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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1923)
.Ytoodmen Radio Broadcastinji to Beuin on Monday O * Horn** Best Place tu Hear Its Evening Program—Will Work Afternoons Too After First Day. WO AW, Omaha's commercial radio ; ■tation, constructed for the Woodmen i of the World atop its skyscraper, Is ' receiving its final adjustments and j Will begin broadcasting at 9 Monday j night. Tune in for a wave length of 3«0 ! meters and experiment. Permanent wave length awaits decision of federal 1 licensing bureau. Rush for admission to the station j during the opening hour and a half | began Saturday. Residents of terri tory for te miles around want in on the ground floor, but take a tip from , Orson Stiles, assistant to-W. A. Fraz er, W. O. W. sovereign commander, i “Listen In" at Home, “I'll listen In at home with 50 of j my friends,’’ he said. "Even the j crowd that gathers at the Chamber ; Of Commerce meeting preceding the i opening won't hear by radio. A wired transmitting device will take program j to it. The pultbc is welcome, but for results, 'listen in’- at home.” Two thousand dollars has been ■pent in padding WOAW studio and u heavy curtain will be spread over its one glass door. Not a sound will come Out. Persons standing outside the door Will hear nothing, while a Hawaiian listening in may pick up the com plete program out In the "Pacific Ocean. Pine Station Costly. "I'll say it's wonderful." declared 1 V. W. Cunningham. Western Electric company radio engineer, as he fin tehed his installation task. "It is the ! greatest 'natlonalizer' and 'social cementer' since the invention of the printing rress. In a flash people* of two continents meet on common foot ing. ’ WOAW is a 500-watt station. The »avy. the Radio corporation. Western ' Electric and Westinghouse have big •Tr ones, but no American commercial i station excels it, Mr. Cunningham •aid. Its operation will cost 113,000 for Studio personnel the first year. Mr. Si Ilea said. Rroadcasting machinery Itself cost *18,000, antennae and towers .*4.500 Rnd the studio *5,000 Without furnishings. Total for first | pear. *39,000. First Program Monday Night. The opening program will be broad cast at 9 and close at 10:S0, hours that will be the station standard every night in the week except one, which Will be decided by vote of fans and on which the apparatus will remain | glient. • Sovereign Commander Fraser will direct the opening. Governor Bryan, 1 Mayor Dahiman, Walter W. Head, president of the Chamber of Com merce. and W. B. T. Belt, president of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, will make addresses and the Brandeis orchestra, the Scottish Rite quartet and Mrs. Margaret Burns will furnish music. • Facts About WOAW It is owned and controlled by The Woodmen cf the World Life Insur- j once association, of which W. A. Fra •er is sovereign commander. It was built at a cost of *27,009. Tt is iocatM in three specially con structed rooms on the 19th floor of the Woodmen of the World head quarters. The studJo in which entertainment Is given for the outside world is sealed completely when the single glass door is closed. No sound created within ; the studio can be heard by any out- ! •ide except via radio. The engineer and operator are sep grated from the studio by especial- i ly padded, draped walls, a huge plate glass window through which the op- ; orator may watch the entertainers' every move, and a door through which he may enter the studio in case he , cares to. The power generators are located In at ill another room separated from the operator and engineer's room by sound proof walls, and not a sin- , *le reverberation caused by the gen erators in motion can be felt In any ♦f the other rooms. The reception room is separated from the studio by especially con ntruoted walls and a huge glass door. The studio Is so well sound-proofed that one cannot hear an orchestra, playing in the studio, if the listener 3s in the reception room. Arrangement of the elation was de dared by F. W. Cunningham, expert radio engineer of the AVeatern Electric company of New- A'ork. who supervised Installation of the SOO-watt broad casting apparatus, to be the best of ! any large station In the country which he had visited. Programs will be given nightly by the cream of local and traveling tal ent. There arc 10 persons with no two conflicting duties engaged In opera lion of the station from the engineer In charge to the girl who serves re freshments to the artists of the pro gram. “MORE-TONE” RECEIVING SETS HEAD PHONES CONDENSERS High Quality. Mpdersle Price. Ask Your Dealer r Corrospondanao from wholssalo and rotail dealers incited MORE-TONE RADIO CO. Manufacturers 3dI E. Ohio St. Chicago -| V Woodmen of the World Opens One of tM Largest Radio Stations in U. S.--W O A W Heard with A MU-RAD Receiver and a 2-Foot Loop Aerial' The New Star in the Radio World MU-RAD Receiver s. From OMAHA Havana 1521 Miles Los Angeles 1340 Miles San Francisco 1455 Miles Calgary 1207 Miles Porto Rico 2812 Miles From ST. LOUIS Manitoba 900 Miles Montreal 1000 Miles San Francisco 1820 Miles * Honolulu 4278 Miles From DETROIT Fort Worth 1092 Miles Havana 1680 Miles Calgary 1667 Miles Porto Rico 2036 Miles San Diego 2070 Miles Los Angeles 2070 Miles San Francisco 2210 Miles From CLEVELAND Fort Worth 1050 Miles Denver 1200 Miles Salt Lake City 1530 Miles Havana 1617 Miles San Francigco 2180 Miles From NEW YORK Davenport 830 Miles Kansas City 1040 Miles Fort Worth 1285 Miles Havana 1567 Miles Why MU-RAD Excels % 1. Unequalled Sensitivity—Exceeds the sensitivity of the average set many times. The above record demonstrates this. 2. Fine Selectivity—Permits differentiation of stations 1% off tune. 3. Simple Operation—All tuning can be done with one hand. 4. 1,500-Mile Reception—Guarantee goes with every set. With 2-foot loop. 5. Distinctive Appearance—Solid mahogany cabinet, Radion panel, highly polished. \ ( They copied all they could copy, Rut they could not copy our mind; We left them tearing and swearing t A thousand miles behind. —Kipling. t Special Notice— We absolutely guarantee that this wonderful long distance receiver Is more easily operated than any other receiver on the market. No unsightly outside aerial required. 1513-15 DOUGLAS STREET Headquarters for High Grade Radio Apparatus ZENITH MU-RAD AMROD THINK OF IT ' Song and Story From the Skies and | They Say Romance Is a Thing of the Past Radiola IV Here Is a Masterpiece * of Beauty Merit Pleasure Krom over the broad expanse of space to your own home, sitting com fortably by the fireside, comes the voice of famous singer and speaker, the latest music and news of the hour, through the medium of a Radio Receiving Set. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS THE WONDERFUL ENTERTAINMENTS THAT ARE NOW BEING PLANNED BY THE NEW WOODMEN OF THE WORLD BROADCASTING STATION. There are Radio Receiving Sets for every purse. If fou feel once the Thrill of the Distant Call, you will not be without one. They arc easy to install and operate and inexpensive to maintain. Radiola V One of the finest broaden receivers available today. Il« a mahogany finish metal casins and built as ruggedly an u battleship. Just the sort of -i Radio Receiver that will last through a lifetime of hard USage. Order now from your nearest Authorized RCA Dealer, lie will demonstrate to you Standard Receiving Sets of Quality. ■ JR**?** WHOLESALE ONLY Omaha, nab. Da* Moines. la. Distributors for tha Radio Corporation of America and Clapp-Kaethem Company. Tha wall-known products of tha Ganairal Electric Company and Wastinyhouse are included in the R C A tin*. WRITE US FOR THE "NAME OF YOUR NEAREST DEALER I OBI?adio ft - ^ ■ Welcomes WO AW The O-B Radio Company appreciates this opportunity of publicly joining with all We are fortunate in having in our city such a progressive D.J* organization as the Woodmen Kadio oets of the Wor]d- We are for. S10 -&S00 tunate in having as a citizen ^ *** W. A. Fraser, a man with a vision broad enough to recog nize the value of “keeping up with the times.” WO AW Broadcasting Sta tion will advertise our city over a greater scope of terri tory than any other medium available. We wish to call your at tention at this time to the Colin B. Kennedy Receiving Set. It is a wonderful piece of furniture as well as a musi cal instrument of rare qual ity. It stands alone in the radio world as the acme of • radio engineering. We claim everything for the Kennedy and guarantee everything we claim. OBl^adio Q> The Flatiron Building 1730 St. Mary’s Avenue Expert Advice Omaha, Neb. Installation# In order to bring the programs of the new Woodmen of the World Station into the homfs <5f all, we have purchased Five Hundred “Erecto Radio” Receiving Sets unassembled, but which can be put together in a very short time, and by following the detailed directions given with each set It j can be done equally as easy. These we offer while they last at complete. We have also a special offering in a single head set at §1.78 Petersen Radio Co. Bro.dcattini Station WPAT » Council Bluffs Store Omaha Store 213 South Mats Street 2238 Farnam Street S-P-A-R-KS From Radio Headquarters A Complete Line of Kellog Equipment Radio Set, complete with Frost phones, aerial and insulators. $11.95 Schwarze 2,000 ohm phones. $4.45 21-plate Condensers .. $1.75 A FEW OF OUK SPECIALS hOK CRYSTAL SETS Slider Rod* . 1 0O Mounted Galana . i£Of* Mounted Silicon . UOc* Mounted Pyrite . ^ot* Tf T?7 Detector ...... .ft ( Cryatal Detectora ...... . 50(“ Phone Condenaera . I Of* for tube sets Kitlark Audio Tranafortuera, « S3.10 Cnndenaitr Socket a .iraf 2- inch l)iala .. 3- inch Diala .. 30f Open Circuit Jack* . .35f Two-Circuit •»»«>“ . ir*c .006 Condcnucr*. JJoC* CONDENSERS i 11-plate Ohio vemirr S *. O 23-plate Ohio Vernier 43-plate Ohio Vernier Sli.OO 11-pUte Kellog Vernier, S(>.TT> 23 -plate kellog Vernier, J47.75 43-pint* k r 1 log Vernier, SS,7*» 2J.rl«U Ohio Plain All Si*«« of Hakelite and Rubber I’anal* In Stock Quality our motto Service out aim. FEDERAL RADIO COMPANY 19th and Harney We WelcomdWOAW The New Woodmen of tl ^orld Broadcasting, Station We also wish to call your attention to our complete line of Radio Receiving Sets—Sets with which you can listen in to this newest and finest of Broad casting ^Stations, or to concerts from coast to coast. The Radiola RC, the Radiola Grand, the Radiola IV—three of the finest sets built—are here. We will gladly show and demonstrate them for you. Crystal Sets for Local Use, Also Parts and Supplies i IVestinghousc RC Receiving Set, the most popular Radio Receiving Set in America loda'p— Complete $142.SO RADIO APPARATUS 1^12 South 18th ATlantic Street 2424 I WOAWs Voice Can Be Heard 2,000 Miles Away —To Transmit Music Twice Daily. WOAW, new $55,COO radio broadcasting station of the Wood men of the World, located on top of the Woodmen building at Four teenth and Farnam streets, will be gin regular operation April 2. Antenna of the new station is 365 fe t above the ground. Accord ing to Mr. Stiles, the station is the equal of any plant now broadcast ing. Appointment of Gene Rouse as studio announcer was made public yesterday. Range of WOAW will be 2,000 miles, and stations throughout the 1 nited States and Canada will be able to pick up its programs. Programa Twice Daily. Broadcasting will take place twice daily every day of the week excepting one, which will be voted by radio fans. Every program the opening two weeks w ill include a WOODMEN of* ORTD BUILDING . th and Farnam Street Omaha, rev..'- -or hest.rs rwvuhtiJ R'.f1fr send in thcr votes, and t t | and elo < a -SO a »i • > vnll bo announced by -vi,d )ecial programs mlY bt broadta rom 1 to 2:80 in the aftafrtoon. Sunday programs will include a ser mon to be broadcast from 11 to 12 or 1 to 2. The Arthur Johnson orchestra, which will play at the Brandeis restaurants, will contrib ute to the special daily programs. The opening program will be- pre sented under the direction of TV. A Fraser, sovereign commander, who will make a brief speech after "The Star-Spangled Banner” has been played. Ten thousand W. O. W. l amps are expected to "listen in. Governor Charles TV. Bryan, Mayor Pahlman, Walter Head, pres.dent of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and TV. B. T. Belt, president of the Nebraska Telephone company, will also speak. The Johnson orchestra will play frequently, and the Scot tish Rite quartet will sing two num bers. Mrs. Margaret Burns, who be anie widely known eswo opera sing in Scotland, also will sing. Kvery program will carry an an nouncement that broadcasting l from Omaha, “gateway to the west and the east.” - --== - ‘-^Tl WOLFE EL iCTRIC CO. AT 1414 313 So. 17th St. LISTEN-^ on the W mderful PROGRAMS Everv Night Oa^aha N»b. Selectivity 1 Parity Volume W.strihrtor* tor' V*'h"llil"11'"1 • The DX-Type 68 Receivei it t trnim |of Un well known Federal Telephone & Telegraph Co. This set has one stop of Radio Froquoncx. Ite teP i* Hl1'1 tvvo «tel» of Au?10 frequency. It is the best combination in the market, of gn at st KvtiviW Jpui p^ ol aiK^ good volume. And the price is much teas than many inferior sets, $116.00. ■wr.* Eloganco ^ Scientific Precision Combined/ / • i KENNEDY "Tlie Royalty of Radio” YOU will welcome a COLIN B. KENNEDY RECEIVING SET in your home. Its distinguished appearance lends itself to the most refined surroundings and outwardly reflects the accuracy and precision exercised in its manu facture. In a cabinet of beautifully finished hardwood and mounted behind a richly polished panel you will find a series of precision instruments—each correctly designed in itself and each exactly co ordinated with the balance of the set. Ease of control, long distance reception, elimi nation of interference and the utmost pleasure and satisfaction in its use- are assured with a Kennedy receiver. We will be glad to place the COLIN B. KEN NEDY EQUIPMENT in your home for demon stration free of charge. j _- - ■ ■ ■ * 11 *"*‘i . Other Complete Sets $15.00 and Up Terms May Be Arranged Our Radio Expert Will Re Glad . to Help You With Your Problems 419 South 16th Street DE FOREST RADIO EQUIPMENT This set, with small loop aeriai, •a shown, has received from coast to coast. It ia a wonder of compact efficiency. DeForeat eats range from $35 to $130. Call on as for the best there is in radio. Who Do You Want to Hear Tonight?' ! They all talk at once these nights! If you wan what you wrant when you want it, you migh’ as well stop struggling with single-circuit receivers. ' Under present conditions, with several hundred powerful broadcasting stations operating on one narrow wave band, the single-circuited re ceiver is utterly inadequate to give you sati factory results. The De Forest Type D-7-A Reflex Receiver gives you the station you want when you want it— and no other. You can tune in accurately and get a clear, complete program without inter ruption or disturbance. Omaha folks are getting remarkable result with their DeForest sets. Mrs. F. W. Pleging 0224 Florence Blvd., frequently receives Pitts burgh and Los Angeles in the same evening with her Type D-7-A and two-foot loop aerial Others report equally fine results. Phone, call or write for a copy of our new catalog, just coming off the pres«. nFAIFRS- Be our authorized agent for ULJ\LLl\D . DeFore#t Radio Equipment Write today for our libera! dealer proposition. Auto Electric & Radio Corp. 2813 Harney Street Omaha, Neb. IN keepirg with the new Wood men of the World Broadcast ing Station which is the finest and 'one of the largest in the country Announcing— I * / Omaha’s Finest Radio Parlor t where you can go and hear the best Radio Receiving Sets demonstrated. A complete line,' frem the small crystal sets to the finest ol Console and Giand Designs are here on display. We will welcome the opportunity to demonstrate these Idealities t0 you—and of showing you the enjoyment and entertainme nt which is at your instant command with the modern. Radio Receiving Set in your home. The Radio Shop 308 South 18th Street Jackson 1434 Omaha. Nebr 1 Ieres Chance for You to Obtain Radio Equipment l'wcnty Prizes Will Be Gi\en at Better Humes Sliov to Makers of Batlio Sets. Radio is doing more toward “keet ing the home fires burning" than a; other form of entertainment, eithet educational or for pastime. The man; {good things going over our heads at ! most every minute of the day ar I night were meant for you and your i family to enjoy. Here la your oppoi 1 tunlty to obtain, without cent of ex i pense to you, a portion of the equlj rnent fog that radio set which you ar* j intending to build. Twenty prices will be given awa; by The Omaha Bee *at it* "Bettei i Homes” show to be held at the Audi 1 torium April 30 to May 5. Inclusive These prizes will be offered to per sons making radio receiving seta dur ing the month of April and awards 1 will be made o nthe bases of neat ness, precision, compactness. Ingenu! i ty in the assembling of parts, etc and will cover crystal receivers, slngfe tube receivers and sets employing tk use of three or more vacuum tube* either regenerative or using radio fr quency amplification. Radio contest coupon must 1 - {clipped from The Or. aha Bee ;t: i th at the Omaha Bee office before en tering the contest and sets must '1 1 complete by May 1 «o as to be put o display at the show. A card bear! ■> the name snd address f the rnak * wilt be attached to each set on di play. A radio night will be annount on which prize* will hr. award- ■ three competent Judges. Contestants may secure a !vie • f. * ’ others, but no actual work may is performed by anyone outside of tV immediate family of the person enter ing the set. No member or employ* of ar.y firm selling radio equipment may enter this contest, nor shall such person do any actual work on any set i entered in this contest, even though he be s member of the immediate family of a contestant. To give all am. equal chance no sets will be entered which have been started prior to April 1. frizes. For the best crystal receiver buiR by boy or girl under 14 year* of age: First Priz*-—Complete eqalpment ?<* bu’ldlnz a oar-tub'.- r^ffn! rat.’.e receive/ ♦ no tube included > Second Prize—Complete aer'.zl ««nr r rr*nt Third Prize—Murdock 2.0*9 Ohm h e i set. Fourth Pr!z*—Frost 2 990 Ohm hes* i eet. Fifth Pr.ze—Glaa* enclosed crystal r.-~ rector 8l*th Prize—Ruro B*bf crystal ♦' • #4r<r»r. For the best one-tube receiver, either regenerative or reflex, built !•> boy or rirl under Zst year? of age: F'~«t Prlz#—Complete equipment i r l jjldinr a two-itaft arr.p r <r.o tu‘. • • *n<*luded ) Second Pms—Wpstsyre 4l-r’ai \ariaT* •'0*»d«'n»* r with vernier % Third Prize—Murdock 1999 Ohm h-« *et. Fourth Friz*—Wcs»fryre *3-rl*t* ▼ * <*ond»nscr with vernier. Fifth rnzs—Frost - * - Ohm h*ad -« ■'* Fixth Prtzc—Weztwift I*-plate varia-. -onds riser. *nih PrU*—bs • | 21 . • : R K'*Mrv. For the best three-tube receive: either regenerative or using one e. more stag' - ' f radio f re-- y. hu.’ by boy or g:rl. including the old-* ones, up to 7<t years <Sf age: First Priz:—J'S Mig- ’ x rad o ttoo speaker 1 1 Fr z* — • ' -h' r a'ora* I ■ Mery . Third Prise— Thr l- a re .« T tjuency trarafqrmcr?* Fourth Prlie—Threw >rgs Bur a cm B HattMle*. Fifth rr*ze—Two Eria radio—fTwqu*:. ir«n*form*r» . , J iii\-h Pr.rc—Mahcxar fnsshed r*i Med mMs lor thr-e-iuh, i**e-'r*iivs »-* Sor,n«ti Pr.ie—Or.* *r»e i . gr.s R K»Mery . Clip the following coupon and bnn« 1 to the Auditorium M >.y 1. the fore noon, along with vour receiving set; Coupon must le filled out and prop erly signed. If yo« are under ag* It must be countersigned by parent or guardian. —r-: ) 1 ntranco Coupon The Omaha Daily Bee Fatlio Contest I hereby apply to . enter The . Omaha Daily Bee Radio Receiving -tot Construction Contest The type of sit I intend to enter will be: .. 1 Vsme .. Address .. .■••*•■ • I Pah* . Clip the following coupon to attar1 to your finished set when you pres*' it for exhibition at the Auditor*,un Exhibition Coupon 1 lie Omaha Daily Boo Radio t onli'-t Thu if a !TPo radio r* rriv.rs *<-. tutu b> Nam* . ..... ■ .\ddre«* ........ .j I *r \p,, ..... . acorvUtt* to ot*ri ttoati.m.-' r**?utp*a *n Th* Omaha Daily Contoit. Kntrant ., AMrm ....S __ \ eteran Employe of Omaha Gas Company Did at Home F A. Talma**. St. SOS South Thirty fifth av*nua. an employ* of ti-,« Omah* U»# compart for J4 y*ara. had at * thta momlr* at h» homo Death tnu flu* to h*nrt .1IMMO Nit ««d t-v Ma widow o*«* aon Maoon. throo broth or*. J. C. t» M .",1 Will Talmsr* * "•» lvt of Kahtwinavit*. v \ l ' ' •' r. •Nils. 1. A t»jO• ' oi tl. A »>. '*