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Radio and TV Highlights for Labor Day Week in 1939
A roundup of broadcast plans for Labor Day week, featuring Maj. Al Williams broadcasting the Thompson Trophy race from Cleveland on WABC CBS at 5 p.m. and freshman orientation discussions on WIZ NBC at 8:30 p.m. Harvard and Boston University speakers discuss college advice, while Howard Barlow tapes a six-artist Labor Day concert for WABC CBS at 6 p.m. Other items include Janet Gaynor in Cecil DeMille's theater of the air, Charles Zimmy on Ripley’s Believe It or Not, and Kate Smith's football talk show with guest coaches. Evening schedules list programs on WEAF NBC, WABC CBS, WIZ NBC, and WJZ NBC, with music, talk, and sports news throughout the night.
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New York
Cleveland
al Williams
Wabc-Cbs
Wiz-Nbc
Wunnifred Robertson
Boston University
James D. Lightbody, Jr
Harvard
Howard Barlow
Georges Barrer
Muriel Herr
Marcel Hubert
Carlos Salzedo
Joseph Knitzer
Carolyn Urbanek
Janet Gaynor
Cecil DeMille
Robert Montgomery
Charles Zimmy
Hudson River
Albany
New York City
Robert Ripley
WJZ
NBC
Lewis Brown
Elmer Davis
H. V. Kaltenborm
Kate Smith
Jim Crowley
Fordham
Four Horsemen
Notre Dame
Ted Collins
WEAF
William Dodd
U. S
Germany
WABC
CBS
John L. Lewis
Lucille Manners
Frank Mann
Court of Human Relations
Jimmy Fidler
Hollywood Gossip
Dorothy Thompson
Don Fernando
Trump Davidson
Margaret Daum
Boake Carter
Hammerstein Music Hall
Hal Kemp
Hollywood Hotel
Kenny Baker
Gertrude Michael
Frank McHurgh
George Jessel
Wdjz
Roy Campbell
Elza Schallert
Robert L. Ripley
Tammy Dorsey
Grant Park
Henry Bugse