Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 230, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1925 — Page 16

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Bu Timet Special WASHINGTON, Feb. s.—Ten new class A stations were licensed by the Department of Commerce during the past week while five stations were transferred from class C to A and two from class C to B. The new stations follow: Wave Length Power Call Station. Meters Watts. KDLR The Radio Electric Company Devils Lake, N. D. 231 5 KFAN University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 231 50 KFLP Everette M. Foster, Cedar Rapids, lowa 256 20 KFUY. Irvine H. Bouchard, Butte, Mont 254 5 WBES Bliss Electrical School, Takoma Park, M&. ........222 100 WGBM Theodore N. Saaty, Providence, R. L 234 5 WGBN Hub Radio Shop. L& Salle, 111 ..256 - 10 IVGBO Dr. Roses Artan, San Juan, P. R 275 10 * WGBP M. L. Price Music Company, Tampa, Fla. 250 50 WHBA C. C. Shaffer, Oil City, Penn 250 20 Transfer Class C to Class A KHQ Louis Wasmar, Seattle, Wash 273 100 WBS D. W. May, Inc., Newark, N. 252 / 100 WCAX University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt 250 100 WGI American Radio Research Corp., Medford, Mass. 261 100 WKAP Dutee Wilcox Flint. Inc., Cranston, R. I ....234 50 Transfer Class A to Class B WKAR Michigan Agricultural College, E. Lansing, Mich. 265.5 500 KFMX Carleton College, Northfield, Minn 336.9 750

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PENMANSHIP AND GEOGRAPHY ON AIR Oakland (Cal.) Schools Star! New One. Bu NBA Service OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. s.—Take out your writing pads, children, poise your pens, ready? Now listen to the music as you write. That’s the way they’re learning to write clearly in the Oakland public schools. After this is over, geography. These two subjects have been added to the "curriculum” at station KGO here, with the backing of the local public schools’ department of research and guidance. About 600 pupils, assembled undei normal classroom conditions in eight schools of the city, listen to Miss Myrtle Palmer, supervisor of penmanship, and follow her instructions. Better to lead her unusual class Miss Palmer has what is called a ‘‘control class’ directly before her in the studio. This class consists of three children, with pencil and paper, taking her instructions, so that she can see at a glance how fast her pupils are working throughout the city. - Loops and letters are made by count, and some rhythmic music is played to keep the children writing in unison. Every Monday morning the school children prepare for the radio geography lesson. Music starts and finishes each lecture. And the lectures are stories about famous rivers.

THEATRICAL SEAR TURNS TO RADIO 'Plain Jane' to Be Without Maxine Brown, Chicago theatrical circles were startled this week when Maxine Brown, leading lady in “Plain Jane,” announced to the management that she will leave the show when it goes on the road Feb. 9 and will devote her talents to entertaining over the radio. Miss Brown is well known as a broadcaster in Chicago and has appeared on the programs from WTAS rogularly for some time. She is a soprano with pleasing voice and has

a personality that is liked by the radio audience. She has received thousands of telegrams and letters from all parts of the United States, from Canada, Cuba and England, in which countries she has been heard while singing in Chicago. Miss Brown is the first prominent person in the theatrical field to leave the ranks of-the “board walkers” for the uncharterd channels of ether. She will be attached to the staff of VVTAS. Another addition to the WTAS stuff is Fred Hamm, formerly director of the Terrace Garden orchestra. Mr. Hamm will have his own orchestra at WTAS, which will be called “The Boss’s Own.” This is the first radio station to employ its own orchestra to entertain the invisible audience eclusively. To learn properly to tune anew set requires two or three weeks cr perhaps longer.

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