Variety (Aug 1939)

VARIETY RADIO Wednesday, August 2, 1939 Hello." Good evening, this is the Crossley Radio Survey. What program are you listening to this time?" Amos V Andy." Oh." EASY ACES Tenth Year Sponsored by ANACIN Blue Network 7 PM EDST Blackett-Sample & Hummert, Inc. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4f»««» ■♦■♦♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦ »■♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ From the Production Centers ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 4 " IN NEW YORK CIH... Guatemala government has ti-adcd in a German shortwave propram (loo much propaganda) for the Radio City Music Hall program from NBC. . . . A. Llopis de Olivarcs dulls in Spanish lin^o in an off-thc-air recording .... Niles Trammel absent for three \vccl<s' vacation. ... Mrs. F. D. Roo.sevelt will take over the emcee and interview duties of Dave Elman on the latter's Hobby Lobby show on NBC tonight (Wednes- day). He's on vacation... .Barry Gray, formerly of KGFJ, Los Angeles, added to WMCA, N. Y., announcing staff... .Joe O'Brien, sports announcer of WMCA last week facetiou.'ly offered 9 corduroy-covered fur-lined foun- tain pen to any listener tearing off the top of a radio and sending it in. Southern practical joker did just that with set makers' label still attached. Ruth Adams Knight back from the Coast and at her Redding Ridge (Conn.) home... .Daniel Wolf, composer-pianist, and Lillian Clark, oper- atic soprano, teaming for a recital series over WQRX... .Lawrence Tibbelt back from the Coast and summering on his farm. Erik Barnouw. instructor of radio in the Columbia University e.xtension school, has authored 'Handbook of Radio Writing,' which Little, Brown will publish in the fall. . . . Merrill and Muriel Denison have gone to their summer place at Bon Echo, Ontario. . . . Julian Funt is at BushkiU, Pa., for the summer. . . . John T. W. Martin has left B.. B., D. & O. and is now free-lancing. , . . Vera Oldham, who recently came to New York from the Coast, is scripting 'The Parker Family' for Woodbury. ... Ed Wolf directs it. , ,. Knowles Entrikin is scripting 'Big Sister" at his place at West Brattle- boro, Vt, . . . Peggy Scheuermann, of the Radio Writers Guild, leaves in a few weeks for a Bahamas vacation. Don Becker o£ Transamerican back this week from Europe. . . . Clay Morgan's wife off to Copenhagen . . . he'll meet her later in Paris, . . . Jim Tyler went deep-fishing as a CBS company party assignment, and is repeating because he liked it. . . . Ray Dady ot KWK, St. Louis, in town. Charlotte Buchwald. on leave from her regular stint as theatrical com- mentator over WMCA, New York, is conducting a weekly 15-minute session of interviews over WICC, Bridgeport. Conn., ballyhooing the Chapel playhouse, Guilford, Conn. . . . Her husband, Lewis Harmon, is p.a. of the theatre. . . . George Heller ot AFRA has summer home at Croton- on-Hudson and is commuting to the union's office. . . . Fredda Gibson, Ross Graham and The Norsemen are now repped by Harry Norwood. . , . Miss Gibson has appeared with Richard Himber. the Lucky Strike program and was on the Ford hour last Sunday t23>. Graham is in his fifth year with Cities Service. IN CHICAGO... Judy Talbot and Bob Hannon. warblers, on the WGN-Mutual 'Music Counter' show. . . . Shirley Snyder. 16-year-old daughter of Glenn Snyder, WLS chieftain. In show biz as dancer with the WLS stage unit now making tour of Midwest fair dates...WGN closing down its main audience studios for five weeks and will spruce 'em up a bit. During this time only the Northerners program will have an audience.. .Roy Shield, NBC music director here, will conduct Grant Park concert on Aug. 6, at which time Joe Emerson and Hymns of All Churches will also appear.. .Cast additions include Hope Summers in Guiding Light, Betty Winkler in Mid- stream and Jonathan Hale in the Ma Perkins show...Dizzy Dean will appear, not as actor, on the First Nighter program on Aug. 4 in con- nection with baseball playlet. Harold Betts, who is 'Doggy Dan' for Red Heart dbg food, has another 13-week renewal. Jack Snodgrass new time buyer at Sherman K, Ellis agency. IN HOLLYWOOD .. . Glan Heisch, program manager for KFI-KECA. lining up schedule for late summer and winter on newly, acquired KEHE kilocycle position:... NBC pageboys telling announcing aspirations to Dick Roach, news editor of KTAR, Phoenix, Ariz., who's here ai^ditioning for spot on his station . . .. Matt Barr, NBC Press Dept., back from vacation .... his assistant Nell Cleary is hospitalizing suffering from relapse from recent operation. Karl SchuUinger, producing Kay Kyser show for Lord & Thomas, regaining his land legs after seven weeks commuting between Catalina and Frisco ,.. .Ken Carpenter, bad boy of the Kraft Music Hall, denied right to play with chimes while bedded at Cedars of Lebanon recovering from appen- dectomy... .Radio row still second-guessing on which femme will do Lorelei on Edward G. Robinson's Big Town this fall....Al Span, sound effect head at KNX, debuts as producer on new summer sustainer, Orrin Tucker and His Tea Timers, Saturday show from the Cocoanut Grove.... Carl Stanton ol Lord & Thomas Imihg up dramatic baritones for new show idea to be offered Union Oil Mario Chamlee docs Don Jose in 'Carmen' for audition next month....Don Wilson and Charlie Smith, both heavy- weights, needed extra poundage Tuesday while judging beauty contest at Lake Arrowhead. IN SAN FRANCISCO ... Gladys Cronkhite, vacashing in the h\'ih Sierras, is continuing her 'In- ternational Kitchen' programs on KPO while she's away by means of let- ers read by announcers. She reports at the studios Aug. 8... .Bill Baldwin has left the KSFO start to become publicity director and announcer for the roller derby which shifts from Oakland to the Civic Auditorium here Aug. 3. Tom Breneman has taken over the Gallenkamp Shoe 'Exposition Reporter' broadcasts which Baldwin handled... .Tenor Phil Hanna has a new Sunday night spot over the Coa.st NBC-Blue web with Edna Fischer at the piano... .quarter-hour procram is called 'Mr. Nobody'... .John Wolfe and Clarence Hayes bring their 'Jingletown Gazette' back to the air over KPO starting Aug. 14, with the Clara-Cal Creamery Co. footing the bill six mornings a week Carlos W. Huntingon, formerly with KYA, has a new weekly paint company commercial entitled 'Spic and Span' over KSAN Tom Jones will pinch-hit for George Gibson Davis on his 'Morn- ing Inspirations' program over KYA while Dnvis vaca.'ihes in Alaska . . . . Musical director Don Kaye of KY.^ was considerably embarrassed re- cently when an Oakland man of similar name was jailed on a grand theft ;i charge. Kaye ■ is still explaining to friends who read the newspaper account. KTBC, Austin, Due Aug. 3 lewiston, maine, revises :zLz::^:s:2:^Ljzzsa]2ssa2Eiiszi3 San Antonio, Aug. 1. Taking the air on July 25 for a series of trial broadcasts, station KTBC, new 1,000 watt radio station at Austin will formally open Aug. 3. Plans for opening day are being completed by Dick Watts, station manager. Some 15 Texas stations are recording salutes and marking them for use on the cferemo.nial pro- gram. Station is at present on share-time and licensed on 1,120 kilocycles for daytime operation only. PKil Alex- ander will share spieling duties with Watta, Guy Ladouceiii- Promoted at WCOV —Also Elden T. Shute, Jr. Lewiston, Me., Aug. 1. Shakeup at WCOU, local affiliate of Mutual and NBC, has brought several staff changes, Guy Ladou- ceur, formerly sales manager. Is now station manager, replacing Bernard R. Howe, and Elden T. Shute, Jr., formerly an announcer, Is produc- tion manager in place o£ Roger Levenson. John Lib"§y;^-formerly announcer of sports events, has been added to the regular mik« staff.' "WE WANT A SPONSOR!" WFBR, in Baltimore, has 5 top-notch local shows ripe for sponsorship. RAYMOND TOMPKINS Nafionally Known Com/nenfofor Raymond Tompkins is particu- larly popular in Maryland because of his background of Baltimore newspaper work. His trcatmcnb of tlie news is interesting, impar- tial and penetrating. Available for 15 minute programs, three times weekly. Price: Time charge plus $100 weekly (net). STUDIO PARTY CONDUCTED BY MARTHA ROSS TEMPLC Held in WPBR's Big Studio ■with audience capacity of 250. Miss Temple conducts a perfect "women's progrom" based on beauty—^food—and family. The program is enlivened by George Van Dorn's NBC orchestra, guesb soloists and visiting celebrities. Half hour—daytime. Talent cost: $50 weekly. f/PROGRAM X'.' A new audience-participation program that has not yet been named. Held in WFBR's Big Studio with audience of 250. Famous scene from history op literature is dramatized; listeners selected from audience have to guess "Who — Where—and — When?" Cash prize for right answer; if wrong answer is given, cash carries over to next question, building up "jackpot" and in- terest. Live talent dramatization, with George Van Dorn's 14 piece NBC orchestra. Half hour show for nightime or Sunday afternoon. Talent cost ?130. Prize cost $30. □ YOUTH AND THE WORLD Through cooperation of the Baltimore YMCA, a membership of 1500 boys is available for « nucleus of a show dedicated to and produced by YOUTH! Brent Gunts, master of ceremonies with Joseph Imbrogulio's NBC orches- tra puts on a fa.st and furious half-hour show. Production and talent cost: $100 per broadcast "FU MANCHU'.' A hair-raising thriller of the air! That famous character of Sax Rohmer's stories, the insidious Doctor FU MANCHU, comes to th& airways in 39 thrilling 15 minute episodes. A ready-madd audience of Fu Manchu fans is anxious to tune in! 15 minutes— 3 times weekly. Transcriptions: ?35 per program. .MTiONAL RfMiwnnnvis: EowARB Pfimr * ca= ON THE NBC RED NETWORH