Evening star., 1951-06-18
On the Air
Eust-West
TV Faces
iine Log
By Horry MocArthur

Coast promises to become lat
1851 reality. it has just dawned OF
the television people that It,
bringing a problem with 1t. tt
the time lag, the three hour diff
ference in time between the Wes
Coast and the East.
A telivison program presented
at Z pm. in New York gets to th'
West Coast at 4 o'clock. wher
most of the members Of its pro.
spective audience are still making
movies, book, airplanes and othel
Los Angeles County products.
A program televised at Z pm. ir
Hollywood fares all right, arriving
in the East at 10 o'clock. A II
o'clock Hollywood program is fac.
ing one o'clock in the morning al
this end of the coaxial-microwavt
line, however. and most Of its Gus.
toners will have long since de.
cided to give their eyes and ear.
a rest.
At any rate the hookup is pro.
crossing. The relay towers already
are up all the way to San Fran.
cisco and telephone service Il
scheduled to start late in August
Television will be added shortl.
thereafter.
This was supposed to be tn.
great boon to viewers, which
would do away with those eye.
kinescope recordings
until someone thought of thai
time lag. Now the people wearing
the SNUG looks are those con.
nected with production companie.
engaged in filming programs fol
television.
The Verdict: Brian Aherne, be
tween rehearsals Of "Pulitze
Prize Playhouse" drama. told o
seeing an old office file cleaned
out recently. One Of the dust!
papers, dated not too long age
contained a description of a nev
medium to be called ''television.
Across the forecast was scrib.
bled an executives official com
ment in red: THE mans insane.
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Diplomatic: Senor Don Alfonso
Cortina is Minister Counselor fol
Economic Affairs of Mexico ir
Washington but he is also mar
with a sense of humor despite
the weight of his title. The sense
OF humor extends to his hairline
which Is receding and might ever
be called receded.
Senor Cortina was preparing tt
make a guest appearance recent,
on the CBS-TV Facts We Face
program when a young production
assistant approached him with 9
pad.
Perhaps it would be nice" she
suggested, ''if we could apply {
little pancake to your forehead.
MY forehead!" said Senior Cor.
tina. How diplomatic can yot
get in a television Station?"
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Fame: The ABC publicity de.
partment has just issued a new
biography of Hattie Mcdaniel
now that she is slated to tax.
over her "Beulah" role in tele.
vision as well as in radio. Mis-.
Mcdaniel has been a widely.
known and admired movie player
since 1888 when. after a long tour
in "Showboat." she left the stage
for the screen. The new ABC BIZ
ography Of Miss Mcdaniel set.
her name down as Hattie
McDaniels.
Forecast: Closed circuit theatel
television having been Launched
with apparent success Friday nigh
cat Keith'S and the Lincoln IL
WaShington) another phase Of the
color battle becomes q possibility
1t may work out that thousand!
become familiar with RCA's com.
patible color in theaters befor,
thousands become familiar with
CHS color in their homes.
Since the CHS system is tn,
only one approved for commercial
telecasts, RCA has to have specia
permission from the FEC to tes
its color system on the air. It car
put all the color television i
wants on a closed circuit, no
broadcast, however, and that's tn,
way TV gets to the theaters par
ticipating in this new box offic,
battle.
Don't look for color televisior
at Keith's real soon, though. Ths
technical problems are many, par.
ticularly the problem of brillianct
in the receivers kinescope tube. I
was a scientific achievement tt
make kline with enough bril-.
lance to throw a TV picture from
protector to theater screen and i
will take an even greater one tt
manage this with the tricolor pic.
ture tube. So far, lack Of bril-.
lance in the picture has been ont
of the shortcomings in RCA colol
sets designed for the living rooms
The RCA engineers claim tt
have licked their problem in home
sets, however, and are confident
that it can be done for theatel
TV in the not-too- distant future
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Radio Notes: An additional Cur
Massey program is being heart
every weekday at noon on WWDC
starting today. He and Marths
Tilton now are on $50 Mutua
stations as well as 140 CHS sta
tions. /. Robert Montgomery hal
taken on a new radio program
Freedom Is Our Business" sched.
uled for Saturdays at $50 pm. OF
ABC (WMAL). It's described a!
"a triumphant dramatization O.
mans fight for freedom through.