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announcer, producer, writer and
singer, which is the best experience
possible for the Washington variety
morning man." The use of the
term, morning man." is slightly
misleading, for Trafton, in addi-
ton to the early morning stint,
does an emcee job on Music Box"
in the afternoon, Monday through
Friday, and during the recent va
cation of Ruth Crane, did a very
presentable act as a Modern Wom-
an" The payoff, however, is Traf-
tons answer to the question, what
are the five things that you like
best in life? Robertson answered
without batting an eye-my wife, my
daughter, son, Smithfleld ham and
spoonbread.
Strictly programs. .WRC-NBC
Information Please" returns
to the air on Monday, September
10, at $50 pm. Regulars for this
season will be the favorites Cliff
ton Fadiman, John Kieran and
Franklin P. Adams. The guest on
this first broadcast is Fred Allen
Kay Kyser returns to the
college of Musical knowledge" on
September 10. George Burns
and Oracle Allen bring their own
particular brand of humor back to
the air on September 20 at 8 pm.
WTOP-CBS The grand old
man of the screen, Lionel Barry
more, has returned to the air with
his excellent program "The Mayor
of the Town" The show is heard
on Saturday evenings at $3.50.
WMAL-ABC :. 'Lum and Abb
ner" return from their vacations
tomorrow to resume their normal
schedule of pm. Monday through
Thursday.
WWDC . Esther Van Wagner
Tufty, veteran Washington cor
respondent and former president of
the Women's Press Club, will begin
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
schedule of discussion programs to-
morrow at Ills am. incidentally,
she will be one of the first features
on the new Associated Broadcasting
Corp. network which swings into
action on September 16. A new
teen-age jamboree will feature the
Saturday morning schedule here
after. Slanted for the youngster
from to 18, this new broadcast
will be heard 9:30-11 am.
From close and constant watching
Nf re vry0 1na nnI
that the Redskins will play their
first exhibition game in Cleveland
on next Friday, September 7. And
from other sources come the news
that this game and all the rest of
the Redskins fall-winter schedule
will be broadcast on WMAL with
the capable Harry Wismer handling
the play-by play. Jimmy Gibbons
will assist Harry in this chore.
WTOP-CBS has retained Ted
Husing and Jimmy Dolan to do
football play-by-play. WRC-NBC
plans have not yet become definite
on the gridiron front. WOL-MBS
will use Russ Hodges each Saturday
to describe top football classic.
WMAL-ABC will have Harry Wis
mer and Joe Wilson at the micro
phone. The WOL-MBS schedule
will start on September %, the other
networks on September Is, and the
appalling thing is that NBC, CHS
and ABC will each broadcast the
same game on that date, the Michi-
gan-Great Lakes soiree. You know
something ought to be done about
that.
Spot announcements The
rumor has been fairly we'll con-
flrmed that Art Brown will leave
VOL and Washington to make his
fortune in New York on Station
WIN. Yes, We know the contract
was signed, but the WIN deal was
too good to be passed up. Ray
mond Swing will devote his COM
mentary each Friday, insofar as
material Is available, to discussion
of atomic energy and what it means
w.. A new play by Clifford Gold
smith of "Aldrich Family" fame
goes into rehearsal on September 4
-. THE Breakfast Club" moves tc
New York for a one-week stand.