Variety (December 1950)

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Wednesday, December 13, 1950 Washington, Dec. 12. a Eighteenth series of the Veterans Admihistratiori Information airers, ‘'Here’s To Veterans,” preems this week over almost 2,500 AM and FM stations throughout the coun- ti*y. Feature, issued free to radio stations in packages of 13 weekly series, lias plugged the cause of the vets continuously and success- fully for over four yeairs. New series continues the stand- ard format of past ones, featuring the music of name bands, with the maestro emceeing and carrying the ball for the vets via two message segments highlighting a current phase of the organization’s activi- ties. Through the sustained co-: operation of the American Federa- tion of . Musicians, and the personal' blessings of prexy Jaines CaCsar Petrillo, VA has had little trouble 4h inking the country’s top musical troupes, who do the recordings gratis Only cost to the Government is that of the waxings. VA agreenients provide that pro- grams must be regularly scheduled and must be sustaining. According to Hernandez Silva, radio-TV head for the, agency, 60% of the time donated by the stations falls into the class A category. 'Recordings for the current series have been made by the following bands*. Victor Young, Les Paul, Leighton Noble, Goiint Basie, Frankie Carle, Spike Joiies, Paul Neighbors, Cliff ie Stone, Tex Will- iams, Ray Arthony, Freddie Mar- BUI Stem hoi Ms own viewi on What Not to Do in TV one of the many byline features in the forthceiiiing 45 th Anniversary IS umber ■ of s 1 Chicago, pec. 12. Admiral Corp. is giving a two-’ way spread on ABC to the Na- tional- Professional football* cham- pionship game Dec. 24. Radio-TV manufacturer is laying out $100,- 000 for AM and TV coverage of the game, Which will be played in N. Y. or Cleveland, depending on tin, Stan Kenton and Henry Renee; j the outcome of Sunday’s tl7) play- Already recorded for the next! off to determine the two learns. DANNY p’BAY “The Mahogany Kid” Dynamically by .Timihy Nelson with liis ne^y pal, liumphrey llig-sby. Opening Dec. 20,. JTotel El Rancho Vegas,. ly-Hs Vega.s,. Nev. Jan, 11, Riverside Casino, Reno, Nov. I’eb. 1, Ciro’s Holly wood. Roxy, New , Y ork, in ^[arch. Mgt. LOUIS W. COHAN 203. N, Wabash, Chicago Transit Radio Head Put Under Armed Guard In Mpls. Post-Kidnapping group of airers are Perry Gilkin- son and Paul Weston. In addition to the weekly series, VA issues a gioup of scripts, to be used as three 15-minute-per-vveek broadcasts, with timing a matter of local option. About 300 local sta- tions use these, while the spot packages issuedf for across-thcr boardweekday use are "almost un- animously” used, according to Silva. Television activities for VA are being gi-adually expanded, with 20 film inserts used irregularly as TV fcpots currently in circulation. In addition, one' half-hour training film, "The Journey Back,” has been in distribution, with another, "You Can Hear Again,” the story of the rehabilitation .of the hard-of-hear- ing, just launched. A third filnt, based on the problem of schizo- phrenia, is in the works for video. Every TV station in the country is supplied with a print of the film by VA and may use it at will. which will nrieet for league honors. Admiral, Which bankrolled the telecast of the Los Angeles Rams games the past season, has ordered 47 tele stations, and 200 AM out- lets on the ABC' web. Harry Wis- mer arid Harold (Red) Grange will do the play by play and color. According to pi'esent plans, the game will not be televised in the city where it’s played. Agency is Erwin, Wasey. m i^EW YORK Hubbell Robinson, Jr., CBS program veepee, marrying Vivienne Segal, the musicomedy star, Saturday (17) at Bedford Village, N. Y. Robinson was previously married to Terry Lewis and Margaret Whiting. . . Jack Barry's "Juvenile Jury” flies to D. C. today (Wed.) to guest at the National Press Club's annual Father arid Daughter pinner where Presi- dent Truman and daughter Margaret will be kudosed.... ABC’s Louise Lentz spoke at Yonkers Parent-Teachers meet last night (Tues.).... William T, Stubblefield, ex-Capitol Records; to join Associated Pro- gram Service as account exec.. . Richard Striinsky new publicity top- per for WLIB... . ABC’s Murray Grabhom and Charles Holden spoke at the first Canadian TV cliiiic in Toronto last week.. . .Betty Furness ■ and Gregory Norton new to "David Harum”,.:. Ed Jerome added to "The Romance of Helen Trent’'.^ added to "Nona From Nowhere.” WOR’s Buddy Rbgers to entertain underprivileged kids at the Bush- wick Boys Club Dee. 20 . ... "The Jewish Philosopher” On WEVD re- newed for l4th straight year by Carnation Milk,. . .Associated Program Service has released a disk with Christmas and general holiday greet- ings from its personalities, including Evelyn Knight, Mindy Carson. Dick Jurgens, etc.V. . .Brian Aherne stars in "M-G-M Theatre of the Air” production of "Man in the Iron Mask” ., . . Nancy. Ward replaces Louise Condak on WHLI’s "News and Views’’A girl (their second child) borri to the Ivan Blacks Monday (11) at Lenox HiU hosp. Named Paula.-. Reggie Schuebel may ankle Duane Jones for ariother spot . . Bob Williams making the L.A,-to-N.Y. trek for fresher AM-TV pastures, already has flock Of announcer credits, including "Can You Top This?”, "College Bowl,” "Crime Does Not Pay” (M-G-M). and "Nona From Nowhere” serial.. ... A daughter^ their second child, born to the Izzy (CBS) Siegels Friday (8) . ..H V. Kaltenborii to guest on "20 Ques- tions” TV Dec. 29 and on AM the following day. ABC’k Walter • Kiernaii to play St. Nick at the (ZJhristmas party for ABC-NBC kids ^ I Dee. 22 and for the Seraphic Secretaries of N. Y. Dec. 14 . . Harry i Tyler, Hollywood character actor, in from the Coast to spend Christ-? '. mas with his son, Jack Tyler, BBD&O staff .'director of "Armstrong Theatce of Today.” John D’Aiutolo, ex-ABC, has joined WCBS sales staff a$ account exec . . . Berry Kroger into "Road of Life”: . , . Michaeil Sweeney has bowed but of ABC’s spot sales department after seven years. ... Joel I Tall, CBS engineer, to instruct New York U. class in tape recording .... Ronnie LIss and Jeanne Elkins now playing the problem children in "Hilltop House” .. . Joyce Gordon is being written out of the MBS “Mark Trail” series for first fortnight in January, so she can wed actor CBS sportsman John Derr back Saturday (9) after CBS is dra.stically reshuffling its nighttime roster of sustaining shows, with two programs in the Friday night 9 to 10 period get- ting the a:^e to pave way for the ambitious "A Report to the Na- tion” hour-long stanza preemirig this Friday (15). Shows getting the heave are ‘‘Broadway Is My Beat” and "Up for Parole,” The Hal Peary show, which has been heard Wednesday night at 9, goes into Thursday at 10, with "Crime Photographer getting the Wednesday -at 9 period, ("Crime” had been dropped from the web follpwing the Philip Mor- ris, cancellation). The Joey Adams, “Rate Your Mate,” forced to relinquish the Sunday at 6 period to make way for the Wildroot-sponsored "Char- lie Wild,” which is .switchirig over from NBC, goes into Tuesday bight at lOV Latter slot has been occu-; pied by "Dpllal’ a Minute,” which gets transferred into the Sunday 4 p.m. time. WHAL NEW BRITAIN, SWITCHING OWNER Hartford, Dec. 12. Aldo Di Dominicis of New Haven has confirmed reports that he is purchasing WHAY of neighboring New Britain. Dominicis said that his purchase is contingent upon FCC approval and that it has been approved by the stockholders of the station. Tempbrai’ily, Dominicis, treas- urer and secretary of the Elm City Broadcasting Co., which op erates WNHC and WNHC-TV in New Haven, is acting as station manager. There was no station manager at the time he bid for the station. Dominicis is purchasing 100% control of the station. WHAY is one of the most powerful inde- pendent stations in Connecticut and was organized early in 1949. Its FCC permit doesn’t expire until May 1, 1953. Station is a 5,Q00-wat ter day and night. No radical chariges are planned at the station until after FCC ap- proval. The station has been in the red praeticaily since its start and lias been losing on an average of $1,000 a week. Minneapolis, Dec. 12. After being kidnapped and shot at prior to appearing as a witness before the grand jury investigating ■ Bernard GranL Twin City streetcar company af-; attending Big 10 football powwows... . Howard Phillips, back from fairs, Myles Johns, president of thi’ee months in Europe,will direct a new documeritairy series for Broadcasting Services, which op -1 erates radios on streetcars and; iJV HOLLYWOOD . . . buses, was placed under armed, . g j . After auditioning a dozen loose-lipped emcees for the midnight shift ^ at KNX to replace Steve Allen, nod finally went to Bob Hopkins, comic Previously, Johns had testified on NBC’s daytime TV strip, who’ll continue that function. Allen has before the state railroad and ware-, been moved east by CBS for both a radio and video buildup. Al Span, house Commission in a similar in- j with CBS here fOr the past 18 years, will be Allen's associate producer quiry, that he had been told by ■ on the teevee series .. . . ABC’S Frank Samuels promoted Ned llullinger Fred A. Ossanna, former streetas division station relations manager to succeed Frank Conrad, recently railway company counsel, not to ; named manager of KEGA and the net’s western division radio activity, worry about any city council ac- Moved iip into Hullinger’s top publicity post is Jerry Ross, staffmari tion against traiisit radios. ... .In his 15 years on the air Gene Autry has had only two guestars. Council has passed an ordinance Last week it was Jo Stafford and previously Jack Benny . . Jack prohibiting further transit radios, i Runyon’s campaign for Maier 102 Boew has sparked such widespread interest among other beer accounts that Milton Biow is being besieged for the "work sheet”... Cy Howard is at work on his third radio series, "The-Three of Us,” which will comprise Sandra Gould, Marvin Kaplan arid Ed Max.. . .It’s a comedy just like Howard’s "Irma” and "Luigi” . . . Gunzendbrfer, former manager of KROW, Oakland, and KSFO, Frisco, now heading up TV production at General Service studios . . . Ward Wheelock bought five Don Lee stations along the seized him flftpr he hart kenf an ^^^^t to supplement NBC’s coverage for Campbell soup’j "Double or aoDointment with a nartv ^ who ! Nothing”.., Lewis Allen Weiss, former board chairman of Mutual and teleohoned him and +niR him Vie i Lee, is ilOw with Hughes Tool Co. as consultant in the aircraft enniH relea? division.... After 13 years Jean Hersholt is still the star of "Dr. Chris- biit the measure’s enforcement has been blocked thus far by a court action still' pending. Johns’ com- pany pays the railways $6 a month for each radio his firm has in- stalled in streetcars and buses. Johns told police two men ifte] appointment with a party, who could reveal who was tampering with and jamming up the transit radio equipment At the point of guns, he says, he was forced into an auto and driven around for a half-hour until they reached a lonely spot, When one of the men got out of the car and told Johns to follow, the latter, instead, start- ed to give battle. The fight con- tinued outside the car and Johns was knocked down a steep em- bankment, he says. The men fled. The street railway hearings arise tion,” Rosemary DeCamp, the femme lead, Art Gilmore, the announcer, Mrs. Dorothy McCann, the producer, Chesebrough, the sporisor, Mc- Gann-Erickson, the agency, and CBS, the network... .Clydle Beatty show on Mutual goes three times a week under Kellogg sponsorship first of the year... .Bing Crosby improvised an Italian record for Voice, of America. m CHICAGO . . . TV Success of life at 80’ Potency of television in revital- ising radio properties is seen again in the case of "Life Begins at 80.” The Jack Barry-Dan Enright pack- age, originally beamed on Mutual, 1$ now being backed by Arnold Bread via ABC-TV. Success of the televersion has lirpmpted ABC to dicker for bring- g back a radio edition. KSD in 1st Simulcast With ‘Protestant Hour’ St. Louis, Dec. 12. KSD and KSD-TV, . owned and operated by the St Louis Post- Dispatch, hung up a “first” Sun- day (10) when it simulcast the “Protestant Hour,” televising and broadcasting the program at the same time, The program is spon- sored by the Metropolitan Church Federation of St Louis and has been a regular Sunday a, m. feature on this station for 14 years. The simulcast originated from the station’s studios, and the Rev. Dr. James W. Clarke, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, who has been preaching on the "Protes- tant Hour” for several years, was the principal speaker. A quartet directed by Dr. G. Calvin Riggen- bei’g also was featured. WBBM’s "The Quiet Answer,” documentary series on human rela- tions written and produced by Skee Wolff, won the radio award from the Chi Commission On Human Relations.... Greater Illinois Broad-;- casting Co., of St. Charles, HI., filed for a permit to set up''a 500-watt daytimer in that city ... . NBC Quiz Kid Loimy Lunde to make his debut from charges that gangster ele- ■ as piano soloist with the Chi Symphony Orch mext week ... Herb Kraus ments have bought into it arid are i has produced a series of four quarter-hour educational shows for B’nai attempting to obtain control fol- j B’rith being carried on 50 midwest stations.. Joe Klihker, NBC Chi lowing an increase in fare to 15c. duplicating department supervisor, has entered the Army... . Ed Scott —-—r——■ ' ■ emceeing WBBM’s "Double Quiz” next week during absence of vaca- tioriing Jim Lowe ., ABC’s Don McNeill, Patsy Lee, Sam Cowling, Johririy Desmond, Cliff Petersen and Beiiny Rubin are featured guests r Qfvoihnvf wnn Offrthe-Street Club’s annual Christmas party Thursday (14). C. Stieibeit, WOR Virginia Haskins, Ruth Slater and Bruce Foote will haridle the sirig- prexy, was elected ye.sterday ing leads in WGN-Mutuars annual Christmas presentation of "Hansel UTues.) to the board of the Better and Gretel” on “The Chicago Theatre of the Air” Saturday (16).... Business Bureau of N. Y. He’s BBS’s first AM-TV rep. ; BBB Gets Radio Rep Theodore TV hither Radio? oski Theodore C. Streibei-t (Presidmi af WOR) ★ ★ * o provocative tditoriol feotutt iii the upcoming 45th Anniversary Number of Home Federal Savings & Loan Assn, has renewed its participation on. WMAQ’s Phillip Hayes strip: . . WGN sports director Jack Brickhouse guest speaker at the Ottawa, III, Elks club this w m wASHimTois ... Moppets of Embassy Row will broadcast in their riative tongues their annual Christmas greetings to the ehildren of the world on Dec. 22 over ABC, with program origiriating from web’s local outlet, WMAL * ; WEWO, Laurinberg, N. G., has joined staff of WrOP-GBS as national sales rep;.; .Bill Malone, recently of WAVE. Louisville, has been added to WMAL-AbC staff as announcer., . AAA has chosen the Ruth Crane “Modgrn Womari” Ahow (WMAL-TV) as show'case for its weekly '-Coqrte^^ a^'ard,.. . WWQC disk l^key Willis Conover and jazz pianist Art Tatum waxed a Treasury Guest Star platter past WeekSig Mickelson, CBS director of public affairs, , was guest speaker past week at Washington Ad Club IPv® . ■ * •' Traris-Lux manager Vincent lorio contributed an ayem per* fofmance of "MaCbeth” to Jim Gibbons’ (WMAL) Country Store Christ- mas collection....Billie Holliday, currently doing a local nitery Stint, Inked Iri guest on th^"Big Show” airer on the 24th. . ,IRcA board chairman General Sarnoff, in town for the color tests, attended the Arnerican Newspaper Women's fete iri honor of Margaret Truman at the special request of the guest of honor herself... .And RCA veepee Manic Sacks a guest the same evening at the Loew screening of "Magnificent Yankee’Ut WPAA’s "Aeadema”