Evening star., 1949-12-04
News of Video and Radio
Gibbons, Strong, Herson, Others
Busy Playing Santa Claus
By Harry Macarthur

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This being the season Of good
will and only 18 more shopping
days, the towns radio stations
again have turned to some an
nual projects. These all have to
do with making Christmas a hap
pier day for the less fortunate by
gifts of food, clothing and toys
for children.
One Of these projects is Jim
Gibbons Country Store" which
has been set up on F street in
front Of the Capitol Theater. Mr..
Gibbons opened this last week and
will be broadcasting from there
daily until the day before Christ
mas with his WMAL Town Clock
from 6 to 8 am. and another spe-
cial program at 4:30. The Yellow
Cab Co. is cooperating with Mr..
Gibbons Yuletide activity and
drivers will take contributions to
the Country Store" free of charge
from any part Of the city.
Jerry Strong's pet Christmas
project is playing Santa Claus to
Washington orphans and under
privileged children, with toys con-
tributed by his WINK listeners.
He collected 1900 toys last year
and hopes to double 1t this year.
broadcasting from 6 to $50 am.
and from 1905 to / pm. from his
Christmas Corner for Orphans. !"
at Seventh and F streets NV.
He'll be there until Christmas eve.
when he will make personal de-
livery. with the aid of WINK per-
sonnel and Hecht Co. trucks, to
the orphanages assigned him by
the United Community Services.
Bill Herson of WRC also is. back
at a familiar stand-his doll
House" at Eleventh and G streets
N.W.-with a similar mission. Mr..
Herson will be doing his WRC
"Timekeeper" show from there
daily except Sundays from $50
to $50 am. and also will do a
daily interview show at las pm.
This, incidentally. is the 14th
straight year for the WRC Doll
House."
WWDC's annual Yule campaign
Is to collect gifts for distribution
to the District Home for the Aged
and 1nf1rm and the Salvation
Army. A special trailer has been
set up as q collection center for
gifts or cash at Connecticut ave-
nue. and K street. It is open
daily. except Sunday. from $50
am. to $50 pm.
Among the suburban stations
with Christmas projects is WGAY,
which has moved Bob Falcons
Fun With Music" to a Christmas
house In the Silver Spring shop
ping center to pass out candy and
balloons while broadcasting.
The Boston Symphony Ofches-
ira, which has been broadcasting
many years. will join the ranks
Of the televised next Saturday.
The program, scheduled for to
7::30 pm. on NBC-TV, will orig
mate in Carnegie Hall In New
York. as part Of the observance
of United Nations Human Rights
Day. This will place it in opposi-
tion to Arturo Toscanini and the
NBC Symphony. on NBC radio at
$50 pm. Saturdays, but the Bos-
ton Symphony telecast is to be a
single performance only, not the
start Ola series.
The symphony telecast will
start at Sis with the televising
Of the award to David Sarnon,
chairman Of the board of the
Radio Corp. Of America, Of a cita-
ton from the United Nations. He
Is being honored for his "ad-
vocacy Of concepts of Freedom to
Listen and Freedom to Look"
This will be followed by a round
table discussion of Freedom of
Information"
Yehudi Menuhin will be guest
soloist with the Boston Symphony
on its television debut and the
conductor will be Leonard Bern
stein. The program will include
a new work by Aaron COPELAND,
based on the preamble to the
Charter of the United Nations,
and the final movement of Bee
thoven's Ninth Symphony"
"This Is Your Life" the radio
program which astounds its sur
prise guests by turning up old
friends to relive the past. will have
an outstanding doctor as It's fea-
tured subject this week. The
NBC broadcast will emanate from
the Hotel Statler Wednesday
night as a feature of the Amer
ican Medical Associations annual