Variety (Mar 1937)

so VAKDSTY R A D I Wedi^Mday, March 3, 1937 SbtioiiOpiiioiioDte^ Terre Haiite, March 2. James Walker, former msfyor . o£ Neyir York pity, i& apparently en-- ' tering the riadio bUsi ' Group of ••imsllitowir"'Tdt!ptttmett^ ;))e^n 'approached in - his name -'with , a game-program for the ai^ Walk- er's partner is understood 'to. be Ed- win • W. Scheuing, former, manager " '5 ' &\ department stores is ;the: rbspective advertiser for-thie *Lucky' : game. Assurances.. haye reputedly ■ been, given, by Walker that , there is '-no. legal problem^' Walker, it is uh- ' derstobd, has spent. son>e ^ tinie in 'Washington investigating that angle. ittsbUrgh, March 2. Bank Night, not unider that name,' •has hit radio here;.. Program Over f.WWSW .is being isponsored by jew- ^ielry firm of Louis DeRby . a? Sons -and to publicize their address at 544 .Smithfield street ' $5.44 daily! rizie. '-J '■■: Program Iteslf^.a 15-minute |$how, •is combo news .and question .and 'answer stunt,-with- Wtilt Framer 'conducting and ^ Hqljdin^ discussions •on -'the dayV headlines with thretf pr' ■ •mo're ■passeK'rby^:o^n\tee Program, which 'under .way* yesterday (1), goes bVer-the waves: 'tmder the title of Curbstone Cash; Show the Boss In Radi orchestra '.conductor 'abcdpieii iii' social inyiiation to yiait'r^he'-country-.-hoir»e-^of-:hi's~ saxophone player, Idng' one of thte groitp ,that ^ets the pick of radio, commercial^., Sax player has been in the for .yearSi Met at- the station by a uni- ifocined chauffeur; leader Was whisked off in de luxe style to a veritable ihanon . Maelstrb . lives modestly in west side hotel.- .Ik>is AHgeles, March 2. i /.Extension of jcion l4ee>Matuai net-;, •work to Settttle.sp.as'to coyer Tabrfic .Coast-from border /to border is :in' .thf» workis. liaving^beeo iniiugur^t^ Jast week by Lewis Allen Weiss; ge;^.* -cral manager foF Tommy Lee::Nego«r ^tiationft were 'OpfiiDed -with owners. , of.-a Seattle transmitter -on a-trip, through/ the northwest by Weiss, during which he held conversations with broadcasters in |[:!hicd. Eureka and Redding in the northerh part of the state. Don Lee network, now comprising :10 units^ would augment the setup .with these three. Deal lis reported near closing wi^ only a few details remaining to be ironed'outi Weiss stated last week that the Don Lee tieUp with iStutual already is showing a profit despite the heavy \line haul from the east , , ithaca, N. X; March 2, .j Cornell >Ridlo* (Guild, re group, of aindergraduates with ideas, 'of. 4 tually'- criashihg^^ the - .'broadcasting btisiness; last Sundiiy, (28) .stepped lip~it)S.'effprt^ in. the l>rbdUctibn flelid by putting on-the first air'Version of Erwin Show's *^ury the Dead' over WESG. .Program got' better than faybrable notice's ^ from ' the local dailies. ^ - : GiiUd membership, is cbmppseid of over llDOy^ students/ with Melyille Shiayelsbi^- the preside In line with tlie organizatiph's intention to prepare the .undergrads for bommer- cial broadcasting the Guild t>roduces a weekly program of - striught enter- tainment over WESG. Shayelson' rate^^^ his brganization as .beiqig one of I^rofessibhal calibre and ready tb try put ba -a. trained audienceany prograih idea which an'. adyertising agency, network br local .i^atioh has on ice. Cruild'sf ac- tivities include- obtaining; written criticisms bn each-broadcast, thereby giviiig the outfit an immediate check Ob .,..^<.the. ...pro^.am's :.VP<'ss.i|^iiitib Shaytelson has«offered to carry on the esiperiments. for outsiders at no cost. With the Guild taking over all the .casting, production and script preparaiioifu Cutting: Sown the Story Herb Petty of WHN, New York, departed last week for a little bass aingling at Walaka, Fla. For a gag Ida Bailey Allen mailed him a cookihg recipe^fpr a three- ounce fish. Robert Wood, Dan Thomas Join Radio Press Firm Rpbert S. Wood, 'formerly assod^ ate .Editor of the old Evening Woirldj n. Y., has .Joined the radio publicity office of Robert S. Taplinger as "ex- ecutive assistant to its head. Dan Thopnas,-formerly, with Wal- ter Wanger's office joined his Coast- office this week along with Ray 'Bufflim; formerly with station KFWB, Los Angeles, apd -Jaijie Grier, fbmme cont&c.t.V > ' Sir Harry krader £Qt $2,600 in Australia For Hour on the Air Sydney, Feb. Sir Harry Lauder's brp^idcast over the Natipnal .(goyernnient) chain met With, general .approval despite, a storm of protest over the high figure, $2.60it), .paid the comedian for his hour!s Work,. Lauder sang thie same songs he used oh all. his toiirs over here, yet over the air they appeared to carry a new meaning and clicked.- Mining of course was. - the , La<^der personality, but this did not distract to'any . great extent frOih the , gram as a .whole., -r-,One pic- exec'.informed VARiEiY. that on-, the .night :of the broadcast city'and nabe theatre receipts ,hit a marked low; Despite the ; comedian's reported sticbesis.'it'is not'-bxpected that .an-( bther broadcast -will be ai-rahged;' «ven ^t a reduced figure. "*~ ■■ WLW Revives ;S, American Shortwaves in Spanish Cincinnati,'March 2. 'After a Iayoff_ of mor? .than a year,- iySfLW ihas ■ reviyed its. Lbs. Amigos weekly musical y salute tb; ISputK American countries. New series is. aired at. 11:15 to. 11:45 m oh, Thursdays/ Virginio Marucci "con- tinues as conductor of\ orchestra. Vocal sblbists are [Franklin Bens and Flbra. Blackshaw. Announcements,' made'-in both Sp^ish and English,' are. .by' pctavio'.. Ber.mudez; of the! foreigih s^es -department of . Cros- liey's electric appliance; manufactur- ing-division. Progriams are picked up and re- brpadcast by varibus South Anieri-] can stations, acbbrdins; to Bob Ken-' hett,' production inanager of the^ 5010,000. watter. Who says that pro- griuh revival' is;ih r^spbnse .;to re- quests frpm South American listen- ers and stations. Bob Oolctitein Mutt Antwer Norman Miller, agent, was given the right to examine' Bob Goldstein,, president ot Superior Radio Artists, Inc., before trial of his actibn to recover $7,000 in commissions,' Supreme Cburt Justice' Levy also directed the company to produce its books and records relating to Miller's alleged contract. CBS ADDS KIROy WCOC KOL Blay Join Matosri Pacific Grovp Columbia has taken on two new stia- tions allies during the .past week. One is KIRO, Seattle, and the other, WCQC, Meridiai>, Miss. .. KlRO will replace the network's present Seattle . r.please, KOL^ at the end: of .the. cur<!> rent year, unless, before the tract >expires, the latter should .el$ct to ally itself with the Dipn Leer Mu- tual setup. KiRO is now on 710 k.c; and .operates at 1,000 watts day and night, but the indications* are that it will move to; go 5,000 watts so as to prptect its wayelength. WQR, Newark, is oh the eastern end of 710 k.c. WCPC, which operates at 1,000 watts days and 500 nights on 880 kx.i iTfakes the first. CBS station/ in that state. It Will bec()ihe part bf the southern supplementary groiip. Station will join Columbia as soon as it has complbted constr.uction of its new transmitter, which Will likely be arouiid the end of April. Late Special Flash (By .TetcflVam) Editor, Variety: Stop press son born today Mr. and Mrs; Robert Convey; Father doing Bicely. Clarence Cosby, KWK, SU LouU. ig Terms for Radio Acts 5% Sustaihihg, 10 % Commersh, Fare Paid By Station, 8 Wk. Guarantee Parkyabrkas witb Jolson Los Angeles, March 2. I^rkyakarkas (Harry Einstein) has been signed for 13 weeks on Al JoU son's Rinsb s^how. Former Eddie Cantbr helper |8 replacing Sid Sil- vers. Starts tb-night. (Tubs.), Real Silk in Doubt Real SiUc renewal comes up this week. Prpgrani now . cbnsists of Harry Sosnik's brchestra and- Edwin C. Hill. Despite substantial'' improvement in popularity rating on C, A. B. sur- vey, mitter of renewal, is in doubt due to aiiti-radio cli(}ue. in doorbell- sellihg outfit; Verdict Vs. Visio • A verdict of $3,000 Was awarded L. Stewart Getter, attorney, by N. Y. Federal Judge Clancey Friday (26) against the International Television Radio Corp. Plaintiff had sued for $56,000 for services , he claimed he rendered in the, sale of the defendant's patent rights in Australia and New Zealand. Jesse Kaufman and R. L. Fergii son, who are. promoting a talent- booking agency for hinterland radio stations, peddle actjs by sending put 'audition' recprdings. iSome, 57 sta tions are oh the wax mailing- list, regularly getting recordings of the Kaufman-Fer^son talent with 64 other 'brbadcastefs oh a supplemental list, .sent' teaser letters in effort to .warnv 'eni up to the hew talent- bobking Idea. Agen&y has spotted Tony Cabopch on .WHO, Des Moines, and Freddie Miller oh WS'yR, Syrjiciise, and has 15 acts under contract. Will not han- dle talent unless it'is under exclusive rhianagemeht of firm. Trahsppriation Terms under which talent is han- dled calls for $% on sustainers, 109^ oh cornmbrcials, and 15% from any aict. that gets inore than $200 a week; Statioiis are to pay trahsppf.tatioh out from New York to destination On all acts bought through agency. Most of the talent firm is now handling. * rather unknown,'with several having minor raips. Salaries asked chiefly circle around the $i00 a week bracket, .if commercial and half of that, or less, if siistai ihg. Firm won't sell an act to a station with less than .an eight-week guar- antee. Chief Says Dramatization Represented Men as Hicks--Ra<»» Track EcKo at KF^ Idea Wanted Buffalo, March 2. V'•:^A^-representatiye :Of-the^ddi.>>'.v sori ■' Vars Advertising agency showed iijp in the WGR-WKBW isaleis department Friday (26) to in^iilre abbut some kiiid of ah idea fbr presehtation' to the Moskln's . Credit rClothlng Co; Shortly .c^ter a hnembero^ Mossr* Chase inquired on behalf of Mosklhs.. Then - Landsheft; & Warihbn, Inc.; inqulredi < So- did the Ellis , Advertising company. Bowman &. Block, Radioi Advertising Co. > and .others7^.all with Moskih's in . mind.. ^ Moskip's had written a letter to each,'^asking; in effect it they'd handle radio advbrtiisihg and please submit an idea^ Pay- off is that Moskin's figures to 'spend $100 a week on radio.. mmm *Richard IT apparently won't be played on the air by Maiirice Evans as long as his current stage yersibn is av4Jlat>le.. .Lprd &. Thohias last week ran into. A snag, on the <thih^ after it Kad,6hgagediiim for 'an-ap-' pearance bn the RCA Matinee (NBC) Siinday (28). , - What the; agency hiad specifically in mind .When it gave the British player a cbmmitment was that , he do. a bit from 'Richard H.' Evans later, advised the L 8c T that his cb- producbrs of the piece at the St. James theatre didn't'want him to do 'Richard' on the air. 'Hamlet' was, substituted. r Some Brbiadway legit players now dbublin!g into rsi^j script serials: Phyllis Welch ('High Tor') in 'John's Other Wife'; Stephan . Fox ('Dr. : CUtterhouse') in 'Just Plain Bill': Everett Slpane CBby - Meets Girl') in ^a^ Aces'; Rita Johnson ('Fulton of Oak Falls') in %ady In- terne.'/ Radio, also cpps a couple of legit attractions for guest-star appearances this week and next on Kate Smith's A. (Se P. broadcast. Philip Merivale and Gladys Cooper will do a scene from 'Death Takes a Hpliday* tp- morrpw .'night (Thursday). They follow .lip With a testlmbnial for Lucky Strike March 10. Both deals set by the William Morris office. Margaret Sullavan, with four sup- porting players frpm the current 'Stage Door,' will enact a scene from the latter for the Kate Smith shbw night of March 11. Curtiis & Allen set this'deal through Sam K Harris, producer of the play. RCA Matinee on NBC will a week from Sunday (14). bring together Sarah Allgbbd and Dudley Digges fpr the. first time since 1905. They will dp an .excerpt frpm Lennox Robinson's/'Whitehead Boy' in kow- tow to St. Patrick^s Day. 1^ Last time that the star of . the Ab- bey Theatre .and Digges. w:orked to- gether was in the first ja'roductloh of the Abbey Players. Miss. Allgobd was brought oyer, for a piart in the new Guild play, 'Storm Qver Patsy,' while Digges is now appearing in 'Masque of Kings.' Tldnter Heads Sputli Adrian Planter, head of his bVm station prpmptiph outfit, tindertak- i|ig a tour of the South tb . line up Clients and campaigns. Also issuing a house organ labeled 'Prpmbtibn/ •Al. Rose, sales promo- tion manager of WMCA, New York, responsible for bhe article in ii. Ar'thur's New Silot Jack Arthur, who completed his run for Vim stores, will get a special sustaiher on WOR, New York. Sta- tion ,will frame, a 'Romance, in Rythni' idea, With JEvelyn Case as the heartthrob.. . Nat Brusiloff orchestra backing up. Lea Gottlieb on Tour Les Gottlieb, publicity director for Mutual, i^ on the rOad meeting, sta- tions. . C!onfablng With p. a. colleagues in Detroit, Chicago, Washington, CI - cinnati, and St. Lpuls. l>enveri March 2; Radio stations: and personnel came in for police attention the past Week. First KLZ brbadcast a dramatizatibh •pf~=-th'e-=-capture" of- ■-^guhmanr-and"' Chlet of Police 'George W. Marland thb next day let loose with , a blast that /branded the broadcast as 'garbled;'-' Program was .based qix the story of a ypung gunman, Clif-' ford H.'McKissiclc.whO was'shbt and - killed by DeAyer pplIce lafst summer. ' Marlin's statement Ibveled at the .radib station, was; 'We read a script several weeks, ago which was the 'true version of the McKissick case, but t did-nbt recognize it on the radio as the ^ame one which I had xead; .The affair as dramiatized pic- tured Denver .a^ .a capital, of crime ahd members of the pplice depart- ment -as 'hicktown' detectives-. THe officers were depicted as perfume 'Shifters and gas meter readers in true stpryrbook style. l!he broadcast, which was nation-wide, not only.dis- creditecl ^ Denver,' but it discredited our.pplipe^epaijHtment We.«tgreecl permit" ijiemljers' pif the depiartment ' to. be .usedj a$ characters' bn tl^e theory, .that the. radio play would be! based on the facts in the case, In the future:! ain gping to demand that we be allowed to rea:d and approye- the script and^that it .Will JiotJtte re- written and changied after we have read it.' Another' Pkase In connection with the,roundup oiC ^ allbged horse-race gambling rinj^ ih. Denver, Gene O'Fallon ahd.FratdE Bishop bf KFEL were booked fbr investigation "ajnd released to . iappear if wanted; .Chief of i>olice said he was satisfied neither O'Fallon nor Bishpp had any connection .with the gambling • ring. Action was taken mainly because recently KFEL had installed, the -Annenberg. sports wire to use in connection with their news, servicie.' KFEL has obtained much of its - standing -^ith Denver radio fans thrbugh 'coyerage'. sports events,' and -the instiallatibn of the wire was ' direct lihe with that policy^ : . This makes' the second raid on alleged horse-race gambling bookies in"' Denyer ^^ recently, and police, thought that maybe they, were using ; some of the ihf onnation coming oyer KFEL wirel According to police, Paul Greenblatt, One of several re- leased on bond oh charges of running, a gambling game and vagrancy, would relay the news- from the KFEL news room (which was open to visitors) to the bpokies; No Studio Space, Program to LA. 'San Francisco, March 2. Lack of proper studio facilities at KSFO, (CBS) for brk , broadcasts has resultied in the -temporary shift- ing pf the Western,: Home Hour pro- grams to the web's Hollywood stu- dios,, effective March .8. Shows, will originate ih the south until new stu- dios-can ■ be readied here. Torii reneman, emicee, will con- tinue to handle the programs, em- ploying Hollywood talent in place of the local singers and musicians. Elma Latta Hackett's home economics talks, a daily feature of the hour, Will be ^ picked up from ,KSFOi Studio ork here hag been given its notice, but conductor Earl Towher may remain to direct the station's vocal ensembles. Musicians' Union may refuse KSFO permission to air re,mLOte control dance music pick-iips from the Fair- mont Hotel While the station is with- out its pwn ork. Although CBS could continue to broadcast the Fair- hnont music , over its other., outlets, there is. a possibility that the hotel will seek another network affiliation to secure a local release. Fred Weber in Texas red: Weber, gen, mgr. of Mutual, is spending the currierit week ' Texas lining up a southwest leg for the network; Towns in which he seeks to ob- tain affiliates are Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston and Oklahoma City.