Golden Age of Radio

Morton Downey 11:15 Tues.-Thurs.-Sat. WINS-MBS. Morton Downey is back on the airwaves for his favorite soft drink at 11:15 P.M. three times weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, over the Mutual Network coast to coast. In a program which is entirely different from the homespun songs and poems which he used to broadcast during the daytime, Downey is now specializing in what he calls his own kind of sooth-singing: soft, sentimental ballads and tunes. With Downey on his new program are a quartet of male singers who provide soft, melodic background for Downey’s silvery voice, and an intimate orchestra of right under the skillful baton of Carmen Mastren. Born in Wallingford, Connecticut, the son of the local fire-chief, Downey is probably the Nutmeg State’s most famous good-will ambassador and most popular citizen. Nutmeggers remember him as the kid who used to sing at Elks’ benefits for nickels, accompanied by a friend who played the accordion. And they also st...

Howard Duff __struggles to appear as hard-boiled as he sounds when he plays the private detective of The Adventuresof Sam Spade , a creation of Dashiell Hammett which is heard over the Columbia Broadcasting System on Sunday evenings at eight o’clock, EST. He’s from Bremerton, Washington, and had spent six years with Seattle Repertory Theater, including Shakespeare, before he turned his talents toward radio.