The Washington times., 1924-09-06
SKILLET TO SAY A FEW WORDS
|ROmping Around
Radio Dial
-By Listener-In-


on our dials last night.
First the "All Sorts" program ut
KDKA, Pittsburgh. failed 70 ma.
terialize and in it's place came a
troupe Of talent from Braddock, Pa,
whose program could. have been
matched at a dozen stations.
Then, after waiting through the
longest safety" talk in the annals
of radio, the WGY Players were in
troduced at Schenectady to the ac-
compartment of a determined and
mbcking spark We gave in to the
spark and tuned out.
It must have been an interesting
experience for crystal settlers il any
of them received the synchronized
version of 20 Sole Mo" played on
the piano ACCORDION Of Orangelo
Ratio from WCAP and sung by one
of the Braddock tenors from KDKA.
There was only fraction OF
minutes difference in the COM
mencement of the number by the
two artists.
"R. c. H" writes to ask IL there
il any way in which the announcers
at the two local stations can be
moved to a little more speed in
making their introductions and ex.
plantations"
What cav annOuncers?
"R. c. H." must have been
listening to Jacques Cartier snap
out his announcements at CKAC,
Montreal.
WDAR, Philadelphia, and WHAS,
Louisville, fought it cut around the
400-meter mark last night with
WAR, taking over the honors at
$50.
1t was rather interesting to hear
the competitive applause for the
dancers at the Million Dollar Pier,
Atlantic City. coming through
WDAR, even though we could not
see the couples struggling for the
tango honors. There was no doubt
that Couple Number were doing
some tricky steps.
Wendell Hall would have been
gratified by the version of Ain
Conn Rain No More" given by the
Ritz Melody Boys at WSB, Atlanta.
Our old friend, the train an
nouncer, is still one Of our favorite
broadcasters.
Rounding up the logs for the
week we have chosen the three fol-
lowing as the most interesting re-
ceived by US.
The most remarkable record is
submitted by J. w. Beers. chief of
the training section Of the Bureau
of Internal Revenue, living at Forest
Glen, Md. Mr.. Beers uses a homo
built uperheterodyne. His Thurs
day log follows:
kDkA. kYW, KFNF (Shenan-
doah, Iowa., xxx, CNRM, WCAE.
WEAF, WIZ, WEBB, WGY,
WAX, WEAO, WMH. WTAS,
WIFI, WICK, WHAS, WGN, WBZ,
WCBD. WWJ, WSAI, voc, WLW,
WAOW (Omaha). WQJ, WTAY,
WIS and the local station.
In postscript Mr.. Beers explains
that he tried the stunt we suggested
of separating the four stations all
five meters apart.
II had Cleveland, Philadelphia
and Louisville, but Newark did not
seem to be on the air. l think l
went you one better, however, in
separating WIS and WCBD, both
of which, as you know, are very
powerful stations located in the
same general vicinity, and only four
meters apart"
r. d. Grimm, 1917 Seventh street
northwest, using an S-tube ultra
dyne, states that his log is dupli-
Gated most every night except when
the static is on a rampage. \ His
Thursday night log follows:
KDKA, WNAC, WMAF. WEBB,
WGY, WIFI. WHAS, WAX, WEAO,
WCBD. WBZ, WMH, WSAI, woo,
WWJ, WOAW, VINO, WDAF,
WQJ, xxx, WTAY, WTAS,
WLW. WHB. WFAA and one sta
ton in Milwaukee whose call letters
he took to be WAC.
The Thursday log of Dorsey
Waters, Germantown, Nd, who
uses an "Ozarka" 3.tube set and
1O0-foot aerial, So feet high, fol.
lows:
WGY. WCBD. WOAW, WMAF,
WIZ, WRC. KDKA. WHAS, WTAS.
WIZ, CNRM, WEBB, WMAF,
WEAF. WSB, WHB, WLW, voc,
WAX and KYW.