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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1929
Page
19
Indianapolis radio interference is blamed on power line defects and sloppy wiring by the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. Worn insulation, bare wires, and leaks cause interference and fire risk, with estimated losses.
The Black and Gold orchestra begins a 5 PM NBC radio broadcast with Fishing the Air An Evening in a Garden a composite musical picture by international composers. Henry and George guide listeners from Broadway to the wild west in a 7 PM Station WFBM Columbia system broadcast. Viola Philo soprano headlines the 7:30 PM NBC airing Rox y and His Gang. The Piano Twins Lester Place and Robert Pascocello perform a Sunnyside Up medley at 6:30 PM on NBC radio.
The listing previews NBC programs Monday night across WEAF WJZ and WRVA. Highlights include The Burgomaster opera, Voice of Firestone, A and P Gypsies, Coco Couriers, Real Folks, An Evening in Paris, Empire Builders, Freddy Rich and orchestra, and Dancemusic themes with Ted Fiorito.
The third radio bridge match from WFBM Tuesday at 5 p m features South Mrs Clyde A Bissetti Kansas City paired with Charles H Yarnell Jr North Philadelphia facing West Mrs Warren L Geffcken Fla and East R R Richards Detroit under Milton Work supervision. Also notes advance hands and a Times exclusive follow up. Emil Loubet Recovers in France after a three week uremia illness. doctors announce the former president is fully recovered.
Dr. MacDonald a British citizen was shot to death and his companion John Scott a Canadian wounded when their car near Puerto Pinasco was attacked. The couple rode in a car owned by the International Products Company of which Scott is manager. The killers fled and Scott could not identify them.
A dense schedule lists WFBM Indianapolis and multiple NBC CBS and Columbia Network programs across the day. It names numerous orchestras and acts, stations in Chicago Detroit Philadelphia and Toronto, with times from 5 PM to 1 AM and a long mesh of network lineups.
WLW Cincinnati program lineup lists Tea Time trio 4:00 PM and Livestock reports at 4:30 PM. Musical numbers at 4:40 and 5:00 feature Henry Thies orchestra from Hotel Linton and Cincinnati Club orchestra. Ipana Troubadors NBC air at 7:30 PM. Weather at 5:59 PM.
A fragmented radio timetable lists morning and afternoon CBS programs from 10:00 Aunt Sammy hour through 2:30 For your information. Entries include Silent Noon with Columbia farm community network and Pattern in Prints. Arthur Bernault and Aunt Sammy are referenced with a Columbia Noon Day Club.
A detailed daily timetable from WKBF radio in Indianapolis lists morning devotion by Rev. E H Daily and varied shows from 7:00 to 1:30 including Early Birds Club Crescent Paper Freedie frolic music shop revue Women’s Club Hoosier Coffee Cup Dr Langner on child behavior Standard Nut cooking chat Proper diet Talks about human being stock markets Indianapolis from the air Sue Carolyn's piano specialties and Walter Hickman of The Indianapolis Times theatrical review.
The text lists a sequence of radio programs and network affiliations across NBC and Columbia systems. It notes station calls and program titles such as Ida Bailey Betty Crocker Household Institute Noonday Club Farm and Home Hour and Matinee Gems with Dr. Milton C. Work.
Indianapolis ministers meet in the chapel and city churches plan services at 7 30 pm. The Wheeler City Rescue Mission at 245 North Delaware Street continues its dedicatory exercises through next Sunday. Dc B McQueen of Chicago will speak tonight and Butler University men's quartet provides music. Sunday speaker J Arthur Schlichter of Philadelphia urged obedience to the eighteenth amendment to curb bootleggers.
In Greencastle Indiana on December 2 local officials seek Charles Creech a farm hand charged with stealing jewelry valued at 35 dollars and 3 dollars in cash from his employer Alton O Hurst.
The listing shows station slots and network affiliations for Washington News at 9:45 on NBC with WEAF WDAF WCAE WOW, Henry and George at 9:00 on Columbia with WABC WMAQ WFBM KMOX WECO, and the Voice of Firestone also on NBC with WEAF WWJ KYW WSAL WHAS WTAM.
A dense list of 6:15 to 10:30 p m radio offerings across stations NBC CBS Columbia and various affiliates includes Safety Series Sonss of suc e Benson and musical acts like Golden's Pure Band Old Gold Whiteman's Orchestra Dutch Master Minstrels and Fatla Salon Orchestra The listings name multiple stations such as WEAF WJZ WLW KDKA KYW WHAS WBBM WOWO WCCO and WFBM with artists and programs scheduled throughout the evening.
A dense listing shows 5:30 Lombardo's Canadians on Columbia, 6:00 Levitons Orchestra WBRC WFBM, 6:30 Westinghouse Zatute NBC and others, 7:00 Yeast Foamers Comedy NBC with multiple stations, 8:00 Stuart Hour NBC and Columbia acts, 8:30 La Palma Smoker Columbia and Palmolive Hour NBC across stations, 9:00 Kolster Hour Columbia and NBC blocks, 10:00 Show Boat Melodrama beneath stations list, 10:30 WT program on NBC with WEAF noted.
Thursday radio lineup lists 5:30 Civic program from various stations, 7:00 Fleischman Hour with Rudy Vallee’s Orchestra across NBC and multiple affiliates. Towerizers and Washington Politics programs air on Columbia lines with named stations and partners.
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