Evening star., 1946-01-06
For Radio Listeners
By Bryson Rash

Gated four television channels to
Washington and at the present time
there are eight applicants for them,
Hearings before the FEC will get
under way on January 81 and the
decision should be handed down
within a reasonable time. Many
Washington radio executives feel
that television stations would be
operating within eight months or
by September l. Sets will be on
the market before that time priced
at about $3.50 up. There are still
tremendous program and operating
problems to be ironed out, but they
will be overcome in time.
The other big new field is f. m.
or frequency modulation broadcast
ing. This is a system OF sound
transmission which provides higher
fidelity and static-free reception. To
the Nations Capital the FEC has
provided IL channels for T. m.
broadcasting. So far that many ap-
plications have not been filed, but
there is small chance that the fire.
quencies will go begging. F. M
broadcasting is today reality and
ny the end of the year there prob
ably will be IL stations operating
in Washington Not all of them
will be commercial enterprises, for
several of the channels will be OPP
Grated by special service groups such
as perhaps the District of Columbia
Board of Education, the Congress
of Industrial Organizations and
others. The changeover from a. m.
to +. m. as a standard system OF
broadcasting will be gradual and
will take several years. AS matter
of fact it is quite probable that a. m
will never be entirely eliminated
because f. m. and television are linn
tied in coverage, hence a huge rural
audience will be dependent on a
group of extremely high power
a. m. stations located strategically
throughout the United States.
Strictly programs :. WMAL-
ABC On January q whole
new Monday evening schedule will
be inaugurated. Five new programs
will be heard 8:3O-1l pm. Two
crime stories, "The Fat Man. by
Dashiell Hammett and II Deal in
Crime" starring William Gargan
will be broadcast 8:30-9:30. I'M
mediately following will be halt
hour musical Forever Tops" featur-
ing Paul Whiteman and a 36-piece
orchestra. 10-10:30 a new radio
comedy team will be presented.
The veterans of stage and screen
Jimmy and Lucille Gleason, will
broadcast from Hollywood. An
other half hour comedy show to be
announced will complete the evening
Bride and Groom" a very
good radio show, is now heard 2:30-3
pm Monday through Friday .
Your Washington and Mine" pro-
gram conducted by Edward Boykin
with Jimmy Gibbons, is a question
and answer session on historic
places and incidents in the Nations
Capital. This show, which starts
today. is heard 2-2:l5 pm.
WTOP-CBS Hollywood Star
Time" debuts today 1903 pm
This program will feature big-name
films Two new soap operas
start their interminable careers this
coming week. THE Second Mrs
Burton" will be heard at pm. ano
"Dr. Paul. at 3:15. Janice Grey
will be moved to a new time
A new talk" show on the public
service side will be heard on Satur-
day at $3.50 pm. Next Saturday
Martin Blocks Record Shop" goes
on the air 4:30-5 pm. Block, who
is perhaps the greatest of the record
jockeys, will feature recorded hit
tunes of the day interspersed with
light chatter ID. c. Dateline'
moves to $50 am, starting Sunday
January 20.
WRC-NBC THE Story of
Music" one of the University of the
Air Program series, will present DR..
Frank Black as conductor and mar
rator. The broadcasts are heard
at 1880 pm. each Thursday.
WWDC-ABS The Brown
Derby Jam Session." which is broad
cast direct from the Washington
night spot of the same name, is
heard each Thursday and Friday
NIGHT at .3f-1145