The stations that aired test patterns seem to have avoided accompanying them with a steady one-kilocycle tone. They played music; there were enough different production libraries around that could be used. The DuMont station did something else. It signed a deal with Hearst’s International News Service to show a news ticker on the screen. Someone at DuMont at the time said it might have been more popular than their night-time programmes.
In April 1947, WABD went one step further. They sold the ticker. Or, rather, a brief business programme built around quotes from the INS business wire. A clever idea.
The NBC station, WNBT, was about to go a step further, preparing a daytime show with those radio chatterboxes, Tex and Jinx Falkenberg. As for CBS’ WCBS-TV, we’ll save that for our next post.
And Bert Parks took over from John Reed King as the host of "Party Line" this month. King would continue to produce the show. Parks didn't "stop the music" (and Fred Allen) on radio for about another year.
By the way, if the references to Wrigley Field are confusing, let me explain. There was (and is) a Wrigley Field in Chicago. There was also one in Los Angeles (photo, left). The same Wrigley family owned them. When major league baseball displaced the Pacific Coast League in the city in 1958, the park was sold. It ended up in the hands of the city, which tore it down in 1969.
Wednesday, April 16
WCBS-TV Channel 2, New York
2:00 Baseball at Ebbets Field, Dodgers vs. Boston Braves, Bob Edge play-by-play, sponsored by Ford and Post Toasties.
6:30 “Come Into the Kitchen,” home economics program with Heloise Parker Broeg.
WABD Channel 5, New York
1:50 Baseball at Yankee Stadium, Yankees vs Philadelphia A’s, Bill Slater play-by-play.
7:59 Program Notes.
8:00 “Butterick Fashions.”
8:30 Film Shorts.
8:45-11:00 Boxing at Jamaica Arena, Tony La Bua vs. Maurice (Lefty) Lachance, Eli Deloach vs Ted Drew. Sponsored by American Stores.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
1:15 Book Review.
1:30 Baseball at Wrigley, Cubs vs. Pittsburgh, Joe Wilson and Jack Brickhouse announcing, sponsored by Commonwealth Edison and Ford.
8:30 Wrestling from Rainbo arena, Russ Davis announcing.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
10:00-12:00 Test Chart.
2:15 Baseball at Shibe Park: New York Giants vs. Phillies.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
2:00 “Tune Up Time”: Test Slides, Recorded Music.
2:15 World’s Bowling Championship.
8:00 “Tune Up Time”: Test Slides, Recorded Music.
8:30 Baseball Direct from Gilmore Field, Hollywood Stars vs. San Diego Padres.
Major use of the lens probably will be for outdoor and sports events, where dolly and boom cannot be used for close-ups. Also, use with image orthicon camera makes unnecessary current use of a battery of turret lenses. Instead, the Zoomar itself is constructed with a large number of coated lens surfaces. Once it has focused upon a scene, it keeps that shot in focus while making the close-up, by means of simple level adjustments.
Demonstration was made using two image orthicon cameras, one mounted on a movable dolly, and the other stationary, but equipped with the Zoomar. Both switched from long-range to close-ups, the movable camera by rolling in close and the Zoomar by adjusting the lens. Performers were balladeer Tom Scott, ventriloquist Paul Winchell, and dancers Belly Fisher and Jim Starbuck. (Billboard, Apr. 26)
Thursday, April 17
2:00 Baseball at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Boston Braves, Bob Edge, play-by-play, sponsored by Ford and Post Toasties.
8:15 CBS Television News with Douglas Edwards, sponsored by Gulf.
8:30 “All New York Junior High School Quiz.”
9:00 “Your Song For Tonight,” Peggy Ann Ellis.
9:03 “Come Into the Kitchen,” home economics program with Heloise Parker Broeg.
Weather reports sponsored by Reid’s Ice Cream.
WNBT Channel 4, New York
7:50 Television Newsreel.
8:00 “Juvenile Jury” from NBC’s Studio 8-G with Jack Barry, sponsored by Gaines Dog Food, relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
8:30 “Birdseye Open House” with Harriet Van Horne, interviews, and James Beard, food.
9:00 “You Are an Artist” with John Gnagy, sponsored by Gulf Oil, relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
9:11 Television Newsreel.
WABD Channel 5, New York
1:50 Baseball at Yankee Stadium, Yankees vs Philadelphia A’s, Bill Slater play-by-play.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
1:15 “Let’s Face It.”
1:30 Baseball: Cubs vs. Pittsburgh, Joe Wilson and Jack Brickhouse announcing, sponsored by Commonwealth Edison and Ford.
7:30 “Over Shoemaker’s Shoulder,” drawing show.
7:45 Film: “Jungle Menace.”
8:00 “Humanity’s Heart.”
8:30 Film: Short subjects.
8:45 Sport show.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
10:00-12:00 Test Chart.
2:15 Baseball at Shibe Park: New York Giants vs. Phillies.
7:50 NBC programs.
9:10 Sears Visi-Quiz.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
2:25 Pre-Game Interviews, sponsored by Griesedieck Brothers Brewery.
2:40 Baseball from Sportsman’s Park: Browns vs. Detroit Tigers, play-by-play with J. Roy Stockton and Ellis Veech, sponsored by Purity Bakeries.
7:00 Feature film, "Adventures of Chico" (Woodard Productions, 1938)
8:10 "Range Riders."
8:30 News comment by Dr. Roland G. Usher; "French Claims to Western Germany."
8:45, St. Louis Personalities; Harry F. Wahlgren, head of the St. Louis Weather Bureau.
KLTA Channel 5
2:00-4:00 Film program for television dealers.
8:00 Test slides and music.
8:30 Short subject.
8:45 “Your Town—Your Animal Friends.”
9:00 Wrestling Matches at Municipal Stadium, Swedish Angel and Rebel Russell vs. Strangler Lewis and Sam Menacher, Joe Lewis, guest referee.
9:30 “Lest We Forget,” Army show.
With television broadcasters throughout the country bemoaning the lack of any fresh, young production talent for the industry, the American Theatre Wing has come up with what may well be the answer to the problem in its tele course for ex-GI's. Group of Wing students, all of whom had previous showbiz experience but most of whom had never even seen a tele show before signing on for the course, staged a psychological thriller last Thursday (17) night that was as professional in production as many of the top shows produced by N. Y. stations.
Show was the culmination of several months of lectures given by Harvey Marlowe. ABC television production chief and director of the Wing's tele school. Students, however, had had only several weeks' experience in working with live studio equipment. Show was produced on a closed circuit over W2XJT, experimental station operated by William J. Still in Jamaica, N. Y. Still, who hand-tools all his studio equipment as well as receiving sets, has matte his facilities available to the Wing school for the duration of the course.
Under Marlowe's supervision, the students rotate in all positions in the studio so that they they can become acquainted with the work of the cameraman, producer, director, set designer, etc. Students have been divided into two groups, with each group alternating on production every other week while the standby bunch watches the show on a receiving set to offer constructive criticism. Last Thursday's show was naturally lacking in the finished touches, such as on-the-button camera cueing and correct picture framing. Perfection, however, is only attained through practice and the calibre of the work done by these GIs, comprising both men and women, is a vivid illustration of their imagination and future capabilities.
Show produced was an original by Robert Slum, titled "The Three Gifts," a one-acter that could go on any station with a little script-tightening. Script called for some highly-intricate sets and it was in that direction the ex-GIs showed their imagination, coming up with a sliding-door arrangement that rivaled similar sets designed by Jo Mielziner for the Broadway production of "Dream Girl" last year. Set was designed by Kit Kirkbride, David Gaines and Iran Berlow.
Other production credits, for the record, include Don Celentano as producer; Tadeus Kowal, director, and Marc Daniels as technical director. Huss Hinchliffe handled studio direction, with Charles Durand on found. Cameraman included Ted Paul and Frank Graham, with an assist from Jerry Tobias. Cast comprised Theodora Bender, Joe Silver and Berlow.
With four new stations expected to go on the air in N. Y. within the next six months, and other grantees throughout the country pressing for an early start to operations, there's going to be a crying need for just such experienced personnel as the Wing is turning out. It's to be hoped these ex-GIs, who are taking the course under the GI Bill of Rights, have an inside track on the top jobs available. Stal. (Variety, Apr. 23)
Baseball Game
Reviewed Thursday (17), 2 to 3:30 p.m. Presented by the Ford Motor Co. over WBKB, Chicago.
As long as television stations can give the public shows like this one, anyone who buys a set will be repaid plenty for his investment. Furthermore, as long as sponsors can bankroll programs like this, especially when more sets are in the homes, they will be getting their money's worth.
With only two image orthicon cameras, the WBKB staff was able to bring to viewers the color and plays which could have been seen better only by those watching at Wrigley Field, from which the game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates was televised. Cameramen Harry Birch and Art Karns had the ball in view constantly and followed each play as it occurred, with close-ups as often as possible. Despite good work by cameramen and Don Cook, who was in charge of pick-ups at the park, the station could present an even better program if at least an-other camera was used.
Announcing chores were handled by Jack Brickhouse and Joe Wilson, with Brickhouse doing the first four and a half innings and Wilson ending the game, Wilson, because he has done plenty of video sporting events in the past, has discovered that television announcers do their best job when they don't talk too much. Brickhouse, an experienced radio sports announcer, still puts in too much verbiage as a result of his radio background, but is starting to improve his television technique al-ready. During the game telecast the preceeding [sic] day his talking was more extensive.
Following the opinion of viewers who reported in a recent survey made by WBKB (The Billboard, April 12) that they preferred commercials at the beginning and end of shows, Ford and its agency, J. Walter Thompson, utilized only two short film commercials and vocal credit messages by the announcers during the game. Films, produced by Thompson's New York office, did a competent but not outstanding selling job. (Billboard, Apr. 26)
Friday, April 18
2:30 Baseball at the Polo Grounds, Giants vs. Dodgers, Bob Stanton, play-by-play.
8:00 “Campus Hoopla” with Clair Bee, coach of the Long Island U. basketball team, sponsored by U.S. Rubber Co., relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
8:20 Boys Week Tribute.
8:30 “The World in Your Home,” sponsored by RCA, relayed to WRGB.
9:00 “Gillette Cavalcade of Sports”: Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena, Julio Jiminez vs. Eddie Giosa, lightweight, ten rounds, relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
Time Signal sponsored by Benrus.
WABD Channel 5, New York
2:30 Baseball from Washington, Yankees vs. Senators, play-by-play from Bob Wolff . Relayed from WTTG.
8:00 Feature Films.
9:00-11:00 Wrestling from Jamaica Arena.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
7:30 “Telechats,” sponsored by The Fair.
7:45 Short subjects.
8:00 “Telequizzicalls,” sponsored by Commonwealth Edison.
8:30 Boxing from Rainbo Arena.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
10:00-12:00 Test Chart.
2:15 Baseball at Shibe Park, Philadelphia Athletics vs. Boston Red Sox.
6:30-7:30 Test Chart.
8:00 NBC programs.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis2:10 Baseball Closeups, Harry Caray with Gabby Street, sponsored by Griesedieck Brothers Brewery.
2:30 Baseball from Sportsman’s Park: Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, sponsored by Purity Bakeries.
7:00 Feature Film, “Here’s Flash Casey” (Grand National, 1937).
8:10 Cartoon Quiz.
8:30 Police Quartet.
8:50-9:00 Film Show.
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
2:00 Test Pattern.
3:05 Various Films.
3:36 Safety Film.
3:43 Fishing.
3:59 “The Story of D.D.T.”
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
2:00 Sportsmen’s Show, Gilmore Stadium.
2:00 “Tune Up Time”: Test Slides, Recorded Music.
2:15 World’s Bowling Championship.
8:00 “Tune Up Time”: Test Slides, Recorded Music.
8:30 Baseball Direct from Gilmore Field, Hollywood Stars vs. San Diego Padres.
Saturday, April 19
WCBS-TV Channel 2, New York
3:30 Wood Memorial, Jamaica Race Track.
7:45 CBS Television News with Tom O’Connor. Representative Fred A. Hartley, Jr. interviewed.
8:00 Fashion Showcase.
8:30 Ringing Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Madison Square Garden, Gil Fates commentary, sponsored by Ford.
WNBT Channel 4, New York
2:30 Baseball at the Polo Grounds: Giants vs. Dodgers, Bob Stanton play-by-play.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
Schedule not available.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
1:45 Baseball at Shibe Park, Philadelphia Athletics vs. Boston Red Sox.
2:10 Baseball Closeups with Harry Caray and Gabby Street, sponsored by Griesedieck Brothers Brewery.
2:30 Baseball from Sportsman’s Park: Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, sponsored by Purity Bakeries.
7:00 Feature film: “The Shadow Strikes” with Rod LaRocque. (Grand National, 1937).
8:10 “News in Sports” with J. Roy Stockton and Harold Grams, sponsored by Griesedieck Brothers Brewery.
8:30 Ballroom Dancing.
8:50 Film show.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00 Film program for television dealers.
4:30 Feature Harness Race from Hollywood Park.
8:00 “Tune Up Time”: Test Slides, Recorded Music.
8:30 Baseball from Gilmore Field, Hollywood Stars vs. San Diego Padres.
Sunday, April 20
WCBS-TV Channel 2, New York
7:15 Feature Film.
8:00 Drama: “The Wages of Innocence”with Curtis Cooksey and John O’Shaughnessy.
8:30 “Party Line” with John Reed King.
Weather reports sponsored by Reid’s Ice Cream.
WNBT Channel 4, New York
2:30 Baseball at the Polo Grounds: Giants vs. Philadelphia, Bob Stanton play-by-play.
8:00 “Tele-Varities,” sponsored by Ipana Toothpaste/Minit-Rub.
8:30 Musical Miniatures.
8:30 Film short.
8:40 “NBC Television Theatre: A Gentleman Never Tells.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
8:00 Short subjects.
8:30 Circus.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
1:15 Baseball at Shibe Park, Philadelphia Athletics vs. Boston Red Sox.
8:00 NBC programs.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis2:15 Police Circus.
7:00 Film Feature: “Girl Loves Boy” with Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker, Roger Imhof (Grand National, 1937).
8:10 Art Museum program; Mrs. Edwin Grossman.
8:20 Metropolitan Church Federation address.
8:30 Metropolitan Church Federation quartet, G. Calvin Ringgenberg directing.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
1:00 “Tune Up Time,” test slides, recorded music.
1:30 Baseball at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles vs. San Diego (doubleheader), Bill Welch play-by-play.
> 8:00 “Tune Up Time,” test slides, recorded music.
8:30 Cartoon.
8:40 “Shopping at Home.”
8:55 Latest Paramount news highlights.
9:00 “Hits and Bits,” variety show, Mc’d by Dick Lane.
9:30 “Adventure is My Hobby” with Erwin Williamson.
Monday, April 21
WNBT Channel 4, New York
2:00 President Truman at the Associated Press luncheon, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
2:30 Baseball at the Polo Grounds, Giants vs. Phillies, Bob Stanton, play-by-play.
8:00 Short subjects.
8:30 Film: “Frozen Freshness” (Jam Handy for the Frigidaire Division of G.M., 1946).
9:00 Esso Reporter, newsreel narrated by Paul Alley.
9:10 “Gillette Cavalcade of Sports”: Boxing at St. Nicholas Arena, Wayland Douglas vs Norman Rubio, welterweight, ten rounds, relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
WABD Channel 5, New York
8:30 Film short. 8:45 Amateur Boxing at Jamaica Arena, Sponsored by American Stores.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
1:30 Baseball at Wrigley Field, Cubs vs. Cincinnati, Joe Wilson and Jack Brickhouse announcing, sponsored by Commonwealth Edison and Ford.
8:30 Wrestling from Midway arena, Russ Davis announcing.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
10:00-12:00, 3:00-5:00, 6:30-7:30 Test Chart.
8:00 NBC programs.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
3:00 News and Views.
3:10 Film, interview, and film.
4:00 Man on the Street, Frank Eschen, mc.
4:30 Film.
7:00 Barbershop quartet.
7:10 Film.
7:30 Sports Closeups, Harry Caray and Gabby Street, sponsored by Griesedieck Brothers Brewery.
7:50 Film.
8:00 Man on the Street.
8:45 History of light.
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
2:30 Test slides and music. 3:15 Film: “Stop Forest Fires.”
3:25 Film: “Great Game.”
3:48 Film: “Vet Report No. 1.”
3:56 Test Pattern, Station Identification
4:01 Film: “Flood Weather.”
4:20 Film: “Navy Rocket Test.”
6:30 Test patterns and music.
8:30 Film: “Strategic Materials.”
8:46 Film: “What Price Happiness.”
8:59 Live: “Come All Ye Faithful.”
9:30 Film: “Let’s Give A Tea” (Simmel-Merservey, 1946) [action-packed scene from this film, right.]
9:52 to 10:02 Film: “Navy Rocket Test” (repeat).
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
2:00-4:00 Film program for television dealers.
8:00 Test Slides and Records.
8:30 Live: “Papa Is All.”
Papa Is All
Reviewed Monday (21), 8:30-11 p.m. Style—Full-length legit play. Sustaining over KTLA (Paramount), Hollywood.
The old question of how would full length legit fare go on tele, received its answer definitely in the affirmative with this Paramount scanning of Papa. Appearing at the time at El Patio Theater, the Jan Boris production of Patterson Greene's comedy was moved from the legit house to KTLA's studio with complete cast and stage setting included. This was area's first taste of an unabridged stager and judging by what hit the screen, viewers were duly impressed with versatility of the video mediums and would welcome more programs of equal caliber.
So as to take in the full scope of the widely spread acting area, KTLA's pilot Klaus Landsberg ordered three of his image orthicons to the scene. Lensing trio was placed in the form of an inverted triangle, encircling the entire thesping space. It was good judgment on the part of Landsberg to supplant his usual studio ikes with orths. Latter's greater depth of focus makes the orth more easily adaptable to close-up coverage of a rapidly changing field of action. (Stepped down, high speed image orthicon provides the fullest depth of focus possible in tele.) Thru this camera set-up, lensers were able to take in all the action while at the same time delivering a sharp image. While image quality was "granier" than could have been possible with ikes, sharp focus at all times more than made up for lack of minute detail.
Demands Top Acting
One essential factor was brought to the surface with this scanning: Tele's closer-than-footlight view of a stage production serves to magnify any of its weaknesses, while at the same time demands more of its participants. Reason for this is the closer contact the audience achieves with the players via tele. This calls for highly polished acting wherein each movement, each facial expression must serve a purpose or else mar the entire production as in the case in cinemacting. While the over-all result of the tele version of Papa was highly satisfying, Hugh Murray's enactment of papa, at the El Patio was passable but dipped considerably below par when viewed on tele.
Since company worked as tho it was playing on stage, turning backs to the audience, moving freely from one extremity to the other, KTLA had its hands full of new tele problems it never before faced. So as to avoid extreme panning, Landsberg emphasized lensing of thesps' reactions rather than their actions. This, coupled with studied cross-cutting, gave viewer the full scope of the stage while keeping play's continuity alive. Lee Zhito. (Billboard, May 3)
Tuesday, April 22
WABD Channel 5, New York
1:50 Baseball at Yankee Stadium, Yankees vs Boston Red Sox, Bill Slater play-by-play.
7:00 “Small Fry Club” hosted by Bob Emery.
7:30 “Cash and Carry” with Dennis James. 8:00 Western Feature Film, sponsored by Chevrolet, relayed to WTTG.
9:30 “Serving Through Science,” sponsored by U.S. Rubber, relayed to WTTG.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
1:30 Baseball at Wrigley Field, Cubs vs. Cincinnati, Joe Wilson and Jack Brickhouse announcing, sponsored by Commonwealth Edison and Ford.
7:30 “Behind the Headlines.”
7:45 Short subjects.
8:00 “Those Were the Days.”
8:15 Short subjects.
8:30 “Saville’s Dilemma.”
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
10:00-12:00 Test Chart.
2:15 Baseball at Shibe Park, Washington Senators vs. the Athletics.
2:10 Baseball Closeups with Harry Caray and Gabby Street, sponsored by Griesedieck Brothers Brewery.
2:25 Baseball from Sportsmen’s Park, Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, sponsored by Purity Bakeries.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
2:00-4:00 Film program for Television Dealers.
8:00 “Tune Up Time”: Test Slides, Recorded Music.
8:30 Baseball Direct from Gilmore Field, Hollywood Stars vs. Sacramento Solons.
Wednesday, April 23
WCBS-TV Channel 2, New York
2:00 Baseball at Ebbets Field, Dodgers vs. Phillies, Bob Edge play-by-play, sponsored by Ford and Post Toasties.
WABD Channel 5, New York
1:50 Baseball at Yankee Stadium, Yankees vs Boston Red Sox, Bill Slater play-by-play.
8:00 Wanamaker’s Kitchen Romance.
8:30 Film Shorts.
8:45-11:00 Boxing at Jamaica Arena, Tony Larocca vs. Ray Jackson, six rounds. Sponsored by American Stores.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
1:30 Baseball at Wrigley Field, Cubs vs. Cincinnati, Joe Wilson and Jack Brickhouse announcing, sponsored by Commonwealth Edison and Ford.
8:30 Wrestling from Rainbo arena, Russ Davis announcing.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
10:00-12:00 Test Chart.
2:15 Baseball at Shibe Park, Washington Senators vs. the Athletics.
6:30-7:30 Test Chart.
8:00 Fashion Show; Feature Film.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
2:00“Tune Up Time”: Test Slides, Recorded Music.
2:15 Film program for Television Dealers.
8:00 “Tune Up Time”: Test Slides, Recorded Music.
8:15 Baseball Direct from Gilmore Field, Hollywood Stars vs. Sacramento Solons.
Remember the Days
Reviewed Tuesday (22), 8:15 to 8:45 p.m. Film commentary and interview show presented sustaining on WBKB, Chicago.
Like so many other programs at WBKB, this one was an example of a good idea mishandled, a performance that didn't result in a top show because of insufficient planning and slipshod production.
Program had good talent too: Dave Garroway, top Chi disk jockey, as emsee and old silent films that had plenty of laughs. Interview with Loren Ryder, president of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (SMPE) and a vice-president of Paramount, WBKB parent company, featured pre-showing discussion of oldies such as the Great Train Robbery. However, Garroway obviously had not prepared any questions to feed to Ryder and often their conversation drifted into inconsequentials. When it did Garroway would try to rescue the show by showing one of the old pix. Timing was bad, however, and by the time he had gone thru futile attempts to change reels, interest lagged.
Production Errs
Production mistake of having musical background override conversation between Ryder and young gal twins during running of films also accounted for confusion. Subdued background show idea was good in that it was an attempt to build a format in which showing of old films could be an important part. These oldies among the little film stuff now available for television release, made good entertainment. But now that this has been discovered, closer attention should be given to an attempt to work up a smooth running show. Garroway should be told, we might also add, that his sly, under-the-breath remarks don't go over on television as they do in radio. Microphone is usually farther away in video and thus much of his material is lost. Cy Wagner (Billboard, May 3)
Westinghouse Electric will bankroll its second experimental television shot over WABD (DuMont, N.Y.), May 7 in a semi-audience participation show titled "Dawn of a Better Living." Company, whose first show appeared on WABD last December, is experimenting with various programming formats before signing on for a series.
Ted Malone will emcee the show, with Grace Deibig featured. Tom Hutchinson is slated to direct for McCann-Erickson agency. (Variety, Apr. 23)
First commercial daytime television studio show in New York is slated to hit the air about May 16, when Swift & Co. makes it video bow over WNBT (NBC, N.Y.). Tentatively titled "Televisitors' Club." the show, will star the Mr. and Mrs. team of Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg and will be staged each Friday from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Agency is McCann-Erickson.
Slanted specifically for the hausfraus, the show will combine guest interviews with "how-to-do" demonstrations. McCrary and Miss Falkenburg plan eventually to take film cameras into the homes of N. Y. celebs, with the film to be integrated later into the program. Original series will run 39 weeks, with contracts signed for three years via 13-week options.
With retail merchants of television sets crying for some kind of daytime programming, the show is expected to provide a much-needed fillip to their sales. Attempts to stimulate interest in video among women shoppers was one of the primary reasons in scheduling it in its daytime slot, according to Lee Cooley, head of the M-E tele department. Since the N.Y. Giants' baseball telecasts on WNBT don't begin until 2:30 p.m. (1:30 for a doubleheader), the Swift show won't conflict with them.
Sold Out in Radio
Tex and Jinx hung up the sold-out sign this week. The McCrarys' WNBC (N.Y.) breakfast table strip was bought for 15-minute, three times weekly sponsorship by Trans-World airlines.
Stanza was a slow starter, sponsor-wise, running eight months sustaining Literary Guild and Bond Clothes picked up segments in February, however, and the inking of TWA now puts "Hi! Jinx" on a paying basis all the way. (Variety, Apr. 23)
Selection of Philadelphia as the scene for the 1948 Republican National Convention represented a consummation of the hope of eastern television interests. They want the Democrats to do the same thing. The offer of free television facilities was one factor in favor of Philadelphia over Chicago.
While Chicago has a television station, and in all likelihood will have three by the summer of 1948, there still is considerable doubt that facilities for network telecasting will be available to Chicago by that time.
The television interests hope to use the convention and campaign as a springboard for general introduction of the new radio art.
David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America and a leader in television, has predicted that television will play an important part in the 1948 Presidential campaign. He said that video radio will bear the same relation to it as radio did to the 1924 campaign when Coolidge and Davis made their first appearances before the microphones. (Larry Wolters, Chi. Trib., Apr. 23)
Thursday, April 24
WCBS-TV Channel 2, New York
2:00 Baseball at Ebbets Field, Dodgers vs. Phillies, Bob Edge play-by-play, sponsored by Ford and Post Toasties.
8:15 CBS Television News with Douglas Edwards: Arthur Miller, guest, sponsored by Gulf.
8:30 “All New York Junior High School Quiz.”
9:00 “Your Song For Tonight,” Adele Rasey.
9:03 “Judge For Yourself: The Case of the Missing Payroll.”
9:30 Modern Museum Show (remote).
Weather reports sponsored by Reid’s Ice Cream.
WNBT Channel 4, New York
7:50 Television Newsreel.
8:00 “Juvenile Jury” from NBC’s Studio 8-G with Jack Barry, sponsored by Gaines Dog Food, relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
8:30 “Birdseye Open House,” interviews by Harriet Van Horne and food with James Beard, sponsored by Birdseye Frozen Foods, relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
9:00 “You Are an Artist” with John Gnagy, sponsored by Gulf Oil, relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
9:11 American Newspaper Publishers Association Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria, Senator Robert A. Taft, speaker.
WABD Channel 5, New York
12:30 News Tape, from the International News Service.
1:50 Baseball at Yankee Stadium, Yankees vs Boston Red Sox, Bill Slater play-by-play.
7:00 “Small Fry Club” with Bob Emery.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
7:30 “Cavalcade of Medicine.”
7:45 “Let’s Face It.”
8:00 “Over Shoemaker’s Shoulder.”
8:15 Thoughts and Silhouettes.
8:30 Sports show.
10:00-12:00, 3:00-5:00 Test Chart.
7:50 NBC program.
8:00 Pete Boyle’s Sketchbook; Films Featurette; Sears Visi-Quiz.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
2:10 Baseball Closeups with Harry Caray and Gabby Street, sponsored by Griesedieck Brothers Brewery.
2:25 Baseball at Sportsmen’s Park, Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds, sponsored by Purity Bakery.
7:00 Feature film.
8:10 News and Views.
8:20 Film.
8:30 Stephens College preview of original dress designs.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
2:00-4:00 Film program for Television Dealers.
8:00 “Tune Up Time”: Test Slides, Recorded Music.
8:30 Grand Opening of Ice Capades of 1947 from the Pan Pacific Auditorium.
Ice Capades
Reviewed Thursday (24), 9-10:30 p.m. Style—Remote of "Ice-Capades." Sustaining over KTLA (Paramount), Hollywood.
Paramount tonight pulled another plum from the tele pic with its all-around scanning of the Ice-Capades. Armed with four image orthicons, Tele Director Klaus Landsberg moved into the Pan-Pacific aid strategically placed his lens-boxes so that viewers could see all phases of what was going on-from the opening night galaxy of pic celebs filing in at the entrance, to a backstage view of the skaters warming up and the scanning of the blade ballet per- forming. To achieve this, one camera was located at the entrance where Dick Lane interviewed the pic names that came by, another lenser was situated backstage, while two were kept literally on ice for shots of the performance.
Since outlet is making Ice-Capades a regular Monday night feature, tonight's offering acted as a teaser in that it concentrated on backstage and out-front scanning and gave viewers only a portion (six numbers) of the full show. (Plan is to show different segs of the show each week and toward end of run, bring the entire production.) Televiewers caught the excitement of opening night, ogled their film faves up close while they were interviewed, and later, met backstage with everyone from the stars Donna Atwood and Bob Specht to girls from the ensemble. Lookers for the first time saw an ice show from the performer's side of the fence—a factor which enhanced the interest in this seg. Skaters warming up and thumbnail interviews, as well as sight of portions of the show will undoubtedly serve to put an edge on the viewer's interest and make him buy a ticket. The way scanning is handled, looker feels he knows the skaters and sees just enough to make him want to see more. Lee Zhito. (Billboard, May 3)
Friday, April 25
WCBS-TV Channel 2, New York
2:00 Baseball at Ebbets Field, Dodgers vs. Bob Edge play-by-play, Giants, sponsored by Ford and Post Toasties.
8:00 “Campus Hoopla” with Clair Bee, coach of the Long Island U. basketball team, sponsored by U.S. Rubber Co., relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
8:20 “In Town Today.”
8:30 “The World in Your Home,” sponsored by RCA, relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
8:47 “Gillette Cavalcade of Sports”: Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena, Steve Belloise vs. Johnny Walker, middleweight, ten rounds, relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
Time Signal sponsored by Benrus.
WABD Channel 5, New York
1:00 Financial News, sponsored by Bache and Co.
1:50 Baseball from Yankee Stadium, Yankees vs. Washington Senators, Bill Slater play-by-play, relayed to WTTG.
8:00 Feature Film.
9:00-11:00 Wrestling from Jamaica Arena.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
7:30 “Telechats,” sponsored by The Fair.
7:45 Short subjects.
8:00 “Telequizzicalls,” sponsored by Commonwealth Edison.
8:30 Boxing from Rainbo Arena.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
10:00-12:00 Test Chart.
2:15 Baseball at Shibe Park, Boston Braves vs. Phillies.
6:30-7:30 Test Chart.
8:00 NBC programs.
8:30 “Handy Man” with Jack Creamer, sponsored by Gimbels.
8:45 “Pleased to Meet You.”
9:00 NBC program.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
2:10 Baseball Closeups with Harry Caray and Gabby Street, sponsored by Griesedieck Brothers Brewery.
2:25 Baseball at Sportsmen’s Park, Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds, sponsored by Purity Bakery.
8:30 Wrestling at Kiel Auditorium, Whipper Billy Watson vs. Lou Thesz, one fall, Wee Willie Davis vs. Mike Sharpe, one fall. Sponsored by Hyde Park Beer.
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
2:30 p.m. Test Patterns and Music.
3:15 Film: “Swiss Scrapbook.”
3:35 Film “Crime and Prison.”
3:45 Film: “Rubber River” (Warner Bros. 1946)
4:00 Film: “Yosemite.”
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
2:00 World's Bowling Championship.
8:00 “Tune Up Time”: Test slides, Recorded Music.
8:15 Baseball from Gilmore Field. Hollywood vs. Sacramento.
HANDY MAN
With Carol Reed, Jack Creamer
Producer: Herbert Horton
15 Mins.; Fri., 8:30 p.m.
GIMBEL BROS.
WPTZ—Philco, Phila.
Gimbel Bros, has come up with a new tele show featuring an old gag that's still plenty good. Listeners (or lookers) are asked to write in for suggestions on how to make life easier at home. For example, how to keep stockings from wrapping themselves to keep the ice cube tray from spilling when you're carrying it from sink to refrigerator; how to put new handles on old pot covers.
Carol Reed, attractive and pleasant-voiced, reads the letters to "Handy Man" Jack Creamer. Creamer knows all the answers and keeps up a witty line of chatter.
Show makes a good frame for Gimbel household ware commercials, since seeing a gadget that makes less work for mother really makes you want to buy it. Audience reaction is that of actually wanting to know where you can get the item and for how much, rather than the usual groan as a program comes up with another commercial. All in all, considering how popular this "household hint" device has always been in the columns and the radio, this seems to be a sound idea for a television show. Shal. (Variety, Apr. 30)
DETROIT, April 25—(AP)—A Detroit television station, WWDT, announced today that a contract had been signed with the Detroit Baseball Company to televised Tiger games twice a week during home appearances.
The schedule will open the first week in June. Ty Tyson, sports editor of radio station WWJ, will handle the play-by-play.
Chicago.—Grabbing up all of the unsponsored portion of WBKB's sports program, local beer account, Keeley Beer, took No. 1 sponsor position on Chi's only video outlet with the largest single block of regularly scheduled sports remotes for its summer promotion. Brewery will use no radio during this time.
Contract pacted Friday (25) between Fred F. Brenk, pier of Keeley Beer, and Capt. Bill Eddy, head of WBKB, calls for 100 hours of boxing and wrestling beginning May 5 for a 13-week period, with priority option for subsequent programs. (Variety, Apr. 30)
Saturday, April 26
2:00 Baseball at Ebbets Field, Dodgers vs. Giants, Bob Edge play-by-play, sponsored by Ford and Post Toasties.
7:45 CBS Television News with Tom O’Connor.
8:00 Fashion Showcase.
WNBT Channel 4, New York
3:15 Horse Racing at Jamaica Park.
WABD Channel 5, New York
1:50 Baseball from Yankee Stadium, Yankees vs. Washington Senators, Bill Slater play-by-play, relayed to WTTG.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
1:30 Baseball at Wrigley Field, Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Joe Wilson and Jack Brickhouse announcing, sponsored by Commonwealth Edison and Ford.
8:00 Central A.A.U. Swimming Meet.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
1:45 Baseball at Shibe Park, Boston Braves vs. Phillies.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
2:10 Baseball Closeups. sponsored by Griesedieck Brothers Brewery.
2:25 Baseball at Sportsmen’s Park, Browns vs. Chicago White Sox, play-by-play with J. Roy Stockton and Ellis Veech, sponsored by Purity Bakeries.
7:00 Feature film.
8:10 Range Riders.
8:30 Film show.
8:40 Ballroom Dancing.
KTLA Channel 5, Los Angeles
3:00 Film program for television dealers.
4:30 Feature Harness Race from Hollywood Park.
8:00 “Tune Up Time”: Test slides, Recorded Music.
8:15 Baseball from Gilmore Field. Hollywood vs. Sacramento.
Bache & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange, became the first brokerage firm to utilize television as a means of communication with the announcement yesterday at a contract has been signed with Allen B. Dumont Laboratories, Inc., operators of television station WABD, for the daily presentation of a financial news program.
Under the current schedule, a review of developments in the nation’s securities and commodities markets vl1l be presented daily at 1 p. m. with a news service tape superimposed on the television screen. The initial program was previewed by the press yesterday in the 21 Club.
The first member firm of the Stock Exchange to use a private wire in transacting its business, Bache & Co. asserted that in using television “It hopes to contribute to the current effort of the financial industry to familarize the largest possible audience with the aims and efforts of the Stock Exchange and its members, and their place in the nation’s economic pattern.” (New York Herald Tribune, Apr. 26)
Sunday, April 27
WCBS-TV Channel 2, New York
2:00 Baseball at Ebbets Field, Dodgers vs. Giants, Bob Edge play-by-play, sponsored by Ford and Post Toasties.
7:15 Life Insurance Film.
8:15 Cancer Foundation Show, with John R. Kilpatrick, Dr. John B. Trunnell.
8:30 “Party Line” with Bert Parks.
Weather reports sponsored by Reid’s Ice Cream.
WNBT Channel 4, New York
8:00 “At Home With Tex and Jinx,” sponsored by Ipana Toothpaste/Minit-Rub
8:20 Musical Miniatures.
8:30 “NBC Television Theatre: Twelfth Night,” with Anne Burr, Vaughn Taylor, Jon McQuade, sponsored by Borden.
WABD Channel 5, New York
1:30 Baseball from Yankee Stadium, Yankees vs. Washington Senators, Bill Slater play-by-play, relayed to WTTG.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
1:30 Baseball at Wrigley Field, Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Joe Wilson and Jack Brickhouse announcing, sponsored by Commonwealth Edison and Ford.
8:00 Film.
8:40 “Night Without End.”
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
1:15 Baseball at Shibe Park, Boston Braves vs. Phillies (double-header).
8:00 NBC programs.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
7:00 Art Museum program.
7:15 Film Feature: “Fury of the Mountains” (General Films, 1946)
7:30 Cartoon Quiz with Amadee.
7:50 Film: “Curiosities.”
8:00 KSD news analyst Dr. Roland G. Usher on “The Austrian Problem.”
8:15 Film.
8:30 Metropolitan Church Federation quartet, G. Calvin Ringgenberg directing.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
1:00 “Tune Up Time,” test slides, recorded music.
1:30 Baseball at Gilmore Field, Hollywood vs. Sacramento (doubleheader).
8:00 “Tune Up Time,” test slides, recorded music.
8:30 Cartoon.
8:40 “Shopping at Home,” presented by leading Los Angeles stores.
8:55 Latest Paramount news highlights.
9:00 “Hits and Bits,” variety show, Mc’d by Dick Lane.
9:30 “Adventure is My Hobby” with Erwin Williamson.
Sunday night's show followed the same format as the experimental program, with Tex and Jinx greeting a group of interesting personalities in the simulated living room of their home, then cutting into films showing the couple in their week's round of activities and segueing back into the studio for interviews with the guests. As demonstrated in the first show, the couple is perfectly at ease before both the film and tele cameras, keeping the show perking with their lively banter. Photogenic qualities of both also help.
Show was marred somewhat by sluggish camera cutting on the part of WNBT director Roger Muir, who kept his lenses trained on Jinx to the almost total exclusion of Tex, even while the latter was speaking. Plugs for Minit-Rub were good, with the middle spot again showing what can be done with the wise use of film. This sequence depicted the McCrarys and infant son on the lawn of their home, with Jinx bringing Minit-Rub to the aid of her husband's sore muscles after he'd finished mowing the lawn. Agency is Young & Rubicam. (Variety, Apr. 30)
TWELFTH NIGHT
With Anne Burr, Vaughn Taylor, John McQuade, Everett Gammon, Richard Goode, John Baragrey, Charlotte Keane, Don Peters, William Woodson, Doris Belack, Charles Avery, Don Keefer, others Director: Fred Coe
Adapted from play by William Shakespeare
Tech. director: Albert Protzman
Sets: Bob Wade
70 Mins.; Sun. (27), 8:30 p.m.
BORDEN'S
WNBT—NBC, N. Y.
(Kenyon & Eckhardt)
Chalk up another outstanding television production to NBC's credit. With Borden's footing the bill, WNBT last Sunday (27) night took a flyer in introducing Shakespeare to video audiences and came up with what was certainly one of the top tele shows yet seen, and what probably matched many a Shakespearean play staged on Broadway in recent years. Tele broadcasters have long been complaining about the lack of available dramatic material, but if they can do this well with stuff to be found in public domain, then their worries should be about over.
"Twelfth Night" marked more than anything else another notch of triumph in the belt of WNBT director Fred Coe, who cast, staged and directed the show. Bringing a fresh approach to the classics via a young cast sans any trace of the overdramatic hamminess usually associated with Shakespeare. Coe steered his actors through their paces in a way that elicited the maximum of entertainment and still managed to be true to Shakespearean tradition. Comedy sequences among Sir Andrew, Sir Toby and Fester were minor masterpieces. In addition, his camera manipulation in what must have been a vastly overcrowded studio was tops throughout.
Cast was uniformly good, managing to be perfectly lucid with the unfamiliar Shakespearean language. Anne Burr, as the beauteous Viola impersonating a man, was capital, lending a masterful touch to both her comedy and romantic sequences Vaughn Taylor and John McQuade, already well established in the NBC video stellar firmament, again demonstrated their versatility as the doltish Sir Andrew and the court jester, respectively. Richard Goode made a zany Sir Toby Belch and Everett Gammon, as the conceitedly stupid Malvolio, was also standout Others meriting attention included Charlotte Keane as Olivia, John Baragrey as the duke, Don Peters as Antonio, William Woodson as Sebastian. Doris Belack as Maria and Charles Avery as the sea captain.
Kenyon & Eckhardt production staff rates a nod for confining the Borden commercials to opening and closing spots, both of which were well-handled and cleverly executed to tie in with the Shakespearean motif. Bob Wade's sets. Al Protzman's technical direction and other production credits were fine. Stal. (Variety, Apr. 30)
Night Without End
Reviewed Sunday (27), 8:45 to 11 p.m. Special pick-up of full-length performance presented at Eighth Street Theater. Sustaining telecast by WBKB, Chicago.
With this program WBKB opened a new vista for legit in America. By doing a bang-up job of telecasting a full-length legit performance while it was being presented for an audience in the Eighth Street Theater, WBKB proved that a legit performer need no longer perform for only a few hundred. And, if work of WBKB's remote crew tonight can be equaled in quality, there will be little reason for anyone, except those who want a night out, to leave the comfort of home in order to see a dramatic performance.
In our opinion the telecast of tonight's performance was more interesting than the version seen by those in the theater. We witnessed part of the show as it came over the air, and we sat in the theater audience and watched another part. By far the more interest holding, more dramatic was the televised version. There seems to be many reasons for this. Principally, however, was the fact that video close-ups eliminated extraneous stage props and personalities that distract attention, and give a picture of only those engaged in important conversation or action.
Nigth [sic] Without End, a psychological murder mystery written by George Bauerfeind, told an involved story of murder, sex and members of a family in dramatic personality conflict. It used a semi-pro cast made up of Chi radio actors primarily. These actors, not experienced in the techniques of projecting across the footlights, often were ineffectual in playing their roles, and while they did not "project" enough for a theater audience, their acting was forceful enough to be caught by the television cameras and their voice work was good enough to be picked up by six volume-controlled microphones. Last-act courtroom scene was a good case in point. Altho having a courtroom audience on stage was distracting and altho off-camera acting of some members of the cast was entirely unnecessary, video cameras were on only the question-asking lawyer and the person in the witness box. This way all distractions and unnecessary acting was eliminated, and what remained was good.
Tonight's performance also indicated that television stations are going to have to have a hand in editing scripts. Even tho lines and situations were cleaned up for the telecast, we still wonder whether the FCC or an industry self-policing body will continue to allow "damns" and references to illegitimate children.
The performances proved that image orthicon cameras can not be relied upon to pick up pix in situations of low light level, regardless of what their manufacturer contends. One scene was played with illumination of just an overhead spot, which was not enough light to make characters discernible on the video-receives screen. Cy Wagner. (Billboard, May 10)
Adventure Is My Hobby
Reviewed Sunday [27], 9-9:30 p.m. Style—Film plus live running commentary, interview. Sustaining over KTLA (Paramount), Hollywood.
Here's a seg worthy of a video time-buyer's attention. Judging by the kick-off scanning, outlet's Adventure series is one of the more promising and refreshing bits of tele fare to hit the local glass screens in some time. Featuring marine-jungle explorer Erwin Williamson, seg consisted of footage filmed by Williamson with latter providing running commentary. (Film-live-gab gimmick was used by NBC-New York in scanning the Mrs. Calveth Wells series.)
For the most part, presentation was very well handled. Interest-building intro by Williamson preluded unreeling of film. Williamson's running commentary was well written and capably voiced, aimed at building suspense. This he accomplished with ease, especially footage showing him in diver's gear submerging to the bottom of the ocean in quest of the sunken vessel. As the strange marine life floated by, Williamson was quick to identify it and specify the hazards that lurk in the deep. There were enough man-eating sharks swimming about to keep viewers on edge thru-out. Edited with a climax in mind, this particular episode ended with Williamson narrowly [sic] escaping the multi-clutches of an octopus.
Following the film portion, Williamson was interviewed by KTLA's Dick Lane, and answered questions from the studio audience as well as those phoned in by home viewers. Lane, heretofore quite capable in handling similar ad lib chores, fell flat in tonight's seg, to a point that his efforts proved anticlimactic to what had come before. He over-dramatized the perilous venture with a lot of superfluous side gab which had viewers wishing Williamson could have more of the mike and Lane less.
All in all, seg retained a high pitch from start to finish, and once Lane is toned down for the question-answer portion, this show may well prove to be one of the most interesting studio scanners on the Coast's air today. Lee Zhito. (Billboard, May 3)
Monday, April 28
WCBS-TV Channel 2, New York
11:00 U.N. General Assembly.
11:00 U.N. General Assembly, Flushing, L. I.
8:00 Film: “Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona” with the Range Busters (Monogram, 1941).
9:00 Esso Reporter, newsreel narrated by Paul Alley.
9:10 “Gillette Cavalcade of Sports”: Boxing at St. Nicholas Arena, heavyweights Johnny Carollo vs. John Thomas, ten rounds, relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
WABD Channel 5, New York
3:00 News Tape, from the International News Service.
4:45 Financial News, sponsored by Bache and Co.
7:00 “Small Fry Club” with Bob Emery.
7:35 Feature Film.
8:45 Amateur Boxing at Jamaica Arena, Sponsored by American Stores.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
8:00 Film: “Invisible Bridge.”
8:30 Wrestling from Midway arena, Russ Davis announcing.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
10:00-12:00, 3:00-5:00, 6:30-7:30 Test Chart.
8:00 NBC programs.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
3:00 News and Views.
3:15 Film show.
3:30 Interview with Miss Norman Christopher, Miss Rose Queen of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses; film.
4:00 Man on the Street, Frank Eschen. emcee.
4:30 Films.
7:00 Barber Shop Quartet, films.
7:30 Sports Closeups with Harry Caray and Gabby Street, sponsored by Griesedieck Brothers Brewery.
8:00 Man on the Street with Frank Eschen.
8:30 Film Shows.
8:45 Hedda Hopper’s Hats.
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
2:30 Test slides and music.
3:15 Film: “The Long Road Back” (veterans).
3:25 Film: “Years of Progress” (education-travel).
3:59 Test Pattern, Station Identification
4:00 Film: “Alexis Trembley, Habitant” (NFB, 1943)
4:34-4:35 Closing Announcement (evening).
6:30 Test patterns and music.
8:30 Film: “The Cooper Hawk” (Barr, 1939)
8:40 Film: “First Aid.”
8:50 Film: “Toradja” (Warner Bros., 1938).
9:00 FCC (station identification).
9:01 Film: “Recreation.”
9:29-9:30 Closing Announcement.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood 3:00-5:00 Film program for television dealers.
8:00 Test Slides and Records.
8:30 On stage and back stage at the Ice Capades of 1947, from the Pan Pacific Auditorium.
Tuesday, April 29
4:45 President Truman Greeting President Miguel Aleman of Mexico at Washington National Airport.
WNBT Channel 4, New York
2:30 Baseball at the Polo Grounds, N.Y. Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Bob Stanton play-by-play.
4:45 President Truman Greeting President Miguel Aleman of Mexico at Washington National Airport, relayed to WRGB and WPTZ.
WABD Channel 5, New York
3:00 News ticker from INS, Test Pattern.
4:45 President Truman Greeting President Miguel Aleman of Mexico at Washington National Airport, relayed from WTTG.
7:00 “Movies for Small Fry” hosted by Bob Emery.
7:30 “Cash and Carry” with Dennis James.
8:00 Western Feature Film, sponsored by Chevrolet, relayed to WTTG.
9:30 “Serving Through Science,” sponsored by U.S. Rubber, relayed to WTTG.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
7:30 “Behind the Headlines.”
7:45 Short subjects.
8:00 “Remember the Days.”
8:15 Short subjects.
8:30 “Jailbait.”
10:00-12:00 Test Chart.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
10:00-12:00 Test Chart.
2:15 Baseball at Shibe Park, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Phillies.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00-5:00 Film program for Television Dealers.
7:30 “Tune Up Time”: Test Slides, Recorded Music.
8:00 Baseball Direct from Wrigley Field, Los Angeles Angels vs. Seattle Rainiers, Bill Welch play-by-play.
Wednesday, April 30
WCBS-TV Channel 2, New York
2:00 Baseball at Ebbets Field, Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs, Bob Edge announcing, sponsored by Ford and Post Toasties.
WNBT Channel 4, New York
2:30 Baseball at the Polo Grounds, N.Y. Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Bob Stanton play-by-play.
WABD Channel 5, New York
4:45 Financial News from the INS ticker.
7:00 “Small Fry Club” with Bob Emery.
8:00 Wanamaker’s Musicale “Cavalleria Rusticana.”
8:30 Film Shorts.
8:45-11:00 Boxing at Jamaica Arena, Lefty LaChance vs. Julie Bort; Tommy Houston vs. Danny Ruggerio, sponsored by American Stores.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
8:30 Wrestling from Rainbo arena, Russ Davis announcing.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
10:00-12:00 Test Chart.
2:15 Baseball at Shibe Park, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Phillies.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00-5:00 Film program for Television Dealers.
7:30 “Tune Up Time”: Test Slides, Recorded Music.
8:00 Baseball Direct from Wrigley Field, Los Angeles Angels vs. Seattle Rainiers, Bill Welch play-by-play.
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