When residents of New York turned their clocks back an hour before going to bed last night. they marked both the end of daylight saving time for this year and the change of network programs to a period one hour later from WBT.
Such favorites of the radio audience as the Funnyboners, the various dance orchestras, the March of Time, Jay C. Flippen-cies, Arabesque are among the outstanding network presentations to be heard at the later hour. A rearrangement of several of the preferred studio features from WBT is necessitated by the change, with Dark Knights, recently introduced but highly popular negro character skit, moving to the 10:45 P. M. period on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays instead of the earlier hour used formerly.
A new one-hour program will be inaugurated from the WBT studios starting Monday to be broadcast daily except Sunday, at 7:30 A. M. Musical selections, humor, poetry and philosophy will be intermingled to provide wide variety and diversified interest.
Starting today, the broadcasting schedule will be lengthened to provide eighteen hour service on week days or from 7 A. M. to 1 A. M. and sixteen hour service on Sundays when the Charlotte station will sign on at 9 A. M.
With the Columbia Broadcasting system's star sports announcer, Ted Husing, at the microphone on the fields of action, the play by play account of the world's series baseball games will be broadcast to fans in the Carolinas and sections of adjoining states from Station WBT, according to Earle J. Gluck, general manager of the station. It is believed that Husing will be relieved occasionally by Pat Flanagan, veteran Chicago sports announcer.
Other Interesting Programs
Programs to be broadcast during the current week which are expected to prove of unusual merit to the listening audience include a newly arranged series by Bob Mitchell and Bill Elliott, popular recording and radio team, in the form of salutes to various nations. The first of the series will be heard Sunday (today) at 5 P. M. when they will pay tribute to Spain, with such musical selections as "In a Little Spanish Town," "La Rosita," "Romona" and "Lady of Spain."
Another series of organ solos by Carl Hinnant, playing all request numbers has been listed for the half hour periods starting at 10 o'clock in the morning on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while on the same days at 7:45 P. M., Irwin Setzer will give word pictures of coming events in the broadcasting world — news and features of general interest about artists and programs to be heard in the immediate future over Station WBT. Decidedly informal in nature, Mr. Setzer's chats will also provide answers to questions about programs and entertainers presented by listeners.