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Your Favorite MUSICAL PROGRAM
One of the few who has been a three-time winner, Fred Waring continues to supply music that endures through the years. Fred and his Pennsylvanians have tried television, too, building up an appreciative audience among the devotees of that medium. The Fred Waring radio show is heard Sat. at 10:00 A.M. EST on NBC; on TV Sundays at 9:00. P.M. EST on CBS.
Your Favorite NEW PROGRAM
Father Knows Best (whether he does or doesn't) is the listeners' choice among new programs as the one they like best. And Robert Young, whose role calls for him to insist that father does know best, has some off-the-air experience to back him up (see page 48). Father Knows Best, with Robert Young as Jim Anderson, is heard Thursday evenings, 8:30 EST, NBC.
Your Favorite NEWCOMER TO RADIO
Dean Martin is the singing half of the zaniest comic team to come up in a long, long time. Playing the resort circuit as an individual entertainer, Dean met Jerry Lewis. It was a case of spontaneous comic combustion and before the boys left Atlantic City, it was Martin & Lewis, Inc. Though their radio show is off the air, you can see the pair cavorting on NBC television.
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Your Favorite COMEDIENNE
Eve Arden makes the grade again as the fast-talking English teacher heroine of Our Miss Brooks. A winner last year, F/ve's dynamic delivery of witty lines leaves her without a near rival in the favorite comedienne category. Eve doesn't limit herself to radio though. She's in movies and has been on the stage. As Our Miss Brooks, she is heard Sun., 6:30 P.M. EST, CBS.
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Your Favorite NEWCOMER TO RADIO
Jerry Lewis is the incorrigible half of the team that has had nightclub, movie and radio audiences in a state similar to stitches since hitting their stride. But the boys had to forget their lines in an unfunny situation at a Florida club last year ■ — fire broke out and they helped fight it. Later, in the tradition of troupers, the boys finished their act on an improvised stage.
Your Favorite MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Another possessor of seemingly permanent popularity is Art Linkletter, winner in the m.c. category last year, too. Art claims that his own offspring (five) gives him an insight into child psychology which makes it easier for him to handle the children who' appear on his program. House Party, which Art conducts, is heard. Mon.-Fri. at 3:30 P.M. EST over CBS stations.
Your Favorite DAYTIME ACTRESS
Readers who voted Portia Faces Life their favorite daytime program also returned a majority of ballots for Lucille Wall who's been in the cast of Portia since it started on the air ten years ago. Lucille plays in other dramas but she's most closely identified with Portia, which is heard Monday through Friday at 5:15 P.M. EST over stations of the -NBC network.
Your Favorite MYSTERY PROGRAM
Suspense's producer, Bill Spier, has been in radio since that industry was in its salad days. Chronologically, Bill was too, when he started out on a career which has earned him a top reputation in the field -of chiller type dramas. Suspense, the favorite of Radio Mirror readers, is heard, on Thursday evenings at 9:00 P.M. EST over stations of the CBS network.
WINNERS FOR 1949