What's on the air (Mar-June 1931)

April, 193 1 WHAT'S ON THE AIR Page 11 IT is a new, highly amusing Henry-George half-hour that CBS is presenting each Tuesday evening these spring weeks. For one thing, the "Blackouts" are now being written by one of Broadway's favorite sons, Tom Tarrant, whose sketches in Earl Carroll's Vanities and in dozens of other New York productions have amused thousands. For another thing, the Henry-George cast has been reorganized to some extent. "Henry," for example, is now played by John Brewster; "George" is enacted by Teddy Bergman; "Flo" is portrayed by Georgia Backus, while "Pete" in real life is none other than Billy Scholtz. All musical interludes are provided by the Henry-George Cigar Band, directed by "Pete." Brewster, a New Yorker by birth, spent eight years on Broadway. He played leading roles in "The Plutocrat," the juvenile lead in "Lolly," "Everyman," "The Woman in Bronze" and others. He has played considerably in stock productions, as well as having been featured in several motion pictures. Aside from his role in the Henry-George "Blackouts," Brewster plays leading parts in a majority of the American School of the Air dramatic presentations. Teddy Bergman, whose role is "George," is also a New Yorker by birth. His first job in the show business was with the Ralph A. Rose Stock Company in Oklahoma City, which lasted one season. He played a number of varied roles in stock and other productions in New York City, and in 1929 made his radio debut in True Detective Mysteries. He has taken part in more than sixty radio productions which have been broadcast over large radio networks. Left to right: John Brewster as "Henry," Billy Scholtz as Backus as "Flo," Teddy Bergman as "George." 'Pete," Georgia DX NOTES As the short-wave stations, for the most part, operate only at certain hours, it is essential to know about when they will probably be on the air. That is why so many shortwave fans arc sending in for copies of the February issue, in which we gave time schedules of a number of short-wave stations, and also why we give this month some further time data for their benefit. In the following tabic all times are E. S. T.: England. G5SW, 25.53 meters; 7:30 to 8:30 a. m.; 2 to 7 p. M., daily. G2NM, 20.95m.; Sundays, 1:30 to 3 P. M. Rumania. Bucharest, 21.5m.; Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. Holland. PCJ, Eindhoven, 31.28m.; Wednesday, 11 a. M. to 3 P. M.; Thursday, 1 to 3 and 6 to 10 p. M.; Friday, I to 3 p. M.; Saturday, 7 p. M. to 1 A. M. (Announces in five languages.) Germany. Berlin, 31.38m.; 8 A. M. to 7:30 p. M., daily. Berlin, 7.05m.; 11:30 A. M. to 1:30 p. M., Tuesday and Thursday. Austria. UOR2, Vienna, 49.4m.; 7 to 8 a. m., Tuesday and Thursday. Italy. 13RO, Rome; 25.4m. and 80m.; every afternoon. Australia. VK3U2, Melbourne, 34m.; 3 to 5 A. M., Monday and Wednesday. VK2ME, Sydney, 31.28m.; early mornings. New Zealand. ZL3ZC, Christchurch, 50m.; 10:30 p. M. to 12, Wednesday; 2:30 to 4 A. M., Saturday. Dutch East Indies. PLE, Bandoeng, 15.93m.; 8:40 to 10:40 a. m., Tuesday. India. VUS, Calcutta, 25.27m.; 8 to 10 a. m., daily. SlAM. HSlPJ, 16.9m.; 7:30 to 8:30 A. M., Saturday. HS2PJ, 29.5m.; 8 to 1 1 A. M., Tuesday, Friday, Saturday. Straits Settlements. VSIAB, Singapore, 40m.; 1 to 4 a. M., daily. Indo China. Saijon, 49m.; 1:30 to 2:30 a. M.„ Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 1:30 to 4 a. m., Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Many DXers are sending us in lists of stations heard. We do not think we shall publish these. Any information from one DXer which will aid another capture an elusive station, however, will be welcome. Try these out, short-wave fans, and, if you like them, we'll give you some more remote spots to fish for. BROADCAST BAND In addition to its regular broadcast periods (7 to 8:30 p. M., Wednesday, and 9:30 to 10 P. M., Saturday), WKAQ at San Juan, Porto Rico (890 K.), has been broadcasting early Sunday morning test programs. During March, KGBU, Ketchikan, Alaska (900 K.), put on a test program every Thursday morning from 4 to 6 A. M. HIX at Santo Domingo (670 K.) frequently may be picked up just under WEAF as soon as that station signs off. A number of Cincinnati DXers, fishing for KFI at Los Angeles, have brought in instead XFG at Mexico City. Listeners in the early morning hours report hearing VAS, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, giving weather reports, etc., to the fishing fleet. E. S. T. DXers, Try These Sunday Morning Specials. — WKAQ at San Juan, Porto Rico (890 K.), broadcasts until 4 a. M. on Sundays; CMCQ, Havana (955 K.), and CMX, Havana (910 K.), until 3 a. m.; KOY, Phoenix, Ariz. (1390 K.), and the following West coast stations: KMTR, KTAB, KGER, KGB, KMCS, KOMO, KFWI, KOIN, KFVD, until 3 A. M., E. S. T. WSYB, Rutland. Vt., is on the air daily from noon until one, and from 6 to 9 p. M., E. S. T. KGMB, Honolulu, broadcasts on Monday to Friday from 10 a. M. to 9:30 P. M., and on Saturday from 10 p. M. to midnight, P. S. T. \\itt (^.(J^odirvolorv GILBERT GABLE, explorer, and group of Hopi Indians before the microphone in "Highroad of Adventure." SIR HUBERT WII.KINS broadcasts over a chain of Australian stations from Schenectady, N. Y. Two of the favorites of CKGW at Toronto arc M. B. BODINGTON, who is "Uncle Bod" to children wherever CKGW reaches, and GORDON HOGARTH, news and sports announcer. At eight o'clock each morning Maurice Bodington marshalls his "army of voices" and all Toronto starts the day with a laugh as the adventures of Major. Walpole and Jccvc the butler, and a dozen other characters, arc narrated. ordorvp