Variety (Sep 1939)

Wednesday, September 27, 1939 RADIO VARIETY Network Premieres FRIDAT, SEPT. 29 COOPERATIVE GROUP.. Mutual, 10 to 10:30 p.m. 'Let's Co Hollywood,' with Owen Crump, Leo Forbstein, Warner Bros, orches- tra, guests. Hedfleld-Johnstone, Inc. Originates Uom Hollywood, S.^TURDAY, SEPT. 30 CONGRESS CIGAR CO. (La Palina). WOR-Mutual, 5:45 to 6 p.ni. Ed Thorgersen—Sports. Marschalk & Pratt Producers,' Ed Clark and Ned Whitehead. Announcer, Nelson Case. Originates from New York, Hookup, 20 stations. SUNDAY, OCT. 1 JOHN MORRELL & CO. (Red Heart Dog Food). WEAF-NEC, 3:45 to 4 p.m. Bob Becker's Chats About Dogs with Bob Becker, David Dale (Red Heart, the Talking Dos). Henri, Hurst & McDonald: Pro- ducers, Marguerite Lyon, Blair Walliser and Bob Becker. Announcer, Pierre Andre. Originates from Chicago. Hookup, 30 stations. COOPERATIVE GROUP. WOR-Mutual, Simday, C:30 to 7 p.m. 'Show of the Week' with Ernest Chappell and guest orchestras (Hal Kemp). Redfleld, Johnstone, Inc. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS.CO. WJZ-NBC, 5:30 to C p.m. Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air with Wilfred Pellelier and orchestra, Ed- ward Johnson, guests. Warwick & Legler.. Producer, James Haupt. Announcer, Milton Cross. Originates from New York. Hookup, 90 stations. ANDREW JERGENS CO. (Woodbury Soap). WJZ-NBC, 9:15 to 0:30 p.m. 'The Parker Family' with Leon Janney, Jay Jostyn, Lynda Carl- son, Mitzi Gould and Charles Paul, organist. Lennen Si Mitchell. Producer, Ed WoU. Originates from New York. Hookup, 62 stations. MONDAY, OCT. 2 • GROVE LABORATORIES (Bromo Quinine). WJZ-NBC, 8 to 8:30 p.m. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rath'bone and Nigel Bruce. Stack-Goble. Producer, Harold Kemp. Announcer, John Conte. Originates from Hollywood. Hookup, 29 stations. STANDARD BRANDS (Fleischmann's Yeast). WJZ-NBC, Mbnd.ny through Friday, 11:45 a.m. to 12 noon. 'Getting the Most Out of Life' with Dr. William L. Stidger, chorus and Frank White, organist. J. Walter Thompson. Originates from New YOrk. Hookup, 31 stations. STANDARD BRANDS (Fleischmann's Yeast). WEAF-NBC, Mon- day through Friday, 7:15 to 7:3() p.m. 'I Love a Mystery' with J. An- thony Smythe, Minetta Ellen, Page Gilman, Michael RafTetto, Kath- leen Wilson. J. Walter Tliompson. Producer, Carlton E. Morse. Originates from Hollywood. Hookup, 46 stations. GORDON BAKING CO. NBC Red & Blue, Monday and Thursday, 7:30 to 8 p.m. "One of the Finest.' Young Q Rubicam. Originates from New York. Hookup, 3 stations. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4 LEHN Se FINK (H.inds Honey & Almond Cream). WABC-CBS, 7:30 to 8 p.m. Burns & Allen with George Burns, Grade Allen, Frank Parker and Ray Nobles orchestra. William Esty. Producer, Joe C. Donohue. Announcer, Truman Bradley. Originates from Hollywood. Hookup. 52 stations. CHARLES GULDEN. WJZ-NBC, Wednesday and Friday, 6:30 to 6:45 p.m. Gulden Serenaders with Red Latham, Wamp Carlson, Guy Bonham, Peg La Centra and Johnny Gart. Charles W. Hoyt Co. Pro- ducers, ..Frank Chase and Richard; Pratt. Announcer, Hjerluft Pro- • vensen. Originates from New York. Hookup, 5 stations. BRISTOL-MYERS CO. WEAF-NBC, 9 to 10 p.m. 'Town Hall To- night' with Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, the Merry Macs, Peter Van Steeden's orchestra and dramatic cast. Young & Rubicam. Producer, Ben Larson. Announcer, Harry Von ZelL Originates from New York. Hookup, 63 stations. NEWSCASTING, INC., FOLDS Supplied Wired News t« Grills lor Ltss Than Cost Newscasting, Inc., outflt formed some time ago to operate news tick- ers in enlarged form in bars and grills in New York, has folded. Out- fit stopped operating early last weiek and the equipment has already been moved from the spots that had sub- scribed. Wired B)-oadcasting, wired enter- tainment service, for a time had been inierested in taking over Newcasting and had gone as far as taking part in its operation for a week. News service :cost its backers a SI 00 per month per unit to operate. Subscribers were asked $40 per, dif- ference and profit supposed to. have been made up advertising. Latter didn't come through. There were 25-30 tickers in operation. LAWYER GETS PRE-TRIAL RIGHT VS. LUCKIES, CBS Supreme court justice Lloyd Church Monday ^25) granted an ap- plication of .Moses PolakofI, and or- dered the examination before trial on Oct. 9 of Edwin C. Hill, the American Tobacco Co. through J. R. Cummings, assistant secretary, and Colu.Tibia Broadcasting System, through James M. Seward, assistant secretary. PoIakolT. an attorney, is suing for alleged libel on August 2, 1937, over WABC in connection with his de- fen!;e of Lucky Luciano. He asks $250,000 damages. The Shadow' to KFEL Mutual's 'The Shadow,' sponsored in the east by D.L.&W. Coal, has been bouglit for KFEL, Denver, by the Victor-American Fuel Co. and the Barnett Fuel Co., who will back co-operatively. Program's eastern sponsor has no distribution in the west Expect Nebraska Decision Nov. 1; ASCAP Says Radio Cheats On Fees; Broadcasta's Cry 'Monopoly A'elvet Rhytlira Four, three boys and a girl, brothers and sister, re- cently working out of WHK , and WTAM, Cleveland, are new to WGY, Schenectady. By BARNEY OLDFIELD Lincoln, Sept 26. Constitutionality test of the Ne- braska anti-ASCAP law, enacted, in 1937, occupied a four-day sesh be- fore, a three-judge Federal court last week. Ended last Thursday (21). Judges were Gardner (presiding), Munger and Donohoe. Concluding act was court's request fr- supple- mental briefs, and findings, to be on file not later than Oct 6. Case is under advisement This indicates, since the matter has hung fire with ASCAP, operating under an injunction gained in 1937, that the case will be rushed to a speedy conclusion, decision expected around Nov. 1. Attorney general's office stepped completely into the background with John Riddell, of thtat of."-e, sitting in as an adviser only. Spearhead of the state's case was carried by Wil- liam Hotz, Omaha attorney, whose queries indicated interest, in the hotel cause, and Anlrew Bennett, Wasliington, who frequently stepped inside as a friend of the court to lay in a few questions reflecting the attitude of the National Association of Broadcasters. ASCAP called six witne.ises in its behalf—Gene Buck, E. C. Mills, John G. Paine, Mrs. Ethelbert Nevin (widow of the composer), Harry Taylor, operator of the Ritz film the- atre and the Music Box night spot Omaha, and Ernest Priesman, Omaha orchestra leader. Two radio station general man- agers, Don Searle, who operates KOIL-KFOR-KFAB, Lincoln and Omaha, and Johnny J. Gillin, Jr., of WOW, Omaha, furnished the biggest barrage for the state. Gillin said he paid ASCAP $22,800 for music use in 1938, and Searle's reported payoff was $21,700. Both men laid on the lash for ASCAP'S demand of 5% of the iim« sale gross, exclusive of political speeches and religious services, whether music was used or not Further stated wais that the radio stations had never reached an agree- ment with ASCAP, which was okay to the stations. They declared con- tracts were only signed becaust there was no recourse. Intimidation' Joseph Malec, ballroom-park op- erator, Omaha, and the head of th« Amusement Protective A.ssociation, a group of 240, said the oi'ganization was formed to draft the bill to get out from under the intimidation of ASCAP. He said he did not object to paying for use of music, but did to the method of ASCAP's (Gene Bla- zer, Omaha) representative in col- lections and figure setting. When the case was summed. Loui» Frohlich, for ASCAP, said the de- fense had only made two real points —one, as to whether the society Is a monopoly, and the other, whether the Nebraska law is constitutional. As the defense had sought to find both facts, Frollch said neither was possible. William Hotz, in his windup, de- clared ASCAP to be a monopoly without question, guilty of restraint of trade, a price fixer, an unfair com- petitor, and controller of 90% of th« usable music In the country. 'If a composer would have th« publisher add three or four cents a copy to the price of a piece of sheet music,' said Hotz, he would come out just as well as he now does with ASCAP's collections. Hotz said composer - publisher members of ASCAP maintained their high ratings In the society by fore*; plays on the radio networks, caus- ing their numbers to be played, thereby Increasing net credits from which their classifications and money come. (Th« WJSV Chapter U a routing wcceu*) ¥JSV WJSV has its own honor society. Its can<]i<]atee have heen elected by thun(lei'ous majorities of listeners and satisfied clients. There's Bob Trout. He graduated from WJSV to CBS in 1935. Special events make his one of the most familiar names in Americart radior*" And 'Trofessor-Quizj^ the-show-that-set-a— |iew cycle in network programming. WJSV created the "Professor," sent him into the radio V'orld in 1937.* Songstress Margaret McCrae (Hit Parade, Show Boat, Joe E. Brown's phow, etc.) was in Bob Trout's class at WJSV. Jim (Abk-Il-Ba&ket) MacWilliams is another WJSV alumnus. For three CBS network years Jim lias mirrored WJSV pride in its gradu- ates. * Arch MacDonald took a four-year WJSV course and a little post-graduate work before going lo WABC and Giants-Yanks baseball announcing. * Arlbur Godfrey (the Singular Mr. Godfrey) upsets tradition. Now, in his sixth WJSV Sun Dial year, Godfrey refuses lo leave WJSV... pipes his WABC and nelu ork sliows from Washington. And all the others, of course, are still heard on WJSV. ,. eveii if ihey have gone to New York- and HollyAvood for their "originations." * It's a good lime to enroll your account at WJSV— Washington. It's the Grade A institution in a Grade K market. And WJSV's 50,000 watt operations-start in January. (A few.availabilities remain at the existing 10,000-watt rates.) *With gcniiflecilons lo Phi Beta Kappn...lhc honor society of all honor socictUs, COLUMBIA'S STATION IN WASHINGTON, D. C. Owned and operated by the Columbia Broadcasting System. Reprc'enled by Radio Sales: New York Chicflgo • Detroit • St. Louis . Cincinnati • Charlotte, N. C. • Los Angeles • San Francisco