The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-06

William Lundell, MICS director
of special events, is to be in
charge of radio greetings when
the air leviathan nears America.
From Coast Guard cutter and
an airplane, NBC will flash the
first reports of the ships arrival
over Montauk Point at the east
ern tip of Long Island.
At Lakehurst, where the Hin
denburg is to land, probably aft
er shutdown Friday, radio broad
casting apparatus will be available
TO send a description to NBC sta
tions. Several short wave sets
will enable announcers from diff
ferent places in the huge hanger
to describe the airship's landing.
To complete its word pictures
of the air voyage, NBC will inter-
view passengers as they ride from
Lakehurst to New York in a new
Douglas transport sleeper which
Is to be used the first time for this
fight.
Unusual is Your Hit Parade,
NBC- WEAF (WLW) at s tonight,
in that 1t doesn't try to build up
the orchestra directors name. In
fact, the directors change so often
that there is no opportunity for a
buildup. The sponsors want it
just that way. 1t is the program
itself they desire popularized-
not the band. Consequently, life
on Your Hit Parade is short; since
last fall Lennie Hayton, Carl
Hoff, Ray Sinatra and AL Good
man have held the baton, with
Mr.. Goodman as the current con-
ductOr. Freddie Rich opened on
CHS last week in Saturday edi-
ton of Your Hit Parade.
2 IcHARD HIMBER, guest
IN conductor of tomorrow
Morning Matinee, WIRE at 7, is
in a difficult position with his
sponsors and listeners. When Phil
Baker was the Himber guest, the
conductor suggested a revival of
the Baker-Ben Bernie accordion
violin vaudeville act, this time
with Mr.. Himber as comic violin
list. Positively no, the sponsors
said. They wanted dignified
program. Moreover, with the
violin business started, he would
have to play a solo, the sponsor
said, just to show listeners he
could.
Also on the Morning Matinee
tomorrow will be Irene Rich,
screen and radio artist, who will
be interviewed by Nellie Revel,
program commentator.
II Ado ROUNDUP - WGN,
N Chicago, seeks to increase its
power from the present $4,000 to
100000 Thomas A. Edison
is to be honored with a series of
broadcaStS in May, June, July and
August. Indiana's Phil Duey
is to give Betty Gould's new COM
position, "Sky-Larking," its radio
premier. Primo Camera re-
Gently held a man in the palm Of
his hand; the man was Johnny,
the call boy of the NBC-WJz
(WLW) Leo Reisman broadcast
at 6 on Tuesday evenings; Johnny
is only 43 inches tall. weighs a
mere So pounds, but his voice is
heard each week over most of the
United States. CHS studio
guards admitted youngster
wearing a badge with the words
Junior Oman" and because
they thought him clever, took
him backstage to meet Red
Nichols whose programs he had
crashed. March of Time is
making extensive plans for dra-
matizing Democratic and Repub-
lican national conventions.
Portland Hoffa knows what it is
to be heckled-her sister sat in
the front row at recent Town
Hall broadcast and made faces.
George Burns heard Oracle
Allen on the air the first time re-
Gently when his script called for
delayed entrance. Jack
Heller is back in Chicago for
radio and stage appearances after
H.. IL