Monday, Apr. 29, 1940
Noses Counted
Movie and Radio Guide, after quizzing 880,118 of its readers to find out what radio personalities made the deepest and most enduring impressions in 1939, this week published the results of its seventh annual popularity poll; elected:
> Star of Stars: Baritone Nelson Eddy (for the second consecutive year).
> Comedian: Jack Benny (replacing Edgar Bergen and his mouthpiece, Charlie McCarthy).
> Actor & actress: Don Ameche, Barbara Luddy (First Nighter star replacing Claire Trevor).
> Singers of popular songs: Bing Crosby, Kate Smith.
> News commentators: Lowell Thomas, Dorothy Thompson.
> Announcer: Don Wilson (for Jack Benny and Jell-O).
> Variety program: NBC's multi-sponsored Breakfast Club (replacing Chase & Sanborn's Bergen-McCarthy).
> Children's program: The Lone Ranger.
> Dramatic serial: One Man's Family.
> Sports commentator: Bill Stern.
> Educational program and quiz: Information Please (replacing, in the first category, CBS's American School of the Air).
> Dance orchestra: Wayne (Waltz) King (for the sixth time).
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