Radio stars (Oct 1933-Sept 1934)

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he interest in that program has be:ome so great that NBC took notice. So now vou can hear the dancers at 10:30 p.' m. (CDST) over WLS, <DKA and WJR. 3 ESS K. JOHNSON, heard with Dr. Bundesen on Health Talks and )ther programs from Chicago's NBC studios, rehearses her programs with lier husband, who is also a doctor. T [NY RUFFNER, six-foot-six Show Boat announcer, came back from his vacation with the tallest fish story of the season. It wasn't much, he says. He just caught a two pound bass with hjs bare hands. It's easy, he went on. All you have to do is chase them under a rock and grab them. M OONSHINE AND HONEYSUCKLE, that grand air show that you've been missing for several months, is out on the road appearing on stages in various cities. M ARGARET SPEAKS of the Hummingbirds, quartet of the Oldsmobile program on Tuesdays and RADIO STARS Thursdays at 10:30 p. m. (EDST) over CBS, is a niece of Oley Speaks, the noted composer. "Sylvia" is one of his best known works. HILE Wiley Post, globe flier, appeared on the Soconyland Sketches program as a guest, he must have felt right at home. Socony oil, the product advertised on this program, was the kind Post used on his trip. N IBC studio pickups: Phil Harris can play almost any musical instrument . . . Annette Hanshaw is a graduate of the National Academy of Design . . . Mario Cozzi, opera baritone, for several years was secretary to Gatti-Casazza, director of the Metropolitan Opera . . . Paul Wing, the Story Man, tries out his yarns on his own children before he broadcasts them" . . . Jack and Loretta Clemens, brother and sister song-and-piano team, are relatives of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). B ECAUSE there was a heavy snowon July 22, Columbia had to postpone one of its broadcasts. Yes, that's straight. You see the snow was on Mount Hood. 11,000 foot peak in Oregon, and all trails were impassa ble. The program postponed was the American Legion Mount Hood climb. N, UNO MARTINI, CBS tenor and Vincent Sorey, conductor of Columbia's Gauchos, turned news commentators last July. By a curious chain of circumstances, they found themselves unexpectedly announcing to Europe and parts of Asia the detailed progress of General Balbo's flying armada as it raced from Montreal to Chicago. Columbia was making tests for a short wave broadcast to Italy. It was several hours before the actual broadcast was to start. But no sooner had the connections been made between Italy and America than Balbo and his companions came roaring out of a clear sky. What was there left to do but broadcast the affair? Roy Wilson, production man. couldn't speak Italian. Both Nino and Sorey could. So the next few minutes found the two musicians turned commentators, telling their native Italy all about Balbo's flight. I N over three years of broadcasting, Amos 'n' Andy have written nearly three and a half million words of copy. Ted Husing and his assistant, Les Quailey, putting over a football broadcast in their own ' inimitable style — for CBS. These are busy days for Ted and Les. You know the Yeast Foamers program we hope? Well, here are Lee Bennett, baritone; Jan Garber, leader and violinist; and Virginia Hamilton, singer. Sundays, 2:30 p. m. (EDST) over the NBC-WJZ network. 33