For 14 years Tenor Jack Smith has sung on the air almost as often, but neither as well nor as profitably, as Bing Crosby. An old radio hand at 29, Jack Smith has never had a sponsored show of his own, has sung for his supper on scores of sustaining programs. Last week, the biggest spenders in radio, Soap Makers Procter & Gamble, gave him one of radio's best spots: a four-times-a-week Jack Smith Show (CBS, 7:157:30 p.m., E.W.T.).
In putting Jack Smith* in a spot that the Sinatras, Comos and Haymeses might well covet, P & G were counting on the...
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