the show while sitting in front of his extensive record library. He also did a weekly international version of Make Believe Ballroom for Voice of America beginning in 1949. When Block heard that Voice of America would begin broadcasting a popular music program, he volunteered to host the show without pay. Other radio shows and music-related work Block was also the announcer for The Chesterfield Supper Club; some of his other announcing assignments were on Pepper Young's Family, Kay Kyser's radio show and the CBS Hit Parade. In 1945, a busy Block was doing the Supper Club announcing for the first broadcast, going to WNEW for his own Make Believe Ballroom, working on a CBS radio show called Johnnie Johnston three days a week via telephone from WNEW, then returning to Chesterfield Supper Club for the later broadcast for the West Coast. By the end of World War II, Martin Block was making $22,000 a week. He hosted a music show, Columbia Record Shop, for CBS beginning in 1946. He began a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a series of short musical films, under the umbrella title, Martin Block Presents, in 1947. Both Block and Jarvis appeared in Columbia Pictures' musical comedy feature film, Make Believe Ballroom (1949), with Frankie Laine and other recording artists; the year before, he had a cameo role in Musical Merry-Go-Round with Les Brown. Though the show continued in New York, Block was imported to Los Angeles by KFWB in 1947 to do Make Believe Ballroom on the West Coast; he returned to New York at the end of his contract. While in California, Block broadcast for Mutual Broadcasting System from a studio he owned in his Encino home. He began doing a program for the network called Block Party with bandleader Ray Block earlier in 1947. Block was also able to continue with Chesterfield Supper Club while in California as the announcer for the Tuesday and Thursday broadcasts from Hollywood with Jo Stafford after she moved there. On returning from the West Coast, Block continued as the New York announcer for the "Supper Club". He went on to do the announcing for the television version of the program when it began in December, 1948. In 1950, he celebrated his 15th anniversary on the air. Variety devoted an entire section to Block and his career, with many of those who Block helped become stars voicing their