Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)

Record Details:

Title:
Radio and television mirror
Date:
Jan-June 1950
Publisher:
New York : Macfadden Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)
Leaf #:
000502
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Radio Mirror (later known as Radio and Television Mirror) was a fan magazine for radio listeners and later TV viewers that includes profiles of the stars, visits to radio and television studios, and program listings. The early years in the 1930s show the interaction of motion pictures, recordings, the stage, radio and even politics. The role of radio in World War II is well covered in the 1940s, and by the 1950s the focus shifts to television and a new generation of personalities. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
September 28, 2023
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Peggy Towne's recipes and household hints are tested by her family. TOWIE TOPICS W'hen Peggy Towne discusses plays or women's fashions on her Wednesday night television show on WFIL-TV, she's dealing with subjects on which she's particularly well qualified to speak, for this charming mistress of ceremonies is widely known as both actress and fashion expert. Since November, 1949, she has been seen and heard weekly on Towne Topics with Peggy, a fifteen-minute program presented by WFIL-TV at 7:30 P.M. In selecting her guest and conducting interviews, she never loses sight of the fact that there are men in the audience too, and that eye appeal is important. Before joining the WFIL-TV staff, Miss Towne was active as a producer of fashion shows for Philadelphia women's shops and as a style authority on radio and television programs. She often serves as a judge at fashion showings, an extra-curricular job which comes naturally to a woman who was assistant fashion director of one of Philadelphia's largest department stores. Previously, she had been associated with the John Robert Powers' school in Philadelphia as a teacher of speech and styling. A graduate of Emerson College, after conducting her own school of dramatic art in Drexel Hill for five years, she returned to the New York stage during the war years. In private life, Peggy Towne is Mrs. Lois Dow McLaughlin. "Having been a homemaker for nearly twenty years," she says, "I feel as though I'm on firm ground when I give household hints and recipes. But what makes my work particularly satisfying is the number of nice people who appear on the show to tell of their jobs and hobbies." Peggy (third from 1.) and members of a little theater group on her 7:30 P.M. WFIL-TV Wed. program. 24