Evening star., 1949-07-10
News of Video and Radio
Some Financial Problems HarasS
TV.Ownins Radio Broadcasters
By Harry Macarthur

Macarthur
conductor of the National SYM
phony Orchestra.
The lengthy stay of Hour OF
Dreams" in the 11:15 niche attests
the skill of Mr.. Dayton in select
ing listenable mustic that fits the
mood of the hour and his good
sense in playing it with mini
mum Of words.
A famed radio writer who hasn't
been heard from on the air in
considerable time, will be back
with us tonight. That would be
Norman CorWin. represented on
CHS at 10 pm. with his first docu-
mentary in two years. Citizen of
the World" The program will
portray a new phenomenon of
the goth century. the individual
who uses his training and talents
to improve humanity's well-being,
thus strengthening the foundations
of universal peace" The project
was conceived last December in
the CHS documentary unit and Mr..
Corwin has been working on it for
something like four months.
Telenotes: The 18th annual
All-Star game. scheduled for Tues
day afternoon in Ebbets Fields,
Brooklyn. will be brought to
Washington televiewers by WOIC.
The telecast will start at l pm.
+. A new discussion program,
Public Hearing" will make its
debut on Tuesday night at $50
over WMAL-TV, under the guid-
ance of Bryson Rash. the station S
special features director and
protean TV performer. The first
Public Hearing" in the WMAL-
TV caucus room" will take up the
matter of home rule for the Dis
trict. :. The latest July u count
Of television receivers in the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area sets the
total at $1,000. This is an in
crease of 5000 over the previous
month, a rate e-of-increase figure
which has become more or less
steady. :. Juke-box television was
tried out recently in a luncheonette
in Hoboken. N. j., without any
signal success. Apparently the
three-minute viewing time for a
nickel was too short. BY the time
the receiver warmed up after the
nickel was dropped in the slot, the
viewing period was almost over.
As one disgruntled man told an
Associated Press reporter: Il put
one nickel in. 1t was the last
inning. The Yankees were behind.
Tommy Heinrich at the plate. The
pitcher toed the rubber, he threw
and the television went off. BY
the time got change. and got the
set working again. Mel Allen was
telling me to tune in tomorrow
for another exciting game"
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Programs and People: A new
series of round-table discussions
exploring the manner in which the
ideas of the Bible have affected
thought and action throughout
world history starts today on
MICS Eternal Light" (WRC-
Sunday. 1890 p.m). The series,
titled THE Words We Live By"
will run for 10 weeks. A new
serial, Marriage for Two" starts
on NBC CWRC) tomorrow at 1920
a IN. in the spot vacated by Road
of Life" which moves to 3:15 pm.
It's principals will be a pair of
newlyweds, he a gay, romantic
type and she practical girl raised
in a small town. The program, it
says right here in a press release,
will reveal the consequences of
the unusual union-its joys, tribu-
lations and compensations." . :.
Eddie Cantor, whatever he does
about television. has been signed
on for a radio job in the fall. He
will take over in September in
place of Garry Moore on the pro-
gram that made the $64 question
famous. Take 1t or Leave It." :.
VOL has extended the time al
lotted to Allan Phillips five-day-
a-Week record and variety pro-
gram, District Matinee" 1t now
will be heard from 3 to 5 pm.
Charles Keaton, VOL organist.
will present all-request sessions
during two Of the 15-minute seq
ments into which Matinee" is di-
vided. Ginger Rogers again
has proved to be a woman with a
mind Of her own, turning down a
fancy fee for radio drama broad
cast. She was wanted for the lead
in Ladies and Gentlemen" but
answered firm mo" That's the
play on which her current movie.
Perfect Strangers" is based. and
Miss Rogers does not believe in
giving away the plots of movies in
advance. She thinks if people
want to find out about the plots
of motion pictures they should pay
their way into motion picture the
aters to do it.