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THE TEXAS ALMANAC. 269
last year it has devoted itself to the and operate the station. And it has made
greater accuracy in all of its mechanical very fine distance records.
operations and to the scrupulous a-her- In a time when there are many stations
ence to all its agreements made with the and many varieties of programs which
Department of Commerce and with fellow improved receiving apparatus has made it
broadcasters in conference more than a possible for listeners to hear, Station
year ago. Much of the apparatus is new. WFAA has received an average of more
The station has been made to conform to than 500 letters and wired mssages daily
the latest type of sending apparatus. It is throughout the year. Enrollment in the
sharply tuned and more than ever easy for radio Bible class, Dr. W. M. Anderson,
local listeners to tune out to receive other teacher, has reached 30,000 in the four
stations. Its wave length is carefully and years. Health exercises of the Southland
constantly metered and its success in Life Insurance Company have listed more
broadcasting has been more noteworthy than 25,000 in a little more than a year.
than in any previous year in reaching all Farmers' program club members number
pats of the Southwestern circulation ter- more than 12.000. The largest response-to
ritory of the newspapers that maintain a single program was 26,000.
RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS.
Easily brought in by sets in the Southwest.
S Watt Wave
Call and Location- Owners. power. length,
CFCN-Calgary, Canada................W. W. Grant Radio, Ltd........................ 1.800 43.5
CK('K-Regina, Canada................Leader Publishing Co............. ............... 00 297
CKCD-Vancouver, Canada...............Daily Province .............................. 1,000 410.7
CKAC-Montreal, Canada... ..........La Presse Publishing Co......................... 1,200 410.7
CYL-Mexico City......................El Universal............................. ...... 500 400
CYX-Mexico City......................El Excelsior................................... 500 325
CZE-Mexico City ......................Dl)epartment of Education ....................... 500 350
FAM-Mexico City......................Federal MdlItary Command....................... 1,000 490
KDKA-Pittsburgh, Pa.................Westinghouse Electric .......... ........ ..10,000 309
KFDM--Beaumont, Texas ..............agnolia Petroleum Co................... 500 315.6
KFI-Los Angeles, Cal................Earle C. Antlhony............. ......... 5,000 467
KFJF--Oklahoma City..Ok.............National Radio Manufacturing Co ............... 1.500 261
KFKX-Hastings. Neb .............. Westinhouse Electric ........................ 5.000 288.3
KFNF--Shenandoah, Iowa..............Field Seed Co ................ ............ 1.000 41l
KFQB-Fort Wo.th. Texas.............Lone Star Broadcasting Co...................... 1,000 518.2
KFRU--Coiumibia, Mo .................. Stephens Co'lge ........... .................... 500 499.5
KGO-Oakland. Cal ...................General Electric ................... ......... 5,000 3601 2
KGW-Portland. Ore....................Morning Oregonian .... ........................ 1.000 491.5
KHJ-Los Angeles, Cal.................TIhe Times ....... ............................ 500 405.2
KJR-Seattle. Wash.... ...............N-W Radio Service Co.... ..... ...... ....... 1.000 384.4
KLDS--Independence, 5Mo..............Latter Day Saints.... .. ................ 1,000 440 9
IMA--Shenandoah, Iowa...............May Seed Co.... ............................. 500 461
KMOX-St. Louis, Io ..................Cotton Belt Railway et al .................... 1.500 280.2
KNX-Hollywood, Cal .................Evening Express.............. ............. 1.000 337
KOA-Denver, Cole ................General Electrie ......... ..... ...... 5,000 322.4
iKO1L-C(ouncll Bluffs, Iowa............ Mona Motor Oil............ ................. 500 305.9
KOIN-Portland, Ore..................The News ................................. ... 1,000 319
KPO-San Francisco. Cal...............Hale Brothers............................ ..... 1.000 428.3
IKPRC-Houston, Texas ................Post-Dispatch ........... ................ ..... 500 296.9
KRLD-Dallas, Texas .............Dallas Radio Laboratorics............. ........ 1,000 357.1
KWWG-Brownsville, Texas............('hamber of Commerce.. ............. .......... 500 278
KVO0--Bristow. Ok.................... Southwestern Sales Corporation.... ............. 500 374.8
KYW--Clhicago Ill ................... Westinghouse Electric .......................... 3,500 535.4
WAH(G-Rlhmond Hill, N. Y..........A. H. Grebe Co..... ........................ 5.000 315.6
WBAL-Baltlmore. Md.................Chamber of Commerce .......................... 5,000 246
WBAP-Fort Worth. Texas............Star-Telegram ....................... ......... 1500 475.9
WBBM--Chlcago, III..................Atlas Ine-tment Co............................ 1.500 225 4
WBZ-East Springfield, Mass.......... Westinghouse Electric ......................... 5.000 333.1
WCBD-Zion City. Ill . ............Wilbur D. Voliva................................ 5.000 344.6
WCCO-St. Paul-Minneapolis............G old Medal Station........... .................. 5.000 41 ;.4
WCZ-Detroit, Mich... ...............Free Press....................................... 5.000 516.9
WDAF-Kansas City. Mo............The Star ....... ........................... 1.000 365 6
WEAF-New York, N. Y ..............Broadcasting Corporation of America............. 5.000 491.5
WEAR-Cleveland. Ohio...............Cleveland, Ohio ........................... 750 389.4
WEBH-Chicago. Ill...................Edgewater Beach Hotel......................... 2.000 370.2
WFAA-Dallas, Texas.................The News, The Journal......................... 500 475.9
W(GN-Clicaeo. Ill.... ............The Tribure........ .......................... 1,000 302.8
WGY-Schenectady, N. Y ..............General Electric............................ 5.000 379.5
WHAS-Louisville, Ky.................The ('ourir Journal............................. 500 399.8
WHO-Des Moines. Iowa...............Bankers Life Co......................... 5.000 526
WHT-Chicago, Ill ...ley Buldng ............................... 3,rley Building3500 238
WIAD-Waco, Texas.................. . D. Jackson...... ..... ................ 500 352
WJZ-New York, N. Y.................Broadcasting Corporation of Ameirea............. 5.000 454.3
WLIB-Chicago, II1....................Liberty Magazine.......................... 4000 302.8
WI S-Chlcago, Ill.....................Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation.......... 5.000 345
WLW-Cincinnati, Ohio.................Crosley Radio Corporation....................... .......5,000 422.3
WMAQ-Clhicago, Ill...................Daily News ................................... 1,000 447 5
WMCI-Memphls. Tenn .................Commercial Appeal. ........................... 1,000 499 7
WOAI--San Antonio. Texas.............Southern Equipment Co.......................... 2,000 294.5
WOAW-Omaha, Neb ..................Woodmen of the World.......................... 1.000 526
WOC--Davenport, Iowa................Paler Scol........................... .... 5.000 483.6
WQJ-Chicago, Ill.....................Calumet Baking Powder Co.......... ..........500 447 .
WRR-Dallas. Texas...................City of Dals ... .......................... 500 245.7
WSAI-Cinemnnati, Ohio...............U. S. Playing Card Co....... ................... 5 000 32 9
WSB-Atlanta, Ga ...................The Tournl............................. .. 1000 4"8 3
WSM--Nashville. Tenn.................National Life and Accident Co................... 1,000 282 8
WSIMB-New Orleans, La.............. Saenger Amusement Co .................. 500 319
WTAM-(eveland, Ohio..............Willard Storage Battery Co................... 3.500 38).4
WTAW-('ollege Station. Texas.........Texas A. & 11M. College......................... 590 2-)
WWJ-Detroit, Mich...................The News........... ..................... 000 32 7
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