Radio: Forecast

What does the Weather Man look like? Most people curse him; few visualize him. Last week, on the Du Mont Network (Mon.-Fri., 6:05 p.m.), televiewers got a good look at the Weather Man.

He turned out to be James Fidler,* a squarish, stocky young fellow with pleasantly twinkling eyes, carefully combed wavy hair and a professorial pointer in his hand. After a flourish of music and an announcer's explanation of the program, Fidler appeared on the telescreen, briskly went to work on the six maps that surrounded him.

Then the camera's eye fixed itself on...

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