Radio Notes and Comment by Nadin Subotnik
In late October radio settles into fall and winter seasons with familiar programs returning. Information Please has sponsor and network troubles, possibly driving listeners away, and a rally is hoped for. Ralph Edwards hosted the Mr Mrs Hush contest with Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle as the notable answer, yet no prizes were awarded after Mrs Learman of St Louis supplied the winning word.
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Radio TV Schedule Highlights From KCRG KCRK Tonight
KCRG KCRK air tonight 9 30 Mutual Network Truman campaign train interview with the President and Margaret. MEET THE PRESS guest Senator Joseph H Ball MN R at 9. WXZHEN Marni Mellen MEMOS 1 30 features Cedar Rapids 1925 event. Walter C Berger of AFMA guest on Lets Get Acquainted 2. Roy Rogers Show 5 with Trigger foal naming contest prizes 33 160. Mystery lineup 3 00 House of Mystery 3 39 True Detective 4 00 Box 13 5 30 Nick Carter 6 00 Sherlock Holmes.
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Truman
Margaret
Joseph H. Ball
Minnesota
Meet the Press
KCRG
KCRK
Senate
Ball
Wxzhen
Marni Mellen
Cedar Rapids
Roy Roger
Trigger
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Roy Rogers
House OF Mystery
Nick Carter
Sherlock Holmes
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CBS News
Church of Sacred Eart
Sky
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Christian Hour
American Legion Lake Success
Voice of
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Presbyterian Christian
Charca Chure
Presbyterian Methodist
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Jean B. Equaety
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Memorial Ha — News
Round Table
Shirer Lutheran Silver Strings
Guy Lombardo
Good Neighbors
Marni
Emos
Call of University
Shep Fields
Crosby
University
New York
Future America Theater Philharmonic
One Man
Ted Maione
Johnny
Robert Philip Marlowe
Merril
Drew Pearson
Family
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Carroll Switzer
Nick Reate
Ith Andry
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Phil Harris- Amos
Massey Ice
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Walter Winchell
Louella Parsons
Jimmy Fidler
Eater
News Guild
Miss Brooks
Ronald Guild
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Tommy Carlyn
America
Nora Morales
Charles Worcester
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Henry la Cossitt
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Helen Mary Miles
George Crane
Piagacine St
Road of Life
Allege Kyser
Nora Drake
East Iowa News
Ted Malone
Jack Berch
Lawton
Judy
Jane
Warrenny
Pam
Fashio Smith
Whravelers
Helen Troy
Sockecon
M Land O’ Corn Farm News Voice of Iowa
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Longfellows Farm Family
Owen Cowboys Jam
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Bockstece Wit
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Superman
Hooper ratings stir radio fans as Willson skewers Hooper
The column riffs on Hooper ratings and Meredith Willson's jab at the Hooper company. It notes top programs like Walter Winchell and Fibber McGee and reports on a mock prize list including a television phonograph radio and other items. The piece satirizes audience metrics and a quip about Hooper points equating to millions of listeners.
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Fibber McGee
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Hoopers
Meredith Willson
Deligh
Hooper
Frankie Carle to Headline Armar Ballroom Show Thursday
Frankie Carle and his orchestra return to the Armar ballroom Thursday night. The pianist and band bring the golden touch praised in ballroom theater radio and movie work. Formerly with Horace Heidt for five years the group features soloists Marjorie Hughes Kris Weston and Billy Williams.
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Armar Ballroom
Carle
Horace Heidt
Marjorie Hughes
Kris Weston
Billy Williams
Jolas Credited in New Music Book
Jacques Jolas a Cornell college piano professor aided tenor Roland Hayes in the book My Songs from the summer of 1947 at Carmel by the Sea California The book prints 27 spirituals with Hayes arranging the musical texts Jolas is named first in the acknowledgments and credited for both literary and musical work.
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Cornell College
Roland Hayes
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Carmel-by-the-Sea
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Soloist to headline Cedar Rapids benefit concert
Soloist Maria Mariini Del Pozo, a Spanish coloratura soprano, will perform with the Cedar Rapids Symphony in a Memorial Coliseum benefit concert on Thursday night November 4. Proceeds fund a series of free symphony concerts for the year. Ticket sales and donations are handled at 333 Dows Building. additional outlets include Morris Sanford's Hillbrunner's Taylor Music Coe College.
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Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Memorial Coliseum
Orchestra
Dows Building
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Hillbrunner’s
the Taylor Music Company
Coe College
Hollywood Small Talk Highlights From Erskine Johnson
Bob Crosby and Jack Hope joke about their names on a San Diego flight. Obert Walker’s upcoming bride is June Blanchard. Patsy Kelly faces court over a $200 bill. Marty Lewis says TV is two years ahead of Hollywood. Ruth Roman lands top femme role for Champion with Kirk Douglas. New faces spark 1949 film plans and Northwest Mounted Police picture cycles loom. Jimmy Durante to star in Broadway revue with top writers. Taylor weighs American versus British citizenship choice. Ritz Brothers debut at Latin Quarter Philadelphia.
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Obert Walker
June Blanchard
Patsy Kelly
New York
Paramount
Marty Lewis
Hollywood
Ruth Roman
Kirk Douglas
Ruth
Radio Schedule Packed With Classic Programs
On air from 2:00 PM to 5:45 PM KCRK lists a full lineup including The 2:00 Let’s Get Acquainted and 2:30 Juvenile Jury. Later programs feature House of Mystery True Detective and Roy Rogers with news updates and sports brief features throughout the afternoon.
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Eagles Sponsor Minstrel Show Eyeing Cedar Rapids Youth
The Fraternal Order of Eagles Cedar Rapids Aerie 2272 presents an Old-Time Minstrel show on Monday and Tuesday evenings, November 8 and 9, in the Eagles auditorium. Proceeds benefit Cedar Rapids youth organizations. Headliners include Burt French and others with the Jimmy Adams orchestra. Tickets on sale at May's, Standard Appliance, the club, or at the door.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club Chorus
Jimmy Adams
Max Hahn
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Standard Appliance Company
Feminine Objective: Those Barbershop Quartets
Patricia Vance of Evans ton files suit in Chicago to force the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America to admit women. She forms six quartets among her students and cites gender equality while society members voice fury at the challenge.
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Beery and Arnold Long-Distance Record Holders
Wallace Beery and Edward Arnold are noted as long distance record holders. Both began their film careers in 1915 at the Essanay Studios in Chicago, marking early milestones in silent era cinema.
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Wallace Beery
Edward Arnold
Essanay Studios
Chicago
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