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RADIO
RADIO
By HOMER HYDE
Radio Club of Atlantic City
Holds Interesting Meeting
Popular Organization Finds Plenty of Radio Discussion at Last
Meeting Held at Hotel Goodfellow—Lectures and
Entertainment Featured—Meeting Held Tonight
Still going strong, with more
enthusiasm being exhibited on
the part of members each week,
the regular meeting of the newly
formed Radio Club of Atlantic
City was held last Wednesday
night at the Hotel Goodfellow on
S. Maryland Ave.
With Charles Goodfellow, or
* ganizer of the radio fans’ club,
in the president’s chair, the regu
lar business of the club was
brought up, with election of a
new recording secretary being
held. Results of the voting placed
Robert Irvine in the position of
secretary, with Miss Mildred Bey
er acting as corresponding secre
tary.
Reports of the various commit
tees were held, with Mr. Burt, lo
cal radio dealer, as chairman of
the committee for the week, giv
ing a most interesting and in
structive lecture, taking for his
title “How to Operate a Receiv
ing Set During the Summer
Months.” The question of static
and careful tuning as a method
of overcoming interference was
discussed, with many valuable
pointers being offered the radio
' fans present.
The standing entertainment
committee has been done away
with, and the cluj> has decided
to appoint an entertainment com
mittee every week, the members
of which are to arrange lectures
and other forms of entertainment
for the club.
A report was heard from the
emblem committee, consisting of
Mr. Ilg and Stowe Myers, with j
several designs for the Radio
Club emblems being submitted by
the latter for the approval of the
organization. The receipt of a
blackboard from Mr. Paulas as
an aid to the activities of the
radio clinic was acknowledged at
the last meeting, and arrange
ments for publicity were made by
Abner J. Gelula.
Upon motion of the club,
President Goodfellow was re
quested to present the Atlantic
City Commissioners with cards
as honorary members of the Ra
dio Club of Atlantic City.
Announcement was made that
Miss Chappy O’Donnell, formerly
associated with the broadcasting
of a well-known Pittsburgh sta
tion, is expected to broadcast
from Station WHAR, Seaside
House, under the auspices of the
Radio Club of Atlantic City, and
also from the Atlantic City con
trol room of Station WIP, on
Steel Pier.
The attendance surprise prize,
a handsome set of head phones,
donated by Van Doren & Hemp
hill, well-known resort radio
dealers, was won by the newly
elected secretary, Robert Irvine.
Clubrooms were discussed, and
it is the hope of the club to
hold meetings at the clubrooms
in the near future. Tonight’s
meeting will be held at the hotel.
Radio Station Does
Many a Good Turn
Locating Lost Children, Finding
Parents and Missing Relatives
To Say Nothing of Stray
Cats and Wandering Dogs,
Included in “Program**
When the President’s wife’s pet
cat’s kitten decides that the White
House life is no place for the
raising of a good little kitten and
beats it to make its own way in
the world, just nine or ten broad
casting stations offer their serv
ices and soon several million fans
are looking for the President’s
wife’s pet cat’s lost kitten.
Now “Belzerbub” wasn’t a
White House cat or even a pedi
greed feline, but she was the mas
cot of the vessel Chinook and the
mother of eight kittens and also
took the liberty of taking A. W.
O. L. (absence without leave).
Sometime ago Capt. Jabez Brad
ley of the Chinook wrote a letter
to a popular broadcasting station
stating that he was receiving con
certs fine, but had no liking for
“Soaprano singers” whose vocal
activities caused his old black cat,
Belzerbub, to jump through the
port-hole of his ship and make
ashore. The skipper blamed the
station for the loss of his cat, but
was surprised indeed when she
returned later with a friend, an
other black cat, and both animals
sat listening to the music includ
ing the soprano selections.
Be sure to wire your meters
properly. A voltmeter should be
placed in shunt or across the bat
tery leads, while an anmeter
should be placed in series on or
one of the battery only.
BLONDE BESS OPINES
“Early to bed and early to
rise-” is fine. It puts one in a
position to become acquainted with
the social leaders—who are just
then getting home.
Our Own Broadcasting Station
Announcing Station VN with Bit* of Fun and Seriousness Picked
Up Here, There and Out of the Air
Without a doubt, if you happen to be a real, live radio fan,
you must have your quota of cast-off apparatus and other odds
and ends termed mostly as “junk” somewhere in the vicinity of
the set that you would like very much to get rid of in place of
something else that you might need.
Among the many novel features of the Radio Club of Atlantic
City at the disposal of members is the regular “Radio Exchange,”
which is held at the regular meetings. There you can swap if
you can get away with it, a burnt-out tube for a good “B” battery
or a variable condenser for a telephone jack, all depending upon
your ability of exchange, combined with your skill of salesmanship.
Then you can, if you so desire and happen to be a member,
dispose of old parts or sets that you no longer use, at a regular
auction that is held, with a small commission going into the club
treasury. The Radio Club of Atlantic City is indeed offering a
novel outlet for old parts that some one else mght want for ex
perimental work.
* * * *
WIP s control station on the Steel Pier is the means of an
unlimited amount of publicity for Atlantic City through the me
dium of out-of-town newspapers. “What the Wild Waves Are
Saying has been cartooned and pictured generally, and has be
come a decided feature of the popular station, the Atlantic Citv
programs of which are under the direct supervision of Mrs Helen
Pulaski Innes.
Not only the sound of the surf is bursting through the ether
now, but at special intervals talks by celebraties visiting the resort
are offered and hundreds of messages have been received compli
mentmg WIP upon the caliber of the Atlantic City programs
Radio Connections
For Garden Pier
Popular Pier Music of AJ Lewis’
Orchestra Can be Broadcast
Through Station WDAR
Besides the modern Western
Electric Public Address System
that has recently been installed,
to the delight of all lovers of
popular music on the Garden Pier,
arrangements have been made to
broadcast A1 Lewis’ Dance Or
chestra music through the At
lantic City control room of
WDAR.
The Lit Brothers’ local station
is located at the Reading Railroad
Station, and, according to Mr.
Gillen, Manager of the Garden
Pier, by means of telephone con
nections, music can be broadcasted
from the Lit Brothers’ Station di
rect from the Garden Pier.
Hundreds of admirers of A1
Lewis’ and his Follies Bergere Or
chestra are taking advantage of
the public address system which,
via the microphone and the three
horns located at the entrance of
the ballroom, pi’ovides with excep
tional clarity, the music from
within. The clever arrangement
serves also as an excellent adver
tisement for the pier for it beck
ons all those who hear the music
to essay the real pleasures to be
derived from gliding over the
Garden Pier ballroom floor to the
actual music received first hand.
WOC Has One of the Most Popular Radio Orchestras That Gives Us Jazz From.
Out “Where The West Begins/'
Atmosphere Needed
In Broadcasting
Wdl Known t&tion Inaugurates
Costume Concert with Artist
Clothed According to Styles
Current When t Songs
Were Popular
For some time the radio artisl
has lacked the frills and conven
tional dress of the stage enter
tainer for the very simple reasor
that one is heard and not seer
when broadcasting. Of course, il
radio photography was now added
to the household radio set, the
fact for the artists dressing up
specially for the occasion could be
readily seen without referring to
any case of the artistic tempera
ment.
But, nevertheless, comes the an
nouncement that, in order that
artists may “feel” the soul of
songs and music that were popu
lar in bygone days and thus
present to the radio audience the
most perfect rendition of old-time
melodies, station KDKA has
started a series of concerts in
which all the artists are required
to be costumed in the styles pe
culiar to these periods.
The effect of this pioneer move
is being watched by broadcasting
managers all over the country.
The providing of artists with cos
tumes and also a small audience,
they state, is the only way that
the artist will do the best work
and thus be truly reflected through
to the radio audience.
Ted Lewis is responsible for
“Jazzmonia.” The Crown Prince
of Rhapsody unhesitatingly con
fesses to being the “guilty” one.
He and his Jazzical Clowns are
appearing nightly at the Ritz
Carlton.
IN THE U. S. A.
First Verse
Tom, Tom, the widow’s son
Stole a pig and away he run
Pig opened up and squealed on .him
Now Tommy wears a Sing-Sing
trim.
Second Verse
Sam, Sam, the Broker’s son
Stole ten million just for fun.
Brought to trial he laughed a bit,
Wired to Dad and Dad fixed it.
I m tired of shootm crackers,
tired of all the fuss an’ noises;
fer added years have changed my
taste frum what a kid enjoys. It
ain’t a lack of patriotism that
makes me feel this -way but merely
that I’m fed up on excitement, you
might say. The town board has
decided that we’ll have a celebra
tion on July Fourth an’ even now
they’re makin’ preparation. I
’spose they’ll have a big parade,
an’ speakers by the score, the
same as they’ve been doin’ fer the
last ten years er more. I reckon
I could tell you now what some
of them will say, I’ve heard their
line so often on this Independence
Day. I’ll show my independence
on the Fourth, believe you me fer
I’ve picked out a grassy bank be
neath a shady tree. Away from
all disturbance in a manner safe
an’ sane I’ll celebrate the birth
day of the nation an’ obtain my
full share of enjoyment. What
more could a feller wish than just
a quiet little stream, a shady spot
and—fish? What more? Well
’course you know I always take my
set along an’ after bait in’ up my
hook I’ll tune in on a song er
mebbee somethin’ that would have
a patriotic brand like “Stars an’
Stripes Forever” by a military
band. While speakers talk Pre
paredness, I’m prepared to fish er
j lissen an’ anglin’ after fish er
news there ain’t no chance of
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When tightening the connection
posts on a transformer, after the
wires .have been fastened to it,
never force them tight as by do
ing so you are liable to loosen the
screw connections on the inside
that are not easily remedied.
♦ * *
Any storage battery that has a
solution which after charge will
not give a hydrometer reading of
more than .1200 should be taken
to a storage battery service sta
tion and a new solution obtained.
* * *
Remember that poor batteries
are responsible for squeaks and
squeals and poor reception that
are often blamed on summer re
ceiving conditions. Look after
your batteries carefully during
the hot months.
* * *
Mrs. A.—I call my maid the
Radio Girl.
Mrs. B.—Why?
Mrs. A.—Because she is always
listening in.
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