Evening star., 1949-04-17

cally, thick smoke threatened to
engulf the newsroom of WWDC,
both AM and FIN"
Some of the boys could use a
good. sharp news editor.
Then there is the story Of what
happened one morning in the
studios of one of the leading net
work outlets. Man who couldn't
read it in the paper called up to
ask, Who won the fifth at Bowie
yesterday" The obliging staff
searched the newsroom for the
Bowie results. Two hours later it
was discovered why they couldn't
be found. They weren't running
at Bowie.
There is radio device called
facsimile, of course. That won't
replace the newspapers, though.
Just the printing presses and the
delivery trucks.
Video Premieres:
Today: Fred Waring, who told
an interviewer in 1887, We're
ready for anything. including tele-
vision. when it comes" will have
his chance to back up the state
ment when the new Fred Waring
Show" makes its debut on CHS
(WOIC. 8 PM. The ingredients,
among other things, will be the
PennsylvanianS. the glee club and
the most intricate and expan-
sible set ever built for teleyision. :"
This is an arrangement of plat
forms, turntables, trolleys, ETC.,
constructed especially for the pro-
gram at cost of $4,000.
Tomorrow-The first in a series
entitled Through the Crystal
! BALI will be seen on CHS (WOIC,
9 p.mo. The program has been
designed especially for television
and repeatedly has no counterpart
in any other kind of show busi-
ness. In spirit, its originators say,
it will blend humor, drama and
fantasy; in technique 1t will COM
bine music, dance and theater.
Jimmy Savo will be the regular
host and story teller on Through
the Crystal Ball." and the first
star will be Michael Kidd, acting
as choreographer and dancing the
leading role in Robinson Crusoe."
Tomorrow-Easeball bows, or
rather returns for the 1949 season,
as a WTTG attraction. If you
saw the playoff or the World
Series last year from Boston, or
have seen baseball telecast in
other cities. you know what top
notch job the WTTG crew does in
this field here. Bob Wolff will
again be the microphone man.
Thursday-Morey Amsterdam.
who was dropped not long ago by
one of the other networks, though
there are lot of less funny people
on the air, returns with a new
show on Dumont (WTTG. 1t
will be q Thursday at 9 pm.
feature.
Friday-Drucie Snyder. who has
had radio experience at WTTG.
turns now to television with her
own show. Miss Snyder's "Ice
Cream Social" will be seen on
WT'TG at 8 o'clock on every night
that the station is presenting q
home game of the Senators.
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Programs and People: There
are hints that Guy Lombardo and
his sweetest music this side of
heaven may fill in during the
summer for Phil Harris and Alice
Faye. Next Sunday night is
the one when Horace Heidi
(WRC. 7 PM is scheduled to
give up his attempt to battle Jack
Benny (WTOP. 7 p.m). moving
hts show back to its former time.
1880 pm. WASH-FM will
carry all weekday afternoon and
holiday games Of the Senators
this season, both at home and
away. Arch Mcdonald will be
at Griffith Stadium for the home
games and at the end of q tele-
graph wire for those away. i
Now NBC Is raiding CHS. Her
bert Bayard Swope, who recently
resigned as director Of the Co.
lumbia Broadcasting System, Inc,
has joined the Radio Corp. of
America as an adviser and con-
sultant. NBC, of course, is an
RCA affiliate. The CHS "Sus-
pense" chapter titled mo Escape"
starring James Cagney. has been
awarded the 1948 Alfred P. Sloan