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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1931
Page
8
A dense listing of programs for WLW and related stations detailing shows, hosts, orchestras, and events from afternoon into midnight. Notable items include Lowell Thomas, Amos ’n’ Andy, Bing Crosby, Isham Jones Orchestra, Guy Lombardo, and multiple weather and livestock reports, with interleaved entertainment blocks and announcements.
Program line up includes Rex Cole Mountaineers Stebbins Boys Lumber Jacks Howard Lanin Alice Joy The Goldbergs Dramatic Sketch Harold Firestone Jesse Crawford Cab Calloway Earl Hines Tweet Hogan Isham Jones Gruen Time Announcement with orchestras and guest speakers through late night.
The program lists a full night of music and entertainment from 6:09 to 12:15 with acts including American Taxpayers League Pro ram, Peter Van Steeden Orchestra, Lowell Thomas, Ameos n Andy, vocal and instrumental ensembles, Death Valley Days, and Mildred Bailey with the Jesters. The lineup features orchestras, piano duos, a dance orchestra, organ recital, and a rural sketch titled Grandma Overbrook's Guiting Party.
Schedule note lists 6:31 International Fiddlers, 6:53 Wee Ees Exercises, 7:15 Talent Bureau Program, 7: ahr Ore Program by Arthur Chand, 7:45 Jolly But & Jane, 8:01 Morning Devotions.
A dense list of on air times and performers including Arthur Jarrett Bing Crosby Morton Downey Abe Lyman Kate Smith Walter Winchell Ben Bernie and numerous orchestras. The program features musicals speeches and a dramatization with the Columbo Symphony Orchestra and Richard Whitney of the NYSE.
The program outlines a full night of music and drama events including Mountaineers and Stebbins Boys at 6:30 and 6:45, a hymn sing, Southern Dairies, Alice Joy contralto, The Goldbergs and others, late night orchestras, a dramatic piece Captured by Bedouins, Marion Harris, Jesse Crawford, Jack Denny, Ralph Kirbery, Vallee and Larry Funk Orchestra, concluding with Paul Van Loan's Orchestra and more.
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