March 1933

Everything is up to date in Kansas City, went the old saying, and it was certainly true in one aspect in March 1933.

W2XAB, the CBS TV station in New York, had suddenly halted its broadcasts in February. With that, the main experimental television transmissions were coming from the Midwest.

The big station seems to have been W9XAL. It was owned by the Kansas City Journal-Post, which also owned KMBC radio. The paper’s Sunday broadcasting page columnist was a chap named John Cameron Swayze (right), who did a six-day-a-week noon newscast that went to the air on both stations. Other radio shows were simulcast. One was a variety show hosted by Emil Chaquette. He was a well-known local bandleader. Swayze profiled him in the paper’s March 5, 1933 edition, including this tale:

The scene was the studios of television station W9XAL. One of the officials was watching the picture produced by the evening television jubilee program. Suddenly he looked at his watch. "I thought that cartoonist was supposed to finish at 8 o'clock," he remarked.
A student spoke up: "Pardon me, sir, but the cartoonist has finished, the jubilee program is on now." He looked at the picture in the receiving set. "That's our program' director's picture you see."
The official started, then looked closer.
It was Emile!

I wonder if the watch was a Timex.

By month's end, Chaquette's show was off the air. An evening interview programme was added.

Also on W9XAL with Ted Malone was singer/announcer Hugh Studebaker, who left for Chicago in 1933 and was part of the supporting company on Fibber McGee and Molly. While he doesn’t talk about television, he does talk about working with Malone in an interview with chronicler Chuck Schaden.



W9XAK at Kansas State College in Manhattan began its programming this month. Other stations were on the air, including W9XK at the University of Iowa, W9YH at the University of Illinois and Purdue University’s W9XG, judging by a story about someone who had built a TV set (not included in this post). Their broadcasts were not for mass entertainment. Elsewhere, W6XAO was still broadcasting limited programming from Los Angeles.

Here are some items for the month, with W9XAL getting the focus. There is an unusual entry about a television show from the National Radio Broadcasting Company in Los Angeles. The next day, the Pasadena Star-News declared “Visual and audible reception of the program were excellent.” I cannot find the company in the 1933 or 1934 City Directories, nor any of the company's principals, and the only TV station license in Los Angeles was held by the Don Lee Broadcasting System.

Wednesday, March 1, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
12:00—Journal-Post News Flashes, with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Rose Nutter and Rhythm Sweeties.

FIRST TELEVISION SET.
The first television radio set to reach this city is now in operation. The set is in the possession of Wade Patrick, pioneer radio dealer of Brookfield [Missouri].
In a broadcast last night [1] the stations of Iowa City, Iowa, and Kansas City, featuring singers, were seen and heard. Television in a commercial sense is still in its infancy, but the set shows what the "hand writing on the wall" for the future of radio will be. The set has seven tubes, and a receiving panel in the top part of the cabinet, which transmits the pictures.
Wade, who was the first to develop the radio business in Brookfield, is still holding to his prestige by being the first with television. (Brookfield Argus, Mar. 1)

W3BBD Known to Hundreds of Operators in All Parts of the World—Owner Also Experiments Successfully With Television
The brilliant flashes of a blue tube and the insane acrobatics of a half dozen dials are the only visible signs to inform the novice that a powerful short wave radio station is operating with the skilled hand of one with years’ of experience at the key.
The station is W3BBD, owned and operated by Conard M. Gilbert, 206 Harding avenue, Collingswood. . .who is 27. . .
Gilbert recently built and operated a television outfit, and succeeded in receiving several pictures from Washington via that channel. However, the pictures were almost illegible, and Gilbert gave up the set until such time as method of sending shall be improved. (Post-Courier, Camden, N.J.)

Thursday, March 2, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
10:00 a.m.—Uncle Ezra’s Ramblings, KMBC.
12:00—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Judy Conrad and Leo Bates, WLBF.

Sound-Sight Program Will Be Open to the Public Friday Over Stations WSUI, W9XK
First public demonstration of a sound-sight program broadcast over radio station WSUI and television station W9XK at the University of Iowa will he made Friday evening [3] at 6:15 o'clock in the chemistry building corridor.
The program will be under the direction of Prof. E. B. Kurtz, head of the electrical engineering department and "father" of the university television elation, first one operating at an American university. The demonstration will precede Professor Kurtz' Baconian lecture at 7 o'clock on "Problems in Television."
A regular WSUI feature will be sent out over the television and radio microphones in the electrical engineering building studios. The program will he received in sound-sight in the corridor of the chemistry building, where visitors will pats on their way to the auditorium for the lecture.
Professor Kurtz in his lecture will explain the fundamental processes of television used in the local station, W9XK. The talk will be illustrated by stereopticon slides showing the principle of operation, as well as pictures of the equipment used. After describing the method of operation involved in transmitting and receiving, he will discuss and explain the important problems that must be solved in order to transmit pictures of larger area and finer texture.
Professor Kurtz has been head of the department of electrical engineering for the last four years. He received his bachelor's degree in 1917 at Wisconsin, and holds the degrees of M.S. in electrical engineering from Union college, Schenectady, N. Y., and E.E. and Ph.D., from Iowa State college at Ames. He was head of the electrical engineering and acting dean of engineering at Oklahoma A. and M. college before coming to Iowa. Sound-sight demonstrations for several faculty groups have been given recently, with Friday night's program the first that has been opened to the public. (Iowa City Press-Citizen)

Mechanism Being Built at K. S. C. Will have Only One Other Equal
A scanning disc which will have but one equal in the United States is now under construction in the college television laboratory by L. C. Paslay and H. H. Higginbottom. The disc is one of the most important parts of the television set and must be constructed with extreme accuracy, said Mr. Paslay. It must be balanced so that it can run smoothly at 1,200 revolutions per minute. This part would take but a short time in comparison with arranging the holes through which the light must be filtered. (Manhattan, Kan. Journal)

Marceline News— Marceline [Missouri] has been well represented on radio programs within the last week. Friday afternoon, Lawrence Patrick, son of Dr. and Mrs. P. L. Patrick, sang from station KMBC, Kansas City. He appeared on the television experimental program. (The Bulletin, Linneus, Mo., Mar. 2)

Friday, March 3, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
12:00—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Rev. Earl A. Blackman, Youth’s Forum, and Four Molton Bros., WLBF.
9:00—Ed Cochrane’s Sports Chat, KMBC.

Kurtz Demonstrates Sight-Sound Program Over W9XK and WSUI
Demonstration and explanation of sound-sight broadcasts as sent out by radio station WSUI and television station W9XK at the University of Iowa was given to about 1,000 persons Friday evening [3] at the chemistry auditorium. It was the first public demonstration of television, with Prof. E. B. Kurtz, head of the electrical engineering department, explaining the operation in his Baconian lecture which followed the broadcast.
The reception was made in the corridor of the chemistry building from 6:45 to 7 o'clock, with the large crowd permitted only a short view and then moved on to make room for others. In his lecture, Professor Kurtz explained the process of changing the light waves reflected from the subject to be broadcast into electric current through a photoelectric cell, transmitted to the receiver, and changed back by the "glow lamp" to the image seen on the screen. (Iowa City Press-Citizen, Mar. 4)

Saturday, March 4, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
12:00—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, Texas Ranger, KMBC.
6:30—Kansas City Bar Association, James M. Johnson, speaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Judy Conrad and Bill and Mary, WLBF.

W9YH, University of Chicago
11:00 to 11:15 a.m.—Television program.

Combined Pictures, Sound Will Be Broadcast Today in First Program Over WILL, W9YH
Combined pictures and sound will be broadcast today by the University on its first publicly announced television program via station W9YH, located in the radio laboratories of the department of electrical engineering, Electrical Engineering laboratory, and the University's radio station, WILL. The program will go on the air from 11 a. m. until 11:15.
F. J. Darke, Jr. '33 and D. E Chapman, graduate student, both of them majors in electrical engineering, are operators of the television set. They have been working on it since last September. Prof. Hugh A. Brown of the department of electrical engineering has acted as their technical adviser.
Last Saturday [Feb. 25] the first program —an experimental program — was broadcast. Today will begin regular Saturday broadcasts with the exception of March 11 and 17, when a conflict on WILL'S program will make television broadcast via that station impossible at 11 a. m.
Ukelele selections and singing by E. J. Emery '35 and a four-minute talk on the history of television by Darke will make up the program which will be broadcast. Darke will be the announcer.
The subjects to be broadcast will stand in the television booth in the radio laboratory with the pictures being sent out directly from W9YH while a wire will carry the sound over to WILL where it will be broadcast. W9YH operates on a frequency of 1884 kilocycles and WILL on 890 kilocycles. W9YH has a 500-watt transmitter, and sends out 45 hole, three spiral, 900 revolutions-per-minute television signals. (Daily Illini)

Monday, March 6, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends, with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Gladys Schnorf, pianist, WLBF.

GLADYS SCHNORF ON TELEVISION JUBILEE
Gladys Schnorf, Kansas City pianist will again be featured on the Television Jubilee program, Monday night [6] at 8 o'clock over television station W9XAL.
Her numbers will be "The Fountain" by Provaznik and "The Legend" by Albeniz.
Other artists that have a prominent part in the program during the week are Emile Chaquette, Judy Conrad, Don Watson, Gaylord Bentley. Doris Bicknell, Kitty Evers, Rose Mary Dougherty, Bill and Mary and the Four Milton Brothers. (Kansas City Journal, Mar. 5, 1933)

Masons To See Demonstration Of Television
Pictures Of Dancer, Chief Will Be Broadcast
Pictures transmitted by television will be shown at the stated meeting of Pasadena Masonic Lodge, No. 272, tomorrow night at the Masonic Temple. It will be the first television demonstration held in Pasadena.
Dance Program
Collenette, former Pavlowa dance artist, and one of her ballets will appear on the program, and the Venetian Trio, composed of Robert Olson, piano; Hamilton Lawrence, violin; and Winslow Adams, 'cello,' will play. This year marks the golden anniversary of Pasadena Lodge, the oldest Masonic group in the city and the program is one of a series to mark the fiftieth anniversary.
The television demonstration will tie up a Los Angeles broadcasting station one hour and involve the services of nearly fifty persons. Collenette and Police Chief Charles H. Kelley, the latter a past master of Pasadena Lodge, will be televised from the National Radio Broadcasting studio. Collenette, following her appearance on the dance program, will be taken with Chief Kelley to the television studio by a police escort.
Two Numbers Planned
The Collenette ballet will appear in two numbers, "The Awakening" and a comedy feature. There will also be solo and duet dances. Those to appear are Dorothy Dean, Joanne Turner, Ida Lee, Inetta Buell, Anne Abbott, Phyllis Lee, Mary Beauchamp, Helene Richards, Shirley Nash, Barbara Brooks, May Belle La Rue and Joan Roamer, while principles will be Evelyn Le Moene, Lysle Winter, Thelma Hersey, Jean Allen and Nata Lane.
The television experiment will be explained by Thomas Nikert, radio engineer, and Mr. Haroldsen of the National Radio Television School. L. Rosencranz, also of the television school will be in charge of the receiving equipment. W. G. Patterson of the radio shop bearing his name, will be chairman of the program. Ralph T. Merriam, Pasadena Lodge worshipful master, will preside. The program will follow a short business session. (Pasadena Post, Mar. 5)

Tuesday, March 7, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends, with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Emma Pritchard and Dorothy Lang, WLBF.

Wednesday, March 8, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:00—Interview with Karl Moore, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends, with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Judy Conrad and Ester Nelson, WLBF.

Thursday, March 9, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
10:00 a.m.—Uncle Ezra’s Ramblings, KMBC.
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Ethel Osborne, Mickey and Margie, WLBF.

BEGIN TELEVISION BROADCASTS SOON
University of Iowa Ready To Begin Regular Schedule of Illustrated Lectures Over Air.
IOWA CITY—University of Iowa's radio and television stations, WSUI and W9XK, are ready to present the first scheduled series of sight-sound educational programs every given by an American university, Prof. Edward B. Kurtz, head of the department of electrical engineering, announced Friday.
Details of the broadcasts are now being arranged and it is expected that a regular schedule of illustrated lectures will commence next week. Illustrated lectures have been chosen for program material because they are adaptable to radio and television synchronization, pictures being confined to small areas with limited details.
At first the broadcasts will probably be made once a wekk, between 7 and 7:30 p.m., the exact evenings being undetermined as yet. Later in the year programs may be given twice or even three times weekly.
While the number of Iowans owning television receiving sets is not known, Prof. Kurtz predicted that the number will increase as sigh-sound programs go on the air. A set can now be purchased for as little as $85.
The first sight-sound program from the synchronized stations was broadcast in January before a group of faculty members. Two later demonstrations, one of them public, have proved that the broadcasts are practical.
Granted in January, 1932, the license for W9XK was the first for a visual station west of the Mississippi. Broadcast hours are unlimited and experimental work, especially that requiring operation of a transmitter, is permitted. (Cedar Rapids Gazette)

Former Eldon Boy’s Work Is Recognized at U. of Minnesota
Max Risley, a former student of Eldon High School, is one of the co-builders of a television set —the first ever constructed at the University of Minnesota—which was the subject of a recent article in The Minneapolis Tribune. His partner in the construction was Robert Campbell and both of them are graduate students at the University.
The set was constructed largely of old parts reclaimed from the university's electrical department "morgue" and made its initial public appearance at a recent meeting of the student chapter of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
The construction required eight months, the students working six hours a day during the first four, and three hours a day during the last two. At present the contrivance is in an elementary stage, but will project a small picture two inches square. The students hope, with more labor, to be able to produce larger and clearer images.
The apparatus is equipped only for direct wire transmission, but Risley and Campbell have been receiving radio television programs nightly from Chicago and Kansas City. Since television broadcasts rarely can be dependable over a distance of more than twenty-five miles, the record is considered remarkable.
Max is the son of Mrs. Ella Risley, of Sherburn, Minn. and the brother of Mrs. John Gattermeir of Olean. (Eldon Advertiser)

Friday, March 10, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Judy Conrad and Bruce Robbins, WLBF.
9:00—Ed Cochrane’s Sports Chat, KMBC.

Saturday, March 11, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, Texas Ranger, KMBC.
4:30—Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
6:30—Kansas City Bar Association, presenting T.J. Madden, speaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Pearl Silvers, WLBF.
W9YH, University of Chicago
11:50 to 12:00 noon—Television program.

'BOOKENDS' DEDICATED TO GIRL SCOUTS
KMBC's popular feature, "Between the Bookends," is to be dedicated to the twenty-first birthday anniversary of the Girl Scout organization when it takes the air at 4:30 o'clock Saturday [11]. The anniversary is on Sunday the following day.
The program will be conducted, as usual by Ted Malone, with Hugh Studebaker furnishing suitable organ music.
Digressing from his usual readings and philosophy, Ted Malone will present Margaret Fifield, leader of the Kansas City Girl Scouts, and a select chorus of girls from the organization.
As "Between the Bookends" is to be broadcast by more than twenty stations of the Columbia network throughout the West, arrangements have been made with the national headquarters to have all troops of the Girl Scouts in Kansas City and in the West gather and tune in for the program. When the group of Kansas City girls sing the Scouting songs, these troops will be requested to join them, making in actuality, the greatest chorus of Girl Scouts ever to sing at one time. (Kansas City Journal-Post, Mar. 5)

Sunday, March 12, 1933
Her Singing Assists In The Emergency Relief Drive, Boston
Miss Sheila O’Donovan Rossa, a mezzo soprano, who has been heard locally many times, is taking an active part in the Boston Emergency Relief drive. Miss Rossa has sung the campaign song “The Mother’s Prayer” in practically every ward in the City, softening the hearts of her audiences and spurring the solicitors on to greater efforts.
Her appearances have been sponsored by Mayor James M. Curley as one of his official efforts.
Miss Rossa is known as “Miss Television” and sings over the international short wave station every Friday night [W1XAV]. (Portland Press Herald)

Monday, March 13, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:00—Roscoe Ates interviewed by Dick Smith, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends, with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Gladys Schnorf, pianist, WLBF.

How about Roscoe Ates’ stutter on the radio, would you like it? The stuttering comic arrived in the Heart of America Saturday morning [11] for his 6-say appearance at the Sni-a-Bar Gardens to announce that he was willing to do some air work if he found the right vehicle. So at 4 o’clock Monday you can hear him stuttering at Dick Smith over KMBC and see him over W9XAL. (Kansas City Journal-Post, Mar. 12)

BARKER BROTHERS TO OPEN ELECTRIC SHOW
Starting Monday Barker Brothers are presenting an electrical show, featuring the newest developments in radio refrigeration and electrical aids for the home. A magic electrical kitchen has been constructed where everything is done electrically and which will be open to the public daily. Through the courtesy of the Don Lee television stations and the National Radio and Television School, Barker Brothers will present continuous television programs each day during the exposition from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
[Don Lee was broadcasting W6XS on 140 metres and W6XAO on 6 ¾ metres, 80 line single spiral image repeated 15 times a second.] (Los Angeles Times, Mar. 11)

Tuesday, March 14, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends, with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette’s Television Jubilee, WLBF.

Wednesday, March 15, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends, with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Helen Lindsey, WLBF.

Thursday, March 16, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette’s Television Jubilee, WLBF.

Motion Pictures Of Quake Sent By Radio Television
LOS ANGELES, March 16.— (AP) —For the first time in history, the station claims, motion picture scenes [Pathe news reel] of a major disaster were transmitted by television, as W6XS, the Don Lee television station here, broadcast scenes of the Long Beach-Compton earthquake area.
Operating simultaneously, the 1,000-watt W6XS and the ultra-short wave sister station, W6XAO, broadcast film scenes showing the survivors, wrecked buildings and the general havoc wrought by last week's shocks.

Friday, March 17, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette’s Television Jubilee with Four Milton Brothers, WLBF.
9:00—Ed Cochrane’s Sports Chat, KMBC.

Engineers’ open house, which last year attracted nearly 7,000 visitors and 5,000 the year before, again will be given for students, townspeople, and the public in general Friday night [17] and all day Saturday at Kansas State. This is the thirteenth presentation of the event.
This year a complete television demonstration will be given as one of the outstanding features of the free educational show. (Manhattan, Ks. Mercury, Mar. 16)

TELEVISION TO START FRIDAY
University Stations to Open Sight-Sound Programs
Inauguration of a regularly scheduled sight-sound series of programs will he started over the University of Iowa's synchronized television and radio stations, W9XK and WSUI, Friday evening at 7:10 o'clock. The sight-sound programs will be given each Friday evening at 7:10 o'clock during the remainder of the semester, according to Prof. E. B. Kurtz, head of the department of electrical engineering who is in charge of the television station.
Friday evening's initial broadcast will include an illustrated lecture on art under the direction of Mr. Aden Arnold [right], instructor in the graphic and plastic arts department, and some readings by speech department members under the direction of Prof. H. C. Harshbarger.
Granted a federal government license in January, 1932, the first synchronized broadcast was given early this year by the university stations. The university license, permitting experimental work in all of the field with unlimited broadcasting time, was the first license issued for a visual station west of the Mississippi river.
Plan of Professor Kurtz and Dr. Bruce E. Mahan, chairman of the radio board, call for the sight-sound series to present a varied type of programs. (Iowa City Press-Citizen)

Television Popular.
Combined television and radio broadcasts, which were put on the air from University of Iowa stations WSUI and W9XX [sic] in the first regular program of a series Friday evening [17], will be continued at least until May, according to Prot. E. R. Kurtz, head of the university electrical engineering department. The presentations are believed to be the first made on a fixed schedule by an educational institution in the United States.
Illustrated lectures, contributed by faculty members, are planned for the series of broadcasts, altho present equipment will make it necessary to confine illustrations to those of a small area, with limited detail. (Quad City Times, Mar. 19)

Saturday, March 18, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, Texas Ranger, KMBC.
6:30—Kansas City Bar Association, presenting James P. Aylward, speaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Judy Conrad and Gaylord Bentley, WLBF.
W9YH, University of Chicago
11:50 to 12:00 noon—Television program.

Sunday, March 19, 1933
Radio School's Music Division Will Be Opened
The National Broadcasting School this evening will entertain the musical world of Los Angeles at the formal opening of its music department. Following a reception in the auditorium of the school a program will be presented, in which modern methods of broadcasting and some tricks of the trade will be displayed. Musical broadcasting, both instrumental and vocal, will be featured, with some discussion by Alexander Bevani, head of the department. Dr. Charles Frederick Lindsley, head of the announcers' school, will be heard in a literary broadcast and Marta Oatman players will present a short radio drama. Harold Isbell, Los Angeles and Chicago announcer, will conduct the program and add to it a number of back-stage novelties. A special feature of the evening will be a television broadcast, in which both the sound and picture will be sent out on the air and received again in the studio. Alberta Campbell Simmons, director of the National Broadcasting School, and Alexander Bevan, head of the department of radio singing, have been figures in the musical life of Los Angeles for the past decade. (Los Angeles Times)

Monday, March 20, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends, with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Gladys Schnorf, pianist, WLBF.

Tuesday, March 21, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends with Ted Malone, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette’s Television Jubilee, WLBF.

Wednesday, March 22, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends with Ted Malone, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Judy Conrad and Gaylord Bentley, WLBF.

VERGIL TACY ANNOUNCES TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Vergil Tacy, son of Mr and Mrs. T. O. Tacy, 471 Park avenue, is announcing the weekly television programs for stations WSUI and 49XU at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.
The programs, which are believed to be the first of their kind broadcast regularly west of the Mississippi river, are on the air every Friday at 7:10 p. m. Tacy not only announces the programs but also takes part in them.
He is a junior in the college of liberal arts and will enter the law school next year. He is a graduate of Abraham Lincoln high school. (Council Bluffs Nonpareil

Thursday, March 23, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
10:00—Uncle Ezra’s Ramblings, KMBC
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette’s Television Jubilee, WLBF.

Friday, March 24, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
8:00—Emile Chaquette with Judy Conrad, WLBF.
9:00—Ed Cochrane’s Sports Chat, KMBC.

DENTAL TALK BY TELEVISION
Dr. Charles L. Drain to Give Address Over Station Here
Believed to be the first dental talk ever carried by a television station in the world, Dr. Charlee L. Drain of the college of dentistry faculty will speak Friday night in the sight-sound program over the University of Iowa radio and television stations, WSUI and W9XK. Doctor Drain will talk on the subject of "Oral Hygiene" at 7:10 o'clock.
Following the lecture, selections will be given by members of the music, speech and arts department, according to Prof. E. B. Kurtz, head of the electrical engineering department and director of the television station. The sight-sound programs were inaugurated last week as a regular Friday evening feature. (Iowa City Press-Citizen)

Saturday, March 25, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, Texas Ranger, KMBC.
6:30—Kansas City Bar Association, presenting Henry M. Beardsley, speaker, KMBC.
W9YH, University of Chicago
11:00 to 11:15 a.m.—Television program.

VACATE ORDER OF ASSET SALE
WILMINGTON, Del., March 25—(AP)—Judge John P. Nields in federal court today vacated his recent order for the sale next Tuesday of assets of the Jenkins Television Corporation.
The court stated that it had not been sufficiently advised as to the value of the corporation’s assets and of the necessity for the sale.
It was stated here that the proposed sale of the assets of the DeForest Radio Corporation to the Radio Corporation of America for about $500,000 was contingent on the ability of the receivers also to deliver the assets of the Jenkins Corpoation.

Sunday, March 26, 1933
Television Permit Denied
Application of the Visual Radio Corporation of Watsontown, Pa., for authority to erect a new 1,000-watt experimental television station later to be operated in Philadelphia, has been denied by the Federal Radio Commission, which has sustained the finding of its examiner that the proposed venture would not add to the scientific knowledge or development of television. (Washington Sunday Star)

Monday, March 27, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends, with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.

Sending and receiving of radio programs by television in full view of the audience, will be demonstrated at the Minneapolis Auto, Home and Flower show, which opens next Monday [27] at the Minneapolis Auditorium. Arrangements for this feature were completed today by George K. Belden and H. H. Cory, show manager, following a conference with Dr. George W. Young of WDGY.
A 500-watt broadcasting station, the first of its kind in the northwest, will be installed in the auditorium. The broadcasting and receiving booths will be located so show visitors will be able to watch both operations. The receiving set will reproduce a picture 14 inches square, and represents the latest equipment in this branch of radio. (Minneapolis Star, Mar. 20)

Lou Breese will attempt a novel experiment in that he will direct the orchestra by remote control, the musicians responding to the waving of his baton as his image is shown on the screen. (Minneapolis Journal, Mar. 26)

One of the spots that attracted much attention was the television booth. Starting at 1 p. m., demonstrations were staged every 20 minutes. That schedule will be maintained the remainder of show week. Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Mar. 28)

Tuesday, March 28, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends with Ted Malone, KMBC.

Wednesday, March 29, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
2:45—Television interview with Ted Malone, KMBC. 4:30—Between the Bookends, KMBC.
9:30—9:30—First National Television interview, KMBC.

Thursday, March 30, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends, KMBC.
9:30 to 10:00 p.m.—Television interview with Ted Malone, KMBC.

TELEVISION!
An event of unusual interest from both a scientific and entertainment standpoint is slated for next Thursday [30] and Friday when, for the first time, a complete motion picture feature production will be broadcast over radio-television. "The Crooked Circle," World Wide picture, featuring Ben Lyon, Zasu Pitts, James Gleason and Irene Purcell has been selected. A special demonstration, open without charge to the public, will be on view at Barker Brothers' radio department. [The film aired without sound] (Los Angeles Evening Post-Record, Mar. 25)

SCIENCE MEET SET
Gathering at Manhattan to Be April 13-15.
MANHATTAN, KAS., March 30.— (Special)—Dr. George F. Johnson, secretary of the Kansas Academy of Science, has announced the program of the sixty-fifth annual meeting of the academy, to be held at Kansas State college here April 13, 14 and 15. . . .
Plans are being made to stage a television exhibition for the visiting academy members. An address by Dr. J C. Peterson of Kansas State college will be broadcast from Denison hall and flashed on the television screen in Engineering hall, through the equipment of television station W9XAK. (Kansas City Journal, Mar. 30)

Friday, March 31, 1933
W9XAL, Kansas City
11:50—Journal-Post News Flashes with John Cameron Swayze, KMBC.
12:15—Tex Owens, KMBC.
4:30—Between the Bookends with Ted Malone and Hugh Studebaker, KMBC.
9:30—Interview with Ted Malone, KMBC.

PLAN EVENING OF FELLOWSHIP
Junior, Senior Chambers Of Commerce Will Dine Friday
Members of the Iowa City senior and junior chambers of commerce will meet together Friday night [31] for an evening of entertainment, fellowship, and fun, the feature of which will be a program of television, to be broadcast by station W9XK of the University of Iowa.
The special event has been called, "Goodfellows Night", and will begin with a dinner at 6:15 o'clock Friday night at the American Legion Community building. Community singing will follow the dinner and shortly before 7:10 o'clock, the television will get underway.
The television broadcast, enabling the members to not only hear but see the broadcast, will he made from the television studios in the electrical engineering building of the University of Iowa and will be received at the Legion building on one of the latest approved commercial television receiving sets.
Prof. E. B. Kurtz, of the college of engineering, director of the television station, will be in charge of the program and will present a brief explanatory address before the broadcast. Mr. Carl Menzer, director of radio station WSUI, will announce the program over the air and Mr. J. L. Patter, operator of station W9XK, will have charge of operating the station. (Iowa City Press-Citizen, Mar. 30)

Complete Program For Joint Meeting Chambers Commerce
Program for the joint meeting of the Iowa city junior and senior chambers of commerce, to be held beginning at 6:15 o'clock Friday night [31] at the American Legion Community building, was announced Thursday by Mr. D. W. Crum, senior secretary. . . .
The feature of the program will be the receiving of a television program to be broadcast from the University of Iowa television station W9XK and WSUI. The television program will include a skit by Wanda Mathison and Bernice Erlandson of the university speech department, and a short talk, "The Language of the Architect," by Prof. F. G. Higbee, of the college of engineering. (Iowa City Press-Citizen, Mar. 30)

REGULAR TELEVISION SCHEDULE AT COLLEGE
Programs on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings Broadcast Over W9XAK
The Kansas State college television broadcasting station W9XAK went on the air this week on regular schedule. Two broadcasts are scheduled for each week, one Tuesday and the other Saturday, from 6:30 to 7:15 o'clock. Those participating in the programs this week were Miss Roberta Shannon, reader; Max Burk, trombone; W. M. Sandel, harmonica; Tom Haines, trumpet and guitar; and William Fitch, oboe. Vinton Johnson has been in charge.
The broadcasts have been confined to pictures of those taking part in the program, no sound being broadcast. It is hoped that station KSAC can be synchronised with the picture broadcasts so that sound and pictures can be put onto the air at the same time.
Prof. R. G. Kloeffler, head of the electrical engineering department, and H. H. Higginbottom, one of the men who set up the station, went toward Topeka Thursday afternoon in automobiles with television receivers and tests were made at various points. The college station was on the air with a test program. (Manhattan Morning Chronicle, Mar. 31)

News, Football and Dietrich

“Television came a step nearer to reality,” wrote Kenneth Frogley in the August 25, 1933 edition of the Los Angeles Daily News as he reported that W6XAO and W6XS had begun broadcasting motion pictures the night before under a deal between Don Lee and Paramount.

The simulcasting stations (on different frequencies) still had no live programming.

The International Photographer magazine of November 1933 expounded on what the stations were doing.

NEW TELEVISION Service Inaugurated
Television has taken a new and significant step forward, it is revealed in the announcement of "full-length feature" broadcasts of movie film by the Don Lee television transmitters W6XS and W6XAO, Los Angeles.
By virtue of the new schedule, full length Paramount features, and preview trailers, now become part of the regular transmission schedules of the television stations, in addition to current Pathe newsreels and close-ups heretofore comprising the television fare of W6XS and W6XAO. This is more program material than has ever before been transmitted by any television station in the country.
Cecil B. De Mille's "This Day and Age" and "The Texan" starring Gary Cooper, were the first features to be televised under the new set-up.
"Although all television is as yet experimental, motion picture producers with an eye to the future are cooperating with us in the expansion of our television service," said Harry R. Lubcke, director of television for the Don Lee Broadcasting System. "Since the Federal Radio Commission has ruled it experimental, the transmission of featured material is prefixed with the prescribed phrase, "These visual broadcasts are experimental."
The new service marks a distinct advance in television perfection. In addition to closeups, outdoor scenes and full length shots are received with surprising clarity. A certain newsreel contained shots of a women's swimming meet in which it was possible to see the various contestants dive into the water and swim in their respective lanes, and to notice a white-shirted official follow them in a rowboat.
These images were received three and one-half miles from the transmitter under regular home receiving conditions, and represent a much closer approach to commercial television than the demonstrations which are being held from room to room in a laboratory, or upon the stage.
Accurate identification of film subject-matter, has been reported by lookers as far away as Santa Paula, fifty-five miles airline from the Don Lee Building, Los Angeles, the receiver operators recognizing such objects as pictures on the wall of a room. Other reception reports include accurate and useful data on signal strength, of great help in television research continually being carried on by the Don Lee engineers.
During the last two and one-half years that the stations have been operating, over 4,000,000 feet of motion picture film has been shown. This is believed to be the largest television footage exhibited by any station.
Both W6XS (1000 watts, 2150 kilocycles or 140 meters), and W6XAO (150 watts, 44,500 kilocycles or 3 3/4 meters) are now operated from 7 to 9 P. M. nightly; and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9 to 11, transmitting images of 80 lines at 15 frames a second.
W6XAO occupies all of its three licensed bands on the morning schedules, using, in addition to its 44,500 kilocycle frequency on Mondays, 66,700 kilocycles or 4 1/2 meters and 49,400 kilocycles or 6 meters on Wednesdays and Fridays, respectively.
Data on the construction of a television receiver for reception of these broadcasts will be sent to those sending in a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Television Department, Don Lee Broadcasting System, Los Angeles.

Up until that time, with rare exception, there had been no entertainment programming on the stations; just tests. And there were likely few TV sets in the Los Angeles area (the second frequency was started in 1932 because viewers couldn’t pick up the other one).

This meant extremely little coverage of local television in the Los Angeles-area press. But there were occasional programming notes in some of the papers for a while after the debut. The Los Angeles Times began regular coverage on October 10. The W6XS and W6XAO did not broadcast on Sundays. Other days below may simply be missing.

The stories don’t say if the station broadcast sight and sound simultaneously. Before we get to the listings, there was a special programme not mentioned in them that The International Photographer reported on in its December 1933 issue.

Television Football Record Set
The Editor
At 8:45 p. m., just three hours and forty-five minutes after the close of the Stanford-U. S. C. Trojan football game on Armistice Day, the Don Lee television transmitters, W6XS and W6XAO, were broadcasting scenes showing Stanford University's sensational 13 to 7 win.
This is believed to be the shortest time in which football scenes have ever reached the television screen, according to Harry R. Lubcke, Director of Television of the Don Lee Broadcasting System. So far as is known, a football game has not yet been televised directly. Thus, motion picture film is the only vehicle for television presentation of a scene of this nature. Paramount Newsreel made the rapid showing possible by dispatching the film to the station as soon as it came irom the printing tanks.
That the Don Lee equipment handled this difficult subject in a satisfactory manner is evidenced by a letter from Mr. E. D. Erickson, who was invited to view the scenes by some friends at 1117 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, on equipment built by themselves. Mr. Erickson had never before seen a television image, but wrote as follows of the scenes that flashed before him:
"Bleachers and crowd plainly seen — Panorama view of bleachers very clear — lines and goal post very clear — Follow players and see arms and legs clearly — Lining up and plays clear but could not distinguish players except by uniforms which made it possible to designate teams — Ball carrier and plays, also direction of plays clearly seen — Runner going towards goal post with others after him and make touchdown — could distinctly see the end lines — could see legs of runners plainly — then the line-up play and it was a kick — See the yell leaders in front of the grandstand very plainly — Another play, could see legs and arms but not very plainly — Could see referee, crouch, tackle and play distinctly — Long distance shot not good — Could see them spread out in the field, but could not see the ball — Side lines and stripes very distinct — Line men with tape very distinct. Announcing 8 :49 p. m.
"The above was seen by me, and in my opinion the average person who knows nothing of football would be able to distinguish it as a football game; and to the man familiar, it was of interest and distinct, as above outlined."
(Signed) E. D. Erickson.
All the scenes, except that of the yell leader, were taken from the highest point in the stadium, in the usual newsreel manner. They were well taken and much credit is due Messrs. Joe Johnson, Koverman, and Kelly of Paramount News for their good work.
The Don Lee stations regularly broadcast Paramount features, Paramount trailers, and Pathe Newsreels nightly except Sunday from 7 to 9 p. m. and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9 to 11 a. m. W6XS operates on 2800 kilocycles (107 meters), simultaneously with W6XAO on 44,500 kilocycles (6 3/4 meters).

To back up a bit, first, there was media coverage of the stations airing “film scenes showing the survivors, wrecked buildings and the general havoc” of the Long Beach-Compton earthquake of March 10, 1933 hours after it happened. The footage was taken by Pathe newsreel cameramen.

The March 25 edition of the Los Angeles Record mentioned “for the time, a complete motion picture feature production will be broadcast over radio-television.” It was The Crooked Circle featuring Ben Lyon, Zasu Pitts and James Gleason. It was scheduled for airing on March 30 and 31, with TV sets available for viewing—free!—at Barker Bros. radio department.

Wednesday, September 27
7 p.m.—“The Mighty,” starring George Bancroft. 8:30—Current Pathe News. 8:45—Excerpts from “The Big Broadcast,” starring Bing Crosby.

Tuesday, October 3
7 p.m.—Excerpt from “A Bed-Time Story”; feature, “The Light of Western Stars.”

Tuesday, October 10
7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“The Girl in 419” with James Dunn and Gloria Stewart. 7:35—“True to the Navy.”

Wednesday, October 11
9:15 a.m.—Excerpts from “Girl in 419” and “A Farewell to Arms.” 9:25—Pathe News. 9:40 and 7 p.m.—“True to the Navy.” 8:25—Pathe News. 8:40—“A Farewell to Arms.”

Thursday, October 12
7 p.m.—Excerpts from Paramount’s “Her Bodyguard.” 7:10 to 9 p.m.—“Young Eagles.”

Friday, October 13
9 a.m.—“Her Bodyguard.” 9:10—“Young Eagles.”
7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Young Eagles.”

Saturday, October 14
7 p.m.—“Her Bodyguards.”
7:10—Pathe News. 7:25—“Young Eagles.”

Monday, October 16
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—“Young Eagles.” 10:45--Pathe News. 7 p.m.—“Midnight Club.” 7:15—Pathe News. 7:30—“Young Eagles.”

Tuesday, October 17
3 and 7 p.m.—Special radio show film.
What television will mean to the world in the near future is being demonstrated at the Radio Progress Show in the Shrine Auditorium this week.
Stations W6XAO and W6XS television outlets operated by the Don Lee Broadcasting System, with Harry R. Lubcke, director of television, in charge, are devoting five hours daily to the Radio Show, where receiving apparatus will be in operation from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m., under the supervision of Remington Radio and Television Corporation, in collaboration with the E.D. Dunn Company. These receivers will be under the technical supervision of W. Scott Hall, Jr. (Los Angeles Times)

Wednesday, October 18
3 and 7 p.m.—Special film.

Thursday, October 19
3 and 7 p.m.—Special motion-picture film.

Friday, October 20
3 and 7 p.m.—Special film.

Monday, October 23
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—“Young Eagles.” 10:45—Pathe News. 7 p.m.—“Midnight Club.” 7:15—Pathe News. 7:30—“Young Eagles.”

Tuesday, October 24
7 p.m.—Pathe News. 715—“Midnight Club.” 7:30—“Young Eagles.”

Wednesday, October 25
9 a.m.—Excerpts from “Midnight Club.” 9:15—Current Pathe News. 7:00—“Young Eagles.” 8:35—Current Pathe News. 8:50—“Her Body Guard.”

Thursday, October 26
7 p.m.—“If I Had a Million.” 7:10—“Shadow of the Law.”

Friday, October 27
9 a.m.—“If I Had a Million.” 9:10—“Shadow of the Law.” 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Shadow of the Law.”

Saturday, October 28
7 p.m.—“If I Had a Million.” 7:10—“Shadow of the Law.”

Monday, October 30
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—“Shadow of the Law.” 10:45—Pathe News. 7:15—“Shadow of the Law.”

Tuesday, October 31
7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Man of the Forest.” 7:30—“Shadow of the Law.”

Wednesday, November 1
9 a.m.—“If I Had a Million.” 9:15—“Man of the Forest.” 9:25—Pathe News. 9:40 and 7 p.m.—“Shadow of the Law.” 8:35—Pathe News. 8:50—“Man of the Forest.”

Thursday, November 2
7 p.m.—“King of the Jungle.” 7:10—“Studio Murder Mystery.”

Friday, November 3
9 a.m.—“King of the Jungle.” 9:10—“Studio Murder Mystery.” 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Studio Murder Mystery.”

Saturday, November 4
7 p.m.—“King of the Jungle.” 7:10—Pathe News. 7:25—“Studio Murder Mystery.”

Monday, November 6
9 to 9:15 a.m.—Current Pathe News (Edition A) 9:15 to 10—Full-length Paramount feature, “Studio Murder Mystery” with Warner Olund. 10:45 to 11 a.m.—Current Pathe News (Edition B) 7:00 to 7:15—Excerpts from Paramount’s “College Humor,” with Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard Allen. 7:15 to 7:30—Current Pathe News. 7:30 to 9 p.m.—Full-length Paramount feature, “Studio Murder Mystery,” with Warner Oland.

Tuesday, November 7
7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“College Humor.” 7:30—“Studio Murder Mystery.”

Wednesday, November 8
9 a.m.—“King of the Jungle.” 9:15—“College Humor.” 9:25—Pathe News. 9:40 and 7 p.m.—“Studio Murder Mystery.” 8:35—Pathe News. 8:50—“College Humor.”

Thursday, November 9
7 p.m.—“Too Much Harmony.” 7:10—“Only the Brave.”

Friday, November 10
9 a.m.—“Too Much Harmony.” 9:10—“Only the Brave.” 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Only the Brave.”

Saturday, November 11
7 p.m—“Too Much Harmony.” 7:10—Pathe News. 7:25—“Only the Brave.”

Monday, November 13
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—“Only the Brave.” 10:45—Pathe News. 7 p.m.—“She Done Him Wrong.” 7:15—Pathe News. 7:30—“Only the Brave.”

Tuesday, November 14
7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“She Done Him Wrong.” 7:30—“Only the Brave.”

Wednesday, November 15
9 a.m.—“Too Much Harmony.” 9:15—“She Done Him Wrong.” 9:25—Pathe News. 9:40 and 7 p.m.—“Only the Brave.” 8:35—Pathe News. 8:50—“She Done Him Wrong.”

Thursday, November 16
7 p.m.—“Sign of the Cross.” 7:10—“Thunderbolt.”

Friday, November 17
9 a.m.—“Sign of the Cross.” 9:10—“Thunderbolt.” 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Thunderbolt.”

Monday, November 20
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—“Thunderbolt.” 10:45—Pathe News. 7 p.m.—“Song of the Eagle.” 7:15—Pathe News. 7:30—“Thunderbolt.”

Tuesday, November 21
7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Song of the Eagle.” 7:30—“Thunderbolt.”

Wednesday, November 22
9 a.m.—“Sign of the Cross.” 9:15—“Song of the Eagle.” 9:25—Pathe News. 9:40—“Thunderbolt.” 7 p.m.—“Thunderbolt.” 8:35—Pathe News. 8:50—“Song of the Eagle.”

Thursday, November 23
7 p.m.—“I’m No Angel.” 7:10—“Benson Murder Case.”

Friday, November 24
9 a.m.—“I’m No Angel.” 9:10—“Benson Murder Case.” 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Benson Murder Case.”

Monday, November 27
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—“Benson Murder Case.” 10:45—Pathe News. 7 p.m.—“Blonde Venus.” 7:15—Pathe News. 7:30—“Benson Murder Case.”

Tuesday, November 28
7 p.m.—“I’m No Angel.” 7:10—Pathe News. 7:30—“Benson Murder Case.”

Wednesday, November 29, 1933
9 a.m.—“I’m No Angel.” 9:15—“Blonde Venus.” 9:25—Pathe News. 9:40—“The Benson Murder Case.” 7 p.m.—“The Benson Murder Case.” 8:35—Pathe News. 8:50—“Blonde Venus.”

Friday, December 1
9 a.m.—“One Sunday Afternoon.” 9:10—“Darkened Rooms.”
7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Darkened Rooms.”

Saturday, December 2
7 p.m.—“One Sunday Afternoon.” 7:10—“Darkened Rooms.”

Monday, December 4
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—“Darkened Rooms.” 10:45—Pathe News. 7 p.m.—“One Sunday Afternoon.” 7:15—Pathe News 7:30—“Darkened Rooms.”

Tuesday, December 5
7 p.m.—“One Sunday Afternoon.” 7:10—Pathe News. 7:30—“Darkened Rooms.”

Wednesday, December 6
9 a.m.—“One Sunday Afternoon.” 9:10--Pathe News. 9:25 and 7 p.m.—“Darkened Rooms.” 8:35—Pathe News. 8:50—“One Sunday Afternoon.”

Friday, December 8
9 a.m.—“I’m No Angel.” 9:10—“The Benson Murder Case.” 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“The Benson Murder Case.”

Monday, December 11
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—“Love Me Tonight.” 10:45 and 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Love Me Tonight.”

Tuesday, December 12
7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Love Me Tonight.” 7:30—“Darkened Rooms.”

Wednesday, December 13
9 a.m.—“Love Me Tonight.” 10:40—Pathe News. 7 p.m.—“Love Me Tonight.” 8:35—Pathe News.

Friday, December 15
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—Paramount short. 9:30 and 7 p.m.—“Love Me Tonight.” 7:15—“The Benson Murder Case.” 8:35—Pathe News.

Monday, December 18
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—“A Farewell to Arms.” 10:45 and 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“A Farewell to Arms.”

Tuesday, December 19
7 p.m.—“A Farewell to Arms.” 8:30—Pathe News. 8:45—short.

Wednesday, December 20
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—“A Farewell to Arms.” 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“A Farewell to Arms.”

Friday, December 22
9 a.m.—Short. 9:10—Pathe News 9:30—“A Farewell to Arms.” 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“A Farewell to Arms.” 8:45—Short.

Saturday, December 23
5 p.m.—Review of broadcasts. 6—Pathe News. 6:15—“Hollywood on Parade.” 6:40—Newsreel. 7—“Madame Butterfly.”

Tuesday, December 26
7 p.m.—“Pick-Up.” 8:30—Pathe News. 8:45—Short.

Wednesday, December 27
9 a.m.—Pathe News. 9:15—“Pick Up.” 10:50—“Canine Thrills.” 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Pick Up.”

Thursday, December 28
7 p.m.—“Canine Thrills.” 7:10—Pathe News. 7:30—“Pick-up.”

Friday, December 29
9 a.m.—Short. 9:10—Pathe News. 9:25—“Pick-Up.” 7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:15—“Pick-Up.” 8:45—Short.

Saturday, December 30
7 p.m.—Pathe News. 7:30—“Pick-Up.”

TV in Bakersfield, 1933

Last week, we briefly mentioned W6XAH in Bakersfield, California. The internet has some fine research on the station; you can read it on this page.

I’m not going to duplicate their efforts but, instead, will pass along some newspaper clippings published in 1933 to give you an idea about its programming.

The Bakersfield Californian reported on May 28, 1932 that the Pioneer Mercantile Company, which had a construction permit and an experimental permit, had been granted a license to operate at 2000 to 2100 kilocycles with 1000 watts of power. The original permit had been awarded by June 30, 1931. Gustavus Schamblin was a German who was employed as an accountant for a company that shipped milk. Schamblin went into business on his own in 1899 and, eventually, financed efforts that gave birth to W6XAH. He died suddenly of a heart attack on Feb. 7, 1933, but the station carried on under his three sons.

W6XAH was a rarity—it broadcast live studio programming. It’s somewhat remarkable the same acts would show up for free once or twice a week to be on telecasts. The talent was, for the most part, amateur, though the newspaper goes into some detail about an animal act, and an appearance by KFWB radio comedian Joe Twerp; animation fans will have heard him as the voice of the iceman in the Tex Avery cartoon I Only Have Eyes For You.

One of the acts was possibly the first woman-led band on television. Jeanne Gayle Pool’s book “Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band” (Scarecrow Press, 2008) has this comment from a Mark D. Luttrell:

The Schamblin brothers were able to produce basic television images but they were only able to be received in the vicinity of the studio and only a few homes had televisions receiving signals in those days. People gathered on the sidewalk outside the studios to watch the experimental broadcasts on television monitors that had been set up.

Frank B. Smith, Jr., said he was designated the announcer at the station. His remembrance in Pool’s book:

We broadcast video by means of a mechanical scanner — a swiftly whirling disk perforated with slots that would pick up visual images. Our music library considered of only one platter and when we went on the air, we would play our single recording, “Goofus,” a catchy popular tune performed by a nimble fingered pianist. The title expressed all there was to say about our early project. We gave the venture our best though we were mostly uninformed about what we were doing. . . .

Joseph H. Udelson’s book “The Great Television Race” (University of Alabama Press, 1982) described the station:

W6XAH was of unusual design. The builders altered a standard Jenkins transmitter scanner by adding a new disc of 32 apertures, rotated 60 times per second; 3 rotations were required to produce each of the final 96-line frames, with 20 such frames per second. The increase in picture lines was accomplished without the necessity of adding additional frequency bandwidth to the assigned 100 kHz. (normally able to accommodate only a 60-line frame) by using a new single sideband suppressed carried technique. A variant of this method, vestigial sideband transmission, is the standard employed in current American television broadcasting.

The Californian, apparently beginning in September (some earlier months’ editions are unavailable for review), gave a brief summary of the acts on almost every broadcast. There were stories as well, which you can read below.

Ruling Sought to Ban Broadcasting of Mickey Mouse
It takes a court order to keep Mickey Mouse from his play when the boss is away.
Mickey has been sneaking into radio and making personal appearances via television it was learned today when the Walt Disney Productions filed a petition in United States District Court seeking an order restraining the Pioneer Mercantile Company of Bakersfield from broadcasting Mickey Mouse films over its experimental television station here.
Peter Simos and John Carnakis of the Rex theater also are named as defendants in the action, the plaintiffs alleging the theater has been supplying the films for the use of the television station. (May 16)

TELEVISION SOUND PROGRAM SLATED
Broadcast to Be First Ever Attempted in West With Voice and Vision
Scientific history will be written in Bakersfield tonight when the first television-sound Program ever to be broadcast in western United States will be sent out from the great 5000-watt television station of the Pioneer Mercantile Company here.
While there have been many broadcasts of television and many of sound, separately, there never has been one in the west of the two together, according to Ralph Lemert, engineer in charge of the station.
The program will be broadcast between 8 and 9 o’clock this evening, and will include musical numbers and speaking.
Although few if any persons in Bakersfield with the exception of the engineer will “see” the television portion of the program, thousands of listeners will be able to hear the sound.
The sound will come in at 1550 meters arid the television at 2050 meters. Call letters of the sound division of the station are W6XE and of the television, W6XAH.
The station broadcasts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening. (May 31)

SYNCHRONIZED TELEVISION PROGRAM ON THE AIR TONIGHT
FEATURING a new synchronized television program over the Pioneer Mercantile Company’s big broadcasting station here, the “Hullabaloo Hour” will go on the air tonight between 8 and 9 o’clock, featuring both home and professional talent, according to announcement by Jack Allyn, program director of the hour.
Voice and television are synchronized by the station, the pictures coming in at 2050 kilocycles over Station W6XAH and the sound coming in at 1550 kilocycles over Station W6XE.
Frank Schamblin, president of the Pioneer company, is in active
management of the station, with Ralph Lemert, eminent radio engineer, as his staff chief.
On the “Hullabaloo Hour,” in addition to Mr. Allyn, will appear Jack Rees and his Hullabalooers; Harry Dillon, Chet Phillips, Edna Overton, Dick Lowe, Ralph Neate, Max Bayliss, Dorothy Harpster and Minerva Tracy, all well-known Bakersfield entertainers, and Harry and Trixie Masters, who are appearing in the revue at the Fox theater. (June 12)

STUART ROSS TO PLAY ON PROGRAM
Television Station Is Being “Seen and Heard” Over Entire Continent
Continuing the series of television programs which have attracted attention as far east as New York and New Jersey, and west to the Hawaiian islands, the Pioneer Mercantile Company will feature Hullabaloo hour in its broadcast between 8 and 9 o’clock tomorrow evening. Stuart Ross, internationally noted pianist, who has played in Vienna, Berlin, Paris and before the king and queen of England, will be one of the featured artists.
Fan mail received by the Bakersfield television company indicates that people are “looking in” on the local programs from within a radius of 3000 miles, while a particularly large following has been built up locally.
Three Programs
The station is on the air three nights weekly, Monday with its dance hour, when Jack Rees and his Hullabalooers will comply with all requests; Wednesday with the regular Hullabaloo hour, and Friday, with “Varieties.” Auditions for the purpose of discovering local talent are held every Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the broadcasting studios, Twenty-first and Sonora streets.
Through the courtesy of Bob Frenzel, manager of the Fox theater, the famed “Fire Eaters” of Ted Fio-Rio’s orchestra assisted in the program last night.
Two Wave Lengths
Voice and television are synchronized by the station, the pictures coming in at 2050 kilocycles over station W6XAH, and the sound coming in at 1550 kilocycles over station W6XE.
Frank Schamblin, president of the Pioneer company, and Ralph Lemert, radio technician, are in charge of the broadcasting.
Programs are arranged by Jack Allyn, with the assistance of Harry Dillon. (June 20)

PLAYS OVER TELEVISION
Having the distinction of being the first bag-piper to play over television, Ian McEwing, chief piper to Clan McInness, Los Angeles, presented a group of Scottish airs last evening at the local station. With Duncan McLeod of the McLeod Construction Company who is in the city on business, Mr. McEwing has been registered at Hotel El Tejon. He is much in demand as a piper for highland events, and has been hugely enjoyed in informal concerts at the hotel and in the homes of local friends.
Stuart Ross, modified jazz soloist, recently returned from Europe, also appeared on the program. (June 22)

Expect 25,000 at Benefit Picnic of Highway Patrol
Television Station Will Send Hullabaloo Hour Entertainers to Help Make Event Success
WITH the fires in the great 40-foot barbecue pits ready to be lighted, concession stands erected, wooden horses on the merry-go-round all ready to be harnessed and Paradise Grove a scene of cool cleanliness, Kern county officers of the California Highway Patrol announced today all in readiness for their annual jamboree Sunday.
Twenty-five thousand central and southern California residents are expected to attend the big old-fashioned picnic, given to raise funds for the families of officers killed in action.
Outstanding among developments today was the announcement that Jack Allyn and his Hullabaloo hour “gang” from the Pioneer Mercantile Company’s big television station, W6XAH, will join the all-day program on which are featured screen, stage and radio stars of national prominence.
Full Hour on Program
Allyn, pianist, director and announcer on the Hullabaloo hour, which each Wednesday evening is seen and heard over the entire continent, and his entertaining companions will have at least an hour on the program, Captain Roy Galyen of the Highway Patrol announced.
Harry Dillon, Allyn’s assistant and gag-man; Jack Rees and his Hullabaloo orchestra, acclaimed the finest in southern San Joaquin valley; Minerva Tracy, Chester Phillips and Florence Bayless and many others of the Hullabalooers will participate. (June 23)

HIGH SCHOOL GIRL KILLED, 6 HURT IN CRASH
OPAL FLEENOR, 17-year-old Bakersfield High School girl, was instantly killed and six other young persons were painfully injured in a tragic automobile-truck collision at the intersection of Niles and Tulare street shortly after 7 o’clock last evening. [...]
Two of her brothers, Eugene [15] and Raymond, were talented musicians and were to have appeared on tonight’s program broadcast by Pioneer Mercantile Company’s television station. Their appearance has been canceled by the tragedy. (Sept. 1)

VAUDEVILLE STARS ON TELEVISION PROGRAM
Talented musicians and dancers of the vaudeville stage will be featured on tonight’s program of the Pioneer Mercantile Company’s big synchronized television station.
The program, which will begin at 8 p. m., will include acts by many of Gloria Gay’s troupe, who are appearing this week at the new Hippodrome theater. Peggy Gilbert and her band and Saul Brilliant and his comedy team are among those who will be transmitted through the air on both the vision and sound equipment of the synchronized station. Another feature will be appearance of Red Dust, motion picture canine star, who is being hailed as a second Rin-Tin-Tin. The dog will be in an act with Robert Williams of Hollywood. (Sept. 6)

CANINE STAR THRILLS HUGE AUDIENCE OVER TELEVISION
THE premiere of a trained dog over the sound and vision wave lengths of the air was accomplished in Bakersfield last night when “Red Dust,” one of the most spectacular canine performers in the world, and his master, Robert Williams of Hollywood, stepped before the pickup cameras and, microphones of Pioneer Mercantile Company’s big television station.
Red Dust is a Bakersfield visitor this week, being a part of the stage show troupe being presented here by Gloria Gay.
Never before flashed on the screen by radio, the acts of Red Dust proved the most sensational of the many entertaining features presented by Miss Gay’s group.
The dog first went through a series of statuesque, still-life poses at command of his master, then swung into a rapid fire group of acts heretofore believed impossible for a dog.
Swung by his front paws in the hands of his master, Red Dust came to a perfect handstand high in the air on the palm of Mr. Williams, then want through the same swing and balanced on the palm of a hand with only one front foot, ungripped by his master, supporting his weight.
Showing the perfect balance of Red Dust, Mr. Williams tossed the dog high into the air, permitting it to land on its front feet on a nearby table; it remained standing that way, then walked until ordered to resume a normal position.
It also showed its ability as a contortionist. With the dog lying on his back Mr. Williams slowly bent it double until its hips rested on its neck; then he reversed the position of the dog and bent it backward until its hips rested upon the top of its head, and it stayed that way, unassisted, until returned to normal position. As a finale, Red Dust stood on his hind legs and skipped rope in unison with Mr. Williams.
Red Dust, who is only 11 months old, is a Manchurian Malamute, a rare species of Chow. (Sept. 7)

PEGGY GILBERT AND BAND ARE IN MOVIE
Peggy Gilbert and her nine-piece girls’ band, who have been entertaining Bakersfield from the stage and over the Pioneer Mercantile Company’s television station, will leave for Hollywood within a few days, planning to engage in another motion picture production.
Miss Gilbert already has shown with her girls’ bands in several cinemas, the most notable being “The Wet Parade,” “Politics,” featuring Marie Dressler, and “My Boy,” a Columbia picture with Richard Cromwell. Her band was the first musical aggregation consisting exclusively of girls to play over the local television station. Many requests for a repetition of her radio performance have been received by the television program managers. (Sept. 8)

Plan Novelty Night at Television Plant
Monday night will be termed “novelty night” at the local television station. Anyone who sings, plays a musical instrument, or presents readings is invited to be present at 7 o’clock.
The public is requested to listen in and write the Pioneer Mercantile Company, Bakersfield, as to whom they considered the three best performers. Those in charge are promising that all who come will be put on the air. Singers have been asked to bring their accompanists. Those who have been at past auditions on Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 and from 7 to 8 o’clock, are also requested to be present. (Sept. 8)

Peggy Gilbert Band to Broadcast Again
Peggy Gilbert and her nine-piece girls’ band will return to the air tonight over the sound and vision wave lengths of Pioneer Mercantile Company’s synchronized television station, it was announced today by Harry Dillon and Curtis Sturm, program managers.
Miss Gilbert and her orchestra have been signed for tonight’s performance as the result of numbers requests received at the television studio since they were on the air last week. Numerous other attractive attractive entertainment features also will be broadcast during the one-hour program, which will begin at 8 p. m. (Sept. 13)

PAT MORAN TO SING OVER RADIO TONIGHT
Through the facilities of Pioneer Mercantile Company’s big television broadcasting station, Bakersfield and Kern county “listeners-in” tonight will be given an opportunity to hear James F. (Pat) Moran, who a few years ago was widely and popularly known as Bakersfield’s “singing policeman.”
Accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Delia Shutts, Mr. Moran will sing several numbers during the television program which will begin at 8 p. m. and continue for one hour. All of his selections will be deep bass numbers. For several years, while serving with the Bakersfield Police department, Mr. Moran was a popular vocal entertainer for cubs and fraternal organizations throughout the country.
The television sound and vision broadcasts which can be picked up in many sections of the nation will feature many other entertaining artists during the 60-minute program. (Sept. 15)

Television Programs Canceled Few Days
The Pioneer Mercantile Company’s television station will not be on the air for its usual broadcast tonight, it was announced today. Operators have determined to move the broadcasting studios from their present location to a point nearer the transmitter, in an effort to secure greater power and more accuracy of reproduction, and the nightly broadcasts will be discontinued for several days until these adjustments have been completed. (Sept. 22)

Television Program Off Air for While
Though the Pioneer Mercantile Company’s television broadcasting station has been off the air several times during the last few days for test broadcasting, regularly scheduled broadcasts will not be resumed for another two or three weeks, it was announced today. Operators are re-arranging part of the hookup, and this, together with moving the broadcasting studios, is expected to delay resumption of the popular television programs. (Oct. 10)

TELEVISION STATION GOES ON AIR TONIGHT
After being silent for several weeks, Pioneer Mercantile Company’s big television station will be on the air again tonight, its studio and broadcasting units greatly improved.
A new program schedule has also been announced. Broadcasting will be from 8 p. m. until 9 p. m. every Wednesday and Friday, with entertainment programs. Monday evenings will be given over to experimental work with make-up, lighting arrangements, position of microphone and similar details. (Oct. 25)

Pat Moran to Sing on Radio Program
Pioneer Mercantile Company’s big television station will broadcast sound and vision again tonight, the entertainment program beginning at 8 o’clock and continuing for one hour.
Among those to be featured on the program will be Pat Moran, popular bass, who will sing several request numbers which have been received at the television studio. “Asleep in the Deep” will be one of his principal numbers. (Nov. 3)

Talented Pianist on Television Program
Carl Dodge, Los Angeles pianist, will be featured on the regular television broadcast of the Pioneer Mercantile Company station between 8 and 9 o’clock this evening. Mr. Dodge, who is a graduate of the Sherwood Conservatory of Music at Chicago and has gained fame throughout the west, will play “Contrasts,” by Lee Sims, and “Manhattan Serenade,” by Louis Alter.
Auditions, conducted for the purpose of discovering new radio talent among local artists, are scheduled for tomorrow afternoon between 8:30 and 5 o’clock and from 7 until 8 o’clock at night. (Nov. 8)

GREAT PARADE OPENS ARMISTICE DAY FETE
Commemorating conclusion of the greatest war in the history of mankind, Bakersfield today observed Armistice day with the greatest peace-time demonstration in the history of the southern San Joaquin. A mighty stream of humanity, more than five miles in length, marched for three hours through the business district of this city, renewing the pledge made 15 years ago today to build a new and better civilization out of the havoc brought by the World War. [...]
The commercial section of the parade closed the pageant. The Bakersfield Television station was represented by a broadcast given by approximately 20 entertainers from a decorated truck. (Nov. 11)

WOMAN ENGAGED IN NEW BUSINESS
Mrs. Nevin, Saleswoman for Electrical Transcription, Tells Radio Progress
It wasn’t so long ago that when a radio fan heard the words, “This is an electrical transcription, he would give the knob a twist and sent his dial spinning to some other station, but now if the radio fan is fair-minded he really can’t tell the difference if he tunes in on the middle of a program. Mrs. Lela Nevins, who is in the city in connection with the promotion of the Buy in Bakersfield’s “Buy Now” exposition of the Bakersfield Women’s Club, knows a great deal about electrical transcription, and how such records are made. [...]
Mrs. Nevins paid a visit to the Bakersfield television station yesterday, and was greatly impression with its equipment.
“It is one of only three stations that are broadcasting television programs, and the only one in the state that uses real artists. The Los Angeles television station broadcast motion pictures. Bakersfield should be very proud of the pioneering this station is doing.” (Dec. 2)

TONGUE-TWISTER JOE TWERP STAR FOR LOCAL SHOW
THE “Buy Bakersfield” Show, community-interest exposition being sponsored by the Bakersfield Woman’s Club at the clubhouse this week, last evening drew a large attendance and featured an entertaining program. Joe Twerp, stuttering reporter of radio fame, presided as master of ceremonies. [...]
The sisters, Thelma, Melba and Vera Brown, also broadcast a brief program with Mr. Twerp from the local television station in the interest of the “Buy Bakersfield” show. (Dec. 14)

Television Audition Slated for Tonight
Another evening of auditions to secure additional talent for broadcasting weekly programs over Pioneer Mercantile Company’s big television station will be held this evening in the radio studio. Auditions will begin at 7:30 o’clock and close at 9 each Thursday night. (Dec. 21)

Special Television Program on Friday
A special two-hour broadcast is scheduled to begin tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock over Pioneer Mercantile Company’s television station, it was announced today. More than 50 persons, well known artists of Bakersfield, will participate in the “Frolic.” (Dec. 28)

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W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—“Television Varieties” presenting Juanita Ray, Ruth Tabor, Richard Bailey, Dan Gibbon, Bruno Monte, “Mac” McWhorter, Arthur Duerksen, Les Baker, Jack Isaac’s orchestra, Curtis Sturm, with Harry Dillon announcing. (Fri., Sep. 1)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television varities, presenting “Stag Nite,” with Richard Bailey, Winters and Haltom, Dan Gibbons, Bruno Monti, “Mac” McWhorter, Earl Shaw, Ivan Tarr, Les Baker, cowboy act; Arthur Duerksen; Horace Krebs, Curtis Sturm and Harry Dillon, master of ceremonies. (Fri., Sept. 8)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Novelty and talent night—“For the sole purpose of discovering new talent. Everyone that comes will be positively put on the air. All soloists bring their own accompanists. Those participating are request to be at the station not later than 7 p. m.,” says Harry Dillon, master of ceremonies. (Mon. Sep. 11)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Peggy Gilbert and her nine-piece girls’ band, with the Morelli, brothers, Big Boy Williams and Patsy Lee mistress of ceremonies; Horace Krebs, Riley Davis, Robert Milligan, Earl Shaw, Ivan Tarr, Margaret Maddux, Ruth Taber, Sunkist Syncopators, Art Lewis, Arthur Duerksen. (Wed. Sep. 13)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television Varieties, presenting Margaret Maddux, Ruth Taber, Hawaiian Quartet, “Mac” McWhorter, Les Baker, Dan Gibbon, Richard Bailey, Bruno Monti, Riverview Rangers, Winters and Haltom, Horace Krebs, Arthur Duerksen, Curtis Sturm and Harry Dillon, master of ceremonies. (Fri. Sep. 15)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—“Musical varities,” presenting Kern River Outlaws playing old-time music; Harmony Boys in “Hawaiian Harmonies”; Jack Isaac’s orchestra, presenting “Modern Melodies”; Margaret Maddux, Chares Lambert, Curtis Sturm and Harry Dillon, master of ceremonies. (Mon. Sep. 18)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—“Televue hour,” presenting Hews and Coffelt, Riley Davis’ trio, Margaret Maddux, Ruth Taber, Les Baker, Shaw and Tarr, Arthur Duerksen, “Mac” McWhorter, Seibert’s orchestra, Curtis Sturm and Harry Dillon, master of ceremonies. (Wed. Sep. 20)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Presenting Oklahoma Outlaws, Richard Bailey, Ruth Tabor, Jess Jones, Art Lewis, Pineapple Trio, Curtis Sturm and Harry Dillon, master of ceremonies. (Mon., Oct. 2)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Televue Hour—Charles Lambert, Varsity Voodooites, Riley Davis Trio, Marguerite Maddux, Art Duerksen, Juanita Ray, Sunkist Syncopators, Pineapple Trio, Dick Bailey, Mac McWhorter, Curtis Sturm and Harry Dillon, master of ceremonies. (Wed., Oct 25)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Presenting “Televue Hour,” with Mojica Tippeca orchestra, Charles Lambert, Washboard Rhythm Boys, Pineapple Trio, Art Lewis, Arthur Duerksen, Margaret Maddux, “Mac” McWhorton, Paul Seibert’s orchestra, Sunkist Syncopators, Curtis Sturm, station identifier, Harry Dillon, master of ceremonies. (Wed., Nov. 1)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television Varieties, presenting Daredevils, Harmony Boys, Television Orchestra, Pat Moran, Bruno Monte, Earl Shaw and Ivan Tarr, Dan Gibbon, Arthur Duerksen, Art Lewis, Harry Dillon, master of ceremonies, Curtis Sturm, announcing. (Fri., Nov. 3)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—“Televue Hour,” presenting Oklahoma Night Riders, Mojica Tippeca orchestra, Earl Shaw and Ivan Tarr, Mac McWhorter, Arthur Duerksen, Margaret Maddux, Pineapple Trio, Dick Bailey, Buffalo Rhythm Stomppers, Art Lewis, Charles Lambert, Harry Dillon, master of ceremonies; and Curtis Sturm announcing. (Wed., Nov. 8)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—“Television Varities,” presenting Margaret Maddux, Bruno Monti, Dan Gibbon, Sunkist Syncopators, Daredevils, “Mac” McWhorter, Horace Krebs, Riley Davis, Art Lewis, Mojica Tippeca orchestra; Harry Dillon, master of ceremonies; Curtis Sturm, announcing. (Fri., Nov. 10)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—“Televue Hour,” presenting Margaret Maddux, Richard Bailey, Mac McWhorter, Charles Lambert, Art Duerksen, Pop Ware’s Oklahoma Night Riders, Earl Shaw, Ivan Tarr, Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies, and Clinton Maddux announcing. (Wed., Nov. 15)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—“Television Varities,” presenting Mojica Tipeca Orchestra; Daredevils, Dan Gibbon, Bruno Monte, Wilma Davis, Sing Sailors, Gene Fleener and Buddy Baggett, Curtis Sturm, Master of Ceremonies, Clinton Maddux, announcing. (Fri., Nov. 17)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television Revue, presenting Paul McCart, Roy Fife, Margaret Maddux, Art Duerksen, Earl Shaw, Ivan Tarr, Pineapple Trio, Pope Ware’s Oklahoma Nite Riders,Mac McWhorter, Charles Lambert; Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies; Clinton Maddux, announcing. (Wed., Nov. 22)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television Varieties, presenting Wilma Davis, Edna Overton, Bruno Monti, Art Duerksen, Horace Krebs, Daredevils, Dan Gibbons, Mac McWhorter, Charles Lambert, Harmony Boys, Television Orchestra. Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies; Clinton Maddux, announcing. (Fri., Nov. 25)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television Revue, presenting Paul McCart, Roy Fife, Margaret Maddux, Art Duerksen, Earl Shaw’s Quartet, Pineapple Trio, Mac MacWhorter, Charles Lambert, Pope Ware’s Oklahoma Nite Riders, Wylie-Sykes Orchestra. Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies; Mac McWhorter, announcing. (Wed., Nov. 29)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television Reue, presenting Margaret Maddux, Dick Bailey, Art Duerksen, Charles Lambert, Frank Cuevas, Mac McWhorter, Earl Smith and quartet, Pop Ware’s Oklahoma Nite Riders, L. Negrani. Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies; Clinton Maddux announcing. (Wed., Dec. 6)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television Revue, presenting Pop Ware and his Oklahoma Nite Riders, Charles Lambert, Richard Bailey, Margaret Sturm, Frank Cuevas, Louis Negroni, Television orchestra, Horace Krebs, Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies; Clinton Maddux announcing. (Fri., Dec. 8)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television Varieties, presenting Wilma Davis, Don Gibbons, Charles Lambert, Bruno Monti, Edna Overton, Margaret Maddux, Dare-Devils, Television quartet, Roy Fife. Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies; Clinton Maddux announcing. (Wed., Dec. 13)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television varieties, presenting Wilma Davis, Jerry Scott, Marjorie Holmes, Edna Overton, Jimmy Gallaher, Dan Gibbons, Bruno Monti, Happy Jack, Dare Devils, Horace Krebs. Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies, Clinton Maddux announcing. (Fri., Dec. 15)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television Revue, presenting Charles Lambert, Oklahoma Night Riders, Eva Schamblin, Frank Cuevas, Earl Shaw and quartet, Louis Negroni, Margaret Sturm, Richard Bailey, Arthur Duerksen, Horace Krebs and Riley Davis. Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies, and Clinton Maddux announcing. (Wed., Dec. 20)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television Varities, presenting Edna Overton, Wilma Davis Eva Schamblin, Idaho Jack, Jimmy Gallaher, Elmer Smith, Dan Gibbons, Bruno Monti, Horace Krebs, Margaret Sturm, Dare Devils, Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies, Clinton Maddux announcing. (Fri., Dec. 22)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—“Television Revue,” presenting Arthur Duerksen & Company, Charles Lambert, Frank Cuevas, Margaret Sturm, Richard Bailey, Pop Ware and his Oklahoma Night Riders, Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies; Clinton Maddux station announcer. (Wed., Dec. 27)

W6XE—TELEVISION—W6XAH
193.5 M.—1550 K.
8 to 9—Television New Year frolic, presenting Frank Cuevas, Charles Lambert, Dick Bailey, Horace Krebs and Riley Davis, Arthur Duerkson, Margaret Sturm, Dan Gibbons, Wilma Davis, Idaho Jack, Jimmey Gallaher, Bruno Monti, Oklahoma Night Riders. Dare devils, Bradford’s orchestra, Duerson sisters and the Television quartet, Curtis Sturm, master of ceremonies, and Clinton Maddux station announcer. (Fri., Dec. 29)

Sources conflict about when W6XAH went off the air. On April 30, 1935, it was granted a license renewal to May 1, 1936. Udelson claims the station “ceased operating after 1935 because of the general decline of mechanical television’s prospects, the reassignment of the shortwave television channels to other services, and the lack of local interest in the project.” The 1937 Broadcasting magazine directory no longer has the station listed.