Radio doings (Dec 1930-Jun1932)

Page Sixteen RADIO DOINGS January, 1931 rcc ycuc entertainment Charles W. Hamp is home again, and at a salary which has eclipsed every other radio star on the air. It is rumored that for doing his act, Charlie will be rewarded with a salary of $150,000 a year by the same sponsor who started him out on his meteoric rise to fame and fortune. KHJ will release Mr. Hamp's program to the Columbia Broadcasting System beginning January 2nd. (See page 29 for daily schedule.) thing, KECA has extended their schedule to thirteen hours daily, which will put them on the air at 8:30 a. m. and sign them off at 11:00 p. m. with a pause between 10:30 and 1 1 :00 a. m. Alexander Bevani, noted operatic coach, singer and pedagog is giving lessons in Italian over KECA on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 4:00 o'clock. Opening for the second time with two weekly courses, the Pacific Coast School of the Air will be resumed through the facilities of the National Broadcasting Company on Monday, January 5th. The NBC is firm in its belief that there is a definite need for educational broadcasts of this type to supplement the courses included in the regular school curricula. KGO, KOMO, KGW, KPO, KFI, KFSD, KTAR, KHQ will carry the program. Another Charlie is back in his home alley and his last name's Wellman. "Thirty minutes of mellowed melody," popularized on the coast by Charlie Hamp, is conducted by Wellman every day in the week except Saturday and Sunday over KNX and KHJ. At the Don Lee station, the schedule is Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30 and over on the Paramount lot, Charlie dispenses m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Up at KHJ the Studio Editor sat on one end of the divan and on the other end sat an attractive blond collegiate looking person who, when Dick Creedon arrived to make introductions, turned out to be Miss Velva G. Darling, California girl, whose column is featured daily in more than 100 metropolitan newspapers and whose "Modern Girl Philosopher" is an added attraction to KHJ's morning program. Miss Darling is known as the "Modern Girl Philosopher;" in short, her stuff is what is usually called "Advice to the Lovelorn." A few years ago, Miss Darling wrote the only column written by a girl on the student paper of Stanford University. On leaving school she plunged into the newspaper racket. She has flown across the continent with Lindbergh; has worked on murder stories; has interviewed countless celebrities; and calls herself — "a real modern girl." She explains the purpose of her broadcast: "I want to talk to girls and share their confidences. I will invite them to write to me for helpful advice and will answer their letters in my daily talks, using only the initials of their names. I will endeavor to interpret the modern girl to mothers who do not understand their daughters." cheer at 9:30 a. Capt. Edward Molyneux, leading French couturier, will speak to the women of America direct from his atelier in Paris during an international broadcast on the evening of February 6 next. This will be the first time Paris fashion hints have ever been broadcast from Paris to America and the first commercial broadcast from the French capital to be heard here. Mrs. Edna Woolman Chase, editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine; Michel de Brunhoff, editor of the French magazine Vogue, and a French orchestra will contribute to the remainder of the half-hour broadcast. Capt. Molyneux speaks excellent English. He will go on the air at 3 a..m., Saturday, February 7 (Paris time), and will be heard at 7 p. m. (Pacific time), through CBS coast stations. Not every radio performer can boast a dual personality that is an asset before the microphone. Stephen Gaylord, KOL's efficient Studio Director, is the possessor of a fine dramatic baritone that is heard to advantage in selections of "The Americans Come" calibre. A few steps toward the mike, a dimenduendo on the accompaniment, and listeners hear a pleasing "croon" rendition of "Three Little Words" or numbers suited to that type of presentation. Not long ago, Stephen announced the program, sang several numbers and station attaches were bewildered when they were informed that there were NOT three artists, but only Gaylord at the microphone, versatility must be applauded! Such Over at KFI-KECA, we picked up quite a bit of news. Remember Harold Isbell who used to announce for KNX? Well he developed the home-coming instinct so popular this month and is now established at KFI-KECA. Another IHrmj GUjnatmaa anil Prrtfljiprmra 2faiu $rar to (§ur HeaiirrH