Evening star., 1949-03-27
News of VideO and Radio
A Radio Announcer Sometimes Meets Himself
Going to Bed as He Starts the Day
by Harry Macarthur

Ic QUARTS lIlS Lay
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question for which there seems no
immediate answer. Last January
she signed a "long-term, exclu-
sive NBC television contract" "
but since then she is reported to
have told the network she prefers
the California climate. She can't
televise for any one else while the
NBC pact is in effect and she can't
televise for NBC until she comes
East or the coaxial cable goes all
the way West.
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Programs and People: The SUM-
day schedule of WTOP undergoes
a large-scale shift today, six
shows being added and the broad
cast times of eight others being
shifted. One result will be the
presentation of four network
shows, including "You Are There"
and Invitation to Learning" at
the regular network times instead
of by transcription. The station
comes on the air half hour
earlier, at 7 am. too. Dean
Martin and Jerry Lewis, the new
comparatively comedy team out
Of the cabarets, for whom NBC
has high hopes, starts a new pro-
gram series next Sunday at $50
pm. The new Blonde" (WRC
Wednesday, 8 PM heard for the
first time this past week, is a
brunette, Ann Rutherford. Some
body, it seems, decided that Pen
ny Singleton, the screens Blonde
and the radios since the program
Started, wasn't the type. The
exclusive contract Fred Allen
signed with NBC won't materially
alter what he was reported here
last week as saying about his
future. He's still putting off def
mite plans until after a vacation,
during which he probably will
make up his mind about television.
Bill Jenkins takes his early
morning radio activities to WEAM.
Starting April 4, he'll be heard
Monday through Saturday from
$3.50 to $3.50 am. -. Mark Evans
moves up to the $50 am. starting
hour Mr.. jenkins is vacating at
WTOP. Sandra Campbell,
14-year-old Arlington pianist, will
play Won Weber's "Concertstuck"
with the Arlington Civic SYM
phony today at 4 pm. on WEAM.
. Maurice Chevalier is busy
recording on tape at the Cafe de
la Paix in Paris his series of half
hour shows, This Is Paris"
These will be Mutual feature.
Telenotes: A speech at the
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology by Winston Churchill
(Thursday at 9 PM will be
a pooled public service feature
carried by all the television net
works. Hedda Hopper, the
actress-columnist, has an NBC
video show in the works. :.
Arthur Godfrey has been awarded
"a PLAGUE by the American Guild
'of Variety Artists for his efforts
toward the revival of vaudeville.
:. Paul Whiteman will be master
OF ceremonies of a new show,
Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club"
starting next Saturday at 8 pm.
on ABC and WMAL-TV. The
local ABC video outlet will go on
the air As minutes earlier, starting
tomorrow, incidentally. Frontier
Theater" will occupy the to 7
hour. followed by a 15-minute
adventure serial chapter at 7 pm.
/. Arturo Toscanini. having
made his fifth appearance before
MICS television cameras yester-
day with Part I of the concert
version of Aida" will conclude
his 11th season as director of
the NBC Symphony next Satur-
day with radio-TV broadcast of
the concluding half of the opera.
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You may have wondered why
Bob Smith suddenly stopped talk
of the flower diet of that fabulous
animal, the Flub-a-Dub, on the
"Howdy Doody" show (WNBW-
daily. $50 p.mD. 1t was be-
cause Mr.. Smith was deluged with
protesting mail from parents. Too
many Of the young had taken to
munching on the potted plants
around the house.
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|. Late Bulletin: The Disc Shops
research points toward "St. Paul's
Steeple" as the "Stop the Music"
mystery melody title. It's to be
found in an old collection called
'Baby's Opera"