Radio Digest, 1931-1932
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Paulina Street Dept. 91-9H, Chicago, Illinois City State. — s u ^ Wl i ©C1B 137469 THE NATIONAL BROADCAST AUTHORITY Harold P. Brown, Charles R. Tighe, Managing Editor Associate Editor Nellie Revell, Henry J. Wright, •, Advisory Editor Associate Editor Printed in U. S. A. Including RADIO REVUE and RADIO BROADCAST Raymond Bill, Editor December, 1931 CONTENTS COVER PORTRAIT — Incomparable Jessica Livingston Dragonnette. WAYNE KING—Waltz King of the Air, close-up study the man who comes into Lucky promi- of Anne Steivard 11 nence. CURTIN— Goes Gypsy Hunting and TOM Tom Curtin 13 Bumps into a war that leads to endless adventure. ~KA AD ELEIN E T>ADIE HARRIS ivl she LOEB, author of and what desert ANGELS RUSH JN—Myrt and Marge the latest radio novel. knows about you, if Steve Trumbull 17 the stage and launch million dollar gum program. you're cinematian, she Please Stand By. She writes radio scripts writes and tells. You SANTA SUFFERS FROM ATHLETE'S FOOT and also does a turn at hear her twice weekly, —Ambrose Weems takes him in and hears J. Raymond Knight 19 the mike at times. KHJ, Los Angeles. a tall story. MILLS BROTHERS meet the head man and after that they get regular fob at CBS. Robert Taplinger 22 STREET SINGER is twice discovered by scouts, H. Elliott Stuckel 23 first for the stage, then for radio. COLLEGE FOR HOMEMAKERS—New Gen- Grace Ellis 24 eral Electric program introduces notable artists. RENDEZVOUS WITH SHERLOCK HOLMES —writer sees Richard Gordon as congenial host. Mark Quest 26 LEW WHITE "organizes" Natural Bridge, Vir- ginia Music completes "Symphony of View." Hal Tillotson 28 VIS-A-VIS WITH BILL SCHUDT, JR., who tells of latest developments in television. Bill Schudt, Jr. 29 BIRTHDAY CAKE with five candles marks founding of National Broadcasting Company. Th 0171as Williams 30 SILHOUETTES—Shadow sketches of artists who bask in the mike-light. Craig B. Craig 51 GABALOGUE Comment on famous broadcast personalities by associate editor of Radio Digest. Nellie Revell 53 TUNEFUL TOPICS—Famous leader of Con- necticut Yankees picks ten top songs of the month. Rudy Vallee 63 Coming and Going (p. 8) Editorial (52) Radiographs (65) Marcella (67) Voice of the Listener (54) Station News (begins 51) Women's Section (begins 70) Hits, Quips and Slips (45) Chain Calendar Features (74) Radio Digest, 420 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. Phone Mohawk 4-1760. Radio Digest will not be held responsible for unsolicited manuscripts received through the mail. All manuscripts submitted should be accompanied by return postage. Business Staff: National Advertising Representatives, R. G. Maxwell & Co., 420 Lexington Ave., New York City, and Mailers Bldg., Chicago. Western Man- ~KA AIUON HARRIS ager, Scott King will, 333 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, Telephone: State 1266. Pacific Coast repre- 11ILDEGARDE, 1V1 sentative, W. L. Gleeson, 303 Robert Dollar Building, San Francisco, Calif. Member Audit Bureau of (The Harrises Circulations. one handle, that' have this page.) Mar- all; ain't no more. R.i'lio Digest. Volumo /XXVI1I, No. 1. December, 1931. Published monthly ten months of the year ami bi-monthly ion had a spot with In July and August, by Radio Digest Publishing Corporation, 4'20 Lexington Ave., New Y irk, N. Y. Subscription German girl singing Walter W Hit ell rttes yearly. Two Dollars; Foreign, Including Canada, $4.00; single copies. Twenty-five cents. Entered as her way around Amer- socond-class matter Nov. 18, 1930. at the post office at New York, N. Y\, under the Act of March. 3. 1879. Addi- Winehell singing and tional entry as second-class matter at Chicago, 111. Title Beg. U. S. Patent Office and Canada. .Copyright, 1931, ica. Is booked for a Corporation. All rights reserved. President, Raymond (hatting, ABC, by Radio Dlgost Publishing Bill; Vice-Presidents, J. B. series over the NBC W Splllane, Randolph Brown, C. R. Tighe; Treasurer, Edward Lyman Bill; Secretory, L. J. TompkinB. Published in New York. association with Edward Lyman Bill, Inc., and Federated Publications, Ine. net. Radio Digest Round the^brld Reception tsvesiy oai/y in all seasons 21 weeks, constant reception record from VK3ME proves Scott All -Wave capable of tuning in clear 'round the earth regularly— every day, summer and winter. For 21 weeks, a Scott All- Wave Receiver, located in Chicago has brought in, and recorded on disc, every broadcast from VK3ME, Melbourne, Australia. Each broadcast was re- ceived with perfect clarity and full volume—as the disc records decisively prove. Think of it! VK3ME, halfway 'round the earth! Not just once in a while. Not just a freak happenstance. As this book goes to press, VK3ME is still being received with perfect regu- larity, and recorded. 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