نبذة مختصرة : Kolin Hager, first announcer on WGY radio and long time WGY station manager, discusses the history of the station with announcer Steve Fitz. Continue talk on upcoming anniversary 0-0:30, Call- How do you spell Tup? HT does more news now, promises to say good morning to listener, -3:03, Call- Evolution of WGY call sign. Started as experimental W2XI, mentions short wave, mentions different musicians, Asia Restaurant - 7:15, Commercials- Spectro-Snow Snowmobile Oil -8:22, Oxford Suit sale at Dolls Department Store, Route 7, -9:00, Pallophotophone, record sound on film. Mentions 1922 Washington filming session. Basis for talking motion pictures. Mentions Vice-president Calvin Coolidge and his high pitched voice. - 15:10, Big band music. Remote pick-ups of big name acts (Dorseys, etc.) appearing locally in Albany, Troy, as far as Ausable. -19:10, Commercial Cabinet sale - Rutland Lumber Co. - 19:45, Call-Joe & Eddie radio program. Tom Lewis, Waldo pooler, Jerry Coyle, Warren Munson. Comedy show, considered for network. - 22:10, Shows that went to network. One Man�_Ts Family. NBC was not interested until local success on WGY. -23:30, Speaking of books. Authors versus critics. Broadcasted from Union College. -24:30, Music programs - Knox Gelatin, Edward A . Rice. fed several programs to NBC network. - 26:30, Commercial- First National Bank of Scotia -27:00, Calvin Coolidge appearance on WGY, engineer plugged in minstrel show by mistake. -30:21, Radio today is formulaic -31:00
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