Radio doings (Dec 1930-Jun1932)

KHJ has been granted an ultra-high frequency television permit ! The first permit was granted Don Lee three months ago, but this brings the "hearsee" just a little closer. It is the first permit of its kind to be granted any station in the West, so we can probably start watching KHJ's smoke pretty soon. The present system of sound broadcasting, of course will in no way be affected by television, and the little old radio set will still be able to perform, as usual. Detective Nick Harris Says: "There never has been a time in the history of the great American Republic, when the need for trained Detectives was more in demand than at the present time. The crime wave sweeping over the country has taxed the Police and Law Enforcement organizations to their limits, resulting in a most urgent demand for high class and efficiently trained investigators. Banks, Corporations and even individuals have been the victims of modern day gangsters, racketeers and petty criminals. "Therefore, now is the time if you are interested in making the Detective profession your future vocation to train and fit yourself accordingly." The opportunities afforded the young man and woman today by the NICK HARRIS PROFESSIONAL DETECTIVE SCHOOL enables you to study at home, the fundamentals necessary to equip you with the knowledge and information required. This course comprises 16 lessons which you can study in your leisure moments at home and if said instructions and information contained in these lessons are carefully followed, you will equip yourself to be in a position to open up your own Detective Agency in your own home city after receiving a license to operate in the State in which you reside and become a Principal and individual owner of your own Detective Agency. This course does not give you a badge, a pair of handcuffs or any "catch penny" trinkets, but provides you with a scientific course of training the same as might be expected if such a course were part of the educational features of our great Universities or Business training schools. Therefore, if you are interested in this line of endeavor, send a self-addressed envelope for a descriptive pamphlet containing further facts and the surprisingly low cost of this course. Address all communications to Helen Schley, Secretary of the NICK HARRIS Professional Detective School 271 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Page Forty Three Ambassadors [Continued from Page 13] shall it be?" At lunch, in his car — wherever he happens to be, he gets his inspirations, and promptly sits down and writes up his ideas. Those who have never seen Harry "at work" before the mike, can never appreciate the electric personality of this young man, who has the face of a small mischievous boy, the vitality of a nervous chipmunk, and the talent of an Irving Berlin. His inimitable and inevitable hissing "wha-a-a-a" at the end of a number, Harry's famous trademark, is executed in a novel, yet CASH IN ON YOUR TALENTS Let writer of "BYE b BYE, SWEETHEART," "TUNE IN ON MY HEART" and "JUST A HOLE IN THE WALL" help you. Songwriting taught, songs revised and improved, words or music written to your song. We can help you obtain copyright and give you honest, valuable marketing information. Valentine School For Song-Writers and Valentine Music Company 816 S. Broadway Los Angeles Phone: VAndyke 0337 Majestic RCA Victor Atwater-Kent • LARCHMONT RADIO SALON 139 Larchmont Blvd. near Beverly LOS ANGELES • One of Southern California's Finer Radio Shops Specializing in the Better Known Lines and with complete line of Tubes and Accessories. Expert Repair Service. ROSS A. STRATTON, Mgr. MAJESTIC ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR HEmpstead 5590 effective manner. You see, Harry is so short he can't reach the mike without standing on a box, and if he wants to get particularly close to it he has to leap into the air, deliver his "wha-a-a-a" and come down to earth again. His ambition is to write musical comedies, he owns two cars, lives with his mother in Hollywood, and won't tell his age, although he admits he is "old enough." When he greets you he says "Yousah, yousah," in a hoarse, croaking, but cordial, voice that never fails to make you glance twice at him suspiciously. But he's a clever, likeable little fellow, and just as full of pep and energy personally as he is professionally. He can sing well if he wants to, but usually prefers to clown, and most of us would prefer to have him. There are plenty of good singers, but few with the novel ability of Harry to take even a poor song and make it hotter than a season's hit. CHATTERETTES Because KOA is always anxious to be of service, it has passed along to the press the following request for a broadcast received from a listener: "Lost: Friday morning, two ladies, raincoats, one navy blue, age 18 years, one red, age 16, both in god condition." Harriet Lee . . . tall, statuesque and blonde. The first "Miss Radio" to be heard regularly on network programs. Blue-eyed and Nordic, born in Chicago, named Harriet because the family had wanted a "Harry," early nicknamed "Bill" because it fitted her tomboy behavior. Came to radio by accident. Was practicing her "do-re-mi's" early one morning in her apartment, and someone knocked at the door. Expecting a protesting neighbor, Harriet answered the knock to find a benign violinist who suggested that she have a radio audition. She took his advice, and was accepted, and here she is — "Miss Radio." RADIO DOINGS