Variety (Oct 1941)

38 RADIO Wednesday, October 29, 1911 From the Production Centres ♦ ♦ ♦ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< >♦««♦««♦«>>«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦ /iV JSEW YORK CITY . . . The Radio Tbade Is Discussing: The NBC. veepees hideaiuni/ tueek- etid at While Sulphur—Columbia's courage in bluntly telling America First that Lindbernh is not always entided to time—e)iil)arrassmc7its created by the Ballanti7ie Beer situation. Lyn Murray hns withdrawn as musical director of the 'March of Time' series because of the press of other assignments.. .He already does 'Michael and Kitty,' the choral direction of the Lucky Strike 'Hit Parade' and sev- eral Four Clubmen shows on CBS.. .Howard Barlow takes over the 'March of Time' stint.. .Joseph Elfand, acting mall room head at WOR. joined the Civilian Department of the Army Signal Corps...Lt. William Exton, with the U. S. Navy in Washington, on 10-day leave in New York on a radio matter...He did the recorded 'Qrowth of Democracy' series for classroom use about a year ago.. .Milo Boulton, narrator on the just-folded 'Defense for America' series, to Chicago for a special assignment.. .George Allen, of WOR sales promotion, back on the treadmill after recovering from a leg injury.. .Paul Monroe, Buchanan agency radio head, to Washington for huddles on the Bendix-Treasury Department show. John Foster back to N. Y. after Chicago radio engagements.. .C. M. Rob- ertson;. Jr.-Ralph-Jones- (Gincy) agency-account-exec-onKroger-account, Mondayed at World Broadcasting with Charley Gaines...Ted Husing has convened local sportscasters for weekly luncheons. Mrs. William H. Corwith, an NBC counsellor on public service, ad- dressed the 20-odd members of WGY's Advisory Council in Schenectady Oct. 24 'The March of Time,' half-hour on NBC blue, is being broadcast to Latin America over General Electric's WGEO Voice of Experience, Inc., has been dissolved, according to papers filed with the secretary of state in Albany. Orrin Dunlap, publicity director of RCA, is getting perfect television reception at himhome 18 miles from Manhattan (Great Neck) with an antenna affixed to a tool shed This contradicts all the engineering dope ....James Finger, who business manages the Wake Up America forum on NBC, commutes from N.Y. and Cleveland to various 'telephone towns' In midwest. _ Adrienne Ames, WHN's new film commentator, is shown as chairman of the entertainment division of the Home Legion on the new Chesterfield ads Dr. Frank Kingdon, former prexy of Newark University, has re- placed Louis WoUe as quizmaster of the WHN's Kid Wizards. Show has also shifted from Tuesday evening to Sunday at 10 a.m. John Raby and Frances Chancy have the leads in 'House in the Coun- ■li —-^ 4 ■ RUTH HOWARD The eayest voice In all Chl- caeo-land belongs to RUTH HOWARD, the talented daughter of Tom Howard (Howard & Shelton). Ruth's programs, six days a week on WJJU, for Sears-Roebuck at 9: IB to 9:80 and 10:30 to 11:00 are high spots in radio. She sells. Her large fan medl testifies to that pnmminniinnnnnni"" THE MOBT INTU 8ALE8 APPB0A6H TOl AMERICA'S LAR<»«» MARKET. 5000 WATTS Sez-You-Sez-Me Crack-Swaps ByWFILandWlP Philadelphia, Oct. 28. The feud between WFIL and WIP— former and present affiliate of the Mutual chain—reached the 'sez-you- sez-me* stage last week, when Mu- tual's Land O' Lakes show with Soaks Carter was given to WFIL. Press statements of the latter station heralded the contract as proof that thera were 'rumblings of a sub-sur face disturbance' that possibly all wasn't ..well between Mutual and WIP. WIP came back with statement that 'rumblings' were from WIP's 'full-stomach.' 'WIP is glad to give WFIL any programs that it cannot take because, even though it is oper ating 24-hours-a-day, it has such a full schedule it cannot accommodate all the business offered. 'WIP is also glad WFIL is made happy by the programs that WIP gives, it as evidenced by its gleeful announcement of the acquisition of the Boake Carter show.' WFIL formerly was both the Mu- tual and NBC-Blue outlet here. About six months ago Mutual shifted it! franchise to WIP, but still has several of its shows on WFIL. . Yesterday (Mon.) Benedict Gim- bel, Jr., WIP prexy, announced that the station had become a stockholder in the Mutual web. THE O'NEILLS Sv JANE '.'VEST T I^IOVV RADIO S MOS'! POPUI..'aI; FA/YiiLY BRINGS YOU MORi! j.*.UGHTfiR "|£a\RS ■■>«o j-jEAP.T-THS03S ? ■ ■:j c r.* Q z\ b v I v 3 r ■y Soap 99 ■ O u f IJCTCM TWICE DAILY NBC Red Nstwork, 12i1B to 12:30 P.M WABC—e:80-6:4B EST—CBS COAST TO COAST Dir. COMRON ADVKKTIBINa AOESICt 'iingiT. ED woLP-r4tKQ:AL0Q^::Ncyi;^Y9R(c;^ IN.. EST try,' new NBC-Blue (WJZ) serial sustalncr....Parkw FemttUr «IsO In the cast, with Ray Knight scripting and Joiaph B«U ptoductnf.,. .ChariN Singer, transmitter supervisor of WOR and WTINY, vacatlonlnf la Florida .Eddie Cantor will originate his program from Boitoa next watk and the following week, while his 'Banjo Eyei* legit musical U ttm(pg up' on the road. Bill Hillpot, NBC-Blue program head, back from Chicago and putting in every weekend at Saturday and Sunday football games.,..Coca-Cola band series on Mutual will be m.c.'d by Al Htlfcr, Red Barber's stand-In on baseball broadcasts Next Sunday (2) Brazil will start Its alternate- week broadcasts to the U. S., via NBC-Red. reciprocating for the alter- nate-Monday shows the network is short-waving there....Jane West, author of 'The O'Neills,' is seriously ill, with Herbert Little, Jr., and David Victor collaborating as substitute scrlpterg on the serial.,. .They also write 'Wheatena Playhouse' and 'Danger Is Mr Business.' Alexander Kirkland replaced Donald Cook on 'We Are Always Young' . .Jessie Royce Landis, of the same cast, written out for several weeks while pre-Broadway she tours with a Theatre Guild show,.. .'Best of the Week' is new scries'Saturday, nights on NBC-Red from HoUjrwood,,.. Robert A. Simon, WOR continuity director, again conducting course In' radio at Juilllard School of Music....EUa Fitzgerald making four guest appearances on 'Strictly From Dixie,' starting with this Friday's (SI) stanza. Both Music Corp. and General Amusement dickering with NBC for the package rights to 'Pages From an Arranger's Notebook,'.musical series with Vladimir Selenski, now in audition-record form D. Englebach directed it and Paul Phillips conceived and wrote it....Bob Ferris, for- merly with Columbia Artists on the Coast, now in New York... .Imogena Wolcott, who conducts 'Dear Imogene' series on WOR, published new cditiori' Of 'Americair-Cookery'T r. ;Josef-Cherniavsky-dolng-tran3crlptlon series with string orchestra for Muzak Artists. ' Maurice C. Dreicer teaching course in radio speech at Dramatic Work- shop of New School for Social Research Dale Nash, femme lead on 'Shatter Parker's Circus' on the Coast, planed east last week for vacation .. ..Marjorie Duhan, secretary to_Mitch?ll Benson at WOR until he re- slcnecl to join the Mathes agency, now a member of Frank Fay's produc- tion staff... .Loretta McEvoy, secretary in the WOR program department, now secretary to Thomas Moore. Jr., station^s, new commercial program manager... WQXR starts operation on 10,000 watts Saturday fl)....Paul Glynn, of WJSV, Washington, in New York last weekend. Fred Astaire's now dancina partner, Rita Hayworth, on WlncheU's pro- gram Sunday Lnu Rupple, of CBS, hosting Saturday at the Army- Notre Dame tussle Ed Gardner's Archie this week gets special award of rnerit from fan mag, Movie-Radio Guide Harvey Harding played Poor Richard Club in Philly last week. m HOLLYWOOD ... TxE Radio Trade is Discussing: Mutual's loss o/ its one big Coast shotd to HBC, the Ballanttn« aler, and the expectation t?uit other beer accounts rnay go NBC —Tom Lewis 'picture sef ofic* in the otherttilse austere motif oj Young & Rubicam cubicles—Hoto three of those /our lYBC comedy shows on Tuesday night hopped on the same 000 with dif- ferent treatments —Whether Bob Hope idll discontinue Ws Sunday night previews on account of spies from the other Tuesday nighters. Chct LaRoche breezed Into town unannounced ostensibly for the im- pending nuptial of Rosalind Russell, sis of Mrs. LaRoche, There are also some new Young & Rubicam deals in the air that will command his at- tention Jack Richardson in from Chicago to look in on the Freeman Keyes shows Jim and Marion Jordan, still the first citizens, of Peoria, 111., picked up the telephone and officially launched the Community Chest drive there Frederick Leuschner, NBC Coast attorney, on the mend from an illness that has kept him drydocked for a month... .Lewis Allen Weiss back from his Caribbean vacation George Moskovlcs and Harry Witt represented CBS at Coast admen's convention at Del Monte KHJ has withdrawn its television equipment from American' Legion stadium so that NBC can broadcast the fights David SarnoS shied away from interviewers and grabbed a boat for Honolulu Jean Hersholt drew a. renewal of his 'Dr. Christian' series and Bob Garred had his ticket punched by Bathasweet Neil Reagan makes sijc trips to the KFWB mike daily to give out with the news Hedda Hopper starts her third year for Sunkist next month James McFadden ogling the sealtest setup for McKee & Allbright Don Lee-Mutual picked up a new affiliate last week, KTKC in Visalia, Cal Mary Martin expected to land the singing assignment on Kraft after Connie BoswcU pulls out for a long theatre tour ,.. .Harrison Holliway heads the radio division for the Red Cross drive In southern California... .Don Gilman to White Sulphur Springs, Va., for a session of NBC department headsT...Red 'Skelton takes time out from his own show to guest on Silver Theatre Nov. 2 Dave Lane's warbling on KNX now under Luden sponsorship. Having run out of subjects to profile in her two years of broadcasting for Sunkist, Hedda Hopper hit on a fresh formula last week. New feature will deal with personalities who have glamorized Hollywood and Vine, Hollywood's dead-center. She will continue to relate anecdotes of the cinema greats, sketch unusual incidents and give out with the latest chitchat. m CHICAGO ... The Radio Trade Is Discussing: ilppointTnent of the Schwimmer k Scott agency to handle radio - billing for the new Marshall'Fisld-Sillt* Tnan Evans morning paper—Wade agency lining up three Conoressmett fo perform on the National Bam Dance shoto—the spurt In F-M activity in this town by stations despite the public's apparent apathy. Burridge D. Butler, president of 'WLS, presented early volumes of tbe Prairie Farmer publication to the John Crerar Library here. Volumes are those published between 1841 and 1860....Lloyd LewU of Chloago Daily News accepted in ceremonies broadcEui over WLS....Dorothy Winter now in charge "ot general auditions for Columbia-WBBM..,, Melanie York of WBBM has johied Chicago Repertory little theatre group Ruth Barry and Paul Dempsey added to continuity staff of WB9C.... Harry Sukmah has been named director of the new W5SC studio orchei.- txa, and Preston Sellers has been brought in as organist....L. J. Marshall has departed as chief of the Columbia-WBBM contlni^^ department, to join Russel M. Seeds agency here as copy writer....Lincoln Hobson of Chi Seeds -staff shifts to NY office as copy editor, IIS SAIS FRANCISCO ... The Radio Trade Is Discussinq: The granting of a 100,000-u)off 'anti- axis' shortwave outlet to KSFO and whether station tolll get longuiav$ 50 Jew. in an effort to offset loss of the CBS franchii$ to KQW—tha swanky new KGO-KPO sldewalfc-Ieucl studio stirroiinded by the scoi^ foldings of the uncompleted NBC building. Leonard Gross has been named assistant to Jennings Pierce, public service director for NBC's western dlv... .Chloago NBC's 'Brewster Boy' Js a Frisco lad; Eddie Firestone, who originally played Billy SharWo6d on Hawthorne House Fulton Lewis, Jr., will originate his snow In KFRC's studios next week—he's due here for a speaking engagement (4).... Dorothy Allen, former Frisco gal who was discovered by Shsp Fields-Is back on the KGO-KPO staff,...Harold 'QUdersleeve' Peary due here Nov, 2 to attend the 25th anniversary party of bis wlfe'f cousin's, -Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Simrad....Fred Fox had'Joined KSFO ai a writer, replacing Paul West who has gone to Hollywood to work on tha Hollywood Show- icase. RESTRAIN 'CBS' ADV. AGENCY Suit by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., against Harold S. Guerln and J. LouU Albert, doing business as CBS Advertising, Inc, was settled In the supreme court in N. Y. Wednesday (22) when CBS dropped its action for an account- ing and the defegdants agreed to a perpetual injunction against the use of the words or name of CBS. Columbia had claimed unfair com- petition and' infringement -of copy- right in its action which was started in May, 1941. 50,000 wAns CHICAGO first station for almost a tenth of America's radio homes Ask ony Unriio Solr^ oKue for more inforrnciiion obout V.'BBM, one of ihr eighlccr. CBS 50,000 wolt ilolions.