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...Radiomen are worried by a recent NBC poll of homes that have both television and radio. Eight times as many people were tuned to a Theatre Guild telecast as were listening to radio's popular Fred Allen. Though some experts are already counting radio out, most think it will survive, if only as an auxiliary arm of television. Best guess: radio will be absorbed into the teleset. And there will still be programs for the 9,300,000 automobile radios, for housewives who are too busy to look, and for the blind...
Last Monday and Tuesday the local radiomen warmed up with prolonged outbursts of jazz...
Since FCC is not in the business of selling or publicizing radio sets, Chairman Coy did not go into any details. But radiomen predicted that the "tranceivers" (transmitters-plus-receivers) will have a range of one to two miles in cities, five to ten miles in open country. They will be tunable (with a screwdriver) to several frequencies, which will reduce interference somewhat. If many are sold (and the industry has great hopes), it will be a great day for the peeping Toms of radio...
Next month's Italian election will get what radiomen call an "unprecedented coverage" by U.S. radio. In Manhattan last week, Edward Roscoe Murrow, 39, famed wartime chief of CBS's European Bureau, was packing his bags for the trip. He could have included three bright new prizes*: 1) his first Alfred I. du Pont Award (for "aggressive, independent and meritorious" newsgathering); 2) his second Overseas Press Club Award (for the "best interpretation of foreign affairs by radio"); 3) his third National Headliners' Club medal (for his coverage of the British royal wedding...
...Radiomen regard Grauer as one of the glibbest ad-libbers on the air. But like all announcers, he has had his share of slips. His favorite printable one was a spoonerism. After guiding the late Carrie Chapman Catt through a difficult broadcast, Grauer turned to her in relief and said, all too clearly, "Thank you, Mrs. Catt, we are deepful grately...