"One Thing and Another" was a round-up of radio news written by Sidney Lohman. His lead item was about the report by a special committee appointed by the Cooperative Analysis of Broadcasting, Inc. recommending the creation of a new ratings service to replace the Crossley ratings then in use. The Cooperative Analysis of Broadcasting was an association mostly of advertisers and agencies. Crossley ratings were determined by phone calls to homes asking people what shows they had listened to the previous night and was thought to be highly inaccurate.
The Major League Baseball season opened on Tuesday. The complete schedule of all three New York teams would be broadcast. Red Barber and Connie Desmond called the plays for the Brooklyn Dodgers on WHN. The Yankees were on WINS with Mel Allen and Russ Hodges. WMCA carried the Giants with Jack Brickhouse and Steve Ellis.
Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians were the summer replacement for "Fibber McGee and Molly" beginning June 18 (9:30 PM Tuesdays, NBC) for 15 weeks. Waring and his band and choral group had been around since the 1920s. The Waring blendor was named after him. "Fibber McGee and Molly" was a long-running radio comedy series, one of the all time classics of the medium.
"It Pays to Be Ignorant" with comedians Tom Howard, George Shelton, LuLu McConnell and Harry McNaughton was returning Friday at 9-9:30 on CBS, replacing "Holiday and Co." which had replaced it on Feb. 1. The show was a spoof of the quiz panel shows that were popular on radio at the time. Host Howard would ask the panelists easy questions which they would get outrageously wrong, offering ridiculous explanations for their answers.
"Superman" was incorporating lessons on racial intolerance, truancy and other problems beginning this week. The show aired daily at 5:15 on WOR and the Mutual Network. This was said to be an experiment of interest to educators and religious leaders. The show was one of the most popular children's programs of the time. Bud Collyer (who hosted "Beat the Clock" and "To Tell the Truth" on TV in the fifties) was the voice of Superman. A lot of the characters and mythology associated with the superhero were a product of the radio show. Batman and Robin also appeared as characters on the series.
Five young musicians chosen in auditions for the Philharmonic-Symphony Society's Young People's Concerts contests were appearing as soloists with Leon Barzin and the WQXR Orchestra on Wednesdays and Fridays beginning this week. The winner would be announced on May 3. The finalists included pianist Harriet Shirvan and violinist Joyce Flissler who went on to make names for themselves in the classical music world.