Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons The Maine Broadcaster Local History Collections 5-1946 The Maine Broadcaster : May 1946 (Vol. 2, No. 5) Maine Broadcasting System (WCSH Portland, ME) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/mainebroadcaster T H E P• rtland Public Lll;>j~ ~!-~~ BROADCASTING MAINE BROADCASTER SYSTEM PUBLISHED AS AN AID TO BETTER RADIO LISTENING Vol. II, No. 5 Portland, Maine, May, 1946 P rice, Five Cents Waring Is Summer Sub For Fibber And Molly Air Travelers Want Popular Outfit Radio Whil~ In Flight To Fill Tuesday L\n1el'icm,s want to hea.r their fa­ Spot On June 18 vorite radio pl'ogl'ams, anc1 i.n com­ Hl'C'aking P"ecedent by vit-tue of fort, whether they're . at home 01· speeding coast to coast at 300 miles it ~ size n,nd tho expe1,se involved, an hour nboa1·d a t 1·anspo1·t plane, th<• }'red Wnriug ol'gani;,mtion mnkes uccording to a report of United Ai1· news cunontly by p1·epari11g to move Lines after studying more than two into the 'J'ucsclny evcuing half hou_1• nuJlion answers given by 19,000 to be varatecl during the sutt,mer p1·cse11t aud potential patrons to a months by Pibbei· McGee :llld Molly <1ue~tioro,ail'e. The nil-Ju,e asked the over the ,'< BC net.work nnt.l its tluee recipients of the qui;,. booklet to J,elp Mai11e stntio1,s. WariJ1g's popu.lar them, by way of their uuswers, to soloists, orchestra and fatnous (;lloo dosig11 their half-million do!Ja.r post­ Ol ub will remaiu intact for the war Mainlinor, four-engined 52- Tuesday evenillg performances, 9:30 to 10: 00. 'l'ho nilaition oi' tl10 evo­ passongei· trnnsports. Fred Waring Stuart Churchill 'J'he replies indicated how much uing progr:1111 will uot ull'ect tho radio ·1ias become a part of tho Po1tusylvuniarn1' moruiug programs, nutio11 's dnily life. More than 70 Mo11dny through Friday at 11 pei·ccnt of l'hose resp(>uding would o'dock. like to listen to the radio, but with 'l'he first T uesday ovening per• i.JJdividual scat-back spei\kers rather formauco wilJ be on June 18. Fibbe1· tlmu ono loudSJ)Coker. Fifty-five 11e1·­ au{l Molly wm leave the network cent want television and 52 pernent tho previous 'l'ue8day and will re­ movies b1 flight. Sixty-five percent turn for· tl,c fall auc1 wintc1· season would like to have long dista:11rn Oct. 1. tc:'lephoue pluggecl into cil'cuits at Wa1·i.ng stul'tcrl h is Pennsylvan• n irports. -inns in his mother's p1u·Jor in 'ry­ The a irliuo suid tho roplies provC'd ro11e1 Pa., and continued the hancl tl1e wife nnd chilclrcn, as well as as n sideline when he went to I>enn the hea<l of t he family intend to lly. State to study architectural engin­ More t han 86 percent 8Uid tbey and eering. B ut at that time the baud thcii- fnmilics woultl uso phncs for played 11urler many 11:.1ruos - o,ren pleasure :Jnd vncntion trips. The Wal'iug's Pencil Sharpeners. lo11ge1• the trip, t he more likely post­ l~l'cfel'l'ing music to engineering, war travelei-s will be to use pla11e I~red cle,·oted his full effort to mak­ Joa.n Wheatley Ruth Cottingham Jane Wilson tr:rn~port.ntion, According to the iug t ho orchestl'a a suecess. From 1·1•sponses. week-end fraternity 11:ttes, the out­ fit moved on to thea te1·s1 Broadway As a result of the example set 1nusiculs nnd tours. F rom fonr pieces, by sev eral subscribers, The Maine /Filene's Catches Feminine the Pennsyl\'alli:.lns increased to 69 Stars Re•L1ve- Bi lh"Oi.itcan-ei ltlak1ls- H. P"~sitil~ 'perforii"1ers wftl1 ii behillll-t11e-sccne~ with the nse of the coupon below org:11,izatio11 of uu,ny mol'C. Moments On WRDO for anyone now receiving the Fancy On WCSH's Nylon Time The Pennsyh•nni:rns appeared on paper to have copies sent each th!)ir first commercial rn<lio 11how in April fil'St rn:1y have Loon All ench broadcast- Mondays, Wed.nos· 'l'be true life stor•ies of the rise month to friends or relat ives as 1933. W1iri11g fotlght fo1· and ""011 to fame of A.111erica 's present stars gifts. Simply fill in the coupon, Pools' Dny to the nation at largo, days :incl Fridays, 9:15-fl:30 a.JU.­ a battle to include bis Glee Club of stage, sci·een aud udio are drama­ and mail, with 50 cents for a 1.Jn t not to l 00 eustomers of Filene 's the box is given a good wl1irl and iu all his r:idio contracts. Now el101·• tized eaeh Snturday mo1·11b1g at y ear's s ubscription. l'ortlancl store. On that. day WOSH t-he names thorongllly shuffled. Ill singing has hecomc stnndnrd in Three persons are featured on 9:4-5 over '\VRDO in the program inaugurated II new progrnm f01· tbis radio. Nylon T.ime - a "guest selector" Show Stoppers. Spo11sorcd by Chern· Name i,Onsistcnt advertisor, :rn iuq1ortant Wnl'iug's soloists ini,lnde 00l'd011 owsky 's stot·e for women in Auguijta, IJrnuch of the Boston parent storo. wl10 draws tho tickets from t he <loocl rn a1J, Juno Wilson, Walto1· this fcntul'e is p1·odnced in llolly­ 1 t· 's a prog,.um with a purp081.', revolving box; Irene, the Filene rep- Street Sch110', Stuart Churchill, Ruth woocl. As a part of '• Fileuc ·s Orig• 1·esentative; n11d Keith Gordon, an­ Cottingham, Gordon Borger, J oau uouneer. The seledor t11rns the :rim Arnecho, tlle MC, introduc\"!:I i11al Radio Nylon Plan,'' Nylon Whcntlcy1 .An.ne Pdcc, ,Timmy At­ City or town ................. 'rime make~ a, fair d istribution t.ickets over to l rene and Keith, in kins, Jo1i Sotl,jn and tho quartet, a star cacb week 11ncl allows each to rot,1tio11, and they 1·eacl the 11ame;; I.ell his or her own story of the big u:f availnble nylons to those t'US· I Couey :11111 the Bees - Jionoy being tom.,rs ~ufTiciC'r> tly iJ1 terestccl to and ticket nnmbers on the air, to Daisy Bernict'. Cburchill rei,cntly mouwnt when they "stopped the State ........................ l'Cgiijter their namos at the sto1·c. notify lho persons thereon liste<l 1·!'.'tu1·11ecl to lhr fold from scrvioe Ma-il to The Maine Broadcaster, show.'' Results indicnte th:1t mo~t of tlwil• thnt they mny purchase nylons at in the A rmerl F orces. care of WCSH, Portland 3, Maine. Hildegarde, l'1·:rnk Parker, Victor i·ognlar customorij do rcg.istel'. Reg• Wileno 's tbnt current week. The Gordon Goodman's mol,he1· wns a Borge, Tod Lewis, Joim Edwards i$trntions 11re takeu nt t he Radio guest seleetor is u Joca.l personality, ~inge1· befol'e him. Bnt because his cl108C11 for his or l1or prominence in nnd Morton Downey nil have ap• Nylon Booth h1 the store through­ fathel' wns ;uL tmgineer he had to a profession or field of endeavor. To peared on Show Stoppers, while fu­ out tl1e week. Eacl1 Fil011e cnstomel' lind out wl,icl1 t.ype uf ciu·c1n· suited Original Dr. I. Q. may 1·egister eacli week. At woelc• da'te the _progr:H11 lias featnred Mrs. him bettel', and took a double edu• ture plans call for a host of famous cud, t he tiekct stubs a re tak cu to Helen C. Frost;, chairman of t he cation at University of Utah- en­ persomtlities to be presented in the Returning To Air WCSH and placed in t he big gildoil Portlnnd City Council ; Capt. Harold gineering nnd voice. Music won out. e11r1·c11t sel'ics. A supporting cast Low Valentine, the original "Dr. revolvi ng box, wJ1icll gives t he IJrO· K . M:aguite of tlio P olice Depart­ lane , Vilson-1:ll'k-vo-icecl soprnuo, a nd orchestra a.dd to Chernowsky 's I. Q.'' l1card on the NBC show of grant its 11uole11s of names for t he ment; H. D 1111ca11 Oliphant, edi tor of wus n 1,cwspaper girl w riting the so­ following week 1s clraw'ings. Before tho Press llcrald, an d others. ciet.1 pngo 011 her home town vnper Show Stoppc1· program 011 WRDO. the snme n ame eacl1 Monday ll-ight over the thr e<l stations of t he Maine ill Ma nsfield, 0. while s·bc yeamed for a ~i nging caree1·. She inter· Broadcasting System at 10:301 is ij(lhcduled to join his prcse11t conn­ dewed b1.·ed Wariug bnckstngc in a Olevf\la111l thP~ter - thon inveigled Highlights Of FDR's tc~pa·rt, J immy Mc0laiu1 on tl1e hiui iuto hc1ui11g hCI' sing, aud ltr program of Monclay1 M ay 27, orig­ Speeches In Album inating from I ndianapolis. hil'ed bar. Valo1ttine hacl enncted the DI'. J·oan Wheatley, singer of ballads A po1·m:ment l'ocord of excerpts I. Q. role for several years before or, th<' Waring show, is u Phi Bct:.1 Rup1m from Columbin University from the 111 te President .l!'i-anklin D. entering the Army in wbieb he served JO montl1s in the Aleutian who il1tendcd to do missionary work Roo~evelt's radio uddre8ses bus beeu lslnncls.