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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1941
Page
3
Phil Baker becomes quizmaster of Take It or Leave It replacing Bob Hawk. Other stations flip schedules with Shakespeare on Great Plays and Met Opera auditions opening. WOR and WGN feature guests and acts across WH N networks as 1941 previews unfold.
A dense OCR of 1941 radio programming lists shows and times across stations WMT WENR WHO WGN WLS and others. It includes morning worship, World News, music hours, dramas, operas, and variety programs with host names like Walter Winchell Helen Hayes Phil Baker Dinah Shore and Orson Welles.
A fragmented note recalls educational radio in Iowa and the first film studio era. It mentions Ames, Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and the 1893 Black Maria studio built by Edison on a circular track to face the sun.
The Right to Happiness will air on NBC Red and WHO at 10:15 a.m. starting Monday with Carolyne and Dwight Kramer as leads. Pepper Young's Family shifts to 2:30 p.m. Eloise Kummer and Edtiss, Cedar Rapids alumni, headline the serial.
Elsa Maxwell will star in Elsa Maxwell's Party Line a 15 minute NBC Blue WENR program starting Friday night from 9 to 9 15 p m. The world renown social leader will discuss gossip gags stories and guests with Graham Mc Namee noting her chats with kings composers debutantes and film stars.
A new weekly series Whats My Name begins on MBS Tuesday January 6 from 7 to 7 30 pm. Arlene Francis and John F King host and exchange information with contestants. Francis has long been associated with the show since 1938 while King follows Budd Hulick in the original role.
Puzzle requires solving clues with across and down entries. Across asks for abbreviations and orgs while down includes a nickname and a generic clue. The mix hints at a theme of wordplay and common crossword conventions.
Bob Hawk debuts a new half hour program called How Am I Doing? on January 9 featuring five two contestant sets and an ensemble by Van Monroe and his orchestra. The Chicago radio veteran, born December 15 1907 in Creston, rose from early acting to hosting Take It Or Leave It and Name Three.
Paramount features a Mickey Rooney Judy Garland film with Carmen Miranda impersonation and songs like Rings On My Fingers Bells On My To Broadway tale follows young performers invading New York as they create a show. Also shows Keep Em Flying with Abbott Costello Martha Raye and others plus Bob Hope Vera Zorina Victor Moore in Louisiana Purchase with political satire and Beaux Arts Ball scenes.
The State schedules Tarzan adventure Tarzan's Secret Treasure with Jane and Boy key figures. The feature includes Reginald Owen and Johnny Sheffield in a jungle rescue plot. A second comedy Marry The Boss's Daughter stars Brenda Joyce eo Edwards and George Bar. Shirley Temple stars Kathleen with Laraine Day Herbert Marshall Gail Patrick in a separate screening. A musical Fiesta showcases radio and stage performers.
Bob Ferrie son of Mr and Mrs Clem Ferrie of Center Point road NE left Friday for Longview Texas to begin work as an announcer at station KFRO.
The U S Navy will broadcast 39 minutes each Thursday starting this week. The program, aired from Great Lakes Illinois, aims to educate about naval careers and dramatize sea hero stories with WBBM CBS and WMT involvement.
The Vic and Sade radio comedy returns to CBS Monday at 3:45 p.m. on the Columbia network with WMT also airing at 3:45. Bernardine Flynn stars as Sade with Art Van Harvey as Vic and Billy Idelson as Rush, while Paul Rhymer remains the program's creator.
Four special radio programs will air on WOI during the 4-H boys short course and convention at Iowa State College from Monday to Wednesday. Each day at 12 45 p.m. a 15 minute program will feature 4 H boys attending the event. An inquiring microphone will be at the registration booth Monday at 9 30 a.m.
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