The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
WOn1en's Group
 Announces AuUardS

Service Orchestra with Jessica Dra- gonette and the Revelers, the Ameri- can Town Meeting of the Air, and Wilderness Road, sustaing program of the Columbia Broadcasting System yesterday were given four of the five awards offered by the Women's National Radio Committee for the outstanding radio programs of the year. They represented, respec- lively, the following classifica- tions: best non-musical program, best program of light music, best educational program and best chill dren's program. A fifth award, of- fered for the best program of ser- 1ous music, was withheld because 1n the opinion of the committee no program now on the air measured up to the standard of excellence set by the committee.
 Awards were presented by Ann ing s. Prall of Washington. D. o., chairman of the Federal Commu- nications Commission, at a luncheon at the Hotel Astor which was at- tended by presidents of the three major broadcasting systems, celebri- ties of the radio world and repre- sentatives of the majority of the leading women's organizations in the United States. Twenty of these are enrolled in the Women's National Radio Committee, which through its cooperating groups rep resents constituency of 100000. Awards were made on the basis of popular poll in which radio enthusiasts in every state in the United States, in Canada and in Europe participated. These run ners up were:
 CLight Music)
 Fred Waring and his Pennsyl- vanians, broadcast Tuesday eve- nings to the Columbia network, and Friday evenings to National Broadcasting Company network.
 (EducationaD
 American School of the Air, broad cast daily except Sunday on a Columbia network. Chicago Uni verhty Round Tables, broadcast Sundays on a National network.
 (Children's Programs)
 American School of the Air (also a runner-up in the Educational classification Damrosch Apprecia- tiol, Hour, broadcast Fridays to a National network. Singing Lady, broadcast daily, Monday through Friday, to a National network.
 (Non- -MusicaD
 Comedy = Jack Benny, broadcast
 Sundays t ca National net
 work.
 Fred Allen, broadcast Wednesdays
 on a National network.
 Burns and Allen, broadcast We'd
 nesday evenings to Colum-
 bia network.
 Drama Leslie Howard, broad
 cast Sundays to Columbia
 network.
 Serials-One Mans Family, broad cast Wednesdays to 8 National net
 work.
 Today's Children, broadcast daily,
 Monday through Friday, to a
 National network.
 Vic and Sade, broadcast daily,
 Monday through Friday, to a
 National network.
 Forever Young, broadcast daily,
 Monday through Friday, to 8
 National network.
 Commenting upon the returns from the poll, Mime. Irion said: News commentators made sur prisingly poor showing. In this division, in proportion to the votes cast, Gabriel Heater led with Edwin c. Hill second and Boake Carter third.
 None of the swing orchestra made any showing, and comments indicate that this development in so-called music is a passing fancy, since it seems to satisfy neither the dancers nor those who like to sing radio music. In serious music, General Motors received the greatest number of votes with Ford's Sum- day concert second. However, 1t was brought out by the awards committee that the standard of the General Motors program this year was considerably below that of last year, and that it would be incon- sistent with the objectives of the committee to single out for high honor a program which had slipped backward"
 Her committees objectives Mime. Irion defined as "endeavoring to raise standard of radio programs and to stimulate appreciation of the best type of radio offering"
 The weekly meeting of the Alpha Phi Omega Sorority was held last Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Betty Maher. Plans were dis cussed for the annual semi-formal dance to be held in June. Those present were: Gertrude German, Mary Church, Margaret Quinlan, Kathleen Maher, Dorothy Brenneis, Mae German, Marie Quinlan, and Betty Maher. Miss Dorothy Bren- neis will be hostess to the members next week.
 Miss Irene Rembrecht has return cd to her home in New York after spending several days as the guest of Mrs. Mary Lyons of Willow street.
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