Variety (Dec 1937)

Decenibej 29, 1937 RADifQ ViKIETY 37 WOMAN'S MAC FOtLHOUR .. Sgiii Friirid^co,'©eic.-2^^^ ' ' Latest-issii^^bf Facts,-Gcynsolidated/ ' independent; radlo :;audiente; sijrvey,;: lists-the NBG rea-net varietYiS^^ -femar^'s Magazipe of the . A^ir,; tops ;on^Coast among'progi-ams^^^ list : from second 1 -Xq-^ :.orily to-Valleei in . . , . ,p; Th^ syryey:.^ .t^ryiews-in^horaes!; . • v - V. :^ • . i The IViagiiisine is. nqW'broadcast at : 3-30 -and 4 -pV ni., PST, but.pptitiohs. igoed by :fans has been-responsible: . ibr the .decision to return - program to full hour, starting next month ..(3)., The show will air 3:30. to 4:30 five days a - week;. with, ./fegular^. ^^^^^ augmented by ieb Cleary and; Ken Gillym;: song arid patter. team, in^ Dbrothy , cpmnrientator; ; khoWiTL on 1 y as \ the Back ; Seat' ^v^briver;,:-..' ;.: - After January .7 :the Magaztne will - air froil). the; NBC studios at lit Sut- ler, with 'the :hetvxlpsini out j ail «3tcept th^ kitchen - studio, vat H^le • Brothers- . 5th . and Market store. Writefs ^ Fred Hegelund, whoi ailsp produces, Jainet Balrd and Bill ,) Holmes and Secretary Dprbthy Uu- . itiarais ilsb Will have desks; rnov^d ■froin Haie's . to ;:maln ptoduction ' •■■offiies^brNBe.: ■ ^ %y ■.:;:;;j llroadcasting D; C/s H'wood Preem • Trenton Brpadcasting:Co.; suddenly withdrew. its. suit in N.- Y,/ Suprernfe. Court yestieTday, (Tuesday) agains Charles E. Loewi Julia Loey/ and WOAX,' Inc., to;; c;brnpel . the ^ tp surrender the capital ■stQcl5. .of. WQAX, V w ^^^ ^ is licensee of the; Treniton; . Station■' jWTNJ.-. - Jif.stice- Charles : B. McLaughlin, signed the pfder, calling off the action .-oh' the- stipulaitipii. that the,.!?laihtifr .pay the' posts of; .the .'suit .Jo • date, ,;Reason, given . by. Paul; F.; HatrPri, )ir«sident Pf WTNJ, for the sudden move, was ;hat ;an extended couri^;; proceeding would be' tpo' costly.; - . Trenton Co. instituted the suit last OctoiDer. by first askirig fb^■ ..aytem- i3pra^y ihjunction ;td; stop the Loews from interfering; in the operation of the; station. Stay was sought pend- ing the trial of .the; siiit. 'to compel the. -Lpews. tb darry out an agreement; ade in 1934 under v^hich: Harron was given a three-year lease of the stajtiOHi With the lease, Loews, ac- cording to .Harjrpn, gave him ah op- tion to buy over the stock pf WOAX during the.' life of the lease " for $70,000. Early, this . year,; Harron claimed, he sought to take the option but .the Loews; reneged oh-, the deat '^v-K--^' -' /- ^ - pro- jack- . Mitchell, formerly ; KTSA,^ San ArttphiOi now with duction department, KOMA Okla- ' homa Cityl; :; ■;' -'" ^• .■;. Laureite . Peterson quit as .secre- tiary to; Dave Elman's 'Hobby Lbbby and goes home to, Detroit for a vacasH. Formerly a WOR employee to : Serve the listeners . get the. story to them Via the mike and WOyV's Special Events Dii^partment fills the ^biil;!-;: /; . From floods to funer-;; ; afs; from; footbaLjl to". fiddling conteists; from ^ . Cpngresslonar. oratory ,. ,;.;. a h e m-..... c 6 r n- husking contests—all these, and more/ ire y •■ caught in the act" by ; Johnny - on - the - sipbt , newcaisters.; You'll see.: them everywhefe—and ■ ■., hear them regularly— ; on; V ■■■;:■';"•'' < ■ 590 KC ^ 5,000 Watts WOW OMArtA,^,NEPR. JOHN GILL IN, JR., Mgr; Owned and Operated by. the Wood men of the World ..; ;'waKnjngtDh, .uec,';2S.;.. ■ top ]V({\ Jihditail's. we're donne^d for a. rad.ici. p.rpgram last-' week-for ..thp first t'uTle'-.in-"history in. the '-.ha'tipri's leading dress-uiJ-center, Washington,, D. c. ,■ ';\..- ■: Iii ' typical filni industry ' preview style,- American Union for Democ- :'aey s9'rit.-out.;iiiyiles to ijotential. au Washington, Dec. 28. brganized labor last week pinned iauirels on station WJSV. as the piit- standing labor, transmitter - ^ih the cbmmunity. Occasiph'. was in honor pf the; J78th consecutive ;.;bt-padcast of;, 'Labor News. Reyiew'—oldest uninterrupted sustaining prograim out. of Washing- ton—rand ' was marked by; presehta tiPn of' v 'scroll citing the; station's rnany ' cpntribution^'.; by John Lbcher, president of the, 'Washingtph , Ceiitral JLabprijJ ites on prograin. were W. S. Risdon and Garl. H. Klein. .- ■ : ■ Broadcast was conducted by Al bert N..; Dbnnis,. representing the Trade .-Unibhist. . : . . ;.' . : tCpniinued"' fI'.om.. pa^'e % > eViPvigh.,fPr iawye;rs.-:whG. wifil.i to live up to tlie traditions of the prV)fession dience several tla^&4ft-a dyancc. of-j-tfi^j-^id-^r-bi^^dc^^ ; V^'lio \v.axilj|-n Thursday ..:-•( 2i;) ;prPgi-am.- fe^ Senator T.;F".;Qreen of Rhode Island. Putting. On the dog ia. la Hollywood, Charles -L, ■ Stewart, secretary, noti- fied officeholders, newspaper scribes, socialites-,^lawyers, political bosses, et.- ai., that the Union; was.sponspring;a^ broadcast .'on December twenty-third, at quarter past six in the ■afternoon t.E;S.T.) oyer the Columbia; Broad- casting System.' ., • ■ '{ ■■.■-■.] All rules laid doNvn by Emily Post were pbser.yed* Figijtesiwere spelled out and the,name.■ of the prospective dial-twistei' was carefully- written in with, ink., . . :.'■' -\ .,-\;-';-';,;.;-■. In Boarding House Fire ; Whefeling, W. Va., Dec 28. . A fire .which swept through a. the- iitrical boarding house here claimed on* life;; injuired four : ah^d; ihiperilied a score of others. ; The dead: man was .Gl.undy Ri[iscio}li^ 27^^ khbwni. as Russell,. cowboy; entertainer. HeVwas fatally .:burhed; as he ■■ attenipted;; to make his way through a' fire-swept hall; way. He died.; later iii a'^lips pitai here. . RuscitoMi's ■ wife; Anna, 27, and Hani.ilton. Fincher, 28, known v 'Rawhidie,' other members of. a ra- dio . •;trip, .ar.e in Wheeling . l>pspital where y attendiants : said - the little hope for their recovery. The trip' had . beieh brbadcastinfi . Cur on the local station WWVA; Phillips Lord . (Seth 'Parker) was, yesterday .(Tuesday) granted, leave by Federal Judge Knpx- N; Y., to appeal to the. Circuit Court • from the recent .decision - of Judge KnPx, whb-directed a.jury to dismiss^^^ suit for $50,000 against Pathe News Corp.," for' breach of; contract. Lord: sued to recover on ati alleged agree- ment made with Pathe. under which the latter was to. go 50-50. the expenses of .9 round-the-world ad^ venture trip by Lord. . Trip Wound Venture trip by: liord. . Trip wound up in the South SeaS. L. B: y/ilsW> Villa ■ -, . Miami, Dec. 28. . L. B. WiLspn,, of WCKY, Cincin- nati, who w)hters ;here every year, has purchased a villa on San Marco Island. Moves in after first; of year when furnishing cpmpleted. More imppirtant news: %. B. landed a 42-pound sailfish in! 36 minijties. . ; ■ .'■-V:./.';-^:' ;.,. Bbstbri, Dec. 28. driteriion; Jjadio ; P*Pd Boston branch, of Atlas trahscrip lions, closed sbonspr deals for three disc show. : this week. Morris Plan Banks ' of -Rhode Island takes 52 30 minute dramatic discs ;of. 'Ports of Call'; Citiiehs -Savings; Bank bahk- roUs 52 15-mlnute disc. shows, 'Cap tains .of Industry.' ; Frank . •' E. •'- Dodge . Advertising Agency has Okayed a musical series 'Meinhories;of Hawaii,*;for a coal con- cern. . Trio bf sponsors ' are ipcafec in, Providence. : . . . • ■Bcni-,tS<i'nisIr'."ri'b\\' no\vs-Vi-).I(-lC'r .'li WCHS,; Ch.nrlo.ston, ;. W'. . .V;i. : • .Iiick' Foster upped ito f;w;iiit)r {iiil-io.iiJU'cr. -. Irving' Wauffh, . gabber, • :il WC;H, N.e.\Vp'o.rt--NdvVs, Tfi^ ^•"^f^^: ton. ' -'v"^ ' ■ •■'..-'■" V;. ' .-. '■ ■ ■.. ■ comply. fully with the. purposes of ;the - Comrnuh'icatibns Act.;■ /'■'■: Outgrowth of Segral Case . ; ;. This slant based; on .two ; out- growths, of./the luetics used by .Paul M.''^ Segal,■ ■'si,i.<pCnded;:b fi'led applicatibhs for rfacilitios in.;-.t names of dummy corporations.; ;First is' the ;stern. Wairnihg. given al.l. pracr; titiPhers. in ■ the Commish decision thait Segal, iviprated tb^' stanidards pr gopd ■ conduct and second. is, the de- ntine iaiti0n. pf Segal's practices ■ by Chief Justice D. Lawrence;'.Gtpner of the D.; G. Court of Appeals -in; sustaihing Commish .denial ' of pleas; bf Great Western Brpadcasting Asso- ciation. ; -.-"-^-'v - -...• ' .. ;... :In settling the.Segal Case the Com- mish , emphasized that true answers,; rriade. under oath f are' /required: to all questions ..on application fofrns. Simple purpose of cthe blanks- is; to make sure that all pertinent info is supplied, the decision notjfed. Failr ure to disclose names of real, patties at interest in several cases; in which Segal wa.s involved was a deliberate pinfehse,;5ihce\the Cbmrnish^^^^^^ led: as .to the "idw tipns; .pf applicaht ;corpo|'ations, 'it was said: -'H ^ ^ ';■' ' Present fbrma-^'whic^^^^^ de- tailed dope about the. Corporate -. set- up, the;business .interests; oif .the per sons inVplyed, ;the relation tetweeh the applicant and any other ■ brbad ;caster, ;and: similar, angles^ .ficiently specific so . that' baripi.ster!? who; operate in gpbd faith need not vlplate either the spirit or, the letter of the. rules, McNirich believes. Most of his qblleagues agree oh, this propp sition. V ';'-■ .V y' Reports, that the Gommi.sh already has .started; .revising the. fprrtis^-ahd will require stations io .supply raft of additiipnal inifP when filing-id meh.ts .. with the ■P.ClC.T-rAy'eriei ;;un qualifi^dly denied hy;McNinc.h^ Rules committee, which has been -engaged for week irt niodiiying 'adrninistfa tivie regulations, has npt been in structed. to take up .this questiph, he jsaid,; and'the Jtiatter has hot been de bated by ; the Commish sjirice ; the Segal, trial ended; r Jcif ..Baker, ;WTAR; -.ianhpUiic(^^^ '■fiahiz.-ed'giep.-club;at- No'rl'oily-D.vi.si'i. • College pf-;-W:iliiam...f;mdvM ;conrcV.t work in'.' aud it0 ri urn.S . ii n l.' over 'stat'loh :in Christmas^ sPason; '; .- / Phil Alexander • '; San' Antonio sdriptihj? his . 'Modern - Medicine Show'; to. go TSA soon aft*r Jan; 1. - -'- !-;. ■Nbrmun Twleser's late:"' "nt'Avs;. pa-- rade Pn WCAE, Pittsbu^^^^ shoved back ;untn 11.30: -p-'m;,. every.. Saturday .night,' order to permit tiie station '] tb take the en tire J>BC symphphy prpgram.. : Dorothy Gihoti, wife Pf Jack Glhon, fpi-mer progfjam director. ;al- KDKA, Pittsburgh, and naw' with .NBC; in; New Yprk, Vy i .retaining -.her post; a.« women's: editor of Pittsburgh . Siin- Tdlegraph; .";;;-. •"> ;..-'> '.': . / ; ..' •; Rocky Mountaineers of WELl, New Haven', fed to WMCA-Iiitertity..;. WSOC, Charlotte, N. C.i has adopt- ed- the: policy of sighing:' p.fT' each night by playing the ■ National An- therii. :4. '.---'■- ■■■'' ■• :' '. Dtck Flshcll; sports comment for WMCA. N^ ;Y„. is doing Friday ght descripUphV.pf pro from stage of Brooklyn Paramount; theatre. ; : -;-. '-^■' Julie Bradley is back pn WOWO- WGL, Ft, Wayne.; after a year's ab- sence, as -fashibn- cornmentator,-' Larry yinoent, Tell Sisters and Bert Balus will Start new;threertimes weekly '^ series : ~ Ph WCAU,; Philly. Titled 'Vincent's Varieties,' ;:; , ; ' .;■ John DeTairr Hicks, PhiIcp field engineetl has resigned to joi.n'Arhe.ri- can Steel Expiort: Co. in same .; pacity in Central and South Amer- ica. . Has previously sejryed ' suiting radio engineer fPr ficuadon gPvernrnent. • '.. iriprence Bendpn, Uniyersity: of Penn imuslc school grad; in ais regu- lar chirper with Anthony Candelori's house, band at WFIL, Philly. -'-' . Charles Benford;formerly heard on WOR, New .YPrk, and WOL, Washington, added to- cominentating; staff of WFIL. Doing dally IS-niinute; spiel" on gbvemmental rieWs, 2NTH£^IIC IIEP NETWOilK NPTIONPL REPRE5EKTRTIVES EDWqRD P6TRY Sl CO. Vallee West Ag^ Riidy Vallee-Rpyal Gelatin stanza .will; again.originate frbrh Hollywood; starting -Jan. 13. Vallee is going out next Friday (7) to start on 'Gojd Digge;.; in Paris,'; Warners Bros, prp- duction! . ; -' V.-V." .;':,- . - - / His ;.<;tay; this time will be !any- ^yhere from six to 10 weeks. -•'' . fyiilrd Floor ,Back' oh 'WWJ- - ' "■>:■''■;.■ ; Detroit. ;bec, 2fl. :; . Twb-ho6ry.dramatizaiipn of Jeromf ^ ; Jerome's ■ 'The • Passing ; of .,:the Third .Floor;! Back';; was p'reserited' over WWJ Sunday (26) by Wynn Wright's WW J piayersi.: ; ^ Wright.' . . • title.; role, of 'The StjarigPr,.'; ■ Was,.'.'a's.sis'lp'd ,:by : Violet Gas.hwan,; brought^^^h dp : part . of .Stasi ; Jonathan flaJe, 'Lester'■ Mi tchc'li-B Perspns, Glenn -, . Forshee. -Edwin Gramercy, Kl.ock Ryder, James Nus- ser, •; Xiliian -. iPopkins; and ■ M.^'ry Young; Axel '. Gruenbei:g ''ideci Wright. ih '■ ;prPducing -showV ; ; ; WFIL. Salute Scrjes : : V.. : : philadclphja,';Dcc. 2fi. ' • WFIL doing a; build-i.ip.' job. foi-: itseiriia i.ts; coverage arck by.]^^f^^;ent' Ing weekly 'series,, tilled 'WFIL ;S;V-: lutes. ■. / Each show station - P ick ,s a; city. ..Or to.wn .ih; Its region and .prbmoto.s it Made: 'recently %: an ihdependeftt researcK organizition: through personal ihtcryiews in 86 key retail clrug and grocery .stores; ini- Greater CinCirihati.