach, coloratura soprano, were selected as winners in the National Atwater Kent radio audition. These two youthful artists will go to New York on December 14th to represent the West in the final audition. Miss Cooms was identified as No. 17 and Merrill as No. 8. — o — A good many husbands are feeling that the new feature "Mary" on the air over KJR and stations affiliated with the Northwest Broadcasting System is championing their cause as she informally chats over the breakfast table every Sunday morning between 9 and 10 o'clock. Her confidential talks with the wife (while she asks John, the husband, to tune out) cover a wide range of subjects dear to a man's heart, such as: the legitimate fondness a man has for that battered-up hat or greasy old suit he goes fishing in. KFWB will release the Knute Rockne program on Friday night, December 5th, at 9 o'clock, and on the same program it is planned to present Douglas Fairbanks as an added attraction. Mark Kelley will act as interlocutor of Rockne, who will make some ad lib remarks in regard to the U.S. C.Notre Dame classic on December 6th. — o — The United Broadcasting Company, Ltd., the precocious baby chain of the Pacific Coast, is stepping right out and signing up some excellent talent and as a consequence, their broadcasts are of high quality. A recent addition to the chain's offering is a series of radio dramas produced by Stuart Buchanan, who will be remembered for his outstanding dramas over KHJ, KFWB and KECA. Mr. Buchanan is putting on two plays a week at the present time, Tuesday at 8 p. m. and Saturday at 7:45 p. m., and in a few weeks he plans to produce three a week to be released over the entire chain of the UBC. RADIO DOINGS' NEW PHONE NUMBER IS WEstmore 3023 ADDRESS: 314 E. 12th STREET