Evening star., 1948-05-30
For Radio Listeners
By Harry Macarthur

replacement announcements is one
from MBS. On that network ths
hot weather show taking over ir
place of Juvenile Jury" will bt
something called Life Begins al
go" Complete reaction?
Though we are not going to be
foolish and vouch for it. we have
further support for that title of the
mystery melody" on ABC'S Stop
the Music" by way Of what must
be termed controversial agreement
The Disc Shop, you know, says it is
Down in Alabam'," with the SUBJ
title, Amt I Glad l Got Out de
Wilderness" The Disc Shop man
says hes seen the sheet music bear
ing that title and played the melody
to make sure. On the other hand
the Campbell Music Co. agrees that
that seems to be the tune, all right
It's listed in a catalogue there, how
ever, as Amt I Glad I Got Out de
Wilderness" with the subtitle, Down
in Alabam'."
That help you any?
A landmark of the Washington
theater scene has, at last, given way
to progress. 1t will not surprise
anyone who knew the place well as a
center of local little theater activity
of course, since it has long been
known that the Wardman Park
Theater was to become the local
base for NBC television. Those
plans seem now to have reached
fruition, word, coming from WNBW
to the effect that construction Worl.
is nearly complete and television
service is being started from "the
largest and most modern television
studio in Washington"
Old Rams Head Players, Wash
ington Civic Theater players and
others who sated their appetites for
the drama at the Wardman Park
Theater wouldn't know the place
now. The floor has been leveled,
walls have been soundproofed and
air conditioning has been installed.
The size of the studio will permit
simultaneous rehearsal and televis-
ing of several different programs
and the old fireproof curtain car be
lowered to provide a smaller studio
from the larger one. WNBW
is mighty proud, as matter Of fact,
of what it says is "the largest and
most flexible television plant in the
Nations Capital"
x. x X X
spot Announcements: WTOP
starts its series of summer broad
casts of the National Symphony
Orchestra (Sundays at 9 PM on
July 4. This is the series, you will
which WTOP promised
to broadcast free of charge if local
citizens would underWrite the series
of II Watergate concerts. Bill
Herson of WRC has been named
Washington representative for Bob
Feller'S Youth Awards and has
passed along the names of several
who have performed some con-
spicuous service for the benefit Of
the community or an unusual act
of heroiSm." The one selected will
receive the award Thursday at, a
luncheon for Mr.. Feller and Mr..
Herson.. MBS will have Bill
Slater and a seven-man crew of
sportscasters at the Indianapolis
race tomorrow Broadcasts are
scheduled for 11:45 am. 1:30, 245
and 4 pm. EDIT, WASH-FM
will carry special June Week
broadcasts from Annapolis Thurs
day at $50 pm. and Friday at II
a m.
X x X
The Listener Speaks: Writes Mrs.
w. Fred Johnson, jr., of Arlington,
Va: Il, too, am a Crosby fan, but
last weeks show May 19) would
have been much better had we not
heard a previeW of it about month
ago with Peggy Lee singing the
same-yes, the very same-songs as
Ethel Norman sang. The first
time, Boise. Idaho, I'm Tortured,
ct al, were funny. The second time
was boresome. Bing shouldn't do
that to US