Radio Digest (July 1924-Apr 1925)

RADIO DIGES T— Illustrated July 19, 1924 No. 9 OFFICIAL BALLOT Announcers' Contest RADIO DIGEST FIRST ANNUAL GOLD CUP AWARD Gold Cup Award Editor, Radio Digest. 510 North Dearborn St.. Chicago. 111. Pleasfc credit this ballot as one vote for: .of Station.. (Announcer's name) (Call letters) Signed Address City.. .State.. If you desire, tell below in five or less words what you most like about the announcer for whom you have cast this ballot: CUBA IS NEW ENTRY IN GOLD CUP AWARD STANDING OF NOMINEES TO APPEAR NEXT ISSUE Four New Nominations Make Total 122 in Race — Rules and Regulations Given Cuba has entered the Radio Digest First Annual Gold Cup Award competition, mentioning Raul P. Falcon of PWX as their choice as the world's greatest announcer. An old reader of the Digest, Jose L. Ferriod, at Havana, sent in the nomination certificate for Jlr. Falcon with the attached notation, "Is this nomination possible?" Absolutely! Nominations from any country in the world are in order — solicited in fact. The Gold Cup Award is a world competition, not purely national, although the American announcers undoubtedly have a tremendous advantage in the magnitude of the U. S. invisible audience. Standings Next Week But four new nominations filtered in this past week. Standings of the contest will appear for the first time next issue when the number of votes cast will be given for every nominee having more than 500 to his or her credit. From this period on to the end of the voting, it is believed the competition will become a fast race for popularity with various nominees changing places from week to week. The four new nominations are: Carothers, M. M., WBAV, Columbus. Falcon, Raul P., PWX, Havana, Cuba. Gaylord, Chet, "WDBH, Worcester. Sims, Lee, WTAS, Villa Olivia. The complete list of 118 nominees was given last issue. The total number of nominees has now reached 122. Nominate Now; Vote Later The list of nominees, given last issueand supplemented this week, shows what announcers have been nominated and have nothing to do with their standing so far as the actual balloting is concerned. If your favorite announcer's name has appeared, do not bother to renominate him. One nomination is enough. Just save your votes! Remember that consecutive votes, saved in groups, and turned in together, count for more. If your favorite announcer's name has not yet appeared, just turn to page six. fill in the nomination certificate and send it to Radio Digest, care of the Gold Cup Award Editor. Remember to save your ballots appearing on page two each week. It is by means of the ballots that the award will be made. The man or woman polling the highest number of votes wins. Rules' and Regulations of Award All broadcast station announcers are eligible to enter. Nominations can be made either by the announcer or any Radiophan. Nominations should be made by using the "Nomination Certificate" appearing on page six. Beginning with the May 24 issue a ballot hay appeared on page two of each issue of this publication. These ballots are numbered consecutively from one to sixt'-en. The voting officially opened with publication of Ballot No. 1 in the May 24 issue. The contest closes with ballot No. lfi to appear in the September 6 issue of Radio Digest, and the official closing date if this contest is midnight, September 8, 1924. For sending in four consecutive ballots, there will be a ten vote bonus; eight con itive ballots, twenty-five vote bonus; twelve consecutive ballots, fifty vote l.r.nus; and sixteen consecutive ballots, ty-five vote bonus. Voting will consist of filling in the ballots with the name, initials or nickname of the announcer and the station and mailing to the Gold Cup Award Editor. Highest Vote Wins Gold Cup The broadcasting station announcer polling the largest number of votes in the contest will be awarded the Radio Digest gold cup. In the event of a tie each tying contestant will receive the same award. Anyone may vote for their favorite announcer with ballots clipped from Radio Digest. All votes to be credited must be mailed on or before midnight, September 8, 1924. The Radio Digest First Annual Gold Cup Award will be made by a committee appointed by the publication. Any question that may arise during the contest will be decided by the Gold Cup Award Editor. His decision will be final. It is reported that 2LO, London, is to have the entire London Zoo Radiocast. 'Mike' Staid French Academy First Time Aloof Institution Harkens to Wheels of Progress PARIS. — The staid, conservative and reticent French Academy has at last imbed to the march of progress and has allowed the Radiocast microphone to invade its sacred precincts. Founded long ago by the great Cardinal Richelieu, the Academy has maintained its aloof air throughout all the years of its existence. Those elected to its magic circle for their honor in literary or other lines are almost the only persons who were ever permitted to attend the meetings. An occasional outsider was permitted at the seances; but such permission was as great an honor as for an ancient Greek to speak before the oracle. But recently when the newest elected member, M. Henri-Robert, was received for the first time, the director of the Posts and Telegraphs Radio Station PTT at Paris presented such a clean-cut case to the academicians that the latter consented to have the microphone brought into the assembly hall and to have the speeches Radiocast to a waiting public. R.R. UNION RADIOCASTS (Continued from page 1) necessitate that the new entrants operate on wave lengths higher or lower than used by stations now in the field. This has been anticipated by the Broz station, with a proposed 'wave length of 243 meters. Present wave lengths in Cleveland are 283 meters for WHK, and 390 meters for WJAX and WTAM. WNYC, New York City, Has Dedicatory Program NEW YORK. — Famous before it ever went on the air because of the city's fight with the A. T. & T. company to gain possession of a Radiocast, Station WNYC, owned by New York city, recently had its dedicatory program. Beside a speaking schedule including many prominent government officials, a scintillating artist program •was given. The wave length of WNYC, a class B Radiocast, is 526 meters, thus interfering with no other New York stations. C ONTENTS Radio Digest, Illustrated, Volume X, Number 2, published Chicago, IllinoSs, Jul} 19, 1924. Published weekly by Radio Digest Publishing Company, 510 North Dearborn Street. Chicago. Illinois. Subscription rates, yearly, Five Dollars; Foreign Postage One Dollar additional; single copies Ten Cents. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. "All the Live News of Radio" 1 to 6 Before They Thought of "Mikes," an announcer puzzle S Operating and Trouble Shooting for Owners of An Ozarka Portable Receiver 7 Advance Programs for the Week at the Larger Stations 9 to 12 Thirty-Minute A-B-C Lessons for Beginners, Chapter XVIII, Part I — Hero Circuits of Radio, by P. E. Edelman 13 England's New Unidyne Radio Receiver, Part II — Amplifier Hook-up and TwoTube Set, by Harry J. Marx 15 Improving the Single-Circuit Tuner, Hook-up Suitable for Portable Receiving Set. 17 Questions and Answers 18 Directory of Radiophone Stations, Part III 19 Looking Ahead E. T. Flewelling, Inventor of the Single-Tube Flivver Super, has a surprise for you ! Something new, radically different and original of course — but you knew that when we said Flewelling. You'll have to wait for it, though. Hero Circuits of Radio — Paul Edelman's present chapter in his "Thirty-Minute" Radio lesson series — will continue next issue to take up various famous hookups. Mr. Edelman will tell you about reflex combinations, link circuits and one-tube super regenerators. Radio Frequency on the Unidyne, England's New Receiver, will be discussed next week by H. J. Marx in his concluding article on this recent development in sets employing the four-electrode tube. How to Make a Single-Tube Super Portable Set, a handy set for the camp, beach or automobile, is the subject of an article by Lee H. Bolen next issue. You can wind the loop for this set around the carrying case or cabinet. The circuit is essentially Flewelling in principle. Announcers' Cold Cup Award Standings will be tabulated and published next week for the first time. Wonder who is leading with the highest number of votes? You'll be surprised. Take Radio Digest with You on Your Vacation WHEN YOU WANT Radio Digest YOU WANT IT! 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