Variety (January 1950)

46 RAIIIO Wedne^ay^ Janmiyy 25, 1950 Continued troin page 34 ivorv artists were executing '‘Far*; ert Benchley and the autobiog of ivoiy dii ^ _ ‘ Will Rogers, with Frank Suliyan -AV^U Amaildd!:, a nd bling Rose of the “Mar ta. Ram- Wildwood?^ Father Time and the Beautiful riheess herself. - - It added up to a charming fable with Allen’s dryly witty narration ' and Pay’s amusing interpretation of the shy, reluctant hero. Like all such allegories it had a moral: that It'S not unmanly to be.; scared Near th^ windup of the program ] evidenced by fact that WGFM, Daugherty and the topters scored j Washington; WVUN^ Chattanpoga; Will xvus^l^» vvitii f iciiiik k^uiiyau guesting. Int^^st^^ite^hDtrds” -Qt-4anger,^be^use^ fear m Ko of wriTTW braveryf Commercial on Fam- heavTly as they presented “In The Good Old Summertime” in various WFMV. L. A., and WCUO, Cleve land, are also using the transertp- tempos, a distinct novelty; i.e : in j tions. Program is taped in studios Viennese waltz time; hillbilly) of WGY. Schenectady: Bril, swing; as it might be played in PRESS CONFERENCE braVeryi ily Hour,” as usual, pointed put the inspirational vialucs of family prayer.-'.. Sen. Ar- ;.New Dixieland; oh a player piano and in the bop kyle. Tunes selected j __ , . were of the listening type arid only * bhe modern, :^'The Old Master j .ttar Hr Painter” was among ’em. I 30 Min&, Wpd., 3 p, m, The propm.opened pin^St-Louisrasthetto then the tooters, playing softly, ^ ^ u- x . clicked with “Canyon copper.' State radio history .was The first of the; vocal artism, HUl. ‘ iriscribed when “Press Gorilererice” a baritone, preserited the_ i^st of originated ( 18 ) in the new broad* threV castirig> television room of the for his first score. The others were , *: . . . hit • « x “Old .^Master Painter” and “Bye - Senate; w i t h Majority Leader Bye Baby.” Then followed Gaspy j Wicks as interviewee. Wicks, who with the bass viol, Burke, guitarist: supervised the 4$i;0d0;0Q0 vrefur- ahd Connor, playing ^tfip^Vibes, and chamber; operied with a MiizakFM Continued from page 30 constituting a trio to click in neat arrangement of “Stardust.” a tribute to the influence of -radio, television and thei press as means Eddie Grant, another hew comer ; of commuhicatiori. He said the in to the airwaves executed “To Whit, staUation made videocastirig of To Whoo” neatly in the first Of her two offerings. The second was “Among, My Souvenirs^” • Com* merciais at the tee off, iri the mid- dle and windup Were not too .lengthy^" Stihu, Seriate proceedirigs possible, if arid when it was decided to dp sp, New facilittes should give im- petus for ;Albariy and area stations to provide fuller coverage of Legis- lature arid Capitol Hill—-beats Which they have too long ignored SKIDMORE SCANS THE BOOKS With Ji , y. Mauzey,; Coleman Cheney, E, Nelson Hayes; Her- bert MerrlU, guest .Producer: Lou Frankel 30 Mins., Sun., 4:30 p.m. Sustaining WFDR, New York This stanza is a listenable and .literate book program iri which the tomes are discussed rather than de- bated. The. panel consists of three regulars, professors at Skidmore College, whose fields are philoso- phy, economics arid English. On the broadcast caught (22) their guest Was another Skidmore prof and the volume under discussion was “The Bending Cross,” a biogra-' phy of Eugene^ V. Debs, the late so- cialist leader, 'by Ray Ginger. In- terestingly, : Debs (whose initials are incorporated in the call letters of WEVD) was kudosed on WFDR, Whose call letters honor the late President Roosevelti The gab, which Was both in- forrried and informal, is not tpo highbrow and the works discussed show a broad range. Next Week’s opuses will be; a biog of :W. C. Fields, an a n t h o 16: g y of Rob- RADIO FM owners without the gadgets hekr the commerciais, time sisals arid statipn breaks. ^ Accordirig to Muzak’s coimsel, these FM stations ere “violating” at least five FCC rules pn identifir cation of musical records, an- nouncement of sponsored pro- grams, prohibition of special equxp- inent on transmitters, etc. Muzak wants the rules ari:xended so it pan enter the; ‘field .on an authorized basis/ arid, pending these changes, it; wauts the FAI-ers: using the sU- per$6nic fevices warned that they are ppeirating “contrarj- to the .ebm-' missiori’s regulatioris,’*^^,^. Miizak. is also askirig permission to use multiplex broadcasting, so it can beam a number of Separate programs to Various types of busi- riesses. FiVe years ago a Muzak affiliate. Subscriptioii Radios Inc., applied for FM channels in Goth- : NBC has dreamed up a scheme to help Gotham’s, water shortage Every star coming to N. Y. (Alice Faye, Phil Hanis, Judy Canova Gordon ^McCrea,. the Quiz Kids and Dennis pay are all skedded lor N. Y. junkets in the next few days) will bring .along a container of waterrtvhich-viiill-be-poured-into^an^BCXwateix-barrel in N. Y. dr uiiderpl ayed."" WQRQ~'Was’~piieT^mr’^^ -but-rdropped-ther -projectr-beff- cause it feit“FM v/as still in its of the first to break from the pack, but eyen now—with “Conference” and other shows—most of the air- caSting is beirig done by news- papermen. To them, radio is strictly a sideUrie. Half-hour in which Seri. Wicks Was quizzed by moderatbr Edward W. Bates (N. Y. Herald-Tribune), John Mooney (Gannett Service and Albany Knickerbocker News), Jerry King (N. Y. World-Telegram and Sun), Raymond Borst (BuiFalo Evening News) and Henry Leader (AP state editor), had punch, inter- est and news Value. Correspondents pressed Wicks closely oh State [.finances, welfare, gambling, the Legislature and 1950 State elec- tions, although they did not go as far as their Washington colleagues sonietimes trjavel on Webbers, Men varied on voice, diction and radio personality. King and Borst were two of .best on particular block, although Mooney was per- haps most persistent iii framing queried that would develop stones. Jaeo. infancy. ts Hotel New Yorker Koy KysCr't TV Show, NBC RC4-Vfcfor BliiMrd Fred Allen and Dennis Day starred In an engaging fairyrtale on Mutual’s “Family Theatre” last Wednesday (18). Scripted with a broad humorous approach to the medieval romance, the. drama had good contrast between Allen, as a cynical narrator, arid Day, as a trembling knight-e»Tant,' Sir Wil- liam the Terrified. Sir William's problem was that he^was afraid of being afraid, eveni as he slew ogres, dragons: and swonks—^the latter being- three-eyed dragons. One day he saw 12 eyes in a dark castle, and calculated that it was either six people or four swonks It turned out to be swonks and his leg armor began rattling with fear, but nevertheless he dis patched them. Rest of‘ the stanza dealt.with Sir Bill’s conquering his tongue-tied bashfulness in the presence of the Beautiful Princess, I With advice from Mother Nature, Oh, he hasn’t used a hammer and chisel for y<ears—^ not since 1 started him on Wheatics^” Continued from: page SS is ixecessairy for the develop- ment of n e industrial pro- cedures.” MUler added he was delighted” that Jones occupied the “happy medium” position be-r tween ^‘retrenchive action” and “a method of a Stalin Who attempts to dictate procedures of science,” - Jones replied he was concerned with Miller’s “intimation” regard- ing use of Government power to force production and that he was “amazed” that a former judge of the court of appeals and the head of the NAB “should lend currency to this false shibboleth in the color proceedings.” He declared that Miller obviously misunderstood his speech and that he! was “surprised” that Miller “Would suggest a usurpation of power that the Cpm- misSiori or its staff has never even dreamed of.” Jones said he would expect that Miller would be the last person to interpret the Commission’s color proceedings “as forcing Anybody to manufacture anything. There can- riot be any misunderstariding be- tween you and me. . . . and the industry 'doesn’t. misunderstand it either; witness its long record of not producing FM sets to irieet the public’s demand.” Nobody 1$ Urging that the Gpm- mission assume jurisdiction over receiver manufacture, Jones con- tinued. “On the other hand,” he said, “the industry again is im- plicitly trying to get a decision Web has planned publicity hoopla around the stunt, including visit- ing Stars boitPwing barrel water for emergency shaves, celehs having their bottles accidentally broken en route, arguments starting ove? Whether California or eastern water is better, arid /similar “spontarieoiis’’ occurrances, In addition, “The Great Gildersleeve’’ is sending a Civil War canteen of Water from station to station by relay. ; It says here the barrel; will eyentualiy be dumped Into the reservoir. .ti, S. Naval Air Reserve recruiting is being sparked by its greate.st lineup Of statipnsr-spme 1,500 in an--rcerrying; as public service ilie “Naval Air Reserve Shp\y,’’ accprding to Lt. GPmdr. Walter S. Kiriimeil,^^ in charge of the. radio drive. NAR ShPw offered stations consists pf 26 quarter-hoUr platters, with Paul Westpn; the Starlighters, Tom Ready announcing, and with 13 name singers each taking two tutns gilesting; Program was produced by Kimmelh written by Kimmell and Fred Herder, and directed by Bob F^ackham. : Holly wood Gpordin at- irig committee and AFRA lined up the guesters, who all donated tiieir services, Scale was phid the regular cast members. Reported cost of the entire package to taxpayers, including everything fi*om coriceptipn to delivery of the disks to stations, was $6(1,000, bringing per-station per-prpgrami cost lb $1.5().: ,./ " Kimiriell reported that last year 920 stations .cairied the show, and the year previously, 543. Stations iri college cities are reportedly tile mPst effective in recruiting^/.; { ^ A $930 claim brought agairist the Americari institute of Food Prpdr ucts/Inc,, by the American Federation of Radio Artists, on behalf ipf its member Edtnuhd (Tiny) Ruffner, Was upheld by a...three^man arbitra- tion board in N.Y. last weelc/ Case resulted frPm Ruffner’s engage- ment as arinoUneer fPr “Ask pr, Eddie,” a transcribed Chicago airpr. Ruffner claimed that Robert A, Borries, producer of the show for AldFP, hired him, but failed to pay the sUm of $930 for work done on the-program. V The case was judged under the auspices of the American Arbitration ■;AssnrArbltra11>TsWrerc'Abraharir’Malesr^rigeriri^AT-Schmidt~^ M. Westohi Jacob Rappaport repped the Institute, while Mortimer Becker; of jaffe & Jaffe, upheld AFRA’s stand, Radio Guild (GIO), which last week won a National Labor Relations Board poll to represent 600 white collar workers at GBS’/New York headquarters, has sent a foimal request to the web to open contract negotiations: A union meeting wlU he held tomorrow (Thurs.) to dis- cuss demands and to elect local and chapter officers. RG won the election, 323-218, With 59% of the total Vote. The union had a contract with CBS from 1946 to Nov, 30, 1949, when the pact expired. “The Seedling,” special i5-minute drama starring Robert Montgom- ery, is being.transcrlbed today (Wed.) by Radio-Video Associates for the National Conference of Christians and Jews^ Ernest Kinoy scripted, and Jack Lloyd produced and directed. Show has been accepted for airing by stations throughout the country. Instead of passing the hat for contributions, WMGM, N. V., disk jockeys Jack Eigen and Ted Brown are passing out the hats. To hypo the March of Dimes drive. Eigen and Brown are conducting a slogan contest and Offering as prizes a dozen celebrities’hats. Among the toppers to be awarded are those of Jack Benny. Bing CrCsby,. Al Jolson, Eddie; Cantor, Helen Hayes, Bob .Hope, .Mayor O’Dwyer, Mae. West, Ed Wynn, Ginger Rogers, Hedda Hopper and Danny. Kaye. white until they have exhausiied the raarketr Such a decision, which industry seeks and it appears you would favor, might well inject us into the-Staliri type^f-regulation-Uipp"^]^ of receiver sets which both you and 1 condemri,” shows which were in their prelimi- nary stages. This is said to be parr ticuiarly true in the case of un- affiliated stations which can’t fall back on the networks^ to fight the ban for them. As a result, pro- ducers haive been turriing their ideas to other types of programs. Of course, none of them Want to be caught with time arid talent commitments in the event of ari adverse decision. But even if the ban should be held invalid, it’s felt in some cir- cles the overall effect on radio should be to the good. There are many broadcasters who have never liked the programs and put them | oir only under pressure of compe- tition. With a large. part of the public sympathetic to the Gommis- Buffaio-^ohnny Dee, night clui) eiricee and bass player, joins staff of WXRA with early morniiig disk show. It’s first radio stint for Dee, Who has summer theatre experi- ence locally. Sion s move and trie idea of partici- Continued ftoin page 30 rules on the; question, it’s believed certain the decision will be ap^ pealed. But there’s no certainty the Supreriie Court will review that decision. Some lawyers here suggest that a lower court ruling favorable to the FCC might.be ac- cepted by the high tribunal as finjal. In that event, the court would simply refuse certiorafi (review).! when it acts on appeals in the fMl; and the ban would stick. Meanwhile, despite court actions in Chicago and New York last Sep- tember preventirig enforcement of the ban, the giveaway fever is said to have dropped considerably. It’s uriderstpod that some of the bigger prog^'ams have toned down their, formats to eomply \yith the Com- mission lottery rules dr are plan- ning to do So. Popularity of the shows, too, is said to be on the Wane. \ IrnposiUon of the ban also is be- lieved to have caused cancellatiori 1 of plans for new prize arid money pating in a “lottery” being abhor- rent to many listeners, these cir- cles doubt the giveaways' will ever again attain their former audience Rules restricting giveaway pro- grams were to have become ef- fective last Oct. 1. When stay orders Were obtained in Illinois and New York courts a few Weeks earlier,: the Commission postponed the effective date until the ques-i tion of their legality is finaliy de- i termined. FM Attracts Lynchburg, Va:, Jan. 24. Thieves who looted WWQD’s Boonsboro road transmitter of $5,066 worth of radio equipment last week put the station’s FM unit off the' air. Replacement of the stolen , mechanism to put the sta- tion back in bperation was com- pleted late the following day. There was no interference with regular broadcasts. Bedford authorities thieves Vdbviously had knowledge of radio.” “ARCHIE ANDREWS” SCRIPT #241 By Carl Jompel CAST Archit.......Bob Hostings Jiigheod—^Jjo rloii Stone Mom ....... Alict Yourmon Dad .Art Kohi Yeronico.... . .Gloria Mann pBotty. T .Rosemary Rice pireetbr .. . Ken MacGregor Announcer. ... :Dick Dudley Prgqnist.. vGeorge Wright In a New Tameli NBC, Saturday* 7:30 P.M. Detroit—Arthur McPhillipSi traf- fic manager of WJR, has been nanied assistant general sales man- ager of the station, it Was an^ nounced by Harry Wismer, gen- eral manager and assistant to the president. McBhillips has been With WJR 20 years. Court«$y o# > •THE ©HEAT RUPERT For Gtttrgt Pal THE camel SH 0W_ ■ ■very Friday NIte/ 9:30 E.S^ Mgt.! LOU CtAYTON