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pioneer IN daytime televlSlon
which later retrenched, is return
ing now. Starting December 5
the network will provide its afdli-
ates with two hours OF program
ming daily, Monday through Fri
day at 2::30, for local sponsorship,
It will be a mixture of entertain
ment and shopping information,
according to word from New York
You city slickers who
would like to visit the world S
greatest livestock show can do
so Tuesday when NBC takes
its cameras to the Inter-
national Livestock Exposition in
Chicago. The program is being
sent to the entire network, includ-
/ ing WNBW, from 2:30 to 4 pm,
according to the sponsor.
This also is the week that brings
Kay Kyser to television. The
video session Of his college of
Musical knowledge" starts Thurs
day night at 8 on NBC. Ar
thur Godfrey brings the popular
swing quartet. the Vagabonds,
back to his Wednesday night TV
show for four weeks of guest ap-
lpearances. starting Wednesday
{. Mr.. Godfrey, incidentally,
seems to be closing the gap be-
tween himself and Milton Berle,
according to the latest TV-net-
work Hooperatings. His Talent
Scouts" is in second place with a
55.8, against Berle's f1rst-ranking
69.4. Godfrey's in third place, too,
with his Wednesday show rated at
1917.
Drama Department: A. E.
Matthews, the British actor who
scored personal triumph in New
York this season in a less-than-
excellent play, will make his tele-
vision debut tonight. The occa-
sion will be the Tonight on
Broadway" WOIC-7 p.mJ tele-
cast of excerpts from Eyes.
M'Lord," the play which brought
Mr.. Matthews to Broadway this
year. Fay BANTER and Joseph
Schildkraut will play the leading
roles in Edward Chodorov's King
Lady" when it is televised Friday
on the Ford Theater." Eva
Gabor will be the star Of c. K.
Monro's cat Mrs. Beams" in the
dramatization being televised on
Studio One" tomorrow night.
Programs and People: Second
Spring." a serial drama Of every
day life. starts tomorrow night
on WMAL. to be heard Monday
through Friday at 6:45. This will
make it the only continued story
on nighttime radio in Washing
ton. Ralph Edwards will bring
his This Is Your Life" (NBC) to
Washington December 7, for q
broadcast in connection with the
meeting Of the American Med
ical Association. The "Quiz
Kids" (also NBC) are coming here
to broadcast, too. on December
4 and December II. :. That spe-
cial series of children's school
concerts set up by the National
Symphony Orchestra also will be
heard by home listeners, over
WQQW and WQQW-FM. The first
lis scheduled for next Friday at
IL pm. The ABC network
show, "This Is Our Town." will
honor Washington and help cele-
brate the 60th anniversary Of the
Board of Trade Tuesday night at
10:45. The anniversary also will
be commemorated tomorrow night
at 8 on WMAL, with q special
hour long program originating in
Lisner Auditorium. The first half
of the broadcast will be q drama,
HE Came a Stranger, written
especially for the Board Of Trade
anniversary by Sol Panitz. i.
Part of this weeks Time for De-
fense" (WMAL - Tuesday, 10
PM will originate in the cock
pit of a jet fighter taking part in
a ground-support demonstration.
BY tape recording, Of course. d.
Next Thursday WQQW and
WQQW-FM move downtown to a
new address at 1125 Vermont ave-
nue.. The new facilities will in
clude three studios, with the man
ayers Office constructed so that
it, too. can be used as a studio