Lone Somethings in Broadcasting: Elgin Radio Pioneer
In Chicago April 2 Times Special recounts Charles E. Erbstein, a lonely Elgin telephone man, turning to radio to cure solitude. He leased the Blackstone theater for nightly broadcasts from Kimball Hall studio starting April 5, describing early experiments, code decoding, and dreams of wireless telephony as he built up WTAS and WCEE stations.
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Chicago
Elgin Broadcasting
WTAS
WCEE
Charles E. Erbstein
Lonesome Ane
Mr. Erbstein
Blackstone Theater
Kimball Hall
Elgin
Mr. Erstein
Charlie
What Broadcasting Station Is Your Favorite and Why
Letter to the Radio Editor of The Indianapolis Times asks readers in Indianapolis and vicinity to name their favorite broadcasting station and explain why. The best letter will win ten dollars. contest closes at midnight April 20 with winners announced April 23. Subscriptions not required. mail to RADIO EDITOR Indianapolis Times Indianapolis Ind.
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Indianapolis Times
Indianapolis
Radio Elastor
Ind
Radio Pioneer Describes Early Transmitter Feat
A narrator recalls building a one tube telephone set reaching thirty miles and a 100 watt transmitter. They used a phonograph and motor to light tubes and send messages. Home numbers overflowed the local exchange as experiments led to two 200 foot towers sending music and laughter nightly.
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Canada
Villa Olivia
Radio Exports Hit 784619 In January Trade
Washington reports January exports of radio apparatus from the United States totaled 784 619 dollars, down from 1 080 168 dollars in December.
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Times
Washington
United States
Silvertown Cord Orchestra Moves to Thursday 9 to 10 PM
The Silvertown Cord Orchestra shifts its weekly broadcast to Thursday evenings from 9 to 10, dropping the prior Tuesday and alternate Thursday slots. The program features dance selections, Introducing solos, and choral numbers by The Man in the Silver Mask, aired across WEAF and co‑stations WEEI WOC WCCO WGR WFI WCAE WJAR WSAI WWJ.
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Silvertown Cord Orchestra
WEAF
WEEI
Boston
Mass
WOC
Davenport
Iowa
WCCO
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Grounding cautions for radio receivers linked to plumbing
The best ground is created by heating system if a ground wire ties to a radiator. This setup can significantly affect the receiving set. The cold water pipe is recommended for reliable ground connections.
Toledo's First Wireless Station Linked De Forest to 1907 Broadcasts
In Toledo in July 1907 Lee De Forest and Frank E. Butler established the world’s first radio sending station, broadcasting music and voice via wireless telephone from the Nicholas Building. Butler, later a radio and sporting goods manager, helped direct early experiments from the nearby Ohio Building.
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Frank E. Butler
Toledo, Ohio
Dr. Lee de Forest
Toledo
Theorld
Nicholas Building
Lee de Forest
Ohio
Butler
de Forest
St. Louis Fair
Manhattan Beach
L. I
Atlantic
Parker
New York City
Put-in-Bay
Lake Erie
Thelma
Nicholas and Ohio
Bob Swans
American Wireless Institute
Seven Class A Stations Licensed Keys
Transfers from Class OC to B noted. KTW First Presbyterian Church Seattle Was lists figures 660 454.3 750 with multiple radio related values including 218.8 and 236 100 indicating frequencies and totals.
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Radio Service Corporation of Utah
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc
Los Angeles
Cal
First Presbyterian Church
Seattle
Terminal board uses phone-tip jacks for battery hookup
Use phone-tip jacks instead of binding posts to reduce tube blowouts when connecting batteries. A terminal board with these jacks costs about 2.50 dollars. Phone tips are soldered to battery leads and inserted into the jacks during setup.
Elgin Stations to Broadcast Live Stage Shows at Blackstone
Chicago attorney Charles Erbstein owner of WTAS and WCEE leases Blackstone Theater for nightly radio and public entertainment. Stations will broadcast from stage while audience pays admission, with remote link to Elgin studios forty miles away. Kimball Hall experiments support forecast of continued Blackstone broadcasts.
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Wtas Arists
Wtas Orchestra
Blackstone
Elgin
WTAS
WCEE
Lerbstein
Kimball Hall
Erbstein
Blackstone Theater
Canada Buys Most Radio Exports from United States
The department of commerce reports Canada purchased the majority of radio parts exported by the United States in recent months with Australia in second place in these purchases.
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Canada
Unite States
Department of Commerce
Australia
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
France
Silvertowns
Orchestra
Times Anect
Washington, D. C
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WHBU
B. L. Bing
Anderson
WIBA
Capital Times
Madison
Wis
Flint Senior High
Flint
Mich
D. R. Kienzle
Philadelphia
WADC
Allen T. Simmons
Allen Theater
T. W. Tizzard, Jr
Downers Grove
Ill
Herbert Whan
Mantan
Kas
Chas. E. Erbstein
NEA
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