Variety (June 1933)

TVicgJ^y, June 27, 1933 tFRBandCKa Are EEmmated For CRC Shows Toronto,- June 2t. No longer wlU C?FRB and CKCt. l>e alloweir to I>n»ai5tt8t Ciaaaai^^ Badlo Commission programs. Tbia Is acooiding to an advice from the federal commlshi CFCA (Toronto naily Star*). CKNC and CRCT, the latter a recentty leased government station, are the fttvored bnes hut the managers of the expelled duo they Aren't worrying. It's all due to the chaotic hlrth throes of the Canadian Radip Commission but -the federal hody, under Hector Chtifreswortli, Is forgini^-atteAd and obtaining alow but definite results B. W. JaekiBon, supervisor of sta- tion relatlofia for the Commission, claims that the present arrange- ment removes all complaint that the federal body iS' blanheting the Toronto area. It is felt however, that CFRB and CKCL. may be the losers in that the quality of jthe CRC programa and the stress on na tionalism is rapidly converting Canadian listeners. Commenting on the freeze-out fDad'. HowellB, «f CKCLw said, 'We don't give a d-^—. We'll broadcast sustaining programs and it wUl leave ua free to book commerciial ff grftjw" «*« w«n.' X Q. Acker. CFRB manager, declared, "Wd aire not worried aboTit the sltuajlioii. It leaves us free to take commercial broadcasts.' The Canadian Radio Commission Is. paying for time on the two of the three stations not controlled by th^ fedei^ government andrStanley Hasted has been placed in charge of Toronto programs for the Com- mission/ This appointment has given Impetus to the hiring of new Canadian talent. One aspirant, Isabel liutch, travelled an the way from Reglna for an audition and was signed. ($ Local Taknt Tinie at Westckster's Phyland Chauffeurs, waitresses, cashiers and others who think they are robustos and prlmas, and that they've got what radio needs, are finding an opportunity at West- chester's Playlaiid Park. This amusement center, regarded as one of the best landscape efCorts of the kind in the country, is snuh-t bing aside canined music this sea- son.—Already-one-ehauffeur-and-one- cashier are active in the broadcast- ing tower, the Park being wired with a public address system. That's not all. however. The Park is actually broadcasting over a small wave and leisser talent from New York studios Is being Import- ed weekly under a schedule which got underway last Thursday nljght (22>. The idea gives the ground helt» a chance to be heard by song pluggers^ and other guests on broad- caisting night The help s^ in thiis the ever turning hand of fortune that mlght^ bring them from the wired tower, covering in sound am- plification about one square mile, to the Casino.. (dancing) from where their voices can reach Westches- ter's homes. Playland's first singing chauffeur, Pat Astbr. baritones to the Sunday bathing multitudes when he's not piloting Frank Darling, director of the park, Australia Experimenfing For Platter Programs Sydney. May, 24. Broadcastmg cjommission expen- menting with disc programs. :Idea is to make the platters in Sydney for use in the smaller states. Cost Very small as compared With the weekly overhead of engaging separate artists for the air bOls. In the future, smaller stations may get their jurograms via disc. Duplication of biHs rife among the A-stations. Quite frequently Sydney will transmit a program to liel- boume for rebroadcast and vice versa. This, by the way, is what Australians are paying- 24 shillings per annum per person for their list ening privilege. Coast Brewers Lending Ears to Auditions | San Francisco, Juiie 26. The flush of the first six weeks -naughs-are Kited the-oldest radia JJJL-lsQipssal hu_Mness Jiavingj^rn^ WIBO Programs Bob Up On Otli^ Chi Stations Chicago, June 2€. Demise^ after inrbtineted litigation, of WIBO, occurred last week when its wave length went to WJKS, .of Hammond. Ind. Ija tter Is now re- designated as WIND. .-meanwhile, programs of WIBO have been scat- tered among other local stations. £ddie and Fannie CavAnangh's radio g ossip afternoon program moved to WBiBM, under sponisorshlp of inihois If eatpackera. The: Cava- VARIETY 41 act in Chicago. WIBO's Croydon program went to WCVL, and the German Hour was Inherited by WJJD. When the litigation went against WIB6, numwrous other pro^ grams made earlier kwitditm. Station wil4D has Chlcajgo offices in the same studio with WJJD^ Both stations areoontrolled by Ralph Atlass. COAST STATIONS . ... ^ Boys Up On Radio Discs As Firm Adopts Fdm Biz Methods iSan Ftrandsoo; June 2C. The trend is toward variety In western radio. More than ever are Coast stations eyeing yaude acts with ia view to broadcasting them. Latest instance Is MBC here, which/within the past two ^,weeks, has gone for three vaude and cafe turns, using Ryan .and 'Moblette, Jong—a—standard—act;—Cynthia (Duane) cafe and picture house singer; and Aida CayalU,'hnpreit^ slonist. While KFRC of the Don lice-Cor lumbia chain Is always eager for acto and Individual types of . enter-, talnment, and other statlmiB about tiie town, though spending but -Utr tie dough, go in for that aovt of stuff when they do open the purse strings. Until thei variety shoifrs done l>e- fore a studio or theatre audience came In, a. vaudevflllan eouldn't get Into a studio here. let alone do a rrogram off, western 3.2 makers ai^ lending attentive ears radio auditions. Three brewers this week jumped in the broadcasting whirlpool, Riinler and Acme plants of Frisco, and Schlltz, of lios Angeles, giving listen to special .programs« NBC here staged a variety show for the Acme people, while same network has been working on a program for. Rainier that would luTve. Dr. J, Cr Ctelgerj-city-health supervisor and inventcw of the fa^ mous methylene blue, which has restored many gas and poison sui- cides to life, Schlitz auditioned Ted Flo Rito in Los Angles, dance maestro, and KFI staff talent doing a half hour program. No contracts signed yet, but the stations expect at least one of the siids accounts on the air by middle of July, with others expected to fall, in line thereafter. Chesterfield Slips Old Cast 13 More Weeks Chicago, June 26. A parallel between motion pic- tures and radio as. regards the distribution side is the block book- ing system used by the so-called Transcription Corp., of America. Behind that billing Is a radio-disc clr^Mlzatlon-headed-by-e. - G.-Pyle, -T- vet showman, who has frankly modeled his manner of doing busi- ness with radio stations In imita- tion of the trade practices of film distributors. Pyle, first of all. sells his radio discs on a block booking basis. Stations must obligate themselves to take three hours of programa weekly w»d put up. first and last week payments as a contract binder. Bxpress^shlpments are on a CO D. basis "and th« dlsciB must be returned, as with films, imme^ dlately after use. Some 'bicycling' of radio programs has already been reported. Enough, anyway, ta need chedctag up by the distrib- utor's side. Films are released and rentals paid to theatres on a basis of loca- tion, number of seats, etc Pyle'p air company schedules Its rentals on a similar basis via wattage and Importance of stations. Again, • carrying the comparispii isrtlll .fur- Oier. the radio discs are sold, the same as pictures^ strictly as en- tertainment. It's up to the local broadcaster to sell the show and make his own local tie-ups^ etc Cast of the Chesterfield program (Iiou Hbltz, Grace Moore, liennie Hayton), has been handed contiracts for an additional 13 weeks. , Re- newal .takes the combination up to Sept. 22. Original agreement had been limited to four weeksi. Current plan of the eig .account Is to confine its air contact for the summer to the Holtz-Moore-lffiiyton half hour on CBS. Blhg Crosby Is due to return under the Ghesterfleld banner as soon as he Is free of his picture contracts, on the coast, but that won't happen before the end of September, at the earliest. Kraft Asking $500 Uitiit On Future Specialty Acts Kraft ChiBese. which started '09, WXIAF last night (Monday) with Paul Whlteman's band as the pwinanent turn and Ai Jolsott as-a : one-time gueirt star, doesn't want to spend more than 10% of the amount paid Jolson for other guest artists In future weeks; Jolson got 15,000 for his one per- formance. Best offer yet made for follow-up acts Is |S00. JACK BENNY