Variety (Jul 1945)

86 RADIO Wedne6.(Iay, July 25, 19|5 f\ mW YORK CITY . . . Bob Kerr got a letter last week Jroin his wife, Joan Brooks, the CBS singer, currently overseas lor USO. Letter, postmarked Sorrento, posl- scripted that iiow she's seen the place. ",vou can*tell Phil Brito he can keep if ; .■. .Raflio industry doffing its coUective hat to Red Barber for spearheading the N. Y. Red Cross drive and sending it more than $1,000,000 over the goal for iUi greatest fund-raising .iob thus far Phil Doelker. ex-CBS director, has joined MeCannrBrickson as asst. radio . producer. He'll assist Carlo DeAngelo in production of Westinghouse Ted Malone cross-the-board program... . WABG's program director Dick Swift is father of a new son, his foiu th R. C. Maddux, WOR veepee. has appointed Cortlandt J. Langley as station's manager o£ research. He was formerly general mana,ger of B. H. Grant, national research outfit... .Georgie Price cutting short a Canadian vacation to audition a new program Aug. 1 for Wallace Downey which Jack Lear is producing... .Fred L. Fox and Henry L. Hoople have been signed by Sherman and Marquette to write the Judy Canova show, which returns Sept, 1 Richard Sanville, director of "Sparrow and the Hawk" on CBS, taking his first vacation in 14 years. He's going to Massachusetts to fish. : . : -Robert Q. Lewis is checking out of NBC, where he's had aji a.m. particji "pationer, to work'on a musical comedy : and plan a" irew radio .packaee> ;;v Radio Directors Guild and net execs had two n;iore contract negotiation sessions last week (Id-ZO), reported progress, and recessed the talks until after Labor Day... ^Short-short story of "two cigarets in the dark"; Bob Thiele, WHN's disc jockey, sponsored~b.v Ltorr-crggiespto-AvedT-Monica Lewis> of the Chesterfield air show, on July 27... .Jane Kalmus taking over as publicity head of Philco in mid-August, having resigned from the Tom- Fizdale .flaekery. ;. .Herb Leder directing "Glamor Manor"' while Tom McDermott is on vacation. Also supervising ''Thin Man" .and aiding in direction of "Topper" for Benton Sc Bowles Mary Patton victim of a peculiar accident when, a small- blood vessel broke in her throat which interfered with conversation but: was not serious enough to prevent her fcotn.doing her shows. Adrian SamiSh, Blue production chief, back from vacation Charles "Bud" Barry feted at the Stdckholm last Thursday night (19>. prior to his shift: from eastern program head at the Blue to Washington liaison for the network. .. .Cpl. Edgar Kobak. son of the Mutual prexy, in N.Y., following service in Europe....Fred Bethel., director of "Romance. Rhythm and Ripley," vacationing in Mexico. Jim Ameche, emcee on the show, rushed to Wickersham.hosp for emergency appendectomy after last Thursday's show. Dan Seymour will substitute while he's out.... .Y 3,'c William F; Zuckert, ex^N. Y. radio actor (Kate Smith, "Aldrich Famil.v") has been in New Guinea the last-15 months, directing, acting and producing shows with the 25th Special Little Theati-e group. • Also acting as announcer engineer on a local homemade network, , . -Lou Quinft: and Charles Speer now scripting the summer edition of . Philco's. -''Ifall of :FaB»e" stanza... .Jean Colbert,. women's programmer of WTAM, Cleveland, in town Lorayne "Skippy" Pyle, for past six years secretary-at Benton & Bowles agency in Hollywood, has given up that post to become personal secy, to Ralph Edwards. She replaces Lillian Engel . Who ■yi'ill handle Edwards' busine.ss and contacts in :N.Y. * Larry Stevens has chucked: .his publicity setup-to join Jim Selvage's public relations outfit... .That Groucho Marx ad lib which broke up the rhymed bowoffs of the stars on the Norman Corwin "Undecided-Molecule' show last week, has the trade still talking Wick Crider, of J. Walter : Tliompson, off on Aug. 1 for Brewster, N.Y.. vacation... .Ukie Slierin checks off as a writer on the Edward Everett Horton show for Kraft and returns to the Coast...<.Rod Hendrickson^ Ed Latimer, Alice Goodkin and Venezuela Jones new "Valiant Lady'^ quart«>t;.. ;He1en ClaU-6 and Audrey Egan added to "Amanda"... .Lorene Scott and Cathy McDonald join 'Young Widdcr Brown" while Charme Alien is new addition to "J'usl Plain Bill." fi\ CHICAGO ... Gil Faust, a.ssistant program director at WBBM. has resigned to take over a Hollywood production berth. Al More.v, long time WBBM director, slated to take over as Walter Preston's assistant.. . .George Herro, newly appointed midwest publicity head for Mutual, currently in New York to gel acquainted with the web's eastern operation. . . .R. S. Peter.son, ABC's central division general ofrice manager since the net's separation from NBC in 1941. has resigned to become the business inanager of Schwimmer and: Scott. F. J. Dickensen takes over the job of office and per^sonnel manager. Auditing chores will be handled by F. J. Coveney. Dinning Sisters have been signed to make two musical westerns for Columbia Pic Robert'W. Miller, formerly with Henri Hurst Sc Mc- Donald, has Joined the ABC central division as: a network salesman,. . . Jack Van Volkenburg. a.ssistant manager of WBBM-CBS western olTice, and Everett Hollis, WBBM news editor, take ofl' for the Pacific theatre of operations August 15 to do a series of wire recordings on Chicago GI's.. .. Peter Cavallo, Jr., has replaced Lou Jackobson as assistant radio director in .T. Walter Thomi>son's Chi office. Ed Twambley of Spot Sales Chi office has resigned to take over man- agement of an eastern station. Harold Higgans replaces Mitch Hanimil- berg, Deanna Durbin's agent in town enroute to New York where he plans to institute' legal action against Danny*0'Neil the singer, who, he alleges; ran out on moyie and: radio contracts;. ; .I:.ocal models, who have, organized the Chicago Models" club. are. tr.ving to put a radio show to- gether based upon the trials and tribulations of the modeling profession. NBC National Barn Dance Hoosier Hot Shots are. in Hollywood for another movie after which they will head over.seas for a six-week tour of ArmyL£amps_in_the European_lheatre__.Charley Irving, Chicago's busiest announcer, soloed la.st week... .Les Atlass back from a two-week North Woods vacation.. . ;GIint Stanle.v, ABC supervising producer;- onr a.-two: month leave of absence due to his health. IIS HOLLYWOOD . . . Robert 'ArmTjruster leaving July 29 on four-week vacatioi»-fiom the Electric Hour over CBS. with- Wilbur Hatch pinchhitting. on the podium . .Cresla Blanca's "This Is My Sest" resumes over CBS Sept. 4,: with a guest star policv. after a 13-week layoff... .William Gargan became a permanent replacement on the "Murder Will Out'' program over ABC (Blue^, flllins; the job left vacant by Edmund MacDonald. who withdrew for film work... .J.' Alfred Pearce, Raymond H. Baled and Kenneth W; Grinde were added to ABC staff of studio-field engineers. . . .Basil Adlam becomes musical director of ABC's: western division, succeeding Ernest Gill, who resigns .to enter the freelance music field. ;..General "Hap" Arnold requested Arch Oboler to write a radio show commemorating the anniversary of the Army Air Coi'ps. to be aired over Mutual Aug. 2 at 9:30 p.m. (PWT).... Martha Hears signed as regular vocalist on the "G. I. Laffs'' show, airing over CBS on Wednesdays.. . .Hal Styles will move his "Vela Talk It Over" program from community to community in the Los Angeles; area, starting in Pasadena July 29 for the first broadcast away from KFWB studios.. . .Be.ss Johnson will succeed Brett Morrison as emcee for the. "Musical Bouquet'' program aired Sundays by KECA... .Jack Roche, producer of . "Dufty's. Tavern," in Irom the east for two weeks to make audition recordings. >...Milton Blow in from New- York to gander the new Eversharp. ''Maisie" show; starring Ann Sothern... . .Guest conductors fot Rise Stevens' summer concert series,''Music From Hollywood," aired Over NBC, will be Lou Forbes. United Artists, July 30; Charles Woleott, Walt Disney, Aug. 13c Victor Young, Paramount, Aug. 20, and Al Newman. 20th- Fox. Aug. 27....Gapt; Richard Fishell. USMCR, jbined the Armed Forces Radio Service and was'placed on duty in the Shortwave section by Col. Tom Lewis, commandant....Al Gordon became assistant to Bill Ray. KFWB program: manager, and will be in charge of. night, operations .for the studio. .^■■■'^■/■.-^ }:}.. .. ' ssSf ,:.'■[ '--y \:'/ r''-'r WQXR, N.Y. INDIE, GETS DEPT. STORE NEWS PACT John W a n a m a k e r department Store signed a 52-week contract with WQXR, N. Y., for three newscasts a day across the board beginning Monday (30). In making this agree- ment, negotiated .directly without any ad agency, an old relationship between the store and the station was re-established. Ten years ago, when station was still experimental under call letters Of W-2-XR, Wanamaker got an hour'.s piogiam nightly in return for furnishing plat- ters from its record library. Newscasts will go on for "flve-min- ute segments at 8 a.m. and noon, while from 9-9:15 p.m. store will .sponsor the station's "Worldwide' News Review." Stan Roberts will voice the a.m. .show, and other two WiU be done by Albeit Globe. WOL's GE News Show Cueing Postwar Pattern? Washington, Julv 24. ■Mutual's Capital outlet. WOL, is launching a. new radio news: pro* : gram in the fall, possibly setting the ; pattern for postwar reporting on {he .air., . Gimmick is...that there will be no gabbing. and no "personatily;" Speaker will be anonymous, will be known only as "The Voice of Wash- ington" (which, incidentally, is WOL's nickname :for advertising purposes'). "Voice" will present a straight - away, uncolored, uniri-- flected . news report, without injec- tion of any dramatics at all. No; editorial opinion will appear on the show, and no commentary on- the ne\v.s will be pennitted. It will be ullra-obiectu e. That, at least, is the plan. Gen- eral Electric will bankroll the new stanza. Agency 1.S BBD&O. Boston.—Leon Fremault has had his radio monicker changed to Bob, Williams since he joined WEEl'.s an- nouncing staff. He was :fornierly announcer at WTMA, Charlesloii, and WMEX, Bo.ston. IBM SEEKS COAST TELE OUTLETS IN L.A., FRISCO ' Hollywood, July 24. Applications for pernTissioti to build terminal stations here and in San Francisco for an experimental radio relay network were filed with the FCC by the International Bu.si- ness- Machines Corp. The equip- ment, to be made by General Elec- tric, will be designed to carry tele- vision, radio programs and radio photos and to operate office type- writers by radio. Company has already been granted FCC permits for a similar network between Schenectady, N. Y'. City and Washington, D. C. SEU NUNY mobuas roR MANY AlVjlRmERS FOR LISTENERS AND SPONSORS AUKE HERE'S ONE SWELL WAY TO START THE DAY ... EVKKY werliduy niornliiir, from 7:00 to R:!iO a.m., the oliewrfiil voti-e 'Af-=-F«jrg.v IJoyd heliM.iliouHiMid.^ oF' JVnnr Iforhn-ii oir (« n Komi-dtart. "li'iik« Jiew York" ii« n tmt movlnit prntram timi Klvct ll^trnerw wliiif llir,i' like, with plenty nt mufilc, newft.time-slynals.: Yt'eailier xeiiorifi uiiil other diversllled f^ntureM.-. As.'M ; reMiili, "Wake l^p New lork," enjo^'s one oit the higheHt.' ratlnirit of an,ir early niornlnjr program'on II .ISeW York Iiideiiendent »tall«u, delivers tlila' audience iit an ex- reptionally low «mt per .llfttetier and i» ." nelllnir Job tor parllflpittinK vponsikrii. Rmrii N. Wtily Stneral Manntr- # JtM K. PeMMii Hat'l; Barnouw Resigns APRS Post; Readies Anthology Erik Barnouw. for 18 months head of the" educational program unit of Armed Forces Radio Service has re- signed that post. He : served in the job as a civilian, and Captain Parker Wheatley'has cohie up front Was'i- inglon to lake over the post. • Barnouw's anthology of r a d i o plays, "Radio Drama in Action." has been completed and is ready for publication in the fall. Meanwhile, he i.s doing., .some radio: scriptincS; preparing to return to hi.s Colinrbia University teaching job and supervis- ing the scripts for the top NJJC Sun- day noon sn^tainer. "Eternjl Lipht,'" Morton Wi,shengrad, who handles that series, is on vacation in Ver- mont..' ^ , Scripts for the summer month,'; foi' "Light." according to Barnouw, have been assigned to Joseph Liss, Nor- man Rosten, Hedda Rostenj Arthur Arent, Peter Michael, Eve Merriam, Harry Kleiner and Ben Kagan. Boston.-^Ma1coIm Taylor, merchant seaman and formerly at KWK, St. Louis, is stepping in as operator at WNAC to replace Hank Fulton, now in. boot training at Camp Sampson, New York. KLRA Little Rock FOR . Jackson Cookie Co. GEORGE E. HALLEY TEXAS RANGERS LIBRARY Hom ncKWicK, kansm city, mo. ;*N Anmiit ■.church nopucnon: