Evening star., 1949-10-02

1T was almost enough to make
Benny change his mind again and
agree to take up video.
X x X X
Telenotes: One of tonight's spe-
cial events will be the return as a
regular feature Of Tonight on
Broadway" which was tried out
briefly, even though successfully,
last season. This is the program,
the only one, which brings tele-
viewers excerpts from current
Broadway shows. with the original
casts. from the stages where they
are running nightly. Lend an
Ear" will be the first Tonight on
Broadway" feature of the new sea-
son. on CHS CWOIC) at 7 pm. &.
Silver Theater," long one of the
better known radio programs,
makes its video debut tomorrow
night at on CHS. Conrad Nagel
will be the host and master of
ceremonies on the half-hour
drama show. i. . The "Evalyn
Tyner Show" telecast from the
Embassy Room of the Statler
weekly. becomes a Tuesday-night-
alto feature on WMAL-TV this
week. 1t previously had been seen
on Fridays. "The Life Of
Riley" also becomes a television
show this week. starting Tuesday
at $3.50 pm. on NBC. Jackie
Gleason is the star of the telever-
sion, which will be filmed in Hol-
lywood and telecast from New
York. Jim Gibbons Sports
Reel" this week becomes a seven
nights-a-week feature. on WMAL-
TV at tbs. }. A slightly different
form of doubling on radio and TV
is practiced by the Boris Karloff
mystery series on ABC. The same
story is used for the Wednesday
broadcast and the Thursday tele-
cast, but it is adapted separately
for each medium. :. Starting to-
day a new hour-long video show
will be presented from the stage
Of the Atlas Theater over WOIC,
another video first" Today and
hereafter the program will be seen
Sundays at l pm.
Programs and People: Bill
Herson, WRC morning man" and
conductor of the weekly Coffee
With Congress" (WRC-Saturday,
$3.50 am. will be around for
awhile. Last week he signed a
new 10-year contract with WRC
and WNBW. its TV affiliate. :.
During October "The Hour of
Faith" (WMAL - Sunday, 1880
ann, will emanate from WASH
ington, with the Rev. Vincent j.
McCauley as guest speaker. {.
The chamber music concerts at
the Coolidge Auditorium of the
Library of Congress again will
be a radio feature this year. oyer
WQQW-FM. The Budapest String
Quartet will start the series next
Friday evening at $3.50. q. Mary
Garden will be interviewed today
on WQQW (and WQQW-FM) by
Paul Hume, during the Speaking
of Music" program, between 1890
and 2 pm. This will be her first
public interview in Ia years, ac-
cording to statistics at hand.
WWDC will review it's Orders Of
the Day" program tomorrow
morning. The broadcasts are
service to youngsters Of the safety
patrols, who receive traffic in
structions every school day at 8
am, from Milton @. Ford. &.
WASH-FM started a series of
football broadcasts yesterday with
the play-by-play Of the Navy
Princeton game. Next Saturday,
the station will report the Navy
Duke contest. Fanny Brice
will become Baby Snooks again
in about a month, when the new
series for which she has been
signed by NBC will start. :.
'The Navy Hour" which WMAL
sends to the ABC network. has
moved to the 11-am.-Saturday
spot. WQQW starts a new
series of public health programs.
Keeping Your Baby Well" Thurs
day morning at 9:45. The 13-Week