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WAVE-LENGTH GUIDE ." d COLUMBIA NATIDNAL :z ."..... =..... DIAL READING ~ BROADCASTING BROADCASTING Q ..... WHAT'S ON THE AIR >- ..... u= SYSTEM COMPANY :00: 2 (Registered in U. S. Patent Office) 1 WERO WGR-KSD 550 545+- 2 KLZ WFI-WIBO 560 535+- Vol. I. MAGAZINE FOR THE RADIO LISTENER No.5 ~r-- 3 WWNC-WKBN 570 526+- r- 4 WIBW WTAG 580 51 7+- r--- PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT 1201 JAOKSON BOULEVARD CHIOAGO ILL r-- BY WHAT'S ON THE AIR CO., OF CINOINNATI, O. ' ,., 5 WOW-WEEI 590 508+- - 6 WOAO-WREO 600 50O+- EDITORIAL AND OIROULATION OFFIOES: NINTH AND CUTTER STS CINOINNATI, O. ., 7 WFAN WDAF 610 49 2+- 8 WTM.J 620 48 4+- ADVERTISING OFFICES: 11 W. FOitTY-SEOOND ST., NEW YORK CITY AND 400 N. MIOHIGAN AVE., CHIOAGO, ILL. ' 9 WMAL 630 476+- ~ - PRICE, 150. PER OOPY; $1.50 PER YEAR. 10 WAIU 640 468+- f-- 11 WSM 650 461+- I-- (COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY WHAT'S ON THE AIR CO.) 12 WEAF 660 45 4+- r- r-- PATENTS APPLIED FOR OOVER BASIO FEATURES OF PROGRAM-FINDING 13 WMAQ 670 44 7+- SERVIOE OFFERED IN THIS MAGAZINE. 14 WPTF 680 441+- 16 WLW 700 42 8+- 17 WOR Ondeuendeol 710 42 2+- ~- 18 WGN 720 41 6+- - - HOW TO USE 20 WSB 740 405 +- r-- 21 W.JR 750 40 O+- I-- 22 W.JZ 760 39 4+- 23 WBBM KFAB 770 389 +- 24 WTAR-WEAN WMO 780 384 +- "WHAT'S ON THE AIR" 25 WGY 790 379 ffi +- '- 26 WFAA-WBAP 800 375 c-- To Double the Benefits from Your Radio Set +- - 27 WOOO 810 370 +- - 28 WHAS 820 366 +- - The program-finding service covers the 29 KOA 830 361 +- HOW TO FIND THE hours of 6 to 12 P. M. for each day in 32 WABO 860 349 +- PROGRAM YOU WANT the month, Eastern Standard Tim'e, or 33 WLS-WENR 870 345 +- ffi WHEN YOU WANT IT from 5 to 11 P. M., Central Time. 35 W.JAR 890 337 +- c-- Simply turn to the page bearing date 36 WMAK-WFBL WKY- W.JAX 900 333 +- - - and hour when program is wanted. Select from index in panels at foot of 38 WW.J-KPRO 920 326 +- - page particular program or type of program you prefer, then locate on sched 930 322 +- - 39 WDB.J-WBRO ule chosen symbol at nearest point (by use of State index) from which it is being WOSH 940 319 +- 40 broadcast. Or, if you prefer, check symbols of favorite stations against index WRO 950 316 +- 41 KMBO of symbols in panels at foot of, page until you locate type of program for 44 KDKA 980 306 +- r-~ which your particular mood 'calls. 45 WBZ-WBZA 990 303 +- - Sunday programs appear on pages 8-l3; Monday, pages 14-19; Tuesday, : 46 WOO-WHO 1000 300 +- - - , pages 20-25; Wednesday, pages 26-31; Thursday, pages 32-37; Friday, pages , 48 KYW-KFKX 1020 294 +- - 38-43; Saturday, pages 44-49. 50 KRLD KTHS 1040 288 +- t-- 52 WTIO-WBAL 1060 - 283 +- 53 WTAM 1070 280 +- 54 WBT 1080 278 +- HOW TO USE THE Draw lines from the stems of arrows 00 i 55 KMOX 1090 275 +- I- WAVE-LENGTH GUIDE pointing to the wave lengths of stations f-- with which you are familiar to the re- 1 57 WRVA 1110 270 +- I-- spective points on the scale to the right ! 58 WISN 1120 268 +- I- t- corresponding to the points on the detector dial of your set where these sta- I 60 WAPI-KVOO 1140 263 +- tions "come in." After you have drawt:J. about a dozen of these lines you i 61 WHAM 1150 261 +- will have a guide to all of the stations in the country. For example, if Sta- i 62 wowo 1160 258 +- tion WEAF, which is on channel No. 12-which means it operates on a fre- : 63 WOAU 1170 256 +- ffiI- quency of 660 kilocycles and 454 meters-comes in on your set at 74, and : 65 WOAI 1190 252 +- '-- Station WLW, on channel No. 16, comes in on your set at 67, stations on 68 WOAE-WREN 1220 '246 +- I-- l- channels 13, 14 and 15 necessarily must come in at points between these two " 69 WNAO-WFBM 1230 244 +- f-- locations on your dial. The numbers preceding stations on program pages are ; 70 WGHP 1240 242 +- the channel numbers shown on the "Waye-Iength Guide." 72 WLBW-KOIL 1260 238 +- 73 W.JDX 1270 236 +- 74 WDOD WOFL 1280 234 +- ~I-- ,I Ascertain which of your local stations 75 W.JAS-KTSA WEBO 1290 232 +- - TO MAKE A LONG are broadcasting chain features at the '~ 76 KFH WIOD 1300 231 +- - - DISTANCE TEST (DX) moment. Tune in one of these and find 'II 78 WADO WSMB 1320 227 +- I- 'I' out what number is being rendered. I;! 79 KSO.J WSAI 1330 225 +- Then start your detector dial at either end of its arc and turn slowly. As I 80 WSPD 1340 224 +- soon as you hear ~he same number, note your dial setting and check back to :\ 81 KWK 1350 222 +- the column showing wave lengths, thus ascertaining the approximate wave 85 WHK-KLRA 1390 216 +- ffi length of the station you are receiving. To the left of this column you will . 87 WBOM-WOAH 1410 212 +- - - find the call l, tters of stations 'on the wave length of that station and th'ose 91 WF.JO 1450 207 +- - - having approximately that wave length. R'eference to the schedule of pro- , 92 KSTP 1460 205 +- - grams applying to the time you are listening will show you which of these 93 WKBW-KF.JF 1470 204 +- stations is broadcasting the program to which you are listening, and you can, 94 WOKY 1480 203 +- thus identify it without having to wait for call letters. 95 WLAO 1490 201 +- ffi ON THE AIR THE MAGAZINE FOR THE RADIO LISTENER VOLUME I. MARCH, 1930 NO. 5 ",America Hears Britain's King The Inside Story of a History-making Broadcast (Special to "WHAT'S ON THE AIR") ByC. W.HoRN General Engineer, National Broadcasting Company. IX o'clock any morning is early, whether it's East ley A. Fisk, U. S. N., retired, and whirled away before S ern, Central or Mountain Time. Even history the latter could answer. makers ordinarily find it a period of yawns. Tommy Velotta, pageboy, fussed with the radio But the half-dozen who gathered in the board of receiver in a corner opposite the cameras. The re directors' room in the National Broadcasting Com ceiver was his sole charge. pany Building, 7-11 Fifth Ave., New York, shortly be The writer alternated between this room on the fif fore six o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, February teenth floor and the main control-room three fl ights J 1, did not yawn. down. In between times he prayed-· prayed for good Each was tense, expectant, keyed up. For each atmospheric conditions through the long miles of knew that in a few minutes history would be made. Atlantic separating the origin of the program and For the first time the voice of an English king, speak America. ing from the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords in At six o'clock sounds began to issue from the , London, would be radioed to America. For the first speaker-unearthly sounds-sounds associated w ith J time in history the world would have a seat at the radio carrier waves. Tommy began again to seek per I council table while an event of international impor- fection in the adjustment of the dial. tance was being enacted. And at precisely seven minutes past six o'clock a M. H. Aylesworth, NBC president, lighted a ciga voice came out of the speaker. For an instant those ret, only to grind it out in an ash-tray. In a corner of in the room were at a standstill. There h ad been no the room motion-picture camera men and sound en preliminary warning - just the noises and t hen the gineers tinkered and adjusted. Occasionally one of voice. After an instant- them swore softly. «It's the king," some one whispered. Col. E. A. Green, commander of Marines at the Immediately the cameras came to life, the air of I Brooklyn Navy Yard, spoke jerkily to Admiral Brad- strain passed, and the history-makers became m en Mr. Elwood, vice-presidl!1lt 0/ N BC; \Villiam Hard, NBC program rehrest'llialit'e al LOIIJOII, allJ GOIt'Tal Ellgillt't'r Cb.Jrles W . Hom, 0/ NBC, worked ea rly a/ld laic 0 11 tbe prog ra m allcl /t'c/mical details , a/l d /llII cb creJit lor Ibe SIICCt'SS o/Ibe illlcTI/.Jlioll.J1 broaJc.Jsls is Jilt' Ilxlll. Page 4 WHAT'S ON THE AIR Col. E. A. Green, commander of marines at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and Admiral Bradley A . Fisk (U. S. N., retired), were guests of the National Broadcasting Company for the successful short-wave recepti01l a1ld broadcast over the company's system of the speech of His Majesty, George V., and the opening of the Five-power Naval Parley in L01ldon. Left to right: J. J. Almonte, assistant to the vice-president and gen- eral manager of NBC; Colonel Green; M. H. Aylesworth, president of NBC; Admiral Fisk, and A. C. Marks, Jr., of NBC. again, just men listening to an interesting radio pro broadcast for the benefit of nations on the other side gram. of the world.