Radio: Doctor I. Q.

Millions of U.S. radio listeners know Doctor I. Q. as the man who every week gives away about 850 silver dollars and hundreds of Milky Way candy bars. As "the mental banker" of the Doctor I. Q. quiz program (NBC, Mon., 10:30 p.m., E.W.T.), he has become famous for his evangelical, house-afire delivery.

The Doctor works from a stage in large auditoriums. Five assistants with portable microphones scattered through the house pick out contestants for the Doctor's questions. When he is ready, he cries for so-&-so "in the left balcony!" The assistant there cries back: "I have a lady [or gentleman], Doctor!"...

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