Word: cbs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Winston Churchill spoke to the world, his rhetoric growled and rolled like a magnificent thunderstorm. Plain Mr. Attlee could hardly hope to equal Mr. Churchill's sound effects-but last week he was told that his delivery was not even up to snuff. The verdict came from CBS correspondent Edward R. Murrow...
There were still skeptics; they pointed out that she had a sure-fire spot-right after Bing Crosby. Now long-nosed, twangy Joan Davis is on another network, with another sponsor (CBS, Mon., 8:30-9:00 p.m., E.W.T.) and all on her own. Her first step on the new show was to change the village store to a tearoom. Like most successful female zanies, she would now like to be a little more dignified about it; Joan Davis' manhunting haunt act on Tea Room is considerably more decorous than her old show. Says she: "In my heart...
Radio networks usually operate on the worthy theory that practically nothing on the air is worth hearing twice. But last week, CBS for the fourth time in two years scheduled a tense 30-minute drama, Sorry, Wrong Number, starring Agnes Moorehead (CBS, Thurs., Sept. 6, 8-8:30 p.m., E.W.T.). CBS says it has had thousands of requests for this repeat. Repeat or no, it is radio's best half hour of thrills & chills...
...American, CBS and NBC be added to the record...
...Jack Smith has never had a sponsored show of his own, has sung for his supper on scores of sustaining programs. Last week, the biggest spenders in radio, Soap Makers Procter & Gamble, gave him one of radio's best spots: a four-times-a-week Jack Smith Show (CBS, 7:15-7:30 p.m., E.W.T...