Radio Digest (Oct 1923-July 1924)

RADIO DIGEST — Illustrated February .9, l'-)2U KAUIO IS ALLY OF TALKING RECORDS FANS TO HEAR PRODUCTS BEFORE RELEASE Makers of "Canned Music" Suddenly Discard Old Attitude of Rivalry CAJIPEX. N. J. — Talking machine factories and record manufacturers seem to I their tactics and are now .adio as a profitable ally instead ed rival. Such is the conclusion one reaches upon hearing the news that the Victor Talking Machine Company has a new broadcasting station here, WABU, which will soon give the invisible audience an opportunity of hearing records in the making. That is. Radio fans will be permitted to hear original records before they are released. When famous vocalists or musicians are about to perform for the reproduction on master phonograph records in the studio, a microphone will be placed alongside the recording apparatus and as the artist renders his piece for record the fans will hear it over the air. The Columbia Graphophone Co., in co-operation with the A. T. & T. Co., Station WEAF, is already broadcasting its latest record relc The system is likened to "first nights" at operas and theatrical productions, seats at which are always sold at a premium or distributed to the elite and members of the press. By means of Radio broadcasting, fans will now be permitted to hear new records before they are put on the market. It is a unique feature, welcomed by all receiver owners who await the advent with pleasant anticipations. Mme. X Gives Fans a Stiff Guessing Contest 4,700 Telegrams Flood WJAZ to Tell Who She Is CHICAGO. — Nearly five thousand listeners in joyously tackled a mystery recently when a star from the Chicago Civic Opera company sang from WJAZ, the Zenith-Edgewater Beach hotel station, under the Radio name of "Madame X." "Who is Madame X? Guess and send us a telegram," the announcer requested after the opera star had sung "Annie Laurie." "The Last Rose of Summer," and, finally, "Caro Nome." The flood of telegrams that followed nearly paralyzed the telegraph companies. A total of 4,700 AN EVENING AT HOME WITH THE LISTENER IN (SEE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE BELOW) Station anil City CFCN, Calgary, Alta CKAC, Montreal, Que CYB, Mexico City. Mm.... CYL Mexico City, Max . KDKA, 11 Pittsburgh, Pa. . KDZE, iVjttle, Wash KFAE, Pullman, Wash KFAF. Denver, Colo KFI, Los Angeles, Calif. . . . KGO, Oakland, Calif. KGU, Honolulu, Hawaii KGW, Portland, Ore KHJ, Los Angeles. Calif ... . KL\, Oakland. Calif KPO, San Francisco, Calif. . KSD, St. Louis. Mo KYW, Chicago, 111 NAA, Radio, Va PWX, Havana, Cuba WBAP, Fort Worth, Texas. WBAV, Columbus, 0 WBZ, Springfield, Mass.... WCAE, Pittsburgh. Pa VVCAP, Washington, D. C. WCBD, Zion, III WCX, Detroit. Mich WDAF, Kansas Citv. Mo... WDAP, Chicago. Ill WDAR, Philadelphia, Pa... WEAF, New York, N. Y. . . WFAA, Dallas. Tex WFI, Philadelphia, Pa WGI. Medford.Mass WGR, Buffalo, N. Y WGY, Schenectady, N.Y. . WHA, Madison, Wis WHAS, Louisville. Ky WHAZ, Troy, N. Y WHB, Kansas City, Mo.... WHK, Cleveland, 0 WHN, New York, N. Y. .. . WIP, Philadelphia, Pa WJAR, Providence, R. I... . WJAX, Cleveland, 0 WJAZ, Chicago, 111 WJY, New York, N.Y WJZ, New York, N. Y WKAQ, San Juan. P. R... WLAG, Minn.-St, Paul WLW, Cincinnati, 0 WMAQ, Chicago, III WMC, Memphis, Tenn WNAC, Boston, Mass WOAI, San Antonio, Texas. WOAW, Omaha. Neb WOC, Davenport, la WOO, Philadelphia, Pa.... WOR, Newark, N. J WOS, Jefferson City, Mo... WRC, Washington, D. C... WRM, Urbana, III WSAI, Cincinnati, 0 WSB, Atlanta, Ga WSY, Birmingham, Ala WTAM, Cleveland, 0 WWJ, Detroit. Mich Met. Monday 12:00 1:00 Silent Silent Silent 5:00 9:00 10:30-12:30 9:30-11:00 9:00-10:00 12:00 1:00 Silent 12:00 1:30 9:30-12:30 8:45 2:00 Silent 10:00 1:00 8:30 1:00 Silent 5:15 7:20 "Silent 7:30-10:45 8:00-10:00 6:00 9:00 7:30 8:30 Silent 8:00-10:00 7:30 9:00 8:00 1:00 Silent 6:30 9:55 6:30 9:00 8:30 9:30 5:30 6:00 Silent 5:30-11:00 0:J5 9:00 7:30 8:30 Silent 8:00 9:30 7:00 7:45 5:00 5:30 6:30-11:00 5:00 6:30 Silent" Silent Silent Silent 6:00-10:30 Silent Silent 10:00-12:00 Silent 8:30 9:30 5:00 9:00 Silent 6:00-11:00 8:00 9:00 6:30-10:00 6:15-10:00 8:00 9:30 7:00 9:00 Silent Silent 8:00-12:00 Silent Silent 7:30 9:00 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Silent 6:00-10:30 8:00 9:30 9:30-11:00 5:00-11:30 Silent Silent 9:00-10:00 8:45 1:00 8:00 9:00 12:00 1:30 9:30 1:00 8:45 2:00 10:00-12:00 10:00 1:00 8:00 1:00 8:00 9:30 6:05 7:20 Silent 7:30-10:45 Silent 6:30 9:00 7:30 8:30 6:30 9:00 Silent 7:30-11:00 11:45 1:00 7:00 1:00 6:30 7:00 6:30 9:00 8:30-12:00 5:30 8:00 6:05 7:30 5:30 7:45 6:45 9:00 Silent 7:30 9:00 Silent 7:00-10:00 5:00 5:30 8:30-11:00 5:00-11:00 6:00 7:00 6:30 8:30 10:00 2:0(1 6:30-10:30 6:00-10:30 7:00 8:30 Silent 10:00-12:00 7:00-10:00 8:30-12:00 7:00 9:00 9:30-10:30 6:00-11:00 Silent Silent 5:15 6:30 Silent Silent 7:00 9:30 8:00-10:00 8:00-12:00 8:00 9:00 Silent 7:30 9:00 11:00 2:00 Silent Silent 6:00-10:30 Silent 8:30-10:30 Silent Silent 5:00 9:00 5:00-11:30 10:30-12:30 Silent 9:30-11:00 Silent Silent 8:30 9:00 8:45 2:00 8:45 1;00 Silent 8:00 9:00 12:00 1:30 12:00 1;30 9:30 1:00 y:30 i:oo 8:45 2:00 8:45 2:00 10:00-12:00 10:00-12:00 10:00-12:00 10:00 1:00 8:00 1:00 8:00-10:30 8:00-12:30 8:00 9:30 6:25 7:40 5:45 7:40 7:30-10:00 Silent 7:30-10:45 7:30-10:45 Silent Silent 5:00-11:00 6:30 8:00 7:30 8:30 7:30 8:30 Silent 6:30 9:00 Silent Silent 7:30 9:00 7:30 9:00 8:00. 1:00 11:45 1:00 7:00 1:00 7:00 1:00 6:30-10:00 6:30 7:00 6:30 9:00 6:00-11:00 Silent 8:30 9:30 5:30 6:30 5;30 8:00 6:30 8:00 6:00 7:30 5:30-11:00 5:30 7:45 Silent 6:45 9:00 7:30 8:30 Silent 7:30 9:00 7:30 9:00 Silent Silent 7:00 7:45 7:00-10:00 5:00 5:30 5:00 5:30 6:30-11:00 8:30-11:00 5:00 6:30 5:00-10:00 6:00-11:00 Silent Silent 7:00 9:30 10:00 2:00 10:00 2:00 Silent 6:30-10:30 6:00-10:30 6:00-10:30 Silent Silent 9:15-10:45 Silent 8:00-10:00 10:00-12:00 7:00-10:00 7:00-10:00 Silent 8:30 9:30 5:00 9:00 7:00 9:00 Silent 7:30 8:30 Silent 6:00-11:00 8:00-11:00 8:00 9:00 6:30-10:00 Silent 5:15-10:00 5:15 6:30 8:00 9:30 Silent 7:00 9:00 Silent Silent 8:30 9:30 Silent R:" Silent 8:00-12:00 Silent Silent 7:00 9:30 Silent 7:30 9:00 7:30-11:00 Friday Silent Silent Silent 9:30-11:00 5:00 9:00 10:30-12:30 9:30-11:00 9:00-10:00 8:45 2:00 Silent 12:00 1:30 9:30 2:00 8:45 2:00 10:00-12:00 Silent Silent 10:00-12:30 7:05 7:40 Silent 7:30-10:45 8:00-10:00 5:00-11:00 7:30 8:30 Silent 8:00-10:00 7:30 9:00 8:00 1:00 7:00 1:00 6:30-12:00 6:30 9:00 8:30 9:30 5:30 6:30 6:30 8:00 5:30-11:00 6:45-10:30 7:30 -8:30 7:30 9:00 Silent 7:00 7:45 5:00-10:00 8:30-11:00 5:00 6:30 6:00 9:00 Silent 10:00 2:00 6:30-10:30 6:00-10:30 7:00 8:30 9:1.5-10:45 Silent 7:00-10:00 8:30-12:00 5:00 9:00 Silent 6:30-11:00 8:00 9:00 6:30-10:00 5:15 6:30 8:00 9:30 7:00 9:00 Silent Silent 8:00-12:00 8:00 9:00 Silent 7:30 9:00 Saturday 11:00 1:00 6:00-10:30 8:00 9:30 Silent 5:00 9:00 Silent Silent 9:00-10:00 8:45 2:00 8:00 9:00 12:00 1:30 9:30 1:00 8:46 2:00 Silent 10:00 2:00 7:15 9:00 8:00 9:30 Silent 7:30-10:00 7:00 7:30 Silent 6:30 8:00 7:30 8:30 6:30 9:00 Silent Silent 11:45 1:00 7:00 1:00 6:30 7:00 6:30-11:00 8:30-12:00 5:30 8:00 0:30 8:00 5:30 7:45 8:30-9:30 Silent 7:30 9:00 Silent 7:00 7:45 5:00 5:30 6:30-11:00 5:00-11:00 Silent Silent 10:00 2:00 Silent 6:00-10:30 Silent 9:15-12:30 Silent 7:00-10:00 8:30 9:30 8:00 9:00 Silent 6:00-11:00 9:00-10:00 Silent 5:15-10:00 Silent Silent 10:00-12:00 8:00-12:00 8:00-10:00 Sunday Silent 3:30 4:30 Silent Silent 6:30 7:30 Silent Silent Silent 8:45 1:00 Silent 12:00 1:30 8:00-10:00 10:00-12:00 Silent 10:30-12:00 9:00-10:00 6:30 8:00 Silent Silent 5:00 6:00 4:00 5:00 5:45 8:30 5:30 6:30 6:20 9:00 2:30 5:30 6:15 7:15 Silent 9:15-11:15 1:00 3:00 6:20 9:00 6:00-11:00 6:30 7:30 7:30-10:00 2:00 4:00 6:30 7:30 Silent 4:00 5:00 Silent 8:00-10:00 7:00 9:00 8:30-11:00 8:30-11:00 Silent Silent 6:00* 9:00 5:00 5:30 6:00 9:30 Silent 7:45 9:15 Silent Silent Silent 6:30 8:30 9:30-10:30 9:00-11:00 7:00-11:00 Silent Silent 7:30 8:30 Silent Silent Silent 7:30 9:15 8:00 9:00 Silent 4:00 5:00 Instruction* for Vse. — All the hours above are given in Central Standard Time. 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