09 Oct 1932
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1932
Page
1
Fifteen Cedar Rapids radio dealers publish a fall edition highlighting new radio sets and equipment. The issue promises last minute industry news, feature stories, and a complete continent wide radio station log. Displays run all week with public invited to inspect 1933 models.
Irene Taylor rises as newest member of the King of Jazz court in New York. She recalls singing from four years old in Cape Girardeau and Dallas, performing with Ramona, Jack Fulton, the Rhythm Boys, Peggy Healy, and others, and gaining fame for her St. Louis Blues. She is 4 feet 11 inches tall, 108 pounds, with dark hair and brown eyes.
Phil Spitalny returns to the air with a novel unit that blends seven singers with eighteen instrumentalists on the Nestley Chocolaters broadcasts. The NBC WJZ program debuts October 7 at 7 p.m. CST featuring three women and four men, including a basso profundo, using voices for coloring and selective singing against the orchestra. Nicolai Samaroff, noted bass and soloist, joins the ensemble, delivering rare passages and opening the new musical concept to listeners.
A new NBC WJZ program titled Betty and Bob will debut in Chicago during CST time slot and expand on married life themes with the couple sharing experiences and guidance for audiences.
A New York report notes extensive musical talent in families. It cites Howard Lanin and his relatives, Guy Lombardo and his brothers, the Spitalny brothers, Cab Calloway kin, Fred and Tom Waring, and others like Don Pasadena with singing relatives. The piece argues radio evidence supports heredity in musical ability.
Mystery tenor to perform folk songs in Chicago with a radio and concert following. Audience recall of Naples era Caruso inspiration noted as part of the tenor’s appeal and wide city coverage.
Wayne King and his orchestra will debut a new NBC WEAF program series on Tuesday October 11 at 7 30 pm CST. The Chicago based waltz maestro is a longtime headliner with a popular Sunday show and his fall plans include additional TV work and touring. He directs and plays sax and also sings. King is married to actress Dibotee Janis.
NBC announces its 1932 football broadcasting slate with key games from Ohio State Michigan Dartmouth Harvard Yale Army Notre Dame Navy and Army Navy. The schedule notes open dates mid season for high interest matchups and regional coverage from WEAF WJZ and related networks.
The Old Singing Master will air solo for a 15 minute slot at 9 15 p m Sundays on NBC WEAF with Emil Seidel as accompanist. The program shifts from a broader feature to a Frankel centered solo format due to audience requests.
Ray Perkins argues Congress in session on economic problems has caused a cipher shortage. He claims to have invented a cipher making machine with a household machine ancing design to remedy the situation.
New York Mrs Ely Culbertson hosts a Tuesday bridge chat on NBC WEAF at 3 30 p m CST. Each week she covers contract play with tips, stories from tournaments, and remarks from guests including Edwin Balmer on October 18.
Floyd Gibbons, famed for war tales, will host a Friday night 9 30 p m CST program on the NBC WEAF network presenting dramatic adventures of Mr and Mrs America. The Adventurers club seeks reader submissions from farm to office to air the most thrilling experiences in Gibbons dramatic style.
Billy Jones and Ernie Hare headline a fifteen minute NBC WEAF program at 6 30 p m after moving from 6 45 to 7 p m on NBC WJZ. The duo, famed for five years on radio, will rebroadcast at 11 16 p m reducing late night sleep disruption.
The National Farm and Home Hour on WHO-WOC in Iowa Monday at 11 30 a m will feature V C Childs agricultural statistician delivering a summary of the October cotton crop report. Josef Koestner and his Homesteaders provide music and Everett Mitchell presides at the microphone.
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