Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08

From $50 until s:52 tEDST a
properly miffed Macdonald ex-
pressed his opinion of carnival
characters who do not know base
ball is supposed to be baseball.
AS a matter of fact, he expressed
the opinion of a great many other
sports fans who like their baseball,
and other contests, straight.
The letter which Winslow S. Nc
liver wrote here last Sunday in
criticism of radio is turning into
a chain affair. This week, Ben
Publos, jr., Is, asks for - and is
granted-a spot of space to answer
Mr.. McInver. He writes:
In the first place, Stan Ken
tons music isn't unharmonious
or unmelodious.. I'll admit it is
a little on the loud side, but I
think your criticism was little
overdone. And if you want to
hear some good harmonious and
melodious Stan Kenton, listen
to After You" with a vocal by
his vocal group, the Pastels. For
your information, Metronome
Magazine. which certainly ought
to know, because that is its busi-
ness, voted Stan Kenton as the
best band of 1916 and members
of his outfit were voted the best
female vocalist and string bass
player. Most of the other men,
beers received positions near the
top.
Next you state that you haven't
heard any good saxophone since
Hal Kemp. Have you ever tried
Guy Lambardo or Freddy Mar
tin? No sweeter music could be
found than what they put out.
I'll admit Artie Shaw and Tom
my Dorsey aren't what they used
to be in the '30s. But please name
one, just one, of Benny Good
mans arrangements that are
anything like Stan Kenton or
sepia.
Regarding future musical pro-
grams, you want some good Latin
American music. I'll take any
good music on the radio, be it
sweet, swing, semiclassical, or
Latin American, just so they put
more on the air
You say that they play the Hit
Parade songs too often. I agree
with you in part on that state
ment. I would like to see a
little more time devoted to the
old standards. But the people
want to hear the Hit Parade
tunes or else they wouldn't be
there.
Well, as you say, you can al
ways turn the radio off.
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Spots: American magazines pro-
file of Arthur Godfrey this month
is illustrated with 6 am. photo
graph of the man which shows be-
yond a doubt that he hates to get
up in the morning as much as you
do. >. Mr.. G., who picked up his
WTOP morning stint a couple of
Mondays ago, has now corralled all
his other shows, the network ones.
Lyle Selby. new WQQW an
nouncer, is a Phi Beta Kappa from
the University of California and a
former student of Pasadena's IA
nous Playhouse school of the
drama. E. Five hundred radio critics
polled by Billboard have decreed
that the Theater Guild of the Air
provided the seasons best dramatic
program. -. The program has been
through June. Albert l..
Warner of WOL-Mutual, who re-
corded and rebroadcast the voice of
Moscow Mary" cultured sounding
character who hates most of us,
thinks her voice should be as easily
identified as that of Ezra Pound. .
Two of ABCs five first places in
poll of radio editors were
for the networks 'Hiroshima"
broadcasts. :. Another of the quin-
tet of awards went to Bing Crosby
as the top male vocalist of the year.
Silver Theater, Ozzie and Har-
riet replacement for the next u
weeks, bows today over CHS. .
Washington's newest television sta
ton, WNBW, has set the night of
June q AS its official debut date.