Evening star., 1924-01-12

heard WSB Atlanta They broad
cast the Hickville String Band and
played You Got to See Mama
Every Night" and you Tell Her.
I enjoy reading your radio COL
unn, and It Is the first page j turn
to as soon as I get the paper.
Perhaps some Of the readers can
tell me who was talking of "Hav-
ing Good Teeth and the Care of
Same" also mentioned Bridge
port"--this at TAO pm. January
3: About same wave length as
MISS BESSIE MERRICK.
S04 East Capitol street.
Radio Editor:
Can you or any fan tell me what
station In Nebraska was broad
casting the evening OF January z
them announce a lecture on the
tomb of King Tut, but could not
understand the name OF the town.
1t sounded like Hastings. They
signed off at 1!:55 pm, central
standard time.
any fan got station 9BM, Montreal,
Canada, between IL and / the same
evening. I was "listening-in" on
a one-tube set
JAMES d. BOONE.
xxx is the Hastings, Neb., sta
tion.-Editor.
Radio Editor;
VIII some radio fan advise me
through the Radio News column
the call letters of the station in
montreal which was broadcasting
dance music Tuesday. January s.
This station signed Off about 1880
pm, but interference prevented
me getting the call letters
might say that l got station
WEAR in Baltimore, Md, quite
clearly tonight. This Is the first
time l have heard this station.
L. E. WEAVER.
Radio Editor;
given by station whose call let
ters sounded like WIS, at 1906
am: January s, 1924. and whose
nnal number was a song entitled
Spark Plug" rendered by Mr..
Conway? The station signed off as
follows: This is station WIS now
signing off in order to save bat
teries and have better modulation
for the next broadcast" The name
of the city and the state was not
given. The list of radio stations
assigns WIS to the SS W. r.
hoiipti idiii, JT, anu II Is my uN- 5
derstanding that the wave band
designated for shipping prohibits
the broadcasting Of music.
Your Radio Gossip" is very in
teresting and a source of great
pleasure, but why make II monot-
onous with a list Of stations re-
ceived by every fan in the city?
No one but the Individual cares
about the stations he receives AS
Tor a silent night, people should
not bite the hand that feeds
them" When these self-styled
Dh operators owned crystal sets
they were very indignant IL any
one mentioned silent night. We
are all very glad to listen to wRC
and WCAP during the daytime,
and, Notwithstanding the fact that
these two local stations give about
States, we should have ordinary
decency enough to thank them.
have a three-tube set and I must
say that / enjoy listening to WRC
and WCAP more than any other
station that I have ever heard
These long distance fanatics
should invest about four dollars
and make up wave trap and not
be so selfish. Try to think of the
other fellow.
WILLIAM NJ. HARLOW.
Having seen an announcement
in The Star that the new Sunset
station, KGO, of the Westinghouse
Electric Company, Oakland, Calf,
would begin broadcasting at IL
pm. eastern standard time, Janu-
ary s. at HOS p.m, eastern stand
ard time, l tuned in this station
and heard very distinctly the
concluding part OF the prayer of
dedication and the call letters of
the station, when lost it through
interference from WLW at Cincin-
natl. From o'clock to about
1i:45 I succeeded in tuning in
forty-one distant stations, listed
below, using a set with UV-200
201-A tubes as amplifiers. Eighteen
of these stations were picked up
while WCAP was broadcasting,
using a twenty-three plate con-
denser and an oatmeal can as a
Kdxs KHf KpRA .rap; WeHE TeeX fSlSx; %bAP kY4 kG4
WJAZ, wGY, KOP, WICK, wwJ,
WOO, wIP, WIFI. wDAR, wEAN.
WAR, WNAC, WOR, wAAM. WIZ.
WY, WEAF, WIN. WBZ, WMAK,
CHYC. 6-Kw, wBAP. wLAG, wsB.
WAS WHAs' v0r WFAAs Mas WtW; WEaM WSaH WsAI:
w wJA-N, WoCp w I1o' " lIH~ls w S2hAN
and WTAS.
know practically nothing about
radio but I do believe this is q
pretty good evenings work
Your radio page is the front
page of The Star to me and hope
to see it grow. II. b. HARRIS.
Radio Editor:
Can any one tell me the station
in Cuba that broadcast January 8.
1924, at about 10:45 pm? Their
first selection was Sitting Pretty
in a Pretty Little City" and fol-
lowed by What Are You Doing
Sunday, Mary?"
1t was not station PWX as it is
about the same location on my
tuner as Pittsburgh.
want to thank Vernon Powers
for helping me locate the Montreal
MRS. ROSE HYER HARTUNG,
sal 18th street northeast.
Radio Editor:
have been a reader of your pa
per for over period of three
years, and this is my first time to
address you to either censure or
commend. Nearly every evening in
going over the radio gossip I find
q constant whine going up from q
certain class (and you will find
If you take trouble to check as
have), and often the same ones
over and over again, for a silent
night.
This seems to me very poor
way OF showing our appreciation
to WCAP and WRC for the fine