Comes Sunday, September 25th on the calendar and pases [sic] out from the network studios up north—as well as from other places in the gay Metropolis—that experiment favoring the working man, daylight saving time. Seems to memory that a few brave souls tried to so favor the aforesaid W. M. around Charlotte way a short time back, but that passed out also.
But back to character! Rearrange your radio dates right now for one hour later than you've grown used to. The shift will doubtless bring some favorites that you've been missing because you couldn't get home earlier evenings. Myrt and Marge on the Columbia line, and Amos and Andy on the National wire, will compete for your favoritism at the seven o'clock hour. All your cherished network pets will come along sixty minutes later than you've grown accustomed to—and not a few of your local preferences, too. Be guided accordingly!
CALL YOUR WANTS, FOLKS
Obliging people, these radio station managers. Mentioned sort of casually last week about a dearth of feminine solo voices from the studios and behold !—we get Joan Mars handed to us pronto. Splendid work Joan got across, too. One of the few sopranos that a microphone is friendly to. Which brings to mind the thot—somebody's reading our col'm.
STATIC
Didn't believe that anything could ever be done to kill that radio grouch, static. Or for that matter, that annoying nuisance, fading. But those radio designers are of brighter mind. Laid curious fingers on a slick, V-16, full floating power 1933 radio a few nights ago—and did your col'm-ist get a surprise! Inquisitive touch found one little knob that took static and threw it out of the picture. Took to roaming over the dial and couldn't help but notice the way the automatic volume control took charge of fading. Stations you'd recognize as notorious faders held steady as a stone wall and say !— it's sweet the way one station after another, big and small, will roll in with equal volume, and never a touch on the volume control. Getting an itch for one of to new babies.
New stunt started by the Charlotte station promises to make interesting listening—those talks by opposing sides and subjects both pertinent and timely. Dr. Tucker and Dr. Williams had it out in a surprisingly gentlemanly way t'other night on the Sunday blue law question. Made good listening but —wasn't it tough on the Queen City that its quarrels with its city council should be aired beyond its borders?
BOX OFFICE VALUE
Rather novel figures, those given by the Columbia announcer on the Andre Kostelanetz sustaining program Friday night, in which was discussed the "box office value" of radio programs to each listener, provided you were—or are—a big enough fan to possibly listen to all programs broadcast over a year. Possibly a few shut-ins do that. CGS estimated that, if broken up into two-hour shows, it would be worth more than $3,000—yes, three thousand is the figure—to get in on the lot. Unique thot. Write your own moral.
Aufwiedershen— H. J. P.