Evening star., 1949-07-31
News of Video and Radio
Color Television May Be Here, But It's
Still Long Way Off
By Harry Macarthur

NVO( MI
uation much like that which has
shackled FM radio. For years
broadcasters looked the other way
and tried to act like FM wasn't
there. They had large investments
in AM equipment Only after COM
bination AM-FM or TWIN re-
ceivers hit the market in large
numbers and listeners heard and
liked FM did broadcaSters meet
the demand for it.
All things considered. it is easy
to see why some engineers predict
that color television in the home
is at least five years and more
likely 10 years in the future. The
strongest possibility is that you
will be seeing color TV in theaters.
by way of special programs, before
you can sit in your living room
and see how red Arthur Godfrey's
hair is.
Programs and People: Ozzie
Nelson and Harriet Hilliard are
one popular radio team CHS
didn't get. They move to ABC in
the autumn. Arch Mcdonald
will substitute for Eddie Gallaher
on WTOP's "Sundial'' when the
latter vacations August 8 through
August 20. Mr.. Gallaher will con-
tinue with the "Moondial' at the
other end of the WTOP schedule,
transcribing the shows before he
leaves. .. Ten Washington women
will fill-in for Nancy Osgood zone
at time, of course when she
takes two weeks away from her
$50 am. WRC show, starting to-
morrow. In town briefly the
other day. Evelyn Knight passes
along the word that Dick Haynes
will be taking Bob Crosby's place
on "Club l5." come the new sea-
son. Nobody is taking Miss
knights place on the show; she's
staying right there. :. Romance
of Helen Trent celebrated its
17th anniversary last week. :.
Break the Bank may move to
NBC in the fall. abandoning the
simulcast and broadcasting the
AM and TV shows separately.
Robert Montgomery's new Sc
ries as an ABC commentator will
originate in London the first few
weeks in September.
The new coaXial cable alloca-
tions, going into effect tomorrow,
provide four full-time links from
New York to Washington, at least
temporarily. When WOR-TV gets
on the air in New York, possibly
in mid-September, assignments of
cable times will be made all over
again to give the fifth TV network.
Mutual, its share.
While the present TV setup al
lows all local stations to pipe
shows from New York at one time,
the number of big network pro-
grams likely to be on the air ST.
multaneously still is limited. Most
sponsors want the entire network
and there still are only three coax
ial links out of Philadelphia to
Chicago and the Middle West.
Telenotes: Milton Berle, who
took on television originally to
bolster his standing as radio
comic. may find himself video-
only performer this coming season.
His sponsor is reported dropping
the radio show to concentrate on
TV. Berle's standing as the No. !
television star makes it fairly GER
tain, however. that he won't suffer
financially by dropping the AM
show. "Cavalcade of America"
will be a video show in the fall.
on film. Jack Carson has fol-
lowed Jack Benny in mixing TV
by way of kinescope after looking
over the sample show he recorded
on film. "One Mans Family"
becomes an NBC-TV feature in
August. Jean Hersholt is re-
ported mulling over a new drama
tic series, in which he could star
on television. :. The Sports-video
picture still has those involved in
it confused. The Roller Derby,
boosted to popularity by television,
again will be an ABC-TV feature
in the fall. Baseball. which once
feared both radio and television,
now finds that it needs that in
come from radio-TV rights. In
football, the colleges are welcom-
ing the video cameras. but the
professionals still regard them as
villains keeping potential custom
ers from buying seats. The Wash
ington Redskins probably will be
the only pro eleven on television
this year.