Christmas Eve Radio and Theater Listings Notebook
A dense schedule from December 1953 lists radio programs, church services, concerts, and late night cinema. Programs feature KHJ KEWB KNX KABC stations with news breaks, religious services, and entertainment including films, musicals, and a Christmas Mass.
Christmas Concert by Municipal Band Features Eugene LaBarre
The Municipal Band presents a Saturday afternoon program at 3:00 p.m. with Eugene LaBarre and three band members. The concert excludes Saturday evening and Sunday shows and includes marches, duets, and a finale by Galvin. Concert priced at two dollars with additional pieces by Salients and Wright Forrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Labarre
Vondartor
Charles J. Payne
Solmiets
Fiute Duel
Barts
Tanrucei
Centurs
Brooke Werturs
Fiote
Andante
Wright-Forrest
Galvin
Norwalk Choral Group to Broadcast Handel Show Worldwide
Norwalk Choral Group featuring Ronald Colman will be heard on a world wide Christmas Eve broadcast of Handel's Messiah by the Southern California Oratorio Society. The Norwalk singers perform on KECA from 11 p m to midnight with Frederick Davis conducting the chorus and such a symphony orchestra. Soloists include Phyllis Moffet, Mar gery Mackay, William Olvis, and Don Hubler. The broadcast, co sponsored by Los Angeles County, is released globally through ABC and affiliates. The group, under Norwalk Parks and Recreation District sponsorship, has risen rapidly in four years. The public performance of Messiah by the society is planned for Dec 30 at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium with free admission and reserved seats. exchange tickets available from Southern California Music Co, Mutual Agencies, Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, and Norwalk Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Ronald Colman
Southern California Oratorio Society
Norwalk Singing Group
KECA
Frederick Davis
Phyllis Moffet
Margery MacKay
William Olvis
Don Hubler
Los Angeles County
American Broadcasting Co
Norwalk Parks and
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Southern California Music Co
Mutual
First
Los Angeles
Our Lady Queen of Angeles
Charica Dicken
Kraft TV Theater
Noel Lesuis
Scrooge
Harry Townes
Valerie Cossart
the Cratchitts
Fanny MacEnroe
Long Beach
KNBH
Laurence Olivier
Porway
Breakfast Club” Gang
Joseph Cotten
Paul Harvey
California
Ralph Story
Mission San Luis Rey
KNX
Eisenhower
KLAC
KFZ
No Steak in Jail For Burglar On Christmas
New York police say Salvatore Piazza, 40, will dine on jail food this Christmas after being caught with 30 pounds of stolen steak from a meat market burglary. He is held pending a Monday hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Salvatore
Piazza
Monays
Christmas TV and radio specials listed for Christmas Eve and Day
Readable schedule highlights daytime and late evening Christmas programs across networks and stations. Notes include Holy Communion from Washington Cathedral on KNBH, Cardinal McIntyre mass from St. Wiblian’s LA on KTLA, musical Festivals on KNXT, midnight mass from St. Patrick’s provided by KNBH, and various radio dramatizations and concert broadcasts featuring Laurence Olivier, Bert Parks, and Ralph Story among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
KNBH
St. Wibians'’s
Los Angeles
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
KTLA
Big Top
Jack Sterling
Yuletide Circus
Professor Keller
Wild Animals
Tokayer
Coronas
Rudenko Brothers
Rick Roy
Yokoi
Japan
Quaker City
KNXT
Longines- Wittnauer
Chovaliers
Jimmy Boyd Extortion Claim Seeks Dismissal in Suit
Jimmy Boyd, a 14 year old singer known as a freckle faced youth, counters that civil accusations against him are extortion by Hollywood peers. His attorney filed an answer to a $39,000 damage suit alleging he and two classmates drove a 13 year old girl to a secluded spot in Griffith Park and molested her. A hearing was set for January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LO Ange
Jimmy Boyd
Boyd
Aj Hollywood Professional School
Griffith Park
Music store ad touts quality pianos for all players
By John B. Callaghan an ad from Pehry-Owsley Music Co promotes Steinway Everett and Cable-Nelson pianos. It claims the instrument improves music regardless of beginner or advanced status and directs readers to their Long Beach location at 4234 Atlantica Blvd with phone number 40-7406.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avashc
Steinway, Everett
Cable-Nelson
Pehry-Owsley Music CO
Long Leach
Atlantica
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