Swing (Jan-Dec 1945)

Record Details:

Title:
Swing
Date:
Jan-Dec 1945
Publisher:
Kansas City : Donald Dwight Davis
Volume:
Swing (Jan-Dec 1945)
Leaf #:
000687
Language:
English
Subjects:
Radio broadcasting -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Periodicals, Radio broadcasting -- Kansas -- Periodicals","WHB-AM (Radio station : Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Kan.) -- History -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Mo.) -- History -- Periodicals","Cook Paint and Varnish Co. -- Periodicals","WHB Broadcasting Company (Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals.","Cook Paint and Varnish Co -- Periodicals","WHB Broadcasting Company (Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals","Radio broadcasting",Kansas,"Kansas -- Kansas City","Missouri -- Kansas City
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The official magazine of Kansas City's WHB radio station, SWING printed far more than the station's schedule (which, as the title SWING suggested, relied heavily on music). From 1945 to 1953, SWING offered readers something eclectic every month -- profiles of entertainers on one page, discussions of citizenship in the postwar world on the next, with write-ups of nightlife offerings in KC, Chicago, and New York mixed in. WHB spent decades lobbying the FCC for clear channel status; the magazine's ambitious scope may have been part of the station's attempt to legitimate itself. But it was SWING'S first editor, Jetta Carleton, who later wrote a celebrated novel, that gave the magazine its distinctive style. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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"HAMS" ARE BACK ON THE AIR 31 When more bands are released to the amateurs, and more hams are rc' leased by the services, there will be some great get-togethers on the air waves. The boys will have many stories to tell one another of wartime experiences all over the world. These radio amateurs have covered the entire world by short wave right from their own homes, and now many of them have actually visited parts of the globe they were familiar with by radio. Some great tales will go out over the short waves before long. If you are listening in on the short waves bands of your radio, you may hear some of these stories — that is, if you can understand the lingo the boys use. It was full of abbreviations and initials before the war, holdovers from the old code days. That was when all amateur radio commu nication was by Morse code and the hams borrowed the telegraphers' trick of abbreviating many words and running whole phrases into a few words. There should be a fine new set of abbreviations and letters tossed on the air by the boys who have been in service. All of the services have been coining new words by telescoping a half-dozen words into a few letters. Some of these nights, if you tune the short wave band of your receiver, you may hear, "CQ, CQ, CQ. This is WIXXX calling; CQ, please." This means that a radio ham is back on the air and is in the mood to talk to someone far away. "CQ" in the "Q" system of the hams means, "Pick up my wave length and let's talk." Through the air the answer may come from anywhere— and then the stories b''gin! AAA J U V E N A L I A The schoolgirl was sitting with her feet stretched far out into the aisle and was busily chewing gum when the teacher espied her. "Mary!" called the teacher sharply. "Yes, ma'am?" questioned the pupil. "Take that gum out of your mouth and put your feet in!" • "My daughter has arranged a little piece for the piano." "Good!" pop grumped. "It's about time we had a little peace." Teacher: "Johnny, can you give me a definition of health?" Johnny: "My pop says health is what people are always drinking to before they fall flat on their face." Pammie: "Whatcha doin', mommie? Whatcha eatin'?" Mamma: "I got up early so I could eat breakfast in peace." Pammie (2'/2 years old) : Baw, waw, yowl — "I wanna piece, too."