Radio Broadcast (Nov 1923-Apr 1924)

336 Radio Broadcast Office copy trip "1 issue The Great Lakes Radio News Published by Great Lakes Transit Corporation Marine Trail Building. BUFFALO. N. Y. The RADIO NEWS U published limulUntouiljr on the TIONESTA, JUNIATA and OCTORARA. It U for sale at the tit *t* Stand, the Purier's Office and Radio Office, at the price of ten cent*. RADIO NEWS BULLETINS Vol ,2 S3 TI ORE SEA Great Lakes Radio News Mr*B Buffalo, for Duluth* Stopping to day at Mackinae Island and Sault ste Marie, Michigan. Saturday, 4th August, 1923. Roster of Officers Captain. . . .John Dcherty First Officer. .J McGillivraySecond Of'ficer..F M Preno Steward. C W Hone Chief Engineer.. R J xeefe Fiiet Ass't Eng'r..H Hooclc Second Ass't Eng'r.-C Watt Purse i%.s J -Fleck Radio Willis K Vlng, senior Alton T Medsger, junior. THE WEATHER For Lower Lakes and Georgian ha?: Light to moderate winds fair and slightlywarmer with thunder storms in many localities before night. For Lake Superior: Light to moderate windsshifting t* northwest fair weather with some loce! thunder showers. * — Canadian Jflarceni Toronto Ont 905P 3rd. BECAUSE OF the death of President Harding, no baseball scores were broadcast last night, and so are omitted from the Radio News this morning. NEWS OF the death of President Harding was received at the radio office at 2 30A M Friday morning as it was being sent from Radiocentral station of the Radio Corporation in New York to the SS Mauretania. ft was also received from "CiEve laird" radio -at 4~9C ?r-M -yrfday tnontrng ; — Great Lakes Transit Corporation MARINE TRUST BUILDING Buffalo. N. Y J. r. CONDON. CCNIR Al C»t««NOf« A9CNT W. J. CONNERS. ch WHAT THEY FELL FOR The first page of one of our four-page dailies that found a ready sale at ten cents each and rehearsed, we assembled the party in the music room at the appointed hour, I put on my best announcer's voice, and the thing was done. How they fell for it! And when we published the speech in full in the next day's sheet we sold 300 copies. More income arithmetic. 1 broadcasting (fake) = 300 . But I refrain. The morning weather forecast would come in and I would read it through the loud speaker and follow it with something like this (with a bow of acknowledgement to the broadcasters) : You have heard the weather forecast just received by radio telegraph from radio station WWW. This is the radio cabin, SS. Tionesta announcing. Copies of the Great Lakes Radio News, containing baseball scores, late news bulletins, and the complete passenger list are on sale at the radio office. Any passenger, with honest intentions, accompanied by ten cents, will be welcome at the radio office. This is the radio cabin. SS. Tionesta signing off. Did it work? Why they flocked to the cabin for paper. It was positively insidious. But the shock was great the first time we tried it. One little old lady was sitting calmly enough reading Anthony Trollope, or somebody, directly underneath that solemn black horn of our loud speaker. When the voice suddenly boomed out of the horn, for no reason at all . . . well, she was surprised. Our colored deck stewards used to sell many copies for us. Two of them would report every morning for their fifty copies each. Harry was the most comical negro I have ever seen. I didn't think he could ever be serious, but when he asked me to let him sell some copies for us I thought he might remain solemn long enough to sell his quota of fifty. So, the first morning he packed his fifty under his arm, never glancing at them. He had gone five steps down the deck when I heard to my horror: "Great Lakes Rado Noos. Stock market falls! Man killed in Albany! Terrible Chicago fire ! See your name in print ! Great Lakes Noos — ten cents!" Harry sold the sheet. He had a new "line" each morning and I'll wager half his customers bought the paper to hear him tell about the fearful and wonderful contents. He was a sound salesman when he mentioned the " name in print" idea, for that worked great. That >