Evening star., 1950-04-30

much less serious probably, but
something that ought to be
stopped before confusion is ram
pant. The widespread decision to
call the last year of the first half
of the Goth century, 1850, the
first year Of the last half Of the
goth century may be the cause Of
it all. Whatever 1t Is. the Associ-
ated Press is muddled. In a story
about pair Of radio anniversaries
it comes up with the word that
Kate Smith is celebrating to-.
morrow her goth anniversary on
| the air and that "One Mans
Family" Qast Sunday was 10
years old.
For the record, Miss Smith
launched her 15-minute network
program on May /. 1881, which
makes tomorrow her 18th ami
versary on the air, the start of her
Goth year. "One Mans Family"
was launched in 1882 and that
makes it either 18 years old or
this is 1851. Got that, AP?
Miss Smith, the Greenville, Va, >,
choir girl who got her start as a
singer here in Washington, has
truly made herself radio fixture
during those 19 years. Beginning
as singer with a 15-minute
nightly show on CHS. she expand
ed her activities to become mis-
tress of ceremonies of a weekly
hour-long variety show. From
this she turned to a daytime COM
mentary program with her man
ager, Ted Collins, which is what
she is doing now. five times a week
at noon on MBS.
Among other things the years
have brought Miss Smith is the
recent listing by a national mag
azine as one of the top 10 women
OF influence in the world"
Telenotes: Sid Caesar, star en-
tertainer of MICS Saturday
Night Review" has been voted the
"Outstanding comedian of the
year" by the senior class of the
New York University School of
commerce. Faye Emerson,
whose chit-chat series now fol-
lows the above show on NBC-TV,
having recently moved from CHS,
will move back to CHS on May 81 |
La donna mobile, is what they're
saying around NBC when they
lapse into Italian. According
to recent report of the Ameri-
can Research Bureau. Washington
is the city where Arthur Godfrey
ranks lowest in the TV surveys.
Mr.. G.. second to Milton Berle
almost everywhere else, is in
fourth place here. Hopalong Cas-
sidy's in second place. The God
frey Wednesday TV show is the
top-rated one in Cleveland, Ohio,
though. &. . The latest estimate of
the number of television receivers
in the country is 5,343,O00, as of
April l.
Programs and People: Names
of semif1nalists in the High School
Musical Talent Contest will be
announced on today's contest
broadcast on WMAL at S pm.
The young artists selected will be
heard again on WMAL on May 2
at $50. May 7 at 5 and May 9
at $50 pm. Finals will be held
at Constitution Hall on Sunday
afternoon, May IA. "Theater
Guild on the Air" has been pact
ed to return to NBC in the fall
(Sundays at $500. under the same
sponsorship. During the summer
the sponsor is footing the bills
for the NBC Symphony Orchestra,
to be heard in the same time spot.
The present "Theater Guild" Sc
rieS will continue until June 4.
|. Jackson Lowe of WWDC is
conducting a song-writing con-
test for amateur. tunesmithS in
the Washington area. Manu-
scripts (words and lead sheet are
enough) should be submitted to
him at the station. Stewart
Kerr is the newest addition to the
announcing staff at WINK. He
comes here from WIND in Fred
erick, Md. John Learmont,
former British lieutenant colonel