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documentary. Crusade In Eu-
rope" to q giveaway. Winner
Take ALL" Item: Washingto-
mans would rather watch q ball
game than q good drama cFire-
side Theater").
The battle between would be
televiewers and some landlords
over rooftop aerials is likely to
be resolved eventually by the tele-
vision engineers, with receivers
which don't require an outside an
tenna. While it goes on, however,
1t should prove interesting. though
it hardly will strike q more ironic
note than was struck here last
week. The other day. according
TO the newspapers. an attorney
named John T. Bonner went into
District Court and got a restrain
ing order barring his landlords
from removing or destroying his
television aerial. One Of the five
owners Of the apartment listed in
the papers was George Wasser-
man. 816 F street NV. Man
named George Wasserman is the
boss of Georges, the large local
chain of radio and television
stores Main downtown store is at
816 r street NV.
Y Telenotes: Among the straws in
the wind. list this note from
New York advertising agency:
Major radio and television en-
phasis of the Ford Motor Co. is to
be switched to television." The
Ford Theater," Friday night at
o radio show over CHS, leaves the
air as Of July /. When 1t returns
In October it will be on television
only in the same time slot, every.
other week at first, and weekly by
January. THE Life of Riley"
also is slated for television in the
fall. This probably will remain on
radio with the present cast and
be done for television in New York
with a different set of players.
Olsen and johnson will be the
summer replacement for Milton
Berle starting June %. moving
into q niche of their own when he
returns. WMAL-TV extends
It's daily schedule by another 2a
hours, starting tomorrow. 1t will
come on the air at $3.50 pm, Mon
day through Saturday, with "The
Sports Parade" The program.
originating in Baltimore, is con-
Quoted by Jim McManus and Baily
Goss. Philco, which loses Bing
Crosby in the fall. is another
sponsor looking toward television.
1t hasn't yet come up with re-
placement for Crosby on AM, II 1t
is looking for one. NBC will
cover the U. s. Open Golf Tourna-
ment Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day with both radio and video.
=. Jim Gibbons Sports Reel"
(WNfAL-TV-7:15 pm) becomes
a five-a-week program starting
tomorrow. Four winners on
Harold Jackson's 'Television
Talent Show" (WTTG-Monday,
II PM will compete in quarter
finals tomorrow night. The pro-
gram orininates on the stage OF
the Howard Theater. Frank
j.. Wilson, retired head OF the
United States Secret Service, who
pinned the rap on AL Capone and
made it stick, will be Les Sands
Game Room" guest tomorrow at
7.30 pm. on WTTG. The latest
monthly estimate Of the Wash
Iington Television Circulation Conn
mittee of the number OF video
/, receivers In use here Is $4,000 as
of June /.
Programs and People: "Theater
Guild on the Air" winds up its
season tonight at $50 over WMAL
with John Loves Mary" When
it returns in the fall for the same
sponsor 1t will be on NBC at $50
Sunday nights, a spot being filled
during the summer with a concert
series by the NBC Symphony. F.. {.
Radio Theater" (WTOP-Mon-
day, 9 PM has just been renewed
for the 18th straight year by the
same sponsor. It's CBS's second
oldest commercial program. "Ro-
nance of Helen Trent" is the old
est, having started in 1888. {.
Dennis Day seems to have come
through that battle Of the net
works with the simplest solution.
He will move to CHS (for the Jack
Benny program) and stay with
NBC for his own show. The
singer is filling a series Of theater
dates during the summer, with
Washington penciled in for early
July. Washington's Evelyn
Knight also is coming East for
personal appearances this summer.
but probably will be seen only in
New York and Chicago. {.
WCFM has inaugurated a new
series designed to bring listeners
informative comment on legisla-
tive matters. 1t is aired every
Wednesday at sos pm. by Caro-
lime Ware, executive secretary OF
the Consumer Clearing House.
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stop the Music" Department:
II Bert Parks calls you tonight,
you might try Cavalry Charge"
That's what our research expert
at the Disc Shop says all the evil
dence point to. Of Bert Parks
calls you Thursday night from the
television show, you're on your
own.)
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