Fred Allen and James W. Russell 1GB aren't talking any more. Allen's agents have given Russell the brushoff and have stated that Russell "doesn't qualify for a new Ford"--the car that he wanted as reimbursement for a radio prize he might have won over WHBS.

Claiming that the station, the Business School "over-the-pipes" system, is not "a licensed radio station," Allen's agents state that Russell does not come under Allen's give-away insurance."

This insurance was devised by Allen at the beginning of the fall. It was intended to reimburse any listener for a radio prize missed while tuned to Allen and not the give-away.

Russell believes he fell under these terms on the evening of October 19 at 8:45 p.m. While listening to Allen, he was phoned by WHBS and asked to identify a song being played on that station. A correct answer would have brought him a 1948 Ford.

"I'm not sure what I'll do now," Russell explains. "I certainly would like a better reason for being refused than I got." Admitting, however, that the WHBS give-away program might be considered somewhat contrived if closely examined, Russell thought that he would probably let the comic's agents have the last words.

"Thanks for listening," they concluded.