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Right Out Of The Air Collects Radio Gossip and Plans
The piece surveys radio hosts and programs, noting Fred Allen’s continued NBC success and refusal to diversify, mentions Siemund Romberg on Studio Party, Bob Ripley’s Believe It Or Not material, Jimmy Dorsey’s orchestral prominence, Bing Crosby series, and Jane West’s O Neills with a dentist on the staff. It also covers Ted Gorin’s Hollywood move, Edgar A Guest’s Welcome Valley with the Thompson twins, Wilma Clark Gable’s stolen script, Wally Beery’s Chateau program praising human radio, James Melton’s film debut, and Phil Baker’s invitation tour.
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Edgar A. Guest
Welcome Valley
NBC
Thompson Twins
Billy
Wilma
Guest
Hollywood
Wally Beery
Beery
Marjorie Marjorie Lane Lane
Miss Lane
Wally