Evening star., 1933-09-20
CAREER Of HELLO
WORLD" NEAR END
Henderson Will Sign Off tor
Last Time Soon at
Boards Orders.


wv dos stormy p t S,
. whose fiery TRADES and
Southern drawl are well
known to DIX" listeners who have tuned
his Shreveport station, soon Will sign
of for the last time. by order OF the
Federal Radio Commission.
After nearly year Of consideration,
the Radio Commission has ordered
Henderson to turn over The license OF
his station, KWKH. Shreveport, to the
newly formed International Broadcast
ing Corporation. which has an option
to purchase 1t. Henderson entered the
deal to sell out to the new organization
last February for $50,00O.
Henderson has been one of radios
most colorful figures for several years
Operating on the choice 850-kilocycle
channel, in the middle of the band,
with 10,000-watts power. his station Is
heard widely along the Mississippi VAL
ley. Listeners have dialed to KWkH
to hear Henderson barge into TRADES
against chain stores, politicians. relig-
ious organizations and a variety OF
other subjects Frequently this little
man with the looming voice has broad
cast continuously from 6 pm to mid
night.
Louisiana politics and its self-styled:
''Kingf1sh," Senator Huey Long. were
injected into the Henderson case. Once
an ally of Henderson's, Senator Long
turned against him and openly sup
ported the application Of Station WWL,
New Orleans, now sharing time with
KWKH, for full time on the wave. Hen
derson repeatedly attacked the Sena-
tor over the air
The fact that the commission did
not follow the Long recommendation
and grant WWL the Henderson facili-
ties is regarded politically as rebuke
to the Louisiana Senator 1t is prob
able that WWL Will appeal from the
commissions decision to the Court OF
Appeals Of the district
X X
Nov that it has been definitely set
~ tied that the opening date for
the first broadcast by N. B. c.
from the new studios in Radio City will
be November Is, construction work is
being pushed to the limit.
For instance, 600 electricians in two
shifts are hard at work putting in 8
miles of cable. 1850 miles of wire and
125 miles of conduit required to con-
meet up all of the apparatus.
In connection with this Job, to-
gether with that of making Is of the
35 studios ready for the opening night,
every preparation is being made in
advance for the advent of television,
the GATE for which has not even been
limited at.
FRIDAY, the 18th of October, has
l. been set as the date for the start
of the new March of Time" Sc
ries on Columbia. These news drama
tizations will occupy their former spot
from $50 to 9 pm
Radio studios are being combed for
an actor to fill the role Of Recover
Administrator Johnson. William Adams
and Marion Hopkins have been Sc
lected to take the parts of President
and Mrs. Roosevelt
TAB GALLOWAY and his orchestra
~ will contribute to Rudy Vallee's
Variety Hour over N. B. c. tomor-
row night from Ito g. Vallee also has
booked for this broadcast Yosie Fuji-
wara, japanese tenor, and Joe Penner.
young comedian, who is soon to be
starred in program Of his own.
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THE DOORS" DRAMATIC CON-
i PANY, with Violet Wachter at the
helm, will present the second epi-
sode of thrilling newspaper serial to-
night at 1o:15 over WRC. The action,
centerlng around Brad McHugh, Ster-
ling young reporter will take place on
the L. & K. midnight express as it
slips over the rails to Dubuque.
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DILL sP1TALNY IA IN, and his his orchestra, :ln
notified by N. B. c. to begin new
commercial series October l. The or
chestra will continue its present beer
broadcasts on Columbia but will have
to cancel the remainder of its 12-week
theatrical tour to return to New York