Ten New Songs Broadcast by Majestic Theater of the Air
Ten new songs from ten publishers will be aired to radio listeners at 7 PM Sunday on the Columbia chain RTLA broadcast sponsored by the San Antonio Light. The year’s top melodies are featured and listener ballots will be counted after three months to gauge popularity. Wendell Hall hosts and invites listeners to rank their favorites and mail ballots for analysis.
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Majestic Theater
Columbia
RTLA
San Antonio
Wendell Hall
Majertiy
Majestic
Drermber
Arttell Jobson Nuit
Redferne Hollins
Mwerher
KTLA
This Star Tien
Mca A
Kylectron Radio Debuts Impress Dallas Dealers
Artophone of Dallas showcased the Courier radio with Kylectron and Peerlose retesters to local dealers. Kylectron promises perfect voice reproduction with no distortion, hailed as a major breakthrough since the first tube sets. The Peerless and Courier receivers are made by United Technomercs of Rochester, NY.
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Artophone Corporation of
Dallas
Courier
A. Brown
Courier Radio
Mr. Brown
Peerless
United Tepromcters Corporation
Rochester
X. Y
Hrown
Voodoo Programs From Clark’s Pen For KTSA Drama
Doreld Clark of the Columbia Broadcasting system returns from the West Indies with a plan to weave voodoo into a new dramatic series. The project will air on KTSA and be carried across the Columbia network. Clark previously wrote Night Club Romance and Long Star for KTSA.
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Doreld Clark
Columbia Broadcasting System
West Indies
KTSA
Mone
Columbia
Radio Jann
Donald Clark
Vanished Beer Gardens Spark WLW Memories
Cincinnati editor recalls disappearing beer gardens and wonders what drew WLW to include memory tunes. The piece reflects on past Cincinnati venues and nostalgic programs, noting how fond memories of local spots endure.
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Cincinnati
Crosley
WLW
Dark Snow
The
Plus
Ohio
Nebraska radio station joins NBC network
KFAB in Lincoln Nebraska expands NBC network reach with 5000 watt transmission. The station operates on a 380.4 meter wavelength and 770 kilometer distance, owned and run by the Nebraska Quick Automobile company.
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KFAD
Lincoln
Neb
National Broadcasting Company
Nebraska
Stu
Nebraska Quick Automobile Company
Stark and Lutz in The Student Prince on tour coast
Stark, known for NBC dramatic roles, will rest from major radio work to star as Lutz in The Student Prince on a Pacific coast tour. He previously played the sheriff in Wayeids Inn and King Ferdinand of Spain in Stark's radio revivals.
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Stark
NBC
Pacific Coast
Lutz
de Wolf Hopper
Atang Blark
Sheriff
Wayeids Inn
King Ferdinand
Spain
Bradford Browne Weds WABC Manager in Radio Circles Surprise
Bradford Browne, famed announcer and author of Nit Wit Hour, marries Marvel Young, program manager at WABC, in a New England mountain setting. The union shocks radio circles as fans note Browne’s quick reply for a missing dog ad service.
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Bradford Brown
Caller Knights
Columbia Broadcasting System
Marvel Young
WABC
New England
Song Story Girl of the Columbia Broad casting system
The piece recounts Elsa Gray, a pioneer in Story in a Song segments for the Columbia broadcasting system, noted for leading many broadcasts aired on Tuesday evenings at 30 dollars. It recalls her era and the showman who prepared Capitol entertainments.
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Roxy Elsa Gray
Columbia Broadcasting System
Amo
TSA
Tesday
Rosy Girl
Dasa Oe
Capitol
Dallas Singer Edith Crownover To Perform On WORT
Miss Edith Crownover of Dallas will appear on the Alamo National Bank program Monday September 3 p m. A former pupil of the distinguished Schumann Heink, she is a promising vocal talent likely to captivate radio listeners.
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Wort
Edith Crownover
Dallas
Alamo National Bank
Romance Singer Niece of Composer Sings in New York Chorus
A romance singer, niece of composer Margaret Speaks, recalls night club scenes heard on KTSA and a Gilbert and Sullivan revival in New York. She later joined prima donna roles in musical comedies while favoring radio work. Sooner or later, Harry Ewen, radio actor and CBS effects supervisor, reportedly died eleven times in a single web, per scripts in which he appeared, while Naery roams WABC studios in apparent health.
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Margaret Speaks
Homanca
KTSA
New York
Prima Coms
Tuddentelly
Oley Speaks
Harry Ewen
Broadcasting System
Naery
WABC
Harry
Radio History Calendar overview of early wireless milestones
The article lists milestones from Maxwell predicting ether waves to Marconi experiments, transatlantic telephony, and early broadcasting, with dates from 1903 to 1928. It notes Pierpont-Morse and Atwater Kent achievements, Marine and ship radio adoption, and the first large radio factory dedication in Philadelphia.
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O. Maxwell Frat
Heinrich Herts
Maxweill
Marconi
Atlantic
Washington
Faris
RDHA
Pitteburgh
Fiat
Patréo Operaton
Philadelphia
Atwater Kent
Philadelpals
Radio show offers 100 for best idea for program
Chicago officials announce a $100 gold prize for the best idea for a one hour radio program. Entries must be mailed to the Chicago Kindin Show by October 12 with broadcasting planned between October 2 and 25 at the Coliseum.
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Cimcago
G Jaston Irwin Jr
Meaner
Chicago
Polite Fan Wins Spot In Sound Film Plans
NBC announcer Milton Cross, an art letters medal winner for diction, will appear in a silent films sequence beside the Graf Zeppelin feature. David Mendoza of the Fedo orchestra, head of KRTSA, promotes radio courtesy and broadcasts contemporary music with the Fada orchestra directed by Mendoza on RTSA Tuesdays at 8 PM.
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Milton Cross
NBC
American Academy of Arte and Letters
Pathe
David Mendoza
Fedo Orchestra
KRTSA
San Antonio Light
Columbia
Mendoza
Fada
Mr. Mendozer
RTSA
WLW Signals From Lima Peru Fan Letter
A Lima Peru reader Mme S F Bed aya sends a foreign letter to Crostey radio WLAV noting reception from the 50,000 watt Cincinnati WLW transmitter. She praises the program heard nightly in her home from ten to eleven and compliments the clear broadcasts.
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WLW
Lima
Peru
Cincinnati
Sept
Crostey
WLAV
Mme
S. F. Bedaya
Tera
Livia
Bedasa
Victor Recording Artists on the Air
Four more headliners in the Victor broadcast series announced for NBC coast to coast. Johnny Baran appears September 12 as Victor headliner, with the Trouba dourd on September 18, Leonard Joy and his High Hatters on September 20, and Nat Shilkret with the Victor Orchestra.
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Victor Belt
NBC
Johnny Baran
Victor
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