Broadcasting (July - Dec 1938)

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BELLHOPS from 11 Minneapolis hotels, each carrying a suitcase and pail of icewater, raced four blocks up Nicollet Avenue in the first annual Bell Hops Derby of WCCO, Minneapolis, to publicize the NCAA track meet at the University of Minnesota. DURING HOT summer months WISN, Milwaukee, is broadcasting daily the official air and water temperatures at Milwaukee's bathing beaches. In its third consecutive year, the service is sponsored by Mrs. Karl's Bakeries. A PREVIEW of The Labor Parade, AFL disc series to run on 60 stations, was held July 6 at the studios of Radioscriptions Inc., Washington. Model T-3 MICROPHONE A leader in sound reproduction. Tilting head upon unique swivel mount permits directional or non-directional position. Complete with interchangeable plug and socket connector. List Price $25.00. CC MICROPHONE LABORATORY. Inc. t. 0-8 Youngstown, Ohio snsed Under Brush Development Co. Patents I WITH transmitter on the 44th floor of the Terminal Tower and antenna on the Tower flag staff, W8XNT, Cleveland, new 38,600 kc. ultra-high frequency station of Radio Air Service Corp., is now operating on a fulltime schedule carrying picked programs of WHK and WCLE. Remote equipment in the master control room of WHK-WCLE allows operation of the station from atop the Higbee store. W8XNT carries a schedule of programs from the NBC-Blue and Mutual networks, independent of either WHK or WCLE. THROUGH special Washington coverage WBOW, Terre Haute, Ind., broke the news of official approval of Terre Haute as the site for a new $3,000,000 Federal prison farm even before the majority of the negotiating committee of the Chamber of Commerce knew of the action. THE steamboat race between two giant river boats on the Sacramento River was carried by KFBK, Sacramento, which had shortwave equipment on the Delta Queen. KFBK fed to entire California Radio System. COMMEMORATING the anniversary of the death of George Gershwin, John G. Paine, general manager of ASCAP, spoke on WHN, New York, on July 11. SAM HAYES, West Coast commentator, has inaugurated a weekly quarter-hour series, Through the Sports Glass, on CBS Pacific network, the program emanating from KNX, Hollywood. 70 CHILD patients and 130 adult patients of the Montefiore Hospital for Chronic Diseases were the audience on July 12 for a special presentation by Nila Mack and her Let's Pretend cast of Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs. Miss Mack, CBS director of children's programs, adapted the story herself and first presented it in 1931. Her programs are regularly heard by the patients at the New York hospital. New Prices l New Products! Your files of radio communication components will not be up to date without a copy of the 1938 Bliley Catalog which describes the line of Bliley Crystals. Holders and Ovens for all frequencies from 20kc. to 35mc. Of special interest are the high frequency crystal units, types M02 and M03. for frequencies above 7500kc. Designed to provide greater stability and reliability under severe conditions, they are particularly adapted for mobile and portable applications. Write for your copy today — just ask for Bulletin G10. BLILEY ELECTRIC CO. UNION STATION BLDG. « ERIE, PA. Deaths on the Wane DESPITE misgivings of Washington, D. C, traffic judges, WOL finally prevailed upon them to allow daily broadcasts direct from traffic court in an effort to curb speeding and reckless driving in the capital city. Strongly backed by Rep. Schulte (DInd.), director of the District's safety campaign, the WOL quarter-hour broadcasts began Feb. 10. The judges and Washington residents now voluntarily compliment the station for its work. A comparison of figures for the first five months of 1938 with 1937 show deaths by accident 26.8% less; minor injuries, 25.4% less; and property damage down 12.5%. WLS, Chicago, broadcast a special interview series July 4, the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Hamel in which infantry of the old Illinois National Guard had engaged. Leo Boulette, of the WLS program department, handled the interviews. WAAT, Jersey City, during the week of July 4 celebrated completion of its first year of covering the Newark Airport by sending its Skyways Reporter Bob Becker and Engineer Art Beadle with transcription equipment on a sky tour of the eastern half of the continent. Equipment for the tour was prepared by the Presto Corp. WLW-WSAI, Cincinnati, originated three broadcasts from the convention of the American Osteopathic Association there July 11-15: a round-table on "What's Ahead in Medicine" ; Dr. Ira Walton Drew, Congressman from Pennsylvania, speaking on "The New Social Conscience" ; and Harriet W. Elliott, dean of women at the University of North Carolina, speaking on "Better Care for Mothers and Babies". KSOO, Sioux Falls, NBC outlet, last month dedicated its new 5,000 watt transmitter with a special program. Congratulatory messages from Gov. Jensen of South Dakota, William S. Hedges, NBC vice-president, A. N. Graff, Sioux Falls Mayor, J. J. Larkin, president of the Manchester Biscuit Co., and other state and civic leaders were included. WSOC, Charlotte, N. C, recently held its annual contest for selection of "Miss Charlotte of 1938", with Dewey Drum as m. c. of the event, and ten sponsors participating. WTIC, Hartford, Conn., recently signed a new long-term contract for full leased wire Transradio Press Service. WHOM, Jersey City, has applied tc the FCC for authority to change itsj p» vertical antenna and to move its' j transmitter from Hoboken to the foot of Washington Street in Jersey City KWEW, Hobbs, N. M., has purchased an RCA 100-E. 100-watt transmitter. WHBC, Canton. O., has purchased, an RCA 250-D, 250-watt transmitter and speech input equipment. WERE. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., also has signedfor an RCA 250-watt transmitter. i * R. J. COAR, of Radioscriptions/; Washington, has been appointed distributor for the recording division of Universal Microphone Co. L. C. Shu P mac continues as Washington, D. CJ factory representative. WSYR. Syracuse, had added a new RCA OP-5 amplifier to its remote engineering department to aid handling? " remotes. KRSC, Seattle, has installed a Collins 12x remote amplifier and has converted RCA turntables to new pickups. WMAQ, Chicago, has completed inspallation of Western Electric automatic power switching equipment required to carry a 245 kw. load. How-j' ard G. Luttgens, NBC central divi sion engineer, and W. R. Lindsay. , 1 engineer of WMAQ, say the new ap paratus can cut over from one power line to an alternate in one-sixth of'1 : a second. E. F. JOHNSON Co., Weseca, Minn., has issued its new Catalogue 301, listing its line of broadcast and com mercial radio equipment. 'The Crystal Specialists Since 1925" SCIENTIFIC LOW TEMPERATURE CO EFFICIENT CRYSTALS $40 Approved by FCC Two for $75.00 <p*TVEaeh Supplied in Isolantite Air-Gap Holders in the 550-1500 Kc. band. Frequency Drift guaranteed to be "lesa than three cycles" per million cycles per degree centigrade change in temperature. Accuracy "better" than .01%. Order direct from — 3 rJ r ei I: T ■a « i 1 C. R. E. I. nnounces "An institute of radio training growing with the radio industry" Its own new building combining every school activity under one roof In its impressive new building on Washington's famed Sixteenth Street, C. R. E. I. takes its place among the foremost technical training institutions in the country. Every modern facility has been included from offices to dormitories. On Sept. 19th the first One Year Residence Class will convene in the new building. The class is now forming — please write at once for details and illustrated catalog. Capitol Radio Engineering Institute Dept. B-7 3224 16th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Page 62 • July 15, 1938 BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising