Radio Digest (Oct 1923-July 1924)

fay 10, 192k RADIO DIGEST — Illustrated BEFORE THEY THOUGHT OF "MIKES" This youngster with the expression of satisfaction, is now announcer for one of the large eastern stations. He is noted for his splendid vocabulary, round, measured accents and his perfect enunciation. Before taking up Radio he was a very successful salesman. : OFFER REWARD FOR PICKING UP BOWDOIN SET AND $100 UP FOR WORD FROM NORTH POLE First and Second Amateurs Who Pick Up Signals Will Win Chicago Prizes CHICAGO. — One hundred dollars in gold will be paid to the first amateur who succeeds in picking up the Donald B. MacMillan station, WNP, on the Schooner Bowdoin, now frozen in within eleven degrees of the North Pole. The offer is made by U. J. Hermann, managing director of the Radio Manufacturers' Show association, which conducts Radio shows in New York and Chicago. To the next amateur who reports a confirmed reception of the MacMillan expedition's transmission, E. F. McDonald, Jr., president of the Zenith Radio corporation, will award a Zenith receiving set — an exact duplicate of the one in use on the Bowdoin. Schooner in Almost Continuous Daylight The offers of Mr. Hermann and Mr. McDonald are made to stimulate watchfulness on the part of amateurs capable of receiving the code messages of WNP. Nothing has been heard from the MacMillan party for several weeks and while this causes no great uneasiness — due to the fact that Captain MacMillan is now experiencing twenty-three hours and fiftysix minutes of daylight — the donors of the two prizes hope that some freak of reception may bring word from the icebound schooner. Amateurs who pick up the messages sent from WNP are requested to at once telegraph U. J. Hermann, National Radio Manufacturers' Show association, 12 7 N. Dearborn St., or E. P. McDonald, Zenith Radio corporation, 332 S. Michigan Ave., both of this city. Municipal Station Unable to Obtain Call "CONY" WASHINGTON, D. C. — Radio officials of the Department of Commerce state that the new municipal station in New York city will not be able to have the call letters CONY because C is the beginning call letter used by England according to international agreement. New York made a request for the call letters CONY, supposed to stand for "City of New York." This request was denied. There are only three call letters allotted to the United States. N, W and K. The letter N is only allotted to the navy which means that the New York call letter will have to begin with either W or K. Leo Fitzpatrick, the "Merry Old ChieP' of the Kansas City Star Nighthawks, was the three-year-old baby whose picture was shown last week. Leo Fitzpatrick, WDAF THE kid who appeared on this page last week — you remember, the one that we said resembled Napoleon — is here shown, changed by the processes of the elements. We now behold him with rapture and admiration; for this is none other than Leo Fitzpatrick, himself. He entered the world by way of Wichita, Kan., on January 24, 1894, almost 827 years and eight months to the day after the Battle of Hastings had been fought. Old enough to be wise enough. Educated in Kansas, he quit college with no aim but to drag down the money, but soon found he had a soul, and got into the newspaper game. Fair enough. From that time on, experience was his teacher, and Mr. Fitzpatrick ground out stories for the dailies all over the country, eventually landing with the Kansas City Star. The reporter asked him to give a short description of himself, he did. Very short. Height: medium; weight: extra beef; complexion: light and dark, mixed; color of hair; black today, gray tomorrow; eyes: blue as the skies; habits: Saturday night baths, forgetful, "glad you called"; vices: all of them; gifts from Radiophans: everything from live hawks to neckties and Paris garters; married or single; wedding ring bought a week ago; aversions: Mme. U. No Me, payday, song pluggers; experience: considerable; motto: "An Enemy of Sleep am I"; talents: singing and speaking, etc., etc. GIVES STATION TO SALT LAKE CITY Complete Equipment Ready for Operation, Presented by Nathaniel Baldwin SALT LAKE CITY. — One of the most powerful broadcasting stations in America is to be placed at the disposal of Salt Lake City by Nathaniel Baldwin, president and founder of Nathaniel Baldwin, Inc., inventor of the famous Baldwin receivers. Equipment valued at $25,000, capable of communicating with Chicago, Mexico, the Hawaiian Islands, Vancouver and other points as far distant will be provided. Installation will be on the roof of the Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City's premier hotel. The plant will be ready for operation by October 1, and the Chamber of Commerce-Commercial club of Salt Lake City will have charge of all programs for two years, after which other arrangements will be made for supervising the broadcasting. The transmitter is one of the latest type of 500-watt sets now manufactured. In addition to equipping the station. Mr. Baldwin will furnish two operators and will provide the electric current for the operation of the station. Managing director, announcer and program director are the titles attached to this young lady's name. She is one of the few lady announcers and it should be easy to guess her name. Read her life history next week. Paul Reese (right) is one of the youngest announcers in the country. Read the article below for some sidelights on his life. : .■. ,: ;.-■ --;■-.. .... Paul Reese, KFI WHEN he was young he spoke German, but being out of that class now, he sings in French. You're right, Paul Reese is the young man's name. Upon leaving school (no he wasn't asked to leave), he "covered" operas for a Chicago paper. How he covered them we don't know, but he did. About that time he decided his life career was invaliding, and spent about three years on a California ranch, chasing cows and chickens. Becoming bored with this, he went into vaudeville — the two-a-day and sang his own songs, "pattered" others, and even tried to dance some. A very versatile young man you must admit. Musical comedy seemed the next legitimate step so he promptly opened a song shop in Los Angeles. Success did not smile at him this time, it laughed out loud. Having accumulated quite a collection of dollars of the realm, he departed for the big city — New York, and rode on busses, subways and other tourist-accommodating vehicles. This was the turning point in his life. Shortly after returning home he acquired a taste for football, bachelordom, milk shakes with or without, black hair and angel cake; not to mention a hatred for bow ties, tea, roll top desks and goloshes. Now he is announcing for station KFI, Los Angeles. SUPER-HET PATENT CLAIMED BY U. S. 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