The South's pioneer broadcasting station, WBT, Charlotte, N. C., for the current week offers radio listeners many outstanding educational and entertainment programs originating in the Charlotte studios. For a half-hour, beginning at 8:15 each morning, except Sunday, will be broadcast the program of Health and Exercise, featuring Dr. Edward T. White in 30 minutes of rigorous calisthenics. At 9:30 each morning except Sunday appear the two amiable old gentlemen, Colonel Goodbody and Judge Gordon in the quarter-hour period known as "Our Daily Food," with popular music and talks for modern wives on foods, menus and their histories. The Cantabile Trio, composed of violin, cello and piano, will present a program of music from the masters, Tuesday morning at 11:30. Each week-day noon at 12:30, the popular newscaster, Grady Cole, brings to his many followers and admirers his terse, helpful resumes of the day's news. Carl Hinnant, Carolina Theater organist, broadcasts half-hour periods of popular music and ballads Friday mornings at 9:00 o'clock. The pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charlotte, Dr. Luther Little, is listed to appear at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays for his programs of "Thoughts for the Day" and the discussions of the following Sabbath Day Sunday School Lesson.
From 10:00 to 10:30 p.m. Thursday evening, WBT will present the Dixie Mammoth Minstrels, the second oldest radio show of its kind in the United States. This minstrel presentation is famous for the characteristic humor of Interlocutor Clair Shadwell and Endmen Eefraim Lee and Slufoot Lochman. It utilizes the WBT Orchestra under Michael Wise, basso profundo John Stevens, Bill Elliott and Al Garr, tenor soloists and the Dixonians, well known male quartet. Also on Thursday night 7:00 o'clock will begin a 30-minute program called "The Voice of Charlotte," featuring prominent local artists and interesting facts about the city. On the same evening from 11:00 to 11:30; Billy Hamilton and his orchestra, dance band heralded far and wide over the South for their excellent presentations of popular music, will be on the air for another period of dance melodies. This band will broadcast again at the same hour on the following Tuesday night. At 9:00 o'clock Thursday evening the program of "The Builders" will be broadcast, offering semi-classical music and inspirational suggestions from the lives of great American bankers.
Friday night, May 6, offers several unusual features. Ye Olde Philosopher, with his kindly observations and discussions on life will greet his friends for another 15-minute program at 7:15 p.m. From 8:30 to 9:00, dance music by the Southerners, directed by Billy Hamilton, will be broadcast on the Swanee Revue. Bob Mitchell, WBT staff organist, will please a host of listeners with his own unusual interpretations of dance music from the console of the Wurlitzer at 12:00 p.m. (midnight), Fridays and Wednesday evenings.
On Monday night at 8:00 p.m., is scheduled "Original Sketches," dramatic feature with Inspector Galloway and Dr. Dimitri, in the solution of one of their famous mystery crimes. Thursdays and Tuesdays at 4:30; Don Cameron and Bill Elliott, popular organ-tenor team, will bring to radio listeners their renditions of well known hit selections. Wednesday afternoon from 2:15 to 2:30, Vignettes, scenes from life, another dramatic program presented by WBT staff members will be on the air.
L. A. (PETE) LAUDEMAN
Program Director, Station WBT