Evening star., 1951-12-30
On the Air
TeIevision Is on q Threshold
As an Old Year Neurs Its End
By Harry Macarthur

This the of the statements
when the broadcasng executives look back proudly
and contemplate the future with glowing confidence
Televison 1851 Alexander stronach vice pres
cent nnlShed tral
threshold"
Teevison 1851 Brig David sarnof RCA board
chairman established itself as such vital force in the life
America that in 1852 promises factor in the
There reason why coumnst. equipped with paper
and typewriter and with Sunday morning space awaiting can't
with its dappointments well its umphs only thing
definite about its future is that it is
Crime Committee Teleeosts Were Outstanding
Teevson's most outstanding performance during the year
undoubtedly teecasts of the Senate Crime
Investigating Committee The viewing pubcs to this
mammoth whodunt in the halls
In every city connected by the eeviSon stopped
Everything else was put aside large of
paused to watch its Government action was
came the argument over whether
there should be of this thing all
to report hearings let people watch
their elected representatives informed?
muled over might be noted that the neon b % 0s eng
are not the ones who turn the big top into circus.
Technical Accomplishments Were Noteworthy
Televsons other major accomplishments of the year were
largely technical 1t became remaned much more
exctng for the fact that could be done all use
President stood up on ros,m in San
Francisco and heard away from Boston
to Jacksonville and in points between japanese
treaty conference telecasts provided dramatic nau-
ol coaSI-ocoaSC teleVSon over mlcrowave relay and
color teevsion for the public placed the
future by the critical materials situation RCA in the summer
demonstrated its color system renements and hannv
found it greeted with enthusiasm quarters
Both systems the RCAs with
variety show sent to San Francisco York and the
one of CHS with heart operation Angeles
witnessed by doctor groups in New York Chicago
ihre also were advances in less pubcized upper
reaches OF the equencies Successful field
the UF channels by RCA the end of
the FEC freeze" on TV station licenses
The Year the Sponsors Took Over
In programmng 1851 has wear likely IN ba
bered as of teevsons golden ones It will he rhS IL
viewers aS ne year when became clear viewer wishes would
.ae second place sponsor wishes has been in radio
o hKa fran and Ollie to is minutes which aroused roar of
no oroadcaster ever expected his to have the
This also has been the of mediocritv when +oo ~
people decided another variety show what She evewers
neeoeo IeeVon came against materials shortage
OF S oW-an undersupp of vaudeville and an overabn
dance of vaudeville shows
In the field of eevsed sports things haven't been too hannv
IN 1881 either Viewers howd anger when number m nrize
fights were shown for theater eevon and not for ~
on nome screens With logic the parlor
ball ration plan for TV.
Celonese Theoter Provided One Bright Spot
There bright spots of course One bannv + t ,oz
mas oee the new stature taken hour-onp sbo
Inc most notable of these Ceanese Theater ~
mas aer the guidance of Executive Producer Burke Crotty
ana Alex Sega emerged as at least the
OF Studio One, long the leader the field ~ 4
Feo Skeon and Dnah Shore respective fields have
oone o1 10 make teeons little brighter as the two
most refreshing new personalities it, Both of them have
fecognzed eeVon intimate between tele
Vlsed and teevewer and have made the most of it
Shelton, with show week is generally fresbsr
than comics who up with something new
lively new that Isl only Shore brings her
special quality of singing into the living
which is fine place for ~
1t not be the triumphant Mr. stronach mentioned
back in the second
still is 1851 1852.