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The Maine Broadcaster : April 1946 (Vol. 2, No. 4)
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Vol. II, No. 4 Portland, Maine, April, 1946 P rice, Five Cents Radio Parish Church To Observe 20th Anniversary ------• New Author Notable Guests Lowell Thomas To Participate In Garners Award Service April 7th Lowell 'l'l1omus, noted radio uow~ Representatives of t he rcligi.ous, roporter, has a new honor - The oclt1ca tioual, bnai11css and.. political A lfrccl I. du Pont Radio Foundation Life of Portla11d and Maine aud oJ. Oonunentator Award. It was pre I <'\'OH hrondcr fields will participnto sented to hi111 :it a dinner recently in t·he twentie th aru1iversaty broad· in t,he St. Regis IIotel in Ne1v York. cast of tire First Radio Parish Other winners were KDKA of Pitts· Chu.reh of America, Sunday morn burg, Pa., NBC affiliato, 011d WNAX, ing, April i. Yankton, S. D., in the largo :.mu 1 On that date, tho First Ruclio Par smnll 8tation categories, respoc ish Church of .America, tl1e lirst of tively. its kind over estl!blishcd so far ,is 'J'he awards <:ai-ry en~h prizes of considerable researcb has deter I$1,000 each. '.l'be Commentntor mined, will be 20 years old. It is Award is given annually for "dis- still nndcr the leadership and direc tinguished and meritorious perform• tion of its founder, tl10 Rev. Iloword :tnce of public service by aggressive, Ralph E. Gould of Madison, O. Hough. consistently exceUe11t and aeem-:ite 'l'bt' auuiversary observance will author of an article in a recent gathering nnd reporting of uews by be 1,011ducted in the ballroom of The issue of the Saturday Evening radio, and the p,-e~rn tt1 tio11 of ex Eastland in Portland, uncl will be Post and the book The Yankee pert, informed ::md reliable iuter open to the ge11eral public. The Storekeeper, is i11terviewed by pr!:'tation of news aucl opinion bro1tdcast, to be cnrried by W'CSH Irving H unter at WLBZ. through tho medium of radio.'' and WRDO, will be extended to a The stat.ion awards are granted ---TMD--- full hour, .from 10 to 11 a.m. The fo1· "outstanding meritor.ious puhUc Rev. },fr. Hough will preach the ~ervico in e ncoumgiug, .fostei-i,1g, am1iversary sermon aud music. will NBC Repeats Wins promoting and developing .American be by the First Radio Parisl1 choir, i It 1 hearers. is not a phenomenon with which we are un knock the 'spring' out of spring-fever. 11t;1kt' 1111 1•1,d11,g" lioUJC' tnJ'P avnih-thJ; • familiar. But it is also true that the skepticism of a couple Bl'ttt•.r pn"l1trC·N will hr• 11erifotl b,v Ifnll milk prntludiou. Thia ~cr,ms h, Aj)l'il, with ifs lo:ash-1' sC'n sc111 ot' of generations ago has in our own day been superseded by tl1r d:1ii·.1•nrn11 as u n•sult, of 1111• :icufr h:" l' bl'l'" lost in t he vast two or hopr, is th,• 111011th d('I :isiolt> hy A,·t R•~:..d -t,-1tflo...t.e;;~ ..J.li.gh-t.l'-r ,-...t, l ~oH14 th~•'t" ~".A•fJ-~ of L'OlLJ..(J'£l_"U,• 1uul.-..l't·H--"'-i.Alt\ulin] ,.u:u1ib. an entirely d1fterent attitude towaras tne once g~era1iy ha v,• hceo set. 'by A lre,ul_v 11fliPi;1 Is of th,, lar~•·r mi I k llU.1 tiuu ns .\',it ivua I l'a11,•f•r C'n11t rol accepted conflict between science and religion. The marvels the• Dt•J11tl'tm<'11t nwrkcts h1•re in .Nrw g11glnn,l, or 111011th. of science are everywhere about us and no man living can of AgTiru lturi• which man,,· Maine fllr1Ht-rs ;:hiJ,pcd Mai111• 's goal is $(li'\,OOO-eo1•ering a 6:00 Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Young People's Choir 6:16 Digest of the Air Da ncing Party Digest of the Air Digest of the AiT Rhapsody in the E sso Reporter (Shell Oil) (Maine Central RR) (Shell Oil) Echoes of the Tropics (Shell Oil) Rockies Maine Ra.d1o News Social Security Interlude Interlude 6:30 Treasury Salute Veterans Treasury St.lute Allen Roth Orchestra. Allen Roth Orchestra Your State House Administration Reporting The Great Gildersleeve 6:46 ESSO Reporter ESSO Reporter ESSO Reporter ESSO Reporter ESSO Reporter ESSO Reporter (Parkay) Maine Radio News Maine Radio News Maine Radio News Maine Radio News Maine Radio News Maine Radio News ~ 7:00 Chesterfield .. Chesterfield Chesterfield Chesterfield OhesterJleld Supper Olub Supper Club Supper Olub Supper Olub Supper Olub Our Foreign Jack Benny 7:16 News of the World News of the World News of the World News ,of the World News of the World Policy (Lucky Strike) (Alka Seltzer) (Alka Seltzer) (Alka Seltzer) 7:30 Carolyn Gilbert University of Maine Arthur Hale Carolyn Gilbert Arthur Hale ' His Honor Hour (Richfield Oil) (Richfield Oil) Fitch Bandwagon The Barber (Fitch Shampoo) 7:46 H. V. Kaltenborn (Ballentine'• Ale) H. V. Kaltenborn Along Maine Trails H. V. Kaltenborn New England Forum of the AiT 8:00 Calvacade of Follies of 1946 Kr. an.d Mrs. North Burns and Allen Nissen's Minstrels Life of Riley Charlie McOa.rthy America (Philip Morris) (Woodbury So&p) (Ha.nrell Honse (Nissen Baking Oo.) (Teel) Show (DuPont) Coffee) (Ohase&SanbornOo1ree) 8:30 Voice of Firestone A Date with Judy Hildegarde Dina.h Shore Du1fy's Tavern Truth Or consequences Fred Allen Show (Firestone Rubber) (Tums) (Raleigh.a) (Birdseye Foods) (Minit Rnb-Vitalis) (Dus) (Tenderleaf Tea) ~ 9:00 Telephone Hour Amos 'n' Andy Eddie Cantor Kratt Music Hall People Are Funny National Barn Dance Manhattan (Bell Telephone (Rinso) (Trusha.y-Sal Hepatica) (Kratt Cheese) (Raleighs) (Alka Seltzer) Merry-Go-Round System) (Dr.LyonsToothPowder) 9:30 Information Please Fibber McGee Mr. District Attorney Jack Haley Show Waltz Time Can Yon Top This? American Album ' (Socony-Vacuum) and Molly (Vitalis-Ipana) (Sealtest Ice Cream) (Phillips Milk of (PalmoliveShaveCream) of Familiar Music (Johnson's Wax) Magnesia) (Bayer Aspirin) 10:00 Contented Program Bob Hope Abbott and Costello Mystery Theater Judy Canova Show Hour of Charm (Carnation Milk) (Pepsodent) Kay Kyser ' s College (Camels) (Molle Shave Cream) (Colgate-Palmolive) (Genera.I Electric) of Musical Knowledge 10:30 Dr. I. Q. Red Skelton Rudy Vallee The Name Speaks Grand Ole Opry Meet Me At Parky's (Colgate-Palmolive) (Mars Candy) (R.aleigh Tobacco) (Proctor & Gamble) State OPA (Prince Albert) (Old Golds) 11:00 NBO World News NBO World News NBC World News NBC World News NBO World News NBO World News NBO World News 11:16 Harkness of Harkness of Harkness of Harkness of Harkness of Clifton Utley Story Behind Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington the Headlines 11:30 Copa.cabana 400 Olnb Plaza Hotel Story of Music World's Great Novels Terrace Room Oreb. The Pt.elflc Story Orchestra Orchestra 12:00 NBO World News NBO World News NBC World News NBO World News NBO World News NBO World News NBO World News MORNING AND AFTERNOON SCHEDULE 6:16A.M.-Mallle Today ...... Dally except Sun. 12:00 Noon- Korn Kobblers-Bangor Baking Oo...... Daily except Sun. 6:25A.M.- YANKEE NEWS ...... D~yexceptSun. Today's Concert ...... Sunday 12: 16 P.M.- E SSO REPORTER--E880 Marketers ...... Daily except Sun. 6: 30 A. M.-M&ine Farm Topics ...... Daily except Sun. 12:20 P. M.-Maine Radio News ...... Daily except Sun. 7: 00 A.M.- Maine Central Alma.nae-MORR ...... Daily except Sun. 12:SOP.M.- Marjorie Mills ...... Mon.throughFri. 7: 16 A. M.- Sacred Heart Program ...... , ...... Mon. through Sat. New England Dairymen ...... Saturday Musical Memoirs- Eastern Trust ...... Sunday 7: 30 A. M.- ESSO REPORTER--Esso Marketers ...... Daily except Sun. 12:46 P. M.-Newport Playhouse ...... Sunday 7 :40 A. M.- Program Highlights . , , ...... , ...... Daily except Sun. l:OOP. M.- YANKEE NEWS ...... Daily 7:45A.M.- Berwick Musical Clock-Berwick Oakes ...... Mon., Wed., Fri. 1: 15 P . M.-Ray Little's Radio Show ...... Daily except Sun. Employment Service ...... Tues., Thurs. America United ...... Sunday Hawaiian Serenaders ...... Saturday l:30P.M.- Matinee Revue ...... Mon. throughFri. 8:00A.M.-YANKEE NEWS ...... Daily except Sun. The Veterans ' Advisor ...... Saturday Maine Council of Churches ...... Sunday The Music Room ...... Sunday 8: 05 A. M.- Organ Reveries ...... Sunday 1:46 P.M.- MORGAN BEATTY ...... Mon.through Fri. The American World ...... Saturday 8:16 A.M.-WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP ...... , .. Daily except Sun. Christian Science Program ...... Sunday 8: 30 A. M .- H appy Kitchen ...... Mon. through Fri. 2:00 P. M.- The Guiding L ight-Betty Crocker Soups ...... Mon. through Fri. Organ Recital ...... Saturday Harvest of Stars-Int. H arvester ...... Sunday Church School of the Air ...... Sunday The Constant Invader ...... Saturday 8:46 A.M.-4-H Olub News ...... , .... , ...... Saturday 2:15 P . M.- Toda.y's Ohi!dren- Bisquick ...... Mon. through Fri. YANKE,E NEWS ...... Sunday Your Host Is Buffalo ...... Saturda.y 9:00 A.M.- NINE O'CLOCK NEWS-National Biscuit ...... Mon. tbrough Fri. 2:30P. M.- A Woman in Wbite-Wheaties ...... Mon. through Fri. Home Is What You Make I t ...... , Saturday John Charles Thomas-Westinghouse ...... Sunday Maine Council of Churches .... • , ...... , . , ...... , ...... Sunday The Baxters ...... Saturday 9:16 A.M.-Chapel On The Hill ...... Mon. through Fri. 2:46P.M.- Hit Tunes ...... Thurs.,Fri. Harry D . McNeil ...... Monday Story to Order ...... , ...... , ...... , ...... Sunday M aine F ederation of Women 's Clubs ...... Tuesday 9:30A.M.- Women's Radio Journal- First National ...... Mon.through Fri. E sther Sings ...... Wednesday Fashions in Melody ...... Saturday Words and Music ...... Sunday 3:00 P. M .-A Woman of America-Spic and Span ...... Mon. through Fri. Schaeffer Parade-Shaeffer Pens ...... Sunday 9: 46 A. M.- A Miss and a Male ...... Saturday Orchestras of the Nation ...... Saturday Drama of P alestine ...... Sunday 3:16 P. M.- Ma Perkins-Oxydol ...... Mon. t hrough Fri. 10: 00 A. M.- ALAN SCOTT ...... • ...... Mon. through Fri. 3:30 P . M.- P epper Young's Family-Ca.may Soap ...... Mon. through Fri. Eileen Barton Show ...... Saturday One Man's Family- Royal Desserts ...... Sunda.y National Radio Pulpit ...... Sunday S:46P. M.- Rlght to Happiness-Ivory Soap ...... Mon. through Fri. 10:16 A.M.-Margaret Matson- Freese's ...... Mon., Wed., Fri. 4:00 P . M.- Backstage '\-7ife--Dr. Lyons Toothpowder F aith in Our Time ...... Tues., Thurs. Energine ...... Mon. through Fri. 10: SO A. l\'.1..- Road of Life--Duz ...... Mon. through Fri. -Doctors at H ome ...... Saturday Adventures of Archie Andrews ...... Saturday National Hour ...... Sunday NBC String Trio ...... Sunday 4:15 P . M.- Stella Dallas-Phillips Milk of Magnesia 10:45A.M.-Joyce Jordan-Crisco-Dreft ...... Mon. through Fri. Danderine-Mulslfled Shampoo ...... Mon. through Fri. 4:30P. M.- Lorenzo Jones-Bayer Aspirin ...... Mon. throughFrl 11: 00 A. M.-Fred Waring Show (A.M.I.- Tu. Th.) ...... Mon. through Fri. First Piano Quartet ...... Saturday MATTHEW WARREN- NEWS ...... Saturday The RCA-Victor Show ...... Sunday ESSO REPORTER-Esso Marketers ...... Sunday 4: 45 P. M.- Young Widder Brown- Phillips Toothpaste ...... Mon. through Fri. ll:05A.M .-Oolumbia St. Baptist Church ...... Sunday 11:30 A.M.- Lonc Pine Mountaineer- Rapaport Tire ...... Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 5:00 P . M.- Shoppers• Variety Revue ...... Mon. through Fri. Newport Playhouse ...... Wednesday E asy Money ...... Saturday Benjamin Moore Program ...... Saturday General Motors Symphony of the Air ...... Sunday 11: 45 A. M.- Melody L ane ...... Mon., Tues., Thurs. 6 :30 P. M.-Just Plain Bill- Anacin ...... Mon. through Fri Doctors Courageous ...... Wednesday JOHN W. VANDERCOOK ...... Saturday One Man's Destiny- Atherton Furnit ure ...... Friday 6:46 P. M.- Front Page Farrel- Bisodol-Kolynos ...... Mon. through Fri. Red Cross Program ...... Sunday :i'in Pa.n Alley of the Air- Leaf Gum ...... SatnrdQ' April, 1946 THE MAINE BROADCASTER Page Five U. of M. Radio Guild Airs Weekly Show On WLBZ Students Write, First Radio Parish Church Is Produce Sketches WCSH's Oldest Feature Of New England "'.l'he University o.f Maine Radio Guild presents ... " Tbat intro• ductiou, heard over WLBZ on \Veducsclay evenings at 7:30, might be voiced by .Pat Buchanan, Lee Davis or Jerry I:Iermnnson, Uni versity announcers. 'l'be weekly quarter }10ur show is writteil atid produced by students under tho supervision of J. H. Plutt, instructor of Radio and Public Speaking. 'l'he series, as far as pos sible, hns rlr:unntized hi.story an.d literature of Now England, with an emphasis on Maine. Students wbo have made up the ea~ts include Ma.rnel Abrams, Kay l:Tniversity Radio Group Airs Weekly Show - Left to right, Bridges, Bob Browne, Jean Camp RADIO PARISH CHOIR - Clifton Perry, tenor; Mrs. Hazel Angie Verenis, J'en-y Hermanson, announcer, L ala. Jones. bell, John Ooft', Douglas Jonnson, Higgins, soprano; Miss Catherine O'Connor, contralto; Harold c. Lala Jones, Polly Marcous, Reggie Furlong, bass. At the console Arthur F. Kendall, organist and Boderick, Angie Verenis, Robert director. Warren and Clifford Worthing. The Portray Cinderella Characters only students who have had com Twenty yo1ws is fl long t.ime in i11land into Maille and New Hamp mercial radio experience are Pat radio i1t Maine! shire, as indicated by addresses of Buchanan and J ean Campbell. 'fhe First Radio Parish Church of corresponde11ts-from farms, islands, '.l'wo students have been responsi Am ericn is tho oldest .feature on t he forests, villa.ges, cities, ships at sea, ble £or monitoring :ind controlling WCSI:I schedule. It will roach itij - many not served by any church. the program from the University twentieth ::umh-ersary at Easter this Tl1is unique State of Maii1e and studio. H elen Gorden a11d Oleudon month. Northern New E ngland service is l'orter, both_ interested in electrical lt hail it~ origiu in experiences in supported entirel y by volu.ntnry con· ougineering, have been reco1vmg b1·ot1dcasting a regulur church sen• tributious. The bourd of directors practical e~-perieuce in tlteir parts ire over WOSH in the eady days o.f contl'Ols all fu11cls whicl1 nre care· of the productions. J ennette Nadeau radio iu J\lai11 0. Through the co fully ncco1111 tcd for and di6horsed has handled the sound effects for operatiou of th1• late CToury P. l)y nn outsitlo treasurer, a1:cordi11g most of the 1>rograms. :Rines, u pioneer in Mahle radio and to n n 11pprovcrl budget. Since the prog.rams are primarily tho founder of Station ,vcsn, The Sun ation where reliijious coo.use] und and at that time was consiclOl'ed n any the same. Action centers :1 hot1 t .M ouut1 " · 6:00 Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News News 6:16 Digest of the Air Sports Diary Digest of the Air Sports Diary Digest of the Air Sports Diary Lucille Lavin (Shell Oil) Songs Maine State News Maine State News Maine State News Maine State News Maine State News Maine State News (Wayside Furniture) (P & R Coal) (P & R Coal) (P & R Coal) (P & R Coal) (P & R Coal) (P & R Coal) 6:30 Sweet Music Sweet Music Sweet Music Sweet Music sweet Music Your State House (Rogers Jewelry) (Rogers Jewelry) (Rogers Jewelry) (Rogers Jewelry) (Rogers Jewelry) Reporting The Great Gildersleeve 6:46 Lowell Thomas Lowell Thomas Lowell Thomas Lowell Thomas Lowell Thomas New England (Parka.y) (Sun Oil) (Sun Oil) (Sun Oil) (Sun Oil) (Sun Oil) Forum of the Air 7:00 Chesterfield Chesterfield Chesterfield Chesterfield Chesterfield Our Foreign Supper Club Supper Club Supper Club Supper Club Supper Club Jack Benny Policy (Lucky Strike) 7:16 News of the World News of the World News of the World News of the World News of the World (Alka. Seltzer) (Alka. Seltzer) (Alka Seltzer) (Alka Seltzer) (Alka. Seltzer) 7:30 Maine Liners One Man's Destiny Maine Liners Your Radio Reporter Fitch (B & M RR) His Honor (Atherton Furniture) Bob Bums Show (B & M RR) Band Wagon The Barber (Lifebuoy Soap) Don't You Believe (Fitch Shampoo) H. V. KaJ.tenbom H. V. KaJtenbom H. V. Kaltenbom 7:45 (Blillentine 's Ale) It (ABC Oil Burner) (ABC Oil Burner) (ABC Oil Burner) 8:00 cavalcade Follies of '46 Mr. and Mrs. North Burns and Allen Highways in Melody Life of Riley Charlie McCarthy Show of America (Philip Morris) (Woodbury Soap) (Maxwell House (Cities Service Co.) (Teel) (DuPont) Coffee) (Chase & S ' b 'n Coffee) 8:30 Voice of Firestone A Date with Judy Hildegarde Dinah Shore Duffy's Tavern Truth Or Consequences Fred Allen Show (Firestone Rubber) (Tums) (Raleighs) (Birdseye Foods) (Bristol-Myers) (Duz) (Tenderleaf Tea.) The Telephone Hour Amos 'n ' Andy Eddie Cantor Show Kraft Music Hall People Are Funny National Ba.rn Dance Manhattan 9:00 (Bell Telephone (Rinso) (Trushay- (Kraft Cheese) (Raleighs) (Alka Seltzer) Merry-Go-Round System) Sal H epatica.) (Dr.LyonsToothFowder) 9:30 Information Please Fibber M.cGee Mr. District Attorney J ack H aley and Waltz Time Can You Top This? American Album (Socony Vacuum) and Molly (Vitalis-Ipa.na) Eve Arden (Phillips Milk of (Palmolive Shave of Familiar Music (Johnson's Wax) (Sea.ltest I ce Cream) Magnesia.) Cream) (Bayer Aspirin) 10:00 Contented Program Bob Hope Abbott and Costello Mystery Theater Judy Canova Show Hour of Charm (Carnation Milk) (Pepsodent) K ay Kyser's College (Camels) (Molle Shave Cream) (Colgate-Palmolive) (General Electric) of Musical Knowledge 10:30 Rudy Vallee Bill Stern- Sports Grand Ole Opry Meet Me at Parky's Dr. I . Q. Red Skelton's (Colgate-Palmolive) (Mars Candy) Scrap Book (Proctor & Gamblei Newsreel (Prince Albert) (Old Golds) (Raleigh Tobacco) (PalmoliveShaveCream) 11:00 Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee N ews Y ankee News Yankee News Yankee News (Beverwyck Ale) (Beverwyck Ale) (Beverwyck Ale) (Beverwyck Ale) (Beverwyck Ale) 11:15 Harkness of Harkness of Harkness of Harkness of Harkness of Clifton Utley Story Behind Washington W a.shington Washington Washington Washington the Headlines 11:30 Swing Circle Swing Circle Swing Circle Swing Circle Swing Circle Swing Circle The Pacific Story . 12:00 N ews NAWS N !'W!j Nsw-g ?rew:: _Ne, -- Nows •••t •• •• ••••••••••••••••••I••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••• •• ••••••••••• •• ••••••• •• •••••• •••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••• MORNING AND AFTERNOON SCHEDULE 5 :S0A.M.- The Dowuhomers ...... Daily except Sun. 12:30 P. M.- Marjorie Mills ...... Mon. through Fri. 6:00.A.M.- NEWS ...... _...... , ...... Da-ilyexceptSun. Dairy Chat ...... Saturday- 6: 06 A. M.-The Downhomers ...... , ...... Daily except Sun. Robert Merrill Show ...... Sunday 6:15A.M.-Sunrise Salute ...... Daily except Sun. 12:45 P. M.- Homemakers' News ...... •...... Saturday 6:25 A.M.- Y ANKEE NEWS ...... Daily except Sun. 1: 00 P. M.-YANKEE NEWS ...... Mon. through Fri. 6:30 A.M.- Maine Farm Topics ...... Daily except Sun. NEWS ...... , ...... Saturday 7:00A.M.-NEWS ...... Daily except Sun. 1:15 P . M.- MAINE NE,WS-Guardian Finance (Mon., Wed., Fri.) 7:16 A. M.- Keyboard Tapestries ...... Mon. through Sat. Woodfords Furniture (Tues., Thurs.) .. Mon. through Sat. 7:30 A.M.- Breakfast Serenade ...... •...... Mon. through Fri. America United ...... Sunday Good Morning Show ...... Saturday 1:30 P. M.-Musical Matinee ...... Mon., Tues., Thurs., Sat. 7:45A.M.- 3A Safety Mau ...... Mon.through Fri. Let's TaJ.k: About Children- Rines Bros...... Wednesday Morning Melody Para.de ...... Saturday Next Door Neighbor- Rines Bros...... Friday 8:00A.M.-YANKEE NEWS ...... Daily except Sun. The Shadow- Blue Coal ...... Sunday NBC NEWS ...... Sunday 8:05 A.M.- Organ Reveries ...... Sunday 1:45 P. M.- Morgan Beatty- Burnham & Morrill (Tue., Thu., Fri.) ... Mon. through Fri. American World ...... Saturday 8: 15 A.M.-WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP- Hood's Milk (T-T-S) ... . . Daily except Sun. Our Ancestors ...... Sunday 2:00 P. M.- The Guiding Light-Betty Crocker Soups ...... Mon. through Fri. The Name Spea.ks ...... , ...... Saturday 8:30A.M.-Highways of the Spirit ...... Mon., Tues., Wed. Harvest of Sta.rs-Int. Harvester ...... Sunday Sacred Heart Program ...... • ...... Thursday Morning Devotions ...... • ...... Fri, Sat. 2:15 P. M.- Toda.y 's Children-Bisquick ...... Mon. through Fri. Church School of the Air ...... Sunday Your Host I s Buffalo .. , ...... Saturday 2:26 P. M.-Betty Crocker ...... , , ...... • ...... Mon. through Fri. 8:46A.M.- NEWS ...... Da.ilyex<'eptSun. YANKEE NEWS ...... Sunday 2:30 P. M.-Woman in White- Wheaties .:; ...... Mon. through Fri. The Baxters ...... Saturday 9:00 A.M.- The Peabodys ...... Mon. through Fri. John Charles Thomas-Westinghouse ...... Sunday Keep Posted ...... Saturday Sunday Song Service ...... Sunday 2:45 P. M.- Masquerade- Softasilk Flour ...... Mon. through Frt. Nelson Olmsted ...... Saturday 9:15A.M.- Nylon Time ...... - ...... • .... , ...... Mon., Wed., Fri. Tello-test ...... , ...... , . . . . Tues., Thurs. 3:00P. M.-A Woman of Americ:t--Spic ai;i.d Span ...... Mon. through Fri. Orchest ras of the Nation ...... Saturday 9:30 A.M.-Women's Radio Journal- First National ...... Mon. through Fri. World Para.de--Shaeffer Pens ...... Suhda.y Recess Time-State Theatre ...... Saturday Drama of Palestine ...... Sunda.y 3:15 P . M.-Ma Perkins--Oxydol ...... Mon. through Fri. 3:30 P. M.-Pepper Young's .Family-Ca.may Soap ...... Mon. through Fri. 9 :45 A.M.- D & H Miners-D. & H. Coal ...... Sunday One Man's F a mily- Royal Desserts ...... Sunday 10:00A.M.- Lone Journey ...... : .. Mon. through Fri. Eileen Barton Show ...... • ...... Saturday 3: 45 P. M .-A Right to Happiness-Ivory Soap ...... Mon. through Fri. First Radio Parish Q,hurch ...... Sunday 4:00 P . M.-Ba.ckstage Wife--Dr. Lyons Toothpowder 10:16 A.M.- Lora La.wton-Bab-O ...... Mon. through Fri. Energine ...... Mon. through Fri. Doctors at Home ...... Saturday 10: 30 A. M.- Road of Life- Duz ...... Mon. through Fri. National Hour ...... , ...... Sunday The School Librarian ...... Saturday NEWS .. , ...... Sunday 4: 15 P. M.-Stella Dallas-Phillips Milk of Magnesia. · Danderine-Mulsified Shampoo ...... Mon. through Fri. 10: 46 A. M.-Joyce J orda.n- Crisco-Dreft...... Mon. through Fri. Children's Theatre ...... Saturday 4:30 P. M.- Lorenzo Jones-Bayer Aspirin ...... Mon. through Fri. Organ Interlude ...... Sunday Wake Up, America ...... Saturday RCA Victor Show-Radio Oorp...... Sunday 10:50 A.M.-State Street Congregational Church ...... Sunday 11:00 A.M.- Fred Waring Show- (A.M.I., Tu. and Th.) ...... Mon. through Fri. 4:45 P. M.-Young Widder Brown- Phillips Toothpaste ...... Mon. through Fri. 5:00 P. M.- When A Girl Marries-Calumet Baking Powder Teentimers Show ...... Saturday Baker's Chocolate ...... Mon. through Fri. 11: 30 A. M.- Ba.rry Cameron- Sweetheart Soap ...... Mon.. through Fri. Wonderland of Music ...... Saturday Smilin' Ed McConnell- Buster Brown Shoes ...... Saturday General Motors Symphony of the Air ...... Sunday ll:!l5A.M.- Da.vid Ha.rum-Bab-O ...... Mon. through Fri. 5:15 P. M.- Portia Fa.ces Life- Grapenuts-Swansdown ...... Mon. through Fri. 12:0Q Noon-NEWS-Blue Ribbon Bread ...... Mon. through Sat. 5 :30 P. M.-Just Plain Bill- Anacin ...... Mon. through Fri. NEWS : ...... Sunday JOHN W. VANDERCOOK ...... Saturday 12:15 P. M.- Luncheon Club ...... Mon. through Sat. 6:!15 P. M.-Front Page Fa.rrell-Bisodol-Kolynos ...... Mon. through Fri. London Column ...... Sunday Tin Pan Alley- Leaf Gum ...... Saturday April, 1946 T HE MAINE BROADCASTE R Page Seven Original Duffy's Tavern Established Back In 1795 'Overslight,' Says Your Announcer Is I Mystery Theater Is Unique Thrill Show Archie, Who Thinks Distiurtivo 1101011g radio crime It 'Put Up Job' show8, the Myste1·y 'l'huater preserlt~ \\' hpn 1·urlio ·s ''Duffy's Tavern'' weokl>· dn1 11111.tizritions ot' thu most lirst wc•11! on thC' ~ir, Ed "A rchie'' PUlt•hrated dote-dive, liPY, cri111c and (;ardnc·r thought hl' l1nd oLtnined mystor,v stol'ies of alJ lite rature. th<' t illr exclusfrcly frou, his frioud, Unlike many t hi' late B,,rna rtl C. Duffy, proprietor s n s p <' n s <1 pro • o( Duffy ·s Radio Tavcl'll on West g r:Ull S W h O S i' ~>-Ith 1'3ti'l'l't1 Xcw York: seri p ts are air .Just th(' ot.h c1· day, GaTdner originals pcuncd b1rnc·tl that thp tlrst. Duffy's Tavern by contemporary ""as t•stablish<'tl hnck in 1795. And writcl's, tho 1'-1.vs 1•,·,•11 then. it seems, thoy were say tery 'l'he:1.ter of ing '' Dulf.,· ai11 't h01·e," for tl!i.s fers au air ada1, hr,stell'y waR 1·1111 IJy t.wo women, t:i t,ion of a pl'o,· lwth Miss Dufl'5rs - Mn ry Ann, the c n fnvoi·ite, lll:1n:1 g,,r, anl'l )'farg1nC1t, the house· sometimes a full k eC' per. l ength nov(d, I 'l'he iu n was Hi 1J1il es wrst of sometimes a \\'ilfotrnspot·t, 1'11., 011 tho stuge ooucl, short sto1· y_ No standardized formula 1·011t,, from Williarnsp(lrt to Pitts• is fc llow~d. T he script may lie tl b111·gh, :,nrl hntl little in <·0111mon psye llologi1· al lrnrror story, a e::i mpus with thl• 1·nW 6:00 Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News 6:15 Sports Roundup Sports Roundup Sports Roundup Sports Roundup Sports Rotmdup Star Ga.zing Catholic H our 6:20 Little Show Little Show Little Show Little Show Little Show 6:30 Sweet Music Sweet Music Sweet Music Sweet Music Sweet Music Your State House (Rogers Jewelry) (Rogers J ewelry) (Rogers Jewelry) (Rogers Jewelry) (Rogers Jewelry) Reporting Nearer Ho1ne Hour (Gospel Tabernacle) 6:45 United Press News United Press News United Press News United Press News United Press News United Press News M aine Radio News Maine Radio News Maine Radio News Maine Radio News Maine Radio News Maine Radio News 7:00 Chesterfield Chesterfield Chesterfield Chesterfield Chesterfield Supper Club Supper Club Supper Club Supper Club Supper Club Our Foreign Ja~k Benny P olicy 7:16 News of the World N ows of the World News of the World Nows of the World News of the World (Lucky Strike) (Allta Seltzer) (Alka Seltzer) (Alka Seltzer) 7:30 Three Quarter Time Three Quarter Time World's Most Three Quarter Time His Honor the Barber Honored Flights The Jimn1y Fitch Bandwagon -(Ballentine's Ale) (Longines Watch) 7:46 H. 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(Sea.ltest Ice Cream) (Phillips Milk of (PalmoliveShaveCream) of Fa.m.ilia.r Music (Johnson's Wax) Magnesia.) (Bayer Aspirin) 10:00 Contented Program Bob Hope K ay Kyser's College Abbott and Costello Mystery Thea.ter Judy Ca.nova. Show Hour of Charm (Carnation Milk) (Pepsodent) of Musical Knowledge (Camels) (Molle Shave Cream) (Colgate-Palmolive) (General Electric) 10:30 Dr. I. Q. Red Skelton (Colga.te-Pa.lmolive) Rudy Vallee The Name Speaks Grand Ole Opry Meet Me At Pa.rky's (Ma.rs Candy) (Ra-leigh Tobacco) (Proctor & Gamble) State OPA (Prince Albert) (Old Golds) 11:00 Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News Yankee News (Beverwyck Ale) (Beverwyck Ale) (Beverwyck Ale) (Beverwyck Ale) (Beverwyck Ale) 11:15 Harkness of Harkness of Harkness of Harkness of Harkness of News Commentary Story Behind Washington Washington W ashington Washington Washington the Headlines i - ······ ··· ····••.•······················ ·· ·············...... ·· ·· ·· ·· ...... , .. 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