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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1964
Page
27
A dense column lists TV shows and radio programs with times and channel numbers, highlighting Captain Kangaroo, The Price Is Right, NBC News, soaps, dramas, and music blocks. It mentions CBS and NBC schedules, a Democratic National Convention broadcast, and long sequence of daytime and overnight programming across stations.
Listing entries show a chaotic radio timetable with shows like Sam Cattee Jun Dandy, Uncle Bob Marlin, Bil Wood, Mark Lane, and Tru Hawkins. The schedule includes morning news at several hours, sport notes, and weather, with Los Angeles Angels and Rosewall highlighted among sports names.
Austrian actor Oskar Werner makes his first Hollywood appearance in Ship of Fools directed by Stanley Kramer. The cast also includes Simone Signoret Vivian Leigh Jose Ferrer Lee Marvin Elizabeth Ashley and Jose Grecco. Werner criticizes the star system while stressing actor responsibility and the global influence of films and television.
United Press International reports European viewers were surprised by the San Francisco Republican Convention’s carnival atmosphere and fear overstage-managed telecasts. CBS ABC and NBC defend live, unedited coverage with mobility for Atlantic City, noting no major format changes.
Radio lineup lists Frank James Morning Show at 5 am and 40 of Frank James Morning Show later. Trey Mallory, Jehany Gunn and Bob Colt are shown in scattered dayparts with a 12 Noon Snow segment and a 7 pm Bob Colt Show.
The report notes Liz McGrath actress Ludi Claire and nurse Carrie Fuller actress Louise Larrabee also writing Cleopatra and other works. Gillian Spencer replaces Ellen Weston as Robin Bowden on The Guiding Light, while Donald Madden takes over Fred Metcalf on Search for Tomorrow. Madden, famed for Hamlet, seeks Broadway again. he is married to John Barngrey’s spouse, star of The Secret Storm. stations share adjacent studios.
A sign outside Jackie Gleason’s suite at the Coral Gables country club in Miami requests quiet. It states the rotund comedian is staying there while filming new television shows and that he did not sleep in the room.
Hollywood reports Rita Gam and Alejandro Rey will be among the first guest stars in the new video series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. The UPI brief notes their participation as part of the launch lineup.
CBS Television Network hires Jack Whitaker and Cary Middlecoff as anchor commentators for the $200 Carling World Golf Championship at Oakland Hills Club Birmingham Michigan this weekend. Other announcers include Jack Drees Vic Gherzi John Derr and Jim MacArthur covering key holes with in-course cameras and a World Central studio near the 17th green.
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