October 1947 Part 3
At the end of October 1947, television owners in Baltimore didn't need to tune in to the three stations in Washington, D.C. about 40 miles away. They got their own station when WMAR began broadcasting.
Those set owners had to content themselves with on-location broadcasts and films as the station didn’t have a studio.
Variety brought to light a disgraceful situation near the end of the month, as racists complained to DuMont about a programme where a black man danced with a white woman. Producers, whom I suspect leaked the news, threw the vile letters in the garbage.
WPTZ in Philadelphia aired a paid political broadcast, perhaps not the most desirable of distinctions.
WBKB’s relay system from Chicago to South Bend, Indiana, worked and the station began airing Notre Dame football games. And President Truman appeared live from the Oval Office during a special late-evening broadcast picked up by stations along the coaxial cable and relayed to Schenectady from New York City.
Below are schedules, now including Baltimore. We still don’t have Cincinnati or Detroit, but a couple of sports sponsorship stories from Detroit are included. Television got mentioned in a Blondie comic strip, so it’s included.
Wednesday, October 22
WNBT (NBC), Channel 4, New York City
7:30 Kraft Television Theatre: The Man Who Changed His Names.
8:30 In the Kelvinator Kitchen, with Alma Kitchell.
8:45 New York Herald Tribune Forum at the Waldorf Astoria.
WABD (DuMont), Channel 5, New York City
6:35 Film shorts.
6:45 Walter Compton, news (from WTTG Washington).
7:00 Small Fry Club, with Bob Emery.
7:30 to be announced.
8:00 Film shorts.
8:15 Sylvia St. Clair, songs.
8:45 Know Your New York, quiz on famous landmarks in New York with Don Roper, sponsored by Bonded U-Drive-It.
9:00 Feature Film.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
3:00 Chicago Television Showcase.
5:00 Junior Jamboree, with Kukla, Fran and Ollie, sponsored by RCA.
7:30 Frank Wood, Private Detective.
8:00 Film, short subjects.
8:10 The Singing Smiths, sponsored by Terman Television Sales.
8:30 Wrestling from Rainbo Arena with Russ Davis.
WPTZ (NBC) Channel 3, Philadelphia
1:45 INS Television News.
2:00 Television Matinee, sponsored by Philadelphia Electric.
7:30 INS Television News, sponsored by Superfine Appliances.
7:45 Sports Scrapbook with Stoney McLinn and Bill Campbell.
8:00 Selection motion pictures.
8:30 NBC program.
8:45 Selected motion pictures.
WRGB (all networks) Channel 4, Schenectady
7:30 NBC; 8:30 Coffee with Carters; 8:45 Film short; 9:00 Cutup Capers; 9:20 Film short; 9:30 Man About the House.
WNBW (NBC) Channel 4, Washington
5:00 Playtime, Junior League show (debut); 7:20 Illustrated News; 7:30 NBC.
WTTG (DuMont) Channel 5, Washington
6:35 DuMont; 6:45 Walter Compton, news; 7:00 DuMont; 7:30 Film: Melody Master (aka New Wine), with Ilona Massey and Alan Curtis (UA, 1941).
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
10:30 a.m. Test Pattern and Incidental Music.
11 a.m. Live: “Queen for a Day” from the Earl Carroll Theater-Restaurant, Hollywood.
11:30 Test Pattern and Martin Block Show (transcribed).
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00 to 5:00 World Wide News and music.
7:00 Uncle Phil, with Ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale and Judy Splinters, sponsored by Philco.
7:10 Adventure serial, sponsored by Philco.
7:30 “Looking at Music” with Al Jarvis, sponsored by Philco.
8:00 Film:
“The Toy That Grew Up” about animated cartoons (French, 1946)
8:30 Wrestling at the Olympic Auditorium, Manuel Garza and Vicente Lopez vs. Wee Willie Davis and Karl Davis refereed by Ed Strangler Lewis, Larry Moquin vs. Swedish Angel, Black Panther vs. Brother Frank, Hans Schnabel vs. Andrew Adoree, Marvin Jones vs. Ray Duran, sponsored by Ford.
Television, unaffected by bigoted censorship tactics until now because of its localized audience, has finally been hit by one of the oldest forms of bigotry to affect radio and films—racial discrimination. Scene on a recent DuMont show of a colored male and a white girl—both members of the Katherine Dunham school—doing a dance together elicited more than 100 objecting letters and phone calls from viewers in both New York and Washington, it's been learned.
Situation is believed to be strikingly similar to the censorship nix on United Artists' "Curley" by Memphis bluenose Lloyd T. Binford. Scene most objected to by Binford was that showing a colored kid playing in school with white moppets. Recognizing the ominous nature of the tele audience objections in light of the fact that tele today exists no further south than Washington, video officials believe it's time to strike back at such tactics now. Otherwise, they may be forced to undergo the same sort of trouble as that given by Binford to the film industry, once tele becomes a nationwide proposition.
Tele show in question, titled "Look Upon a Star," was produced by indie packagers Joseph Cates, former screen writer, and Robert V. Fuchs, former set designer for David O. Selznick. It featured talented, students from high schools, colleges and professional schools in the N. Y. metropolitan area similar in format to the "Big Break" show, now aired Sunday nights over the NBC radio web. "Star" is carried Tuesdays from 7:30 to 8 p.m. over the two DuMont outlets, WABD (N. Y.) and WTTG (Washington).
Fifteen minutes of the show is sponsored by the Comet Candy Co., a Brooklyn outfit. To date, Comet has not taken a stand on the situation. As for Cates and Fuchs, they dumped the objecting letters into a waste basket. According to Cates, "as producers we exercise the democratic privilege of producing our shows as we see fit. The prejudiced television viewer can exercise his democratic privilege of switching his dial off, or to a different station." Show, meanwhile, is still being aired for both N. Y. and D. C. audiences and is also sent now to WRGB, General Electric outlet in Schenectady.
Sponsor Has the Say
Despite their honest intentions of fighting any expansion of censorship, either subtle or overt, tele officials are not so certain they can do much about it. If a sponsor is afraid that scenes such as this one will affect his sales in the southern states when tele reaches there, he'll refuse to permit them, even if he himself protests against racial discrimination. Similar situation occurred in the early days of radio and the web officials were powerless to meet it. Tele officials are fairly certain it will happen to them. If they don't give in to the sponsors, they'll be forced out of operation.
Tele broadcasts of Jackie Robinson playing baseball with his white team-mates on the Brooklyn Dodgers this year elicited no such objections. It's pointed out, however, that Robinson was working for the Dodgers and not for the tele webs who had no control over the situation. (Variety, Oct. 22)
Sportscaster Mel Allen, who handles the play-by-play on CBS television's airings of Columbia Univ.'s home football games, gets five brand new hats cuffo, in addition to his salary, for the work.
Tele broadcasts are sponsored by Knox Hats, which furnishes Allen a different new hat for each home game. Commercials call for the cameras to swing his way when he delivers a plug and the hat firm wants him to sport a new chapeau at each game. Allen's already received one hat for the Yale-Columbia game two weeks ago and there are four more home games to go. (Variety, Oct. 22)
HANDICRAFTS demonstrated in simple form for children is one feature of new television series, "Playtime," on WNBW, NBC video station in Washington. Series started Oct. 22 with an opening party for 60 children from Georgetown Settlement as guests of the station. Regular features of series include the "Busy Hands" segment, demonstrating handicrafts; Marionette show; guessing games; short talks by prominent people in children's work and illustrated newscast for children, with Parker Blackwell reading last-minute news written especially for youngsters. Program is presented in cooperation with Washington Junior League. (Broadcasting, Nov. 3)
Thursday, October 23
WCBS-TV (CBS), Channel 2, New York City
8:00 Douglas Edwards, news, sponsored by Gulf Oil.
8:20 To the Queen’s Taste, cooking program from the Cordon Bleu Restaurant, with Mrs. Dione Lucas.
8:50 Feature Film.
WNBT (NBC), Channel 4, New York City
7:50 NBC Television News.
8:00 The Seven Lively Arts Quiz, with Bill Slater, sponsored by Jell-O.
8:30 Film: Downtown Quarterback.
8:40 Musical Merry-Go-Round, with Jack Kilty.
9:00 You Are an Artist, with John Gnagy, sponsored by Gulf.
9:10 Film short.
9:15 Capital Citizen (from WNBW Washington).
9:45 NBC Newsreel.
WABD (DuMont), Channel 5, New York City
6:35 Film shorts.
6:45 Walter Compton, news (from WTTG Washington).
7:00 Small Fry Club, with Bob Emery, sponsored by Jay Day Dress Co.
7:30 Birthday Party, with Grace Gioe.
8:00 Film shorts.
8:15 A House for Mr. Busby, sponsored by Previews real estate clearance house.
8:30 Film: The Showcase.
8:45 The Gadgeteer.
8:55 Sports Names to Remember, sponsored by Moquin Wine.
9:00 Wrestling at Park Arena, with Dennis James, sponsored by Teldisco.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
3:00 Chicago Television Showcase.
5:00 Junior Jamboree, with Kukla, Fran and Ollie, sponsored by RCA.
7:00 Streamliner Parade, sponsored by the Union Pacific and Chicago-Northwestern Railroads.
7:20 You Should Ride a Hobby Horse, with Russ Davis, sponsored by The Fair and Arbee Foods.
7:30 Film shorts.
7:45 Date with the Duchess.
8:00 Film shorts.
8:15 Milt Hopwood’s Sports Show.
WPTZ (NBC) Channel 3, Philadelphia
11:45 a.m. INS Television News.
12:00 Selected Motion Pictures.
3:00 INS Television News, sponsored by Wilf Bros.
3:15 International Field Hockey, Philadelphia vs. England
7:15 INS Television News, sponsored by Superfine Appliances.
7:30 Pleased To Meet You, with Roy Neal.
7:50 NBC.
8:00 Mac McGuire’s Supper Club.
8:30 NBC program.
9:45 History of Voting.
WFIL Channel 6, Philadelphia
8:00 Inquirer Television News.
8:10 Mr. Fixit, sponsored by Bartel’s.
8:25 Film.
8:35 Starlet Stairway, with Jack Steck.
WRGB (all networks) Channel 4, Schenectady
7:30 Farm Museum Quiz; 7:50 Songs You Missed; 8:00 NBC to signoff.
WNBW (NBC) Channel 4, Washington
2:00 Test Pattern, 8:00 Capital Citizen; 8:45 Film Feature.
WTTG (DuMont) Channel 5, Washington
6:15 Test Pattern; 6:35 DuMont; 6:45 Walter Compton, news; 7:00 DuMont.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
3:00 News and Views; 3:15 NBC Newsreel; 3:25 “The Music Room” with Russ Severin; 3:40 Film; 3:50 Man on the Street; 4:20 Film.
8:00 NBC newsreel (repeat); 8:10 Fashion show; 8:30 Film; 8:40 News and Views; 8:55 Feature film.
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
10:30 a.m. Test Pattern and Incidental Music.
11 a.m. Live: “Queen for a Day” from the Earl Carroll Theater-Restaurant, Hollywood.
11:30 Test Pattern and Martin Block Show (transcribed).
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00 to 5:00 World Wide News and music.
7:00 “Uncle Phil” for kids, sponsored by Philco.
7:10 Adventure Serial, sponsored by Philco.
7:30 Kiddie Party with Shirley and Judy, sponsored by Philco.
7:45 “Star Views” with Lois Andrews, sponsored by Philco.
8:00 “Your Town Los Angeles Presents: The Community Chest.”
8:30 “Meet Me in Hollywood.
First use of television to sell real estate in the New York area is currently being made by Previews, Inc., one of the industry’s largest brokers, which debuted a series of quarter-hour programs titled “A House For Mr. Busby” last week [23].
Also known as the National Real Estate Clearing House, Previews will devote most of the series to selling houses, most of them in the middle price range. Houses for sale will be flashed on the screen via slides interspersed in the “Busby” comedy drama which has to do with a zany couple house-hunting in a hurry. Idea is to underscore the fallacy of home buying without benefit of broker advice, etc.
“Busby” is written by Jean Lewis, produced and direct by David M. Lewis, of Caples Co. (Radio Daily, Oct. 31)
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Friday, October 24
WCBS-TV (CBS), Channel 2, New York City
8:20 Football from Washington, D.C., Georgetown vs. New York University, Mel Allen play-by-play.
10:00 President Truman, Discussing a Special Session of Congress.
WNBT (NBC), Channel 4, New York City
1:00 Swift Home Service Club with Tex and Jinx.
1:30 NBC Television Newsreel.
8:00 Campus Hoopla, with Bob Stanton and coach Lou Little, sponsored by U.S. Rubber.
8:20 The World in Your Home, sponsored by RCA Victor.
8:30 In Town Today, John R. Saunders, guest.
8:40 United Press News.
8:47 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, Boxing at St. Nicholas Arena, Billy Graham and Willie Beltram (lightweights).
10:00 President Truman.
WABD (DuMont), Channel 5, New York City
6:35 Film shorts.
6:45 Walter Compton, news (from WTTG Washington).
7:00 Small Fry Club, with Bob Emery.
7:30 Johnny Stern Show (debut).
7:45 Film shorts.
8:15 Fashion Fair, sponsored by Russeks and associated manufacturers (debut).
8:55 Film shorts.
9:00 Wrestling at Jamaica Arena, with Dennis James, sponsored by American Shops.
10:00 President Truman.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
7:30 Minor Opinions.
7:45 Short subjects.
8:00 “Telechats,” sponsored by The Fair.
8.15 Short subjects.
8:25 Football at Soldier Field, Chicago Rockets vs. New York Yankees, Frank Sweeney and Russ Davis play-by-play, sponsored by Keeley Brewing.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
3:45 INS Television News.
4:40 Children’s Matinee, Cartoon, Clyde Beatty Serial Chapter 3, Western Feature film.
7:30 INS Television News, sponsored by Superfine Appliances.
7:45 Kiddies Kartoon.
8:00 NBC program.
8:20 Short subject.
8:30 “Handy Man” with Jack Creamer, sponsored by Gimbels.
8:45 NBC.
WFIL-TV Channel 6, Philadelphia
8:00 Inquirer Television News.
8:10 Better Sports with Don Kellett.
8:25 Film Featurette.
WRGB (all networks) Channel 4, Schenectady
7:30 Sports Reel; 7:45 Nutrition in the News; 8:00 NBC; 8:20 Tapestry; 8:40 News; 8:47 NBC to signoff, including Truman speech.
WNBW (NBC) Channel 4, Washington
3:15 High School Footnnall; 7:45 Let’s Learn to Dance, sponsored by George’s Radio & Television Stores; 8:00 NBC, including Truman address; 11:15 The School of Sports.
WTTG (DuMont) Channel 5, Washington
6:30 DuMont; 6:45 Walter Compton, news; 7:00 NBC; 7:30 Elder Michaux and the “Happy I Am” Choir; 8:00 Film Shorts; 8:15 Hockey, Washingon vs. Springfield.
WMAL-TV (CBS) Channel 7, Washington
8:15 Football at Griffith Stadium: Georgetown Hoyas vs. N.Y.U., Jim Gibbons and Tommy Dolan play-by-play.
10:00 President Truman.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
3:00 News and Views; 3:15 Film; 3:25 News comment by Dr. Roland G. Usher, "The Importance of Greenland to the United States"; 3:35 Film; 3:45 Newsreel of Hollywood Communist probe sessions; 4:00 Film program.
8:25 Wrestling from Kiel Auditorium, NWA heavyweight champ Lou Thesz vs Wild Bill Longson,
Mike and Ben Sharpe vs. Tom Mahoney and Don McIntyre, Buddy Rogers vs. Pat Flanagan, Ernie Dusek vs. George “Kayo” Koverly, sponsored by Hyde Park beer, followed by repeat of the Communist probe newsreel.
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
10:30 a.m. Test Pattern and Incidental Music.
11 a.m. Live: “Queen for a Day” from the Earl Carroll Theater-Restaurant, Hollywood.
11:30 Test Pattern and Martin Block Show (transcribed).
8:00 Test Pattern and Music.
8:25 Boxing at the Hollywood Legion Stadium, Bobby Yeager vs. Vic Grupico, Jimmy Shans vs. Bolton Bob Ford (six rounds), four other bouts.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00 to 5:00 World Wide News and music.
7:00 “Uncle Phil,” with ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale and Judy Splinters, sponsored by Philco.
7:10 Adventure serial, sponsored by Philco.
7:30 “Looking at Music” with Al Jarvis, sponsored by Philco.
8:00 Tele-Newsreel, sponsored by Buchanan Co.
8:15 Football at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Loyola Lions vs. St. Mary’s Gael’s.
Detroit — WWJ-TV, Detroit News television station, will air all home gamcs of the Red Wings against the Toronto Maple Leafs, professional hockey teams, played at Olympia Stadium under sponsorship of the Norge Dealers of Greater Detroit,it was announced yesterday. Deal rounds out a full sports schedule on the News’ station and includes boxing, wrestling, football, horse racing and baseball.
Red Wings schedule on WWJ-TV runs through March 21 of next year. (Radio Daily, Oct. 24)
Saturday, October 25
WCBS-TV (CBS), Channel 2, New York City
1:05 West Point Cadets Parade, Baker Field. Major Robert M. Bringham describes the formations and parade.
2:00 Football at Baker Field: Army vs. Columbia Lions, Mel Allen play-by-play, Maj. Gen. Maxwell Taylor is the half-time guest, sponsored by Knox Hats, pre-game sponsored by Better Cars.
8:00 Tom O’Connor, news.
8:15 Scrapbook Senior Edition, with Gil Fates.
8:45 Education for All, City College Centennial film on the adult education program and campus activities at C.C.N.Y., narrated by Ben Grauer and prepared by the Harmon Foundation.
9:05 Film: House of Skulls, explorer Tom Terris in Africa (General Film, 1946).
WNBT (NBC), Channel 4, New York City
1:45 Football at Franklin Field, Philadelphia: Navy vs. U. of Pennsylvania Quakers, Bob Stanton with Jim Stevenson, sponsored by American Tobacco (Lucky Strike).
WABD (DuMont), Channel 5, New York City
11 a.m. to 1:40 Small Fry Jamboree.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
1:45 Football from South Bend, Ind., Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Iowa, Joe Wilson and Don Ward play-by-play, sponsored by American Tobacco.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
1:30 INS Television News, sponsored by Wilf Bros.
1:45 NBC.
WFIL-TV Channel 6, Philadelphia
1:45 Football, to be announced.
8:00 Inquirer Television News.
8:10 Better Sports, with Don Kellett.
8:25 Film featurette.
8:40 Ice Capades.
WRGB (all networks) Channel 4, Schenectady
1:45 Football from NBC.
WNBW (NBC) Channel 4, Washington
2:30 Naval Show from Anacostia.
WMAL-TV (CBS) Channel 7, Washington
8:00 Television News; 8:20 Feature film.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
3:00 News and Views; 3:15 Film; 3:25 Children’s variety show; 3:55 Newsreel of Hollywood Communist probe.
8:10 AHL Hockey from the Arena, St. Louis Flyers vs. Buffalo Bisons, sponsored by Hyde Park beer, followed by repeat of the Communist probe newsreel.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00 to 5:00 World Wide News and music.
7:00 “Uncle Phil,” for kids from 6 to 60 with Shirley Dinsdale and Judy Splinters, sponsored by Philco.
7:10 Adventure Serial, sponsored by Philco.
7:30 “You’ll Be Sorry” with Beryl Wallace, sponsored by Philco.
8:00 “The Philco Football Score-board” with Bill Welch.
8:15 “Stray Lamb,” narrated by Andre Baruch, starring Letitia the lamb (RKO Reelism, 1940).
8:30 Football at the Rose Bowl, Los Angeles Community College Cubs vs. Pasadena City College Bulldogs.
[Valley Times and Pasadena Star-News list 8:30 “Meet Me in Hollywood.”]
Chicago — WBKB image orthicons, set up on the 50-yard line at the Notre Dame stadium, will cover the action of the Notre Dame-Iowa game for two television stations Saturday [25]; opening the B. & K. relay link from South Bend, the picture will be carried by very high frequency to the WBKB transmitter in the Chicago Loop, where it is to be converted to the regular broadcast band and sent to receivers in the station’s service area. Since standard sets cannot receive the VHF beam, and South Bend lies beyond WBKB’s primary radius, the regular telecast will not be available in the section where the show originates.
Notre Dame officials requested that WBKB cover the game to bring it to the thousands of alumni, students and faculty who will be unable to obtain tickets. To do this, WBKB secured from the FCC a special temporary authorization for an experimental station to be designated by the call letters W9XDF, licensed for period between October 15 and November 23. Telecasting on Channel 13, this low power 20-watt transmitter, located in the stadium, will be beamed to the drill hall, gym, and other points on the Notre Dame campus where receivers are installed. RCA, Philco, Crosley and GE distributors are loaning sets to the school for use during the games. (Radio Daily, Oct. 24)
Sunday, October 26
WCBS-TV (CBS), Channel 2, New York City
7:00 Scrapbook Junior Edition, children’s participation show, with Gil Fates and Jini Boyd O’Connor.
7:40 The Lost Jungle, twelfth chapter of a serial.
8:00 The Week in Review, with Don Hollenbeck.
8:10 Documentary Film: Bolivia.
8:25 Film:
"Arctic Thrills."
8:30 Parade of Sports: Rodeo at Madison Square Garden, with John Henry Faulk, sponsored by Ford.
WNBT (NBC), Channel 4, New York City
1:55 Pro Football at the Polo Grounds: New York Giants vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, Bob Stanton play-by-play, sponsored by Pabst beer, pre-game by BVD.
8:00 Author Meets the Critics, moderated by John McCafferty.
8:30 Highlights of the Week’s News.
8:40 NBC Television Theatre: Musical Miniatures.
9:10 Spot news.
9:20 Feature film.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
1:55 Football at Comiskey Park, Chicago Cardinals vs. Boston, sponsored by Atlas Prager Brewing.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
2:00 INS Television News, sponsored by Wilf Bros.
2:15 Pro Football at Shibe Park: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Los Angeles Rams, Bill Campbell play-by-play, sponsored by Philco, pre-game time signals sponsored by Dewco Tire.
7:45 INS Television News.
8:00 NBC.
WFIL-TV Channel 6, Philadelphia
1:30 Sunday Inquirer Comics.
1:45 Catholic School Football: St. Joseph’s vs. North Catholic (G and Erie).
8:00 Inquirer News Review.
8:30 Let’s Pop the Question.
9:00 Film.
9:10 Religious program.
WNBW (NBC) Channel 4, Washington
8:00 NBC.
WMAL-TV (CBS) Channel 7, Washington
1:30 Under the Tree; 1:45 Pro Football at Griffith Stadium, Chicago Bears vs. Washington Redskins, Harry Wismer and Tommy Dolan play-by-play, sponsored by Amoco; 4:30 Film Fun.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
8:00 First telecast from the St. Louis City Art Museum. 49 painting masterpieces now on exhibition in Galleries 31 and 32 will be discussed by Perry Rathbone and Betty Grossman of the Museum staff.
9:00 Feature film.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
2:00 Football at the Los Angeles Coliseum: Los Angeles Dons vs. Baltimore Colts, Bill Welsh play-by-play, sponsored by Philco.
8:00 Wide News and music.
8:30 Cartoon.
8:40 “Shopping at Home” with Keith Hetherington and Harrise Brin, sponsored by the Pep Boys, Schwabacher Frey, Sears Roebuck.
8:55 Cartoonews.
9:00 “Philco Football Scoreboard” with USC coach Dean Cromwell.
9:15 Feature Film:
“Dixie Jamboree” with Frances Langford (PRC, 1944).
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—What is believed to be the first video broadcast by a remote unit from a moving object will be assayed tomorrow (26) by the DuMont Television Network in telecasting the arrival of 6,200 war dead on an army transport from the deck of a naval destroyer.The airing, which willcover the period from 9:30 to 11 am., will be shown over WABD, New York; WPTG [sic], Washington, and WFIL-TV, Philadelphia.
Ceremonies to be covered include arrival of the transport Joseph B. Connolly, bearing the first war dead to reach the East Coast, and the escorting of the vessel by two U. S. Navy destroyers, which will cover the harbor waters before the transport with a layer of flowers. DuMont's unit, under Jack Murphy, will be aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Beatty. (Billboard, Nov. 1)
Dons Vs. Colts
Reviewed Sunday (26), 2-4:30 p.m. Style—Football remote pick-up from Los Angeles Coliseum. Sponsored by Philco-Gough Industries. Agency, Cecil Noble. Directed by Albert Cole. KTLA (Paramount), Hollywood.
Following a rather intensive coverage of summer sports and special events, Paramount wisely continues its scanning efforts in this direction, with its cameras swinging to the gridiron.This is its third complete pigskin pick-up of the week. Since this sport enjoys a great following in these parts, such programing is sure to have a highlyfavorable effect on the tele set buying public.
Viewers who remember outlet's football lensing of a year ago, can be duly impressed with the improvements found ha this scanning. A seasoned lens crew gives the home looker a far better view ofthe game than he could possibly have from the choicest 50-yard-line seat. Skilled hands in the control booth generously sprinkle the scanning with fine close-ups, which aid the viewer in following the plays and serves the dual purpose of avoiding the monotony of only long-shot lensing. Close-up camera is put on the air only during static moments in the game.This also shows forethought on the part of the man at the controls, since action panning would prove most undesirable with a narrow-angle close-up camera.
Commentary is handled with an interest-building, authentic air by Bill Welch, who injects the Philco plugs during lulls in the game. Shots of the crowd are particularly enjoyable and add immeasurably to the merits of the scanning.
More television like this will mean more sets in L. A. homes, which in turn, will mean better television—a welcome cycle. Lee Zhito. (Billboard, Nov. 8)
Monday, October 27
WNBT (NBC), Channel 4, New York City
8:00 NBC Television Newsreel.
8:10 Film shorts.
8:40 Boxing at St. Nicholas Arena, Gino Bounvino vs. Jimmy Carollo.
WABD (DuMont), Channel 5, New York City
6:35 Film shorts.
6:45 Walter Compton, news (from WTTG Washington).
7:00 Small Fry Club, with Bob Emery.
7:30 Doorway to Fame, with Jackie Bright, sponsored by Bucknell Shirts.
8:00 Film shorts.
8:15 “The Magic Carpet,” sponsored by Alexander Smith Carpets.
8:30 Film shorts.
8:45 Swing Into Sports, with Vincent Richards, sponsored by Transmirra Products and DuMont Marine Service.
9:00 Sports Names to Remember, sponsored by Moquin Wine.
9:06 Boxing from Jamaica Arena with Dennis James, Gino Bounvino vs. Jimmy Carollo, sponsored by Winston Radio and TV. Corp.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
3:00 Chicago Television showcase.
5:00 Junior Jamboree, with Kukla, Fran and Ollie (debut), sponsored by RCA.
8:00 Drivemobile.
8:15 Film shorts.
8:30 Wrestling from Midway arena.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
1:45 INS Television News.
2:00 Television Matinee, sponsored by Philadelphia Electric.
7:45 INS Television News, sponsored by Superfine Appliances.
8:00 NBC.
WFIL-TV Channel 6, Philadelphia
8:00 Inquirer Television News.
8:10 Magic Made Easy, with Tom Osborne.
8:25 Film.
8:30 Navy Day Program, Vice Admiral James L. Kauffman from Hangar Deck of the aircraft carrier USS Randolph, sponsored by the Fourth Naval District.
WRGB (all networks) Channel 4, Schenectady
7:30 Kids’ Carnival; 7:50 Concert Hall; 8:00 NBC to signoff.
WTTG (DuMont) Channel 5, Washington
6:35 DuMont; 6:45 Walter Compton, news; 7:00 DuMont; 8:00 The Music Album, with Joby Reynolds; 8:15 DuMont; 8:30 Basketball at Uline Arena, Washington Capitols vs. Toledo Jeeps, Bob Wolff play-by-play, sponsored by National Bohemian Beer, pre-game sponsored by Ida’s Dept. Store.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
3:00 News and Views; 3:15 Films, “Roly Poly” and “Minnie from Trinidad” with Malina; 3.25 American Theater interviews; 3:40 Film shorts, “Beauty Hula” and “By the Light of the Silvery Moon”; 3:50, Interviews by Frank Eschen with Lt. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada, Commanding General of the Tactical Air Command, and Rear Admiral Richard R. Cruzen, senior member of the Naval Sentence Review and Clemency Board and recently Commander of Task Force 69 of the Byrd Naval Antarctic Expedition.
8:00 “Tele-Quizi-Calls” with George Abel and Jean Dysart, sponsored by Union Electric; 8:30 Film short: “The Cannonball” with Andy Clyde (Educational, 1931); 8.45 Man on the Street, Frank Eschen, m.c.; 9:15 Film; 9.25 Mississippi Valley Salon of Photography; 9:40 Film; 9:50 News and Views.
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
11:00 Queen for a Day.
8:00 Test Pattern and Incidental Music.
8:25 Wrestling at the Hollywood Legion Auditorium, Billy Varga vs. Angelo Savold refereed by Pappy Boyington, Lucky Simonovich vs. Maurice Lachapelle, Gorilla Ramos vs. Lee Grable, Morris Shapiro vs. Ali Pasha, Bob Corby vs. Pete Meheringer.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00 to 5:00 World Wide News and music.
7:00 “Uncle Phil,” with Shirley Dinsdale and Judy Splinters, sponsored by Philco.
7:10 Adventure Serial, sponsored by Philco.
7:30 “Looking at Music” with Al Jarvis, sponsored by Philco.
8:00 Selected short subjects.
8:30 Amateur Boxing from South Gate Arena.
During and after the transmission hundreds of set owners telephoned that they had received clear signals on WMAR’s television broadcast, which included music along with the pattern.
Among out-of-town points which reported clear WMAR signals were Towson, Pikeville and Silver Spring on the Western Shore of Maryland; Easton and Denton on the Eastern Shore, and Washington, Arlington, Va., and Trenton, N.J.
The Sunpapers’ television station will return to the air today for additional tests. Its own distinctive test patter, designed from The Sun’s traditional masthead, probably will be transmitted for the first time tonight.
Programs to be televised will be announced soon. They will include national network programs as well as those produced by WMAR’s own television staff. (Baltimore Sun, Oct. 28)
Tuesday, October 28
WABD (DuMont), Channel 5, New York City
6:35 Film shorts.
6:45 Walter Compton, news (from WTTG Washington).
7:00 Small Fry Club, with Bob Emery.
7:30 Look Upon a Star, high school amateur talent, sponsored by Comet Candy.
8:00 Western Feature Film, sponsored by Chevrolet.
9:00 College of Style and Swing, sponsored by Jay Jay Junior.
9:15 Boxing at Park Arena, Joe Carkido vs. Ross Anzalone, sponsored by Teldisco, pre-match ads by Packard-Bayridge.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago.
3:00 Jane Foster Show, sponsored by Commonwealth Edison, sponsored by Commonwealth Edison.
3:30 Chicago Television Showcase.
5:00 Junior Jamboree, with Kukla, Fran and Ollie, sponsored by RCA.
7:30 Behind the Headlines.
7:45 Lost Jungle.
8:00 Michael and the Angel.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
1:45 INS Television News.
2:00 Television Matinee.
7:45 INS Television News, sponsored by Superfine Appliances.
8:00 NBC.
WFIL-TV Channel 6, Philadelphia
8:00 Inquirer Television News.
8:10 Film.
8:30 Basketball at the Arena, Philadelphia Warriors (BAA) vs. Toledo Jeeps (NL).
WRGB (all networks) Channel 4, Schenectady
7:30 Children’s Bedtime Story; 7:40 On the Job; 8:00 Freedom Week; 8:20 Genius Without Agent.
WNBW (NBC) Channel 4, Washington
1:00 Test Patterm; 1:15 Washington Ad Club Luncheon; 2:00 Test Pattern; 8:00 Film shorts; 8:30 Sports Roundup; 8:30 Film shorts.
WTTG (DuMont) Channel 5, Washington
6:35 DuMont; 6:45 Walter Compton, news; 7:00 DuMont; 8:00 Bob Wolff Sports Clinic, sponsored by Southern Venetian Blind; 8:15 The Visionaires; 8:30 Hockey at Uline Arena, Washington Lions vs. New Haven.
WMAL-TV (CBS) Channel 7, Washington
7:30 Test Pattern; 8:00 Film shorts; 8:30 Democratic National Committee.
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
10:30 a.m. Test Pattern and Incidental Music.
11:00 Live: “Queen for a Day” from the Earl Carroll Theater-Restaurant, Hollywood.
11:30 Test Pattern and transcribed Martin Block show.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00-5:00 World Wide News and Music.
7:00 “Uncle Phil” with ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale and Judy Splinters, sponsored by Philco.
7:10 Adventure Serial, sponsored by Philco.
7:30 Home Economics, with Monica Whelan and Hugh Charles, sponsored by Philco.
7:45 “Star Views” with Lois Andrews, sponsored by Philco.
8:00 “Tele-Newsreel,” sponsored by Buchanan and Co. ad agency.
8:10 Film short:
“Caught Mapping” (Jam Handy, 1940).
8:20 Cartoon.
8:30 Western Feature:
“In Old Santa Fe” with Gene Autry, Ken Maynard (Mascot, 1934).
Washington. Oct. 28.—NBC-WNBW, tele station here, has announced sale of a daytime "across-the-board" video series, which it claims represents the largest block of time ever assigned to a single sponsor by any television station now operating. Sale also marks the first regularly scheduled day-time tele series in Washington and one of the first in the entire country.
Under joint sponsorship of Southern Wholesalers and 50 independent RCA-Victor distributors in Washington. WNBW will telecast four day-time shows a week for the next eight weeks. Agency is Henry J. Kaufman & Associates of Washington. Opening stint-went on the air at 4 p.m. today (Tues.) (Variety, Oct. 29)
NBC television, in the most important move to date to attract and hold more commercial advertisers, has revised its commercial procedure to take the primary thorn out of the sides of agencies: Effective immediately, an agency producer or director will be permitted to bring a show into the studio and carry it through until after it's been broadcast.
At the same time, NBC commercial manager Reynold R. Kraft announced a new time charge schedule for WNBT, the web's N. Y. outlet. New charges are to go into effect Jan. 1 for the first 13 weeks of 1948. Charges for the second quarter are to be announced shortly after the first of the year. Coinciding with the new charge schedule, Kraft announced that all NBC production would be moved up to studio 8-G in the RCA Building, which NBC claims will be the most modern and offer the best facilities in the country. (Variety, Oct. 29)
Chicago, Oct. 28.—Babysitters in River Forest, swank Chi suburb, are doing the pick-and-choose among clients on a television basis.
Girls reportedly snub non-video homes in favor of domiciles that provide the galloping images. (Variety, Oct. 29)
APPLICATIONS TO THE FCC:
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Wednesday, October 29
WCBS-TV (CBS), Channel 2, New York City
1:30 Missus Goes A-Shopping, with John Reed King. (Return)
8:30 Hockey at Madison Square Garden, New York Rangers vs. Boston Bruins. (Return)
WNBT (NBC), Channel 4, New York City
7:30 Kraft Television Theatre: Blind Alley.
8:30 In the Kelvinator Kitchen, with Alma Kitchell.
8:45 The Mask Parade (from WPTZ Philadelphia).
9:15 Film: Downtown Quarterback.
WABD (DuMont), Channel 5, New York City
6:35 Film shorts.
6:45 Walter Compton, news (from WTTG Washington).
7:00 Small Fry Club, with Bob Emery.
7:30 Ball and Chain, quiz .
8:00 Film shorts.
8:15 DuMont Showcase.
8:40 Film shorts.
8:45 Know Your New York, quiz on famous landmarks in New York with Don Roper, sponsored by Bonded U-Drive-It.
9:00 To Be Announced.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
3:00 Chicago Television Showcase.
5:00 Junior Jamboree, with Kukla, Fran and Ollie, sponsored by RCA.
7:30 Frank Wood, Private Detective.
8:00 Film, short subjects.
8:10 The Singing Smiths, sponsored by Terman Television Sales.
8:30 Wrestling from Rainbo Arena with Russ Davis.
WPTZ (NBC) Channel 3, Philadelphia
1:45 INS Television News.
2:00 Television Matinee, sponsored by Philadelphia Electric.
7:30 INS Television News, sponsored by Superfine Appliances.
7:45 Sports Scrapbook with Stoney McLinn and Bill Campbell.
8:00 Selection motion pictures.
8:30 NBC.
8:45 The Mask Parade, presented in cooperation with the University Museum.
WFIL-TV Channel 6, Washington
8:00 Inquirer Television News.
8:10 Film.
8:20 AHL Hockey at the Arena, Philadelphia Rockets vs. Pittsburgh Hornets.
WRGB (all networks) Channel 4, Schenectady
7:30 NBC; 8:30 Strollin’ with Yale; 8:45 The Bill of Rights; 9:00 Rogues of the Rackets.
WMAR-TV Channel 2, Baltimore
Continuing with equipment tests. Program announcements in near future.
WNBW (NBC) Channel 4, Washington
5:00 Playtime, Junior League show; 7:20 Illustrated News; 7:30 NBC.
WTTG (DuMont) Channel 5, Washington
6:15 American U. of the Air, School of Music; 6:35 DuMont; 6:45 Walter Compton, news; 7:00 DuMont; 7:30 The Little Red School House.
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
10:30 a.m. Test Pattern and Incidental Music.
11:00 Live: “Queen for a Day” from the beautiful Earl Carroll Theater-Restaurant, Hollywood.
11:30 Test Pattern and transcribed Martin Block show.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00-5:00 World Wide News and Music.
7:00 Uncle Phil, with Ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale and Judy Splinters, sponsored by Philco.
7:10 Adventure serial, sponsored by Philco.
7:30 “Looking at Music” with Al Jarvis, sponsored by Philco.
8:00 Film:
“Night Mail” (UK GPO Film Unit, 1936).
8:30 Wrestling at the Olympic Auditorium, Wee Willie Davis and Karl Davis vs. the Black Panther and Manuel Garza, Vic Christie vs. Larry Moquin, Reginald Siki vs. Jim “Goon” Henry, sponsored by Ford.
It won’t throw the piano-teaching profession into economic arpeggios, but piano lessons were televised here yesterday [27] for the first time.
From the Dumont Studios, American University’s Dr. Westervelt B. Romaine “piped” music lessons into television receivers at Anacostia and Woodrow Wilson High Schools, where beginning students went through the motions from watching the screen.
A receiver installed at Howard University for the experiment did not operate, university music officials said.
The half-hour program, lauded by Dr. Romaine and studio officials as “an excellent means of giving beginners a sound background,” will be televised at 2 p. m. each Wednesday into Washington schools.
Dr. Romaine, 37, is American University’s instructor in organ and piano, conductor of the university symphony orchestra and chairman of its television development committee. The program is sustaining and given by the university.
He used three beginning students in the studio yesterday while the television camera sent out their first efforts—“splashing around” on the keyboard. The students were Mary E. Hand, 5129 25th pl., N. Arlington, Va.; Stanley Betts and Martin Johnson of the ATO house.
The program was launched before Dr. Luther Richman of Richmond, Va., president of the Music Education Association and Willard Givens, Washington, secretary of the National Education Association. Both pronounced it “impressive.” (Washington Post, Oct. 30)
Detroit — General Electric Supply Corporation here has assumed sponsorship of the University of Detroit home football games over WWJ-TV, television station owned by the Detroit News, it was announced this week. Schedule includes telecasts on Nov. 1, 7 and 15.
In addition, GE is sponsoring two other programs over WWJ-TV, “Football Forecasts” and “Football Scores,” both quarter-hour shows which precede and follow the University of Michigan games from Ann Arbor each Saturday. (Radio Daily, Oct. 29)
TEACHING piano via television is purpose of weekly series which started Oct. 29 on WTTG Washington, DuMont video station. Programs are produced by College of Arts and Sciences of American U. and are conducted by Dr. Westervelt B. Romaine of that school. Dr. Romaine utilizes several novel teaching methods for television, effective in no other medium. Directed toward students of high school age, series is telecast on WTTG Wed. 2 p.m. (Broadcasting, Nov. 3)
Thursday, October 30
WCBS-TV (CBS), Channel 2, New York City
8:00 Douglas Edwards, news, sponsored by Gulf Oil.
8:20 To the Queen’s Taste, cooking program from the Cordon Bleu Restaurant, with Mrs. Dione Lucas.
8:50 NYU-Bellevue Medical Center Fund Show of Shows from Madison Square Garden, with Milton Berle, Helen Hayes, Jimmy Savo, Sid Caesar, Ginny Simms.
WNBT (NBC), Channel 4, New York City
8:00 The Seven Lively Arts Quiz, with Bill Slater, sponsored by Jell-O.
8:30 NBC Television News.
8:40 Musical Merry-Go-Round, with Jack Kilty.
9:00 You Are an Artist, with John Gnagy, sponsored by Gulf.
9:10 Film short.
9:15 Capital Citizen (from WNBW Washington).
WABD (DuMont), Channel 5, New York City
6:35 Film shorts.
6:45 Walter Compton, news (from WTTG Washington).
7:00 Small Fry Club, with Bob Emery, sponsored by Jay Day Dress Co.
7:30 Birthday Party, with Grace Gioe.
8:00 Film shorts.
8:15 Fixit Shop, with Bill Williams (debut).
[News Tribune has “To be announced”. Newsday and Daily News have “A House for Mr. Busby”.]
8:30 Film shorts.
8:45 Jack Eigen Show (debut).
9:00 Sports Names to Remember, sponsored by Moquin Wine.
9:05 Wrestling at Park Arena, with Dennis James, sponsored by Teldisco.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
3:00 Chicago Television Showcase.
5:00 Junior Jamboree, with Kukla, Fran and Ollie, sponsored by RCA.
7:30 You Should Ride a Hobby Horse, with Russ Davis, sponsored by The Fair and Arbee Foods.
7:45 Film shorts.
8:00 Date with the Duchess.
8:15 Films of the World Festival.
8:15 Milt Hopwood’s Sports Show, with Frank Mastro of the Chicago Tribune sports staff discussing the middleweight bout between Marcel Cerdan and Anton Raadik.
WPTZ (NBC) Channel 3, Philadelphia
2:30 INS Television News, sponsored by Wilf Bros.
2:45 High School Football, Dobbins Vocational vs. Cheltenham High, sponsored by Pontiac dealers.
7:15 INS Television News, sponsored by Superfine Appliances.
7:30 Pleased To Meet You, with Roy Neal.
7:50 Selected motion pictures.
8:00 Motion picture featurette.
8:30 NBC.
9:45 Enemy of the People, play by Henrik Ibsen.
WFIL Channel 6, Philadelphia
4:00 Basketball Clinic from the Arena.
8:00 Inquirer Television News.
8:10 Film.
8:30 Starlet Stairway, with Jack Steck.
9:00 Basketball at the Arena, Philadelphia Warriors vs. Rochester Royals.
WRGB Channel 4, Schenectady
7:30 Bulldog Edition; 8:00 Our Constitution; 8:20 Harvest Hoe; 9:00 NBC to signoff.
WMAR-TV Channel 2, Baltimore
2:30 Test Pattern; 3:00 Horse Racing from Pimlico: (a) Fifth Race, (b) The Grayson Stakes; 4:00 Test Pattern.
WNBW (NBC) Channel 4, Washington
2:00 Test Pattern, 5:00 Children’s Show; 6:00 Test Pattern; 9:15 Capital Citizen.
WTTG (DuMont) Channel 5, Washington
6:15 Test Pattern; 6:35 DuMont; 6:45 Walter Compton, news; 7:00 DuMont.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
12:30 Film short; 12:40 What's News in the Stores; 3:00 News and Views; 3:15 NBC newsreel; 3:25 Interview with "Les" Dill on Meramec Cavern; 3:40 Film shorts “Injun Girl,” “Texas Home,” “Glue Maker’s Daughter”; 3:50 Man on the Street, with Frank Eschen; 4:20 Film short.
8:00 NBC newsreel; 8:10 Fashion show, styles in hats; 8:30 Film shorts “Sioux City Sue” and “Red River Moon”; 8:40, News and Views; 8:55 Feature film,
“Cipher Bureau” with Leon Ames and Joan Woodbury (Fine Arts, 1938).
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
10:30 a.m. Test Pattern and Incidental Music.
11:00 Live: “Queen for a Day” from the beautiful Earl Carroll Theater-Restaurant, Hollywood.
11:30 Test Pattern and transcribed Martin Block show.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00-5:00 World Wide News and Music.
7:00 “Uncle Phil” for kids, sponsored by Philco.
7:10 Adventure Serial, sponsored by Philco.
7:30 Kiddie Party with Shirley and Judy, sponsored by Philco.
7:45 “Star Views” with Lois Andrews, sponsored by Philco.
8:00 “Your Town Los Angeles Presents.”
8:30 “Meet Me in Hollywood,” direct from Hollywood and Vine.
CBS came up with the most talent-laden show in television history last Thursday (30) night, when it picked up the "Show of Shows" from Madison Sq. Garden. N. Y. In addition to the talent, though, the show was also laden with probably the bluest material ever seen or heard on a tele screen—all of which brings up that old bogey, censorship. What's to be done about such shows in the future?
Show was staged in the Garden for the benefit of the New York Univ.-Bellevue Medical Centre. As a benefit affair, it had "almost every name performer of any reputation currently in N. Y. List of stars ran the gamut, from Milton Berle and Morey Amsterdam to Helen Hayes and Frank Sinatra, and included such top name bands as Charlie Spivak and Ted Weems. But—and here's the rub—the emcees such as Berle and Amsterdam either weren't told there were tele cameras trained on them or didn't care. They went through the same routines they've done countless times in vaude and nitery dates, which certainly had no place on tele screens that were undoubtedly watched by thousands of moppets and teen-agers in the city.
That would have left it up to CBS to fade the bluer portions of the show off the air. But, according to CBS national tele director Tony Miner, the web's remote crew had no previous knowledge of what acts were to appear or in what order. With no forewarning, Miner pointed out there was no time to anticipate anything. And, since it was a charity affair performed before 18,000 people in the Garden. CBS stuck to its cameras until the end, when Sinatra signed off the show shortly after 1 a.m.
CBS, Miner said, offered its facilities to boost the benefit as a public service gesture and obviously had no right to dictate what could be done on the show. He expressed the opinion that the situation does not offer a difficult problem but one that time will eventually solve. Next time, perhaps, he indicated, the tele crew will either know what to expect and prepare for those portions of the show in advance, or else the performers will be warned not to go overboard in their indigo routines.
Despite the numerous reverberations that echoed throughout the tele industry, Miner declared that CBS had not received a single complaint after the show. This might be taken to mean that set-owners realized they were only being let in on the proceedings by the grace of CBS and so had no right to complain. The fact remains, however, that if similar material had been presented in radio, the FCC would have had the offending station on the carpet immediately. Tele so far has been able to get along without a censorship body. If it wants to continue along that line, however, the industry must beware of presenting such shows in the future. Stal. (Variety, Nov. 5)
Young & Rubicam television producer Dave Levy accomplished the impossible last week [30] by presenting clips from three contemporary major feature films in the "Seven Arts Quiz" show. Feat was performed, however, only at the cost of letting slide into the script one of the most overt and therefore offensive hitch-hike plugs yet devised.
Levy obtained the film clips from United Artists, basing a question on films on them. Immediately following, he flashed a still of John Garfield on the screen, asking the star's name and the name of his next picture. When none of the contestants knew the answer, emcee Bill Slater not only told them the name of the film ("Body and Soul"), but also the actual opening date and the name of the theatre. And they accuse radio of being over-commercialized!
Outside of that, though, the show was tiptop. General Foods' Jell-o, which has been sponsoring it for the last four weeks, turns over the NBC Thursday night slot this week to Maxwell House for a tele version of "Meet the Press." "Quiz" is definitely good enough for NBC to hang onto as a sustainer until another bankroller can be lined up. (Variety, Nov. 5)
The station began its broadcast at 3 P.M. with the television of two races—the fifth and sixth, the latter the Grayson Stakes.
The program continues tonight with the televising of the basketball game between the Baltimore Bullets and the Indianapolis Kautskys.
Chest Fund To Benefit
Both the racing and the basketball events are sponsored, but the Maryland Jockey Club’s sponsorship fee will go to the Baltimore Community Chest fund.
The televising of two events in one day from points remote from the transmitter is considered a heavy schedule for any station, even after months or years of operation.
The first signal from the new station was transmitted at 6.25 P.M. Monday, marking the beginning of operational tests of equipment.
The station will be in the testing period for the next few weeks, and during that time all programs will be on a tentative basis.
More Than Million Parts
WMAR’S engineering staff are checking and balancing equipment during each program.
Television engineers estimate there are more than a million electrical and mechanical parts in this, the most complicated electronic apparatus.
Failure of any one of these parts, Including nearly 1,000 vacuum tubes, can affect the quality of the television picture or interrupt the program.
Both the races and the basketball game will be picked up by WMAR’s mobile unit.
At Pimlico this afternoon, television cameras were mounted on the roof of the grandstand. These were connected by coaxial cables to the transmitter in the mobile unit behind the grandstand.
The equipment in these units transmitted the moving images of the horses on the track to the main transmitter on top of the O’Sullivan Building by means of a micro-wave relay system.
A part of the system which was visible to spectators at Pimlico is a large metal reflector mounted on the roof of the grandstand. Engineers call this reflector a “dish.”
From the race track, the mobile unit moved to the Coliseum, where cameras will be set up on a specially constructed platform to pick up the basketball game, which begins at 9.15 P.M.
Test Pattern At 8:50 P.M.
The evening program of WMAR will begin at 8.50 P.M., preceded by a test pattern and background music which will start early in the evening.
WMAR’s own distinctive test pattern went on the air for the first time at 9.34 P.M. yesterday. This pattern, designed from The Sun’s traditional masthead, was interrupted from time to time with a transmission of a photograph of the Baltimore skyline by A. Aubrey Bodine. (Baltimore Evening Sun, Oct. 30)
Governor Lane and Mayor D’Alesandro took part in the program, which—from an engineering standpoint—was completed smooth1y, despite poor visibility conditions.
Last night WMAR was again on the air, with the first telecast of an athletic contest ever made by a Baltimore station. The telecast was of the Baltimore Bullets-Indianapolis Kautskys professional basketball game at the Coliseum, which Baltimore won, 68-61. (Baltimore Evening Sun, Oct. 31)
A “sell out” audience of 16,000 persons will attend the “Show of Shows” this evening at Madison Square Garden for the benefit of the New York University-Bellevue Hospital Medical Center Fund.
Scheduled to appear at the benefit show, which starts at 8:30 P. M., are more than 100 stars of stage, screen and radio. Gen. John Reed Kilpatrick is head of the committee for the show.
Expected to perform, in addition to the Roxy and Paramount stage shows, are Helen Hayes, Bill Robinson, Ginny Simms, Morton Downey, Lanny Ross, Henny Youngman, Veloz and Yolanda, Milton Berle, Jack Dempsey and Sid Caesar.
Also Harold Russell, Vivian Della Chiesa, Lucy Monroe, Gene Tunney, Hank Greenberg, the Gae Foster Roxyettes, “Sugar Chile” Robinson, Maurice Rocco, Herb Shriner, the Wiere Brothers, Stan Fisher, Beatrice Kraft and Charlie Spivak and his orchestra. (New York Times, Oct. 30)
Seven special remote television pick-ups, two of them outdoors, have been added to the Don Lee W6XAO program schedule. ¡t has been announced by Willet H. Brown, vice president and assistant general manager of the Don Lee network.
The Los Angeles Examiner’s Diamond Belt Boxing Tournament, Nov. 5, 6, 8 and 15, leads the list, with a special pickup for B’nai B’rith Lodge featuring the Diamond Belt winners doing a cancer benefit Nov. 20.
Two parades, Santa Claus in Hollywood the night of Nov. 26, and the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena Jan. 1, will also be televised.
Despite the fact that Hollywood Blvd. Santa Claus Lane has featured NBC talent exclusively for years, showmanship in unusual floats and appearance of colorful personalities make for good television fare, according to Brown, and arrangements to televise the Santa Claus Parade on an exclusive basis were cleared with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. (Hollywood Reporter, Oct. 30)
Friday, October 31
WCBS-TV (CBS), Channel 2, New York City
8:20 Football from Ebbets Field, Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Chicago Rockets, Mel Allen play-by-play.
WNBT (NBC), Channel 4, New York City
1:00 Swift Home Service Club with Tex and Jinx.
1:30 NBC Television Newsreel.
6:30 Children’s Hallowe’en Party.
8:00 Campus Hoopla, with Bob Stanton and coach Lou Little, sponsored by U.S. Rubber.
8:20 The World in Your Home, sponsored by RCA Victor.
8:42 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, Boxing at Madison Square Garden, Gus Lesnevich vs. Tami Mauriello.
WABD (DuMont), Channel 5, New York City
6:35 Film shorts.
6:45 Walter Compton, news (from WTTG Washington).
7:00 Small Fry Club, with Bob Emery.
7:30 Michael Bros. Amateur Show.
8:00 Film shorts.
8:15 Television Fashion Fair, sponsored by Russeks and associated manufacturers (debut).
8:54 Sports Names to Remember, sponsored by Moquin Wine.
9:01 Wrestling at Jamaica Arena, with Dennis James, sponsored by American Shops.
WBKB Channel 5, Chicago
3:00 Chicago Television Showcase.
5:00 Junior Jamboree, with Kukla, Fran and Ollie.
7:30 Variety show.
7:45 Short subjects.
8:00 “Telechats,” sponsored by The Fair.
8.15 Short subjects.
8:30 Barn Dance.
9:00 Boxing from Madison Athletic Club, European middleweight champion Marcel Cerdan vs. Anton Raadik (ten rounds), sponsored by Keeley Brewing.
WPTZ Channel 3, Philadelphia
3:45 INS Television News.
4:40 Children’s Matinee, Cartoon, Clyde Beatty Serial, Western Feature film.
7:30 INS Television News, sponsored by Superfine Appliances.
7:45 Motion picture short.
8:00 NBC program.
8:20 Short subject.
8:30 “Handy Man” with Jack Creamer, sponsored by Gimbels.
8:45 Film.
9:00 Richardson Dillworth, mayoralty campaign show.
9:20 NBC.
WFIL-TV Channel 6, Philadelphia
8:00 Inquirer Television News.
8:10 Better Sports with Don Kellett.
8:20 Wrestling at the Arena, Don Evans vs. Primo Carnera, George Becker vs. Al Billings, Vic Holbrook vs. Golden Angel, Tony Martinelli vs. George Linehan, Michele Leone vs. Jim Wallace.
WRGB Channel 4, Schenectady
7:30 Show Biz; 8:00 NBC to signoff.
WMAR-TV Channel 2, Baltimore
2:30 Test Pattern; 3:15 Horse Racing from Pimlico (a) Gallant Fox Purse, fifth race, (b) Pimlico Special, sixth race; 4:15 Test Pattern.
WNBW (NBC) Channel 4, Washington
1:00 NBC; 1:45 Test Pattern; 3:15 High School Football; 7:45 Let’s Learn to Dance, sponsored by George’s Radio & Television Stores; 8:00 NBC; 10:45 Telesports Show.
WTTG (DuMont) Channel 5, Washington
6:15 Test Pattern; 6:45 Walter Compton, news; 7:00 NBC; 7:30 Elder Michaux and the “Happy I Am” Choir; 8:00 Film shorts; 8:15 Red Feather Forum.
WMAL-TV (ABC) Channel 7, Washington
7:30 Test Pattern; 8:00 Film shorts; 8:15 Football at Griffith Stadium: Georgetown Hoyas vs. Virginia P.I., sponsored by Good Housekeeping stores, pre-game sponsored by Lacy’s, Jim Gibbons and Tommy Dolan play-by-play.
KSD-TV Channel 5, St. Louis
3:00 News and Views.
3:15 Film.
3:25 Interviews with contestants in N.B.C. and KSD “The Big Break” show: Russ David, winner of the competition; Dottye Bennett, singer; Harry Gibbs, actor, and Frank Stevens, tenor.
3:35 Film.
3:50 Associated Industries of Missouri round table discussion: "What's Ahead in Human Relations?"; William L. Chenery, publisher of "Collier's" magazine; Harvey W. Brown, president of the International Association of Machinists; M. G. Ensinger, president of the Union Wire Rope Corporation.
4:20 Film short.
8:00 News comment by Dr. Roland G. Usher “Fighting Inflation”.
8:15 Film.
8:25 “The Music Box” with Russ Severin, guest Clark Dennis will sing “Peg o’ My Heart” and other songs.
8:45 Film.
8:55 News and Views.
9:10 Film.
9:20 Panorama of the Dance.
W6XAO Channel 2, Los Angeles
10:30 a.m. Test Pattern and Incidental Music.
11:00 Live: “Queen for a Day” from the Earl Carroll Theater-Restaurant, Hollywood.
11:30 Test Pattern and transcribed Martin Block show.
8:00 Test Pattern and Incidental Music.
8:25 Boxing at the Hollywood Legion Auditorium, Freddie Beshore vs. Francisco de la Cruz, Connue Smith vs. Freddie Garcia (six rounds), four other bouts.
KTLA Channel 5, Hollywood
3:00-5:00 World Wide News and Music.
7:00 “Uncle Phil,” with ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale and Judy Splinters, sponsored by Philco.
7:10 Adventure serial, sponsored by Philco.
7:30 “Looking at Music” with Al Jarvis, sponsored by Philco.
8:00 Tele-Newsreel, sponsored by Buchanan Co.
8:15 Football at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena City College Bulldogs vs. Long Beach City College Vikings.
DILWORTH FOR MAYOR
With Richardson Dilworth, John Morgan Davis, Michael J Bradley, others
Director: Paul Nickell
Writer: Joseph P. McLaughlin
20 Mins.; Fri., 9 p.m.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
WPTZ, Phila.
This show is the first ever bought on a tele outlet by a political party to plug its candidate and may set a pattern for political telecasts. Scripted by Joseph P. McLaughlin, publicity director of the Democratic committee in Philly, it purports to show the background and home life of the party's candidate for Mayor, Richardson Dilworth.
Show opens with John Morgan Davis, radio director of the Democratic organization, acting as narrator. He describes the career of Dilworth in college, in the service in both World Wars, etc., and as he speaks, the camera fades in and out with still pictures illustrating the point in the life which Davis is describing.
The next phase of the show is reenactment of the scene in which Michael J. Bradley. Demmie committee chairman, calls on Dilworth at his home to ask him to run for Mayor. A scene simulating Dilworth's living room, and Bradley is seen making the pitch, at which both he and Dilworth, informally discuss the issues, and Dilworth agrees to run. Next the viewer "meets" Dilworth's family, eight kids, including a couple of good-looking daughters and an attractive wife. Always good vote-getting propaganda. Show winds up with Davis making a final pitch and urging everybody to come out and vote. All-in-all, an okay vote pitch—a great improvement over the usual long-winded political radio program. Shal. (Variety, Nov. 5)
Washington, Nov. 4. Empire Coil Co., Inc., manufacturer of radio coils and transformers, last Friday (31) won FCC okay to build a new video station at Parma,
outside Cleveland. Station will operate on the No. 9 tele slot and operate with 21kw picture and 13kw sound transmitters. NBC and Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. already hold permits for two of Cleveland's five tele assignments, while Allen B. Dumont Laboratories, Inc. has a bid pending for use of the No. 2 channel there. An FCC proposed reallocation would pare down Cleveland video assignments by shifting the No. 7 channel from Cleveland to Canton.
Empire Coil Co., 100% owned by Herbert Mayer and his wife, has other video bids on file for Waterbury, Conn, and Sharon, Boston. (Variety, Nov. 5)
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