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cjtt'f. 1930 CONTENTS SPECIAL ARTICLES FRANK KNIGHT—Get the "lowdown" on 9 this CBS Master of Ceremonies. Florence E. Marks AMOS AND ANDY AND THEIR FRIENDS Interviewer attends directors' meet- ing the Great Home Bank at the the of home of R. Williamson 10 Kingfish and meets most of the gang. A. REPORTERS OF THE AIR—AH the features 20 daily Doty Hobart . /RMA ASHLEY of a paper now found in Radio programs. MA X I N is one of those BATTLE OF THE BLUES—Who was first BROWN, three c h a r m i n g with "slow rhythm", Will, Rudy or Guy.? RosemaryDrachman 26 who left Denver to Ashley sisters become a Broadway ALBUM—The Fair of the Air. 28 k u o w n as the star in , RADIOGRAPHS— Intimate gossip of "chain" was the first Prairie Daisies at 56 to be WLS, Chicago. personalities. Jean Campbell called America's And when the Sat- NEW VOGUE FLATTERS MEN—Fashion Sweethear-t of t h e urday night Barn director reveals possibilities of new fashions. Marie Blizard 58 Air. She was also Dance comes along FOOD HABITS FOR CHILDREN— the first stage star at to with Steve Cisler Success in later life depends on formation of forsake the foot- the mike the Prairie good habits in childhood. Evelyn Qardiner 59 lights for the mi- Daisies dance on crophone. You hear the hearthstone of FICTION her over CBS in nearly a million THE TURNING WHEEL— Curiously the the Publix Radio- p Phillips 16 farm homes. cycle of life revolves for a boy and a girl. Oppenheim Illustrated by Dudley Gloyne Summers Human tempests THIRTEEN AND ONE— 22 rage as suspicion runs rife in mystery house. Jackson Qregory Illustrated by Dudley Gloyne Summers THE MAID FROM MARTINIQUE— Old Forty Fathoms brings tale of coquette who wrecked three men and a ship. James Whipple 34 SUCKER'S Old lap's THE REVENGE — 40 luck turns for a while, but he has the last laugh. Lowell Otus Reese Illustrated by Chas. }. McCarthy ROMEO AND JULIET, 1930—Shakespeare up-to-date as presented in Weak-End Satires, via Lavender network. Don Becker 44 THE SPICE OF LIFE—A story of a "Stunt Man" in Hollywood. Gardner Hunting Illustrated by Chas. J. McCarthy STATION FEATURES PARADE OF THE STATIONS — Islewsy gossip of stations and broadcasters here and there. 62 IMPRESARIO TURNS TO RADIO— Only man to make grand opera pay turns eye 64 on broadcasting. A. J. Palange HEAVY PROBLEMS FOR A LITTLE GIRL—Miss Tully tells how to train a wife or adopt a baby. Mary Adamick 67 PROGRAMS RUN LIKE FOOTBALL GAME — Announcer plays role of gridiron w$> &W quarterback. Donald Burchard 69 FOREIGN MAIL NEARS YANKEE— Spanish program on KPRC brings applause of Latins. Milton Q. Hall 72 YIELD TO AIR CALL—Artists and actors alike join Radio colonies. Ralph L. Power 74 JANE KIRBY LILLIAN BARBER SONGS BRING FAME— "Novia had her mind ROTH divides Scotian Lauder" warbles as he trims. Werner A. Bower 77 all made up to be her time between CHAIN CALENDAR FEATURES — a professional toe the picture sound dancer when her What's on the air and when with the great chain studios and the teacher at Eastern programs. 81 Radio sound studios High School, Balti- in Los Angeles. She more, happened to' is admirably adapt- Editorial Office: Radio Digest, 510 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. Phone Superior 7323 note the unusually ed to the micro- Radio Digest will not be held responsible for unsolicited manuscripts received through mail. the AU fine quality of her manuscripts submitted should be accompanied by return postage. phone. Her beauty soprano voice. She delights the picture Member Audit Bureau of Circulations followed advice to audiences. Listeners cultivate it with Radio Digest. Volume XXV, No. h e a r her through 1. published Chicago, III.. May, 1930. Published monthly by Radio pronounced success, Digest Publishing Co. (Incorporated), 510 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, . Subscription rates Ike Para m o u n t yearly, four Dollars; Foreign Postage, One Dollar additional; single copies, Thirty-five cents. Entered as as thousands of second-class broadcasts over matter Sept, 25, 1929, at the post office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Title Keg. U. b. Patent Office and Canada. Copyright, 1930, by Radio Digest Publishing Co. All rights reserved. WBAL fans will CBS. testify. —

Frantic Rush to Name Favorite for MERITUM AWARDDiamond S Hot Battle to Pick Popular Program

big stations and small—programs that are heard given program rates with its listeners. Only through a com- FROMall over the nation via the great chains and super-power parison as may be indicated in a contest such as this sponsored transmitters, and those who entertain in only a com- by Radio Digest may a true rating be established. Here the paratively small area—the fans like them and don't listeners have an opportunity to register their choice and there- hesitate to say so. Nominations and ballots for favorite Radio by prove the true status of each program heard in the country. entertainers have flooded the Contest Editor's desk since the It is by no means the program from the most powerful sta- Radio Digest Diamond Meri- tion that may justly claim the tum Award Contest to select greatest popularity in the America's Most Popular Pro- sense of this contest. Radio gram was announced in March. Digest is seeking to uncover Unprecedented enthusiasm the program, organization or is being displayed by listeners artist that has the stanchest in every corner of the United friends, followers who are suf- States, and indications point ficiently interested to stand up to a battle of ballots and fer- and fight for the honor and vent letters of support unri- success of their favorite en- valed in their enthusiasm. It tertainer. is far too early to guess even the number of nominations READ the rules and regula- that will be received in this tions on page 101 of this Diamond Award Contest, but issue. Remember that if you several dark horses are al- save your coupons for the ready showing a determined rest of the Contest and send strength that will put the sup- them in together they will posed national favorites to count for more. Act today their best pace to carry off send in your nominations honors. start the ball rolling and tell To the program, organiza- your friends about the Dia- tion or artist in the United mond Award Contest, that States which receives the your favorite may be assured largest number of votes from of more support. listeners and readers of Radio "I nominate 'Fiddlin' John' Digest will be awarded a Carson for the Diamond handsome and valuable gold Award because I like old time mounted Diamond Meritum fiddlin' and he is the best I Award. This trophy will be have ever heard. He will en- in the shape of a gold medal- tertain anyone. More power lion emblazoned with a dia- to 'Fiddlin' John' and WSB," mond, and will be engraved writes Robert L. Harris. with the name of the winning Design for Diamond Meritum Award "I am enclosing my nomi- program, organization or nation blank for the most artist. popular program on the air, That the contest may be more representative, and in order the Smith Family of WENR I am saving all my votes so this that the favorite program, organization or artist in your sec- popular program will have a better chance to win the Diamond tion of the country may win honors over its neighbors, five Award."—George L. Meyers, Dubuque, . Gold Awards will be presented in the sectional race. These "It affords me the greatest pleasure to be able to nominate trophies will be similar in every way to the Diamond Award, Willy and Lilly of KMOX as candidates in your America's except that the diamond will be omitted from the design, and Most Popular Program Diamond Award Contest, and I cer- will be given to the most popular program in the divisions of tainly hope they are successful. I really believe they are far the country representing the East, South, Middle West, West superior to Amos 'n' Andy, as the impersonation of Lilly is so and Far West. cleverly done, and the snappy singing keeps the program from being as dull and dry as Amos 'n' Andy. Will send a year's FOR the individual program, organization or artist winning subscription to Radio Digest before the contest ends."—Charles the Diamond Meritum Award will come recognition of H. Foley, St. Louis, Mo. inestimable value. No one thing is worth more to a broadcast "Kindly accept my nomination for Dr. Brinckley of KFKB. program than the expressed admiration and preference of the He offers the best service and the best entertainment of them listening public. all. I'm saving my ballots so he will get the 75 votes." No individual can tell with any degree of accuracy how any M. B. Aldridge, Ponca City, Okla.

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City State City__ _State RADIO DIGEST Station KFKB Wins JS 111 GOLD CUP Increase the enjoyment of your Radio 9ans Rally to Support of Meet the artists who entertain the World's Most Popular you daily, face to face Station—256,827 Votes

RADIO DIGEST alone can take you behind the scenes of ACCLAIMED by an overwhelming majority of broadcasting and tell you the story of your favorite program the listening public, readers of Radio Digest, because— broadcasting station KFKB wins the Gold Cup RADIO DIGEST and the title of the World's Most Popular Station. Is the Only National Radio Fan Magazine/ Rallying to the support of their favorite with unprece- dented enthusiasm, friends of this Milford, Kansas, station polled a total of 256,827 votes. Ei Contests for sectional honors in the six geographical Every Month Radio Digest Brings Yom« divisions of the continent were marked by heavy ballot- ing and close races. In the East, Station WJZ carried. off first honors in a comparatively light vote, polling PICTURES.' 4,210 ballots, winning a Silver Cup and the title of the East's Most Popular Station. of personalities appearing before the microphone everywhere In the District of the South, "Hello World" W. K. Henderson carried off all honors and winning title, to the Silver Cup for the South's Most Popular Station. His total vote was recorded as 19,514. In the Middle West another comparatively small station, but one Interesting sidelights on broadcasting and people who make programs which proved itself exceptionally strong in the hearts of its listeners, won first place. Station KFNF, owned and operated by the inimitable Henry Field, polled a P total of 46,556 ballots to win the Silver Cup for the What's on the air and when, from the great chain systems—and, an Middle West. alphabetical log of all stations in North America with accurate A station, WNAX, proved itself the official wave lengths table and state and city index most popular broadcaster in the West, its friends cast- ing 17,031 votes to carry the Silver Cup and the district title to Yankton. This is the second Radio Digest And in 1 award won by WNAX. The Cup given for the most Addition** popular orchestra reposes in the Gurney Seed com- by Such Nationally Known Authors as: pany's studios at Yankton. E. Phillips Oppenheim Octavus Roy Cohen IN THE Far West, Hal Nichol's Long Beach, Cali- fornia, station, KFOX, carried away the Silver Cup Theodore Bechdolt William O. Lengel and the district title. In a whirlwind finish KFOX Jackson Gregory Frank R. Adams listeners piled up a grand total of 64,557 votes to bestow the title of the Most Popular Station in the Far West Fullerton Rupert Hughes Hugh upon their favorite. Votes from Canada's widely scat- Floyd Gibbons Edgar Wallace tered population registered an outstanding sentiment in favor o*f CFEQ as the Dominion's most popular Will Irwin broadcaster. Three thousand eight hundred and forty- two ballots were registered for this Saskatoon station. In the true sense of this contest to select the World's Most Popular station, it was the station the NEWSSTANDS with most *T1 T J loyal friends—listeners eager and willing to stand up SIubscnbe lodlay sold out and fight for the glory of their favorite, that won the Gold Cup. There are doubtless other broadcasters in You won't want to miss a single issue of this great Radio Fan Magazine. the country who have more listeners over a period Clip the coupon below—Mail it Today—and be sure of your copy/ of time, but it was the station with the strongest, not the largest, following that was destined to win inter- national recognition as the World's Most Popular. 5-30 PUBLISHER RADIO DIGEST Friends of broadcasters all over the continent rallied 510 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, III. to the support of their favorites in splendid style, and Please find enclosed check, M. O., for Four Dollars (Five every station entered in the Gold Cup Contest has a Dollars Foreign), for One Year's Subscription to RADIO right to be proud of its standing with its listeners. DIGEST. Great honor and recognition are the reward of the Gold Cup winner and winners of the Sectional races. Name To the runnersup must also go a large measure of credit which is their just due for the strong position Address they hold in the hearts of their listeners. Full details of the balloting will appear in the June City State ! Radio Digest, together with a comprehensive layout fr"-— of the winning broadcasters in this contest. Personal Bits About C^NTERESTING Read in YOUR PERSONALITIES JUNE of the Air RADIO DIGEST

The Boyhood Days of Amos and Andy

Graphic first hand picture of Curly Gosden when he was a freckle-faced kid in Richmond, Virginia. Intimate sketch of Chuck Correll when he was a sturdy leather-lunged newsboy in Peoria, CUPID ON THE AIR Collection of true stories about some of the Radio romances that have culminated or soon will culminate in happy marriage. SALARIES OF THE STARS E. E. Plummer, famous Radio writer, pre- sents an article with names an' everything about what the Big Stars get in the old pay envelope. SPORT WAVES Doty Hobart is lining up the summer schedule of games and outdoor amusements that will come to you by Radio.

TED HUSING'S LIFE Gossipy narrative of the background for that marvelous voice you hear over the CBS. And a corking camera portrait, taken especially for Radio Digest. THE HUNTERS A pair of gangster gunmen follow their in- tended victim through Florida swamps and stumble over unprecedented contingencies. This is one of Will Payne's best short stories.

HITS—QUIPS—SLIPS Indi's back and by June will have a thriving humor department for you. Send him the odd things you hear on the air and he may give you valuable tip. RADIO DRAMA FICTIONIZED Plays that you hear on the air. done into fic- tion form with fresh angles of plot will interest you. Also first class fiction by famous authors. IRENE BORDONI

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JNE is the month of tender J glances and solemn vows. Many a happy romance has budded into lasting love through the medium MILFORD, Kansas, with its station KFKB wins the Radio Digest Grand of a Radio borne voice. "Cupid on Prize in the national popularity contest. Milf ord came romping in with a Air" will be the subject of an the good lead as a big surprise to almost everybody but the*people who live in the anthology of true stories of some of enterprise. the swains and lasses who met, community. The winning of that cup had become a community The loved and joined hands at the altar station itself had no dickering in the handling of ballots or votes so far as Radio of matrimony in Radioland. This Digest was concerned. But there was every indication that the corner drug stores, will appear in the June Radio Digest. the banks, the various centers of community gatherings, were all plugging for You will want to keep it in your album. Dr. Brinkley, who now becomes a national Radio personality. KFKB is a feature * * * of Dr. Brinkley 's hospital. The doctor, his wife and young son live their lives How much money does a top- in a very human way in plain Radio view of everybody. They are very sincere notch Radio star make? What do and enjoy the prodigious respect of their neighbors. With the whole community the coming stars, now employed as Radio entertainers, make? What vitally interested in bringing Dr. Brinkley this tribute he didn't stand much of does a beginner make in this chosen a chance to lose. It goes without saying that Dr. Brinkley will consider the Radio former orofession? E. E. Plummer, Digest Gold Cup a Milford trophy. •ditor of Radio Digest, now Radio ditor of the Chicago Herald and * * * -.xaminer, has gone into the matter thoroughly and has promised an Very interesting statistics are furnished through a recent survey by the rticle that will tell us all about it— Metropolitan Life Insurance company as to the growth of Radio in the United naming names, of course, in the States. The figures at best are a year behind but they show that $4,240,703 was June Radio Digest. + + spent for Radio advertising in the first quarter of 1929 as compared to $823,202 Interest in Amos and Andy grows in the first quarter of 1927. There was an increase of more than $1,000,000 from by leaps and bounds. Radio Digest the fourth quarter of 1928. This is of interest to you because it shows the was first to give you information growing esteem in dollars and cents that the great commercial houses have for about them. It will continue to as Radio listeners. There is a keener competition for your attention. The furnish you with Amos and Andy you stories. Next month you will be more they want your attention the more they will pay for the entertainment to get taken to the home towns where it from you. So do not be too impatient if the sponsor asks to speak a word or two in youth these boys were known as for his investment in your notice. A letter or card of appreciation always pleases "Curley" Gosden and "Chuck" Cor- both the artist and the sponsor. rell. They were just like millions of other boys before some mys- * * * terious fate took them in hand. It might have happened to almost any- The federal Radio commission is getting restless again. There is an endless body, you'd say. amount of bickering and badgering for more power and better channels on the * * * part of stations. At this writing it seems to be settled that there will be a What a wow of a fiction story you are going to get from Will trimming down of power for a number of the 50,000 waiters. This will reflect Payne in your June Radio Digest! in greater power for more community stations now prepared to supply better Mr. Payne is marvelously gifted in programs than they were a few years ago. picking out dangerous, hair-raising situations and keeping you on edge * * * ^without being too rough. Two gangster gunmen find themselves Complaints still come from listeners who say that they wait long and in vain far afield from their city rat hole for station announcements. Even if it is a chain program with a nearer outlet haunts when they attempt to stalk the listener is keen to know just the station from which it is coming. The an intended victim through the announcer could easily slip in the call letters between numbers. Florida swamps. Of course, Mr. l Payne: takes care that the obvious * # * lever happens and you will be guessing to the very end. June days and summer weather will not dampen the interest of any real Radio * * * fan in the air programs. The portables and automobile receivers are becoming Speaking of fiction, be sure read to more popular each year. Some cities have even begun regulating private auto- the E. Phillips Oppenheim story, mobile receivers to avoid interference police "The Turning Wheel," in this issue. with the Radio equipped squad cars. is splendidly It told and will be * * * concluded in June—just two in- stallments. We are sometimes surprised by the letters, pro and con, that come in response * * * to the signed editorials by famous writers on the opposite page. These editorials You will always find at least three do not necessarily always express the views of Radio Digest. They usually do and more often four good fiction storjes in Radio Digest. express the views of a great many people. We try to see things from all sides. * * * In this issue we have Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, first nationally known Radio pastor. Keep your ears open for a Hit- He had Radio Digest readers in mind in preparing this editorial. Dr. Cadman Quip-Slip on the air. is back Indi is enjoyed by millions of Radio listeners for his Sunday morning sermons over on the job in this issue of Radio the National Broadcasting company network. Digest. He is paying for things that make good paragraphs in his column. This is going to be one of the best features of its kind in Newsstands Don't Always Publisher the country. Read it in Radio Digest, < and send your contribution for next month. Have One Left I 510 N. Dearborn St., * * * I Chicago, Illinois. WHEN YOU WANT I is planning Please for Dollars DOTY HOBART an j find enclosed check, M. O., Four article on how to get the most (Five Dollars Foreign), for Oi)ne Year's Subscrip- I Win out of the big open air sports I tion to Radio Digest. hat come to you via Radio. He RadioDigest I ill also give you a forecast of some | Name . f ihe big games that will be broad- YOU WANT IT! ist. This will be in that very lively Address id very attractive June Radio Di- Be Sure of Your Monthly j est. We can't begin to tell you Copy by Subscribing Now | City.... State. 'ere everything that will be in it. S /Radio's /Religious confluence By S. Parkes Cadman, D. D., LL. D. Radio Minister of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America

SJT IS superfluous to expatiate on the Radio. It has done more than any other tm scientific marvel to convince the nations that there is a Divinity which shapes g-^ jtL their ends, "rough hew them," as men may. Its well nigh universal ministries, \^/ developed by leaps and bounds after the anarchies created by the World War, have breathed a common mind, a common culture, and a common purpose into the seething disturbances of our common humanity. The people at large are intent on rationalized industry, national solidarity and international good will because this miracle of the viewless air transmits a superior intelligence and morality, making them available for all and sundry. The elevation of the public taste for entertainment which is whole- some and stimulative of the best life proceeds apace. Of course there are in the Radio grave possibilities of those evil communications which corrupt good manners. We also recognize that nothing is necessarily true because it is either widely circulated or widely accepted. Yet after every qualification has been made, the decisive factor remains that the choicest music, literature, drama, economic information and educational methods are at the daily disposal of countless hosts of Radio listeners. The broadcastings agencies of our country have treated religion with the utmost consid- eration and generosity. In order to promote its oneness and prevent its differences, the officials of those agencies had to carefully ascertain how to diffuse "the things of the spirit" which underly all sectarian separations. Since religion is closely identified with ecclesiastical organizations, creeds and rituals, it is clear that no one denomination can be exalted at the expense of the rest. Hence the vital questions: What is religion, as understood by those who are charged with the responsibility of "The Radio's Religious Influence?" How can their presen- tations be made effective for Protestants and Catholics, Jews and Gentiles? And what is perhaps more pertinent: how can the utterances which challenge attention week days and Lord's Days commend themselves to the fifty millions who attend no Church and hold no allegiance to any form of faith? First, such presentations must be non-controversial, in the sense that they attack no sincere efforts, by whomsoever attempted, to explain the ways of God toward men. Second, they must be conferential, in the sense that they invite response, and the ben- efits of mutual understanding and appreciation. The professed Christian who regards all who are not of his peculiar tribe as outcast and doomed has no worth while message for a Radio audience. Third, these presentations must breathe and embody the spirit of sacrificial love and purifying goodness. The noble declaration of the prophet Micah is the Old Testament (i the thou watchword of Israel's religion: " He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the 5 boys , the Lord thy God require of thee, but to do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy some that ; God." Every right minded child of Abraham feels the force of Micah' s historic summary. ouching. I The New Testament conclusively shows that a churchman may possess every coveted and the Kir. ersuade gift of external religion, and nevertheless miss its internal beauty and power. He may Am lto the Gn angelic elucidate all theological speak with an tongue, mysteries, conquer the realms of seven-year-( knowledge, exercise compelling faith, bestow his goods on the poor, and even give his body to be wrote to

burned. Yet St. Paul solemn^ asseverates: "If I have not love, it profiteth me nothing." • and the let at Amos is ; THIS love is no nebulous sentimentahsm which pities the sufferer and then passes him by. It is the holy in that Ho passion, divinely given, which claims unlimited self sacrifice on the part of its recipients. It demands I am se that the interest and safety of the whole body of citizenship shall be set above all private interests, and become saved up tr. the controlling motive of individual service for the welfare of humanity. I want you This is the religion which is preached through the Radio. Its various ways of communication but will have so increase its force and meaning for those who hear it. Its message is for everyone, without distinction of race, ling to eat." caste or color. It is heard by numberless "shut ins" and bedfast invalids, by the inmates of asylums and e, letters ca prison houses, by coastguardsmen and lighthouse keepers, by lumbermen in frontier forests, sailors on the 7 if he and sea, soldiers in the camp, lonely homesteaders and by countless hosts of dwellers on farms or *',<• villages, A.mos to let towns and cities. ;h. This sa The harvests reaped from the faithful sowing of God's spermatic seed are known only to Him. But my •pleading, c somewhat extensive experience of Radio preaching convinces me that its benefits are incalculable, its draw- ng runs throi backs negligible; and that its total influence vastly preponderates for the upbuilding of the nation in com- ed and thf- passion, justice, loyalty and "the true knowledge of Him whom to know aright is Life Eternal." a staff of ,:ept cons classifying roups. ty extends _avenue; fron "st to the far ds out like e -.t the remain' "1 on page 94) *J plane a hapf lasting of a R the A anthol the s\ loved 2 of mat will api You w album.g Ho notch the co' Radio does a ">rofess ditor ditor „xamin thorough rticle thl .laming June Ra

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DOTY I TjIRANK KNIGHT, announcer for the Columbia article T Broadcasting system, has caught the popular (un out of fancy, and with good reason, as you will see is/hen hat come to you have read Florence Marks' story on the next ill also give y page. A success on the legitimate stage, Mr. Knight f ihe big gam has found the ether zvorld even more to his liking, ist. This will to the good fortune of the listening public. id very atlrai est We can *cre everything §

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1 O^ackstage Gldmour in Stuqs SHRANK KNIGHT Finds All the Color and Romance o' "Legitimate Days'* Lives Anew Before the Mike— "The Show Must Go On"

By Florence E. Marks

is a reason for the spirit and enthusiasm of Frank stars as Nance O'Neill, Francine Larrimore, and Lest' THEREKnight, one of the star announcers for the Columbia gan. It was about this time, during engagements o\w Broadcasting system. It lies in the fact that when he imate stage, that Mr. Knight started his Radio worft left the stage and turned to broadcasting he found in the hero in all the dramatizations of stories by Sa^l the studio all the glamour and thrill of life backstage. The and E. Phillips Oppenheim. But he had not yet A old tradition . . . "The show must go on." Even more, he tremendous opportunity that awaited him in the ijf found that in a Radio station the curtain rises on a dozen ing field of broadcasting. jST shows a day, each show a new one with all the anxiety, color, Persuaded by two of the most prominent figure! and romance that accompany a "first night." None of the world that he was on the wrong track, and that his i familiar characters are missing. find a large and appn There are the musicians, the actors, ence if allowed full s the property men, stage manager went into" the game f| in stellar role worth. Under the tutei and director. And, the QEVERAL years ago Frank Knight of master of ceremonies, the an- them, Ted Husing, he nouncer, Mr. Frank Knight. *^ was flirting with Radio. Perched on the ranks of announce! Frank likes his job. He likes the WABC. The other, th. the brink of his present vocation, he had constant contact with a nation-wide Daniel, supplied the er audience. And he hasn't actually not a single thought of falling, diving or and pressure to whic^ given up his old calling. For Colum- succumbed. being pushed into the ether. More or less bia, every Sunday night, he portrays the character of Dr. Gilbert, the as a pastime, he took a few leads in Radio "R.1 KNIGHT findsl masculine lead in "Arabesque," and M decide whether t'm dramas, in the meantime filling engage- every Monday evening he does the made then was the wa| dramatic role of David Peters in ments on the legitimate stage. Then came pleasantest change he ham Littman's "Mountainville Sketches." in his life. As he saiwH friendship tvith two the most prominent Try to realize, knowing Mr. of voted several years ofj|| Knight's keen enjoyment of his figures in Radioland—Ted Husing and pursuit of fame and "i^Hj work now, that for many months he of the spoken drama, ^rjjl the late John B. Daniel. Under their tute- was perched on the brink of his to the vagaries of stag present vocation with not a single lage and encouragement he joined the York City and on tr|8 thought of falling, diving, or being found it rather Jim ranks of the broadcasting fraternity. hard pushed into the ether. Several years suitable career uponJ| ago he was flirting with Radio. "Radio today fills the bill to perfection," theatre. More or less as a pastime, he took a "But," said Frank, 8 says Frank. And now, meet the CBS H| few leads in Radio dramas, when the the bill to perfection, £§ Radio play was in its infancy, and Master of Ceremonies, the announcer, officiating at the micraB when, on account of the severe crit- Mr. Frank Knight. Columbia BroadcastiJ^| icism to which it was being sub- one of a small group jected, it seemed unlikely that it who handle the daily would ever reach maturity. For a grams from our New couple of year^ he drifted in this a group, by the way manner; his Radio work was a filler-in—just so much velvet, collectively, is a hard one to beat. And when nc not to be considered as a source of permanent income. But tively, can one possibly find a couple of annoti.

Radio drama came into its own, bringing him along with it, for their respective tasks than Ted Husing a ., , e fully equipped for the place he holds now by the education and Could you produce another personality like E- /T the Isb experience of his earlier life. I'll leave the answers to you." ?J\ s °me Therein lies another reason for the succ<. , • 3 i WAS born in St. John's, Newfoundland, on May 10, dressed and well-spoken Frank Knight. He n "^""^.* HE lr 1894, the son of Herbert E. Knight, who, up to the time hard at a job that is exciting and interesting tcf ^ T~ rsua e 1 of his death a year ago, was the best known and most revered among people with whom he feels it is a ple' r V^" to the Lrr< barrister and solicitor in the country. and associate. even-year-< He graduated from St. Bonaventure's college in the City of

rot ' St. and soon after started work in the local branch of distinct flare for w *9 John's FRANK has a comfort whio , £ 311 *; the Canadian Bank of Commerce. This he did at the request satisfy in a manner suited to him sometime .

,! of his father, the latter feeling that every boy should have For that reason, he hates to drive a motor car, . ,n^"^nlftnat ti0 some business training no matter what plans he may have for- content to wait until he can afford the chauffeur mulated for his future career. a well-kept auto before he purchases one. H' I am se aved U that it is P " With the advent of war in 1914, he immediately forgot the a question of swank, merely a matter ^ 1 want you banking business to enlist in the regiment which later became This holds true for valets also. He feels he nee . naveh so the Royal Newfoundland regiment, and went abroad. He saw he isn't perfectly immaculate and clean—but be. lln to ea * - action in the Gallipoli campaign during the latter part of 1915, a strain to be actually, not personally, tidy. *= : ters a and in the beginning of 1916 his regiment was attached to the He lives by himself in a charming and mo '., ! ? " e ar d famous 29th British division. With this Division he fought on and loves his freedom as a celibate, although h, ! 1 let the Suvla bay and the Helles fronts and went through the the married state might hold compensations for^ ™, ? sa evacuations of both these scenes of battle. independence. His whole apartment is a syn : leadlni- When the Gallipoli campaign ended, Frank moved to the tered cloths, half-smoked cigarettes, and beaut'P ^' ° 1! run r° l French front and fought there until invalided out after the He has a fine collection of prints, having ass =\ 5 "? ec an 1P " Battle of the Somme. He returned home, very much broken a leisurely way with a great regard for his persi * ." 4 in health, and shortly after received an honorable discharge taste has been developed through years of sta ff ot fe coni •> .r P* from the army. v galleries, studying the masters, and doing, classifying As in the case of so many other young men, the war inter- reading.

rou s - rupted, at its inception, the smooth course of his" life work. He Mr. Knight discovered that he possessed P extends had to begin all over again. For a while he went to McGill for the works of the modern painters wh^ avenu fron university in Montreal to study medicine, but gave it up in his to New York, he found himself in that em to ^ f second year—after finding himself physically unfit for the state of having lots of time on his hands. ** ?•,., ds ° ut e £ strenuousness of the profession. find either very cheap or entirely free div , . r t rem n ,' He emigrated to New York City, his objective—the stage. Wanting a change from the old masters c ^! 94 He clicked, playiiy in New York and on the road with such (Continued on page 90^ on P a » e > lasting, M O S and <-A NDY of a R the Ai antholc the sw President Hoover Meets the Boys in Person loved a of mat —Just Qne of Millions of American Citizens VFho will app You w Make Them Welcome in Mansion and Cottage album. How, By Albert R. Williamson notch the coi National Broadcasting Company Radio oes a immaculately clad young men followed the secre- red-cap in the Grand Central, and both are tagged, "From o sio.- nto the office. Standing to greet them was the Jimmy and His Gang." or ot ''V- ent of the United States. Both of the young men Trying to take the characters of Correll and Gosden apart, f ° considerably abashed, in fact, the blond-haired one or rather of Amos 'n' Andy apart, to see what makes them — xaminer , fterwards, that he click or to discern what might time to kee from be a clue to their almost awing rticle?h' P Vawa." popularity, is an impossible were Amos n T TOT ziggityl Just as Mark Quqst was about to task. But these few incidents June'Rad , so great is their mjL sally forth to interview the Kingfish whom reveal some insight as to what evident their pop- it may be. should he meet but Amos 'n' Andy themselves who lnteresl even th e President A faithfulness of their char- this particularly article by leaps ad s tates has found submitted informative by Mr. acters and episodes even to the S W them in person. Williamson, official representative the National locale of their story is another h I of about th( event occurred point which they always stress. on Broadcasting company. We feel a little sorry for furnish y^hat the p res ident They are admirers and friends is this sort stories, hat the boys said Mr. Williamson who beleagured for just of the colored race and their taken to made the call in of material from one end of the country to the other. many trips in Harlem for the these bcn, ith M. H. Ayles- purpose of studying the habitat Curley You will read here how the two black idols of the air ident of t he Nation- of their New York activities went into 'Harlem to get everything just right, how b-ing company, has was a lot of fun for them and ofr . otherlj^aied, but it, to- inadvertently they gave a telephone number that it was valuable. The boys tenous fau ^ ot her incident caused a Harlem lady a sleepless day and night an- made many of these trips in- might havjor|-remains one o{ cognito, talking to chance ac- swering calls for Madam Queen, how girls body, you_h;|ed memories. fifteen quaintances, meeting up with e night, they were are kept busy every day opening letters written to love-sick "Amoses" and button- What Jlinner given by the Amos 'n' Andy, how the boys almost missed a broad- holing swaggering "Andys" in you are newspaper men at pool rooms as they roamed the cast because of a Chicago blizzard. Andy did a mara- Payne in ib. President Hoo- entire black belt from Park Mr. Paynoto have been pres- thon of a mile and a half across town in the teeth of avenue to Eighth avenue. picking orce it followed so the worst storm Chicago had ever known to rescue In writing about Harlem, situations' death of former the precious manuscript that had been so carefully Gosden says: "We try to be Without tteff, the decision as faithful to this interesting worked out to the evening's entertainment. gangster R he would cancel furnish section of New York as we can. far afield its of that nature, Amos went on to the studio to hope and pray and Tramping up and down the haunts wluson, one of the tremble lest he should have to take the program streets, watching life, standing an intendeecretaries, how- on corners and listening to the alone. had visions his partner stuck Florida sv> the boys at the He of head first talk of the inhabitants, Charley Payne tak^ message from in a snowdrift, and other similar calamaties. But and I got a lot of faithful im- lever happi'^'ce-. Andy was resourceful. Coal trucks, cabs and private pressions." guessing to Mid. Mr. Aker- So faithful are these impres- cars carried him across the loop and back to the .^ n especially fish interview will have to wait. Mr. Williamson Company, Incorpulated. u, Sh Q P- P.° gust when they will give us another inside story about Amos 'n' th ™ J°£ personal appear- N CASE you are ever in Digest.f H. Andy in June Radio Digest.—Editor. thejr broa dcasts, I New York, and want to that make yur i ng this same know the exact vicinity in C r with Mr yies- can locate these cele- ? T\ - A which you sited the Walter Reid hospital where hundreds brated places, the call members of the Mystic Knights the count boys the veterans forgot the pains and trying months of of the Sea together on the north side of West 137th street yourniir contriurnnn ]n(j s t0 v0 ; ce t h e ir enthusiasm for the two char- some 150 feet west of Lenox avenue. They indicate Madame 1 come to be the bright spot in their monotonous Queen's beauty parlor as being on the south side of West DOTY H as mucn alike as beads on a string. 135th street about half way between Lenox and Seventh article streets, while the offices of the Fresh Air Taxicab Company, > -i 1 ,r , {vin out of the 4en tney were leaving New York to return Incorpulated, are on the north side of West 135th street, hat come to •' Porter s in the Grand Central terminal again about 200 feet east of Seventh avenue. Amos 'n' Andy reside ill also give yi ova ' of their favorite characters. On their on the north side of 134th street between Park and Madison : vmos ' n ' office, I? the big game Andy stand two brass orna- avenues. just. This will life-like replica of a dog about eight inches "Of course," Amos says when you inquire, "these are only Tid very attrac r an elephant with his trunk turned upwards approximate locations, but you see it was necessary for us to jest. We can' establish our various activities with some measure of accuracy. ere everything ,ente d to the boys by Jimmy Williams, head Because a lot of people, especially those in Harlem, check up ! .

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on us, it has to be topographically correct as well as faithful in character. We decided on these definite locations after our many visits to Harlem and we tried not to pick out any real addresses, of course, but rather to generalize, so that no one spot could be said to be the place, although it remained in the neighborhood." So while the investigator might find that Amos 'n' Andy lived under a bridge or the taxicab company office was in a vacant lot, if they check up on the addresses, Amos says that if they were to give trfc actual address, it might cause a lot of annoyance to people living there. This is illustrated by an incident that happened in one of their episodes. For some reason or other, and not at all by choice, the boys used an actual number for Madame Queen, and the Harlem woman whose telephone it was, throughout that night and the next day answered more than six hundred telephone calls, asking for Madame Queen and inquiring for Andy. Finally the poor woman grew desperate and requested relief from the telephone company and the NBC. That solved the amaze- ment of the telephone company at the astonishing activity for that particular number, because they had been forced to detail an extra girl for that exchange to put through the calls. Now Amos 'n' Andy have two Harlem numbers reserved for their own use. These are Harlem 5912 and Harlem 6119. The boys are very apologetic about the incident. "We won't make that mistake again," says Gosden. "We felt sorry for the poor woman who was pestered. I don't know how we ever happened to get that particular number, but now that we have numbers assigned to us we will be all right."

CASUAL observer would never realize what these epi- A sodes mean to millions of people over the United States. Amos 'n' Andy to these hordes of followers are real flesh and

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blood people and in the thou of fan letters that the boys

there are always some that ; either laughable or touching. I example, when Andy and the Kir. fish were trying to persuade Am to put his money into the Grt Home bank, a little seven-year-< boy from Pittsburgh wrote to Pepsodent company and the let

read: "I feel sure that Amos is > ing to put his money in that Ho bank and lose it all. I am se years old and have saved up tl teen pennies, which I want you give to Amos so he will have so money to get something to eat." At this same time, letters ca 1 in threatening Andy if he and Kingfish persuaded Amos to let his hard-earned cash. This sa trend, threatening, pleading, c> gratulating, suggesting runs throi all of the mail received and thf- so much of it that a staff of fifteen girls are kept cons busy sorting and classifying thirty different groups. This popularity extends Harlem to Park avenue; fron cago's Gold Coast to the far Shore and spreads out like z gulfing flood over the remain' (Continued on page 94)

; -^ Irs. o^mos and Mrs. c^ndy Wives of Famous Comedians Complete a Happy Foursome

By Jessica Arnot Woman Interviewer discovers interesting events are about to happen in lives of Correll and Gosden— Where the "declara- tion" idea originated.

HUSH, Shush, and Sho', Sho', — there's a deep dark secret S about that well known pair of Radioland about to be revealed. Did you know that Mrs. Amos and Mrs. Andy, back- ground abettors of all that is said and done by those famous broadcasters, are almost as interesting as their husbands? Off-stage, of course. And these wives of so widely heralded a pair of funsters are actually gleeful when informed that their purposeful seclusion and hiding behind this pair of household Radio pets has made them almost thoroughly unknown. In some parts they are not even known to exist. Few women are so reticent. But, perhaps, there is some wisdom in it. "That's just the idea," chorus the two of them to all would-be interviewers. "We are truly delighted to let our husbands absorb all of the rarified public ether. "We're equally happy to bask quietly and effectively, albeit, as kindly critics and silent partners, in the homey atmosphere of our Chicago apartment hotel homes where we can hear them just as others do. And oft times we tell them some things about their performance that others would not tell them. We don't want them spoiled entirely, you know. But we do think they're great, grand and lovable. We love them. Yes, we do! Perhaps that's why we keep in the background just as much as possible, although they do not wish us to." That being the gist of what Mrs. Amos and Mrs. Andy usually chorus to all interviewers, what you are to read now, many secr,ets, great and small, you will understand were gathered by a bit of close eaves- dropping which proved most effective. For these (Continued on page 91) Freeman F. Gosden (Amos), left, and Charles J. Correll (Andy), in latest photo on the White House steps after call on the "prez- der.t" of the U-nited J States. / '

13 Destiny Shaped Lives of c^MOS and c^NDY A Biographical Review

SUCCESS is as erratic as lightning. Often it is no less devastating. Success for Freeman F. Gosden and Charles J. Correll, better known as Amos and Andy, finds them level headed and serenely alive to every opportunity of the moment. Five years ago there was no such thing as Amos and Andy. Today Amos and Andy are perhaps better known to a greater number of people than any other entertainers in America. Many brilliantly talented artists strive for a lifetime for public favor and end their days comparatively unknown. There was nothing particularly remarkable in young Curly Gosden, as he was known in Richmond when a boy, no out- standing trait to indicate Destiny had picked him for fame and glory. His father died while he still was a young boy of 12 (and you will read the story of his boyhood in the next Radio Digest). In the Gosden household was a negro mammy, who had a son about the same age as young Freeman. The black boy's name was Snowball. From Snowball and the mammy Curly absorbed the characteristics and traits now so popular in the American mind in the person of Amos. He acquired the common school education easily but did not go through to graduation. He wanted to be doing something that he considered at the time to be more worthwhile. In that, perhaps, may be found the starting point of his dreams of future success. Opportunity for doing the things he wanted to do as a voca- tion did not present itself. At any rate he spent all his spare moments practicing for the benefit shows gotten up by the local amateurs. His exceptional ability finally came to the attention of professional managers. He was offered a position to join a producer. His older brother reluctantly gave consent. It was the first time a member of the family had left Richmond to go into business. Besides, it was difficult to see where any great success could come from such a venture. Even young Freeman had nothing particularly brilliant to offer in the way of a future along this line. It was simply a case of going out and helping to stage other amateur theatricals in conjunction with local fraternal organizations.

BUT there, it seems, is where Old Madam Destiny did her stuff with the threads (Continued on page 93)

'Is I Bh Amos sings gleefully.

"If I had revested my $5 in Skyrocket Airplane I would have $20," Andy reckons. DREAM WORLD OF 1X/TUSIC of Grand L * 1 Opera Only Incidental in WLW iPOKEN O Broadcasts

By Natalie Giddimgs too, that she, like many other opera lovers, often had difficulty in distinguishing the thread of the story, woven around as they are in opera the fine tissue of music. herself in a world of dreams which she does not with LIVING There, then, was her opportunity to contribute a new idea deny oftimes is peopled with kings and princesses, to Radio programs. She would take from the operas their Helen Rose is one of the rare dreamers who is privi- stories for production, the leged to weave her own fancies into a fabric of imagina- and dramatize them Radio using tion to delight others. For an inveterate romanticist, what could be more appro- priate than a position as the director of dramatics for a Radio station such as the 50,000-watt Crosley broadcaster, WLW, from which the pattern of dreams she creates floats out to millions of listeners in every condition of life and every state of mind. Hence it is not strange, is it, that Helen Rose should most enjoy writing and directing the Spoken Operas? That the kings and queens and princesses and gay adventurers who wander through the pages of the great operas are to her almost as real as the actors whom she trains to play the parts? Enough of this attitude in regard to Helen Rose and her dreams. Montaigne, in his Essays, said, "I believe it to be true The -career that dreams are the true interpreters of our inclinations; but of Helen there is art required to sort and understand them." Let us Rose, use a little art then in cataloguing Helen and her dreams. dream cas- Five years ago, Helen had just graduated, from a school of tle builder, dramatic art. She had gone back into the school as a member is an inspi- of the faculty. was well established, but ration to much experimenting was being done on the programs even women then. At WLW they decided to give plays, a radical step for who want 1925. The program director was a young man. Helen Rose to get in to was a young girl, an even younger girl than she is now, and Radio. no one ever considers her anything but young now. It wasn't -trange, at any rate, that Helen should have got that lucky break that made her one of the first women to direct a Radio play. She was asked to direct "The Step on the Stairs," said to be the first mystery story ever broadcast.

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