Radio evangelist aims to calm Herrin coal belt turmoil
Howard S. Williams, a former newspaper man now a radio evangelist, plans to bring relief to Herrin Illinois with a series of revival meetings starting April 26 using a portable broadcasting station. He will broadcast nightly from a tent at 7:15 with call letters WCBG and the slogan Will Christ Be Glorified. Williams recalls Gypsy Smith Jr. converting him at Hattiesburg Mississippi and says in seventeen months he has 6,000 conversions. Local pastor Rev John Meeker urged the religious awakening for the coal belt town.
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NEA Servic
Cairo
Herrin
Howard S. Williams
Williams
Loma Ing
Billy Sunday
WCBG
Christ
John Meeker
Presbyterian Church
South
Gypsy Smith, Jr
Hattiesburg, Miss
Niguay
Dim Lights Shape Studio Drama On KGO Radio
The article explains how minimal lighting and a single microphone circle create intimacy in KGO studio productions. Players focus on microphone timing and silence intervals to sustain audience engagement and avoid perceptible errors.
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KGO
Navy Listening Hours Cut Traffic Noise at Annapolis
Washington March 12 Navy Department reports many letters of appreciation from broadcare listeners for action reducing transmissions on Annapolis area during listening hours. Much of Annapolis traffic at night now handled by Naval Research Laboratory high frequency set. Navy Press still dispatched from Annapolis but schedule moved from 10 p m to after midnight.
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Bn Times
Washington
Navy Department
Broadcare
Annapolis
Naval Research Laboratory
Navy Press
Condensers Use Mica Dielectrics For Best Operation
The article advises using fixed condensers with mica dielectric in receivers and warns against paraffin paper dielectrics. It stresses selecting a condenser with the proper capacity for the circuit section it serves to ensure best operation.
Georgia poet laureate listens to daughter sing on WSB
Frank L. Stanton age 68, famed author of Mighty Lake Rose and Just a Wearyin for You, is shown listening on radio with his daughter Marcelle Stanton McGahee, a mezzo-soprano at Station WSB Atlanta.
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Georgia
Slaughter
Frank L. Stanton
Lake Rose
Marcelle Stanton McGahee
WSB
Atlanta
Stanton
Denver Music Week to Bring Record Broadcast Party
Enver Colo March 12 Radio listeners face two months of preparations for a massive music and radio celebration. Denver hosts the annual music week with more than 500 events to be broadcast by KOA. Opera Erminie will be performed, and over 40 bands plus 50 choruses and 60 church choirs are slated to appear.
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Bunia Service
Enver
Colo
Radio Listeners of
America
Denver
KOA
Erminie
Word of the Day Radio Promotes New Lexicon
A prominent lexicographer announces a new word each evening on radio. He introduces its meaning and usage in a short segment, guiding listeners through fresh terms as part of the daily vocabulary feature.
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Mike
Interference Eliminated at Broadcast Listeners Meeting
The Broadcast Listeners drew about 300 members to Severin on Wednesday night. Interference issues raised at the prior meeting were resolved by the interference committee. Many members tested radio tubes, and the club will meet again next Wednesday.
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the Severin
Ontario Joins Fans As Radio Boom Sweeps North
Washington reports strong radio enthusiasm in northern Ontario with rising demand for sets and accessories. Consular advice notes many operate without government licenses though a license is required for every set.
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Times
Washington
Ontario
Department of Commerce
Indiana Stations Licensed Amid FCC Class Changes
Four new Class A stations were licensed by the Department of Commerce in the past week while two stations moved from Class A to B. The new licenses include WHBJ Lauter Auto Co Ft Wayne Ind 234 10 WHRBK Franklin St Garage Ellsworth Mo 231 10 WHBL Jis H Stusser Logansport Ind 220-60 WHEC Hickson Electric Rochester N Y 258 100. Transfers from Class A to B include KFN Northwest Radio Service Co De Wash 34 41 000 and WOAN Jas D Vaughan Lawrenceburg Tenn 282 8600.
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Lauter Auto Co
Ft. Wane
Ind
Franklin St. Garage, Inc
Ellsworth
Jis
H. Stusser
Logargvort
Whec-Hickson Electric Co., Inc
Rochester
N. Y
Nine Class A Stations Closed in February
Washington reports nine Class A stations shut down in February. The list includes KFDL Knight Campbell Music Co Denver KFQD Chevin Supply Co Anchor age Alaska KFQE Dickenson Henry Radio Lab Colorado Springs WBBD Barbey Battery Service Reading PA WEBP E Budd Peddicord New Orleans LA WJAB American Electric Co Lincoln NE WOAR Henry P Lunskow Kenosha WI WOAV Pennsylvania National Guard Erie PA WRAO St Louis Radio Service Co St Louis MO.
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Washington
KFDL
Knight Campbell Music Co
Denver
Colo
KFQD
Chevin Supply Co
Anchorage
Alaska
KFQE
Dickenson - Henry
Radio Lab
Colorado Spring
Lincoln
Neb
WOAR
Henry P. Lunskow
Kenosha
Wis
WOAV
Pennsylvania National Guard
Erie
WRAO
St. Louis Radio Service Co
St. Louis
Let Tubes Burn Dim To Prolong Vacuum Tubes Life
Advice urges keeping tubes at the dimmest possible setting to extend life. It warns that excess filament current and plate voltage can degrade the coating and shorten performance.
Hoover Cup 1924 Awarded to California Radio Amateur
B Molinari of San Francisco receives the Hoover cup for best home built amateur station. Station 6AWT has global contact, including Asia Australasia Europe and the Americas, and aided press transmissions to Capt MacMillan in the Arctic. Log shows about forty messages monthly in 1924.
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Hartford
Conn
California
B. Molinari
Union St
San Francisco
American Radio Relay League
Hoover
United States
Department of Commerce
6AWT
Asia
Australasia
South Sea Islands
Europe
Africa
South America
Central America
Danish America
Donald B. MacMillan
Arctic
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Ben
International exposition of wireless telegraphy planned in Geneva
An international exposition of wireless telegraphy with moving picture apparatus talking machines and scientific toys is planned in Geneva from September 23 to October 4. It will be held in the Electoral Palace rooms during the League of Nations assembly session, attracting many foreign and Swiss manufacturers.
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Times
Washington
Geneva
Department of Commerce
Electoral Palace
Assembly of the
League of Nationa
Switzerland
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