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quizmasters have included Russ
Hodges, Walter Compton, BrySon
Rash and the present local m. c.,
Ted Lingo.
Radio notes WRC-NBC stages
big opening night for the l948-49
season tonight as five consecutive
NBC programs make their fall-win-
ter debuts. The parade begins at
$50 pm. with "Ozzie and Harriet"
followed by the Jack Benny Show"
the Phil Harris-Alic Faye Show"
the Charley Mccarthy Show" and
the Fred Allen Show"
The Ford Theater will be launched
on WTOP-CBS Friday night Octo-
Der 8 at 9 O'Clock. Initial program
will star three of filmdom's top
favorites, Claudette Colbert, Van
Hefiin and Claude Rains, in Gus
tave Flaubert's stirring novel, Nine.
Bovary."
Brooke Johns, former Ziegfeld
star guests on WGAY's morning
program Tuesday.
WOOKs give-away program, THE
Magic Corner" for youngsters gives
the same human away each week.
Winner on the program gets the
services of Magician Jimmy Copp
for a home magic show.
The Washington Workshop Radio
Players begin rehearsals October s
on series of radio plays to be
broadcast over WARL through the
courtesy of the Georgetown Uni
versity Studios. -,
Bob Elson's interview show, "On
the Country" will be heard on
WTOP beginning tomorrow at 5:45-
8 pm. Guests include Milton Berle
and Ralph Keeling, executive direc-
tor OF American Business.
Harold Russell, star of the movie,
Best Years of Our Lives and Sec
retary OF Labor Maurice J. Tobin
Will be heard over WMAL tomor-
row at 3:45 pm. in a recorded pick
up of the American Federation of
the Physically Handicapped lunch
con at the Mayflower.
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Video notes WOIC, the WASH
lngton televiSion station owned
by WOR, announces cooperative
agreement whereby WOIC will bring
its audience CBS-TV network pro-
grams and in return giving the net
work full television coverage from
the Nations Capital. At the same
time WOIC will maintain its status
as key station in Washington for
the Mutual television network,
WOIC is now under construction
and. will make it debut in January.
Meanwhile, CHS tefevision pro-
grams will continue on WMAL-TV
along with ABC-TV presentations.
WTTG, now covering the races at
Laurel has added Pimlico to its
schedule beginning October 20.
Tomorrow night CHS America
Speaks" seen on WMAL-TV 8:30-
8:45 will report results of George
Gallup's nationwide poll on the
question Should United States in
sist on continuing the occupation
of Berlin?" Views of Dewey and
Truman voters have been tabulated.
The Hall of Flags in the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce Building has
been tuned into q radio studio for
the production of the Chamber S
new series Let Freedom Ring"
which makes its bow Tuesday night
10:30-10:45 over the ABC network
locally on WMAL.
The inaugural program The Let
ter" is the dramatized story of
CARES relief service to war suf-
fersrs in which American; Overseas
Airlines co-operatas by flying orders
to Europe.
Let Freedom Ring" is the most
ambitious locally produced program
TO go to the network for some time
An audience is invited to watch the
broadcast. The 16-piece orchestra
will be under the direction OF
Charles Cliff. John Logan will pro-
duce the scripts by Albert Leitch
radio director of the Chamber.
WMAL-TV Is ready to experiment
with q new high-powered micro
wave link. Practical result will per-
NIT the stations mobile unit to
travel much farther to do remote
pickups.
People Bill Brundige, VOL
sports director, has been selected by
Mutual to handle play-by-play for
top grid games of the Nation aired
locally over VIOLIN.
Howard williams, who runs the
Bandstand on WINK, is conducting
q contest to determine the best
disk jockey in town.
Margaret Underwood, assistant
musical director ut WQQW. will
soon wed. She has been replaced
by Jean Benneyan from White
Plains, N. Y.
VOLS Mike Hunnicutt will m. C.
the Flaming Follies Of 1948," mid
night, October 3, at the Haywood
Theater. under auspices of the Fire
Prevention and Safety Commission
Of Mount Rainier.
BILL COYLE.