Variety (Nov 1948)

Wednesday, November 17, 1948 IVMBVISION 81 I^ew York j Film-legit actor John Conte set' for lead in CBS-TV's second "Studio One" presentation, to, be aired Nov. 28. Show is Charles Mealand's "L^t Me Do the Talk- ing" ... Writer - flack Margaret Weiss and Joan Murphy Lloyd, Radio Mirror's tele editor, teamed in new TV package agency under the the label of Weiss & Lloyd Productions:.. . Milton Stern, one- time stage manager for Shuberts and Olscn & Johnson, back from Italy With a series of .films lensed especially for TV.. James N, Furncs$ left WCBS-TV (CBS) staff to join WSB-TV, Atlanta, as pro- ducer . Pianist-composer Walter Hendl guesting on the Gloria Swanson show tomorrow (Thurs.) night on the N. ; Y. Daily News' J/fPlX Video Associates prez Pltilip Brodsky oil on a three-week tour of California and midwest tele stations... "Chevrolet on Broad- way," half-hour legit series aired Monday nights on NBC-TV, I changed title to "Chevrolet Tele- Theatre" Lawrence Haas, for- mer, news editor of CBS' short- wave division, named CBS-TV news coordinator . Larry Marks signed Its writer on Cluett & Pea- body's show starring Phil Silvers* slated ■ to preem on NBC^TV next Wednesday (24).,.N. Y. Herald Tribune sports editor Bob Cooke guesting on the Dunninger-Paul Winchell "Bigelow Show" on the NBC-TV web tomorrow (Thurs.) night.. .National Biscuit Co, inked to bankroll ii pickup of the West^ minster dog show in February over CBS-TV from Madison Square Garden. McCann - Erickson agency's Lee Cooley set the deal .. CBS-TV's kid show, "Scrap- book," will get an off-the-air per- formance at the Boys' and Girls' Book Fair, Saturday (20) in the Mu- seum of Natural History audi- toriumConnee Boswell drawing $1,500 for a one-shot on Elgin- American's two-hour Thanksgiving Day show on ABC-TV. which is still operating on an ex- perimental basis . .WTMJ-TV, Mil- waukee, did Its longest remote to date Sun. (14), televising the Pack- ers-Bears grid game from Wrigley Field here Fran Allison, of WBKB's "Kukla, Fran and OUie," bedded by an appendectomy... E. J. Dustin, audio-video facilities engineer of NBC, New York, here to supervise installation of equip- ment at WNBQ.. Jim Lahey leav- ing as assistant chief engineer of WBKB to join Television Associ- ates. Arch Brolly, tormer chief en- gineer of WBKB, joined TA two weeks ago . Jennifer Holt, seen on Broadway in "Life with Father" and "Two tor the Show," will'play the role of Aunt Molly in the "Uncle I Mistletoe" series on WENR-TV... Disk jock Ernie Simon launched I a five - a - week comedy series on WBKB Mon. (15), with four par- ' tieipating sponsors signed . Engi-' neers John Casagrande; Bob Ber- resford, Ray Burtschcr and Louis Craig added to NBC's midwest tele staff .Television News Service, Inc., begins :Operations here Dec. 15 under the direction of L. T. Kreutzig, editor of News Map of the Week. Five-minute programs on 16 m. film will be priced at $25 and $35. Chicago FCC Chairman Wayne Coy's Tuesday (16) Rotary Club address on "The Potential of-Television" was beamed by NBC's WNUQ, If It's a "Feature Production" It's Especially Designed to Suit the Ad- vertiser's Needs. PRODUCERS OF HINT HUNT LADIES BE SEATED SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT BRAND NEW BRIDES MAN ON THE FARM ■ AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORSHIP SHOOT THE MOON LET'S CLEAN UP K-l-D-S CARNIVAL PUT 'N TAKE FEATURE PRODUCTIONS 228 N. LaSalle St.. Chicago State 3156 Hollywood Lou Forbes has been inked by Larry Finley Televiislon Produc- tions. Forbes will start shooting vidfilm on Dec. 1 . Betsy Mills and Paul ''Buaas" Owen will do a weekly 20-minute show over KFI-TV.. -. Projectionist Yale Bassin saved IMPPRQ three weeks work and an estimated $10,000 by dousing a film fire, which flared up in the projec- tor, with his hands . KFI-TV will cari-y the Elgin-American two-hour Thanksgiving television show being presented over ABC-TV. Program will be kihesGoped for presentation here Dec. 3 .. KTLA will put auc- tioneering, on television. Louis S;, Hart, auctioneer, has purchased 30 minutes once every four weeks for the telensing which has been tabbed "Auction Tonight".. IMPPRO v.p. Harlan Thompson to • New York with first five telepix made by firm lor CBS. Herb Slrock, tele-firm topper, plans to head east this week for discussions with network; on. a following 13-week video series . Don Lee's KTSL has sold the Santa Claus Lane Parade which is held on Nov. 24 (Thanksgiving eve), I to Maurice Holman & Co. Holraan, I a clothes manufaeturing concern, . picked up the tab for $500 as spon- i sors , KFI-TV will telecast a va- I nety show once monthly from the I Beverly Wilshire hotel. Program I will be aired from 2;30 till 4 Sun- days KLAC-TV has riioved its telecasting schedule to Thursday I tlirougli Monday from Wednesday j tliroiiRli Sunday to accommodate ' boxing matches on Mondays. Cameras in Audience Heighten Theatre Effect Of KTSL's'Music Hair Hollywood, Nov. 16. Carl Winckler, program head of KTSL, has had eight seats removed from Don Lee's television studio and will, place two video cameras in the middle of the audience for the televising of the "Don Lee Music Hall." Two sections of four seats each have been taken out of the middle of the auditorium so that program can be telecast giving the viewer the effect of being in a theatre. Winckler. feels that new twist will aid thesps. in performing and. also give the studio audience an even break. When the cameras are situated on the stage, Winckler. said, the performers are continually strain- ing to get past the lens and play to the audience. thus giving the home viewer the feeling that show is being played to someone behind them. Audience, meanwhile, can't see much of the proceedings due' to cameramen and ..equipment being set up on stage. Winckler hopes camera situation will make it easier to pick up studio reaction thus tak- ing show off teevee tube and plant- ing it right in the living room. WJZ-TV, RTDG Agree to Mediate On Union Status of Full Directors Albany—^WPTR is sending mem- bers of its staff to entertain at vet- erans: hospitals: and institutions. WJZ-TV and Radio and Tele- vision Directors, Guild v narrowly av.erted: a head-on collision over contract negotiations this week with both sides agreeing to go be- fore the New York State Mediation Board for peaceful settlement of the dispute. Hearings will open to- day (Wed.) befoi-e mediator Mabel Leslie in N. Y. Brewing for the last three weeks, the station - guild scrap stemmed from WJZ-TV's management re- fusal to recognize the RTDG as proper collective bargaining agent for full-fledged directors. In the company's opinion, the directors are supervisory; personnejl ineligi- ble for union representation under the Taft-Hartley law. Subordinate personnel such as assistant direc- tors and floor managers were con- ceded to be under the RTDG's Jur- isdiction. After repeated tries to talk it over with the ABC net's key video outlet, RTDG's exec secretary Nickie Burnett let loose with • a thinly - veiled walkout ultimatum last week. A wire, to . Richard Moore. ABC-TV attorney, read: "Unless you call us by noon Mon- day (15) for the purpose of setting up a meeting to negotiate a col- lective bargaining agreement for the directorsj associate directors and floor managers, 100% of whom are members? of. the: :Radio. and. Television Directors Guild, we shall determine without any further consultation: with you what our next action will be." Bui-nett also pointed out that ABC had al- ready recognized the RTDG as bar- gaining agent for directors in the WJZ-AM division. Meanwhile, RTDG's negotiations with the reps of the ad agencies and packagers for basic minimum agreement are scheduled to resume next week. Following RTDG's dis- closure of its proposed contract at the initial Nov. 5 meeting, the agency-packager group asked sev- eral weeks to determine its own counter propositions. : At a full membership meeting Moflday night (15), 100 directors agreed to assess themselves $10 apiece for a defense fund and gave, votes of confidence in the RDTG executive council and negotiating committee in their handling or the ABC-TV dispute. . Atlanta^Eddie Pentecost, for- mer manager of Delman theatre, Tulsa, has signed on as promotion manager of WCON, ABC outlet owned by Atlanta Constitution. New Haven's WHNC-TV Set To Go Shortly After Year Of Assorted Headaches New. Haven, Nov. 16. After battling for months in an eflort to get on the air locally : (present programming is Du Mont- fed), it looks like the necessary equipment finally will be lined up I for regular operation of WHNC-TV I within the next few weeks.;; I Since- originally tackling the video problem moi'e than a year ago, station has run into an in- I credible number of obstacles in' j getting it.s pattern on view. Pnn- 1 cipal headaehe involved; material.: \vi(h lack ol an RCA relay being the mam stymie since January, To date, investment represents a figiii-e close to $.500,000 and for ; some time (he station operated at i an average weekly loss of $1,500. Outlook IS brighter now and sta- , tion diteeioi' Jahies. Milite .s,tat(;& ' he ba.s; a numbei' of ideas set t6 go ■ as. sooh,:a.s..lpCai; prbgrtUtiS; can be added. ;Tliese wi 11 be strictly, studio stuff lor some time, with the future ol remotes being just that—re- mote,- : ■ - ) ..WNllC. wliioli include.s Aftt anfl Fiil-.as Avdl vas T.V. 'Is. headed 'liy ■ PcUi'lck ,1,; GoddeV,.. president.: and, Aldt^ii)e Poin)nici5,;'S!?e^ 11 Here's a tele grooven ...says P^RMT "Midwestern Hayride" is only one of the many "groovers" on the WLW-T schedule. There are others of all types—musical, variety, quiz, juvenile, dramatic, sports, audience— participations, news, women's, etc.— with the seasoned stars of The Nation's Station "filling the want for that showmanship need in video". So if you're looking for an ideal televisibn vehicle to get your advertising across to the intense, fast-growing television audience in Greater Cincinnati... you'll find WLW-T ready wkh -programs high in entertainment but low in cost. FOR FULL DETAILS, CONSULT ANY OF THESE WlW-T SALES OFFICESi 140 Wttt Ninth St. Cincinnati 2, Ohio : CH.rry 1S22 : : 630 Fifth Av*, New York 20, N, Y. Orel* 6-1750 TELEVISION REVIEWS Wediiesdiiy^ Septenober 89/1948 WEST£BN' HAYBIDE Witli Bill Thau, »!.«.; truraer Braf., Girla ot Oolden West, Trail Blaxcrs, Krnie Xee, Jady Ferkini, . KciiWy Roberta, Brown'a Ferry Tour; Hkl WaaHmti, annouiicer Produrer: Jamea B, Hill 30 Mini.; Sat. 8 p.ni. BAVARIAN BRKWIN& CO. WLW-T, Cinelautl (Ralph H. Jones Co.) Here's a tele groover. A rleht smart giddapt for tlie folks out yonder, it also liaa appeal f6r city dweller.'), rus- tic atmo.'sphere and fare being a taste of something different tor tlieni. Facing a camera is duck .wrap for Crosley entertainers. They are sea- soned In audience as w«ll as mike tech- nique, having worked : in jam-packed AM .studios and appeared in theatres, . auditoriums, :schoois and what ha\'e you, including state and county fairs. Costumed in denim,' gingham and trap- pings of the plains, the boys and gals . nil the want for that showmanship need in video.' . > All hands get in there and pitch for thoir separate and collective chores, and with tlie definite impression that they are having as much enjoyment out of it as the most pleased viewers, Tiieift IS no drag from start to flnj.sh. Bill Thall, as a rub^ smoothie, sprinkles some corn during his own brief fling at conversatiat\ and on each mti'o, setting the show's pace. Scssion iS the closing halt of *a full- . hour television show, that: fallows ail', hour program by: moat of th? same .' .entertainers on Croiiley's AM station ' VfTSW. both originating in WLW-T's 300-sfat acp studio. To start wltii, it's a frpp two-hour .show. Prospects are for /irtiitciing ,<it popularity... to the exs. . tent of moving to a do.wntown ,audl- ■ torlum, such, as was done several years ago to accommodate audiences for'WX/W. Saturday night hillbilly showSi :■:'■■ Koll: 360 N. Mtchlgon Av*. Chicago. 1,. III. tiat* 2-0366 6384 Hollyv/«6d Blvd. Hollywood 28; Calif. Hollywood S40I Ciiiciniialicomer on the WLVV'l piodtiction .stall i.s Bei'tiie C , Bai'tii a 13-\i'ar nirin in radio i'onnwl.\ jJioRrtim director of wrO.S .'VslieMllc, N C, witli WFIl. Pliiiaclelpliia, WKRf, CincN. aiul the Ralph H Jones and ' Bnsachpr-Van Nordpn ad agen- cies. WLW-T ) TELBVISION SER.VICB OF THE NATION'S STATION CROSLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION