Evening star., 1936-06-07

Maybe you're more than willing
American malady-"spectator is"-wit
alton secondhand. But if you're not,
get out the old ocarina or the fiddle
and tune up to make little music
yourself. N. B. c., it seems, is getting
ready to encourage your talents by
planning a giant orchestra for a debut
next Autumn-an orchestra to be made
up of thousands and thousands Of
listener-players clear across the coun-
try-all playing away under direction
of an unseen conductor officiating
down in Radio City studio.
The same network is letting the
listener take an active part in another
radio novelty-the Answer Me This"
educational stanza which has stepped
out into a quarter-hour spot on Thurs
days at 5:30-for which the dialers are
turning to and taking part in the
pencil-and-paper exercises. It's also
up to the listener if anything comes
of this years WOR warm weather BE
King to Your Neighbor" campaign.
All you have to do in order to sign up
is just put the soft pedal on the loud
speaker during the open-window sea-
son.
THE stage makes a new contribution
to radio in Joan Marsh who has
signed for regular vocals on C. B. SIS
Friday Tavern" show True to
prophecy here, Tim Ryan and Irene
Noblette have clinched that comedy
spot on the Benny show, Beginning
June % :. Lazy Dan gets back on the
Columbia web Tuesday for morning
series Carl Hoff, resuming the Hit
Parade" baton Wednesday. gets the
10 pm. spot on both N. B. c. networks.
Richard Himber's outfit, renouncing
its new guest-star policy. will air Mon
days at $50 pm. on N. B. c. beginning
June 20. Meanwhile, the guest-formula
becomes regular feature Of Ed Wynn's
series. There's another radio paradox
in news that Fred Aliens show may
drop the amateur half of the bill when
the comic returns next Fall-while
Horace Heidi is encouraging the anna
teurs to flock to the sutdio for his new
WOR series.
The Songsmiths Quartet replaces
Frank Parker on his gasoline show
this week on the new Thursday pm.
period Fred Smith is authoring
that newest news drama, Next
Week." which Is trying to forecast
the news and also to get line on a
sponsor Radio Row says that
Lee Wiley gets back to the airlanes
this month and that a former
sponsor of Conrad Thibault is dick
ering for a minstrel show revolving
about Pick and Pat and Ben Klasson
that Irene Beasley may show
up in the broadcast spot just vacated
by Beatrice Lille even that Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh may be a radio
star in the Fall armament. There
are reports the colonel would get
$4,000 a broadcast for a series of 13
to begin around September 3.
GALE PAGE, joining the cast of
~ 'Today's Children" thereby vim
dicates her lifelong ambition to go
dramatic as we'll as vocal Frank
Sherry, New England tenor, is await
ing the verdict on New York audi
tions Roy Shield has the bill
ing, but Joseph Gallicchio is doing
the directing on the N. B. c. Revue
now airing Thursdays, 10 pm. .
Shield himself is in Hollywood .
Time shifts on the airlanes also
affect the Words and Music" bill
which takes the air Is minutes later
on N. B. c. these weekdays and
at $50 pm. Sundays I. Doris Wes-
ter, who got her first break via Mai.
Bowes' amtaeur hour, is back on the
radio scene after long illness, talk
ing her torch songs Wednesdays at
7:30 pm. on N. B. C.
KDKA's old favorite, '"The Romance
of Dan and Sylvia" has a network
spot-N. B. c., 10:45 am. WLW
is the broadcast scene Of the new
'Follies" show, just back on the Mu-
tual web Mondays at 1870 pm,
with Jack Edmunds as Official glad
handler . Bill and Ginger are back
at the c. B. S. microphone with a
five a week morning series .
WLW's "Stumpus" show is running
on schedule again, Monday, Wednes-
day, Friday, 1880 am. Nickel
odeon" has a new time spot, Thurs
days, 1890 PM, N. B. c., WJSV . q.
San Francisco's frolic "Carefree Car
nival," is back on the same web Mon
day nights at 10 the Sigmund
Romberg show folds after tomorrow's
airing.
T AMY ROSS is going in for guest
artists for the Show Boat" bill,
to which, by the way, Capt. Henry gets
back next week after a brief absence
and speaking of guesters. Frank
Morgan will exchange quips with Ben
Bernie Tuesday.
Even the music may be furnished by
guest artists playing a one-night
stand. A least it will in the case Of
Old Accordion Man Bakers show to-
night, when Bill Challis' Orchestra