Evening star., 1949-10-09


show" has moved to NBC-TV. 1t
is seen locally on WNBW Tuesday
nights at 10. The radio version
continues in the Thursday at 9
pm. time on ABC. -. H. R. Bauk-
hage, the ABC commentator,
starts new video series tonight
at 7 on WMAL-TV and the net
work. He describes the program
as lone which will put the tele-
viewer in the position of a person
actually in the study of the broad
caster, who is working at things
of Importance and interest which
are part of the conversation and
action which would actually take
place under the circumstances.
-. THE Homemakers' Exchange"
makes its bow on CBS-TV
(WOIC) tomorrow at 4 pm. as a
f1ve-a-week affair. "Up-to-the-
minute methods in the many
phases of household management,
food equipment, meal planning
and preparation" will be demon
strated. /. Kukla, Fran and Ollie
will be Washington visitors tomor-
row to help demonstrate the RCA
electronic color system. They also
will do their regular NBC show
from the WNBW studios at 7 pm.
. Roller Derby fans here now
have an opportunity to see the
derby in person, the skaters hay
ing moved into Uline Arena last
night. WMAL-TV will be doing
the Saturday night at 9 pickups
from the arena through October
20. Allan Jones will be the
star of a new TV series, on film,
slated to start in November. =.
Eddie Cantor has signed an exclu-
sive NBC contract for television,
to start in October, 1850. The
Washington Television Circulation
Committee reports $4,000 sets in
use here as of October l, month
ly increase of $500.
The "Contented Hour" (WTOP-
Sunday, 10 p.m), which was can
celed last week after the death
OF its star singer, Buddy Clark,
will make its belated debut for
the new season tonight. No sue
ceSsor to Clark has been selected
and there probably will not be
one Immediately. The program
will continue with a pair of top
ranking guest artists each week,
one OF this Sundays two being
Margaret Whiting.
When the singer was killed in
a plane crash, a large number of
radio entertainers offered their
services free on last Sundays
program as a tribute to him.
Among them were Bing Crosby
Bob Crosby. Dick Haynes, Johnny
Johnston, Frances Langford,
Peggy Lee, Gordon MacRae, Tony
Martin, Vaughn Monroe, ANDY
Russell. Dina Shore, Frank Sim
atra and 10 Stafford. It was
decided. however, to omit the
first program.
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Programs and People: A new
package of Hollywood-produced
radio shows, turned out by MGM
Radio Attractions, will be turning
up on WMAL's schedule this
month. One is "Theater of the
Air" series of hour-long radio
versions of Metro films to be heard
Sundays at 10 pm. Lionel Bar
rymore at Home" will be on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays at
l2:15 pm. alternating with "Hol-
lywood Calling" with George
Murphy on Tuesdays and Thurs
days. :. This apparently has no
connection with the HOLLYWOOD
Calling" on NBC on Sunday
nights, which helped hold Jack
Benny down to an eighth-place
rating when he returned to CHS.
He was in the No. spot before
his vacation. Albert L. Warner
has a new Monday -through-Fri-.
day series, Congress Today" on
WMAL at 7 pm. Bob Hope
lost a battle with his sponsor over
tape recording this season, but
the boss relented enough to let
him record next Tuesdays broad
cast so he could come East for
the World Series. Leon jan
ney, who often calls himself the
oldest child actor in show busi-
ness, has Joined This Is Nora
Drake" CHS daily serial. :.
WGAY's Brother Bill" has inau-
gurated a "boy-in- -the-street"
show, done Saturday mornings
from the lobby of the Seco Thea
ter in Silver Spring. Ken
Evans, recently news director of
WOIC. has Joined the news staff
of WWDC. 1t will put him back
in a familiar spot, since he was
with VOL for five years, and VOL
will become WWDC as soon as
the present WWDC is sold.
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When Ed Wynn started off his
new career as video star he set
forth the unchallenged claim that
he knew as much about television
as any one else. after ALL" he
said, "I've been in it Is minutes"
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