Moyes's Noise

Because the Portland Oregonian radio columnist, Bill Moyes, had been taking too many off-beat pokes at local politics. the Oregonian last week spirited him out of town. Until elections were over he would "commune with the prairie dogs" and write about just plain radio.

That would scarcely be a hardship for big, hell-raising Bill Moyes. He went radio-crazy during college days at Yale, has never gotten over it. His column, hardly one of the best, is easily the brashest. Because of "family readership," his prose is closely screened for cuss words, but some original and occasionally shrewd observations on U.S. radio get through. Some screenings:

P:"What right has this lazy sonofagun [Fred] Allen got to abuse radio when he is being paid to improve it by putting on something decent?"

P:"Radio listeners should be licensed, and permits given only to those who were born morons. . . ."

P:"The real trouble with radio ... is there isn't any trouble at all. The trouble is all with the listeners. Having been sickened on the pap of the '30s, they have suddenly grown up and are demanding adult material."

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