The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-14
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES

yer National BrOadcasting corn- any networks on Thursday curing Americas Town Meeting on the Air. ,peakers discussing the general sub- ect, What Is Americas Greatest Need Today?" include pr. William .yon Phelps, professor emeritus of Tale, from the point of view If litz rature and the arts; pr. Will Du- ant. philosophy; pr. Gerald |. Nendt, science, and the Rev. Ralph ". Sockman, religion. The program will be heard from 9'30 to 10:30 p. h., EST, over the NBS-Blue net york.
 CharIes Dickens immortal
 "Christmas Carol" an inter-
 faith pageant to celebrate the
 Chanukah Christmas holidays,
 8 dramatizati0n of the 'sNativ-
 ity"; a convention of depart
 ment store Santa Clauses and a
 broadcast of Commissioner VaI-
 entine's distribution of toys to
 umderprivileged children c will
 feature the YuIetide schedule of
 brOadcasts over station WMCA
 this year. Beginning a week be-
 fore Christmas, the interfaith
 pageant celebrating the Jewish
 ChanuIah and the Christian
 Christmas will be held on Sum-
 day, December 18th, from 8:3O
 to D. m. Featured on the
 broadcast will be Dr. Robert
 Searle of the New York Feders-
 ton of Churches and Rabbi
 Abraham L. Feinberg of Mt.
 NebOh temple. A negro choir
 will furnish the traditional music on the program. The dra m atizatiOn of Dickens
 Christmas CarOP will be one
 of two dramatic featurG to be
 given on WMCA on Christmas
 eve. Scrooge and Tiny Tim will
 be heard at g ?. m. in an hour
 broadcast from WIP, Intercity
 key station in Philadelphia.
 Later, at 11:30 p. m, the Ave
 Maria players will dramatize
 the story of the Nativity" and
 at midnight WMCA will air the
 singing of Christmas carols
 from the lobby of the Hotel
 New Yorker.
 WINS chief gongman, jovial Ed last, will don the red robes of anta Claus and play host to hum reds of the city's underprivileged hildren who will be guests of the adio station just before Christmas. Distribution of toys and candy to he needy youngsters is an annual vent at WHN and although the rive is only two days old, more han 1000 new toys have already cen contributed by listeners. For he occasion, Ed East will be dressed s Kris Kringle during his Anna eu1 Hour broadcast on Friday eve- ling December 23. and the audi hoe at the Hotel Astor will be four hundred needy and crippled chil- Een who will witness the program $ guests of WYNN. Immediately blowing, from g to 9:15 p. m., the Eation will broadcast the proceed hgS as Santa Claus" Ed distributes he toys and candy to the young eople.
 IreIand's contribution to world culture will be discussed by Dr.
 Douglas Hyde, president of Fire
 --the former Irish Free State
 over National Broadcasting company networks on Thurs
 day, December 22, during an in- ternational broadcast from Dub-
 lin, Ireland. Dr. Hyde will be
 heard from 6,45 to P. m., EST,
 over the NBS-Red network. He has taken as his subject Irish Culture" Considered the great
 est scholar of his day, Dr. Hyde
 was elected president of the new state of Fire last April. In tune with the season is WATERS Holiday Greetings" heard daily at too P. M. featuring outstanding Eation personalities of The Voice of Waterbury including: Marilyn bale, Roy Flynn, Jimmy Parker nd the conductor of "A Way Of living" Speaking of being in me with the season, you have prob- ply heard about the drive for needy antilles that WATERS feminine au- hority, Marilyn Dale, has been con- ncting Miss Dale, who broad hsts the appeals on her morning azaar half-hour, Mon., Wed. and lri, at 10:45-11:15, is conducting er Christmas campaign for the DOT in cooperation with local hurches The response has been overwhelming, with sympathetic lis sners dispatching to WATR gifts ? food. clothing, etc. for distribut- n to the needy.
 Something almost uncanny in
 radio is Jimmy Scribner's one
 man show ''The Johnson Fam fly" WATR, 5:15 daily ..
 Jimmy, as difficult as it is to
 believe, plays all the parts in the
 human drama presented from
 the New York studios of the
 Mutual Broadcasting System =. lIt Is feat for any actor to play
 two roles in any radio show but
 when he tackles four or five or even six dialect parts
 well, the fellow has got to be
 Ia genius .. that psychological
 summation seems to fit Jimmy IScribner The Johnson
 Family!
 Youthful Jimmy Dwyer, Water ary's Own Stations musical direc- + has decided to wend his way
 college this fall Jimmy Gall sniuses these Jimmies) possesses husual capabilities and would make
 welcome addition to radio sta- bn anywhere particularly in |me college town.
 1 Since the addition of daily programs from Boston, New
 York, Cleveland, Los Angeles