Who's who on the air (1932)

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Baumann program. Space does not per¬ mit us to show all of our Guest Artists on this page — but scat¬ tered throughout this book are many more. From top to bottom. Belle Baker, Russ Columbo, Connie Boswell, Ethel Mer¬ man, and Helen Morgan. .HWiWiYiVi Every Sunday evening at 9 o’clock, LUDWIG BAUMANN presents Louis Sobol’s “VOICE OF BROADWAY” over station W 0 R, featur¬ ing a galaxy of Broadway’s favorite stars. Merle Johnston’s Orchestra furnishes the delightful dance tunes. Paul Small is tenor soloist. BASIL RUYSDAEL Announcer of the Ludwig Baumann Program. A Cornell graduate. Sang for eight years in the Metropolitan Opera be¬ fore entering the Radio field. Born in Canada, the son of Cap¬ tain and Mrs. George Johnston, Salvation Army workers. Merle re¬ ceived his initial musical training while learning to play the instru¬ ments of the Army band at street meetings. He worked his way through college with his saxo¬ phone and graduated as an electri¬ cal engineer. This early training in the electrical field has been of great help to him in developing more perfect broadcast music. Below are a few of the Guest Artists who have appeared on the Ludwig