Six Stations Now Providing FM Radio in Chicago Area
Six FM stations serve about 70 000 sets in the Chicago area with FM broadcasts. The piece explains FM versus AM, its higher fidelity and lack of static, and notes WEFM WGNB WGN WBBM NBC ABC and upcoming KCRG stations as examples of early FM adoption.
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Chicago
WEFM
Zenith Radio
WGNB
W59c
WGN
Windy City
WBBM
Columbia Network
ABC
NBC
WMAQ
Miami
CBS
FM radio gains ground as adapters and sets spread
Amid debates in Chicago about FM, manufacturers roll out adapters and units for AM sets while many new sets include FM. FM offers a separate band with potential for larger speakers and less commercialism, though reception is regionally limited. Stations like WGNB WGNE WBBM FM experiment with music heavy programming and live or recorded content as they build audience and sponsorship.
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Chicago
WGNB
Mutual
James C
Petrillo
AFL
WGNE
Zenith
Wbbm-Fm
Estelle Barnes
Ironic angle to high fidelity in WGNB studio scene
A fragment describes a door scene with a voice saying words about not knowing you were here. The speaker realizes he is back in the WGNB studios, hinting at a meta or ironic angle on high fidelity broadcasting.
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Jace
Remind
Daless
WGNB
Bentz Runs Michigan's Oldest Continuous Auto Garage
Hillsdale dealer Charles Bentz marks his 60th birthday and 40th year in business at the same Hillsdale site, asserting his garage is the oldest continuously operated by a single owner in Michigan.
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Hillsdale, Mich
Charles Bentz
Michigan
Bentz
Winsome Irish Orphan Seeks Cedar Rapids Citizenship
Carol Anne Holland, a 30 year old Irish war orphan, arrives in Cedar Rapids for naturalization proceedings on April 1. She will be the youngest to appear for citizenship, aided by foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Holland of Belle Plaine. Eight for opening calendar include German, Czech, Belgian and Belgian-born applicants.
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U. S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Carol Anne Holland
Carol Anne
Eldon ‘Johnson Holland
Belle Plaine
Holland
United States Army Air Forces
England
United States
Boston
Eldon Holland, Jr
Soloists Named for Shrine Band Palm Sunday Concert
Ruth Ebling Massey, vocalist, and Charles Gallagher, cornetist, will headline Shrine Band’s Palm Sunday concert at the Memorial building next Sunday at 3 p.m. Lucy Bushnell Ambroz will accompany Massey. Roy Schwab conducts with George H. Cockburn as assistant. The program includes more than 50 pieces. Rev D A Loferski gives the invocation. Admission is free.
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el Kabir Shrine
Memorial Building
Ruth Ebling Massey
Charles Gallagher
Lucy Bushnell Ambroz
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Theater of the Air
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Buehler
Super Meat Market
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Mallows
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Earth Photo
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