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'Music of the Stars" program shows left to right, Paul Murphy, emcee, James T. Mahoney, program director, Burl Ives, Peggy Hall, assistant emcee
WLAW Launches Contest for Mystery Song
A new Mystery Song Contest has been launched by WLAW Lawrence, Massachusetts, in which prizes valued at $400 will be awarded each week to a contestant.
Starring Paul Murphy, nationally known magazine feature writer as master of ceremonies, assisted by Peggy Hall, title of the program is "Music of the Stars." It will feature interviews with top stars of stage,
screen and radio who visit Boston. Among first headliners to be aired are Burl Ives, Sophie Tucker, Arthur Treacher and Frankie Carle.
Transcribed music will also be part of the format. The contest angle highlights a few bars of a well-known song to be played during each broadcast. Listeners will be asked to identify the tune and mail in their answers.
Broadcast schedule for the show is every Monday evening from 9 to 9:30
Series Debuts on WSTC
A new series of informative radio programs, featuring one of the nation's outstanding personalities each week, is making its debut over WSTC Stamford, Connecticut.
Scheduled for 7 P. M. every Wednesday, the show, titled "Americans, Speak Up!" is sponsored by the Stamford Clearing House Association. Bill Slater is to be master of ceremonies
Series has been designed by America's Future, Inc., to allow free-thinking and
free-talking on problems American way of life.
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"Story Land" on WWNI
"Storyland" is the new show for children being featured on the program schedule of WWNI Wabash, Indiana.
Highlight of the program is a "Surprise Night" for the youngsters, along with one night on which the children themselves participate. Boys and girls submit poems and stories for that participation show.
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