Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

let everybody know that st. Pat
hadn't been overlooked The
Joe Louis-Abe Simon fight for the
championship of the world will be
broadcast over CKLW. Friday
night valiant Lady" made q
sudden switch to WJR last week.
time is 10 a. m. Joan Blaine, bust
est lady in radio, continues in the
lead.
WJR announces that the Stroh
show on Tuesday nights has been
renewed for another year. Gus
Haenschen's orchestra, Thomas L.
Thomas and Margaret Daum are
expected to remain New news
man on WWJ Monday will be
Harold True. who will replace Ken
Laub. True is an old-timer in
radio, and was at WXYZ until he
resigned to try for a place on the
Detroit city council. Came close
to making it, too Jim Hop
kins, WJBK boss, is now on ad-
visory council Of OFF and spends
much time in Washington. APP
pointment came because OF the
many foreign language programs
his station does each week,
The grapevine route brings word
that the Bert Wheeler show will
switch from Blue to CHS next
month, but WJR has not been
officially notified by the network
/. Michigan football games will
be on the air again next fall. spon-
sored by the Automobile Club Of
Michigan. Ty Tyson and Paul
Williams of WWJ will be the mike
men Fibber MCGEE remains
in top spot. according to ratings
just released by Radio Daily. Bob
Hope moves into second place,
Charlie Mccarthy and the Aldrich
Family are tied for third, Walter
Winchell, Lux Radio Theater and
Coffee Time are fourth, fifth and
sixth, and Jack Benny, long at the
top. has slipped to seventh.
Loretta Young as Miss Run
yon" will meet Adolph Hitler in
person in an Arch Obler show on
Silver Theater-WJR at 6 d. m.
Sunday Staff at CKLW much
pleased over a citation from the
Dominion government because they
went all out in the Victory Loan
drive. Every member subscribed
Former marine Frank Perrin
was introduced to announcer Bob
Mabry just before going on a
program at VICAR last week, and
remarked that he had fought in
France with a man named Mabry
and had seen him killed. He was
the announcer's uncle and Mabry's
father had been trying for "a years
TO learn the circumstance OF his
brothers death.
Richard c.. Casey. Australian
minister TO the United States, will
take part in the They Live For
ever program on WJR at 1890
Sunday night Pete Angel, di.
rector OF WJBK'S orchestra, is
Just finishing 10 years in radio.
His group is small but they double
up on 30 instruments They've
never had occasion TO use IL, hut
WJR has a short wave transmitter
all ready to go into action IL any
thing should happen 10 the lines
between studio and transmitter at
Trenton. That precaution was
taken long before the war emer-
gency.
Many American newspapers are
devoting more and more space IN
radio news. realizing. as VARIETY
points out. that 81 per cent of the
homes in the United States have
receiving sets. That means OF
course. that radio Is more and
more a means Of entertainment
and that listeners naturally want
10 know the personal things about
the folks they hear on the air.
The Chicago Sun. new morning pa
per. is devoting a page each DAY,
the Toledo Blade has long main
tanned a comprehensive picture OF
radio seven days week. So N
goes throughout the country. IL