Evening star., 1950-07-30
Television-Rodio
Pierre Monteux Makes TeIecosts
Of Symphony q Pleasure
By Harry Macarthur

demonstration Of pruning which
left him with little but the shears
and the pot the plant had been
in. 1t was funny. the way he
did it. So was, for another ex-
ample, his Illustration of the
proper way to build picket fence.
Mr.. Sherman is worth giving a
try.
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The color television situation
was further complicated during the
week. There has been a tendency
on the part of the proponents of
one of the systems being consid-
cred by the FEC to sell science
short with the argument that
theirs is ready and others may
never be perfected. This stand of
the color now" boys has not halt
ed research, however. Now Gen.
eral Electric, which wasn't heard
from in the hearings, which were
virtually a battle between CHS and
RCA, comes along to announce
that it, too, has a color system and
has submitted it to the FEC.
The features of this additional
color TV system, according to
General Electric, include use
within frequency band no wider
than that now used for black and
white, adaptability to either the
three-tube or single tube systems
already proposed, compatibility
with present black and white
standards, low cost receivers,
simplicity of operation and pic
lures free from twinkle. crawl or
| flicker"
The new system. called "fre-
quency interlace," cannot be
demonstrated for 80 days, at least.
Because the FEC currently Is
studying color, however, 1t was
necessary to reveal that the sys-
tenn is being tested, before the
field tests have been completed.
So far, GE says. technical sound
ness of the system has been in
dicated.
So far, too, this apparently is as
much news to the FEC as it is
to you and until more is learned
the commissioners answer to
queries about the GE color sys-
tenn is, "No comment" You can
guess for yourself what the CHS
answer probably would be-"We
got it now"
k* &*
Bidding is high this year for
the World Series. Reports are that
competition between Du Mont and
the old safety razor sponsor has
raised the price to $4,000 and
that it is likely to go higher. Du-
Mont Is supposed to have the
backing of a motor car manu-
facturer, which would like tc
sponsor the series, and the safety
razor firm has '1ast refusal" rights
which permit 1t to match any
other bid within "a hours.
This seems to leave Hollywood
running third in an attempt tt
buck television competition. Tht
rumor from out there was thai
a group had offered "close tt
$500, 900" for all rights (includ-
ing radio), the plan being tc
show series games on large screens
in all theaters available to the CO.
axial cable. In Hollywood, $780,
900 apparently looked like a sum
that would Stagger that upstart
TV. To Eastern television, with its
ieager. and wealthy. sponsors. it's
only paltry half a million bucks
Virtually small change.
Programs and People: Tony
Wakeman, who recently left VOL
after 16 years in Washington ra-
dio. is turning to television. TONY
Wakeman's Sports Review" will
be a twice nightly feature on
WTTG, at 5:45 and II O'Clock
daily, starting August %.
Eugene S. Thomas, who has been
vice president and general man
ager of WOIC. has been appointed
manager of television operations
for WORTH in New York. The
change became effective as soon
as the FEC approved the sale o1
WOIC. NBC has late sum-
mer replacement radio program
coming up which will feature the
recorded voice of the late John
Barrymore in excerpts from
ShapeSpearean dramas.
WGAY starts its second annual
series titled "The Editor Speaks
next Saturday at 1915 pm. Edi-
tors of Montgomery County news
papers will participate. Bill
Herson, the WRC "Timekeeper," "
recently polled his audience on the
advisability of adding hillbilly
songs to his programs. The vote
was 20-to-1 against that notion.
. Both VOL and WWDC have
changed their daily program
schedules, to place additional
news broadcaStS.