Variety (December 1952)

Wednesday, December 10, 1952 P5££3Ii?fr KADIO-TKLEVISIOIV 35 Inside Stuff-Television Ted Husing, WMGM (N. Y.) disk jockey, relates that when he was doing a. CBS-TV boxing telecast from out-of-town recently he was mystified by one spectator’s holding up a sign “POW” several times when the camera panned the ringside seats. Husing queried the individual, who was sitting in the press section He revealed he was a photographer for a local daily and "POW” plac- ard was his code message to the city editor that “pictures are on the way.” . As a public service contribution, KSTP-TV, Minneapolis, will go all- out for the March of Dimes drive, starting Jan. 2, its announced bv Stan Hubbard, the station’s head. One of the campaign’s feature will be on-the-air contest carrying a prize of $10,000 in merchandise and cash for the winner who identifies “The Marching Man.” During open station break periods, beginning Dec. 26. KSTP-TV will show a silhouette of a well-known American personality, not readily identifiable. Clues will be given on Jan. 2 and thereafter All KSTP- TV shows will carry pitches for the contest and the drive. r Palsy Telethon Continued from page 31 came up with a collection. Even workers on other nets came through with some coin. One of the volun- teer telephone operators donated $100. It was sincere and infectious all the way through. Goldenson Sparks Contribs Maybe the initial contagion was sparked by Goldenson, who has a daughter with CP, and/or Miss Pickens who also has a daughter similarly afflicted. Whether these were the primary sparks that ig- nited the more than $500,000 ef- fort isn’t too material. The im- portant result is that so many suf- ferers will be aided. At this point considerably less than 50?o of those that need CP training cannot get it because of the lack of facili- ties and teachers. As explained by Miss Pickens, cerebral palsy is an injury to that part of the brain that controls co- ordination. Other parts of thfe brain must be trained to assume the chores of the injured section. It’s a long and laborious process that needs stamina on the part of the pupil and teacher. Some of the kids who' appeared on the show hadn't yet learned to hold their heads erect. Others indicated their ability to become useful members of society. Although the cause in itself is deserving of the tremendous re- sponse it got, the attainment of the total is again a tribute to show business. More than 200 perform- ers were on hand for various lengths of 'time. Some did their act. others got on the telephone to accept calls, and others did both. The who’s who of New York talent availabilities made their way to the ABC studios. Included were Yul Brynner who made the open- ing and closing speeches on the program; Perry Como who sang worked the ameche; Janis and Paige. Herb Shriner, Billy Daniels. Jackie Miles, Jan Peerce, Toni Arden. Dorothy Sarnoff, Molly Pi- con. Prank Sinatra, Hazel Scott. George Hopkins, Martha Raye, Buster Crabbe, Louis Armstrong, Gabby Hayes, Ed & Pegeen Fitz- gerald. Eric Rhodes, Joe Bushkin, Guv Lombardo, Jack Carter, Jackie G 1 e a s o n, Paul Winchell, Red Buttons, A1 Kelly, Claire Mann, Eddie Condon, and many others made appearances of various lengths'. A filmed plea by Presi- ldent-Elect Eisenhower opened the stanza. Bob Weitman. UPT veepee, is an old hand at staging benefits. He’s i esponsibie for the success of many Madison Square Garden has sparked the Paramount Theatre. N.Y., into one of the most consistent moneymakers in the presentation category. He was ex- ecutive producer for the show, and Eileen BARTON AMERICAN MUSIC HALL and U.S. COAST GUARD SHOW EVERY SUNDAY, ABC, RADIO CORAL RECORDS Dir.: MCA mgr Paul Mowrey, WJZ-TV program manager and Charles Holden, as- sistant teevee' director of ABC were the producers. Ray Abel was teevee dirctor. There were four cameras on the show and they per- formed expertly. Dennis James performed in a - ™ nner * . His efforts mdn t diminish as time wore on. He gave a spirited and contagious *fw/ nt V *?“• U ' vas a collective effort °f which all concerned can take deep bows. Hawaii Objects to Being Dumping Ground for Old Or Bootleg Video Sets Honolulu, Dec, 9. With the debut of commercial TV here last week, set distribu- tors and dealers are pushing a co- operative association designed to keep obsolete or bootleg sets from flooding the island. Ire particu- larly was aroused by ads which ap- peared in Frisco papers saying: “We need 1,000 old TV sets, any shape, type, size or condition . . . Hawaii calls.” Better Business Bureau and new Television and Radio Industry Assn, of Hawaii retorted that "ob-, viously it is intended to use Hawaii as a dumping ground.” Other woes preceded TV debut. Dock strike tied up several hun- dred sets aboard Matson freight- ers. And distribs fear they’ll .be caught short because earlier or- ders had been placed on assump- tion TV wouldn’t start until Feb- ruary or March. Some distribs are hard pressed for cash and in some cases are asking retailers to fore- go credit. Du Mont Preems TV Centre Continued from pace 29 fits directly into the lift. Thus, the j to the booth is the kinescope re- elevator itself won’t be tied up! cording room. Exec programming while crews load and unload at each studio level. Each of the five studios has its offices are on the same floor, again lined up so that the personnel who must work closest together are ad- own control booth, in addition to a! jacent to each other, specially-designed clients lounge. 1 Judging from a tour of-the build- in another innovation, Caddigan ■ ing. designers haven’t missed a bet. said each studio would have an The talent and crews will use isolated unit control room setup. ■ stairways on opposite sides of. the in which the producer, director and i building to enter and leave the t.d. will be separated via glass; studios. This will prevent the us- walls from the video and audio en- j usual production snafus which oe- gineers. Thus, each will be able 1 cur when actors might stumble to perform his work during a show ( over stagehands moving equipment Hartford — William M. Savitt. Hartford jeweler and co-owner of WOCC here, Saturday night (6> re- ceived the annual citizenship award of the Jewish War Veterans. without tne usual distraction of noise, chatter and extraneous dis- turbances. Lighting engineer will, also be in a separate partition, with his lighting controls pre-patched so that all he must do is work into a studio on the same side. By the same taken, the five control rooms have been* built virtually one on top of the other, to make possible shorter wire runs and to make it easier to trace any techni- switches to handle them via remote eal trouble which might crop up. control. Building, which is completely Building also has two nemo re- mote-control studios, in which engi- neers will be able to integrate live action, remote pickups, film, etc., for | air-conditioned, even has its own pre-cook kitchen, in which stuff to be used on kitchen and cooking shows can be prepared in advance an entire program via remote con-j and wheeled into a studio ready for trol. To insure fluidity as much as the discerning camera eyes. There possible, Caddigan said all staff are two large-sized “line rehearsal’' quarters and functional rooms are, rooms, where a director can get placed adjacent to each other in the order of their working together. Thus, the film control room is ad- together with his cast for initial run-throughs on the dialog before they move into a studio. Showers jacent to the master control room j and a lounge have also been pro- on the second floor, with the .pro- '■ vided for the stagehands, camera- jection room alongside that. Next 1 men, etc. Where Broadway crosses “Main Street The curtain goes up on Broad- way and people in towns and on farms across the country can watch from front row center on their television sets. Seven short years ago the first intercity television broadcast, using today’s methods, took place between New York and Philadelphia—a distance of 95 miles. Since then the Bell System has expanded its network until today it contains over 30,000 channel miles. This expansion required great investments of ingenuity, effort and monev. Yet the cost of the / service is low. Bell System charges, for the use of its intercity televi- sion facilities, average about 10 cents a inile for a half hour. BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM PROVIDING TRANSMISSION CHANNELS FOR INTERCITY RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING TODAY AND TOMORROW.