Evening star., 1949-02-13
News of Video and Radio
Puppet Show for Children (and Parents)
Makes Local Video Debut Tomorrow
By Harry Macarthur

Macarthur
| Warner, Ray Michael and Johnny
Bradford, moves to 6 pm. nightly.
It will be followed at $50 by
Your Weatherman in Person."
with Louis Allen. which in turn
will be followed by washington
Newsreel."
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Regular Little Old Pollyanna
Note: Leave it to Hooper &C. E.,
IncD to find the bright side. for
some. at least. of the Vests worst
winter in years. The latest PA
cific Program Hooperatings" re-
port shows .gthe average daytime
sets in use up per cent over the
previous high and the average
evening sets in use I'D 10 per cent.
This shouldn't. we think, be re-
garded as too encouraging by the
radio people. You can get a man
snowbound and make him listen
to the radio, all right, but how
can he rush down to the corner
drugstore when the announcer
tells him to?
In a couple Of weeks now, by
March /. that is, WEAM hopes to
be ready to take its place among
the full-time stations on the air
in the Washington area. Co.
incident with its move into the
nighttime period, WEAM will step
its power output up to 5000 watts,
making it the most powerful local
Independent and putting 1t on a
par with WMAL, WRC and VOL
In this respect.
BolStering its programming for
the full-time operation, WEAM
has signed Dave Denney, Victor
recording cowboy star; WGAY's
Whistlin' Frank Porter and a pair
lof homespun hillbillies, Lily and
Curley. Mr.. Denney, known to
network listeners of Oklahoma
Roundup" is currently on from
noon to pm. He will move to
an evening niche when the sched-
ule is extended.
Frank Porter's Country Store"
now is on WEAM daily from 6
to z am. 1880 to 7:45 am. and 8
to $50 am. The 7 o'clock half
hour is occupied by breakfast
With Lily and Curley" and Dale
Crowley, the radio minister, will
continue TO be heard at 7:45 am.
daily.
Art Lamb. the present early
timekeeper, is the WEAM staff
member who will be happiest
when March / arrives. He hates
to get up in the morning and will
be given an evening assignment.
Televiews: Adventure film seri-
ais. former popular WMAL-TV
feature, return to the stations
program schedule this Wednes-
day at GAS pm. The Aims will
be seen in nightly 15-minute epi-
sodes, Mondays through Fridays.
Each will run about two and a
half weeks. The first In the serial
series will be lightning Warrior"
starring George Brent and Rim
Tin-Tin. Future films will fea-
ture such people as Tom Mix,
Gene Autry and Harry Carey in
adventure yarns. Irene Wick
er's Singing Lady" (WMAL-TV
Sunday. $50 pm) has had its
future assured. With today's tele-
cast it becomes a sponsored show.
. MICS Meet the Press"
(WNBW-Sunday. $50 p.m.) will
be dropped after next Sundays
show. NBC has had trouble over
statements made on the ad lib
interview. according to the Associ-
ated Press, and doesn't feel it
should take the responsibility for
things said over which it has no
control. NBC television's
'News Caravan" (WNBW-daily
7:45 p.mD is to undergo a change
Of formal. The sponsor doesn't
feel that newsreels are on top of
the news quickly enough. so 1t will
become combined newsreel and
live pickup telecast.
Program Notes: NBC has given
in in the matter of recorded
shows. LAS a further step towards
promoting program flexibility and
improving service to listeners"
says an announcement from the
network, it henceforth will per-
nit the use Of tape or disc tran
scriptions. Jody Miller, a
nightly at 1890 feature on
WWDC, will be busy all day at
the station tomorrow, Tuesday.
Thursday and Friday. She'll be
cutting in at intervals asking
listeners for their heartbeats, at a
penny q beat. to aid the Wash
ington Heart Associations drive.
The success of 'The Gold
bergs" on television has initiated
plans to revive it as an AM pro-
gram. It's likely that a simul-
taneous AM-TV broadcast will be
tried. Henry Morgan now is
reported the man being consid-
cred thoughtfully by NBC. not as
replacement for Sinatra, but
to fill some of the gaps in the