Variety (Dec 1934)

48 VARIETY RAD I a Tuesday, December 18, 1934 Radio Chatter New York Lennle;Hayton.resigned for Town Hall tonight, for 26 weeks> Gladys Hice, iBbpria.no< in midst of audltionlngt Vincent Lopez, playing lii St Xouis, slated to return to New York oh Jan; 12. ^ CBS keeping Paul Sabln heriet in stead of sending Him south, Fiearl Hamilton of Three X Sis- ters oh sick list. /Harold Van Ambtirgh new solo- ist with Joljy Coburn. Bill Wirges' father died last Siihr day (9) Jn Buffalo. Jack Goodman hew tenor at Vilr lage Barn. . V Joe , Reichmah Into Netherland- Plaza,: jClncinnatl. next, mojath. . . : Gilbert Seldes on new night pro- : gl'am over WHN, reviewing the shows. WFAS, White Plains, moves Into 'S YOUR SCRIPT? Brlf ht«ii up doll .8po4fl In tonr pro- Ktams. •;■ OrlRtnal mMerial land "script dootor- IiiK" Mrvlee famished by Atatbor of Na;tloiial;Network:Shows. ; Comedy SketeheB "OoE" Conttonltr . ' Dramatlo Dlologiie. ^ Write Box 80, VaHety, N(»w York BARRIEl BCELD OTXn CASINO DE PAREE I.OEW'S STATB ? NEW YOBK \■'^ '(Week Dec. 14> Bole OlreetloB ■ HERMAN BERNIE 1819 Bro«dw«iy, Now York AND HIB ^ CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA COAST-TO-COAST Wiiac—-Taesday. .S:30 to. 0 rM„ DSl : (PhUUps Dent«^^ WEilF-^Vrld»y. • t« 9:30 P.M., DQT (pttiiiips mik) MOLL* PICON '.'Variety" "Ttais pro- . gram I* iM»w one of the vbest ' kind." W M C A :Wed. 7:30 P. M, G E N. FOO DS 6IERSDORF "CHESTERFIELD" Monday. iVedaesday.. Satorday. : WABC—9-0:80 PM. .' Oolambla Droadeastlnc Syaiem . ADIA ■ KUZNETZOFF WMCA—iO p. M. EVEUY TIJES. "JOLLV KDSSIANS"> RusBlan . Kretchma Nightly Sole Dlreotftn ' • ll0riiiaii Bernle, 1610 ll'.way; M.: T. C. ,JAT MIIiDIlEb MILLS and TOLLE "ALL WORK AMO NO PLAY" Ezolaslve Haiucrement MEYER B. NOBTh ■ JOE FLAVM new Roger Smith hotel penthouse quarters next week. y Harry Acton, shlpi news reporter in WINS interview; Margaret West, radio cbwislrl, singing over WMCA in prairie garb. Society Sleuth, new mystery voice over WHN, giving . Mayfalr lowr down and gossip. : . Fifl Dorsay guest of honor at Montclalr hotel Dec. 19 with Felix ^erdlnahdo as hoist. Olga Albani out of Michael Reese hospital in Chicago. ■ WEVD holding Willem Hendrik Vah-i Icon's spot open for hlra oh the; University 6f the Air until he recovers from his illness. 'Stars of. Tomorrow' name of WHN's follpw-up program for its amateur contest winners. WINS readying Americana piro- gram fOr-Dec 23. Harry, Lang and. li<Ailsei Squire now over WINS in Broadway Book- ing Offlce program. Teiry Long handling soccer news bits over WBNX. Jonathan Dpollttte new WINS announcer. NBC's KrT Mystery^ Thrillers to be translated into French a:nd Spanish. New to World Broadcasting discs is Miss Tobe^ fashion counsellor. P. J. Testan of WBBG back from Washington'session. On last week's Atwater Kent pro- gram, with Reinald Werrenrath, over CBS, the A&P Gypsies (which broadcast half ah hour later, on the isame night, over the rival NBC) were- mentioned as one of the two commercials on the air nine years ajgro wheh the first / Atwater Kent shot, with Werrenrath, was fired. • WHAM, Rochester, Is putting on a series of : bi-weekly programs for fans in tuberculosis sanatorlums. North Carolina Jaine Bartlett, WBT, Charlotte, N, C, suffered a burned nose when a package of matches flared In her face recently. . Luther, Bulllhgton, WBT, Char- lotte, N.C., operator, suffered at- tack of appendicitis. . Newman Brothers, cowboy-hlll- billy act, has rhoved to Charlotte, N. C, and Is appearing on the Dol- lar Crystal program from WBT. Johnny McAllister^ half of the Pathfinder team of 'Just the Two of Us,' on WBT, Charlotte, N, C, has a pet talking parrot; . Martha !bulin Is .now playirig thO dumb stooge In Holly Smith's 'Let's Get Friendly Show,' WBT, Char- lotte, N. C. Modern Melody .Maids, under the :direction of Clemle_Reid, formerly of" thfi'^BT yrogfam '.depM^ are back on the air over WBT each Wednesday night at 11 o'clack. Joahette Terry^ Kansas City, rad- lolte, is playing the Carollhaa with Paul Cholet's Cpcoanut Grove Revue. Grady Cole, Wbt news commen- tator with three different dally s ponso rs is now sporting new car. WBT has extended the time for its 'Man oh the Street' broadcast to a full half hour every Saturdiay afternoon. : Show, has been running three years; Grady Cole sets up a mike on the sidewalk .and Inter- viewd persons liaissing on current topics.. •■-J.J^ —.' Part of the Earl Carroll Vanities road show was presented over WBT on Sunday night before the show opened at a local theatre on' Mon- day. ' ■ - ■ Lines were extended from Char- lotte to Rock Hill, S. C, 30 miles away, for the installation sisrvlces 6f the new president there; Col- lege: footed: the bill. Bo Norrls and his orchestra from WSOC is playing supper mUsic ait a-Charlotte cafeterisi,. Iowa Voice of the -University of Iowa, WSUI, steps Into more power under a recent grant by the Federal Com- munications ' Commission, going f r om 500 to 1,000 watt s , daytime and started at WHO, Des Molnea and then skipped to WSUT, Iowa City; KFNF, Shenandoah; KFJD, Mar- shalltown; WOI, Ames;' KMA, She^ handoah; WMT, Waterloo; KSO, Des Moines; KSCJ, Sioux City; KGCA, Decorah; KFGQ, Boone; KOIL, Council Bluffs; . KWCB, Cedar Rapids, ahd WOC, Davenport. Mary Jo Strohd; new songstress at the Tropical Room, Fort Des Moines hotel, warbling over KSO. Iryjhg. Grossman, publicity man- ager, WHO, has a neV daughter— their second. . ^} . Gwen McCleary and Al 'Trlggs do work with commercial department, KSp, the rest of the year. ^ . Locals department store sponsor- ing .a new program on KSO called 'Esquire.' ■,. ' ■ Now that Woe has taken over It^ own call letters and WHO, Des Moines, has dropped the link desig- nation Of woe-WHO, that staUon will Just save itself some 26,000 words a year through deletion of the IfOC and In time coniputatlon Just one hour ahd .60 mlnhtea. ' John Price, WKBBi Dubuquei lai, announcer, took time out for the first time in a year to pay a flying visit to familiar home hauhts in northern Indiana, stopping In Chi- cago, on business. Ed: Paien, pro- gram director of the station, spent three days ih Chicago, auditioning for .NBC. •. • ... , :.. :.■ . ' :■ Pacific Northwest 'Let's Quit Killing' campaign in Portla:nd is being advertised over the a,lr. City fa:thers trying to lower the number of auto accidents. . Jack Bain and hla Club Victor ork has taken over thre? commercial si>ots for KOIN; . , ; " Rocky Mountain football confer- ence continues to frown on broad- casting of games. Krausmeyer and Cohen for the Star Brewery on 14 N. W. statiohs. - Llpmian - Wolfe, dept. - store, Is sppnsqrlng a Christmas program for kids fojr the fourth year. Harvard Mclntyre writes the dope for KOIN. Bill Moyes, radio editor for the Oregonlan, . handling publicity for KEX and and KGW. KEX is now ah outlet for NBC program. Studebaker Champions the first big account to use the sta- tion. KXL, Portlaihd, programs are picked up by KSLM in Salem. The beginning of a. small network. , Virgil Smith, radio news serirlce writer at KGW and KEX, visiteft his folks In Iowa. ^ Van Fleming, KGW, writing copy tor three Jewelry accounts. Has considerable trouble hot to mix the' dope. . Mmnesota Sta,n Hubbard, KSTP boss, back from N.A.B. board of directors' executive session.-In^Gotham. ' — ^ Ty^*^^"*<*^y *8 'Carolyn' on the dally WDGTNetyle talk. Roger Krupp building a new moustache Just as Abbott Tessman decided to lop his. . ^ All Twin Cities radloltes invited to a turkey dinner tonight (Ifr) In celebration of WDGys anniversary. Party's on Doc Toung. : .Cora Appleby, : formerly with Kelliey Sales System, now sec to B. P. Sparks at W9XAT, whicli makes its > first television broadcast on Jan. l; ' ■■ Dr. Morris Flshbeln on WCCO at ^430—P^T-^bda y (1 8 ) as—guest^ speaker of the Minnesota Public Health Ass'n;. Silver Dime ork, with Jack Ken- nedy at the baton, now oh nightly over WTGN. Maurlrie Couch Is featured warbler. His second Sikorsky amphibian arrived Saturday (IB) from L. A. and Doc Young, WDGY owner. Is determined to have it completely assembled by Xmas. pi.JBoyJi.-Smlth-flylng-iback-to ties. Broadcast features music, readings and intimate chatter. . Canadian Radio Commission pro- grams are no longer, heard from statioh CFCN. : B. C; Electric Company is spon- sorlhg former program over GKWK. Bill Holmes Is on a leave of ab- sence from CKWX. ; Listeners throughout , the British Empire will again hoar a message frohi King George: pn Christmas morning. Burtoh Holmes (not the traveler) is a; recent addition to the artist staff of CKCD. Holmeis blew :in from Montreal. He singis. Ramona Rambert, Vancouver mezzorsoprano, and the Venetians are now: heard over the B. C. Net- work.' Mao Clark and Elsie Swann are the singing principals lit this Artists' Revue ptpgram on CKWX. Stan Patton and brk are again on CJOR. Band has undergone some chahges slncie their last engagertient.; Loss of Canadian Radio Commis- sioh programs Over CFCN missed by fans. . ■ -:' ,. Reed Chapman, CJOR, is featured in a new program, known as 'Goihg Hollywood.' ' Percy Gaynor, former manager of CJOC, has b^eh promoted to sales manager of tho Foothills Network. Gerry Ga6tz, engineer of the station has been mad9 manager.' Gerald Riley,. Irish ten6r, heard froni CKCD.: is creating a s^nsatioh with the audience of that station. CJOG time has been increased. Station now on air from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Maryhnd -Another WFBR studio .party last ■week.' : ' •Joe Katz splits' his weeks 'tween Balto arid the Big Burg. Broughtoh Tall scripting Santa Claus serial programs for the Hub's commercial oh WBAL. Bob Maslih and Purnell Gould plotting a Junket to Miami in Feb- ruary. .. , ' '' Harry Green,: In 'Piper Paid' at the .Maryland last Week, interviewed by Nahcy Turner on .WFBR. Two other members of cast, Edith Bar- rett and Spring By Ington refused to be quizzed. , Enid Lee, WBAL, has penhed more than 2,600,000 words continu- ity In past five yearsi Lasd lacqueris pft a. program dally. ; .: WFBR. carrying latest ad iever etherized locally-—a spot for a ginger ale firm, bt-.oadcast at 1:30 a.m. Sunday mbrns; " John Elmer, Prez of WCBM, :ln N. T, last week attending ppw-wow of heads ■ of stations forming the ABS..:.: •Jim my Allen' c lub fostered by WFBR now boasts "tetter - than" 46,000 members. program to be called 'Stringing Along.' ^ * : 'Radio -Rose', original muslcomedy premiered two..weeks agp by WICC, siioh a click that a repoat broad- cast, augmehted by brk and choral effects, win ;be fed tonight (18) to entire YanKee network. - Illinois Ralph Atlass,. Leslie Atliss; p. K. Wrl^ley and, Hbrb Shermah ambng: the Ibcalltlfe^ whp flipped' to Ne^y Y'ork last week. Ray LIhton oh a buslhess snoop in th6 St. Lbuls-Kansas City terri- tory.- . : ; Johh Blair back from a hasty visit to Texas. Helen Shively taking time out to • dicker with a cold. Radio Cliib now holding its week-. • ly lunches at Grayling's grill. Irving Collins around town trying to hustle up bi^ for European music society. ■ ■ Joe Cherniavsky on three stations weekly, WENR and WMAQ from the Congress hotel and WGN from the Chicago theatre. Cadets readying an act for pos- sible vaude dates. CQLUtHKIR KRaRbCRBTItlB UURRNDUr '45 minuTES^ Tiiarsday Nlfhta . at Ten, EST DC S NETIUDKK Califonua permitting unlimited operation Coincident with stepping up of WKBB, East Dubuque, 111., from' 100 to 260 watts, announcement has been made that the broadcasting company, headed by Walter Klauer, president, and Reginald Martin, sta^ tlon manager, will probably revamp articles of Incorppratipn and spend considerable money on Its trans- mitter south of East Dubuque, and on its studios in the Hotel Julien, Dubuque. Station was also granted a construction permit and time limits extended to unlimited op- eration,, the outlet now being on the air for 14 hours dally, serving .a trl-statte territory in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. Iowa radio stations co-operated Sunday (16) in putting on an all- state DX program, starting at 12 midnight, and continuing until 6 a.m., when the majority started reg- ular broadcast periods. " Stations co-operating furnished from a half hbur to an hour of entertainment and music in a round robin that -L.- A,^fter hls-only-northwest-radib appearance, over WCCO. • Minneapolis Symphoiny orchestra Will air over, CBS from WCCO the two Friday afternoons of Dec. 28 and Jan. 4. James Ford Bell, General Mills chairman of the board, talks on 'Please pass the bread' on tha _Z —~ WV^ti\ ".-V fft VVtT*_ 1U« Forum of Liberty program Thurs day (20) from WCCO. Combined choral groups of St. Thomas and St. Catherine's; colleges, a total of 60 mixed voices, aired for NBC's northwest group via KSTP Thursday (13) night KSTP is adding two new studios to its present flve. Current revamp- ing Includes installation of two-way control consoles. With announcers facing each other before suspended mikes, the new set-up will permit absolute split-second timing on voice changes. Jack Emerson, formerly hear^ at the Cocoahut Grove, now on a new program on «IGV. Kitty Hamilton and Sunny Rlchardaoii are featured with him, Bill Browne, for many years man- ager of CKMO. 1« now at CJOR on 'his o«rn progciLia, Brown**! Br«Tl> Anne Sweeney, KTAB, has been moved from the Oakland office to San Francisco. Tommy Harris. NBC, is back In Frisco and expects to go on air shortly. Tom Murrey, Pappy, formerly NBC, is now at KTAB airing his hill-billys. .. for Tarzan Mineral Water. • '■ . ' .-■ Hal Gibney has. been named headr announcer for KTAB. : KFWB reniotlng Ted Flo-Rito from the L. A. Ambassador at 8 o'clock nightly, with KFI continuing to remote the same orch at 11 o'clock. ■ .• • ■ ■ : 'Tale of Two Cities,' which has been a Monday . night show on KFWB for nine months, off air. Sara : Langman, who adapted . and produced, will follow with a seriali- zation of Canity Fair,' over the same, station, starting Jan. 7. New England Bellmen, 40rvoice Southern New England Telephone chorus, sked- ding special carol program over WIGC Ch r istmas eve. 'Your Voice and Song,' new se- ries aimed to' educate tuner-lnners in art of talking and singing dic- tioh, started on WICC by George C. 9tock, New Haven composer., Jenny Lee of Brookfleld, soprano, gives examples. WIXBS, Waterbury, Conn;, kllo- watter, plotting to relJurn to mor-^ nlng to midnight schedule within a few weeks. Station now starts operating at noon. Dickens' Christmas Carol opened pi:e-hollday series at WICC, Bridge- port. Ro3s~Reeves, Brookfleld ch^rabter actor, in charge of pres- entation. Ethel J Grenler on WEEI 'After Dinner Revue.' • Bill Adams, radio character player, la doing 'Pa Robinson' on 'American Family, Robjinsbn' series. Eunice Howard plays 'Betty'; Ef- fle Palmer, 'Ma Robinson'; and Frank Butler, 'Disk Collins.' Over WEEI. Sybil Morse and Wm. Ki^aka- laii. JVi, art r«li(Mr«iiig jMveltr HOTEC BIXTMOBB. NIOHTLlT AND HIS ORCHESTRA WJI . Nm., m p.m. Thm., 11.30 P.M. wcAP .won Fridur. tet.-8ui. 12 P.M. a.M P.M. CONOCO OIL Wedneedky, 10:30 P.M., WJZ A New Idea in Music AND HIS OSCHESTBA ■ Direction , Orohestra Corp. of Amerlo* 1010 Broadway- . . MEW YOBK CITT ROY FdX AND HIS BAND ON TOUR B.B.C. NETWORK ANO HIS BANJO KEN HARYEY : Dorehester House, LoBdpa ~ ^: Indeaoltely WiVBLmxXi TBOC ADBBO ' OAFK (Dee. S) RECORDING FOR HIS MASTER'S VOICE (BRITISH VICTOR) -J?.'!'* Direction Cafe rhil Henrr Uerrnaii