Radio digest (1922)

Here we have Miss Estelle Ruth, organist at Loew's Theatre who broadcasts a daily organ recital over WFJC between 12:30 and 1:00 p. m. Skillful Organist at WFJC ARE indebted to the Kentucky VV Blue Grass Region for many things -the fine horses, the good liquor and he charmnig and accomplished women, imong the last named include Miss EsiUe Ruth, organ soloist and accompanist, ^ho broadcasts daily over WFJC, Akron, )hio. True to her Kentucky birth and rearlg, she loves her husband, home and hildren first. But to these she adds her rofessional love of music and is ennusiastic in her broadcasting of church, tieatre and Radio music. Withal, Miss Ruth finds time between er two jobs of homemaking and broadasting to play around with her youngters, of whom she is justly proud. Allege Boys Run KOB By Louise Rutz rHE most powerful college or university broadcasting station in America ; operated and announced entirely by ollege students. Under the guidance f a faculty director, Prof. Evan CarDon, who is also head of the department f electrical engineering in the college, tudents of State college, New Mexico, ompose the entire broadcasting staff f KOB. The station has four licensed opertors on ths student staff, one first commercial, one second commercial and \no broadcast limited license holders, 'ith an operator and assistant operator n duty whenever the station is on the fir. The chief announcer, as well as the bur operators, is a student in the elecrical engineering department. Of the ve additional announcers, two are 'omen who put on special features of Uterest to women. One of these young idies is a senior in the college home :onomics department. Announcers are hlected by competitive trial in which a oard, composed of members of the iculty, act as judge. Students are, of course, paid for their arvices and thus enabled to earn a por| on of their expenses or to add to their pending money while in school, as well s to their knowledge and experience, jarshall Beck, chief announcer, and iarry D. Pickett, chief operator, both eniors in the school of engineering of the college, have paid expenses through school by their service with KOB. The Radio staff members are also active in student affairs. Marshall Beck has been for two years business manager of the student newspaper and student leader in the band; Harry Pickett is a football letter man; Albert E. Coldwell, another operator, is president of the honorary engineering fraternity of the institution; Hart Tolbert, assistant announcer, is student athletic manager; and other operators and announcers hold other student positions. Diamond Award Contest (Continued from page 3) in our May issue together with an elaborate write-up. But we'll probably have something else to say about them later. Selecting another letter from down in the pile, we find that Miss Mildred Drabek, 204 S. Lincoln Ave., Aurora, 111., heartily approves of the cheerful and merry manner in which Everett Mitchell of Station WEWR does his announcing. From out at Kenosha, Wis., comes a letter from Christine Hvass, giving her highest approval to Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, which she considers superior to any artists on the Radio. And so on, ad infinitum. The pile of ballots increases daily, and with it increases the pile of letters accompanying them. Picking a favorite from the hundreds of Radio artists is not always an easy matter. There are so many artists at each station, and so many stations. One must exercise a considerable amount of judgment and selection to decide upon a favorite artist or program. But the Radio public is willing to take the time to do it, apparently'; to decide upon its 61 favorites and send it its votes that those favorites may win the Meritum Diamond Contest Award. Let the nominations and the votes come right along! Miss Usselman a Favorite Over WDAY TALKING pictures disclosed new fields of activity and endeavor for thousands of players. For thousands of attaches of many picture houses it meant the losing of one's job. Particularly was this true as regards the pianists and organists in the movie houses. Pictures — the silent ones, that is — had depended so much on the skill and talent of the organist! But in one fell sweep, with the coming of talking pictures, even the most skillful lost their positions in most cases. There was one young organist, however, out in the Northwest who did not lose her place at the Public Theatres at Moorhead and Fargo, North Dakota. And that was Miss Eildegarde Usselman. She is one of the few who were retained. It is said that the reason for her remaining at Publiv was simply that her audience, who had come to look for her excellent thrice-weekly broadcast over WDAY, would not hear of her leaving. Formerly Miss Usselman was a pupil of the famous Eddie Dunstedter. Ever since the inception of WDAY, however, she has been broadcasting. That was eight years ago. and her "public," which is invisible but none the less real and discriminating, enjoy her more every day. Too bad they cannot see her! We think you will agree that it would add to the pleasure of listening to her. Of course, one can't judge absolutely from a photograph, but we'd say offhand Miss Usselman is a symphony in blue and gold! You are now looking at an accomplished little performer on the organover Station WDAY, Fargo, North Dakota. She has won an enthusiastic audience by h e r noonday and Sunday night concerts. Part of Miss Usselman's training was received at t h e hands of the famous Eddie D u n stedter.