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California Radio Dial 1928 It's January 1928 in California. Al Jolson's "Jazz Singer" film with sound enthralls the state, Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No.1 [T for Texas]" is about to hit the music charts, Stanford and California are still preparing for the Big Game 13 all draw later that year and there's no TV, no FM radio and barely fifty radio stations on the air across the entire state. The Radio Heritage Foundation [www.radioheritage.net] has released a snap shot of the state's radio dial that month, not only listing many long gone radio calls, but adding some colorful art work from the stations themselves. Hard to believe but not one single station broadcast north of San Francisco, and nearly one half all the stations that were on air served the Los Angeles radio market. The two most powerful signals in the entire state were KFI Los Angeles even then at 640 AM on the dial, and KGO San Francisco at 780 AM on the dial. Says the Radio Heritage Foundation, "It's important to name the names, to remember the people and organizations that are now fading from living memory. These are the newspapers, the businessmen, the churches and the local personalities that have given rise to the hundreds of radio stations we enjoy and, take for granted every day." The 'California Radio Dial 1928' is part of an ongong series relating radio broadcasting to the culture of the times. They paint the broad picture, and often lead into more detailed stories about individual stations and personalities as volunteer resources permit and those with memories and memorabilia come forward. That January, the Santa Maria Valley Rail Road Co broadcast on KSMR, the Los Angeles County Forestry Department entertained over KFPR, and the Glad Tidings Temple & Bible Institute kept the San Francisco airwaves pulsing from KGTT. For an entertaining and nostalgic look back at a California fast disappearing into history, this fun article is worth the time. It's with hundreds of others at www.radioheritage.net. Next time you switch on the radio, give a thought to those who pioneered radio across California some 80 years ago, long before the 'Morning Drive' was created. [The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization operated entirely by volunteers. It carries out research and publishing into connected aspects of radio heritage and popular culture across the entire Pacific region. Contact details are at www.radioheritage.net. Media Contact: David Ricquish, Chairman. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Lynn. Lafayette, LA Check out the IRCA web site at http://www.ircaonline.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
