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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
20
A long OCR style timetable lists WEAF WHN WRNY and many other stations with hourly programs. It includes talk and music lines such as Market and weather reports, orchestras, recitals, baseball scores, and a late night dance music block.
A narrator compares pebble drops in a pond to long and short radio waves describing how long waves travel farther but are harder to receive while short waves offer greater range and finer distinction yet are harder to measure. The piece notes technical limits and future broadcasting likely shifts to short waves with improved equipment.
Richard T. Howell urged all men to be sportsmen not sports on a noon Lions Club talk. He condemned fans who mock athletes and cited Miss Wills, the national tennis champion, as an example. BE. M. Beach followed with an evolution based stunt. The audience discussed a plan to park autos to help downtown merchants.
Lordship residents believed they spotted a giant sea monster near the coast but closer inspection showed the creatures were a school of porpoises known as the sea hogs. The sighting, reported August 19, drew local excitement before officials confirmed the harmless misidentification.
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