Word: broadcasting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...husky crooning of Bing Crosby which sends so many feminine hearts into unbelievable flip-flops will subside in the fadeout of "Two For To-Night" at the Met this evening, only to begin again tomorrow with the opening scene of "The Big Broadcast of 1936." In a story which hangs together all too precariously for the plot lover, a group of seasoned and superior troupers manage to present a satisfying evening's entertainment...
...this occurred last May. By last week the Soviet prosecutor had worked up as roaring an indictment as was ever broadcast to remind Russians that whatever else they do they must save State property. The fact that the Communist Party's own agent aboard the Soviet had endorsed the captain's decision failed to baffle the State Prosecutor. "I denounce you, Comrade Miguschenko," he cried. "You should have led a mutiny against the order to cut the tow line! You should have taken charge of the men, locked up the captain as an enemy of the proletariat...
Biggest point: "In the years 1928 to 1933 inclusive, 635 advertisers used national broadcast advertising. By 1934, 448 of these advertisers had abandoned Radio-187 remained on the air." Having thus put a finger on "broadcast mortality," as Radio's weakest spot, Yardsticks on the Air posed a series of pertinent questions...
What Does It Cost to Go on the Air? For the 79 programs the average cost was $8,052 per broadcast for time and talent. For the nine most successful programs the average cost was $13,961 per broadcast...
Most voluble defender of the holding company law last week was Representative Sam Rayburn who helped write it. In Washington he stepped to a microphone to declare in a nationwide broadcast: "If the Supreme Court should deny the power of Congress effectively to regulate the holding company, I am convinced Congress would tax the holding company out of existence...