zie and Hayyrsrsiet (CBS); Kate Program Tests Started (CBS); Smith Bing Crosby Selected Captain DRAMA-RadioaTh Theater (CBS); Thea- at. WICY Malone, N. Y. ter Guild (ABC); Cavalcade of America (NBC); Mr. District Attorney (NBC); WILY Malone, N. Y., began pro- Mayor of the Town (CBS); Suspense (CBS); Screen Guild (CBS); One Man's gram tests Nov. 4. Owned by North Of Cleveland's Radio Eleven' Fam only serial with large Country Broadcasting Co., WICY folm wing. poll COMEDIENNES -Joan Davis (CBS); is 250 w AM station operating in- BING CROSBY again has been Other results were an- Gracie Allen nounced follows: (NBC); Molly McGee dependently on 1490 kc with full - named captain of the Cleveland as (NBC); Judy Canova (NBC); Fanny Plain Radio FIRST 15 PROGRAMS -Fibber McGee - Brice (CBS); Vera Vague (NBC); Eve time license. Studios and trans- Dealer's All- America Molly (NBC); Fred Waring (NBC.); Rad- Arden (NBC). mitter are in a re- converted Eleven in the newspaper's 1946 -47 io fleeter (CBS); Metropolitan Opera SYMPHONIC-NBC Symphony (NBC); home (ABC); Information Please (CBS); Bing New York Philharmonic (CBS); Cleve- on the outskirts of Malone. Readers' Radio Poll. The crooner Crosby (ABC); Theater Guild (CBS); land Orchestra (MBS); Boston Sym- polled a three -to -one vote over his New York Philharmonic (CBS); One phony (ABC). Mitchell C. Tackley, formerly a Man's Family (NBC); Fred Allen (NBC); MIDDLE MUSIC -Phil Spitalr{y Elec- major in the Army assigned to nearest rival, Bob Hope. Bob Hope (NBC); Firestone Hour (NBC); tric Hour (CBS); Telephone Hour The poll was conducted in Cleve- America's Town Meeting (ABC); NBC (NBC); Firestone Hour (NBC); Family War Department Bureau of Pub- Symphony (NBC); Telephone Hour Hour (CBS); Fred Waring (NBC); lic Relations, and later in the State land and 91 other cities and towns (NBC). American Album of Familiar Music NEWS Lowell Thomas (NBC) domi- (NBC); Harvest of Stars with James Department, is WICY production in Ohio, New York and Pennsyl- nated field.- Melton (NBC). manager. Ralph M. Cardinal, of vania, under direction of Robert S. NEWS (commentators) - Fulton Lewis DANCE BANDS Guy Lombardo (MBS); (ABC); (MBS) dominated field,- Sammy Kaye Malone, business man and ex- Stephan, radio editor. Winch ell (ABC); Gabriel eattr (MBS); (ABC); Fred Waring (NBC); Harry Army officer, Hope, mem- Richard Harkness (NBC); Bauleage James (MBS); Vaughn Monroe (CBS); is commercial man- Besides Crosby and (ABC); (NBC). Xavier Cugat (MBS). ager, and Daniel W. Casey, for- bers of the All- America Radio COMEDIANS-Bob Hope Fred MALE SINGERS (classical) -James merly a in radio Eleven Allen Allen (NBC); Red Skelton (NBC); Fib- Melton (NBC); Christopher Lynch captain the branch are; Fred (NBC); ber McGee (NBC); Jack Benny (NBC); (NBC); John Charles Thomas and Nel- of the War Department's public Arthur Godfrey (CBS) ; Edgar Henry Morgan (ABC); Charlie (Bergen) son Eddy drew many votes but are not McCarthy (NBC); Great (Hal Peary) on air this season. relations division, program direc- Bergen (NBC) ; Fred Waring Gildersleeve (NBC); Jimmy Durante MALE SINGERS (popular)-Bing Cros- tor. Most other staff members are (NBC) ; Kate Smith (CBS) ; Don (CBS). by ) VARIETY-Fred Allen (NBC); Fibber (NBC) dFrank Sinatra veterans. Charles Walker, formerly McNeill (ABC) ; Red Skelton McGee -Molly (NBC); Charlie McCarthy (CBS); Dennis Day (NBC); Dick Haymes of WMSA Massena, N. Y., is chief (NBC) ; Fibber McGee (NBC) ; (NBC); Jack Benny (NBC); Bob Hope (CBS). (NBC); Bing Crosby (ABC); War- FEMALE SINGERS (classical) -Lily engineer. Art Linkletter (NBC). ing (ABC) Oz- Pons (no regular program); Patrice Munsel (CBS); Eleanor Steber (NBC). FEMALE SINGERS (popular) -Dinah Shore (CBS); Kate Smith (CBS); Ginny Sims (CBS); Jo Stafford (NBC). QUIZ SHOWS - Information Please (CBS); Dr. I. Q. (NBC); Phil Baker (CBS); Quiz Kids (NBC); Truth or Consequences (NBC). EDUCATIONAL American Town Meeting (ABC); U.- of Chicago Round Table (NBC); Information Please (CBS); Exploring the Unknown (MSS); Caval- cade of America (NBC); Cleveland City Club Forum (WGAR, local).

NAB GROUP TO STUDY PROMOTION PROGRAM EIGHT -POINT industrywide pro- motion program will be taken up Another today (Nov. 25) by the new NAB Sales Managers Subcommittee on Sales Promotion, meeting at 10 CHARLES a. m. in the BMB Board Room, New York. Chairman of the subcommit- MICHELSON tee is John M. Outler Jr., WSB At- lanta, with Hugh M. P. Higgins, NAB assistant director of Broad- STAR SHOW cast Advertising, as secretary. Proposals to come before the sub- committee include: Increasing the sale of extra home radio sets; preparation and distribution of pre- 1:30 Quarter -hour lusieni Program's pared speeches for membership use; means to increase station tune -in; pre- tested ideas for sta- ... each bubbling over with captivating, all -time favorite hit tion promotion; industrywide pro- motion projects for all stations, with top ranking network artists, tunes ... each star -studded n e t w o r k s and representatives; greater radio emphasis by national featuring Phil Brito, romantic tenor advertisers; cooperation of stations in communities; recording and pub- licizing individual station perform- with SAMMY LINER, pianist extraordinary the Kostel- of ance in public interest. anetz Orchestra, DOC WHIPPLE, master of the organ, Members of the new subcommit- tee, appointed a few days ago, be- ALLYN EDWARDS, emcee... names that spell bigtime radio sides Chairman Outler are: Joseph Creamer, WOR New York; Louis for success- entertainment everyone...now being broadcast Hausman, CBS New York; John fully for advertisers over 53 stations throughout the country. Carl Jeffrey, WKMO Kokomo, Ind.; Eugene Katz, Katz Agency, New York; Edward P. J. Shurick, Pioneer Program Producers Since 1934 KMBC Kansas City. WIRE PHONE WRITE Safety Discussions SERIES of roundtable safety discus- sions have been started by WHBC Can- ton, Ohio, with junior school police and deputy sheriffs appearing on pro- CHARLES MICHELSON INC. gram. Schools have set up merit sys- tem with a 67 WEST STREET. YORK 18 HILL 2 guest appearance on pro- 44th STREET, NEW PHONE- MURRAY HILL 2--]3]6 3376 -5168 gram as an award. Show Is heard Sat. 12:15 p.m. Participants are presented certificates of merit and are guests of WBBC at luncheon following broadcast. Page 50 November 25. 1046 BROADCASTING Telecasting