Radio park recitals set to start with WGM program
Atlanta readers will hear Sunday organ recitals from the city auditorium broadcast to recreation centers beginning June 10. City Organist Sheldon and performers Nora Allen and Thomas Dendy headline, with new park speakers and WGM’s three weekly programs expanding radio entertainment for visitors to Atlanta parks this summer.
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Atlanta Constitution
Charles A. Sheldon, Jr
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Piedmont
Grant Parke
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Noral Allen
Thomas Dendy
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Nora Allen
the Parks
Chicago Opera Company
Benanimio Gill
Metropolitan Grand Opera
Miss
Stay on 429 at Your Station
A dated letter from May 29, 1923, from R P Boyd of Jonesville Louisiana to WGM praises the station’s reception and asks to keep broadcasting on frequency 429 after noting the arrival of the Old Reliable on 420.
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Ages Scheduled at WGN Monday Aces to Lead Dance Hour
Warner's Seven Aces, famed Constitution orchestra, are set as the feature at Station WGM Monday night from 6 to 7. The group appears on four programs this week, with Macoun the singer, and pianist Ma coun to perform. The broadcasts highlight Broadway hits now on radio in the South, with Sophie Brosian and Cantor Rosenblaut also drawing praise.
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Seven Aces
Famous Constitution Orchestra
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Writley
Keith
Lyric Theater
Atlanta
Aces
The
South
Four Aces
Macoun
A. F. Macoun
Rosenblaut
New York
Sophie Brosian
Eili
Features Offered On Early Program At WGM
Station WGM presented a Saturday afternoon broadcast sponsored by Mrs. Warm Nei featuring dramatic soprano performances and new stars. Performers included Mrs. Myrtle Sims Nesbit Miss Sarah Thompson Miss Sara Neri and Theron Adams with Nesbit on piano providing accompaniment for Neri and also performing piano duets with Thompson and Adams. Nesbit noted for teaching piano and for refined technique and musicianship. The solos and duets by Thompson and Adams were rendered creditably.
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Warm Nei
Myrtle Sims Nesbit
Sarah Thompson
Sara Neri
Theron Adams
Mr. Adams
Misa Thompson
Helton Brothers Sponsor Program Delights WGM Listeners
Listeners tuning the 9 30 to 10 45 broadcast on Old Reliable heard a varied program sponsored by Earl A and Wendall J Helton featuring Mrs W B Griffiths piano W B Griffiths mandolin and banjo Leon Johns bella and xylophone and George Shaker on bass horn The ensemble offered orchestrations piano saxophone mandolin and melophone solos duets and trios drawing praise from many Atlanta listeners.
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Wendall J. Helton
W. B. Griffiths
Leon
Atlanta
Helton Brothers
Marl Helton
Wen- Call
Musical Broadcast Highlights At Local Station
Mrs Neri impressed listeners with vocal solos including Can't You Hear Me Call in Caroline Mother in Ireland and Ta Boheme while Sara Neri offered piano pieces with notable promise. The program blended music with market reports weather and news flashes describing a balanced Saturday lineup appreciated by audiences.
Public Invited to Sunday Afternoon Organ Recital by Charles Sheldon
Atlanta city organist Charles A. Sheldon Jr offers a Sunday 3:30 to 4:30 program in City Auditorium. Works include Allegro Guibilante Deep River Will o the Wisp In Summer The Rosary Caprice de Concert Reverie Oh the Lilting Springtime Twilight. No admission charged and WGM will broadcast.
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America
Nevin
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Atlanta Constitution
Oglethorpe University
Sheldon
Hemisphere
Guy
Mrs Megahee Promotes Monday Night Radio Program
Atlanta matron Mrs Megahee returns to station WGM Monday 9 30 to 10 45 sponsoring a vocal and instrumental program featuring lyric soprano Mrs Fred Boring pianist Miss Jeanne Wynne pianist Miss Mary Dennie soprano Miss Augusta Dearborn and saxophonist Louis Enloe. The lineup showcases WGM history making performers and reflects Megahee’s long commitment to the station with praised talent and engaging radio presence.
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Marcelle Stanton Megahee
Atlanta
WGM
Fred Boring
Jeanne Wynne
Mary Dennie
Augusta Dearborn
Louis Enloe
Waves
Megghee
The
Constitution
Megahee
Margaret Hecht
Many Kiwanians Enlist In Ananias Club Ranks
A long winded report on Kiwanis members joining Station WGM's Ananias club and the May and June recruitment push. Notables like Hilison Van Hoose and Frank W. Swann are named among early credentials. Visitors from Kiwanis clubs expressed enthusiasm for the radio programs and the Ananias meetings. A report from Spencer Roach notes 100 stations selected for air work in the coming weeks.
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Houston Glee Club
Hilison van Hoose
America
Houston
Frank W. Swann
St. Louis
W. J. Cartington
Atlanta
Frank A. Walsh
Burlington
Iowa
WGM
Spencer Roach
Walter W. Roach
New Songs To Be Heard On WGM This Week
Listeners who enjoyed the last months of WGM broadcasts can look forward to Broadway hits next week. The feature is aided by New York publishers and airs popular numbers the week after theater debuts. This week’s list includes We Give It All for You Lady of the Lake In a Caravan Dose Baby Ts Do Old King Tut.
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New York
Read Is Selected Head Radio Club Officers Elected
In the Atlanta Radio club biennial election last Friday night Henry L. Reid was chosen president to succeed Walter E. Dobbins Jr. Dobbins becomes vice president while B. Baylis of station 4HS is secretary and Tick Simmons of station 4DF is treasurer. The new officers are prominent in amateur radio circles and will lead the pioneer southern wireless operators group.
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Henry L. Reid
Walter E. Dobbins
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Capital Hiectrie Company
B. Baylis
4HS
Tick Simmons
4DF
Radio Club
Pioneer Southern Organization
Wisconsin star at WGM Tuesday program
Mra Frederic B Gardner of Beloit Wis prominent club woman and pianist to be heard on station WGM from 9 30 to 10 45 Tuesday night She chairs music for Women s Federated Clubs and Artist s Bureau of Federated Music Clubs of Wisconsin She will attend junior music clubs meeting in Atlanta June 3 10 and recently sponsored a KYW Chicago program Gaining radio celebrity status she headlines the broadcast Native Hawaiians facing extinction are noted with a grim life expectancy of around 40 years.
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Miss Wynne
Miss Dennie
WGM
Washington Seminary
Miss Dearborn
Birmingham
Atlanta
Megahee
Louis Enloe
Georgia ‘Lech
Louis
Frederic B. Gardner
Beloit
Wis
West
Ms. Gardner
Federated ‘Clubs
Federated Music Clubs of
Wisconsin
South Atlantic
Bowling Smith Entertains Fans on Broadcast Night
The Bowling Smith orchestra, a leading southern dance band, entertained Atlanta listeners on a 6 to 7 pm broadcast Saturday. The group took many fan requests after initial numbers, with Bill Smith and trombonist L. B. Gresham notable for solos. The ensemble, recently in Newnan and Austell, continues to draw strong audience demand and positive reviews in local press.
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Atlanta
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Ayncopators
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Gresham
Newnan
Austell
Yio
Bowlingaith Boys
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Orchestra Dom
Veterans Thank Old Reliable For Broadcasts
A group of patients from U S Hospital No 48 writes to Station WGM of The Atlanta Constitution praising an extra concert. They express gratitude and request a meeting with Constitution stars to thank them in person. Autie Mynatt J G Walker Jack T James Huff and others sign.
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Constitution Radio Coni
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Hospital No. 48
Autie Mynatt
J. G., Walker
Jack T. James
Huff
Array of Stars Tonight on WGM Old Reliable
An all star radio showcase on WGM from 9:30 to 10:45 features Signor Volpi guiding Irene Free Misas Grace Lackaye Frank W. Day Donald H. King and Volpi as accompanist. The program highlights vocal artistry pianistic skill and prominent performers in a grand station effort to elevate southern broadcasts.
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Emilio Volpi
Irene Free
Misas Grace Lackaye
Frank W. Day
Donald H. King
Signer Volpi
America
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South
Signor Volpi
WGM
Ark Fof
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Ln Augusta
Miss Lackaye
Cable Hall
Tarantella
J.eschetiakiy
Mayer Piano School
Atlanta
Mr. Day
Song Towers
Mr. King
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