Variety (Dec 1940)

Wednesdaj, December 25, 1940 Irdnt IWy; On looir Philadelphia,. Dec. 24, Th« Quaker Network, started three ffvaxt ago t>y \VFIL's general man-. •ger Roger: Gliipp. to ait. political broadcasts in this area, is nbw gro,w- Ing up into a fuU-fledgei' hookup. On Friday. (20) the Ginerat Baking Co. sigiled 8; contract .fot the broadcast of ' 15-mihute-arday variety progriim, .five daysi a we€k, over 15 stations coverings the~fegion bounded by Easton, Harrisburig, At-_ lantic City and Nor^folk, Va. The •program represents an : outlay of $200,000 for time and ^leht;. The program/sta'rtirig Dec, 30, will' originate-at the WFliEj; studios here and win mark the first bigrtime .variety network show coming out of Philly for nearly five years, • The show to be tabbed 'Breakfast Gang' will incliide a 15-piece bai^d, batoned by Nathart Black, conductor of WFIL house band (under, name of Buddy Black). Bert Patks, formerly vvith Eddie : Ciaiitori will be m.q. Balance of cast will include the Dalr ton Boys, trio once with a Maj.or Bowes unit; vocalists Frances Bishop and Dick Wharton, and the Rhyth- metles. . The show will be produced by Jimmy Allen, .WFIt-program direc- tor, with Tony Wheeler, spieling the commercials; Annouhcer3 on. locail stations will ciit iff with. plugs: for local dealers handling General Bak- ing Co. products Musicians Please The new show marks a double vic- tory for the Musicians Union, First, it marked the breakup of 'the! Break- last Ciub'r^spOrisored locally by the General Baking Co.—Remanded by James C; .Petrillo, national AFM prexy, who said the program put local musicians out of work. ('Break- ., fast Club' originating in Chicago oh NBC was brpadcast on ai. participat- ing sponsorship with, local concefhs cutting in on commercials). The new program was the first ftuit of a campaign by the Philly local of the Musicians Union for ai network musi- cal show- to put Philly inusicians to Work._ ■■ The band .for the, new show will be made up of five members of the WFIL house crew plus . ten other local musicians. Stations on the .hookup for the General Baking show will be WFIL, Jr. Kay-Oee-Kaper» ; . :: Pittsburgh, Dec. 21 For an Xrhas noyelty, KDKA'r weekly' Kay-^Dce-KaperSj; half- hour show, 'this Thursday after- hooh will, feature Only thje chil- dren Of the rfegular performers, There'll be no grownups, save ibr the announcer, .on the show at:all;:.- -Mr^wiltbe 4-year-nld Bernle Armstrong, Jr-. ^sOn of station's miisical: ■director, and others, oil the program will range .in age • from 2. to .11. .'Station figures anything's liable to happen iand is prepared for the worst.-. Y &R RIBIO Renew B9ly 6. Van Boston, Deo; 24; Billy. B. Van and his 'Spreading New England's Pam«' flerle| have been signatured for another yeait by Wrigley Gum. It's oh 19 stations of the Yankee network. ' ",-\, Van broadcasts tbe program irbm a different New; Ehglahd city,: using the largest .'auditorium available, Sunday evenings; and goes in heavil;^ for mierchandisihg of the product.. ENGINEERS IN Four of Young & Rublcam's radio: executives have been added to the agency'si. list oil 'stockholders. The gifts of stock voted last week went to "Thomas Fi . Harringtbni, director of radio; ^Tom Lewis, manager of this radio, department; Hubbell . Rob- inson, Jri, manager of the talent bu- reau, 'and Joseph Moran, director of radio continuity; Hai-rihgton at the same time vva's named a vicerpresi- dent. Moran's department was cited in the awards for radio showmaiiship. recently made by VARiETT. Philly; WEST. Easton; WSAN, Allen- town; WEEU, Reading; WORK, York; WGAL, Lancaister, WSNJ, Bridgetoh, N. J^i WTNJ, Trenton; WDEL. Wilminstoh; WKBO, Harris- burg; WbAB, Atlantic City; WMAL, Washington; WTAR,. Norfolk, Va.; WPID, Petersburg,. Va.; and WRNL, Richmond, Only other commercial on Quaker hetwbtk is Fels show, three times weekly, . ; General Baking program was set by the Ivey & Ellington agency: . New Orleans, Dec; 24, The WDSU transmiitter bri .Belle Chasse highway .near here_ has been picketed i?y members of Local Union 1139, intetnatiphal Birothethbod bf Electrical . WbrkMS,;. AFL,; - ;. since Wednesday. ;'(18) when engineers staged a walkout. Station was silent from 7 a.m. to 4;30 p.m. that day as result of strike. Station officials said it first that' silence of. transftiittef Was due to mechanical troubles,, but William C.'Nevili; president and. act- ing genetal- manager, of the union, said that it was due to walkoiit. . .NeviU. said representatives bf the union, to -which the striking men b'c- Ibhg, has sought to, teach ah agree- nient with P. K. Ewing; general man- ager of the station, for sometime over ;the question of Wages but had b^en turned-down each time. "Station officials ■. wanted . a two- year contract at .their . o.Wh terrns which we couldn't see,' Neyill said. 'We.sought a cornpromise agreement but were turned down flat; So the boyis. walked put,'.. Two other employes at the tran- smitter declined to strike, Ewing said, and none of the studio staff of 20 was involved. ■ Nevill also: accused the station of employing young operators without pay during 'breaking-in' peribds of from one to : six hibnths before the union was organized, :' Guards were on diity at the tran* smittcu' and studios as a result of the picketing, The union was also using two sound trucks to tell public of strike. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ M ♦ f ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t » ♦»♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦»♦ ♦» % i % % % i t ♦ ♦ > 11»»♦ ♦ t ♦♦ ♦ »» > ♦» f » M ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ M ♦ ♦ > ♦ ♦ ♦ > ♦♦♦♦♦♦ fiV-;iVEr^iwiJC:.:arr. Helen CouIq and. Vivian Block added to •Mbth'er o' Mine';,., .Nat .Brusili,. off succeeds Elliot Jacbbyiais/baibher of 'Double or Nothinjg'..., Ed ward K. Crates, of ..WINS engineering staff/; planed to Pittsburgh lasi/nlght (Tues- day) for ahoUday with bis pirehts; He wajr jnet there by Dorothy Kir- sten;. Chicago .bjpera' soprano, - ^hp lieW, in to spend Christmas. .. .New- York chapter of thf Radio Writers Guild tossed a cocktail: party for ex- president Kenneth Webb and ex-^yipiKnowl^^^ at the hbnve of vice-prez Katharine Seymour. . Lady Suzann'e WilkihSi wife of explorer Sir Hubert Wilkihsj and - John. Swinburhti, I>i:other of Lahny R^ started a' Weekly song series. called 'Suzanne, arid •Tbhn' over WINS yesterday (Tuesday )... . .Ernie Srhith will handle the East-Wiest iobtball :broadcast pver WOR-Mutual for Gillette New Year's dhy , . . ; Josephine Johnson arid Billy Livingston, supppsied to; be the- leading sb.ciety glamo ur gjrlvand boy of the year, will guest Tues- d;ay ;(31) on 'So Yovi Think Yoii Know MuSic? ■ .V Franklin Dunham, director of NBC religious programis, and. Rbllo G. Reynolds, . principal Pf Horace Mann School, N. Y;, have . Written ;, bbok, 'ytilization: Of Radio In The "Classroomj which . McCfraw^Hiii; will publish in;,the spring., . .Geprge Bryan replaced fiarty Vbn Zeli as .annpuncer on the Helen Hayes program. ;..Vbn :2eli has.jgone. to the Coast. . ; , ; Entire-stiff, at WNfiW, including the house ;orchestra, given Christmas, bonuses of tWo -weeits' pay or'mote ; . :. . 40 more ^utui^ to hookup for'Miisical Steelmakers' shbWV V .Charles. Nobles handling the NBC sports assijgranent nightly on WJZ while. Bill Stern's away this week....Ben Graiier subbing for CJraham McNamee-ohMprt Lewis':'Behind the Mike* half-hour. ..1 Vance Babb is. how with N. ;W; Ayer. ,; .Wayne Randail-cohtihues .with Steve Hannagan bffice:.;.Irene .Kiahn doing special publicity assignments at NBC..i. WMCA increasing time of E.nglish conimentatpr Sydney Mpsley. - • WWL's SO Get Bonus New Orleans, Dec. 24.'. WWL paid Yule bonus to staff bf 50 employes Saturday (21).. James C. Rush, Jr., has joined W;WL musical staff as an arranger. He is well knoWn Ibcal sax and clarinet tooter. I • The money which local advertisers $pehd-for advertising has to bounce back tomorrow.,. or else!. Mr. Graham's letter reproduced here is, of course, only one merchant's opinion. But it is significant that KLZ carries more local business than any other Denver station! There's a rea- son why i.. and. the reason is RESULTS! National advertisers are fbllowihg "the example of Denver's local rnerchahts in ever-increasing numbers ;:. . for greater results per advertising dollar. IN HOLLYWOOD . Lou: Silvers hias been renewed ais : musical director. of the' Lux show, effective. Jan. 1. Maestro has been.;;cbmposing the Incidental music and conducting the orchestra on the opus since June of 1936. (joimsel for the American Spciety of (Composers, Authors and Publishers, in New York,' is ;studying his status as a Writer-member of ASCAP, Which might forbid continuatibn of bis bomppsitjon. of original music for the: airer after, the close of this year; .V.Tom Fraridseh, KFI-KECA announcer; nbW:a full- fledged plane pilot... .Stake! races at Santa Anita will again be broadcast by KFI, with Oscar. Otiis bri. the running end. and Buddy Twiss describing the color;.; ;Beh Bernie and the: Lads start, a . series of hrbadcasts for Bromp-Seltzer from NBC's Radio City, here (24). .. .Diana Bourbon here to produce Campbell soup's annual 'Cihristmas Carol'... .Bill Gbodwin, actpr-ahnpuncer, laid up with the flii.. . ..Station.KNX opens at 5 a..in. on Christmas Day, one hour earlier than its regular schedule, to carry a special broadcast, 'Christmas Under Fire- -from London.,..Seventh ad- vertiser to purchaser facilities from Columbia Pacific network in. the past 15 months is Breakfast Club Coffee^ Inc., Which will ether Rita. Murray's 'Voice of Friendship' show over the. California Columbia chain two morn- ings each Week, starting Jan. 7....A1 Pearce spending.the^olidays in Sati Francisco.: iN CHIC AGO . . . Eloise Cummer added to.'Arnold Grimm's Daughter' cast,!. .Bonita Kay, Alice Hill, Ed Prentiss, Ed Sprague arid Dan Sutter joined 'Backstage Wife* ... .Joe Rockholt: and Hugh Rowlands newcomers to' 'Girl Alone,' with Arthur Peterson,: John HOdiak,- Carltoh Brickert^ Ian: Keithi and Willard Waterman .dropping oiit..; ;KUrt Kupfer added to 'Houseboat Hannah! ti-oiipe. . ; . .Anigela Hedrlck replaced Angeline Orr with 'Kitty Keene* cast ....Jeirry Spellman, Frances Carlon, Stanley Waxman and Dan Sutter; joined 'Ma.perkins'. . .,. Jane kiaye and P'at Buttram entered 'National Barn Dance' cbnipany,...Dbrpthy Shidler and Gail Henshaw newcomers to 'Road of Life'....Eva Pownall, Bob Jellison and Hugh Muir added to 'Story of Bud Barton'....Gladys Heeh, Pat Crusinberiry, Ginger Jones,: Herbert Butterfield, Don Gallagher, Matt Briggs, Reese Taylor, Hugh Rowlands and Dick Holland joined'Story of Mary Mariin'. IN SAN FRANCISCO ... Entire NBC staff in Frisco guests of AI Nelsbn, v.p. in charge, at buffet luncheon in his offices Tuesday (24).-with gifts, for all;. . .announcers in turn hosting Tpin Harnion. allrAmerica'n, to dinner in honor of his ap- pearance. in the . Shrine ^ast-'\yest gaine,, . .entire affair . recorded and played back on both KGO and KPO.. ..John K. Chapel now dbing new 'World This Week' news series on KROW, which alre^idy has 10 newscasts daily Phoebe Clark, jCSFO's 'Najicy Dixon,' trotting about with a lamb oh a leash... .Jean Bates and .lack iSlo'yleS added to cast of 'Dr. Kate,' NBC, stripper.,. .Ralph Brunton gave aWay a quarter-hour of air time on KJBS as his gift at the annual Advertising: club Christmas party. .. .NBCSr con- trib was a personal radio... .only theatre, represented was the Paramount which kicked in 10 ducats. Stantah to Address AmeK Aiarketins: Assn. ...■.;■':/■■-:.-■'■ Chicago,-Dec; ;24.;-- : American Marketing Assn. iis hbld- idik a . meetinjg; ' town .starting . on "Diursday; (26) . and' a gopd d^al of the discussibn will reybiye arpyrid radio. . General, topic - of the. meet- ing Will .be 'How to Get-More for the Advertising Dollar.^ Frank Stanton of Columbia and Fred Dickinson Of the Bureau of :Ad- vertlsing Will be the principal speafc- ers.. R. M. Heath, of the Jico Bur- net agency Will discuss the advertis- ing campaign of the Meat Institute. Frank Braiicher, now with 'the Pe- riodical Publications Assn., will also participate actiycly. : : . Ahnouiicin79 Too Loud . , 'BuiiaIp, Dec. 24. ' Adjournment to Dec. 28 was grant- ed Matthew Kprp^nty; 28,: and Robert R. NoWak, 2"/, Who told police they, were radio: ahhpuricers, Pair pliis a third man face charges of being drunk and dlsbrderly; and resisting arrest jba hotel disturbance last W$iek, They pleaded Innocent. Don S. leiiAs, of station WWNC, elected, president of Asheville Cham" ber of Coniinerce. ;' ■ 'STEPMOTHER' ADDING IN SOUTH ON JAN. 6 Chicago, Dec. 24, / . 'Stenmother,' dajrtirne stripper fop Colgate's, has been rehewied for its fourth, year oh the, Columbia, web; .Effective Jan. 6, IQ statipiis will be added to the web, to Include: sucli towns as- Charlotte, Richmond, At-; lahta, Birmingham, Meinphis, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City and Shreveport. Deal set through: the Sherman & Marquette agency herei. mOILYRadit TiMMitterofllit •rgnator power «Hlui75wiM«f CHl