December 1941

“The Day That Will Live in Infamy” was covered by television, but the broadcasts were pretty primitive by today’s standards.

There were no satellites with live feeds from the scene back then. The few TV stations on the air didn’t even have an arrangement with newsreel companies to broadcast their films. Instead, newsmen read copy from their desks, pointed at charts and maps on the wall, and chatted in studio with other newsmen.

In 1941, that was about the best they could do.

Sam Cuff was already doing a war news roundup on WNBT every Friday before the attack on Pearl Harbor. CBS radio built its reputation during the war with news, news and more news. On television, the company added two newscasts on weekdays, one in mid-afternoon and one to close the WCBW broadcast day. This was in addition to its 8 p.m. news roundup. Richard Hubbell would have been very busy (assuming he read all the newscasts).

Broadcasting magazine gave a fine summary of how the two commercial New York stations handled the big story.

DuMont’s W2XWV cut its test broadcasts to once a week. One of the days was Christmas Day, and the other two New York stations aired seasonal programming. Alas, the announced airing of the film “Fluffy, the Kitten” was cancelled for other shows.

On the West Coast, W6XAO celebrated 10 years on the air. The Los Angeles area had roughly 300 TV sets at the time, so there was virtually no coverage in the local press.

Philco’s WPTZ continued to air boxing and wrestling from WNBT but admitted it was having troubles meeting the FCC’s 15-hours-a-week programming rule. There was a bit of a management shakeup in early December (particulars are rather dull and are not reported here).

Below are schedules for the month, culled from the New York Herald Tribune and the Times, as well as the Camden Courier-Post. Some listings conflict, some for Philadelphia are inaccurate (the typesetter didn’t both changing the agate from edition to edition).

We’ve transcribed a lengthy feature story from Billboard about CBS’ live shows for those interested in WCBW’s programming at the time.

Monday, December 1, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
9:00 to 11:00—Amateur Boxing at Jamaica Arena.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Boys in the Back Room,” behind the scenes in television.
3:15—Children’s Story.
8:00—News.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:35—“Men at Work,” variety with Jerry Munson, comic; Joe Sodja, music; Three Waltons; Dolores Anderson, songs; Carole and Sherod; Paul Petroff, Nina Goliner, dancers.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:30 to 10:30—Film.
10:30 to 11:30—Boxing at Jamaica Arena from WNBT.

JAN HANDY [sic] ORGANIZATION, New York, producers of commercial pictures, recently made a film in the WNBT, NBC television studios, explaining by stills, diagrams and animated cartoons the intricate processes of video. Picture titled “Magic in the Air” is for release about Dec. 1 by Chevrolet Motor Co., through Monogram Film Exchange, New York. (Broadcasting, Nov. 24)

A DEMONSTRATION of advantages and disadvantages of color television was viewed by the full membership of the FCC and a half-dozen members of its staff at a private demonstration in New York last Monday [1] under the auspices of RCA-NBC. Alfred H. Morton, vice-president of NBC in charge of television, and Dr. C. B. Joliffe, RCA chief engineer and former chief engineer of the FCC. directed the technical demonstration, with Niles Trammell, NBC president, as host.
Both black-and-white and color images were shown the official group, with a picture about 8 1/2x11 inches employed. There was also a demonstration on the new RCA receivers with images projected on screens about 14x18 inches.
The official group was shown, it is understood, how detail is lost through use of color as against black and white. On the other hand, color had advantages on closeups but not in the handling of fast moving events. Electronic color eventually can be perfected, according to RCA views, as against a mechanical "spinning wheel" device now employed.
Present, in addition to the seven members of the FCC, were E. K. Jett, chief engineer; Gerald C. Gross, assistant chief engineer in charge of broadcasting; William H. Bauer, television and FM attorney; Ralph Walker, senior broadcast attorney; William J. Norfleet, chief accountant; Dr. L. P. Wheeler, director of technical information, and George O. Gillingham, public relations director. (Broadcasting, Dec. 8)

CBS has applied to the FCC for another 30-day extension of the special temporary authorization for program test operations, under which WCBW, the network's television station in New York, has been functioning since July 1, with regular 30-day extensions.
CBS also has asked the FCC for more time to complete the provisions of its new construction permit, due to technical reasons in connection with WCBW's change in channel. (Broadcasting, Dec. 1)

Tuesday, December 2, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—“Search For Beauty,” with Ned Weyburn.
3:45—“Radio City Matinee,” variety with Alfred E. Smith and others.
8:30—“Mexico,” travel film with Julien Bryan.
8:55—Igor Gorin, “Largo al Factotum.”
9:05—Civilian Defense Program.
9:20—Harvey Harding, songs.
9:30—Professional Wrestling at Ridgewood Grove.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Dancing Lesson.
3:15—Children’s Story.
8:00—News.
8:15—Tamara, songs.
8:30—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9:00 to 9:30—Sports with Bob Edge; Joel Barber, guest.
9:25 to 9:30—News.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:30 to 5:00—Films.
7:30 to 8:30—Film.
8:30 to 9:20—Mexican film (from WNBT).
9:30 to 11:00—Wrestling Match (from WNBT).

Former Governor Alfred E. Smith [right] and four children completed their first television broadcast at the National Broadcasting Company studios, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, yesterday [2] with unqualified success. The five conducted themselves like seasoned campaigners in the program, held in conjunction with the United Hospital campaign for $1,784,292.
The children, all of whom are receiving free hospital treatment, were Max Divinsky, fourteen, of 20 Suffolk Street; Francis Connolly, eleven, of 302 East Thirty-eighth Street; Robert Hartman, seven, of 94-22 134th Street, Richmond Hill, Queens, and Beatrice Miller, seven, of 165 Broome Street. They sat beside Mr. Smith for thirty minutes before they went on, watching closely other performers who preceded them. Then without any rehearsal Mr. Smith and the children took the spotlight.
Francis, the boldest of the boys, turned to Ray Forrest, announcer, in the questioning and said:
“May I ask you a question now? Were you on the side of the Dodgers or the Yanks?” Mr. Forrest was tactful, “I admired the gallant fight of the Dodgers.” he said. Francis was appeased and relaxed.
Mr. Smith urged New Yorkers to contribute to the campaign and said it would be a “great calamity” if even one of the seventy-five hospitals in the campaign was forced to close its doors because of lack of funds. Mr. Smith waved his famous brown derby for the television camera and concluded: “I’ve got the brown one with me to pass around for the benefit of the hospitals.” (Herald Tribune, Dec. 3)

Wednesday, December 3, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “Canada’s Cozy Corner” (circa 1935), pastoral beauties of Prince Edward Island.
3:40 to 4:40—Film: “Phantom Ranger.”
8:30—Television and You.
8:35—Civilian Defense Program.
8:45—“Your Pet.” Topic: “Care and Feeding of Dogs.”
8:55—“Play the Game.”
9:25 to 9:30—News with Ray Forrest.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Table Talk,” public affairs discussion. Topic: “Skiing” with Kenneth Littlefield, T. B. Ripsom, Bill Hines, Fritz Loosli.
3:15—Children’s Story.
8:00—News.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—Country Dance.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
7:30 to 8:30—Film.
8:30 to 9:30—Variety.
9:30 to 11:00—Film.

Thursday, December 4, 1941
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
3:15—Children’s Story: “Chippendale Dam.”
8:00—News.
8:15—Sports with Bob Edge.
8:30 to 9:30—Visual Quiz.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:30 to 5:00—Films.
8:30 to 9:00—Variety.
9:00 to 10:00—Film.
10:00 to 10:30—Variety.

For the first time in the history of the television industry, an editorial cartoon by Hugh Hutton, The Inquirer’s cartoonist, was broadcast at 8.30 o’clock last night [4] through WPTZ, the television station of the Philco Radio and Television Corp., from its studios at C and Ontario sts.
The broadcast was picked up by about 500 receivers in the Philadelphia area, embracing an audience of some 3500 persons.
Hutton, whose cartoons have won him national fame, explained to his audience how an idea for a cartoon develops from its preliminary sketch through its completed drawing to its reproduction on the editorial page, in answer to questions asked by the announcer, Paul Knight.
The particular cartoon which he drew was that which appeared in Monday’s Inquirer [right]. He also drew cartoons of Hitler and Mussolini, showing how the characters of the two dictators grew out of and developed with their historic roles. (Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 5)

Friday, December 5, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “Land of the Cree,”
3:40 to 4:40—Film: “Blazing Barrier.”
8:30—“Music in Miniature” with Jerry Sears.
9:00—“Common Knowledge,” quiz program with Juano Hernandez.
9:30—“Face of the War,” with Sam Cuff.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Film.
3:15—Children’s story: “Chippendale Dam.”
8:00—News reports.
8:15—National Defense Program.
9:00—Sports with Bob Edge; badminton tournament.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:30 to 9:30—Telecast from Downtown Philadelphia.
9:30 to 10:30—Film.

The NBC television station, WNBT, will inaugurate a new series of quiz programs titled “The Sons and Daughters of Common Knowledge,” with an all-Negro cast, tonight at 9. (Home News, New Brunswick, N.J.)

Saturday, December 6, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “Death Rides the Range.”
8:30—Danton Walker’s Broadway: Fefe’s Monte Carlo Floor Show.
9:15—Civilian Defense Program.
9:25—Ray Forrest, news and previews.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:00—Test Pattern.
2:30—Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
2:00 to 3:00—Haines Marionettes.
8:30 to 10:00—Telecast from Downtown Philadelphia.

FIRST in a series of television programs featuring the part played by the Department of Interior in national defense was presented last Friday [6] on WCBW, television adjunct of CBS. (Broadcasting, Dec. 8)

NBC’s Saturday night [6] television broadcast over Station WNBT of Fefe’s Monte Carlo nite spot promises to be one of the most elaborate (and expensive) on record. The audience of café socialites is by invitation—engraved invitation—only. (Danton Walker, Daily News, Dec. 3)

Sunday, December 7, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—Film: “Millionaire Playboy” (1940) with Joe Penner and Fritz Feld.
8:40 to 11:15—Hockey: Rangers vs. Boston Bruins at Madison Square Garden.

Monday, December 8, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
9:00 to 11:30—Amateur Boxing at Jamaica Arena.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—to be announced.
3:15—Children’s Story: “Arabian Nights.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:35—“Men at Work,” variety, with Sheila Barrett, comedienne; Carmen De La Vega, songs; Cappella and Patricia, dancers; Wesley Adams and Lisa, dancers.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:30 to 10:30—Film.
10:30 to 11:30—Boxing at Jamaica Arena from WNBT.

TELEVISION, with the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Japan, stepped up to a new level of importance, with both WNBT, NBC television station and WCBW, video adjunct of CBS, expanding their telecasting schedules to supply a vivid visual meaning to the war news, in additon to continuing their defense-aid activities.
WCBW, going on the air Dec. 7 with the latest bulletins and visual aids from 8:45 to after 10, marked the first time that it had operated on a Sunday. From then on through the week the station presented several news periods daily under the direction of Gilbert Seldes, head of the CBS television program department.
The station carried the speech of President Roosevelt on Monday at the same time that a waving flag was transmitted over the sight waves. Robert Aura Smith of the New York Times foreign news department has appeared several times.
Programs Cancelled
WCBW cancelled two regularly scheduled programs Monday afternoon [8] and replaced them with news and maps. Cancelled programs were Boys in the Back Room and Children's Story. At the same time, spokesmen of the various branches of defense activity are presented each day. On Monday WCBW stayed on the air an hour and a quarter longer than had been previously scheduled.
An AP news teletype was installed in the studios of WNBT and a camera was focused on the copy as it issued from the wires. Sam Cuff, the station's war analyst brought new maps and photographs into the studios to interpret the incoming reports. NBC commentators, since the beginning of the war, have made nightly appearances before the cameras in roundtable discussions of the day's news. Among them are William Hillman, H. V. Kaltenborn, John Vandercook and Robert St. John. Monday evening a film on Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines was shown.
During the past several weeks WNBT has been conducting a defense training series in cooperation with defense organizations. Demonstrations of fire-control and first-aid methods have been emphasized. Both these will be continued and expanded, the station indicated. Meanwhile WNBT has been conducting a civilian defense drive to enroll every receiver owner as a "television defense aid ". Such aides are to be responsible for marshalling non-receiver owners before screens during the presentation of the defense training series. (Broadcasting, Dec. 15)

CHECK-UP of television sets in use in the Philadelphia area by Philco reveals there are about 500 sets in actual operation in the city and suburban areas. Philco engineers estimated there were only 300 sets in operation when the company's WPTZ started commercial television Sept. 1. It is also estimated the 500 sets represent an audience in excess of 2,000. (Broadcasting, Dec. 8)

Tuesday, December 9, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—“Search For Beauty,” with Ned Weyburn.
3:40 to 4:30—“Radio City Matinee,” variety.
8:30—“Thrills and Chills from Everywhere,” with Doug Allan and Roy Phelps.
8:50—Civilian Defense Program.
9:00—“Words on the Wing,” spelling bee with Paul Wing.
9:30—Professional Wrestling at Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Dancing Lesson.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “Arabian Nights.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Tamara, songs.
8:30—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9:00 to 9:30—Sports with Bob Edge; Joel Barber, guest.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:30 to 5:00—Films.
7:30—Films.
8:30—Variety.
9:30 to 11:00—Wrestling matches from WNBT.

ADRIENNE AMES, of motion picture fame, will start this week a series of televised movie reviews on WNBT, New York television station of NBC. Series, telecast for 10 minutes each Tuesday afternoon, discusses movies soon to be exhibited in New York, with clips of the pictures’ highlights used to illustrate Miss Ames’ descriptions. (Broadcasting, Dec. 8)

Joseph C. Hancock, local operatic tenor, will appear with Anna Case Mackay, former Metropolitan opera star from 3 to 3:30 o’clock this afternoon on the N.B.C. television in New York city. Mrs. Mackay will sing her [text omitted] racy.” Two other selections, “Hail Smiling Morn” by Spofort, and “Jean” by Scarborough, will be sung. In the latter, Mr. Hancock will sing the lead. A double quartet will also assist. (Paterson Morning Call)

Wednesday, December 10, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “Treasure of the Forest.”
3:40 to 4:50—Film: “Flaming Lead” (1939) with Ken Maynard.
8:30 to 10:00—Film: “Something to Sing About,” (1937) with Jimmy Cagney.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Table Talk,” moderated by Helen Sioussat.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “Arabian Nights.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—Country Dance.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
7:30 to 8:30—Film.
8:30 to 10:00—Feature Film.

Thursday, December 11, 1941
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “Arabian Nights.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Sports with Bob Edge.
8:30 to 9:30—Visual Quiz.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:30 to 4:30—Films.
8:30—Philco Players.
10:00 to 11:00—Films.

Friday, December 12, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “Submarine at Sea.”
3:40 to 4:50—Film: “Romance of the Limberlost,” with Jean Parker.
8:30—“False Witness,” mystery game.
8:55—Harvey Harding, songs.
9:05—Tamiris, dancer.
9:25—Civilian Defense Program.
9:30—“Face of the War,” with Sam Cuff.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News Reports.
2:45—Film.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s story: “Arabian Nights.”
8:00—News reports.
8:15—National Defense Program.
9:00 to 10:00—Sports with Bob Edge; badminton tournament.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
2:00 to 3:00—Philco Jr. Players.
8:30 to 10:00—American League Hockey, Washington Lions vs. Philadelphia Rockets at the Philadelphia Arena.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UP)— The War Department announced today a plan for prompt suspension of radio broadcasting operations when enemy air raids are threatened anywhere in Continental United States.
The plan was drafted by the Federal Communications Commission, the radio branch of the War Department’s Bureau of Public Relations, telephone services and the Army Air Force’s interceptor command. It goes into effect immediately.
Stations will be grouped by radio control areas within the regions of the interceptor commands. In case of an alarm, the interceptor command will order stations in given areas to shut down.
The orders apply to standard broadcast, high frequency, television and relay broadcast stations.
Officials said the plan should assure “speedy and accurate transmission” of orders to cease broadcasting and also should eliminate “unnecessarily imposed silences.”
When all-clear conditions exist, the interceptor command will advise stations in the control area to resume operations.
The department said that this or a similar announcement would be made when service must be temporarily suspended:
“At this time, ladies and gentlemen, radio station ——— is temporarily leaving the air in conformity with the national defense program. Keep your radio on so that upon resumption of our service we may bring you the latest information.”

PACIFIC COAST stations, first to feel the air bans incidental to possible attack by enemy planes, have developed an emergency operation schedule through cooperation with the FCC and the 4th Interceptor Command. Stations up and down the entire Pacific area were ordered silent every night through Friday [12] following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. [...] Shortly after the Dec. 7 attack on Hawaii, it was reported an attempt was made by six or eight unidentified Japanese to sabotage the Don Lee experimental television station, W6XAO, and FM station, K45LA, situated atop 1,7000-foot Mount Lee, overlooking Hollywood. The would-be saboteurs were foiled when Paul Marshall, caretaker, fired at them. The 300-foot steel tower located on the mountain is used as an aviation beacon. (Broadcasting, Dec. 15)

Saturday, December 13, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Children’s Matinee.
8:30—Zeke Manners’ Hillbillies.
9:00 to 11:15—Basketball: Oregon vs. Long Island University; Oklahoma A. & M. vs. C. C. N. Y., from Madison Square Garden.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30 to 4:30—Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
7:30—Western film.
8:30 to 9:00—Newsman.
9:40 to 10:00—Firearms Exhibition.
10:00 to 10:30—New York program (from WNBT).

YOUNG TELEVIEWERS now have a program all their own to look at Saturday afternoons with the inauguration last week [13] on WNBT, NBC's New York television station, of an hour series featuring Marion Bishop's marionettes and talks of interest to children on such subjects as stamps or dogs. Series is under direction of Peter Barker. (Broadcasting, Dec. 15)

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13.—Because of the inability of television stations to compete with the motion picture theaters in getting current film releases, the television outlets have come to depend largely upon non-theatrical pictures for program material, it was disclosed by officials at WPTZ, Philco television station here. Since the regular film product made available to the stations are for the most part heavily dated and inferior pictures, making for poor entertainment programs, the station has come to depend largely upon the non-theatricals, using both 16 and 35mm. product, depending upon its availability.
Required by the Federal Communication Commission to provide 15 hours of television programs a week. WPTZ here devoted a third of that time to the showing of motion pictures. For the most part, the feature pictures televised are non-theatricals and proving highly satisfactory gor television purposes. Pictures used are mostly Westerns because they provide plenty of action, a factor highly necessary for television purposes. Also used to advantage among the non-theatricals are religious features and commercial shorts especially.
Station officials here admit that the non-theatrical films have been the salvation of television stations both here and in New York, both from the standpoint of availability and entertainment qualities. And since television officials look upon motion pictures in the same light that a radio station considers phonograph records, the non-theatricals will continue to play an increasingly important part In the development of television as a commercial entertainment medium. (Billboard, Dec. 20)

Sunday, December 14, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—Film: “Gun Smoked Trails.”
8:30 to 9:30—“The Americas” with Marjorie Clark in “The Heiress,” drama.

Monday, December 15, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
9:00 to 11:00—Amateur Boxing at Jamaica Arena.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Special events.
3:15—Children’s Story.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:35—“Men at Work,” variety, with Rolly Rolls, piano; Sonny Austin, tap dancer; Song Spinners; Polly Korchien Dance Group.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
7:30—Western film.
8:30 to 9:00—Newsman.
9:10 to 9:30—“Hail America,” drama.
9:40 to 10:00—Firearms Exhibition.
10:00 to 11:30—New York program.

Tuesday, December 16, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—“Search For Beauty,” with Ned Weyburn.
3:40 to 4:30—“Radio City Matinee,” variety.
8:30—“Thrills and Chills from Everywhere,” with Doug Allan.
8:50—Jean Clair, accordion.
9:00—Civilian Defense Program.
9:10—Film: “March of Time.” [Herald Tribune says 9:15]
9:30—Professional Wrestling at Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Dancing Lesson.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Tamara, songs. [Herald Tribune says ‘Joan Edwards’]
8:30—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
8:30--Country Dance. [Herald Tribune]
9:00 to 9:30—Sports with Bob Edge. Guest, author Fritz Loosli. [Times]
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
7:00 to 8:00—Western film.
8:00 to 9:00—Feature film.
9:20 to 10:30—New York program.

Wednesday, December 17, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—Film: “Riders of the Dawn” (1937) with Jack Randall.
8:30 to 9:40—Film: “Mill on the Floss” (1936) with Geraldine Fitzgerald.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Table Talk,” moderated by Helen Sioussat. Topic: “The Pulpit and the War” with Stanley High, Mrs. Sidney Borg, Dr. Alfred McCluny Lee.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—Square Dance.
9:25—News. [Herald Tribune]
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:00 to 4:45—Film.
8:30 to 9:30—Film, news, drama.
9:30 to 10:30—Film.

On Wednesday, December 17, Thomas F. Woodlock, contributing editor of the Wall Street Journal, will appear on the “Table Talk” program of WCBW, the Columbia Broadcasting System’s television station.
Others on the program which will be aired at 2:45 p. m. that afternoon include Stanley High, lecturer; Mrs. Sidney Borg, director of the Manhattan Civilian Defense Volunteer Office; and Dr. Alfred McCluny Lee, director of the Institute of Propaganda Analysis. (WSJ, Dec. 12)

Thursday, December 18, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
8:45 to 10:15—America’s Town Meeting.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Sports with Bob Edge.
8:30 to 9:30—Visual Quiz.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:30 to 9:45—Film Shorts, Variety.
9:45 to 10:15—Studio Show.
10:15 to 10:45—Film Short.

Another chapter in television will be written tonight when the Town Meeting of the Air is to be televised from Town Hall, New York, at 9:15 o’clock . . . It will be the first time that the television cameras will look in on this popular feature . . . The topic to be discussed is “Outlook in the Pacific,” with Admiral Yates Sterling Jr., U.S.N. Ret., former commander of the Pearl Harbor naval base; Hanson Baldwin, military expert of the New York Times; Hugh Grant, former U.S. Minister to Thailand and Arthur Menken, ace news cameraman. (Home News, New Brunswick, N.J.)

Friday, December 19, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:35—Film: “Port of Missing Girls” (1938) with Judith Allen, Harry Carey.
8:30—“Silvermine Stags,” variety.
9:15—Civilian Defense film.
9:25—“Face of the War,” with Sam Cuff.
9:30—News with Ray Forrest.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News Reports.
2:45—Film.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s story.
8:00—News reports.
8:15—National Defense Program.
9:00 to 10:00—Sports with Bob Edge, badminton.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
5:30 to 6:30—Philco Jr. Players.
8:30 to 10:30—Arena Wrestling.

Saturday, December 20, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Children’s Matinee.
8:30—Song Shop.
9:00 to 11:15—Basketball: N. Y. U. vs. Syracuse; Oklahoma vs. St. John’s from Madison Square Garden.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30 to 4:30—Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:30 to 10:00—American League Hockey: Indianapolis Capitols vs. Philadelphia Rockets from the Philadelphia Arena.
10:00 to 10:30—Film Short.

Sunday, December 21, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “The River.”
4:00—Film: “Children of the Wild” (1939) with Helen Hughes and Goldie the eagle.
8:30—Mrs. Junius S. Morgan; Film: “Dust of the Road”; Opera Workshop. [Herald Tribune]

Monday, December 22, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
9:00 to 11:00—Amateur Boxing at Jamaica Arena.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—War Backgrounds.
3:10—Children’s Story.
3:25—News Summary.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—“Men at Work,” variety with Jose Fernandez and Juanita Deering, dancers; Carlos Montoya, guitar; Madrigal Singers; Victor Trio.
9:25—News Summary.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:00 to 9:00—Films, sketch, news.
9:10 to 9:25—Play, “Hale America.”
9:25 to 10:00—Christmas play.
10:00 to 11:30—New York program from WNBT.

Tuesday, December 23, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
2:45—Launching of Navy Miner Sweeper, Robert Jacob, Inc., Yards, City Island.
3:40 to 4:30—“Radio City Matinee,” variety.
8:30—“Argentina,” Julien Bryan travelogue.
9:00—Camp Upton Chorus.
9:10—Civilian Defense Program.
9:20—“Face of the War” with Sam Cuff.
9:30—Professional Wrestling at Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Dancing Lesson.
3:10—Children’s Story.
3:25—News Summary.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9:00—Sports with Bob Edge.
9:25—News Summary.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
4:00 to 5:00—Feature film.
8:00 to 9:00—Play, Glee Club.
9:10—News.
9:35—Ballet.
9:45 to 10:30—New York program from WNBT.

FCC DECISIONS, Dec. 23
NEW, National Broadcasting Co. Inc., Washington, D. C.—Granted CP new commercial television station channel No. 2 with 3-1-42 completion date.

DON LEE Broadcasting System, Hollywood, on Dec. 23 celebrated the tenth anniversary of its experimental television station W6XAO with a special broadcast consisting of live talent as well as motion pictures. To house the station, a new $230,000 studio building was recently erected on 1,700 foot high Mount Lee, overlooking Hollywood. (Broadcasting, Dec. 29)


Wednesday, December 24, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
8:30 to 9:30—“The Adventures of Marco Polo,” drama.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Table Talk.”
3:10—Children’s Story.
3:25—News Summary.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Tamara, songs.
8:30—Country Dance.
9:25—News Summary.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:00 to 9:00—Film shorts, drama.
9:00 to 10:00—Christmas Party.

Thursday, December 25, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
8:30—Fairy Tale: “Hansel and Gretel,” musical with Adriana Caselotti, Ivy Dale, others.
9:00 to 9:30—Christmas Varieties with Yola Galli, songs; Carla and Fernando, dancers; Southeraires Quartet.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30 to 4:00—Police and Fire Department Toy Campaign Christmas Party.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Sports with Bob Edge.
8:30—Visual Quiz.
9:25—News Summary.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
7:30 to 9:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
schedule not available.

DESPITE the war emergency the networks have again planned their annual contribution to listeners featuring Christmas music, choral programs, dramatizations of famous Yuletide stories, and coverage of holiday celebrations throughout the country. [...]
On NBC's television station WNBT, a Christmas Eve dramatization of "The Adventures of Marco Polo" will be telecast, and on Christmas Day, three special programs will be presented, including the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel," an animal film and a Christmas Varieties show. (Broadcasting, Dec. 22)

Friday, December 26, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—Film: “Legion of Missing Men.”
8:30 to 9:30—Film: “Mr. Boggs Steps Out” with Stuart Erwin.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News Reports.
2:45—Film.
3:10—Children’s story.
3:25—News Summary.
8:00—News reports.
8:15—National Defense Program.
9:00—Sports with Bob Edge, badminton tournament.
9:55—News Summary.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
2:00 to 3:00—Christmas Party.
8:30 to 10:30—Arena Wrestling.

APPLICATIONS TO THE FCC, Dec. 26
NEW. WCAU Broadcastng Co., Philadelphia—CP new commercial television station (formerly W3XAU) channel No. 6.
NEW, Balaban & Katz Corp., Chicago—CP new commercial television station (formerly W9XBK) channel No. 2.

Saturday, December 27, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—Film: “Flaming Lead” (1939) with Ken Maynard.
9:30 to 11:15—Basketball: L.I.U. vs. U.S.C.; Fordham vs. Rice from Madison Square Garden.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News Summary.
2:35—Film.
4:25—News Summary.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
2:00 to 3:00—Christmas Party.
8:30 to 10:30—American League Hockey: vs. Philadelphia Rockets from the Philadelphia Arena.
10:00 to 10:30—Film Short.

Sunday, December 28, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—Film: “Star Over Arizona.”
8:30—Christmas-New Year’s Service from Riverside Church, Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick.

Monday, December 29, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
9:00 to 11:30—Amateur Boxing at Jamaica Arena.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—War Backgrounds.
3:15—Children’s Story.
3:25—News Summary.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—“Men at Work,” variety with Larry Collins, music; Shirley March, songs; Thiessen Dogs; Charles Althoff, comic; George Church, dancer; Kirk and Madeline, acrobats.
9:25—News Summary.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
7:00 to 8:00—Film.
8:00 to 9:00—Defense Program, news, dramas.
9:00 to 11:30—New York telecasts from WNBT.

Tuesday, December 30, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—“Radio City Matinee,” variety with Elgon Petri, piano; others.
8:30—“Argentina,” Julien Bryan travelogue.
9:00—Don Julian and Marjori, dancers.
9:10—Civilian Defense Program.
9:20—Musical Film: “Polovetsian Dances.”
9:30—Professional Wrestling at Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Dancing Lesson.
3:10—Children’s Story.
3:25—News Summary.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9:00—Sports with Bob Edge.
9:25—News Summary.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:00 to 11:00—Convention Hall Tennis Matches.

Wednesday, December 31, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
11:45 to 12:30 a.m.—New Year’s Eve at the Rainbow Room.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Table Talk,” discussion. Topic” “Looking Forward” with newsman Quincy Howe, Dorothy Dunbar Bromley, Michael Strange.
3:10—Children’s Story.
3:25—News Summary.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Tamara, songs.
8:30—Country Dance.
9:25—News Summary.
WPTZ, Philadelphia, Channel 3
2:00 to 4:00—Film.

CASTING FOR TELEVISION SHOWS
FIRST let me describe the toughest job I’ve had since we went on the air for 15 hours a week last July 1. One of the programs that had been outlined as a half-hour once-a-week shot was called Dancing Lesson. The program pattern called for the same two dancing instructors to teach the same two novice dancers each week, so that the improvement could be watched. It was pretty easy to get two good dancing instructor from Arthur Murray. And the boy who fitted the bill for the novice dancer turned out to be 17-year-old Billy Lipton, who had been on my job-application lists for some time. But getting an attractive girl who couldn’t dance was a real problem. I culled my job-application lists in vain, Finally I called the employment agency at Barnard College and outlined my need. Time was getting shorts They sent me 15 girls who supposedly couldn’t dance. (I have a hunch there might have been a ringer or two in the crowd.) At any rate, of this group Phyllis Gray proved tops for looks and lack of dancing knowledge. To make a long story short, Dancing Lesson has a double-barrel design: First, it affords the audience excellent dancing Instruction, and second, if the audience doesn’t care to learn dancing it can still get a big kick out of watching the youngsters learning to dance. The program is going over well, and Lipton, who could hardly walk on a dance floor when he began, is turning into an excellent dancer.
The biggest program to cast each week is Men at Work, a variety show Monday nights over WCBW from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. The idea behind the show is to give the audience a peek at talent informally adapting itself to the television medium. When the program started we contacted agents for talent auditions, and out of this grew a more or less routine procedure.
Now the agents call us Mondays to submit their lists for Wednesday auditions. An agent may submit as many as 8 or 10 artists. I go for these lists and choose the one I feel we have some chance of using in the fairly immediate future. The agent then sends in the people I have checked. Three or four of us from the television program department take and compare notes on the auditions and then choose the talent at a meeting we hold after the auditions are over. Each show is built with as much variety a possible. I contact the agent, and 1f the artist is available be is booked. Aside from the agents, our other main source of talent is our own job-application files, which we consult regularly.
84 Acts
Since we started Men at Work July 7 we have had 14 shows, with an average of six acts on each one. Jugglers, bicycle acts, dancers, comics, singers, puppeteers, mimics, roller skaters, acrobats, trained dogs and whistlers have appeared before our cameras on the studio floor at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue. Among the performers who have been on the program are Paul Draper, Henny Youngman, Mary Sutherland, Al Bernie, Jack Gilford, Tamara, Gus Van, Hal Sherman and Joan Edwards. Giles O’Connor is emsee for the show.
Something I would like to emphasize in connection with Men at Work is its informality. It has to be informal; it would lose its impact if it were not. The reason is that the television medium demands a new type of performance. Each artist has to learn how to adapt his particular talent for the television medium. Certainly these formative days of the television art offer the best opportunity to accomplish the necessary adaptations.
Learning Tele Acting
Most of the performers who have appeared on television are accustomed to projecting their specialties from a stage or from the floor. Now they have to learn to act for the television cameras, which is, in effect, like acting for a group of a half dozen or so people who are located not more than a few feet away. When performers project on television, we have found that the results in general are unsatisfactory. Television amplifies each move, each gesture. And, strangely enough, it tends to amplify the less attractive features of an act to a greater degree.
Just for the record, here are a few of the other performers who have been on our Men at Work show: Goodrich and Nelson, acrobats; Al Libby and Betty, bicycle specialty; Estelle and LeRoy, dance team; Fredda Gibson, singer; Ray and Arthur, acrobats; Betty Jane Smith, tap dancer; Jack McCoy, comedian; Sue Reed and Her Men of Accord, vocalists; Jack Horner, puppeteer; Hildegarde Halliday, mimic; the Dancing Debs; Bankoff and Cannon, comic dancers; Thiessen Dogs; Robin Adair, toe dancer; Rolly Rolls, the Mad Pianist; Barry and Salo, comedy tumblers; Joe Termini, comedian; Pepita and Lucia, Mexican singers; Bonzo the Dog; Adia Kuznetzoff, Russian baritone; Three Blue Jackets, tap dancers; Los Ojedas, Spanish dancers, and a long list of others.
Informality Helps
I think the answer to the success of the Men at Work program lies in the almost tngib1c air of ease and contagious informality that pervades the studio. I recall the time that Al Bernie started to inspect one of our television cameras while we were actually on the air. Naturally we bad told him to feel at home on the studio floor and to do anything that came to his mind, but frankly we didn’t expect him to perform his antics atop one of our cameras. Another incident that stands out is the Paul Draper appearance. He was fascinated by the air of informality, and at one point turned his back to the camera after telling the audience that he would return to them in a minute. I hope these incidents don’t appear trival [sic] or irrelevant. The reason I bring them up Is that they were very effective on the broadcast and are good illustrations of what makes television the unique art medium that it is.
Our Visual Quiz program presents an entirely different type of casting problem. Its type is illustrated by its name, and the participants are laymen chosen from any number of occupations and professions. An interesting feature of Visual Quiz is that every sixth week we plan to use the winners of the previous five weeks on an extra-special quiz show with extra-special rewards. We have already had one show of this nature, and it turned out well.
Another of our programs is Table Talk, an open forum discussion conducted Wednesday afternoons by Helen Sioussat, of the CBS Education Department. For this show Gilbert Seldes, head of our television program department, Miss Sioussat and I confer to decide on each week’s topic and the people we think are most suitable.
Create New Talent
Will television create new talent or will it make use of existing talent? These are questions often asked. My answer is, “Both.” I should say that the existing talent will modify its technique for television, and that new talent will be developed for television alone. Radio, pictures and legit have their own talent and techniques; there is every indication that television, too, will have its own in the not too distant future. (Ruth Norman, Billboard, Dec. 27)

November 1941

New York is on the air! In Philadelphia.

By November 1941, NBC’s WNBT was airing a mix of live programming—news, variety, sports—and was now making it available to Philco’s WPTZ in Philadelphia, thanks to a relay station at Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. It picked up the signal and sent it on to WPTZ’s transmitter at C and Tioga Streets. There was no cable yet.

Philco president John Ballantyne remarked in 1946 that the system wasn’t satisfactory because the distance between New York and Wyndmoor was too great for true line-of-sight transmission. A new relay station in New Jersey fixed that in July 1942, but this had to do for now.

When it wasn’t re-broadcasting NBC programming, WPTZ provided what viewers there were with films, variety and play-by-play sports. The Camden Journal-Post thought enough of the station to begin publishing the station’s schedule, though not always accurately. You’ll find it below, along with the broadcast day for each of the three New York stations. Du Mont was only airing test films and cut the daily hours from six to two.

On the West Coast, Don Lee’s W6XAO had spent most of its ten years unspooling film for viewers. It then got a mobile unit that was parked outside arenas during boxing and wrestling matches. In November 1941, it decided to put its first variety show on the air. The host was a man who closed out the ‘40s with a variety show on the DuMont network—Morey Amsterdam. Also appearing was his wife, Mabel Todd, and an impressionist who provided voices in Tom and Jerry cartoons for MGM—Jerry Mann. (He also was the guy who played the Phil Silvers-like voice of Dino on the Flintstones episode where the dinosaur talked).

Among the variety show comics who appeared on TV in the East was Alan Alda’s father Robert, who I never thought of as a comedian.

The New York schedules come from a combination of the Times and the Herald Tribune; the Daily News also put out schedules for WNBT and WCBW.

Saturday, November 1, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
2:00—Football: Columbia vs. Cornell at Baker Field.
8:30—Saturday Night Jamboree.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:00—Test Pattern.
2:30 to 4:30—Films.

WNBT, NBCs television station, offered a picture version of Columbia-Cornell action. But the weather, worst possible for televised images, allowed only very hazy reception. With field mud obscuring players’ numbers, we never knew what was who . . . Ted Steele and Renee De Marco scored on television’s “Saturday Night Varieties” (WNBT-8:30) (Ben Gross, Daily News, Nov. 2)

Sunday, November 2, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
2:00—Football: Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Eagles at Ebbets Field.
8:30—Film: “Young and Innocent” (1937) with Nova Philbeam.

Pro football is really coming of age on the airwaves this season. Yesterday [2], I heard two games aired and saw one of them televised. The Dodgers-Phillies clash at Ebbets Field got most attention with Bill Slater and Dave Driscoll reporting the elevens in action over WOR, while WNBT’s television cameras offered a visual version (2 P. M.) [. . .] Television reception, by the way, was much better in the sunshine than during Saturday’s deluge. (Ben Gross, Daily News, Nov. 3)

Monday, November 3, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
8:00—Test Pattern.
9:00 to 11:30—Amateur Boxing at Jamaica Arena.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:00—Test Pattern.
2:30—News.
2:45—“Boys in the Back Room.”
3:15—Children’s Story.
7:30—Test Pattern.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:35—“Men at Work,” variety with Hank Henry, comedy; Jack Gilford, comedy; Jean Casto, songs; Jose Fernandez, dancer; Frank Martinet, juggler; Lightning Duo, roller skaters.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
12:00 to 6:00—Tests and Selected Films.

Tuesday, November 4, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “Where Trails Divide” (1937) With Tom Keene.
9:00—Weather.
9:01—“Thrills and Chills from Everywhere,” with Doug Allan and Father Hubbard.
9:30—Professional Wrestling at Ridgewood Grove.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Dancing Lesson.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9:00 to 9:30—Sports with Bob Edge.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
12:00 to 6:00—Tests and Selected Films.

Father Hubbard, the famous “Glacier Priest,” will show several reels of Alaskan motion pictures via television station WNBT, Tuesday at 9 P. M. (Ben Gross, Daily News, Nov. 2)

NEW TECHNICAL development, called by NBC engineers "tying in two synchronizing generators by radio," was tried out for the first time Nov. 4 on WNBT, NBC's television station, so televiewers were able to follow election returns at the same time they watched professional wrestling matches from Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn.
To accomplish this, it was necessary to join one image from mid-Manhattan—the election returns from Radio City—with another image, radioed from Brooklyn, a trick which required that the two units be in absolute synchronism. A running box-score of the mayoralty race was faded in at the top of the wrestling image at frequent intervals giving the major part of the election returns during the bouts.
The new development now makes it possible for engineers to switch from Radio City's television studios to the mobile unit, without either a blank screen or an unstable image on the receiver. The sponsor's message also may be superimposed on an image or the station's call letters can be shown without interrupting the telecast feature. (Broadcasting, Nov. 10)

Wednesday, November 5, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:31—“Radio City Matinee,” United Hospital Fund broadcast with Alfred E. Smith and Adrienne Ames.
8:30—“Play the Game,” with Dr. Harvey Zorbaugh.
8:55—News with Ray Forrest.
9:00—Weather.
9:01—Prevues.
9:05—Zeke Manners’ Gang.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Table Talk.” Topic: “Should Congress Pass Legislation Immediately for Compulsory Arbitration of Labor Disputes?” Panel: Gilbert Seldes, Dr. Wesley A. Sturges, John A. Zellers, Elden Lamarr, Louis Waldman.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—Country Dance.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
12:00 to 6:00—Tests and Selected Films.

Thursday, November 6, 1941
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:00—Test Pattern.
2:30—News.
2:45—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story.
7:30—Test Pattern.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Sports with Bob Edge.
8:30 to 9:30—Visual Quiz.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
12:00 to 6:00—Tests and Selected Films.

A gauze screen which flared under the heat generated by 22,000 watts of light set off a studio sprinkler system in the Philco television station. WPTZ, and forced cancellation of an hour-long telecast show last night [6].
The actual fire, during a rehearsal at 8 P. M., an hour before the show was to go on the air, was unimportant, but the sprinklers drenched actors, engineers and camera cables under three inches of water, David Grimes, chief engineer, said valuable equipment was undamaged, however.
The station, which began commercial operation Sept. 1 after 11 years of experiments, is located on the fifth floor of the Philco main office building at C and Tioga sts. Because this plant has defense work, police were not allowed to enter, and city firemen left as soon as they were assured the fire had been extinguished.
Last night’s program was to have included the first televised word-and-picture explanation of the creation of a newspaper cartoon. Hugh Hutton, editorial cartoonist of The Inquirer, was to have demonstrated how his work is created. He will appear on a later program, studio officials said. They hoped to return to the air at 3.30 P. M. today. (Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 7)

Friday, November 7, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “Peg of Old Drury” (1935) with Anne Neagle.
8:30—Sponsored Time Signal.
8:31—Play: “Hollywood Doctor,” drama.
9:00—Weather.
9:01—Harvey Harding’ Sociable.
9:20—“Face of the War,” with Sam Cuff.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News Reports.
2:45—Film.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s story.
8:00—News reports.
8:15—Civilian Air Raid Protection Demonstration.
9:00 to 10:00—Sports with Bob Edge; badminton tournament.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
12:00 to 6:00—Tests and Selected Films.

APPLICATIONS TO THE FCC, Nov. 7
NEW, Metropolitan Television Inc., New York—CP commercial television station (formerly W2XMT) channel No. 8, A5 emission, unl., 500 w aural, 1 kw visual.

Saturday, November 8, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “Lightning Strikes West” (1940) with Ken Maynard.
8:30—Sponsored Time Signal.
8:31—“Saturday Night Jamboree,” variety.
9:30—News and Prevues.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:00—Test Pattern.
2:30 to 4:30—Films.

Sunday, November 9, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
2:00—Football: Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Washington Redskins at Ebbets Field.
8:30—Weather.
8:31—Film: “My Old Kentucky Home” (1938) with Evelyn Venable.

Monday, November 10, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
9:00 to 11:30—Amateur Boxing at Jamaica Arena. Sam Taub, commentator.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:00—Test Pattern.
2:30—News.
2:45—“Boys in the Back Room.”
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story.
7:30—Test Pattern.
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:35—“Men at Work,” variety with Three Waltons, Hank Henry and Robert Alda, comics; Ricco De Sierra, songs; Carroll and Sherode, dancers, others.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
12:00 to 6:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:30 to 10:30—Films.

Tuesday, November 11, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “The Painted Trail” (1938) with Tom Keene.
8:45—Travel Talk with Julien Bryan.
9:10—Weather.
9:11—Ted Steele, Betty Randall, songs.
9:20—Civilian Defense Program.
9:30—Professional Wrestling at Ridgewood Grove.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Dancing Lesson.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “The Pied Piper of Hamelin.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9:00 to 9:30—Sports with Bob Edge.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
12:00 to 6:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
7:45 to 8:45—Films.
8:45 to 9:30—Variety Program.
9:30 to 11:00—Wrestling match from WNBT.

Wednesday, November 12, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—“Radio City Matinee.”
8:30—Paul Wing’s Spelling Bee.
9:00—Television and You.
9:05—Three Jesters, songs.
9:15—“You’re an Artist” with Frank Eliscu.
9:25—News with Ray Forrest.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Table Talk,” interviews with Helen Sioussat. Panel: Dorothy Kenyon, Harrison Tweed, Johnson Stoddard, Mrs. Benjamin Butterwieser.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “The Pied Piper of Hamelin.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—Country Dance.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
12:00 to 6:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPLZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:00 to 3:30—Film.
8:30 to 9:30—Variety program.
9:30 to 11:00—Film.

Thursday, November 13, 1941
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “The Pied Piper of Hamelin.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Sports with Bob Edge.
8:30 to 9:30—Visual Quiz.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
12:00 to 6:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:30 to 5:00—Film.
8:30 to 10:00—Philco Players in “The Jade Neckless.”

Friday, November 14, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “Rose of the Rio Grande” (1938) with Movita and John Carroll.
8:30—“False Witness,” mystery game.
8:55—“Face of the War,” with Sam Cuff.
9:05—“Miniatures in Music” with Jerry Sears and Jane Froman.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News Reports.
2:45—Film.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s story: “The Pied Piper of Hamelin.”
8:00—News reports.
8:15—United China Relief Benefit, with Dr. James E. West and others.
9:00 to 10:00—Sports with Bob Edge; badminton tournament.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
12:00 to 6:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
4:00 to 5:00—Film.
8:30 to 9:30—Variety.
9:30 to 10:30—Revue.

New York.—Television sets in public places are in the same class as motion picture machines and are taxable at the rate of $24 per year, City License Commissioner Paul Moss has ruled. In addition, owners must have a regular city license for their operation. Interests behind television may bring a test case of the ruling because of the likely serious effect of heavy tax on future sales. It is estimated there are now close to 500 television receivers In public places in New York City.
The television industry has been marking time of late because expansion depends on priorities. Several groups have been urging Washington officials to use television for transmission of defense information and thus place them in a preferred priority class where they can secure needed equipment. Unless this is done it is feared television will not even be able to maintain its present small operations. (Hollywood Reporter, Nov. 14)

Saturday, November 15, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
2:00 to 4:30—Football: Columbia vs. Michigan, Baker Field.
8:30—“Saturday Night Jamboree,” variety.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:00—Test Pattern.
2:30 to 4:30—Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
schedule not available.

Sunday, November 16, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
8:30 to 9:30—Freedom Day Service with Rev. Dr. John Sutherland Bonnell, Fifth Ave. Presbyterian Church.

Monday, November 17, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
9:00 to 11:30—Amateur Boxing at Jamaica Arena. Jack Fraser, commentator.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Boys in the Back Room.”
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story; “A Voyage to Lilliput.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:35—“Men at Work,” variety, with Reid and Mack, acrobats; Franco and Beryl, dancers; Singing Debs; Eddie Mayehoff, comedian; George Church, tap dancer.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:30—Film.
10:15 to 10:45—Arthur Hinnett and Harmony Singers.

Inauguration of a very extensive film transmission schedule has just been instituted by the Don Lee television station from its new $250,000 station, W6XAO, atop Mt. Lee near Los Angeles, Calif.
There are about 500 home television receivers in the Los Angeles area, it is estimated. A high light of the W6XAO transmissions, which come from the summit of a 1,700 foot peak, will be the transmission of the winners in a home movie contest being sponsored by a local home movie magazine. In addition, W6XAO plans to offer its “lookers” a number of outdoor events, according to Harry R. Lubcke, Director.
The first live talent show was televised yesterday [17] when Morey Amsterdam, Mabel Todd and Tony Romano appeared before the W6XAO cameras. A sequence of especially staged television ballets was given by the Montez Dancers. Jerry Mann, mimic, did a specialty act. All the facilities of a 60 by 100-foot sound stage were used.
Next month W6XAO will celebrate a decade of picture transmissions. (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 18)

Tuesday, November 18, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “Homes for Defense.”
3:40—Film: “Romance of the Rockies” (1937) with Tom Keene.
8:30—Nick Kenny’s Stars of Tomorrow.
8:50—“Mexico,” travel film with Julien Bryan.
9:20—Civilian Defense Program.
9:30—Professional Wrestling at Ridgewood Grove.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Dancing Lesson.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “A Voyage to Lilliput.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9:00 to 9:30—Sports with Bob Edge.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:30 to 5:00—Films.
7:30—Films.
8:30—Nick Kenny’s Stars of Tomorrow from WNBT.
9:30 to 11:00—Wrestling match from WNBT.

Philadelphia, Nov. 18. First tests in 'chain televising' are being conducted here by Philco's tele outlet, WPTZ, this week. Beginning today (Tues.) programs are being picked up from NBC's WNBT, New York, and re-televized here.
Tonight WPTZ will have Nick Kenny's 'Stars of Tomorrow' and the wrestling matches at Ridgewood Grove, New York, Other Gotham pickups include: NBC Opera workshop's 'Carmen,' tomorrow (Wed.); Sam Cuff's news analysis and Maurice Wells' drama, 'Blind Alley,' Friday, and WNBT's 'Saturday Night Jamboree' with Danton Walker and variety show on Saturday. (Variety, Nov. 19)

Wednesday, November 19, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—“Radio City Matinee” with Fannie Hurst, Muriel Stafford.
8:30—Opera Workshop: “Carmen.”
8:50—Margaret Dilling, musical film.
9:00—Science in Action with Charles Gus.
9:15—Film: “Carmen Amaya.”
9:25—News with Ray Forrest.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Table Talk,” interviews with Helen Sioussat.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “A Voyage to Lilliput.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30 to 8:30—Country Dance.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:00 to 3:30—Film.
8:30 to 9:30—Film: “Carmen” from WNBT.
9:30 to 11:00—Film.

The use of animated cartoons to simplify instruction in the College of Engineering of New York University will be demonstrated to television audiences Wednesday night [19] over WNBT when Professor Charles E. Gus, of N. Y. U., televises a new program entitled “Science In Action,” utilizing the cartoon technique which he helped develop. The program was conceived, written and directed by Arnold Cohan and Edward McDougal, of the university.
Professor Gus and Professor William R. Bryans developed the method last year after months of experimenting in the college laboratories on University Heights. It was perfected in an effort to speed up lectures in engineering subjects, necessitated by the sharp increase in the amount of course material which must be covered during the academic year.
The television program will utilize the animated cartoon as well as simple experiments and is designed to illustrate scientific principles.
The films were made from drawings by Professor Gus and illustrate the principles and mechanical theories found in engines, gears and motors. They are used in the class rooms at the College of Engineering, and it is planned to develop a library where students may review previous animated lectures.
The ease with which difficult scientific problems could be reduced to simple animated diagrams led to the production of a television film, according to Professor Gus. The first program will be devoted to an explanation of the phenomena that keep an airplane in the air. Through the use of two animated characters, “Pressure Pete” and “Suction Sam,” the relative importance of the pull of air on the wings and the commonly understood kitelike action will be demonstrated. (Herald Tribune, Nov. 16)

Thursday, November 20, 1941
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “A Voyage to Lilliput.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Sports with Bob Edge.
8:30 to 9:30—Visual Quiz.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:30 to 5:00—Film.
8:30 to 10:00—Philco Players in “Twenty Stars.”

Friday, November 21, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Film: “First Line of Defense.”
3:40—Film: “Siren of the South Seas” (1937) with Movita Castaneda [right] and Warren Hull
8:30—“Face of the War,” with Sam Cuff.
8:40—“Blind Alley,” mystery play.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News Reports.
2:45—Film.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s story: “A Voyage to Lilliput.”
8:00—News reports.
8:15—Amateur Films and Professional Criticism.
9:00 to 10:00—Sports with Bob Edge; badminton tournament.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
4:00 to 5:00—Film.
8:30 to 9:30—Variety.
9:30 to 10:30—Revue.

NBC’s television station WNBT inaugurated its dramatic season last night [21] with the telecasting of the thriller, “Blind Alley” (8:40). It was a gripping presentation of the tense James Warwick melodrama. The story of how a professor of psychiatry broke down a swaggering gangster-killer, who had invaded his household, was ideal television material. The action is compact and much depends on the facial expressions of the players. Maurice Wells, as the professor, and Charles Furcolowe, as Hal Wilson, the fleeing murder, were outstanding in their characterizations. (Ben Gross, Daily News, Nov. 22.

‘BLIND ALLEY’
With Maurice Wells, Charles Furcolowe, Katherine Warren, Kay Loring, Lida Kane.
90 Mins.
Sustaining
Friday, 8:40 p. m. (Nov. 21)
WNBT, New York
As far as the technique of dramatic production is concerned, this version of the James Warwick play served to affirm further television's sharply defined progress in the direction of an entertainment medium. For those who had the receiving facilities it was 90 minutes well spent. The performances were of a high order, the transmission was good and Thomas Riley's direction accounted for a production that was tightly drawn, deftly balanced and incisively paced, although perhaps some cuts in the script would have helped.
It was no easy job that Riley and the cast assumed when they picked on 'Blind Alley.' After the first few minutes the script is a blend of mounting dread and consistently explosive dramatics, with not a single letdown on the wear and tear of the emotion permitted up to the final curtain. Riley's troupe moved into the dominating mood with a quick but not too obvious precision and the only place where the play's movement seemed to falter was in the third act.
'Blind Alley,' which was produced on Broadway in 1938 and made a picture (Columbia) the following year, retails the terror that befalls the household of a psychiatry professor when a gang on the lam take the place over as a hideaway and how in a battle of minds the mob leader's violent egotism and ghastly background collapse and he finds himself incapable of further defiance.
Charles Furcolowe did a potently sustained job in the part of the gang chief. Maurice Wells gave the role of the psychiatrist a wealth of nuances and deep understanding, while Katherine Warren, who was in the original Broadway cast, provided a first-rate foil in the part of the wife. Kay Loring lent much color to the role of the gang leader's moll and Lida Kane, cast as the Irish housekeeper, made hers an impression. Odec. (Variety, Nov. 26)

Four members of Adventure Pictures, amateur movie company, made up of Passaic and Clifton youths, whose exploits have gained them widespread fame, have been called by the Columbia Broadcasting Company [sic] for an appearance on its television broadcast next Friday night [21].
Not only do these lads produce their hard ridin’ westerns and jungle mysteries, doing all the photography, but they also make up the casts and do all the acting themselves. Two pictures made by them—“Jungle Jim”, which was filmed in the Athenia woods by Clifton, and “Pals of the Plains”, filmed in Clifton and on Garret Mountain—will be transmitted over the air. Then the quartet will be interviewed by Gilbert Seldes, to whom they will explain how they “did it” and also relate experiences they had while “shooting” the films.
Louis McMahon, of 170 President Street, Passaic, director and producer of Adventure Pictures, will lead the quartet on its television journey. He wrote both the plays and directed their production. He also acted the lead role in “Jungle Jim”. He is employed with the Spot Film Productions, New York.
Richard Kuhn, of 6 Glenwood Avenue, Richfield section of Clifton, is considered the group’s best all-around actor, playing anything from the stout-hearted hero to the bearded villain. In “Jungle Jim” he plays the role of a white renegade in an African jungle. he is a sophomore at Seton Hall College.
Richard McMahon, a brother of the director and senior at Passaic High School, arranges the musical score for the films and also makes the “stills” for publicity. CBS has decided to use his arrangement of the musical score for the two films. He plays the part of Jim’s buddy, Mike, in “Jungle Jim.”
Russell Bernhardt, who is a junior at Passaic High School, and who will be the fourth member of the troupe in the television appearance next Friday, is one of the actors. He plays the lead role in “Pals of the Plains.”
The quartet will spend much of the day as Columbia’s guests. They will appear at the studio at 3 o’clock in the afternoon for rehearsal, be entertained at dinner and then go on a tour of the television plant. They will have with them much of the equipment that was used in making the two pictures to be televised, including camera, tripod, costumes, guns and their home-made dual turntable. (Passaic Herald-News, Nov. 17)

Saturday, November 22, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
2:00 to 5:00—Football: Columbia vs. Colgate, Baker Field.
8:30—“Saturday Night Jamboree,” variety with Danton Walker.
9:10—Civilian Defense Program.
9:25—News with Ray Forrest.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:00—Test Pattern.
2:30 to 4:30—Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
11:44 to Noon—Children’s Hour.
1:45 to 4:00—Penn vs. Cornell Football Game from Franklin Field.
8:30—“Saturday Night Jamboree” from WNBT.

Sunday, November 23, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—Film: “I Met A Murderer” (1939) with James Mason and Pamela Kellino.
8:40 to 10:45—Hockey: N.Y. Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square Garden.

Monday, November 24, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
8:15 to 11:00—Golden Jubilee Basketball at Madison Square Garden.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Boys in the Back Room.”
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “A Voyage to Brobdingnag.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30—“Men at Work,” variety, with Sheila Barrett, comedienne; Hank Henry and Bob Alda, comics; Miriam Winslow and Foster Fitz-Simons, dancers; Chinese Dogs; June Winter, songs; Joe and Joey Mack, comedy dancers; Giles O’Connor, emcee.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:30 to 10:30—Films.

WPTZ, Philco television station in Philadelphia, is rebroadcasting several programs a week from the telecasts of WNBT, NBC video station in New York. Programs, chiefly sporting events or other outstanding program features, are picked up by special receiving antenna and fed to the WPTZ transmitter in much the same manner as was done by the General Electric video station in Schenectady, which last spring also rebroadcast WNBT transmissions. Experiments are aimed at the eventual establishment of a television network, with stations linked by ultra–high frequency radio instead of wire. (Broadcasting, Nov. 24)

Tuesday, November 25, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
2:45 to 3:15—U.S. Navy “E” Award Ceremonies, Crucible Steel Co., Harrison, N.J.
8:30—“Thrills and Chills From Everywhere” with Doug Allan and Singapore Joe Fisher.
9:00-Christmas Seal Party with Frank Fay, Jane Froman, Don Ross.
9:15—Civilian Defense Program.
9:30—Professional Wrestling at Ridgewood Grove.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Dancing Lesson.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “A Voyage to Brobdingnag.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Tamara, songs.
8:30—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9:00 to 9:30—Sports with Bob Edge.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:00 to 5:00—Films.
7:30—Films.
8:30—Christmas Seal Party from WNBT.
9:30 to 11:00—Wrestling match from WNBT.

NEW YORK television set owners were given a first-hand view of military censorship in action last Tuesday [25] evening as they watched Richard Hubbell, news commentator on WCBW, CBS video station in New York, interview Coxswain Gerald DeLisle, suvivor of the Reuben James. Going to a map, Hubbell asked where the torpedoing took place, stating his understanding that it was about 350 miles southwest of Iceland. Ensign Philip McHugh of the Naval Public Relations Office in New York, cut in with "We can't talk about where it happened." There had been no opportunity for a script to be prepared in advance for the Navy's approval. (Broadcasting, Dec. 1)

Beginning Nov. 25, fights at Olympic Auditorium [in Los Angeles] are being televised Tuesday nights and wrestling on Wednesdays through facilities of Don Lee Television System. (Radio Life, Nov. 30)

Wednesday, November 26, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30—Search For Beauty Contest.
3:45 to 4:30—“Radio City Matinee”.
8:30—Zeke Manners’ Hillbillies.
9:00—Civilian Defense Program.
9:15—“Adventures in Beauty,” with Mala Rubinstein.
9:25—News with Ray Forrest.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—“Table Talk,” interviews with Helen Sioussat. Topic: “America Cooperation in an International Order After the War,” with Norman Thomas, Dr. Edward H. Reisner, Mrs. Catherine Larkin, Dr. Frank Kingdon, Dr. Pennington Haile.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “A Voyage to Brobdingnag.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Joan Edwards, songs.
8:30 to 8:30—Country Dance.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
3:00 to 3:30—Film.
8:30 to 9:30—Zeke Manners’ Hillbillies from WNBT.
9:30 to 11:00—Film.

FIRST HOSIERY firm to try television as a medium is Gold Mark Hosiery Co., New York, which on November 26 will start a series of four Wednesday programs on WNBT, NBC's television station, to promote its contest to find "the most telegenic legs ". Professional models will compete each week at 3:30 p.m. before a committee of judges from the fashion, art and beauty world, who will judge the finals on the Dec. 17 telecast. Prizes will be silk and nylon hosiery produced by Gold Mark. The contest programs will be the second commercial television series produced by Norman D. Waters & Associates, New York, the first having been the Fashion Discoveries of Television series sponsored by the New York Department Stores Bloomingdale's and Abraham & Straus. (Broadcasting, Nov. 24)

Wool plaid petticoats recently introduced by Schiller Bros., Inc., were featured on an NBC television program yesterday afternoon [26]. The program consisted of a fashion show conducted by Christopher Rule, artist. The petticoats, which are said to be 100 per cent virgin wool, were shown with matching rompers. (Women’s Wear Daily, Nov. 27)

Thursday, November 27, 1941
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News.
2:45—Metropolitan Museum of Art.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “A Voyage to Brobdingnag.”
8:00—News Reports.
8:15—Sports with Bob Edge.
8:30 to 9:30—Visual Quiz.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:30 to 10:00—Philco Players in “Danger, Girl Working.”
10:00 to 10:30—Film.

Friday, November 28, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—Film: “Boy of the Streets” (1937) with Jackie Cooper.
8:30—“Manhattan Safari.”
8:40—Harvey Harding, songs.
8:50—Civil Defense Program.
9:00—“Face of the War,” with Sam Cuff.
9:10—“Manhattan Safari.”
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:30—News Reports.
2:45—Film.
3:15 to 3:30—Children’s Story: “A Voyage to Brobdingnag.”
8:00—News reports.
8:15—Special Event.
9:00 to 10:00—Sports with Bob Edge; badminton tournament.
W2XWV (DuMont), New York, Channel 4
6:00 to 8:00—Tests and Selected Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
8:30 to 10:30—Film.

FIRST television package show to be produced by Telecast Productions, New York, was purchased by BC and presented recently for WNBT, the network’s video station in New York. Titled Manhattan Safari, the program featured Harry Hershfield, Rube Goldberg, Russell Patterson and Otto Soglow, and four girls, described by Myron Zobel, TP president, as the “most telegenic girls in New York.” (Broadcasting, Jan. 5, 1942)

Saturday, November 29, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
3:30 to 4:30—Film: “West of the Rainbow’s End” (1938) with Tim McCoy.
8:15—Play: “Bishop and Gargoyle.”
9:00—“The Song Shop” with Ted Steele, Betty Randall.
9:30—News and Previews with Ray Forrest.
WCBW (CBS), New York, Channel 2
2:00—Test Pattern.
2:30 to 4:30—Films.
WPTZ (Philco, NBC affiliate), Philadelphia, Channel 3
11:00 to Noon—Children’s Hour.
8:30 to 9:30—Film.

Sunday, November 30, 1941
WNBT (NBC), New York, Channel 1
2:00 to 4:45—Football: Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers at Ebbets Field.
8:30 to 10:00—Film: “I Was a Spy” (1933) with Madeleine Carroll.

Freeport—The High School band will journey to Brooklyn Ebbets Field next Sunday [30] to play between the halves of the professional football tilt between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers [...] The appearance of the band will be part of the observance of “Freeport Day” at Ebbets Field.
The first 10 minutes of the half-time intermission have been allowed to the band for its performance. The demonstration, the third presented by the band at Ebbets Field, will be broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and will be sent out by television over the National Broadcasting Co. (Newsday, Nov. 24)