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Show Sinus Trouble Aided Star to Radio Fame Sinus trouble is not usually a stepping stone to success, but it was in the case of radio's fabulous fabu-lous "Lonesome Gal." Jean King had been a smash hit over Dayton's WING for two years as the purveyor of a frankly frank-ly sentimental style designed to appeal to lonesome listeners. She acquired a large listening audience audi-ence with a honey-voiced approach ap-proach that goes something l:ka this: "HI, baby. This is your Lonesome Lone-some Gal who loves you better than anyone else in the whole world . . . Gee, I missed you over the weekend ..." But after two years in the east, Jean's sinuses were taking a beating beat-ing from the weather and she packed up and headed for Hollywood. Holly-wood. Although stations there were skeptical about her possibilities, possi-bilities, she "packaged" her shows by tape recording for subscribing sub-scribing sponsors and hen put it on KHJ, Los Angeles. It was then heard on four stations and grossed $185 a week. Today, it has more than 50 outlets in major cities in the U.S. aud Canada and stands to gross a cool $.50,-000 $.50,-000 to $200.000 in 19511 |