Gripe of the Week on Top Forties and Radio
A letter critiques pop records and radio habits, praising some acts like the Ronettes and Al Hirt while lampooning others. It covers reissues and new takes on classics, notes love for instrumentals, and complains about commercials and insistent deejays. It ends with awards season chatter and a personal pick for best TV program.
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Orlons
Duane Eddy
Jimmy Gilmer
Kathy Young
Chris Montez
Chris
Monogram Records
Dionne Warwick
Elvis Presley
Lesley Gore
Lova
Joan
Bobby
New York
Swallows
Television and
Allied Industries
CBS
The
Defenders
Maryland
Hickoryvale
Fernhame
Fernhame Ivanhoe Emperor, Shaws
Crete
Ana
Greenwood
Della
R. K. Mat
Favorite TV Shows of the Year Highlights and Losses
The writer lists favorite dramatic series such as The Danny Kaye Show and The Thel Dick Van Dyke Show on CBS, plus preferred quiz and public affairs programs like College Bowl and Meet the Press. Recollections emphasize NBC’s Show of the Week Ride with Terror and The Case Against Paul Ryker on Suspense Theatre, with praise for Bing Crosby specials and That Was the Week That Was.
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CBS
Danny Kaye
Thel
Dick van Dyke
NBC
CBS Reports
Paul Ryker
NBCs Hour Flags Independence Milestone and Dancers
NBC broadcast features Carol Lawrence and Rudolf Nureyev amid sharp disappointment as Tele Sudan, Morocco and Tunisia programs air. The note recalls that these nations won independence in 1956 and plans a 10 to 11 pm EST telecast on NBC.
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NBC
Carol Lawrence
Rudolf Nureyev
Tele
Sudan
Morocco
Tunisia
Radio Schedule Fragments For Groucho and Stooges
A compact listing shows segments such as Best of Groucho Four News Five and Three Stooges Seven News and News Six Thirty Two News Four Eight Eleven News Five Astroboy Nine News with channel time blocks and program labels.
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Beall
Buckeystown
Rt. 15
Frederick
Frederick County
Maryland
T. B
Bangs
Three Stooges
Astroboy
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E. PatRick St
McLintock
Tivoli
JO Wayne
Maureen Chara
Menifaigenttys Technicolor
Panavision
Batijac
Perry & Co., Inc
S. Walter Reed
Arlington
Philomont
Purcellville
Aldie
John Deere
Allis Chalmers
M Farmall
Kosch Mower
Cunningham
New Holland
New Idea
Chrysler
Jamesway
J. M. Trible
Northern Virginia
Leonard Bowman
James deButts
Hamilton
Damascus
Walt Disney
Merlin Jones
Olivetti
Underwood
Wades
East ST. Frederick, MD
Mt. Airy
Ime
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Frederick Armory
Blue Ridge
Route 15
Hansonville
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A. C
A. C. WC
A. C. Mower
N. H
Grove
D. B
N. I
Mayrath
Ontario
J. D
Rena E. Snyder
R.F.D
Frederick, Md
Glenn Trout
James G. Trout
Mehrle Wachter
EUB Church of
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East Church St
A. Doty Remsburg
Sale
Mgr
Auct
Charles L. and
Allene T. Mullen
Emmert Bowlus
Mars Opticians
West Second St
Bausch & Lamb
Schner
Columbia Pictures
Asaaenints
Minneapolis-Moline
JD Lever
Corp
John Bean
L. H. & R. H. Remsberg
Bowlus & Grove
Alexander
Carroll Manor Grange
Haymarket
Virginia
Kalamera
Leesburg
Gilbert’s Corner
Signator
Magic Motion
Vezzano
Purl Harder
Lewell
el General
Royal Visitor
Farmall
Keschmower
PTO
Sam Mulkey
McCormick
Danuser
Dearborn
J. K. Sills
Leroy Cockerill
Phone Plaza
Northern VA
Leonard C. Bowman
the News
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Frederick Mewe
Paul
Washington
Wrc.tv
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Wmal-Tv
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Groucho
Ernie Ford
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Ann Sothern
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General Hospital
Woody Woodpecker
Planet Aroas
Daddy
Maverick
Lorenzo and His Friends
Hennesey
Bat Masterson
Fractured Flickers
Lawmar
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Outlaws
Mister Ed U
Red Skelton
McHale's Navy
Petticoat Junction
Richard Boone
Jack Benny
Stoney Burke
Garry Moore
Bell Telephone Hour
Eileen
POST
Esso
Monocacy Oil Co
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Atlas Model
Revell
Rice’s
Std
Market St
Lowell Tire & Battery Coo
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