Radio Digest, 1929-1930
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C SlG JlME by LJctavus Roy Oo/x en O Jr oys in Qreenwich Village Qertrude ^tystery House Vivacious Novelette by Sational Broadcast Comptiny Salisbury Field Radio Drama Grand Opera on the Air By Albert R. Williamson c^ABGE- -A Night Club Romance — Columbia Feature SMART models in Men's Hose maintain Coopers Style Supremacy. Dashing designs • • • in rich colors • • • find special favor with well-dressed men. Clever clocks add fresh vigor to solid colors in lustrous silk. With a variety of patterns, colors, and materials in Coopers, you may select just what you want, at 50c to $2.50 the pair* Cooper Underwear Company, Kenosha, Wis., U. S. A* IffiS&ngsi REG.U.S. Knit Underwear Hosiery Pajamas Woven Underwear — RADIO DIGES T Illustrated THE NATIONAL BROADCAST AUTHORITY E. C. RAYNER, Harold P. Brown, Publisher Editor December, 1929 CONTENTS SPECIAL ARTICLES BRAD BROWNE—Radio's new idol just natu- rally found himself after trying several jobs. Bill Schudt, Jr. to the LULLABY BOYS—jack, Gene and Glenn see T\EAR 10 JLJ hearts of the things on a visit to Greenwich Village. Fred Smith great CKLC audi- COLLIER HOUR—Colliers' associate editor 16 ence is the spark- writes review for Radio Digest. John B. Kennedy ling-eyed Gladys CARICATURES—Some of the Big Time broad- 18 Dickson. She casters are sketched by this master of the pen. Xavier Cugat touches the throaty JESSICA — ex- MYSTERY HOUSE—Fictionized episode of pipe organ and it 20 quisite Jessica NBC Serial Thriller. (Specially posed photos.) purrs soft poetic Dragonette—dainty words from its ALBUM—The Fair of the Air. 22 idol of a countless throng who believe tuneful lips—voic- MADGE—Night Club Romance. One of the Col- her possessed of ing the mountain's umbia Broadcast system weekly features. (Specially 30 Donald Clark the most thunder or whis- posed photos.) perfect pering maple leaves. singing voice on CHICAGO OPERA—The greatest system for the air. Her sim- broadcasting ever assemb led and used for this Radio A. R. Williamson 44 ple and unaffected presentation. personality wins for MARCELLA 71 her the listener's VOICE OF THE LISTENER 75 highest esteem. FICTION sparkling modern comedy in GERTRUDE—A 12 three parts by this inimitable author. Salisbury Field Illustrated by Dudley Gloyne Summers ' BI c in n a /iner s Unes ° ^ OctavusRoy Cohen fl? ™o^etl Tc, Illustrated by W. H. Wiest THE GIGOLO MYSTERY—The third install- ment of this fascinating story brings new adven- Arthur B. Reeve 42 tures to Craig Kennedy. Illustrated by Charles Robb STATION FEATURES NEWS GOSSIP—Snappy stories of the studios and artists you hear daily. 46 PHILHARMONIC OVER WOR—Toscanini, one of the greatest, heard over this Newark station. Eleanor Champlin 50 SOUTH BOASTS HISTORIC SITE—Vir- ginia's Voice stands on battle ground. Stuart Qrant 55 SPECIALISTS FOR RADIO CENTRAL- NBC Chicago studios the world's largest. 58 WOW IS A WOW OF A STATION—Omaha station makes rapid strides in six years. Donald Burchard 64 COAST SINGER IS U. S. TRAINED— Greenwood Mitchell is pride of KOMO. 67 TORONTO SYMPHONY ON AIR—Famous orchestra is broadcast on CNR hookup. 70 CHAIN CALENDAR FEATURES 78 TX/H1LE far WHO'S WHO IN RADIO 85 rOUNGER and W from Red Deer more beautiful is little Ann Leaf each day grows the in rumbling New dark and langorous Eastern Representatives: Ingraham & Walker, 33 W. 42nd St., New York City. Phone Lackawanna 2091-2 York, where she Bebe Daniels (see enchants a million Western Representatives: A. T. Sears & Son, 122 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. Phone Harrison 3077-8 page 21). Somehow harmonies from the ivhen you heard her great Columbia or- Member Audit Bureau of Circulations over the National gan, making it pour net and from the forth a riot of song screen were you not Radio Digest, Illustrated. Volume XXIV. No. 2. 111., its published Chicago, December, 1929. Published monthly by from mystic Radio Digest Publishing Co. (Incorporated). 510 North Dearborn Street. Chicago. Illinois. Subscription rates reminded of Span- caverns to begin yearly. Four Dollars: Foreign Postage, One Dollar additional; single copies, Thirty-five cents. Entered as ish patios, balconies second-class matter Oct. 25. 1929, at the post office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Title and end the Radio Reg. U. S. Patent Office and Canada. Copyright, 1929, by Radio Digest Publishing Co. All rights reserved. and moonlight? No day. foolin'. VOTES COME BY THOUSANDS IN Gold Cup Contest Ballots for Most Popular Broadcaster Point to Hot Battle for Honors and small— nation reaching and local only—the fans "I like that station, wish it could win the Gold Cup offered by BIGlike them and don't hesitate to say so. Flocks of new the Radio Digest." So it is with other stations. nominations and ballots have flooded the Contest Give them a chance. Fill in the coupons at the bottom of this Editor's desk since this new Gold Cup Contest for the page, read the contest rules, and send them in. The prestige most popular station in North America was announced in the and success of every broadcasting station rests solely upon the October issue of Radio Digest. strong support of its listeners. Every indication points to the hottest contest ever sponsored Every broadcasting station has an individuality—an indi- by this magazine. Not only are the Radio listeners writing viduality and characteristics built up over a period of time warm letters of praise to the Contest Editor, but the stations and determined by personalities appearing before its micro- nominated are straining every phones and the type of pro- nerve to put on the best pro- grams offered. There is grams possible that their list- always that indefinite and yet eners may judge them to be very real SOMETHING that their favorite station. gives a station popularity. To the station in the United States or Canada which re- "O INDIVIDUAL: can tell ceives the largest number of N°J,ith any great degree of popular votes from listeners - accuracy exactly how any and readers of Radio Digest given station rates with its will be awarded a handsome listeners. Only through a com- and valuable gold cup. This parison as may be indicated in trophy will be in the form of a contest such as this spon- a golden microphone, and will sored by Radio Digest may a be engraved with the name of true rating be established. the winning station. Here the listeners have an That the contest may be opportunity to register their more representative, and in choice and thereby prove the order that the favorite station true status of each station in in your section of the country the country. may win honors over its "I hope that my vote may neighbors, six silver cups will be one of the many necessary be awarded in the sectional to give WTMJ, the Milwau- race. These trophies will be kee Journal station, the Gold similar in every way except Cup," writes Mrs. Leroy Bur- the metal of the principal lingame of Milwaukee. "We award and will be given to the enjoy the programs that come most popular stations in the from our favorite station and six divisions of the continent may always depend on it to representing the East, South, furnish us with uniformly good Middle West, West, Far entertainment and service." West, and Canada. "Here is my nomination for KFNF and Henry Field of FOR the individual station Shenandoah, Iowa." says H. winning the Gold Cup will C. L. of Omaha. "Of all the Gold Cup Design for Popularity Award come world-wide recognition stations in this country, and I as the most popular station on the globe. Nowhere else has hear most of them, KFNF wins all honors, hands down, for Radio achieved such unanimous popularity and general utility real service. Henry Field is a great man, and has built up a as in North America. great station." It is by no means the most powerful stations of the metro- From New Mexico and Virginia come strong letters of praise politan area that may justly claim the greatest popularity in and nominations for WLS, and countless other correspondents the sense of this contest. Radio Digest is seeking to uncover are sending in their ballots, accompanied by letters. This race is the broadcaster that has the staunchest friends, followers who getting hotter and hotter, and the fans themselves seem to real- are sufficiently interested to stand up and fight for the honor ize it. This is their chance and they are taking advantage of it. and success of their favorite listening post. Whether or not your favorite station is listed among those You have a favorite broadcasting station. Everyone who already nominated, fill in the coupons today and give it a b< owns a receiving set has one broadcaster who, to his mind, on the road to winning the Gold Cup for the most popular puts on. better programs and renders better all-around service station in the world. than the other fellow. Don't just sit back and think to yourself. (Rules and nominations on page 118) NOMINATION BLANK—Radio Digest's Number COUPON BALLOT—Radio Digest's WORLD'S MOST POPULAR STATION 3WORLD'S MOST POPULAR STATION GOLD CUP CONTEST GOLD CUP CONTEST POPULAR STATION Editor, Radio Digest, POPULAR STATION Editor, Radio Digest. 510 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 510 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111. Please credit this ballot to: I Nominate Broadcasting Station Station (Call Letters) (Call Letters) in the World's Most Popular Station Gold Cup Contest.