Word: programs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...California, in 1933, Martin heard a radio program called The World's Largest Make-Believe Ballroom. It was simply a daily program of phonograph records, but the announcer made a great pretense of having, say, Jan Garber playing on Stage One, Paul Whiteman waiting his turn on Stage Two, Rudy Vallee in the wings, ready to croon. The announcer carried on one-sided conversations with the great names on the record labels, took listeners in their imagination to a Make-Believe Ballroom, far from any two-by-four radio studio...
Last week Standard Brands ordered its valued Chase and Sanborn show tailored more accurately to Charlie's measure. Beginning Jan. 7, after the contracts of Songstress Lamour and Gladhander Don Ameche expire, the Chase and Sanborn program will be cut to a half-hour, mainly Charlie and guest-star stooges, leaving little or no opportunity for tuners to duck out for a drink between halves...
...Siepmann's visit. In the opinion of many scholars, including Harvard's Professor Herring, the United States are far behind Britain in radio adult education. Commercialism, of course, is the fundamental evil as far as this is concerned. Pioneers are the British Broadcasting Corporation and its distinguished director of program planning...
Siepmann graduated from Oxford University in 1921, and since then has been connected with the B. B. C. He has organized news talks and adult educational programs, supervised work of the B. B. C. regional stations, and from 1936 until he came here he has been Director of Program Planning...
...large number of Faculty members have been taking an active part in backing and formulating a program for the Conference. Serving as Faculty chairman is Carl J. Friedrich, professor of Government, and assisting him are Professors Gordon. W. Allport, Kirtley F. Mather, Arthur N. Holcombe, Rupert Emerson; and Assistant Professors. Payson S. Wild, E. Pendleton Herring and Merle Fainsod...