Showman Billy Rose last week dipped an inquiring toe into the third of what he calls the Seven Lively Arts*−;radio. Despite the artful aid of filters and mixers, the Rose radio voice was flat and monotonous ("I don't think Gabriel Heatter has anything to worry about"). But Broadway's Billy was out to make a dent on radio. His brief, five-nights-a-week show (Mutual, Mon.-Fri. 8:55-9 p.m.) is a rewrite of his daily newspaper column, "Pitching Horseshoes" (TIME., July 15, 1946). Once a week, he transcribes the week's batch of five records.
In his first week...
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