Evening star., 1949-08-21

stern words during the week fol
radio set manufacturers. The sci
makers, the association charges
are not doing right by the public
in their failure to produce a large
enough quantity and a variety OF
good FM receivers.
Edward l.. Sellers, executive di-
rector of the FMA, points out tc
the manufacturers that three
fourths of the population is ir
primary range of one or more FIN
stations day and night. Twenty
two States are being provided
greater coverage by FM than AN
outlets provide. and seven more
have complete FM coverage equa.
to AM.
Since every one agrees on the
superiority of FM sound, Mr.. Sell
lers must often feel like a man ir
a dream, running but getting no.
where, as he continues to fight fol
FIN broadcasters and listeners.
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Telenotes: Eddie Cantor is going
into television, all right, he told
The Associated Press the other day,
but not until October, 1850. His
reason: He doesn't want to play
to half a house. so will stick with
AM radio until the TV audience
reaches proper size. d. Peter Lind
Hayes, the top-notch comedian of
stage, screen, night clubs and ra-
dio, is another moving from Holly
wood to New York to take on a
permanent video assignment. Mr..
Hayes has been signed as the res
ident headliner on Inside U. S. A.
with Chevrolet" a new show in
spired by the Broadway musical
which in turn was inspired by
John Gunther's book. The pro-
gramming of Inside U. S. A" will
be something of a departure from
the radio pattern. 1t will be seen
every other Thursday after it starts
on CBS-TV September 20. Du
Mont, the television receiver man
ufacturer, has renewed its spon-
sorship of Comedian Morey Am
sterdam for an additional 13
weeks on his Thursday night show
over Du Mont. the video network
Penny Singleton has turned
down an offer to do a televersion
of Blonde" Maybe in a year,
she says. just like Cantor. .
Earle Wrightson, the baritone
lately paired with Kyle McDon-
nell, will have a weekly quarter
hour of his own on CBS-TV,
starting September IA. The Nor
man Paris. ensemble will make
! his music.
Programs and People: The
LUX Radio Theater" will be en-
barking on it's 18th season on the
air when it returns from the
summer hiatus one week from to-
morrow night. It is the second
oldest continual commercial Sc
ries on CHS. William Keigley
will be back as the producer and
the first play OF the new season.
June Bride" will have Bette
Davis and Jimmy Stewart as CO.
stars AL Warner will do a
nightly news report on ABC at
7:15 pm, starting tomorrow
while Elmer Davis is vacationing
Ralph Edwards is scheduled
to return to NBC next Saturday
night for the 10th consecutive
year of the audience participation
show, Truth or Consequences. u
-. When Shirley May France
sets out on that channel swim,
Stephen Grenfell, MBS reporter,
will be aboard the official boat ac-
companying her. He'll send hourly
reports on her condition and pro-
gress to Mutual listeners via short
wave.
The Bookshelf:
TelevisiOn Works Like This,
by Jeanne and Robert Ben
dick. (Whittlesey House: $1.75)-
The process by which pictures
are sent through space and re-
assembled in your living room in
wolves electronics complicated
enough to stun any one but an en-
gineer. The Bendicks' welcome
little treatise takes the black mag
ic out of video, though, and lets
you look upon your receiver with
the respect borne Of knowledge
instead of just plain awe. The
book Is written not for engineers
but for people who don't know a
cathode ray tube from a carbure
tor. It is written clearly, illus
trated profusely and simply and
has lengthy set Of definitions of
television terms. It ought to make
life happier for almost any tele-
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