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SCRIBNER BROTHERS Scbobar ie, N. Y. The RCA RADIOTRON Radio Log With B iog raphica l S~e tches by Jac~ Fos ter, LOOK INSIDE THE Radio Edit or, N .ew Y or~ World-Teleg ram RADIO CABINE T THAS bee n t he aim of the publi shers of th is IRad io Log to g ive you i nform atio n w hic h wil l enab le yo u to be tt er enjo y th e marve ls of radi o. BE FORE YOU BU Y In additi on to a com pl ete cr os s inde xed lis t- ing of all broa dc as ting s tati ons on th e Nort h HE N yo u buy one of th e fi ne new radio sets Am eri ca n Continent , as well as th e prin cip al W now being o ff ered, be sur e th at yo u l oo k at t he shor t-wave s tatio ns of th e wor ld, this Radi o Lo g tu bes before yo u purc hase it. Make su re that th e se t you buy is e qui ppe d with RCA R adi otr ons. has many other fe atures, not th e leas t o f which For yea rs lea ding set man uf ac tur ers hav e r eco m- are th e bi og raphica l ske tches o f th e lea ding ra dio men ded th at you use RCA Radio tr ons in orde r th at yo u ar ti sts. ma y ge t out of yo ur set eve rythin g t hey have b uil t in to Th ese a uthenti c ske tches are b y Jack Fos ter, it. Don' t ga mble with yo ur r adio enjo yment . Make certai n t ha t yo ur new s et is deli vered equi pped with Radio E dit or o f the New York Wor ld- Teleg ram. RCA R adio tr ons- th e stand ard tu be s of the industr y. Few w ri ter s kn ow as intim ately as does Jac k Fos ter th e li ves o f th ose we hea r ea ch ni ght on
Copy right '9 ) 1 the air . Th ese ske tches wi ll enab le yo u t o k no_w RCA R ad iotron Co. In c. , yo ur favo rite ar tis ts. . Ha rri so n, N . J. The ea rly pion eer da 'ys in r adi o broadcastin g c reated The ReA Radiotro n many n ew e xpress io ns, some va gr an t, som e un popul ar. Many of th em we re short lived . But the re a re m any sl ang wor ds an d ph rases no w recog niz ed, wi dely used Rad io L og and readil y underst ood b y p rod ucti on m en, a nnou nce rs, and studio e ng in ee rs . , Here is an in ter est ing li st of som e of th e w or ds, each with i ts s ingul ar me aning: Ki lo- Di al "Ade noid te nor :" on e w ith a "ti ght " voice. Can TRANSMIT TER L OCA TI ON Po we r Kilo cycle Letter s Watt s cycle s Settin g lndex "Ann oun cer's d eligh t:" sar ~as tic al ly ap plie d to the ------anno uncer 's co ntrol b ox in the stud io, a comple x inst ru - WAAF Chi ca go , Il l.. ... ' .,., .. 500 920 550 KC ment w it h ro ws of li ghts . WAAM New ar k, N . J ...... , 2000 1250 KFDY "Birdi e: " th e twee t-t wee t sound occ as ional ly Divi des ti me with WGCp. WODA KFU O encount ered on lo ng-d istance tra ns mis sio n lin es. WAAT Je rsey C ity , N. J ...... , ... . 300 940 KFYR "Bl asty :" the blas ting sou nd, too muc h volum e. WAAW Omaha , Nebr ...... 500 660 KO AC "Bug juic e:" a t er m descr ibing carbon t etra chlori de, KSD WABC } New Y ork City ...... 5000 860 "Bu gs:" troubl e in e qui pment caus ed b y s om ething WBOQ WGR WKR C not imme diately o bv ious. WABI Bangor, Me ...... , ...... 100 1200 "Cans: " head phon es. "Corn fed:" when the p erfc irmar:ce of either a s inger WABO (See WHEC-WAllO ) WHEC } 560 Kc or in strumental is t l ac ks cult ure. KFDM "Cro ss -fire :" Morse t elegraph code s pi cked up by WABZ New Orleans, La...... ' . ' .. 100 1200 program lines . Div ides time with WJBW KLZ KTAll "Cross-t alk:" conversation picked up from a foreign WACO Waco , Tex ... "" . .. ". ... . 1000 1240 source . Divides time with KTAT WFI ,WIBO "Cross -tone :" forei gn tones picked up. WADC Tallmadge, Ohio . .. , .... . ". 1000 1320 WLIT "Down in th e mud:" a very low rep roduction volu me .. WAIU Columbus, Ohio ...... , , . , .. 500 640 WNOX "Electrical trans crip tion:" broad casting a pr ogram WALR Zanesville, Ohio ,. , 100 1210 WPCC recorded on a record. WAPI Birmingham, Ala...... 5000 1140 WQAM "Fade in" or "fad e out:" gradual reductio n o r Divides time with KVOO incr ease in volum e, respectively. WASH Grand Rapids, Mich ...... 500 1270 "Fighting the music:" l acking ease in sin ging. Div ides time with WOOD 570 KC "Fill in:" those who st andby to go on the air in case a program change must be made. WBAA W. Lafayette, Ind ...... , 1000 1400 KGKO Divides time with WCMA~ KMTR "Final shot:" the last te st of a program origin ati ng WKBF KXA outside the main studio . WBAK Harrisburg, Pa .... , .... ' . , 1000 1430 WEAO "Fuzzy:" a voice lacking in clarity. Di vides lime with WHp·WCAH WKBN "Gelatine tenor:" one with vibrato or tremolo in his WBAL Baltimo re, Md .. , . , .. .. ' 10000 1060 WMAC voice. Divides time with \VTIC WMCA "Haywire:" relates to equipment in poor cond ition. "Hold it down:" an order dir ected to studio engineer to reduce the volume. St udio Siang-A Colorfu l Ne w Language Cali (~o ntin ued) TRA NSMITTER LOC ATI ON I Pow er Kilo - Dial I Kiloc yc;; ' Le tt er s I Walls cyc le s Sett ing Index -- '- "H ot swi tch:" a rapid prog ram transfe r from one WBAP Fort Worth , Tex ...... 50000 800 570 KC po int of ori gin to anot her. . . . Divid es tim e w ith W FAA (Cont 'd) WNAX "K ill ie 100 bird :" a fli ght y co loratur a sop rano who WBAX Wilk es- Barr e, Pa ...... 100 1 210 sings wi th a florid sty le. Divid es time wi th W J BU WNY C WSYR "L ine hits:" whe n overhead tr ansm iss ion w ires WBBC Br ookl yn, N. Y ...... 500 1 400 WWNC contac t accident ally, usua lly durin g storms . Divid es ti me with WCG U- "Loc k jaw :" the voice of one who sings as if tired . WLTH-W FOX "Nemo: " pro grams or igin ating outs ide of s tu dio . WBBL Richmon d, Va ...... 100 1210 "Nervous b aritone :" one who over-e mphasiz es the 580 KC WBBM } drama tic effec t. Chicago , lll ...... 25000 7 70 KGFX WJBT Divi des time with KFA B "Old sexton:" a bass w ith a sep ulchr al voice . KSAC "On the beach: " out of a job, unemp loyed. WBBR Broo kl yn, N . Y...... 1000 1 300 WIBW Di vides time with WHAZ~ WOBU "On th e log: " an en tr y in th e s tudio reco rd, c omp li . WHAP·WEVO WSAZ men tary o r otherw ise . WBBZ Pon ca C it y, Okla ...... 100 1 200 WTAG "O n th e no se :" a radio p rog ram exe cut ed ac cordi ng WBCM Ba y Cit y, Mich ...... 500 1410 to sc hed ul e. WBEN Buffalo , N. Y•...... 1000 900 "O n t he pipe :" a nswe r t he telepho ne. "Pea ks" o r "kicks: " t he max imum poin t of the nee dle WBGF Glens Falls , N. Y...... 50 1 370 59 0 KC swi ng o n a vo lume indi cator. WBIG Greensboro , N. C...... 500 1440 KHQ "Rid ing gain: " keeping p rog ram vo lume wi thi n WBIS } (See WNAC-WBlS ) WCA J pr act icab le limi ts. WN AC WEEI "Scr atc hes:" a noise caused by faul ty eq ui pmen t. WBMS Hack ensack , N. J...... 250 1450 WKZO "Scoope r:" A sin ge r, usually a con tr alt o, w ho s li des Divide s time with WNJ - WOW up a nd d ow n th e sca le w ithou t di stin gui shing clear ly WKBO -WHOM bet ween no tes . WBNX New York Cit y ...... 250 1350 "Sho rt voice :" one w ith a limited range . Divi des tim e with W AWZ- WMS G- WCO A 600 KC "Stand by: " a wa rni ng t o ge t r eady to take the a ir . ~ KFSD "S tan dbys: " alternati ves for p rog rams o n the ai r. WBOQ } (See WABC-WBOQ ) WABC WCAC "Sour" o r "b lue:" vo ice o r in strum ent off pitc h. "Talk in g in h is beard: " a m uffled vo ice. WBOW Terre Haute , Ind ...... 100 1310 WCAO WGB S "Th e Ki ng:" the engi nee r on d ut y a t th e mas te r WBRC Birmingham, Ala...... 1000 930 WMT co ntrol d es k who supe rvises a ll ope rations. WBRE Wilke s-Barr e, Pa ...... 100 1310 WOA N "Thick:" when th e ind ividual in stru me nts in a g roup WBSO Nee dham , Ma ss ...... 500 920 WRE C se lection ar e n ot di stin guisha ble. "Thr one: " m aste r con tro l des k. WBT Ch ar lotte , N. Co ...... 5000 10 80 "Town crier:" one who s in gs too loud. WBTM Danvill e, Va...... 100 1370 "Up th ree m il es:" indicates ve ry hig h amount of Divi des tim e w it h WL V A 610 KC unit s or vo lum e of rep rod uctio n. WBZ Sp ringfi eld , Mass ...... 15000 990 KFR C "Wood en v oic :" lacks c larity a nd express ion. ~ Di vide s ti me w ith WB ZA WDA F "Woof :" a w o use d freq uentl y in ma kin g tes ts, but having no m eani Wh en expe rt s ag ree o n ReA Radio tr on s-why ta~e chan ces? JJj- Can TR ANS MIT TER L OCAT ION Powe r Ki lo ~ D;al Kilocycl e lette rs Wat ts cy cles Se tting Inde x ------WBZA Bo ston , Ma ss. ___ ...... 500 99 0 61 0 KC Div id es tim e with W BZ (Cont 'd ) WCAC Sto rr s, C onn ...... 250 600 WFAN Divides tim e w ith WG BS WIP WCAD Canton , N . Y...... 500 1220 WJAY WCAE Pit tsbu rg h, Pa ...... 1000 12 20 WCAH Col umbu s, Ohio ...... 500 1 430 62 0 K C PEN yo ur book let at D;vid es ti me wi th WH P· W BAK KGW O thi s pag e and read WCAJ Lincoln , Nebr ...... 500 590 KTAR this po rtr ait the nex t tim e Di vi des t im e wi th WOW WFL A yo u' re listen in g to the Qu aker C rac kels Man: WCA L Northfi eld , Minn ...... 1000 12 50 WLB Z Di vi des time wi th KFMX - WS UN WRHM-WLB WTM J Ph il was bo rn in Co ldwat er, Mi ch. , thi rty-on e y ea rs ago. So, of co ur se, h e ca me to New York. H e tw ists a n ifty blond WCA M C amd en, N. J ...... 500 1280 o;vi des ti me with WOAX ·WCAP mustac he a nd pe ers a t yo u throu gh r ound blu e eyes . He's known as the " Lon Chane y of th e Ai r" b eca use of h is WCA O Baltim ore, M do...... 250 600 63 0 K C KF RU repe rt oire o f roles. He says it's h ard es t to impe rson ate a n WCA P Asbur y Par k, N. J...... 500 12 80 WGB F In shman an d e asie st t o imperson ate a n old man. He lea rn ed Div ide s time w ith WCAM·WO AX WMAL how to imp erson ate a n I tal ian by t alkin g to a bo otblac k. WCAT R apid Cit y, S. D o...... 100 1 200 WOS It's rea lly q uite b y cha nce that Phil n ow is o ne o f the air 's WCAU Phi lad elph ia, Pa ...... 10000 1170 hi ghes t paid w its. Three years a go, aft er a numb er of d is- cour age ments, he had a bout decid ed to give up bro adc ast- WCAX Burlin gton, Vt...... 100 1200 64 0 KC Di vid es ti me wi th WNBX KF I In g. B ut, on second t houg ht, h e cho se to st ick at it a litt le long er and a lucky b reak br ough t him s everal Fleisc hmann WC AZ Cartha ge , III ...... 50 1070 WA IU WO I con tra cts, and lat er, th e Au nt Jemim a Panc ake and C rack els WCBA Allento wn, Pa ...... 250 14 40 acc ounts. Di vid es ti me w ith W SA N 650 KC He's marr ied and h as a da ughte r, Phy ll is, a litt le o ver a WC BD Zion , III...... 5000 10 80 yea r old. He me t F lo H elma r in the e ight h grade in E ast Div id es tim e with WMBI KPCB Orange, N. ]., w here he ha d be en bro ught as a lad to live, WSM WC BM Balt imo re, Md ...... 250 1370 and when s he was 21 and he 23, th ey we re m arr ie d. Their home is in Avon , N . ]., an d it's his g reate st sorr ow that WC BS Sprin gfi eld , III...... 100 1210 Div id es ti me wi th WTAX 66 0 K C hi s work is so ex act ing he se ldom has a c hance to go ho me exc ept o n wee k-e nds. WCC O Minn eapo lis, M inn ...... 7500 8U 1 WAA W WEA F WC DA New York City ...... 250 1350 Seldom do es he take fewe r than six charac ters d uring a Di vid es time w ith WBN X- bro adca st. He apo log izes for all his jok es , but t he liste ner s WM SG·W AWZ 67 0 KC write to rave abo ut how c onsistent ly a mu sing he is. He WCF L Chi cago, III...... 1500 970 WM AQ hopes o ne day to be financ iall y ab le to re tire a nd devote all his t im e to his hobby-p aintin g magaz ine co ve rs. Prog ress i n the ra dio ar t is me asu red by the deve lopme nt of ReA Radi otr ons Dial Ca ll TRANSMITTER LOCATION Power I Kilo - Kilocycl e Letters Watts cyc les Setting Index ------WCGU Brooklyn, N. Y...... 50 0 140 0 680 KC Divides time wi th WLTH - WBBC - WFOX KFEQ KPO WCHI Chicago, III ...... 5000 140 0 WPTF WALTER Di vi des time with WJAZ -WCKY DAMROSCH WCKY C ovi ngton , Ky...... 5000 149 0 700 KC Divi des t ime wi th WCHI-WJAZ WLW WCLB Bro okl yn, N. Y...... 100 15 00 Di vides time with WWRL · T is prob able that no WLBX- WMBQ 710 KC sing le voic e in Am eric a KM PC I WCLD Jane sv ille, Wis ...... 100 12 00 is better kno wn to chil dren WOR than th at of Walter Dam- WC LS Joliet , III ...... 100 13 10 Divide s time with WKBB rosch. During the two y ea rs Dr . Damrosc h h as been con- 720 KC ducting the Friday mornin g musical p rog rams for schoo ls, WC MA Culver, Ind ...... 500 14 00 he ha s cha tted intimat ely, pat ern ally , always tenderly , Divides time with W BAA-WK BF WGN WUB to millions of young listener s- te lling them of Wagne r WC OA Pensacola, F la ...... 500 13 40 and Beeth oven and Brahms -and has won the affection of WC OC Meri dian, Mis s ...... 1000 880 740 KC their eager hearts. WC OD Harris burg, Pa ...... 10 0 1200 KMMJ On a high stoo l he sits -white-haired , keen-eyed , stil l Di vides time wi th WKJC WSB active-speaking int o a microphone a t his left . He faces WCO H Yonk ers, N. Y...... 100 1 210 th e orch es tra, lifts hi s baton , a violinist opens h is m usica l Divides time w ith WJB I-WG BB - 750 KC score and the symphony begin s. They 've b uilt a br ass ra il WM RJ around his stoo l because , they say, one t ime D r. Dam rosch WC RW Chicago, III...... 100 121 0 WJ R sl ipped off. Divi des time wi th WS BC - WE DC Cha rle ston, S. C...... 76 0 KC He has been associated with New Y ork mu sica l li fe for WCS C 500 1360 so many years , that the impress ion has a ri se n th at h e is WCSH Portla nd, Me ...... 1000 94 0 KVI a native of Manhattan . Th e fact is, howeve r, Damr os ch WEW WDAE Tampa, F la ...... 1000 1220 was born in B res lau , Germany , com ing to A meri ca in 1870 WJZ at the age of nine. Even at t hat age he had st udied Latin WDAF Kansas City, Mo...... 1000 610 I and G reek, so his task of lea rning Engl ish was an easy on e. WDA G Amari ll o, Tex ...... 250 141 0 770 KC St range, that at f irst he s hould s tu dy pa inting -in th e Divides time with K GR S KFAB Coope r Un ion high schoo l. But meanwhi le his d reams of WBB M becoming a great musician a lso deve loped , and h e s tu died WDAH EI Paso, Tex ...... 100 1310 I Divides time with KTSM WJBT principa ll y u nde r his fa ther, Leopo ld Damr osc h. WDAY Fargo, N. Dak ...... 1000 940 I His father died when he w as 23 and he to ok ov er th e 780 KC work of conduc ti ng th e New Yo rk Symp hony O rches tr a. WDBJ Roan ok e, Va...... 500 1930 I KEL W He he ld this di rect ing post fo r mo re than fort y yea rs. He WDBO Orlan do, Fla ...... 1000 1120 KTM re signed four yea rs ago to de vote all hi s time to radi o -- broadcasting. Now he is a conductor of the Genera l Electric Every RCA Radiotron is thoroughly tested befo re it i s Orchestra , besides bein g mentor of the nat ion's ch il dren . enclo sed in the Red and Blac~ carton -- Ca li TRANSMITTER LOCATION Powe r I Kil o-I Dial Kilo cyci e Let ters Watts cy cles Sett ing ----Ind ex. WDEL Wilmington , Del...... 350 1120 780 K C (C ont 'd) WDGY M; ••••••• ,; '. M hm ...... '1 1000 1180 WEAN Div ides t ime with WHDl WISJ MORTON WDIX Tu pelo, Mi ss ...... 100 1500 WMC DOWNEY WDOD Chattano oga, Ten n ...... 2500 1280 WPOR WTAR WD RC Hartford, Co nn ...... 500 1330
WDSU New Orleans, La...... 1000 1250 790 K C F ALL the radio sing - KGO ers w ho h ave ri se n WDWF } Providen ce , R. I ...... 100 12 10 O WLSI WGY to popu lari ty w ith in the Div ides time wit h W PA W last few mo nth s, Morton WDZ Tu scola, Ill ...... 100 1070 Downey has carved one of the mo st distinctive nich es for 800 K C himse lf. W ith a hi gh, s weet Iri sh voi ce a nd a car ef ree WEAF New York Ci ty ...... 50000 660 WBAP man ner of tapp ing the pian o keys, Mort on h as hypno tiz ed WFA A WEA r- Ithaca, N . Y...... 1000 1270 th ose tuner s who l ike r omance with th eir listening . WEAN Provi dence, R. I ...... 50 0 78 0 Perhap s it's al l be ca use he's so mad ly in lov e. H e's 81 0 KC marri ed to th e dainty da nce r, Barbar a Benn ett -Richard's WEAO Col umbus, O hio ...... 75 0 570 WC CO da ughter a nd Connie 's s ister -an d still i s sure she 's the Div ides time w ith WKBN WPCH fa ir es t crea tur e in the wo rld . Perhaps it's bec ause he re alizes WE BC Super io r, Wis ...... 250 0 1290 how lucky a lad is Morton. WE BQ Harr isburg, I II...... 100 1210 82 0 KC For a kind of crazy exi stence he has led . Hi s pa rents Divides time with KFVS WHAS li ve d in Brooklyn, b ut t wenty-nine years a go M rs. Downe y WEB R B uffalo, N. Y...... 200 1 310 was visiting in Wallingford, Conn ., and there he was born . 830 KC He's sold phonogra phs, peddl ed in suranc e, w orked on a -W---ED C Chicago, I II ...... 100 1210 Divides t ime w ith WCRW-WS BC KOA ra ilroad as monitor of a donk ey e ngine, and as a ne ws WHDH butcher on trai ns. In 1923, chance and not muc h else led WE DH Erie, Pa ...... 100 1 42 0 WRUF him up t he gangp lank to the Leviathan fo r he r tria l voyage WEEI Boston, Mass ...... 1000 5 90 as a United States liner and , when he sang, a gather ing of newspaper men and mi lliona ires appl aude d. Among the se 850 K C WEHC Emory, Va...... 250 1200 was A lhert D. Lasker, then c hair man of the Shipp ing KWKH WEHS Evanston, III ...... 100 14 20 Board, who a ided the round-faced kid of twenty-two . Divides ti me wi lh WKBI- WH FC WWL At the height of Whiteman's pop ul ar it y, Downey WELK Ph ilad elp hia, Pa ...... 250 1370 86 0 KC appeared as a soloist and s ubsequent ly sta rred in man y WELL Batt le Creek , M ich ...... 50 1420 KMO night clubs , including the Cafe de Pari s in L ondon , the WABC Club Casa nova in Ber lin , and now he is maste r of cere - WENR } monies in his own New York c lu b, the De lmonico, and is WBCN Chi cag o, III ...... 50000 870 WBOQ Divides time wit h WLS WHB featu red on the Paramo unt- Pub lix P rogram . Mo rton does n't drink, ve ry se ldom smokes, b ut is ver y fo nd of ice c rea m. T his pass ion fo r sweets is tr agic, for a double chin' ll ge t hi m if he does n't watch out. Can TR ANS MITT ER LOCATION Pow er Kilo- Dial Kilocycl e Le tt ers cyc le s Selli ng Inde x Watts -- WEPS } (See WORC-WEPS ) WORC 870 KC WEVD Ne w York Cit y...... 500 1300 WBCN Di vi des time wi th WB BR· WHAP-WH AZ WENR JESSICA WEW St . Loui s, 'Mo...... 1000 760 WL S DRAGONET TE WEXL Roya l O ak, Mi ch...... SO 1310 WF AA Da lla s, Tex ...... 50 ,000 800 Divid es ti me with WR AP HE f unny p art of it i s, WFAN 610 Philade lph ia, Pa ...... 500 88 0 KC Jessica Dr agone tt e is Divi des time with WIP T her r eal name . Five yea rs WFBC :- Kno xvi lle , Tenn ...... SO 1200 KFKA she has sung in r ad io-as WFBE Cin cinnati , 0 ...... 1200 KL X 250 the C oca Cola Gi rl, th e Philco Prima Donna , and now th e WFBG KPOF Altoona , Pa ...... 100 1310 Cities Se rvice Sta r-ye t she 's s till i n her ea rl y 20'S. She Div id es time w ith WJAC WCOC ref use s with a pe rt no d of h er h ead to s ay exac tl y how o ld WFBL Syra cuse , N. Y ...... 1000 1360 WGB I WQAN she is, bu t yo u can wage r s he can 't claim twen ty- fiv e yea rs. WFBM Indianapolis , Ind ...... 1000 1230 Divid es tim e w ith WSBT WSU I Her h air is go lden, he r eyes are h al: el, and s he s mi les WFBR Baltimore, Md ...... 500 1270 with the wi stf ul ne ss o f a fragi le do ll . Sh e is o ne o f th e WFDF ve ry fe w women s tars w hom broadcas ting has cre ated. Flint , Mich ...... 100 1310 In Ca lcutt a, Indi a, she was born, and thi s pe rh aps ac . WFDV Rome , Ga...... 100 1370 counts for he r d eep f aith in mys ti cism, her unca nny abil ity WFDW Tallad eg a, Ala ...... 100 1420 to tell yo ur fo rtu ne w ith c ards . Sh e was ed uca ted in a WFI 89 0 KC Philadelphia, Pa ...... 500 560 co nven t nea r N ew York, an d h er b igges t th ril l ca me once o n Divide s time with WLIT KFNF her birthd ay w hen she was take n t o Broadwa y to wi tness WFIW Hopkinsville, Ky...... 1000 940 KUSD KGJF a pl ay. Bac k home aga in , sh e re-a ct ed eve ry sce ne for her WFLA } playm ates . WSUN Clearwater, Fla ...... 2500 620 WGST WFOX WILL Hav in g bee n graduated from th e co nven t, s he came to Brooklyn, N . Y...... 500 1400 New York, and this ti me looked to th e s tage as a mea ns of Divid es time with WCGU- Wl TH- WJAR WRRC WMAZ exp ressing her ow n se lf. She pe rfor med the o nly so lo pa rt WGAL Lancaster, Pa ...... 100 1310 WMM N in Morri s Ges t's spe ct ac le, "T he Mir acle," a nd later Divide s time with WRA W playe d in "The G rand Str ee t Fo ll ies ." In " The Stu dent WGAR Cl eveland, 0 ...... 500 1450 Prin ce ," she sa ng the leadi ng rol e of K athie . N ow she WGBB Fr eeport, N. Y ...... 100 1210 claims s he'll never l eav e rad io for eit her t he s tag e o r t he Div idu tim e with WJBl- mov ies . WCOH -WMRJ 900 KC . Sh e rea ds a nd an swe rs every fan l ett er she receives, a nd WGBC Memphis , Tenn ...... 500 1430 explains: " People, yo u see, r eall y a re romantic. " She ea rns Di vid es time with WNBR KHJ one o f th e larges t income s in radio , ye t she s til l li ves in a WGBF Evansville , Ind ...... 500 630 KSEI Divide s time with WOS-KFRU WBEN modes t one room a partm ent. S he wea rs "m isse s" sil:e WGBI Scranton , Pa ...... 250 880 WJAX dresses a nd writ es poe tr y w hich she hi des un der th e carpet Divide s lim e with WQAN or be hind a pictur e j ust so it wo n't be published in biog. rap hi es li ke thi s. Ca ll Kilocyc le TRANSMIT TER LOCA TION Powe r I KilO- I Dial I ~Letters Watts cyc les Se tti ng Index
WGBS N ew Y ork City ...... 500 600 900 KC Div ides ti me w ith WCAC (Co nt'd) WG CM Gulfpor t, Miss ...... 100 1 210 WKY WLBL WG CP N ewa rk , N. J...... 250 12 50 Divid esti me w ith WO DA· WAA M WG ES Chicago, Ill ...... 500 1 360 Sun day 1000 Divid es time with W JKS 192 0 K C WGH New por t News, Va ...... 100 1310 KFEL WGL Ft. Wayne, In d ...... KFXF ...... 100 13 70 KOMO WGMS \ (See WLB .WG MS ) KPRC WLB J WAAF WGN\ WBSO Chi cago, Ill ...... : ...... 25000 720 WLIBj WWJ WGR Buffalo , N. Y•...... 1000 550 HEN Bil ly Jones ce lebrates his b irth day , so do es WG ST Atl anta, Ga ...... 500 890 Divid es tim e with WM AZ W Ernie H are. For th ese Hap pine ss Boys-o r m ay be WGY Schene ctad y, N. Y...... 500 00 790 930 KC you'd p refer th eir curr ent tit le, the Int erwoven Pair - both we re born on M arch 15. E rnie, 18 83; Bi ll y, 1889. WHA Ma di son , Wis ...... 750 940 KFWI KGBZ Hare was ed ucated in the X avierian Broth ers S chool in WHA D Mil wa uk ee, Wis ...... 250 1120 KMA Norfolk , Va., whe re he was born. He sold baki ng powde r, Divid es time wi th WISN pi anos, and f inally ob tained a churc h j ob in Balt imo re. WHAM Roc hes ter, N . Y..... , ..... 50 00 115 0 KRO W WBR C Bu t Hare soon lea rned th at po pul ar music i s more rem une ra· WHAP New Y ork City ...... 1000 130 0 WDBJ ti ve than class ical music, and in 190 5 he came to Broa dway , Divi des time wi th WBBR- WI BG subs equen tl y singing in ten Wi nte r Garde n prod uctions . WEVD-WHAZ Jones, bo rn in N ew York, bec ame a bank c lerk as a you th, WHAS Lou isvi ll e, Ky...... 1000 0 82 0 but soon dec ide d th at a b usin es s lif e was no existence for WHA T Ph ilade lph ia, Pa ...... 100 1310 him. A nd fo r some inexp lic able reas on , except t hat h e is o f Div ide s time wi th WT EL 940 KC Wels h desce nt , he sa iled t o Towyn, Meroni ths hire, N orth WHA Z Tro y, N. Y...... 500 130 0 KOIN Wales, to become a s heep herde r. Ret urni ng to th e Unit ~d Divid es tim e wit h W BBR - WAAT St ates, he s uccess ively wo rk ed as a mine r, a po le hik er WH AP-W EV D WC SH with th e telep hone co mpany, and a fir eman o n a loco moti ve. WAB .Kan sas Cit y, Mo ...... 50 0 860 WDAY Mea nwhile, Lew Fie lds had been imp ressed by th e natur al WHBC C anton , Ohio ...... 10 1 200 WFIW bea ut y of hi s voice, a nd in tr od uced him to the s tage . O ne Divide s time w ith W NBO Sunda ys WHA af tern oo n h e me t H are, k new int ui tive ly th at h ere was WH BD Mt . Ora b, Ohio .•...... 100 13 70 his pa rtn er, a nd t oge the r they p lanned a n ac t whi ch h as WHB F Ro ck I sland , Ill ...... 100 1210 kep t them in th e spo tlight fo r ni gh o n fiftee n yea rs. WH BL Sheb oyga n, Wis ...... 500 1 410 950 KC Like so many ot her r ad io figur es , they made t hei r air Divides time with KFLV KF WB de but at th e o ld W estin gho use stati on WJZ in N ewa rk, N. J.-1 921 . A radio se t can be no be tt er th an it s va cuum tu bes- Use ReA Rad iotro ns Ca n TR ANSMI TTER LOCAT ION Power Kil o- Dial Kilo cycle Le tters Wal ls cy cles Set ting Ind ex ._------WHBQ Memphi s, Tenn ...... 100 13 70 95 0 K C (Cont'd) JOHN B . WHBU Ande rs on , Ind ...... 100 1210 KGHL KENNEDY WHB Y Green Bay, Wis ...... - 100 1200 KMBC WHDF Ca lumet, Mi ch ...... 25 0 1370 WRC WHDH Boston, Mass ...... 1000 83 0 97 0 Kc OHN B . KENNEDY i s WHDI Minneapolis, Mi nn ...... 500 11 80 KJR J th e James M. Whi stl er of Divid es time with WDGY WCFL ra dio. He bui lds 'm os t ev ery WHD L Tupper Lake, N . Y...... 10 142 0 se nt enc e of h is S und ay 980 KC night Co lli er' s talks into a n WHEC } Roches ter, N . Y...... 500 1440 ep igram, som etim es ba rbing WABO Divide s time with WOKO KDK A it wit h sa tir e, a lways ed gin g it with wit. H e obse rves, fo r WHF C Cicero, III...... 100 142 0 990 KC ins tanc e: "There are two kind s of ac tors -ham s and egos . Divide s time wi th WK BI -WEHS Th e e gos think th ey' re good. The hams know th ey 're goo d." WHI S Bluefie ld , W. Va ...... 100 1 420 WBZ Let' s suppose we 're chat ting wi th him in th e red lacq uer WBZA WHK Cl eve land , Ohio ...... 1000 13 90 Japa nese lounge of th e NB C Tim es Square S tudio after Colli er' s has s igned off. Professo r Lucife r G. Butt s has WHN New York Cit y ...... 250 10 10 LOO OKC rolled up hi s n ight s hirt cos tu me, t he Love Story Gir l has Divi des time wi th WRNY - WQ AO-WP AP KFVD gone o ut i nto a wo rld of re alit y, and Un cle Henr y a nd M r. WHO Edit or are pic king up t he pa ges of th eir script. John K enn edy WHO Des Mo ines, Io wa ...... 5000 1 000 woe runs the fi ngers of his left h and t hro ugh hi s ink y hair , hi s Divi des tim e w ith wo e black eyes p iercin g yo u, his p rominent nose a imed li ke a WHOM Jer sey Cit y, N. J...... 250 1450 LOLOK C spea r. And he b egi ns to talk: Div id es tim e wi th WB MS - WNJ -WKBO KGG F "Born in Qu ebec, Canada, January 16, 189 4, studi ed in KQW St. Louis Un ive rsity; f ir ed f rom th e St . Loui s Pos t-Di sp atch WHP Harrisbu rg, Pa ...... 1000 1430 Div id es time w ith WB AK - WHN in 19 12 . This b ega n a se ri es of firi ng s whic h in clud ed the WC AH WIS Chi cago Journ al and New York Evening Worl d. Faced WIAS Ott umwa, Iowa ...... 100 1420 WNAD th e microp hone fir st at WBZ in S pring field, Mass ., on WPAP July 29, 1924 , and fo rgo t every lin e. Th at' s w hy I i ns ist WIBA Madison , Wi s ...... 500 12 80 WQAO th at eve ry Coll ie r's spea ker h ave hi s speec h writt en o ut ." WIBG Elkins Park , Pa ...... 50 930 WRNY Wh en John K enn edy ca me to Co ll ier's as ass ocia te ed itor in 19 24 , th e job of p repa rin g a radio p rog ram was WIBM Jack son , Mi ch ...... 100 1370 L020KC Divid es time w ith WJBK wished on hi m, and he 's been rattl ing o ut th ose ep igrams KFKX .eve r since . H e has a rich me mory, and in t his red lac que r WIBO Chica go, III ...... 1500 560 Div id es ti me w ith WP CC- KYW room he t ells abo ut th e time he "ran copy" for W ill iam WISJ WRAX Jen ni ng s Br ya n duri ng a po liti cal conven tion. Br ya n wa n- WlBR Steubenville , Oh io ...... 50 1420 de re d into a room occ upied by new spape rm en, th rew him - 7!i time L040KC se lf on th e be d and co mme nt ed on " th e c ru sa de aga inst WIBU Po ynette , Wis ...... 100 1210 KRLD liquor bein g a hard tas k." "H e did n' t know th at th e pi llow, o n whi ch h is hea d res ted, cove red a qu art of c hamp agne so meo ne had g iven me, " Kenn edy chu ckled. CaU TRANSMITTER LOCATION IPower IKilo· I Dia l Ki locycl e Lett ers Watt s cycl es S ett ing Ind ex - ~- ~----- WIBW Topeka , Ka ns ...... 1000 58 0 10 40K C Divid es time wi th KS AC (Con t'd) WIBX Utica, N. Y ...... 30 0 12 00 KTHS WKAR WELCOME WICC Brid ge port, Conn ...... 50 0 1190 WMAK WIL St . Louis, Mo • ... · ...... 25 0 12 00 LEWIS Divid es time with K FWF 1050KC WILL Urbana, III ...... 500 89 0 Divi des t ime with KFN F·KU SD KFKB KNX WI LM Wi lm ington , Del ...... 100 142 0 ELCOME L EWI S, W th e Radi otr on so ng- WIO D} Miami , Fla ...... 100 0 1 300 10 60K C WMB F ...... bir d, is so tiny th at she has KWJ J to stan d o n a pl atfo rm t o WIP Philadelphia, Pa ...... 500 61 0 reach th e micro phone . S he s in gs the "b lu es " t ype o f music Divid es time w ith WF AN WBAL WJAG and b lue, no do ubt, is th e co lor sh e prefe rs in dr ess . She's Co lumbia, S. C o, . WIS ...... 1000 1010 WTIC a sunn y pe rson and w he n she sm iles , as s he's s ur e to do WI SJ South Madison, W is. . . .. 500 780 on b ein g intr odu ced, she d isp lays rows of p rett y, glea m- WISN Mil wa uke e, Wis ...... 250 H2O 1070KC in g, w hit e teeth. Divi des ti me w ith W HAD KJBS Miss Lewis, the younges t of eight chil dren, was born i n WJAC John sto wn, Pa o, ...... 100 1310 WC AZ Los A nge les, twent y-five yea rs ago . S omeon e remarked to Di vid es ti me with WFBG WDZ her mot her th at a large family must be tr oubleso me. S he WJAG Norfolk, N ebr ...... 1000 1060 WTAM said she didn't mind it, and when Miss Lew is wa s b orn, WJAK Marion , Ind o, ...... SO 1 310 pro ved it b y nam ing her W elcome . Di vid es time with WLBC 10 80KC Because of the deep quali ty of her voice , s he's freq uentl y WJAR Pro vid ence , R. I ...... 400 890 WBT refe rr ed to as the "female ba ri tone." "M ean songs"-so ngs with i nt ense feelin g and wa rm e moti on- she prefers, be- WJAS Pitts bur gh, Pa o, ...... 2500 1290 WCBD lievin g that there' s mo re ev ide nce of hum an ity i n th is ty pe WJA X Jacksonville, Fl ao, · .. .. 1000 900 .... WMBI th an th ere is in all ope ratic li teratur e . WJAY Cl eveland, Ohi o ...... 500 610 1090 KC As is tru e w ith so m any o th er r adio sta rs, M iss Lew is WJAZ Mt. Pro spec t, III ...... 500 '0 1490 came to radio quit e b y acci dent . It was a p hono graph rec ord Divides time with W CK Y .. KMOX WCH I th at rea ll y led the way to her prese nt fe atur ed p os it ion . At La Salle, III .. . a pa rty , the host , a n of ficial of th e Nation al Br oa dc as ting WJBC ... · ...... 100 1200 1100Ke Co., p lay ed one of M iss Lewis' records. Di vid es time with W JB L KGDM WJBI Red Bank , N. J...... 100 1210 "Sh e wo uld ma ke a wo nderful rad io sin ge r, " th e radi o WLWL official sa id . Div id es tim e w ith WGBB ~ WPG WCO H·WMR J Mi ss Lewis had ju st c omp leted a va ude vill e tr ip th at h ad WJBK Highla nd Par k, Mich ...... SO 1370 1110KC take n h er ac ross th e c ountr y. She was invit ed t o v isit th e Div id es time with WI BM NB C studio s, wh ere s he immediately signe d an exclu sive KSOO WJBL Decatur , III ...... 100 1 200 cont ract. Di vid es ti me wi th WJB C WRVA Mi ss Lewis is one of th e few de fi nite w om en personaliti es whom radio has cr eated. When she fac es a mi crophone, ReA Radiotron s a re your b est i nsu ranc e agains t th ere's no doub t that it's W elcome Lew is yo u' re hearing. tube troub les C.II TRA NS MITT ER L OCATION IPo wer I Kil•.. 1 Di.l I Kilo cycle Letters Watt s cyc les Sett ing ~
WJBO New Orleans, La ...... 100 1420 1120 K KFIO WJBT } (See WBBM-WJBT ) WBB M KFSG KMC S LITTLE JACK WJB U Lew isbur g, Pa ...... 100 1 210 Di vid es time wit h W BAX KRSC LITTLE KTR H WJB W New O rleans , La ...... 30 1200 WDB O Divi des tim e w ith W ABZ WDEL WJB Y G adsden, A la...... 50 1210 WHA D IS r eal name i s John Leona rd. But h e is WJD X Jac kson , Miss ...... 1000 1270 WISN H WT AW so s hort -fi ve fee t, f our WJ JD Moosehe ar t, I II ...... 20000 1130 inches , i n fac t-th at at t he WJKS Gary , In d ...... 1250 1360 Un ive rsity o f Iowa they ni cknamed him Litt le Jack Little. Divid es time wi th WG ES 11 30K Jack is as deft a piani st a s yo u'll find in any rad io st udio WJR Detr oit, Mich ...... 500 0 750 KSL and as c harmin g a s inger. "Th e Whi spe ring Barito ne" o r WJSV Al exa ndr ia, Va...... 1000 0 146 0 WJJD "The Spea keasy Barit one ," they of ten refe r to hi m, beca use WOV of his ab ility to pi tch .a melody s o d eli ca tely that i t Man sfield, Ohio ...... WJW .. . 100 121 0 wo uldn't r ume a bu tt erfly's wing s. He's late ly come f rom WJZ New York Cit y...... 30 000 76 0 st ation WLW i n Cin cinnat i where he bui lt a rep utat ion 11 40K WKA R E. La nsi ng, Mich ...... 1000 10 40 thro ughout th e Mi ddle West, a nd he's ju st hopin g and KV OO praying th at th e Eas t will lik e him, too. WKAV Laconia, N. H ...... 100 13 10 WAPI The tiny lad, w ho n eve r da rkens hi s head with a hat, was WK BB Jolie t, I ll...... 100 13 10 born i n Lon don, Eng land, and at t he age of ni ne, lef t with Di vid es time wi th weLS 1150K hi s f ami ly fo r W at er loo, Iowa, w here he grew up. At t he WKBC Birming ham , Ala...... 100 1 310 Unive rsity, al ready an accomplished p iani st, he o rga ni::ed . WHAM WKB F I ndian apol is, Ind ...... 500 140 0 a dance band a nd found th is so s ucce ssf ul th at he left Divide s time wit h WBAA-WCM A sc hoo l af ter t wo yea rs. Barnsto rming, he land ed in D enve r, 11 60K broke, an d obtained a job the re in an o rchestr a. Earning WK BH La Crosse, Wis ...... 1000 13 80 eno ugh money to com e East, he wa s hired as a n acco mpa nist Di vid es ti me wit h KSO WOW O to Yvette Ru ge l, a va udeville pe rfo rme r. He soo n t ired o f WKBI Ch icag o, III ...... 100 1 42 0 WWVA thi s, howeve r, and , joinin g w ith a s in ger, he tried his sk ill Div ides ti me wi th WH FC· at plugg ing s on gs ove r t he a ir . On ce his part ner fa iled to WEHS 11 70K appea r, an d he h ad b oth t o sing and play . H e's done this WK BN Youngstown, Oh io ...... 500 570 eve r since. Div id es time wi th W EA O KTN T WCAU Hi s eyes are bl ue a nd he wea rs shi rts to ma tch ; his hai r WKBO Jer sey C ity, N. J ...... 25 0 1 45 0 is light brow n, a nd h e delight s in speeding cross-co untr y Div ide s time wi th WBMS · in hi s spo rt road ster. Seve ral mont hs befo re he ca me to WNJ-WHOM 11 80K New York, Jack bo ught a large home in Ci nc inn ati. But , WKBS Galesb urg , III ...... 100 1 31 0 KEX with success his al rea dy, it doesn' t loo k as if he' ll see th at firepl ace a nd ga rden f or a long time . -- Cali TR ANSMITT ER LOC ATION Po we r I Ki lo- Di al Kil ocy cle Le tte rs Walt s cycles Sel li ng In dex ---- WKB V Co nn ersvill e, Ind ...... 150 1 500 11 80 KC (C o"t 'd) WKBW B uffa lo, N. Y ...... 5000 1 480 KOB WKBZ Ludin gto n, Mi ch ...... 50 1500 WD GY WHDI WKJC La nca ster, Pa ...... 100 1 20 0 Di vides time wi th W COD WKRC Cincinn ati, Ohio ...... 1000 550 WK Y Oklahom a C ity, Okla ...... 1000 900 1190K C UT of Ch icago, in th e WK ZO B erri en Springs , Mich . .... 1000 590 WICC O fall of 1929, came Guy Lomba rdo wi th h is WL AC Nash vill e, Tenn ...... WOAI .. .. 5000 14 70 ten- piece o rches tr a. Play ing WLAP Louis vill e, Ky...... 250 1200 sof t, swee t, s imp le melody unde r th e colored light s of t he WLB } Rooseve lt Hotel Grill, h e soo n c ap tured Manhatt an's Minne apo li s, Minn ...... 1000 1250 fi ckl e fa ncy . It beca me th e s mart th in g for t he yo unge r WGMS Di vid es tim e w ith WCA L~ 1200KC KFM X· WRHM gene rati on to gat her 'r oun d Lomb ardo , a nd fo r th ose beyo nd KBTM the Hu dso n, wi th m any a romanti c s igh, to tune hi m in. WLBC Mun ci e, Ind ...... 50 1310 KFJB Lomb ardo is th e mos t pop ular of the young orchest ra Di vides ti me wi th WJ AK KFWF leade rs to ga in nati onal promin ence in the las t yea r or so. WLBF Kansa s Cit y, Kan s ...... 100 1420 KGCU He dire cts a th oroughly harm onious ba nd; and thi s be cause KG DE WLBG Petersbur g, Va...... th e ve ry same boys w ho o rga ni zed it, s till face th e mi cro- 250 1200 KGDY ph one to ge th er. Fo ur of th e ten lads a re Lom ba rdo brothers: WLBL St evens Pt ., Wi s ...... 2000 900 KGEK Gu y, Carmen, Leibe rt , an d V ictor, t he latter be ing o nly 20. KGEW WLBW Oil Cit y, Pa ...... 1000 1260 Eleve n yea rs ago i n London, On t., th ey joined toge ther KGFJ as ki ds in the Lond on Co llegia te Institu te. I t was th eir WLBX Lon g Isl and Cit y, N. Y ...... 100 1500 KGHI interes t in th is o rchest ra an d their co nseq uen t disinteres t Divi des time wi th WCLB ~ KGY WWR L- WMB Q in book s th at ca use d th em to pa rt p rematu rely from s choo l. KMLB Tr ave ling a va udev ill e ci rcuit , t hey landed one day in WLBZ Ban go r, Me ...... 500 620 KSMR Cl eve land, Oh io, a nd, though still yo ungste rs o n th e und er KVOS WLCI Ith ac a, N. Y...... 50 1210 side of 20, th ey accepted a s uppe r clu b o fFe r. In C leve land KWG th ey p laye d fo r four yea rs, a tt ainin g a n u np rece dent ed WLEX Lex in gton , Mas s ...... 500 1410 WABI Divid es tim e with WM AF . pea k of pop ulari ty thro ugh b roadcas ting. Th ey mov ed to WSS H WABZ Chicago, a nd for fo ur yea rs sp un tu nes a t th e Gr anada WLEY WBBZ Cafe -now Paul W hiteman's noo k. It w as here that they Lexington , Mass ...... 250 1370 WCAT 72 time fir st broadcas t co mm ercially-for W ri gley a nd for F lor- WCA X sheim Shoes . Somew hat tim idly they ag ree d to tr y th eir WLIB } WCLO WGN (Se e WGN- WLIB ) melod ies o n exac ting Manh att an. B ut in a few mont hs, WCOD they had signed wit h R obe rt Burn s a nd Radio F olli es, WLIT Philad elphia , Pa ...... 500 560 WEHC contr acts w hic h ne t them $1jO,OOO a yea r. Di vid es tim e w ith W FI WEPS Gu y is dark, olive-s kinned, a b oyish appea ring fell ow with h eav y eye brows a nd a s unn y wa y of s milin g. RCA Radio trons-t he s tand ard equipmen t in se ts of leadi ng ma nufact ur ers CaU TRANSMITTER LOCATION I Pow er Ki lo- Dia l Ki loc Ycl e Lett ers Watt s cycles Set ting Ind ex -- - I - WLOE Boston , Ma ss ...... 250 150 0 -1200 I Ca ll Kiloc ycl e TR AN SMIT TE R LOCA TION I Po wer Ki lo- Di al I Le tt ers Watt s c ycles SeUin g Ind ex 1 WNJ Newark, N. J .... 250 1450 1230 KC Di vid es ti me wi th WB MS- WH OM -WKBO WFBM KGGM WNOX Kno xvi ll e, Tenn ...... 2000 5 60 KYA WNYC New York City ... , 500 570 WBIS Divid es time w ith WMCA WNA C WO AI San Anton io, Tex . ... 50 000 119 0 WPSC WSBT WOAN } (See WREC-WOAN ) DEAD th ese routin e WREC R facts before pl unging 1240KC WO AX Trenton, N . J...... 500 128 0 into th e co lorful sto ry of .Divid es time with WCAM- WCAP KTAT Mi ss Palmer -nighting ale WA CO of the Palmo live Hou r: WOBT Union C ity, Tenn ...... 25 0 1 31 0 WX YZ Born in Louisv ill e, Ky., at a da te which s he s imp ly WOBU I 0.,1 •••••• •W. V• .... 25 0 58 0 ref uses to d ivu lge . B egan sing ing at the Fo urth A ve nue Div ides t ime wi th WSAZ 12 50KC Meth od ist Churc h in th at city. H er m oth er was a singer WOC Dav enp ort , Iow a ...... 5000 1000 KFMX and h er fa th er was a n acco mplished pian ist. She was Divides time wit h WHO KFO X educ ated a t Dr ake Uni versit y. WOCL Jam es to wn, N. Y ...... 25 12 10 KIDO WAAM Whi le dow n i n Lou isvi ll e, Mi ss Polme r hea rd th at WODA Pat erso n, N. J.. ... 1000 1 250 WC AL W. W. H enshaw, a nat ion ally know n i mpresa ri o, was p lan- Div ides tim e w ith WGC P-WAAM WDSU ning t o r ev ive twen ty ope ras in N ew York . She dec id ed to WODX M obil e, Ala...... 500 1 41 0 WGCP as k fo r a job . So sh e call ed New 'Yor k b y long distance tele- Di vid es time wi th W SFA WG MS ph one . N o, Hens haw d idn't thi nk h e w as interest ed. He had t o have a ll t he roles assigne d long befo re s he co ul d WOI Am es, Iowa ...... 5000 6 40 WLB WODA poss ibly reac h M anh at tan . It was too late for an auditi on. WOKO Alban y, N. Y... 500 1 440 WRHM She pe rsuad ed hi m to lis ten to her ove r th e long dis tance Di vide s tim e with WH EC - WABO teleph one . Well, she w as paying fo r i t, was n't she? She WOL Wa shington , D. C...... 100 1310 sang th e "B ell So ng " from "Din orah." And Hen sh aw 1260 KC hi red h er. WOMT Manitowoc, Wis ...... 100 1210 KOIL KRGV Aft er oppea ri ng in these ope ra re viv als, Mi ss P alme r WOOD Gra nd R apids, Mich ...... 500 1270 KVOA to ured Eu rope a nd m ade p hono grap h r ecord s. B y this Divid es tim e with W ASH KWWG time, r adi o had b eco me a n import ant f ac tor in th e mu sica l WOPI Bristol, T enn ...... 100 1500 WLBW wor ld. Perh aps ifher vo ice sp un along t he wir e, s he thought , WOQ Kan sa s Cit y, Mo ...... 1000 1 300 WTOC it mi ght also s tri ke a m icrophone me lod iously. A sing le Div ides tim e with KFH auditi on was s uffic ient t o sat isfy Palm olive . 127 0KC WOR Newark, N. J ...... 5000 710 Mi ss Palme r h as b row n h air and b lu e eyes . S he smiles KFUM faintly when yo u co ngrat ul ate her afte r a p er fo rman ce. WORC } Worcester, Mass ...... 100 1200 KGCA Then she hurr ies away to her h ome in Jackso n H eight s, WEPS KOL N. Y ., wher e s he lives w ith h er p arent s a nd b rother . She I sings with h er l eft h and cup pe d o ve r h er e ar so s he can RCA Rad iot rons s et the standard for all radio t ubes he ar hers elf. Try it yo urse lf so met im e. 28 >' Power Kilo ~ Di al Ki lo cy cl e Watt s cyc les Setting ~ WOS Jeff erson C ity, Mo. . ' . , .. 500 63 0 1270 KC Di vid es time with WGBF· KF RU (Cont'd ) wov New Yo rk City . 100 0 11 30 KTW I to 6 P. M . KWLC Oma ha, N ebr ..... WASH I Di vid es tim e w ith WeAJ WF BR WEAl I Ft . Wa yne, Ind , . WJDX Di vides time with WWVA WOOD WPAD 1280KC WPAP 'l KFBB WQAOf WCAM WPAW Paw tu cke t, R. I.. .. WCAP Divides tim e w ith WDWF· WLSI WDOD Chi cago , I ll.. .. . WIB A HA T Babe Ruth is to baseba ll and Bobby Jon es is Divid es t im e w ith WI BO·W ISJ WOAX W to go lf , the Reve lers a re to m ale q uart ets. They WRR have cr ea ted a new for m of s in gin g; th ey have s truck magic WPCH New Yor k C ity . int <6 popul ar mu sic; th eir i mit ators a re leg ion. Fr ank Black, 500 81 0 129 0K C WPEN Philad elphi a, P a . the dir ec tor, w hom yo u see a t th e p iano , sco res th e melodies 250 15 00 KDYL as h e w oul d fo r an orc hestra, a nd of t-tim es the deli ca te WPG Atlanti c Cit y, N. J . 5000 noo KFUL sh adin gs an d tun eful ti nts wo ul d beco me a Chin ese tapes try Di vid es time wi th WLWL KLC N were th ey to be tr anslated into co lors. WPOE KTSA No w s hall we intr od uce th em? Well th en, fr om left t o WEB C ri ght: Ji mmy M elt on, first t enor; L ew is James , secon d WPOR } WJAS tenor; Elli ot Sh aw, ba rit one; an d Wil fred Gl enn, b ass. It WTAR WNBZ was n't ex ac tl y the s ame five fello ws w hen th e Reve lers- as the Shannon F our -fir st ca me to r ad io in 1921 in that WPSC Stat e Coll ege , Pa . 500 1230 13 00K C st~tion p erch ed Iik e a cracke r bo x on top the Westinghouse WPTF Raleigh , N. C . 1000 680 KFH Electr ic &;' Manuf ac tu rin g Comp any in New ark. Wi th KFJR WQAM Miami, Fla . 1000 560 Charles Hart, th en top t enor, th ey had go ne o ver th ere ju st KGEF for f un-not rece ivi ng on e penny. But H ar t l ef t fo r grand WQAN Scranton, Pa ...... 250 880 KTBI ope ra wo rk and a rosy-c heeked lad ga ve up a $ 17 a week job Di vides ti me w ith WGBI KTBR in,a bank to join them. He w as F rank lyn B aur -th e late WQAO } New Y ork Ci ty .. ' . WBBR Fi res tone tenor , yo u know -and Ed Sm all e came on as ac - WPAP Divid es tim e w ith WHN· WRNY WEVD co 'mpan ist. Well , a c ouple of y ears later Fr ankie depa rt ed WQDM St. Albans , Vt . WHAP fo r othe r me lodic p as tur es a nd Jimmy M elt on blo ssomed 5 1370 WHAZ WQDX Thom asv ill e, G a . forth co ll eg iately, while Sm all e a lso fad ed f rom the pict ur e. 50 1 210 WIOD Th e Reve lers, who are best kno wn f or the ir week ly WRAF La Porte, Ind ... . . 100 1200 WMBF Palmo li ve melo dy m aki ng, have ap pea red in 'mo st every Divid es tim e wi th WWAE WOQ state . Th ey toured with W ill Ro ge rs in h is Red Cross dro ught r eli ef campa ign. Th ey h ave vi sited E urope , and are abou t to make anot her con cert tou r t hrou gh the p rinci - pa l Con ti nen tal cities . Pow er Kil o- Dial I K ilo cycI e Wall s cycles Se ttin g Ind ex ------WRAK Wi lli amspo rt, Pa . 50 1 370 1310 KC WRAW Readin g, Pa ... 50 131 0 KCR J GRANTLAND Divi des ti me w ith WG AL KFBK WRAX Phila delph ia, Pa . . 250 10 20 KFGQ RICE WRBI Tifton, Ga . 20 1310 KF JY 72 time KFPL WRBJ Hattiesb urg , Miss . 137 0 KFPM ROM h is mo re than WRBL Columbus, Ga . 1200 KFUP KF XJ Ftwe nt y y ea rs ex pe ri - WRBQ Greenville, Miss . 1210 KF XR ence as a sport s writer, WRB T Wi lm ingto n, N . C .. 1370 KGBX Gr an tl an d Rice each Wed - WRB X Roanoke, Va . 1410 KGCX nes day night b rings goss ip a nd r emin isc ences o f the wor ld of ac tion . Before th e Coca Cola microphone, he s ummons 72 time KGEZ WRC Washi ng to n, D. C . th e g rea test athl etes-all hi s pe rso nal fri end s-and q ues- 500 950 KGFW tion, th em about inti mate matte rs. WRDO Au gusta, Me . 10 0 1370 KIT Ri ce , a s his sof t, dr awlin g vo ice indi ca tes , is a s outh ern er. WRDW Augusta , Ga . 100 1 500 KM ED KRMD Born in Murfree sboro, Tenn esse e, on N ov emb er I, 1880, WREC } KTLC he studi ed at R ob ert son 's Aca demy in N as hvill e, at t he WOAN Memp his, Tenn . . KTSL Nashville Milit ary Aca demy, Wall ac e University , and WREN Law renc e, Kans . KTSM was gra du ated at th e age of 2I ,from V an derbil t Uni ve rsity . Di vides time wi th KFKU KWCR He him se lf w as a n athl ete in schoo l, w inni ng lette rs WRHM Minn ea polis , Mi nn .. KXRO in foo tb all, ba se ball and bas ke tball. And at h is gradu ation , Divid es tim e w ith We AL· KFMX- WL B WBOW he turn ed to spo rts reportin g, typ ing s ucce ss ively for the WBRE :Nashvilt e :News, Atl ant a Journ al, Cleveland :N ews , :Nas h- WRJN Racin e, Wi s . 100 137 0 WCLS ville ' Ten nesse an, :New Yor ~ Ev enin g Mai l and :New Yor ~ WRNY New York City . 250 1010 WDAH Herald 'Tri bune . Now hi s co lu mn, "The Spo rtlig ht ," Divid es time wit h WQ AO- which h as b een sy ndi cate d sin ce 1915, appea rs in the WPAP·WHN WEB R :New Yor~ Sun . WR OL Kn oxvill e, T enn . 10 0 131 0 WEX L WRR Dall as, Tex . 500 WFBG Rice prob ably h as a tt ended mor e s po rts e vents in h is 128 0 life th an any oth er l ivin g pe rson-from w orld se ries to WRUF Ga ines vi ll e, Fla . 500 0 83 0 WFDF WGAL po lo m atch es, f rom Ol ympi c ga mes to fishin g cont ests. WRVA Ri chmond , V a . 5000 1110 He' s publi shed seve ral books o f v erse, a book of golf, is WGH WSAI Cinc in na ti , Ohio . 500 133 0 ed ito r of th e Am er ic an Golfer, and preside nt of th e Gran t- WHAT lan d Rice S po rt light s whi ch m akes twent y-six mo ti on WSA J Grove C ity, Pa . 100 1310 WJ AC pic tu re spor ts ree ls a ye ar. WSAN Allentown , Pa . 250 144 0 WJ AK Of all the celebrities w hom he has call ed b efore the Divid es time wi th WC BA WKA V WS AR Fall Ri ver, M ass . microp hon e, Ring Lardne r, th e s hort sto ry writ er, wa s WKBB perhaps th e most n ervous. L ardn er co nf ess ed he was s ick three days before th e br oadcast, and he trembled so m uch th at his voice cracked , a nd h e almost dropp ed hi s manuscr ipt. How to G~ t the Most Po we r Kilo- Di al Ki loc ycle Call TRANSMITT ER L OCAT ION Lett ers Walls cy cles Settin g In dex from Y our Rad io WSAZ Hunt ingto n, W. Va...... 250 580 BlOKC Div ide s tim e wit h WO BU (Cont 'd) Have yo ur ant enna install ed b y a c omp etent WSB A tlanta, Ga...... 5000 74 0 WKB C WKB S se rvi ce man. WSBC Chica go, III ...... 100 121 0 Di vides time w it h WEDC· WC RW WLB C WMB O WSBT South B end , In d ...... 500 123 0 2 Use a goo d ground. A co ld wa ter pipe mak es Div ides time w ith WFBM WN BH the b es t ground. Solder the lead to it or u se a WOB T standard ground clamp. If yo u ca nnot u se a WS DA "- (See WSG H.WSDA ) WO L co ld w ater pipe , a s hee t of cop per, ap proxi - WSGH f WR AW WSE N Colu mb us, Ohio ...... 100 1210 mately thr ee fee t square, bur ied in m oist ground WRBI WSFA Mon tgomer y, Ala...... 500 1410 makes an exce ll ent one. Hot wa ter or stea m Div ides time w ith WO DX WRO L radiator pipes usuall y w ill give sa tisfac tory WSI X Spr ingfie ld, Tenn ...... 100 1210 WSAJ res ults. WSJS WSJS Winston .Sa lem, N. C...... 100 1310 WTEL WSM Nashv ille, Te nn ...... 5000 650 3 Place th e se t so t hat th e a nten na a nd g round 132 0 K lea ds a re as s hort as po ss ible. If th e lea d-in WSMB Ne w Or lea ns , La...... 500 1320 ... KGHF comes thr ough t he wind ow, p lace th e se t n ear WSMK Da yton , Ohio ...... 20 0 13 80 KID the wi ndo w, n ot on th e oth er si de of th e roo m. Div id es time with KQV KTFI WSOC Ga stonia , N. C...... 100 1210 WADC A shi elded lea d-in will somet imes elim in ate WSPA Sp artanburg , S. C ...... 250 1420 WSMB 4 objec ti on ab le no ises. WSPD Toledo , Ohio ...... 1000 1340 133 0 KC WSSH Boston , Mass ...... 500 1 410 KGB Di vi des tim e w ith WL EX - WM AF KSCJ WDRC WSUI Iowa Cit y, Iowa ...... 500 880 3/1 time WSAI WTAQ WSUN } (See WFLA-WSUN ) WFLA 1340 K C WSVS Bu ffalo, N . Y...... 50 1 370 KFP W WSYB Rutland, Vt ...... 100 1500 KFPY WC OA WSYR } Syracu se, N. Y...... WMAC .. 25 0 57 0 WS PD WTAD Quin cy , III ...... 500 144 0 135 0KC Di vi de s ti me with WMBD KWK WTAG Wo rcest er, Mass ...... 25 0 5 80 WAWZ WTAM Cl eveland , Ohio ...... 50000 1070 WBNX WTAQ Eau C laire , Wis ...... 1000 133 0 WCDA Di vi des tim e with KSCJ WMS G Felt pad s und er a set will oft en aid in minimi zin g unp leasant n oise s Do n ot att empt t o make a djustm ents on yo ur se t unless yo u are thor oughly c omp etent to do so. The s ki ll of a good se rvic e -man i s ava ilable at a Allow seve ral in ches clear ance between the back reas onabl e co st. of t he se t and th e w all . If your se t employs batteries , se e t hat they are alway s up to the req ui red vo lt ages . W orn· out batt eries ca use n oi se , r educ ed volum e, and lac k of se nsit ivit y. If y our set uses a s torage b attery, s ee th at distill ed water is a dd ed at r egular inte rva ls so that th e li qui d n ever fall s below th e top of th e plates . Do not play th e se t too loud ly. It i s less di s· turbin g to the n eighbors and yo u get more li fe· like rep roduct ion. If som eth ing go es wrong wit h yo ur se t, call in a 16 In stall a c omplete set of new RCA Radiotrons tr ained se rvice m an at leas t onc e eac h ye ar. If poss ible, make the set f ace a doo rwa y or drapes of so me kind . Pl ace the se t in an ad joining roo m. Thi s w ill oft en m ake the tone more life li ke and p leasing. More p lea sing tone qua lity ca n often b e o b· tain ed by insul atin g th e se t from th e bare fl oo r with sma ll f elt pads . Some times reversin g the p lug on a n a.c. set will improv e recep tion and red uce no ise . N ev er reverse t he plu g on a d.c . set. St ati c and elec tri cal di stu rb ances ca n be red uce d It is a simp le ma tt er to renew your tub es. A se t by turnin g the tone c ont rol to the ex tr eme bass of n ew RCA Radi otr ons will imp rov e position. your pr ese nt r eception ReA Radiotrons There i s an RCA Radiotron for every purpose . When you buy radio tubes, look for the Red and Black Ca rton WD-II, Detec tor Am plifi er . WX-I2, Detec tor Am plifi er . UX -IDA , Am plif ier Detec tor . UX -DO, Ampli fi er...... UX -I7rA, Ampl ifier. . T'S a fetching s pect acle UY- I99, Detec tor A mplifier. . . . . I-&nj amin A K olfe UX- I99, Detec tor Am plifier . conductin g hi s d riv ing UX -2oo A, Detec tor ...... Lucky Str ike Orch es tra. UX -2 orA, Detec tor Amplifi er . Befor e him are sp re ad f an-w ise, fi fty or more musicians , UX -2IO, Power Am plif ier...... and h e dir ec ts th em all wi th on ly th e faint es t fl ip of hi s UX -2 22, Scree n-Gri d Radio Fr eq uency Amp li fi er .. thumb s a nd f orefin ge rs. His hands he holds before hi s UY- 22 4, Scree n-G ri d Radio Fr eq uency Am plifi er sumpt uously round ed b ody and , in stea d of wa ving a baton, (A C. Hea ter) . .... he work s hi s fin ge rs back and forth -a jerk a t th e saxo - UX -22 6, Am plifi er ( AC . Fil ament ) . phon e sec ti on, a w hi sk a t th e clarine ts. UY -22 7, Detec tor A mp lif ier (AC. H eater) . An d as he lead s th em in "Happy Days Ar e Here RCA -230, Detec tor A mplifi er. . Again ," let's glance bac k ov er his s trange existence-an RCA -23I, Pow er A mp lifier. . exi sten ce th at woul d have des troye d a less pur pose fu l RCA-232, Radio Fr eq uency Am plifi er . pe rso n th an h e. Fifty- two y ea rs ago he was born in C hip- RCA -233, Power A mp lifi er P ent ode D.C . pew a Fall s, Wi s., s tudied the picco lo, but f ound th is RCA -235, Su per-Control S creen-G rid Am p .. in strum ent t oo f rag ile for hi s trum pe tu ous drea ms. At RCA -236 , Sc ree n-G rid R ad io Fr equ ency Amp. II , he ca rri ed hi s trum pet t o Engla nd and p laye d i n a Wi ld (D.C. H eat er) . Wes t Sh ow . A yo uth i n hi s e arl y 20'S, he joined Jesse L. RCA -237 , Det ector A mplif ier (D.C. Heater) ... Lasky to fo rm Lasky, R olfe E? Co ., to p rod uce va udev ille. RCA -23 8, Pow er A mplifi er P ent ode ( D.C. Heater) .. Next h e p rodu ce d m ovin g pictur es of hi s o wn with UX- 24 0, Hi Mu A mplifi er D etec tor. .. Li one l Barrymore, Mr. and Mr s. Si dn ey Drew a nd others UX -245 , Pow er Am plif ier (AC . F il ament). RCA -247 , Power Am plifi er P entod e (AC . Fil ament ) as his st ars. H e went b roke. He sail ed for En gland to prod uce m ovies a nd there he went broke, too. R eturni ng UX- 25 0, Powe r A mp lifier (AC. Fi lament). UX-2 80 , Fu ll-Wave Rectifi er. . to Ameri ca , he inv es ted all he c oul d sc ramble toge ther i n UX-2 8I, Half- Wave Rec tifi er. . a s toc k whi ch tum bled be nea th hi m. H e hadn 't a pe nn y lef t, UX -8 p, Oscil la tor or R.F. P owe r Am p . so he d usted o ff hi s trum pe t and started a dance o rchest ra UX- 865, Scree n-G rid R.F. Powe r Am p., O scill ator at th e Palais d' Or . Imm ediately th e o rches tra c licked, a nd UX -86 6, Half-Wave Rect ifi er . the Nati on al B roa dca stin g Co. t hr ee yea rs ago of fered him UX- 874 , Voltage Reg ul ator. . to the Lu cky Str ike firm . Now he's devo ti ng a ll his time to UY -8 76, Ball as t Tub e . th ose thr ee ' wee kly broadcasts. UY -886 , Ba ll as t Tu be . Rolfe loo ks on hi s or ches tra as a ve ry hum an p lay- th e sa xophon es , a comic relief; th e v iolin s a nd c ellos , hea rt int ere st; th e bas s se cti on, th e das tardly v illain. Ki lo- Di al Ki loc ycle Can TRANSMITTER LOC ATION Pow er Letters Watt s cy cles Setti ng Inde x ------136 0K C WTAR} Nor folk, Va ...... 500 780 WPOR KGER SAMUEL WTAW Co ll ege Station , Tex ...... 50 0 11 20 KG IR Divides time with KTRH KPSN LIONEL WTAX Spri ngf ield, II I...... 100 1210 WCSC Di vi de s time with WeBS WFBL ROTHAFEL WT BO Cum ber land , Md ...... 250 1420 WGES WTEL Philade lph ia , Pa ...... 50 1 310 WJKS Divi des time with WHAT WTFI Toccoa, Ga ...... 50 0 1 450 137 0K C OR n ea rly ten y ea rs WTIC Har tf ord, Co nn ...... 500 00 106 0 Fyo u h ave hear d Roxy's Di vid es time with WB AL KCRC vo ice o n the air-th at WTMJ Milwauke e, Wi s ...... 25 00 620 KF BL fa lte ri ng, meande rin g, b ut WTOC Savann ah , Ga ...... 500 1260 KF JI KF JM alwa ys dee ply appe alin g voic e. For R oxy w as probab ly th e first im portan t sh owma n t o rea lize tha t r ad io b road cas t. WWAE Hammond, Ind .. '.". 10 0 1 20 0 KFJZ Di vide s tim e w ith WR AF in g o ne day wa s to become a v it al ent ert ainm ent fac tor and KFLX WWJ Detroit, Mich ...... 1000 920 th at, inste ad of clas hin g w it h th e leg iti mat e th eatre, it KGAR WWL New Orleans, La ...... 5000 850 would pro gress on a pa rall el c our se . In 1922 he o rganized Divid es time wi th KWK I-I KGDA , Ro xy' s Gang" a t th e Cap it ol Th ea tre-a gan g of a mi ab le KGFG WWNC Ashevi lle , N. C...... 1000 570 song bird s a nd exub eran t in strum enta lists -and imm edi . KGFL WWRL Wood side , N. Y...... 100 1500 KGKL ate ly thi s bec ame on e of th e mos t p opula r fea tur es o n t he Di vide s tim e w ith WMB Q- air . Thi s seas on Ro xy led hi s Ga ng on an RKO t our , and WLBX-WCLB KMAC KONO soon 'he w ill becom e o ne of th e s howmen in th at vas t WWVA Wheeling, W . Va ...... 5000 1160 Roc kefe ller project -Radio City . Di vide s ti me with WOW O KOOS WXYZ Detroit, Mich...... 1000 1240 .KRE Thu s, S ammy Rot ha fel will pass a nother m ilesto ne in KBPS Port land , Or e ...... 100 1 420 KUJ hi s uphill tr av el thr ough li fe . S ammy , you are reminde d, Div ide s tim e w ith K XL KVL was born in Still wate r, Minn. , on Jul y 9, 188 2. Wh en KBTM Par agou ld, Ark ...... 100 1200 KWKC twe lve yea rs of ag e, his p arent s mov ed t o New York KCRC Enid, Okla ...... 250 1370 KZM where h e s tarted h is caree r as a cas h boy in a depa rtm ent Div ides time with K GFG WBGF store . As a book ag ent, a Mari ne , a co al mi ne r i n Penn sy l- KCRJ J erome, A riz...... 100 1310 WBTM va ni a, Ro xy had inti ma te co nt ac t wi th m any p has es of WCB M li fe before he pre sent ed his first mov ing pic tu re in 1 90 7 at KDB Santa Barb ar a, Cal...... 100 1500 WELK Fores t City, Pa .-in a vacan t storeroom. I n 1913, he KDFN Ca sper, Wyo ...... 100 1210 WFDV return ed to New Y ork wh ere, as manager of th e Rege nt KDKA Pitt sbur gh, Pa ...... 50000 980 WGL Th ea tre , hi s originality and sur e kn ow ledge o f w hat t he KDLR Devil s Lak e, N . D...... 100 1210 WHBD people wa nt, att racte d a tt enti on. In tu rn, he managed th e KDYL Salt Lak e Cit y, Uta h ...... 1000 1290 WHBQ Str and , th en the worl d's larges t th ea tre, th e Ri alto and KECA Lo s An gele s, Ca I...... 1000 1430 WHDF Ri voli, b efo re his own pla yhou se, th e Roxy Thea tr e, was KELW Burbank , Cal .. .. , ...... 500 7 80 WIBM op ened . • .. Divides time with KTM WJB K Roxy is a ge nerous, s entim enta l person . H e ch ance d int o , th e Walt er Reed Hospit al at W as hi ngton on e day a nd Wh en ex pert s a gree en RCA Radi otro ns-wh y sup pli ed a ll patients wit h re ce iving sets . He h as dr eams ta~e ch ance s? of gre at powe r. Befo re him alw ays s tands a b ust of N apo leon. 40 UNITED S TATES BROADCA STI NG ST ATIO NS Cal l TRANSMITTER LOCATION Powe r Kil o- Dial Kiloc ycle Lett er s Watts cyc le Se ttin g Ind ex ------KEX Po rtl and, Or e ...... 5000 118 0 137 0 KC Div ides ti me wit h KOB (Col1 t'd) KFAB Linco ln , Nebr .... 5000 770 WLE Y Divide s tim e wit h WBBM~WJBT WLVA KFBB Great Falls, Mont ...... 2500 1280 WMB R KFBK Sacramento , Cal ...... 100 1310 WPOE KFBL Eve rett , Wash ...... 50 1370 WQDM Divid es tim e w ith KVL WRAK ~ KFDM Beaumont, Tex .... 1000 56 0 WRB J ·KFDY Brookings, S . Dak ...... 1000 550 WRBT - Divid es time with KFYR WRDO KF EL Denver, Co lo...... 500 92 0 WRJN Divid es tim e wit h KFXF WSVS KFEQ St . Josep h, Mo ...... 25 00 68 0 KFGQ Boone, Iowa ...... 100 1310 Di vid es t ime wi th KWCR-KF JY 138 0KC KFH Wi chit a, K ans ...... 100 0 1 300 KOH Di vid es ti me w ith W OQ KQV "DUNROVIN" they've named t heir ho me nea r S prin g- KFI Lo s A nge les, Cal...... 5000 640 KSO fi eld, Mass . A nd t here yo u h ave t he w hole rad io WK BH KFIO Sp okane , Was h ...... 10 0 II 20 sto ry of these two old t roupe rs-"no more roami n' a round 1 WSMK KFIZ Fon d du L ac, W is...... 100 1 42 0 th e co untr y a nd playi ng to empty houses and pac kin' KFJB Mars hallto wn, Io wa ...... 25 0 1 200 and u np ack in ' ." Th ey 've got th emse lves a q uiet litt le pl ace , thr ee an d one- half hours' d ri ve fr om N ew York. 7'2 tim e 139 0K C KFJF See ms s tr ange, too, fo r Ju lia San derso n, stand in g th ere Okl ahom a Cit y, Okl a ...... 5000 1 48 0 KLRA KFJI As toria , Or e ...... on a low p latfo rm befo re t he mi crop hone, a nd Fr ank 100 1 370 KOY Cmmit , wav ing hi s left ha nd gentl y in rh ythm , once we re KFJM Gr and F or ks, N. Dak...... 100 1370 KUO A so mu ch a p art of th e w hirl of th ea tri ca l l ife . S he was t he KFJR Po rtland , Ore ...... 500 1300 WHK toa st of th e town a nd he, th e w it . Th e o lde r f olk s w ill Di vid es time w ith KTBR remem be r h er clea r blu e eyes a nd her go lde n h ai r, in the KFJY da ys of "Win so me Willi e" when she s teppe d out o f th e Fort D od ge , Iow a ...... 100 1310 1400 K C. Divid es time w ith KFGQ -KWCR chor us in to success in : "Th e Dairy M aid," "Th e Girl KFJZ Fort Wor th, T ex ...... 100 1370 KLO from Ut ah," "Th e Canary," "Fant ana" and "Th e Sun- KOCW shine G ir l." KFKA Gre eley, Colo. : ...... 1000 880 Div ides ti me wi th KPOF WBAA Ir i "T ange rine," Ju lia join ed w ith Fr ank C rumit -who KFKB WBBC had be en grad uated f rom th e Uni ve rsit y of O hio as a n Milford , K an s ...... 5000 1050 WCGU KFKU electri ca l enginee r but who had tu rned to va udev ill e. T hey Lawr ence , Kans ...... 500 1220 WCMA made a n imm edi ate hit in thi s a nd s ubseq uent ly in : "No, Divid es tim e w ith WR EN No, N anette ," "Qu ee n Hi gh" a nd "O kay." In Jul y, 1927 , KFKX'l I WWKBFFOX KYW (Se e KYW.KFKX ) they we re marri ed . J WLTH As s he dr ea ms in h er h ome, Mi ss Sande rson so metimes I recal ls how th e Harva rd b oys use d to se nd h er th eir Progre ss in th e radio art is measu red by the swe aters with the fl ambo ya nt "H' s", a nd th e ni ght Pre si- dev elopment of ReA Radiotro ns dent Taf t to sse d a bo uqu et acro ss th e f oot light s to her . 42 UNITED STATE S B ROADCAS TI NG STA TIONS -- -- Can TRANSMITTER LOCATION Ipower I Kilo- Di al Kiloeyle Lett ers Walt s cyc les Setting Index -- --- KFLV Rockford, Ill .. .-. -.. -...... 1---- ;0 1410 ' 141OK( i I Divides time wit h WHBL NATHANIEL KFLV KFLX Galveston, Tex ...... 100 1370 KGRS SHILKRET KFMX Northfield, Minn ...... 1000 1250 WBCM ' Divid es t ime with WCAL M WDAG WRHM-WLB WHBL KFNF Sh enandoah, Iowa ...... 1000 890 WLEX Divid es time with WILL -KUSD WMAF I KFOR Lincoln, Nebr ...... 250 1210 WODX EX T ti me you hea r KFOX Long Be ach, CaI .. . 1000 1250 WRBX N an or ches tra directed KFPL Dublin, Tex ...... 100 1310 WSFA by N ath ani el Shilk ret, re- WSSH KFPM Greenville, Tex . .. 15 1310 memb er thi s desc ription of him: He is sca rce ly o ve r f ive feet t all; has a mi ld mann er KFPW FI . Smith, Ark.. ... 50 134' 14 20 K( wh en chattin g w it h you and a ti ger's attitud e w hen h e's KFPY Spokane, Wash ...... 1000 1340 KBPS conduct ing; s pea ks in a hi gh-pitche d voi ce and is a veritab le KFQU Holy City, Cal ...... 100 11420 KFIZ dyn amo of ent hu sias m. Ma ny's th e ni ght h e's toi led tire- Divide s time with KGGC KFQU less ly ti ll da wn ov er a d iffic ult mu sica l arrange ment , per - KFQW Seattle, . Wash ...... 100 1420 KFQW haps an o rigin al co mposition. KFRC San Franci sco, CaI ...... 1000 610 KFXD In a tin y v ill ag e nea r that glorio us center of m elody, KFXY KFRU Columbia, Mo...... 500 630 Vi enn a, Shilkr et was bo rn, and from his fa ther h e drew KFYO hi s in spir ati on to b ecome a musici an. Fr equently hi s Divid es tim e with WOS -WGBF KGFF KFSD San Diego, Cal ...... fathe r woul d p lay twenty hours a d ay, perf ec ting h imsel f 1'00 160. KGGC on every known ins tru me nt. KFSG Los Angeles, Cal ...... 500 H2O KGIW Divid es tim e with KMCS KG IX When he w as se ven, Na th aniel was b rou ght to Americ a KFUL Galv eston, Tex ... . 500 1290 KGKX and he played in th e New York B oys ' Symphony. A l ot of Divid es t ime with KTSA KICK the se l ad s n ow hold lead ing posts w ith fa mous sy mphony KFUM Colorado Springs, Colo.... 1000 1270 KLPM orche str as . St ill in h is 'teens, Nathani el pla yed w ith the KFUO Clayton, Mo ...... 1000 1550 KORE Ru ss ian S ymphony Orchest ra and later with th e New Divides tim e with KSD KTAP Yo rk Phi lharmonic . At 19, he wrote an ori gin al suit e, KFUP Denver, Colo...... 100 1310 KXL "Stree t S ketches," w it h a "Ne gro D an ce " whi ch m any Divid es time with KFXJ KXYZ be lieve a nticipated the origin al Di xieland Jazz Band s KFVD Culver City , CaI ...... 250 1000 WEDH ne gro id r hythms. KFVS Cape Girardeau, Mo.... 100 12 10 WEHS For m any yea rs he has bee n ch ief orch es tr a dir ec tor in Div ides time with WEBQ WELL KFWB Hollywood , CaI ...... the Victor Recordin g St udios . At one time he was makin g 1000 950 WFDW reco rds in th irty-fi ve languages, using t hirty t ypes of o rch es - KFWF St. Louis, Mo ...... 1001'" WHDL tras and t urn ing o ut eight y o r nin ety nu mb ers a mont h. In Divid es tim e with WIL WHFC rad io, he 's d ir ected RCA-Victor , Ev eready , Eastm an Kod ak, KFWI San Francisco, Ca l. .... 500 I 930 WHIS Divides time with KROW Mob il oil , and oth er speci al pro gra ms . Wh en t he c rowds WIAS of m usic ians with th eir hu ge bas s v iols an d tub as g ath er m the co rri do r outs ide a s tu dio, h e sometime s g et s lost. Every RCA Radi otro n' is th oroughl y test ed b efore it is encl ose d i n the Red and Bl ac~ c art on ·44 UN ITED STATES BRO AD CAST ING S TA TIO NS Po we r Kilo - Kiloc ycle Call TRAN SMITT ER LOCA TION Di al Lett ers Watt s --cy cles-- Sett ing Ind ex KFXD Nam pa, Idaho . .... , .. , . , .. 50 1 42 0 1420 KC (Con t'd) KF XF Denver, Co lo...... 500 920 WIBR Divides time w ith KFEL WILM WJBO KFXJ Edgewater, Co lo... .. 50 1310 Divid es tim e with K FUP WKBI WLBF KF XM San B ern ardino, Ca l...... 100 1210 WMBC Div ides l ime wit h KPPC WMBH WPA D 1310 KF XR Ok lahoma Ci ty, Okl a ...... 250 WSPA KFX Y Flags taf f, A riz. .. 100 1420 WTBO KFYO Abilene, Tex ... 2 50 1420 1430 K( KFYR Bi smarck, N. D. .. 10 00 550 KECA Divides tim e with KFDY KGNF KGA Sp okan e, Was h .. .. 50 00 147 0 WBAK EX T October, Jane w ill be 13 ye ars o ld. B ut alrea dy WCAH KGA R Tucson, A riz...... 250 1370 Nshe's a litt le s tar in her own li ttl e way . Jane, wh os e WG BC re al n ame is Mur iel Harba te r, is the esse nce o f chi ldis h Sa n Diego, Ca l.. . KGB 250 1330 WHP ga iety and ca ref ree s imp li cit y. KG BX SI. Josep h, Mo ... . 100 1 31 0 WNB R And sne came into rad io, no t by a cciden t, but as a KGB Z Yor k, Nebr ...... 100 0 93 0 1440K( re sult of h er own spark li ng talen t. Joll y Bill -Mr. Willi am Divi des tim e with KM A KLS Stein ke on his calling ca rd, if h e s hould have one -had KGC A Decora h, I owa ...... 50 1 270 WAB O grown tir ed of wo rkin g with a grown-u p pe rso n who tr ied Divid es time wit h KW LC WBI G to imit ate the pa tt ering of a c hi ld . T hi s was thre e ye ars KGCR Wate rt own , S. Da k.. ... 100 1210 WC BA ag o, a nd B ill -born in the Pennsylvani a Dutch sec tion, a ca rt ooni st and ex-n ewspape rman -a lre ady was the KGC U Ma nd an, N. Dak ...... 100 12 00 WHE C WMBD radio unc le o f Ne w Yo rk. S o Miss M adge Tu cker, wh o KGCX Wo lf P oint , Mo nt.. 250 1 310 has char ge o f the y oung a ntics at the NBC, told Bill to 3t' 2 tim e WOKO WSAN r take hi s p ick from a ll the eage r faces cir cled ' round her. KGDA Mitc hell, S. Dak .. .. 100 1370 WTAD Bill chose Jane , a nd they have n ot mi ssed a day toget her KGDE Fergus Fa lls, M inn . .. 250 1200 eve r since he fir st pointed his finge r at h er. KGD M Sto ckton, C al.. . 250 '45 0K Bill is as round as a m edicin e b all , has a laugh as infec- ti ous as the grip pe and , when h e ta lks, you can hea r h im KGDY Huron , S. Dak ...... 100 1200 K STP KTBS < from Tim es Square to th e Batter y. H e hasn 't lo st an o unce KGEF Los Ange les, C al.. .. 1000 l1 U of h is 21 0 po und s, desp it e his e arly mornin g broa dc asts . 1300 WBM S Divid es tim e w ith KTBI WGAR You see , he has to ri se s hort ly b efo re 6 o 'c loc k, meet Jane KGE K Yum a, Colo. ... , 50 1200 WHOM in the stu dio, ' lon g a bout 7 : 15, an d go over the sc ri pt of t heir Di vid es t im e with KGEW WKBO Cream of Whe~t my thi ca l tr avelogue before taking to the air at 7 :45. They repe at thi s broa dcas t f or wes tern listeners RCA Radi otr ons ar e the heart of yo ur r adio se t an hour l ater, and then Jane dashe s off fo r sc hoo l. 46 UNI TED STAT ES BR OADC ASTI NG STA TIONS Ca ll Di al Lett ers TRAN SM ITTER LOCAT ION I Po wer Ki lo- Wa lls c ycles Settin g KGER Lon g Beach, Ca l...... 1000 1360 Divides tim e with KPSN KGE W Fort Mo rgan, Colo. . 10 0 120 0 Divides time with KGEK KGEZ I Kalisp ell, Mont ...... 100 1310 KGFF Alva, Ok la...... 100 1420 KGFG Oklahoma C ity, Ok la .. 100 1370 I Divi des 6rn e with KCRC KGFI Corpus Christ i, T ex . ... 250 1500 KGFJ Los Ang eles, Ca l...... 100 1200 KGFK Moorhe ad, Minn. 50 1500 1470 K( KGFL Raton, N . M ... 50 1370 KGA KGFW Ravenna, Neb r .. 100 1310 WLA C KG FX Pi erre, S . Dak .. 200 580 1'1 T THE start of a pa rty, it's always bes t to int rod uce n. the folks a ll aroun d. So, mee t th e Tastyeas t J es ters- KGGC San Fran cisco, CaI .. 100 1420 14 80 K( Divid es tim e w it h KFQU you kno w, th os e mu sical l ads w ho tun e up a nd sma rt. KFJF crac k th ri ce a w eek, ju st about t he t ime of cof fee a nd pi e. KGGF South C off eyville, Okla .. 500 10 10 Divides time with W NA D I WKBW Here's Dwight B. L ath am, who was bo rn in New Brit ain , KGGM Albuq uerque, N . M ...... Co nn ., on M ay 24, 1903 . And Wamp C arlso n, the Swede , 500 1230 who c ame to light in th e sa me tow n on O ctober 24, 1901. KG HF Pueblo, C olo. ... 500 1320 1490 K( 1 And G uy Bonham, Fort y Fort , Pa., on N ove mbe r 24,190 4. KGHI Little Rock, Ar k... .. 100 1200 WCHI Funny t hat they we re all bo rn on the 24 th, isn't it ? KGHL Bi llings, Mo nt.. 1000 9 50 WCKY Well , Dwight and Wamp met up i n hi gh schoo l an d KGI R WJAZ sang tog eth er in the q uart et. Wamp at th at ti me was a But te, Mont . .. . 5001 136 0 72 tim e ba ss; now, o f cour se, he ca n't plunge lowe r th an seco nd KG IW Trinidad, Co lo. .. teno r...... 100 1420 1500 KL Bu t music didn't p ay th e lads mu ch in t hos e days a nd so KG IX Las Vegas , Nev .. 100 142 0 KD B to Hartf ord, C onn ., a nd int o th e in sur ance b usi ness th ey KG IZ Grant C ity, Mo .. 50 1500 KGFI we nt . It was here th at t hey c hanc ed o n Guy Bon ham. Guy KGJF Littl e Rock, Ark. .. 250 890 KGFK ha d sp ent o ne yea r at t he Uni ve rsit y of Pen nsy lva ni a, KGK B Brownwood , Te x. ... KGI Z ba rnstorm ed w ith Graham Prin ce a nd hi s Ca rolinans, 100 150 0 play in g th e trump et, a nd fina lly had drifte d i nto a depa rt . KGKL San An ge lo, Tex .... KGK B 100 1370 KGKY men t store j ob in Hart fo rd. Th e boy s found th at th eir KG KO Wi chita Fa lls , Tex ...... 500 570 KP JM voice s b len ded , an d s o d id a nu mbe r of c ivic clu bs. KG KX Sandpoin t, Ida ho ...... 100 1420 KPQ They p utte red around with radio at station WBZ , Springfi eld, Mass ., pi cki ng up a dollar h ere and there, KG KY I Sco tts blu ff, Nebr ...... 100 15 00 KRE G KGMP till fi nall y on Janu ary 3 , 1 930, Tas tye ast Signed them f or Elk Cit y, Okla...... '1 100 12 10 ~UT KXO a loc al bro adc ast. Fr om th en o n, th ey have bee n on th e KGNF Nort h Pl att e, N ebr ...... 500 1430 WCLB up an d up. RCA Radio tr ons-Th ~.hallm ar~ o f a go od radio set 48 CaU TRANSM ITTER LOCATION Po wer I Ki lo- Dia l Kil ocycle s Lette rs Watt s cycle s ~etting Index ---- KGN O Dodge City, Kan sas ...... 100 121 0 1500 K C (Cont 'd) KG O Sa n Francisco, Cal ...... 75 00 79 0 WDI X KGRS Amarillo, ·Tex ...... 1000 1410 WK BV Divid es time w ith WDAG LOWELL KGW WK BZ Portland , Ore ...... 100 0 620 WL BX THOMAS KGY Lace y, Wash ...... 10 120 0 WL OE KHJ Los Angel es, Cal ...... 1000 900 WMBA KHQ Spokane , Wash ...... 2000 59 0 WM BQ WMPC HEY t ell yo u 'round KICK Red Oak, Iowa ...... 100 142 0 WN BF Tabo ut the s tudios tha t KID Idaho Falls , Idaho ...... 500 132 0 WOP I th is mi crophon e li fe has Divid es ti me with KT FI WPE N grow n a trifl e tame fo r KIDO Boise, Idaho ...... 10 00 1250 WRD W Lowe ll T homas . He's g ot th e it ch, th ey sa y, to b e off aga in KIT Yakima, Wash ...... 50 1 310 WSYB to th e fa r pl aces -to t he mys teri ous East, to th e s cent ed WW RL isla nds o n th e oth er side o f the wo rl d. For, after all , it 's KJBS Sa n Francisco, Cal ...... 100 1070 prett y hard t o co op w ith in th e f our monk's ·cloth wa ll s of KJR Se attl e, Was h ...... 5000 970 a s tudio , a man wh o's fo ll owe d th e tr ail of C olonel L aw. KLCN Bl yth evi ll e, A rk ...... 50 12 90 rence a boutAr abi a a nd C ountLu ckn er'se cce ntri c sea tr ac ks. Th omas a nd Fl oyd Gibbo ns, whom he succeed ed as th e KLO Ogden, Utah ...... 500 140 0 voice of t he Lit erary Di ges t, are radio's far tr a velers-th e KLPM Minot, N. Dak ...... 100 14 20 air 's great adve nt urers. T hey' ve bee n eve ryw here th at KLRA Littl e Ro ck, Ark ...... 1000 139 0 ev eryd ay f olk dream someday, so mehow , t hey, too, w il l Di vid es time wi th KUO A go, and e ach night Th omas explain s th e day's news in th e KLS Oakland , Cal ...... 250 1 44 0 lig ht of hi s rich remin iscences . KLX Oakl and , Cal ...... 500 880 It's in k eep in g w ith hi s charac ter th at Th omas , born in KLZ Denver , Colo ...... 1000 560 a tin y Ohi o tow n, wa s reared in Cri pple Cree k, Colo. , KMA Sh enandoah , Iow a...... 1000 930 sce ne of a rich go ld strik e an d cent er of p ionee r history in Di vides time w ith KG Bl the r ough and ready d ays of th e o ld Wes t. H e s tudi ed suc· KMAC San Ant oni o, Tex ...... 100 137 0 cessiv ely at th e Uni ve rsit y of Nort hern Indiana, at a Chi · Div id es time with KONO cag o l aw coll ege, a t the Uni ve rsity o f Den ver, and a t KMBC Ka ns as Ci ty , Mo...... 1000 950 Princ eton. Hi s li fe is so f ull th at it' s bes t within th e limit s KMCS In glewood, C al...... 500 1120 of thi s br ief t ale to co mpress th e most signifi cant eve nts : Di vides time wit h K FSG Work ed on Chi cag o n ewsp apers, taught En gli sh at Prin ce · KMED Medford , Or e ...... 50 1310 ton, w as sent by Pres ide nt Wil son t o p repa re a hi stori cal' KMJ Fr es no, Cal ...... 100 1210 rec ord of th e World War, was w ith all of th e Alli ed KMLB Monro e, La...... 50 1200 Armi es fr om the North Sea to the Persian G ul f, tour ed KMMJ Cla y Cent er, Ne br ... ..•.... 1000 740 th e wo rld with th e Pri nce o f Wales ' part y, and e xplored KMO Burm a, Malaya a nd Centr al Asia. Tacoma , Wa sh ...... 500 8 60 Th om as is a sle nde r, w iry, nervo us pe rson, with flas hin g KMO X St . Louis , Mo ...... 50000 1090 blac k eyes , a di stin cti ve mustache a nd a h ypn otic manne r of tal ki ng. He says he is th e man whom r adio fa ns tun e in befo re liste ni ng to Amo s 'n ' An dy , UNITED STATES BROADCASTING STATIONS - I Call TRANSMITT ER L OCATION ~owe r I K;lo- Dial Kilocy cle Lette rs aUs cyc les Settin g Inde x I ~-~- - KMPC Beverly HilIs , CaI ...... 500 710 KMTR Los An geles, CaI ...... 500 570 KNX Hollywood , CaI ...... 5000 1050 KOA D enver, Colo...... 12500 830 KOAC Corvallis, Ore ...... 1000 550 KOB S tate College , N. Me x ...... 20000 1180 Div id es time wi th K EX KOCW Chickasha, Okla ...... 500 1400 o SING LE r adio fig- KOH Ren ll, Nev ...... 500 1380 N ure eve r has KOIL Council Bluffs, Iowa ...... 1000 1260 aro use d quite th e s torm of com ment t hat has s ur- KOIN Portland, Oregon ...... 1000 940 round ed Ru dy Vall ee since he rocke ted to na tion al fame KOL Seattle, Wash ...... 1000 1270 th ree ye ars ago . T o many he is the roma ntic vag abond Di vides tim e with KTW love r, the mos t appea ling voice on the a ir . Through o ft- KOMO Seattle, Wash ...... 1000 920 times e mba rrassin g ad oration an d fre quent bi tter cri ti cis m, KONO San Antonio, Tex ...... 100 1370 Va llee has plo dded on, undi scour age d, t o uneq ualled Divi des tim e with KM AC acc laim. He has become a n idol at l ess t han 30 . KOOS Marshfield, Ore ...... 100 1370 And Ru dy, no more ex act ly th an any on e e lse, can ex - KORE Eugene , Ore ...... 100 1420 plain thi s ph enom en on. It's o ne of those eve nt s w hich , like KOY Phoeni x, Ariz ...... 500 1390 a mira cle, com e unheralded in t he en terta inm ent worl d. Seattle , Wash ...... KPCB . 100 65 0 Fo ur yea rs ag o h e lef t Ya le an d h is West brook , Me., KPJM Pre scott , Ari z...... 100 1500 ho me for N ew York . His fat her was p roprieto r of th e to wn's KPO San Fran cisco, CaI ...... 5000 680 drug s tor e and Rudy w ork ed as an u she r in th e loc al mov ie hou se . He had studied s axophone by means of a KPOF Denver, Colo ...... 500 880 Di vid es tim e with K FKA co rresp ond ence sch oo l co ur se w ith R udy W ied oeft, st il l KPPC Pasadena , CaI ...... 50 1210 a mas ter of thi s i nstrum en t. Fro m W iedoeft he bo rr owe d Divid es tim e wi th KFXM his fir st name, f or "Hub ert " he w as chri stened . KPQ Wenat chee , Wash ...... 50 1500 In Janu ary, 1928, he sa ng in a New York night c lub KPRC Houston , Te x ...... 2500 920 an d, a ft er mak ing t he rbunds of the b roadcasting studios, KPS N Pasa den a, Cal...... 1000 1360 he fi nal ly lande d a jo b wi th th e Herbert Ente rtainers on Div ide s ti me with KGER WMCA at $25 ' a prog ram . Hi s pec uli ar manner of singing, KQV Pitt sb urgh , Pa ...... 500 13 80 his intim ate way of in trod ucing his m usic, his moody, Di vi des tim e with WS MK distan t bea ring, a ttr acted nati on -wide attention . Shortly, KQ W San Jo se , CaI ...... 500 1010 the reafte r, th e Nat iona l Br oadcast ing Co. o ffe red him an exc lusive co ntract. N ow he s ings week ly for F leisc hma nn KRE Berk eley, Ca I...... 10 0 13 70 and relig iously ea ts yeas t. He has become a mi llion ai re, but , Divide s ti me wi th KZM he' s s til l unma rr ied. For fem ini ne rea ders' info rmati on: he has light, wavy hair , pin ks him se lf wi th a sunlam p, has ReA Radiotron s-- th e choic e of m illi ons gray eyes, a nd has a bre ak in hi s voic e. 52 power IKilo -I Dial Ki locycl e IWatts cycles S etting Inde x KREG Santa Ana, Cal . . 100 1~500 t- - KRG V Harli ngen, Tex . 500 1260 Divides ti me w ith KWWG PAUL KRLD Dallas, Tex...... 10000 104 0 Divi des t ime with KTHS WHITEMA N KRMD Shreveport, La . Divides time w ith KTSL KR OW Oakland, Calif . Divides time with KFWI MAN of many con- KRS C Seattle, Wa sh...... 50 112 0 A trad ict ions is this "King of ] azz" -Pa ul W hite- KSA C Manhattan, Kans...... 100 0 580 man. He weighs 225 pounds f Divides t im e w ith WIB W ! and looks as if he co uld swing a s ledge hammer, b ut he's KSCJ Sioux Ci ty, Iowa ...... 25 00 1330 scared to death of c rowds . He loves to speed 75 miles an Divides time w ith WTAQ ho ur in his hi gh- powered roadster, b ut he ref uses to ride KSD SI . Lo uis, M o...... 500 550 in e levato rs. H e d rinks q uarts of water, b ut he has to be Divi des t ime w it h KF UO dragge d on a fe rr ybo at. H e eats hu ge din ners, but he 's KSEI Poca tello , I daho ...... 250 900 always wor ri ed about his hea lth . KSL Salt Lake Cit y, Utah ...... 5000 1130 He was born i n D enve r, Colo ., and s tart ed wo rk as a KSMR Santa Maria , CaI .. "1 100 1200 tax i dri ve r. Hi s fathe r was d ir ecto r of th e Met hod ist KSO Clarinda, Iowa ...... 500 1380 ch urch choir, and from hi m he learned t he e leme nt s of Di vides ti me w ith W KBH cond ucti ng . Migrating to Cal iforn ia, he sta rt ed dance KSOO Sioux Fall s, S. Oak.. . . 2000 1110 orche stras in S an Fr ancisco and Los Ange les . In t he lat ter KSTP St . Paul , Minn 10000 1460 city he me t F erdie Gr ofe who became hi s a rr ange r and KTAB Sim Francisco, Cal ...... 1000 560 con tri but ed all those g lorio us spec ial orches tr ati ons that have made t he Wh itema n band ren owned . KTAP San Antonio, T ex...... 100 1420 KTAR Phoenix , Ariz ...... 1000 620 Out of th e Wes t, Whiteman and hi s ban d c ame to th e Amba ssado r H ote l i n At lantic Ci ty in 19 19 and immedia tely KTAT Ft . Worth , Tex...... 1000 1240 fasc ina ted the Eas t wit h the ir fiery m usic. In N ew Yark Divides time w ith WACO he opene d at th e old Palais Roya l and , wit hin a few we ek s, KTBI Los Angeles, CaI ...... 1000 1300 sw ept th e to wn off its feet . In thi s res taurant was con- Di vide s time with KGEF ce iv ed th e famo us jazz conce rt at Aeol ian Hall which , mo re KTBR Portland, Ore I' 500 1300 tha n any other sing le even t, ci nche d Wh itema n f or hi sto ry. Divid es tim e with KF JR He intr odu ced Geo rge Gershwin' s "Rh apsody in Blu e," KTBS Shreveport, La ' 1000 1450 the famou s mel ody w hich he uses as hi s radi o si gnatur e. KTFI Twin F alls, Idaho. .. 250 1320 In r ad io , White man ma de hi s de bu t w ith Old Gol d KTHS Hot Spr ings Nat'l P ark Ark. 10000 1040 th rou gh a Colu mbia Br oa dcas ti ng Sys tem n etwo rk. H e Divide s tim e w ith KRLD ' starr ed in o ne ta lk ie, " Th e Ki ng o f J azz ." No w he's p lay in g KTLC Houston, Tex...... 100 1310 at the Gr anada Cafe in C hicag o, and broa dc asting c om- mercial ly as the Whi te man Paintm en throu gh a Na ti onal Bro adc as ting Co . network . Call TRANSMITTER LOCATION Power I Ki lo- Dial Kilocycl t Lett ers Wa tt s cyc les Se ttin g Inde x Ca ll ---, - TR ANSMITT ER L OCAT ION Po wer Kil o- Di al Kiloc ycle Le tt ers , Watt s cyc les Settin g Index TM Los Angeles, CaI ...... 1000 7 80 Divides time w ith KE LW -KW LC Decorah , Iow a ...... 100 1270 TN T Mu scat ine, Iowa ...... 5000 1170 Div ides tim e w ith K GCA TRH Houston, T ex ...... , ...... 500 11 20 KW SC Pullm an, Wash ...... 2000 1220 Divid es time with WT AW KWWG Brownsville , Te x ...... 500 1260 TSA San Antonio , Tex ...... 200 0 129 0 Divid es ti me with KRGV Di vid es time w ith KFUL KXA Seattl e, Wa sh ...... 500 570 TSL Shr eve port , La...... 10 0 1310 KX L Portland, Or e ...... 100 14 20 Di vid es ti me w ith KRMD Divi des tim e w ith KBP S TSM EI P aso , Tex ...... 100 13 10 KX O El C entro, C al...... 100 1500 Di vi des time with WDAH KXRO Ab erdeen , Wash ...... 75 TW Seattle , Wash ...... 1000 1 270 1310 Di vi des time w ith KOL KX YZ Houston , Tex ...... 100 1420 VJ Walla Walla , Was h ...... , ., 100 137 0 KY A San Fran cisc o, Cal ...... 1000 12 30 7-' 2 tim e KY W} Chica go, III ...... VO A Fayettevil le, A rk ...... 1000 1 39 0 KF KX 10 000 1020 Di vides time with KLRA KZ M Ha yward , CaL ...... 100 1370 VSD Vermi lio n, S. Da k ...... 750 890 Div ides lime wi th KRE Divide. lim e with KFNF-W ILL VT Au stin , Tex ...... 100 1500 VI Tac om a, Wa sh ...... 1000 760 VL Se attle , Wa sh .. . , ...... 100 1370 Di vid es tim e wi th K FBL VOA Tu cs on , Ar iz...... 500 1260 VOO Tul sa, Okl a ...... 5000 1140 Di vi des time w ith W API VOS B ellin gham, Wa sh ...... 100 1200 WCR Cedar Rapid s, Iowa ...... 100 1310 Div id e. tim e w ith K FJY -KFG Q WEA Shr eve port , La ...... 100 1210 WG Stockton , Cal...... ' ..... 100 1200 WJJ Portl and , Or e ...... 500 1060 WK SI . Lou is, Mo ...... 1000 1350 WKC Kan sas C it y, Mo ...... 100 1370 ~tim e WKH Sh reve por t, La ...... 10000 850 Div ide s time w ith WWL JXo set is be tt er th an it s tu bes -u se ReA Radiotrons 56 CA NADIAN BROADC AST IN G STAT IONS Call Kilo cy cl e TR ANSMITT ER LOCA TIO N Pow er I K;!o- Dia l I Ca ll Power Kilo - Dial I Ki locycle Lett er s Wa tts cyc les TRANS MITTER LOCA TI ON Settin g Ind ex Lett ers Watt s cy cles Setti ng Index CFAC C algar y, Ali a...... 500 690 54 0 KC CJ CJ Eas t Cal gary , Al ta...... 500 690 730 KC CFBO SI . John, N. B...... 500 89 0 CKX CJ GC Strat hburn, Ont ...... 500 9 10 (C0I1I 'd) CFCA Tor onto, On t...... 0 •• 0 •••• 500 840 58 0 KC CJGX York to n, Sa sk ...... 50 0 630 CKC D CFC F Montreal, Qu e ...... 500 1030 CKFC CHMA CJO C Let hbridge, A lia .. .. - ...... 50 H2O CF CH North Ba y, On ta ri o ...... 50 1 200 CKM O CKCL CJOR Sea Island, B . c...... 500 121 0 CKW X CFCN Cal gar y, Alta...... 0 •• 500 690 CKNC CJ RM M oose Jaw, Sask ...... 500 600 CNRM CFCO Cha tham, Ontar io .. 0 ••••• •• 100 1210 CKUA . CJRW Flemin g, S ask ... . ., ...... 500 6 00 CF CT Vi ct oria , Bo C ...... : ...... 780KC 500 630 600 KC CJSC Tor on to, Ont . .. . ·...... 500 0 6 90 CKY CFCY SI. Charlo tt eto wn, P. E. I.. .. 250 960 CJRM CKAC SI . Hyacinth e, Qu e...... 5000 730 CFJC CN RW Kamlo ops, B . C...... 100 H2O CJRW CKCD Van co uve r, B. C ...... 50 730 CFLC 0 • •• CNRO Pre scott, On t...... 50 1010 CKCI Qu ebec, Que ...... 22.5 880 840KC CFNB Fr ederic ton, N. B. o ...... 500 1210 63 0 KC CKCK Reg in a, Sask ...... 500 960 CFCA CFQC Sas ka toon, Sask ...... 500 910 CFCT CKCL To ronto , Ont ...... 500 58 0 CHCT CFRB Twp . of King, Yo rk Count y, CKLC CJGX CKC O Ott awa, Ont ...... ,...... 100 89 0 Ont ...... 4000 960 CNRA CKOW CKCR Water loo , Ont . .. · ...... 50 1010 CNRD CFRC Kingston, Ont ...... 500 930 64 5 K CKCV Qu ebec , Que ...... 50 880 CNRT CHCA Calgar y, Alta...... 500 690 CHRC CK FC Vancouv er, B. C...... 50 730 CHCK St . Charlottetown , P. E. I . ... 100 960 88 0KC CKG W Bowm anvill e, On t...... 5000 690 CHCS Hamilton, Onl ...... 66 5 K CHML 10 H2O CKIC Wolfv ill e, N. S...... 50 1010 CJCB CHCr Red Deer, Alta .. 0 •••••••• •• 1000 84 0 CHWK CKLC Red D ee r, Ali a...... 1000 840 CKCI CHGS Summer sid e, P. E . I.. ... '" 100 H2O 69 0 K CKMC Cob alt , Onl...... 15 1210 CKCV CHLS Vancouver, B. C •.•...... 50 730 CFAC CKM O Vanco uve r, B. C...... 50 730 CNRQ CHMA Edmonton, Alta .• ...... 250 580 CFCN CKN C Toronto, O nl ...... 500 58 0 CHML Hamilton, Ont ...... 50 880 CHCA 89 0KC CKOC Hamil ton , On l...... 50 mo CHNS Halifax, N. S ...... 500 910 CJBC CFBO CJCJ CKOW Toronto , Onl ...... 500 840 CKCO CHRC Queb ec, Que ...... 100 645 CJSC CKPC Pre ston , On t ...... 25 1210 CK PR CHWC Pilot Butte, Sask ...... •... . 500 960 CKGW CKPR Port Arthu r, O nto ...... 50 890 I CHWK Chilliwack, B . C...... 100 665 CNRC CKUA Edmonton , Ali a. 500 580 910KC , I. CPRY · ...... CHYC St . Hyacinthe, Qu e ...... •... 5000 730 CKWX Vancouv er, B. C...... 100 730 CF QC CHNS CJBC To ronto , Ont ...... 5000 690 CKX Brandon , Man .. .. , ...... 500 54 0 73 0 K CJ GC CJBR Regina, Sask ...... CKY Winnip eg, Man ...... 0 • 0 ••• 500 960 CHLS 5000 78 0 CNRH CNRA 0 •••• ••• CJCA Edmonton, Alta ...... o. 500 930 CHYC Mon cton , N. B.... • 500 630 CNRL CJCB Sydney , N. S...... : ...... 50 880 CKAC -CNRC Calgar y, Alta...... •• 500 690 CNRS CaU Power Kilo- TRANSMITTER LOC ATION Di al Kiloc ycle Pow er Kil•. . Dial Kilo cyc le Lt:lt er s - Ca U TRANSMITTER LOC ATIO N, Walls cyc le s Sel ling .Inde x ------Le tters --Watt s cycle s Sett in g Ind ex CNRD Red Dee r, Alt a...... 100 0 840 93 0KC -CM AA Guanajay ...... 30 1090 CNRE Edmonton , Al ta...... 500 930 CFRC cMAB Pinar del Rio ...... 20 1250 CNRH Hali Fax , N. S...... 500 910 CJCA Habana ...... CNRE CMBA 50 1345 CNR L Str athbu rn, On!...... 500 910 cM BC Habana ...... 15 0 955 CNR M M on tr eal, Que ...... 5000 7 30 960KC CM BD Hab ana ...... 150 955 CNRO Ottawa, O nt...... 500 600 CFCY CMBF Habana ...... 7.5 1345 CFRB CNRQ Quebec , Qu e...... 50 880 CMBG Habana ...... 50 1405 CNRR Reg in a, Sa sk...... 500 960 CHCK CHWC CM BH Habana ...... 30 1500 CNRS Saskat oo n, Sas k ...... 500 91 0 CJ BR CM BI Habana ...... 30 1405 CNRT Toron to, On t...... 500 840 CKCK CM BJ Habana ...... 15 1285 CNRR CNRV Vanc ou ver , B. C...... 500 1030 Marianao ...... 15 1405 CNR X cM BK CNRW Winni p~g , Man ...... 5000 7 80 CM BL Habana ...... 15 15 00 CN RX Toronto , On t...... 4000 960 101 0 K( CM BM Habana ...... 15 1285 CPRY Bowmanville , Ont ...... 5000 690 CFLC CM BN Los Pinos ...... 30 1405 CKCR CM BR Arro yo Apolo ...... 15 15 00 BROADCASTING ST ATIONS O F U. S . CKIC POSSESSIONS CM BS Habana ...... 150 790 1030 KC CMBT Habana ...... 15 0 1070 KFIU Juneau , Alaska . 10 1310 I CFCF CM BW Marianao ...... •...... 150 101 0 KFQ D Anchorage, Alaska . 100 1230 CNRV CM BX Habana ...... 30 1405 KG BU Ketchikan , Alaska . 50 0 90 0 CM BY Habana ...... 100 1405 11 20K KGMB Honolulu , Hawaii . 500 1320 CMBZ Habana ...... 15 0 1010 CFJC KGU Honolulu , Hawaii . 100 0 940 CMC Habana ...... ; ...... 500 845 CHCS CMCA Haban a ...... •.... 150 1225 WKAQ San Juan , Porto R ico . 50 0 890 CHGS CJOC CMCB Habana ...... 150 1070 CENTR AL AMERICAN AND W EST I NDIAN CK OC CMC D Haba na ...... 15 13 45 STATIONS CMC F Hab ana ...... 250 900 CMCG Gu ~nabacca ...... 30 1285 TIC 1200K San Jose , Costa Rico ...... 15 88 2 CFCH CM CH Habana ...... 15 12 85 HIX • Santo D omi ngo , Domi nica n CMCJ Habana ...... 250 550 1210K Repub lic ...... 1000 66 9 CMCM Mariana o ...... 15 1500 RUS San Salvador , EI Salvador ... 500 664 CFCO CMCN M arianao ...... 250 1225 TGW Guatemala , Guatemala . ... . 50 571 CFN B CJOR CM CO Maria nao ...... 22 5 6 60 HHK Po rt-au -Prince , Haiti ...... 1000 92 0 CKMC CMC Q Hab ana ...... 600 1150 HRB Tegucigalpa , Honduras ...... 23 00 137 0 CKPC CM CR I J:la bana ...... 20 1 285 MEXICAN BROA DCASTI NG STAT IO NS Can I Po we r I Kito - Kil ocyd Can TR ANSM ITT ER LOC ATION Powe r Kilo - Dial Kilocycle TRANSMI TTER LOC ATION I Di al Le llers I Wa tt s cy cles Set ting Inde x Lett er s I Wa lls cy cle s Sett ing Index --- CMC V Ha ba na ...... ' 50 I 1345 XEA Guad ala jara . · ...... 10 0 1200 XEB Mexi co Ci ty . · ...... 10 00 1030 CMCX M arianao ...... 250 10 10 I XEC To lu ca ...... 50 1 333 CMCY Haba na ...... 15 1 34 5 XED Reyn os a ...... 10000 961 CMGA Colon ...... 100 834 XEE Lina res ...... 10 1 000 CMGB Matanzas ...... 7.5 11 85 XEF Oaxaca ...... 100 1 13 2 CMGC Ma tan zas ...... 30 1315 XEF A Mexico Cit y ...... 250 12 50 CMGD Ma tanzas ...... 5 1140 XEF E Nue vo L are do ...... 100 980 XEG Me xi co Cit y ...... 2000 910 CMGE Cardenas '" ...... 30 1375 XEH Me xico City ...... 100 11 30 CMGH Matanz as ...... 60 1250 XEI More li a ...... WO 1000 CMGI Matanza s ...... 30 10 94 XEJ Ciudad Juar ez...... WO 857 CMGT M atanza s ...... 50 97 7 XEK Mexico Ci ty ...... 100 9 90 CMHA Cienfuegos ...... 200 1154 XEL Saltillo ...... 10 1090 CMHB Sagua la Grande ...... '1 10 1500 XE M Tampico ...... 500 841 CMHC Tu inucu ...... 500 790 XEN Me xico City ...... 1000 719 CMHD Ca iba rien ...... 250 920 XE O Mexico Cit y. ·...... 5000 94 0 CMHE San ta Clar a ...... 20 1429 XE P Nuevo L aredo ...... 200 1500 CMHH Cifuente s ...... 10 870 XEQ Ciudad Juar ez ...... 10 00 750 CMHI Santa Clara ...... 15 1110 XE R Mexico Cit y ...... 100 67 4 CMHJ Cituentes ...... 40 64 5 XES Tampico ...... 500 890 CMJA Cama gue y ...... 10 1332 XET Mon terre y ...... 1500 630 CMJB Ciego de Avila ...... 20 1276 XETA Mexico Cit y ...... 500 1140 CMJC Camague y ...... 15 1321 XET F Vera Cruz ...... 500 68 0 XEU Vera Cruz ...... 100 800 CMJE Camaguey ...... 5 856 XEV 100 CMK Habana ...... 3000 730 Puebla ...... 1035 XE W Mexico Cit y ...... 50 00 780 CMKA Santiago de Cuba ...... 20 1450 XEX Mexico Ci ty ...... 500 119 0 CMKB Santia go de Cub a ...... 15 1199 XE Y Merida ...... 100 547 CMKC Santiago de Cuba ...... 150 10 34 XEZ Me xico City ...... 500 5 88 CMKD Santi ago de Cuba ...... 20 1100 XFA Mexico Cit y ...... 50 500·600 CIViKE Santiago de Cuba ...... 250 1250 XF C Agua scali ent es ...... 350 804 CMKF Hol guin ...... 30 136 3 XF E Villahermo sa ...... 350 804 CMKG Santia go de Cuba ...... 30 1176 XF F Chihuahua ...... 250 92 3 CMKH Sant iago de Cuba ...... 250 1322 XF G Mexico C ity ...... 2000 63 8 CMQ Habana ...... 250 1150 XF H Mexico City ...... 250 - CMW Habana ...... 700 588 XF I Mexico Cit y ...... 1000 818 CMX Habana ...... : : ...... 500 900 XFZ Mexico Ci ty ...... 500 860 AC TI VE RELAY BROADCASTING STATI ONS OF THE WORLD AC TIVE RELAY BROADCASTING STATIONS OF THE WOR LD SHORT WAVE SHORT W AVE Call TRANSMITTER LOC ATION Ki lo- Pow er Time Le tt ers c:ycle s Walt s Difierence * OKIMPI Prag ue, Czechos lovakia .. ... 5169 5000 6 :00 p .m. W2 XAF Schenectady, N . Y...... 9530 Elektra Company Gen eral E lectri c Co. HVJ Va ti can City , Rome , Italy 5968 8000 6:00p.m . Koenigswus terhau se n, Ge r. 9560 Hol y See Deutsche W elle G . M. B. H . W9XF Dow ner's Grov e, 11 1. 6020 5000 11: 00 a .m. WIXAZ E. Springfie ld, Mass ...... 9570 Grea t Lake s Bro adc 't'g Co. Wes tingho use E lec . & Mfg . Co. W2X AL Co yte sv ill e, N. J. 6040 500 12 :00 noon Avia tion Rad io Station , Inc. KZ RM Mani la, P .1. 957 0 Radio Corp. of Phil ippin es W3XAU Byberry, Pa...... • 6060 500 12:00 noon Un iversal Broadc astin g Co. W3 XAU Byberry, Pa...... 9590 Uni versa l B roa dcasti ng Co. W8 XAL Ma son, Ohio ...... 6060 250 12: 00 noon Crosle y Rad io Corporation PCJ HiIvers um, H oll and ...... 9590 12 00 0 5: 19:32 Phi ll ips La mp Wo rks p. m. UON2 Vi enna, Aus tria ...... 6073 15000 6:00p .m. Oesterreic hischer Radio LSX Buenos Ai res, Arge ntin a..... 10350 12 00 0 1:00 p .m. Transradio I nte rnac ional W9XAA Chicago, 11 .1...... 60 80 500 1l :00 a .m. VK2ME S ydney, A ustra lia . 10520 Ch icag o Fe dera tion of Lab or Am alga mate d Wire less W3 XAL Bound Brook , N. J...... 6 10 0 2000 0 12:00 noon CJ RX Mi ddl ech urch , Ma nitoba, 1172 0 Na tio nal Bro adcas tin g C o. Ca n. W2XE Ja ma ica, L .I., N. Y...... 61 20 50 00 12: 00 noon Jam es Ri chard son & Son s, Atla nt ic Broa dcas tin g C orp. Ltd . KZRM Ma nila, P. I...... 613 0 100 0 1:0 0 a.m. XDA M exico C it y, Mex ico...... 11728 5 000 1 0:00 a .m. Ra dio Corp . of Phil ippin es National Te legra ph s W8 XK E. Pittsb urg h, Pa...... 614 0 40 000 12:00 noon G5SW Che lm sford , En gland...... 117 50 9500 5 :00 p.m. Wes tinghouse E lec . & Mf g. Briti sh Bro adcas ting Cor p. Co. Koenigs wu sterh ause n, Ge r. . 11 76 0 15000 6:00 p.m . HRB Teg uciga lp a, H ond uras .. ... 6170 2300 1 1:00 a .m. Deuts che Well e, G. M . B. H. T.ro picalRa dio T el. Co. HHP- 2 Bang kok, Siam . " 1177 4.2 15000 1 2: 00m'd 't JIAA Iwatsuk i, Japan ...... 788 0 ... 2:00 a.m. Min . of Comm erce & Com. Japa n Wire less Tel . Co. W2 XA L Co ytesv ill e, N . J...... 118 00 500 12:0 0 noon VK3ME Melb ourne, A ustra lia ...... 95 10 ... 3:00 a. m. Av ia tion R adio S ta tion , In c. Amalga ma te d Wir eless 13RO Rom e, Ita ly...... 118 00 6:00 p .m. OXY Lyngb y, Den mark ...... 952 0 500 6:00 p.m . Ent e Ital ia no Audi zione Dir. Gen. of P osts & Te l. Rad iofoni che --~-- *Foreign time bas ed on 12: 00 Noon E.S.r:-- N. D. -T his d of's ~ indi ca te that these s tat ions br oadc ast at t hese tim es . ACTI VE RE LAY BR OADCA STING STATIO NS OF THE WO RLD SHORT WAVE ALABAMA . San B ern ardin o, KFXM Clal1e 1rs --! I Ki lo- I Pow er DiJ;::~te * WKBC 'San Di ego, KFSD 6, KGB Le ~RANS~; ~; ~-:~~ :;:;~ -N Birmingham, WBRC' , ____ 1__ Ii ItY lt814eso -1 Wall s WAP I 6 , S an Franc isc o, KT AB, KGO 6, W9XAA Chi cag o, II I.. 5aO 11 :00 a .m. Ga dsden , WJBY KFRC*, K FWI,KJBS,KPO 6., KGGC,K YA Chicago Fe deratio n of Labo r I 1 Mob ile, WODX Montgom ery, WSF A San Jose, KQW Ja maica, L . I., N. Y...... 111840 I 2000 0 1 2:00 n oon Tal ladega , W FDW Santa An a, K RE G Atlantic Broadcasting Corp . I San ta Barb ara, KDB E. Pittsbur gh, Pa. . . . 11 88 0 40000 12 :00 noon ARIZONA Sa nta Maria, KSMR Westin ghouse Ele c. & Mfg. Stoc kton, KG DM, KW G Co . Flag staff, KFXY Jerome, KCRJ Vatican City , Rome, Italy .. .. 15120 Phoenix , KT AR 6, KOY CO LORA DO Holy See Pres cott , KP ]M Co lorado Sp rin gs , KFUM E. Pittsbur gh, Pa...... 15 210 Tucson , KGAR, K VOA Denve r, KFEL, KFUP , KFXF, Westin ghouse Ele c. & Mfg . KOA 6, KPOF , KLZ ' Co . ARKANSAS Edgew ater, KFXJ W2 XAL Coytesvi lle, N . J...... 15 250 For t M organ, KGEW Blythevi ll e, KLCN Gree ley, KFKA Aviati on Rad io S tat ion, I nc. Fayettev ille , KUO A Puebl o, K GHF Jamaica, L. I., N. Y ...... 15 28 0 Ft. Smith , KFPW Tri nid ad, KG IW Atlantic Broa dcas tin g Cor p. Hot Sp rin gs , KTHS 6 Yum a, K GEK W2XAD S chenec tady, N . Yo, ...... 15 34 0 Litt le Rock, KLR A' , General El ec tric C o. KG ]F CONNE CTI CU T Huis en, Holl and ...... 17775 5:19 :3 2 Paragou ld, KBTM Phill ips Lamp Wo rks p.m. Brid ge port , WICC Hartf ord, WDRC', WTIC 6 E. Pill sbur gh, Pa , 177 80 12: 00 no on CA LI FORNIA St orr s, W CAC West inghous e El ec . & Mfg . Berke ley, KRE Co . Bev er ly Hil ls, KMPC DE LAWARE W9XAA Chic ag o, III . Bur bank , KEL W Wilmi ng ton , WDE L, WILM Chica go F ederation of Labor Cul ver Cit y, KFVD W2XAL Co ytes vi ll e, N. J . ... El Centro, KXO DISTRIC T OF CO LUMBI A Avia tion Radio Sta ti on, In c. Fresno, KMJ Wa shington, WMA L', WRC 6, E. P itts bur gh, Pa...... 21540 Haywa rd, KZM WOL West inghou se El ec. & Mfg. Ho ll ywood , KNX, KFW B Co. Ho ly City, KFQU FLORI DA Ing lewood, KMCS Cl ea rwa ter, WF LA 6, WSUN 6 Long Beach, KFOX , KGER Gai nesv ille, WRUf NOTE .- This li st of a ctive re la y broadca stin g s tation s of the wor ld Los Ang eles, KF 16, KFSG, Jackso nvill e, W] AX 6 includes onl y ma jo r st ation s. Th ere are man y add it ional stations whi ch KGEF, KGF] , KH] *, KTBl, Mi ami B eac h, WIOD 6, WMBF , operat e at irr eg ular int erva ls on low pow er, but it is believed that t he KECA 6, KM TR, KTM WQAM ' avera ge lis tener would not b e i nt eres ted in thos e stations. The list sho ws Oak land, KLS , KLX , KROW Or lando , WDBO ' station s in all th e broad cast b and s whi ch wil l serv e as a ba sic calibrati on Pas adena, KP PC, KPSN Pensa co la, WCOA marker from whic h any oth er station ma y be r eadil y picked up . Sacrame nt o, KFB K Tampa, WDAE *, WMB R * Foreign tim e b ;: l,se don n:oo Noon E .S.T . N.B.-Tb is does no t ind icat e thlt t hese stat ions broa dcast J,t these t im es. Connersvill e, WKBV LOU ISIANA WLB , WRHM WC CO * GEORG IA WGMS ' , Atlanta, WGST *, WSBL. Cul ve r, WCMA Monr oe , KML B .' . Moo rhead , K GF K Au gus ta, WR DW Evan sv ille, WGBF New Orl eans, W ABZ W JBO Northfi eld, KFMX WCAr Columb us, WRBL For t W ayne, WGL*, WOW O* WJBW, WSMB L.' WW L St ..Paul, KSTP L. ' ~ Mac on, WM AZ Ga ry, WJ KS WDS U* ' , Ha mmond, W W AE Rom e, WFDV Shrev epo rt , KTSL , KWEA, MISS ISSIPP I Savann ah, WTO C* Indian apo lis, WFB M*, WKB F KRMD , KTBS, KWKH La Port e, WRA F Green vill e, WR BQ Th omasvi lle, WQDX MAINE Mari on, WJ AK Gul fpo rt, WGCM Tifton, WRBI Aug usta, WR DO Hatt iesb ur g, WRBJ Tocc oa, WT FI Munci e, WL BC So uth Bend, WSB T Bangor, W ABI , WL BZ* Jacks on , WJD XL. IDAHO Terre Haute, WBO W port land, W CS H L. Meri dian, WCOC Tupe lo, WDIX Bois e, K IDO W. Lafay ett e, WBAA MARYLAND Id aho F all s, KID Baltim ore, WCAO*, WCB M MISSOU RI Nampa , K FXD IOWA WBAL L., WFBR ' Cape Gir ardea u, KFVS Poc atello, KSE I Ames , WOI Cu mber land , WTB O Cl ayton, KFUO Sa ndpo int, KGKX Boon e, KFG Q Colum bia, KFRU MASSACHUSETTS Twin FaJl s, KTFI Ce dar Rap ids, KWCR Gra nt Ci ty, KG IZ Bos ton , WBZA L. WEE I L. Jeffe rson C ity, WOS Clarinda , KSO WNA C*, WSSH , WL OE' ILLI NO IS Co unc il Blu ffs, KO IL * Jo plin , WMB H WBIS, WHD H ' Ca rth age, WCAZ Dav enport, WOC [:, . Kan sas Ci ty, KWKC , WD AF L. Fal l Ri ve r, WSAR Chicago , KYW L. W AAF Dec ora h, K GCA, K WL C WOQ , WHB, K MB C* ' Lexin gton, WL EX, WL EY WB CN, WCF L W CHI' Des Moin es, WHO L. St . Jo sep h, KGBX, KFE Q Needh am, WBSO WCRW , WEDC 'WEN RL.' Ft . Dodge, KFJY St. Lou is, KF WF, KS DL. New Bedfo rd, WNBH WGE S,W KBI ,WPC C WGN' Iowa C ity, WSUI KWK L., WEW WIL ' Sout h D artmouth , WMAF WM AQ*, WMBI WBBM *' Mars hallt own , KFJB KMO X* ' , Springfield, WBZ L. WSBC , WI BO 6 WJBT ' Mu scatine , KTNT .WLI B, WLS L., KP KXL. ' Worce8 ter, WTA GL. WORC* Ottu mwa, WI AS WEP S ' , MON TANA Cic ero, WH FC Red O ak, KIC K Bi lling s, K GH L Dec atur , WJBL Sh en ando ah, KFN F, KM A MI CHIGAN Butt e, KGIR Evanston, W EHS SIOU XCit y, KSC J* Bat tl e Cr eek , WELL Grea t F all s, KFI3B Galesbur g, WKBS Waterl oo , WMT * Bay Cit y, WB CM* Kali spel l, KGEZ Harris bur g, WEB Q Berri en S pri ng s, WKZ O Wolf Point , KGCX Joli et, WCLS, WKBB KANSAS Calume t, WHD F La Sa lle , WJB C Detroit , WMB C, WWJ L. Dodg e Cit y, KGNO NEBRASKA Moos ehea rt, Wn D* WJR L., WXYZ * ' Kansas C ity , WLB F Clay C enter , KMMJ Mou nt Pr ospe ct , WJ AZ East L ans in g WKAR Lawre nce , KF KU , WRE N L. Lincoln,K FABL.,KFO R W CA J Peor ia Height s, WMI3D Fli nt, WFDF Man hatt an, KSAC Norf olk, WJ AG ' Quincy, WT AD Gr and Rapi ds , WAS H, WOO D Mil fo rd, KFKB Nort h Pl atte, KGNF Rock for d, KFL V Highland P ark , WJ BK Tope ka, WIBW * Omah a, W A A W, WO W L. Roc k Island, WH BF Jacks on, WI BM Spri ngfi eld, WCBS , WT AX Wic hita, KFH* Rave nna , KGF W Lape er, WMP C Sco tts bluff, KGKY Tusc ola, WDZ Ludin gton , WK BZ KE NTU CK Y York , KGBZ Urban a, WILL Royal O ak, WEXL Zion , WCB D Covin gton, WCK Y L. Hopkin sv il le, WFI W MI NNESOTA NEVADA INDIANA Louis vill e, WH ASL., WL AP Fe rg us Fa ll s, KGDE Las Vega s, KGIX Ande rso n, WHBU Paduc ah, WP AD Mmnea polis, WD GY, WHD I, Ren o, KOH* Roc hest er, W HAM 6.,WH EC* NEW HAM PS HIR E OKLAHOMA RHODE ISLAND Laco ni a, WKA V WABO ' Sar anac Lake, W NBZ Al va, KGFF .: Newp ort, WMB A Schenectady . W GY 6. Chic kas ha, KOCW pawtucket, WP AW NEW JERSEY Syrac use , WFB L*, WSYR , ElkC it y, KGMP Prov idence ,W EA N*, WJAR Li, As bur y Park, W CAP WMAC En id,KCR C WDWF , W LS I Atlanti c Ci ty, WPG* Tr oy, W HAZ Nor man, WNAD Camden, WCAM Tu pper Lake, WHDL Ok lahoma C ity, KF]F* , KFXR , SOUTH CAROL INA Hacken sack, WBMS Uti ca, WIBX KGFG, WKY 6. 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