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i Around fho Theatrical World Disc Jockeys Don't Deserve All the Blame rttu By GEORGE E. PITTS A DISC JOCKEY friend of mine, fed up with the gripes he (U concerning the record pisys on the air stated that no ONE person could possibly bear tb respenai bility of playing the music on radio today and Dot go nid. I agree! While my friend ian't quite ready for the laughing academy, he's well on his way. He made an excellent point 10 support nis contention. At best, or wont, he explained, the disc jockey is only a paid liaison between the station and you who turn the radio dials.

Since the desire of every radio station is to make money, the station must offer a sponsor the highest number of listeners that could buy an stiver, tiaed product. Since the real margin of profit comes from using records (usually free) Instead of live musicians, the actual choice cf music is based on the habits of the record audience. Radio Listeners make their wishes known by buying certain records, and by the selections they choose on the Juke boxes. The atafinn tka i. box operator make reports to the trade pairs which make the disc jockey while all this is goto on? He Is listening to and spinning records, or listening to the pitch of a record promotion man.

or he is trying to convince another PoMor that the music he plays is what the public hv to believe It. all he has to do ell it. Those of you who want better music will not hear what you want on radio untd there is a good commercial reason. I believe it is up to the public to encourage the good records shows and the rest would fall by the wayside. You can do this only by writing to your radio stations and letting them know jour preference.

(You buy the sponsor's Wn.lr;., yU I "frn thin? bSTk! When was the last time you wrote to a radio station? ALTO ED CKOH'V. h. a lwo Jctur al with lh Irian iv, will la mark It nnl project. They Nlfkt They Hailed surruig Lroa Hotm, a oom as Mia Horse earn, plete her engagement In the Brosdwsy musical. Jamaica.

rearnt plan ae ta film th plctare, a jam a lory, la New Vork fwl Bailey koram member of AHCAP by writing her HrM song, Utlrd Tm Ctonn Knep On Dota TU I Cant Ker Oa Dotn' It Mors." BILLY OLD BLACK MAGIC) Belafonte, Robeson Set In London LONDON ANP Th popul. tlon of London is holding its breath until Aug. 10, when two the world's most celebrated Negro singers wUI start season hare. The flrat and by far ths most legendary Is Paul Robe Son who arrived her 10 days sgo after an absence of eight years. Psul has always been a favorite ot the British people and he sasured of a sell out for his flrtt concert at Albert HalL That will be th first of a series which will take him all th way across th country, becauae as he says, wants to be heird by ss many peopl as possible.

The second. If In slightly different vol 1 Larry Belalont who will be doing a week at th Stat Cinema In London. Belafonte 'he paat few yesrs hat had great success with hi recordings of folk songs, ss result ot whk his apprarar.r here la eagerly swatted by young and old alike. It will be Impoaalbl. however, for sll the people who want to se and hear him.

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