Radio Contests Turn Moral Over Material In Broadcast Trends
The piece surveys radio contest culture, noting ABCs pet contest with a Westinghouse fridge prize and a 177 city search for Miss Mirthquake of 1950. It highlights how prizes shift from tangible rewards to moral wins and mentions programs like WJZ’s God’s Truth and the Breakfast Club bean-growing contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Graham
New York
Breakfast Club
Don McNeill
ABC
Westinghouse
Harold Peary
Gilder
Television Schedule Highlights for WNBK WEWS and More
TV listings show WNBK channel 4 daytime and prime time with actors and shows including Panhandle Pete Linn Sheldon Howdy Doody Arthur Godfrey Cactus Jim Don McNeill Space Cadet wrestling and news followed by WEWS channel 5 morning to dinner programs. Notable entries include Kukla Fran Ollie Bob Moore Garry Moore Robt Lewis and many daily segments and late night news slots.
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NBC Comics
Linn Sheldon
Arthur Godfrey
Cactus Jim
Don McNeill
Kukla
Fran
Ollie
Roberta Quinlan
Garry Moore
Robt. Q. Lewis
Bob Morris
Uncle Jake
Wnbk
Dorothy Fuldheim
Faye Emerson
Doug Edwards
Ransom Sherman
Kate Smith
Wade
John Conte
Alice Weston
Peter Lind Hayer
Kay Kyser
Betty Crocker
Private Eye
Vanity Fair
Sports Desk
Captain Video
Television Listings and Guests on NBC CBS ABC 1940s
Radio and TV schedule notes show an NBC WTAM 8 pm program The Halls of Ivy with an honor student confession and The No Good on CBS WGAR at 8 30. Dick Haymes in I Fly Anything debuts on ABC WHBC at 8 30. Bing Crosby Show with Ella Fitzgerald on CBS WGAR at 9 30. The Case of the Evil Crawl on Mr District Attorney airs NBC WTAM at 9 30. Joe Louis Cesar Brion heavyweight bout described on CBS WGAR at 10 and televised on WXEL. The Big Story on NBC follows at 10, Financial Planning for the Home on WCMW at 7 30, Story Lady narrates The Little Snow Maiden at 11 30, Talk Back guest Mary Sarg Miller at 3 45, Windows on Television Theater on WNBK at 9, and Joe Louis Brion bout noted again on WXEL.
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WHBC
WTAM
WGAR
American National Mutual Columbis Ee
Mark Trail
Bill Mayer
Santa Claus
Portia
Mark Trail Range
Black Hawk
Beulah
Fulton Lewis Jr
Jack Elton Fulton Lewis Jr
Hill
Jack Elton Faith
Our Time
Jack Smith
the Lone Ranger News of World
Gabriel Heatter
One Man’s Family
Edward R. Murrow
American Agent Halls of Ivy
Hidden Truth
Ivy
Chameleon
Gildersleeve Press Club
Tomi Manning
Dean Acheson
Toni Spaulding
Sarah Chakko
Morgan
Thursdylight
Jay Miltner
Bill Gordon
Jim Martin
al Henderson
Tom Haley
Tom ‘Haley Gordon
Bill AM
Bill Maver
Arthur Godfrey
Rosemary Wendy Warren
Jenny Helen Trent
Ma Perkins
Dr. Malone Ard the
Guiding Light
Burton
Perry Mason
Nora Prake
Christian
Cbs-Wgar
Dick Haymes
Abc-Whbc
Ella Fitzgerald
the Firehouse Five
Bing Crosby
Nbc-Wtam
CBS
aé_e
Nbcwtam
Addis K. Barthelmeh
Stark County
WCMW
Lady
Mary Sarg Miller
Tony Sarg
ABC
John Galsworthy
WNBK
Valerie Cossart
Mercer McLeod
Lex Richards
Joyce Sullivan
Joe Louis
Cesar Brion
WXEL
Perhaps You Know 1 5 Quick Trivia Questions
A reader quiz asks five questions about flag etiquette geography and natural history. Answers include raising to the pole top before halfmast about 75 feet total, six New England states, five and a half yards in a rod, the oriole nest attachment, and twenty states ending in a. Also notes walnut and hickory nuts used for furniture with walnut described as chocolate brown.
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New England
The
Union
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Mirthquake of 1950 Captured in Tennessee
A staged radio prank lands Mrs Lena Duncan in Knoxville where she performs as Miss Mirthquake of 1950 before being shipped to Hollywood for Honest Harold. The stunt spreads laughter from Knoxville to Denver as Ed Murrow draws British attention with his serious broadcast tone. A new record releases with Sam Dont Slam the Door and When Your Lover Has Gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleeve
Knoxville
Tenn
Lena Duncan
Stars And Broadcasts On WNBK And NBC Lineup
Anita Louise stars in Landing at Daybreak at 10 30 over WNBK and Wally Cox guests on Broadway Open House at 11. Henry Morgan may join NBC payroll and start a morning program on WJZ. NBCs The Big Show gains in Nielsen ratings against CBS The Jack Benny Show, with Benny dropping from 20.4 to 16.7 while The Big Show rises from 5.6 to 9.8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Louis
Cesar Brion
WXEL
Anita Louise
WNBK
Hollywood
Wally Cox
Henry Morgan
NBC
ABC
New York
WJZ
CBS
Jack Benny
Nielsen
Benny
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority rubs elbows over RFC loan
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority told Reconstruction Finance Corp that it bears no grudge over missing RFC funding for a Oklahoma City to Tulsa highway. It had sought over 30 million dollars at four percent but secured private funds at 3.6 percent. Elmer Harber, RFC chairman, received a telegram from the authority saying we have plenty money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
Tulsa
Elmer Harber
Federal
Turnpike Authority
Surplus Material Aids Researchers at Princeton Lab
At Princeton University a wind tunnel in the aeronau tical engineering lab uses navy surplus gear for supersonic research. Equipment includes torpedo charging compressors tanks steel plates from an unbuilt gun and a new eight inch Honeywell valve for pressures up to 3 500 psi. The compact system fits about 4 800 square feet.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Aeronautical Engineering Laboratory
Seymour M. Bogdonoff
U. S. Illinois
Supersonics Laboratory
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Screen Guild
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Star Time
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One Man's Family
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Rob Allen
Canton
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Morgan Manner
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News FM
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Frank Parker
Fred Waring
St. Regis
Xavier Cugat
Cole Porter Lewis Williams
Popuar
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Rudy Vallee
From Nowhere
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Bob Smiley
Fis
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Street of Dreams
Khursday
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Ray Bloch
Art Tatum
Carl Chandler
Instru Ensemble
Eddie Stone
Day’n News
Lowell Thomas
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Edward Murrow
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Mr Keen
Mr Keep
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Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey News
Morgan’s Inn
Morgan’s In
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Radio Tonight
Ivy College
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Rogers Record
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DECCA
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