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 radios radio's fabulous fabulous fabulous lous Lonesome Gal Jean King had been a smash hit over Dayton's WING VING for two years as the purveyor of a frankly frank frank- ly sentimental style designed to appeal to lonesome listeners She acquired a large listening audience audience audience audi audi- ence with a voiced honey-voiced approach approach approach ap ap- ap- ap that goes something like this Hi baby This is your Lonesome Lonesome Lonesome Lone 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 iT the east t Jeans Jean's sinuses were taking a beating beating beating beat beat- ing from the weather and she packed up and headed for Holly Holly- wood Although stations there were skeptical about her possibilities possibilities possibilities she packaged h her c r shows by tape recording for subscribing subscribing subscribing sub sub- scribing sponsors and then hen put it iton iton iton on Los Angeles It was then heard on four stations and grossed a week Today it has more than 50 outlets in major cities in the US U.S. and Canada and stands to gross a cool to in 1951 |