Evening star., 1950-03-12
I TelevisiOn-RQdiO
New Fairbanks Filming Process
May Move TV to HOLLYWOOD
By Harry Macarthur

1t was bound to happen sooner
or later. An audience testing out
fit called a radio listener on a
recent Tuesday night to ask what
program he was listening to.
Halls of Ivy" he replied. Cant
be-" said the tester, this is Tues
day night" Il know it," the man
snapped back, "but my wife and
I record Ivy on our tape recorder
Friday night and play it back
Saturday. Tuesday, or whenever
we feel like it. Any objections?"
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Telenotes: ABC (WMAL-TV)
last night started a series of four
basketball telecasts from Madison
Square Garden. The games will
be seen for the next three Satur-
day nights at 10, concluding with
the East-West All-Star game on
April /. ABC-TV also has
scheduled the finals of the Chicago
Golden Gloves tourney for
Wednesday, March 20, at $50
pm. These will be carried here
by WTTG, since local rassling is
a regular Wednesday feature on
WMAL-TV. WTTG also is
launching an out-and-out disc
jockey show, Lambs Rambles,"
a week from tomorrow. to run
daily from 2 to pm. There'll
be no minor talent, just records
and chatter by Art Lamb. i.
"Television Shoppers Review"
(WNBW-Monday through Fri
day, 2 p.mD attracted such a large
participating audience its first
week that it has been moved to
the stage of the Apex Theater.
Some free tickets are available
at Hecht Co. stores downtown and
in Silver Spring, or tickets may
be purchased at the Apex box
office. In addition to the TV
talent DERRY Strong. the Sammy
Seymour Trio. Ray Michael and
others the stage show is followed
by the regular movie. Word
from Edgar Bergen on the tele-
vision situation is that he is pre-
pairing to do an experimental
show, on film, "in a couple of
months. This. he says, will be
principally for his own study and
no date has been set for his entry
into commercial TV.
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Programs and People: The
Hollywood rumor factory has it
that Radio Theater" and MY
Friend Irma" may be the only
soap-sponsored shows on next
season. It's part of this rumor
that Bob Hope has been asked to
seek another sponsor, though his
present contract has four years to
run. After the sensational per-
sonal appearance he made in New
York, his sponsor may have
changed his mind, Of course. :.
Listeners to the old Chamber
Music Society of Lower Basin
Street" will be happy to know
that Announcer Gene Hamilton is
bringing something Of the same
sort back to the air. 'Dr. Gino's
Musicale" designed for devotees
Of Dixieland music, makes its
bow tomorrow night on WMAL at
1890. The Rev. Crawford
w. Brown, canon precentor of
Washington Cathedral, is pre-
senting as lenten series a con-
densed version of his Lessons in
Living" series, on VOL Fridays at
1880 pm. The concluding pro-
gram Is scheduled for Good Fri
day, April Z. =. Labor Speaks"
a new series presented by WWDC
in conjunction with the Treasury
Department and organized labor,
starts Tuesday at 10 am. on the
station. I. The United States
Chamber of Commerce radio Sc
ries, This Is Our Town." has re-
turned to ABC as Tuesday-at-
10:30-p.m. program for seven more
weeks. WQQW has a new
program, Welcome to Washing
ton," on which newcomers to the
Capital are interviewed. 1t is
heard Tuesday at 1:45 pm. i.
A five-week series featuring the
Robert Shaw Chorale, starts to-
day at 1880 on WMAL and will
continue through Easter Sunday.
1t is being presented by the prot
estant Radio Commission and
the ABC public affairs depart
ment. Alan Cummings will
leave WWDC's "Yawn Patrol"
this week. Willis Conover or
Felix Grant probably will take
over the all-night record show.
. Reciprocation Department:
Last December a one-minute spot
announcement on WTOP, given
as prize at an Ad Club lunch
con, was won by Norman Reed,
WWDC program director. Last
week WWDC put up prize of
1880 pennies to advertise its
switch to 1850 kilocycles. The
Ad Club man who won this was
George Hartford. He's CONNER
cial manager at WTOP.
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