Evening star., 1951-02-01
On the Air
Magnetic
Tape May
End Kline
By Harry Macarthur

eyes with a kinescoped TV pro-
gram or cursed the day kline was
invented and turned the set off.
you will be happy to hear about
the rumor circulating in Holly
wood. The story out there is that
kinescope may be abandoned be-
fore the end Of the year.
This is predicted not because
the coaxial cable is expected. nor
is it because kline is just being
given up as a bad job. The ex-
pectation-hope is a better word
is based on reports of highly sue
cessful initial experiments in re-
cording television shows on mag
netic tape.
This isn't as outlandish as it
sounds. It is no more so, as
matter Of fact, than giving a
movie a sound track by putting
lines on the edge of the film. Just
hold still a minute. In television,
the camera tube turns light i'm
pulses from the scene photo
graphed into electronic impulses.
These are superimposed on radio
waves and broadcast Your re-
ceiver takes the electronic i'm
pulses off the radio wave and feeds
them into the picture tube. which
turns them into light impulses in
image of the scene the camera
tube was aimed at.
This is simplification, of
course. The thing is that these
TV pictures you see are just elec-
tronic signals cahed information"
by the engineers while they are in
transit and electronic impulses
can be recorded on magnetic tape.
A number of the name" enter
tainers are happie- in Hollywood.
Burns and Allen already have fed
back there, after establishing
themselves on "live" television.
Jack Carson wants to go back.
Jack Benny is reported toying
with the idea of doing his next
show from there via kinescope.
Anything that will replace kline
scope, so we can keep the actors
and the viewers happy. is to be
welcomed.
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's re-
port to the Nation on his recent
trip to Europe will be an all
network affair tomorrow night at
10:45 on both radio and television.
Programs and People: Victor
Borge. the pianist-satirist who
introduced comedy to the classics,
starts his own television program
Saturday at on WNBW. The
entertainer, now an American
citizen. was in Washington this
week to be honored by the Danish
Embassy for spreading good will
for Denmark during his 10 years
in this country . .. Nina Foch,
the Broadway and Hollywood star,
will play the leading role Saturday
in Bride from Broadway" on
'The Faith Baldwin T'heater of
Romance" (WMAL-TV-11 ann
AS you may already have no
ticed, WT'TG started a new pro-
gram today-the Susan Adams
Show" to be seen regularly on
Thursdays at 1:30 pm.
Report on the state of radios
health in the face of TV COM
petition: In the first nine days
of the "Dr. Christian" script
writing contest, there were 12.346
requests for entry blanks, COM
pared to 10,898 for the same pc
riod last year. Or, this may be
merely report on the health
of a widespread belief-"I could
write a better story than that"
X + X X
Strictly Personal: Ted Lewis,
in the second week of his two
week stay at the Statler, says
he isn't going into television until
he's sure of enough material for
new show each time. It's a
sound thought, in spite of the
fact that those people who fill
the Embassy Room nightly to
enjoy his top showmanship would
be glad to watch the same pro-
gram over and over, week after
week Sid Caesar is another
comic-Who would play Hamlet.
He's reported negotiating with
Robert Montgomery for the role
of Lenny in "Of Mice and Mem
|. Gloria Swanson is consid-
ering bids from two networks i
Nelson Eddy is a man CBS-TVI
is reported to have an eye on,
for a daily 15-minute stint /
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