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The Carnation Contented Hour
The Carnation Contented Hour was a long-running radio music series, sponsored by the Carnation Milk Company, which premiered April 26, 1931 on the regional NBC West Coast network. The full network series began January 4, 1932, on the Blue Network and was broadcast for two decades until its final broadcast on CBS December 30, 1951.
When the program began on the NBC Pacific Coast Network, it originated from Seattle and featured a quartet and an aorchestra. It moved to Chicago when national distribution began on January 4, 1932.
With its opening theme, "Contented," the musical variety show featured Josef Pasternack conducting until he died of a heart attack during a rehearsal. Leroy Shield and other conductors played four-week tryouts until the network settled on Percy Faith and his orchestra.
Performers varied but usually included Buddy Clark, vocalist; Reinhold Schmidt, bass; and Josephine Antoine, soprano. The announcer was Vincent Pelletier. The program's producers were Harry K. Gilman and C. H. Cottington.
Until October 24, 1932, the program featured Gene Arnold and Herman Larson, broadcast over NBC Blue on Mondays at 8 p.m. Clark joined the cast on October 31, 1932.[citation needed]
During World War II, the Armed Forces Radio Service obtained rights to rebroadcast the program to military personnel. Recordings were made on 16" electrical transcription discs for playback at 331⁄3 rpm over AFRS. Commercial messages were edited out, and the program was re-titled The Melody Hour.[citation needed]
On January 7, 1946, the program began originating from New York after having been based in Chicago for 14 years. The change in location was accompanied by a change in format as weekly guest performers replaced regularly scheduled singers. Faith remained with the program as conductor, composer, and arranger. Faith left the program as of January 1, 1948, because it was moved to Hollywood.
Ted Dale succeeded Faith as musical director in January 1948. Dale brought a dramatic and theatrical quality to the program with energetic, colorful arrangements.[citation needed] On March 26, 1950, Dick Haymes became the program's host, and Jo Stafford became its "featured feminine singier". The program had been using guest stars since the death of Clark. Tony Martin became the star of the program in October 1950.
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The Carnation Contented Hour
The Carnation Contented Hour was a long-running radio music series, sponsored by the Carnation Milk Company, which premiered April 26, 1931 on the regional NBC West Coast network. The full network series began January 4, 1932, on the Blue Network and was broadcast for two decades until its final broadcast on CBS December 30, 1951.
When the program began on the NBC Pacific Coast Network, it originated from Seattle and featured a quartet and an aorchestra. It moved to Chicago when national distribution began on January 4, 1932.
With its opening theme, "Contented," the musical variety show featured Josef Pasternack conducting until he died of a heart attack during a rehearsal. Leroy Shield and other conductors played four-week tryouts until the network settled on Percy Faith and his orchestra.
Performers varied but usually included Buddy Clark, vocalist; Reinhold Schmidt, bass; and Josephine Antoine, soprano. The announcer was Vincent Pelletier. The program's producers were Harry K. Gilman and C. H. Cottington.
Until October 24, 1932, the program featured Gene Arnold and Herman Larson, broadcast over NBC Blue on Mondays at 8 p.m. Clark joined the cast on October 31, 1932.[citation needed]
During World War II, the Armed Forces Radio Service obtained rights to rebroadcast the program to military personnel. Recordings were made on 16" electrical transcription discs for playback at 331⁄3 rpm over AFRS. Commercial messages were edited out, and the program was re-titled The Melody Hour.[citation needed]
On January 7, 1946, the program began originating from New York after having been based in Chicago for 14 years. The change in location was accompanied by a change in format as weekly guest performers replaced regularly scheduled singers. Faith remained with the program as conductor, composer, and arranger. Faith left the program as of January 1, 1948, because it was moved to Hollywood.
Ted Dale succeeded Faith as musical director in January 1948. Dale brought a dramatic and theatrical quality to the program with energetic, colorful arrangements.[citation needed] On March 26, 1950, Dick Haymes became the program's host, and Jo Stafford became its "featured feminine singier". The program had been using guest stars since the death of Clark. Tony Martin became the star of the program in October 1950.