Radio Congestion Grows With 580 Stations In Operation
Washington reports more than 580 broadcasting stations active as researchers seek new wavelengths. Illinois has 17 of 47 stations, New York area dominates, California leads with 48 stations including Los Angeles and San Francisco. Tests show high power not always overcoming smaller stations and distant reception fluctuates. About 550000 farmers own radio sets according to the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Radio Bureau
Illinois
Chicago
New York City
New York State
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Hollywood
Bureau of Standards
Department of Agriculture
Radio Playlet Girls to Air on WFBM Fund Program
A radio segment titled Girls will be broadcast on WFBM at 8 p m Thursday as part of the Indianapolis Community Fund program. Fred Jerry baritone will sing four solos and the Y W C A choir will perform four numbers with Misses Mary Ennis Mary Florence Fletcher and Anna Costello presenting the playlet. Indianapolis counsel James M Ogden will offer a brief Community Fund address.
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WFBM
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Indianapolis Community Fund
Fred Jerry
Mary Ennis
Mary Florence Fletcher
Anna Costello
Jerry
Meridian Street Methodist Church
Schubert
Liza Lehman
God
Geessecend
Dickson Fred Jefrey
James M, Ogden SR
PLAN GIANT STATION FOR RIO DE JANEIRO
Rio de Janeiro plans a giant international station with a French firm installing generators German Telefunken erecting towers British Marconi supplying the transmitter and an American firm to raise the antenna.
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Rio de Janiero
Telefunken
Marconi Company
Whistler Grubb to Sing on Indianapolis Radio Program
G A Grubb of this city, 1915 California champion for best whistler, will appear as soloist on The Indianapolis Times radio program. The show broadcasts Friday night over WFBM from the Severin starting at 9 p m.
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G. A. Grubb
California
Indianapolis
WFBM
Merchants Heat and Light Company
the Severin
Love Song Night on the Air by Times Second Program
The Indianapolis Times presents Love Song Night on the Air Friday at 9 p.m. over WFBM from the Times studio. The program features The Great Roltare Eggleston as master of ceremonies with orchestral and vocal performances by local artists including Constantin Bakaleinikoff, Bomar Cramer, Glenn Friermood and the Garrett Quartet broadcasted with Civil War melodies and negro spirituals.
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Great Times
Roltare Eggleston
Keith's Theater
Roltare
Times
Eggleston
Beltare
Victor Herbert
Constantin Bakaleinikoff
Circle Theater Orchestra
Bomar Cramer
Bakaleinikoff
Cramer
Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts
Glenn Friermood
College of Music and Fine Arts
Indianapolis
James Garrett
Garrett Quartet
Mt. Paran Baptist Church
Garrett
Charles Williams
Perry Minniefield
Arthur Lee
Owen Davidson
WFBM
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Severin
The
G. A. Grubb
Gertrude Buttz
Garret
Indianapolis Times Radio Program Featuring Grubb and Local Artists
The Indianapolis Times radio schedule for Friday night features G A Grubb, California whistler champion 1915, with pianist Mrs Gertrude Buttz of L S Ayres Co music dept and Universal Syncopated Orchestra. The program includes Miss Opal Mae Thomas, the Garrett Quartet, and guests Dr Roltare Eggleston and Constantin Bakaleinikoff in a Love Song hour with selections and whistling solos.
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Gertrude Buttz
L. S. Ayres & Co
G. A. Grubb
Indianapolis Times
WFEM
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Victor Herbert
Opal Mae Thomas
Indianapolis
Short Cuts for Radio Set Builders and Tuning Tips
Practical guidance for home hobbyists detailing tools from a small vise to hex wrenches and files. Instructions cover battery checks with a voltmeter, condenser loading, speaker coil hookup, aerial magnet boosts, and shielding panels with multiple coats of metal paint to reduce interference.
Radio promises and perils of field work warns scientist
Dr J H Del linger chief of the radio laboratory at the US Bureau of Standards cautions fans that radio is not a quick path to riches. He notes only a small fraction of radio patents pay returns and warns demand growth may not outpace entrants. He compares today with earlier auto industry optimism.
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NEA
Washington
J. H. Dellinger
Radio Laboratory
United States Bureau of Standards
Institute of Radio Engineers
German Patents Permit for U S Navy Radio Makers
Four American radio manufacturers receive permission to operate under Navy licenses to use confiscated German patents. The move taps into seventy six German patents seized during the war, seen as highly valuable for US radio apparatus production.
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United States Navy
New Radio Cabinets Rise in Home Furnishings
New methods of finishing radio cabinets are introduced this year. The best sets’ cabinets are becoming as refined as fine furniture and fit harmoniously with home decor.
Pirate Ship to Sail the Air on WBCN Radio
The Pirate Ship of WBCN will sail the ether Tuesday nights from 11 30 p m to 2 or 2 30 a m. The program mixes vocal and instrumental selections with farcical dialog and realistic noise effects to evoke sailing the Spanish Main.
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NEA
Chicago
WBCN
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