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About the Radio: This is another 5 tube TRF radio with 3 tuning dials. The circuit and operation is nearly the same as the Atwater Kent Model 10A. Difficult tuning and battery issues remain but now 10% of the families in the US have radios.
This is a less expensive radio with a cabinet typical of the mid-1920’s

The Music Master company was formed in 1908 making wooden horns for phonographs. In 1922 they began making radio speaker horns. In 1925 they planned a complete line of radios and signed contracts with several radio manufacturers to build the sets. Unfortunately, one of the main manufacturers went bankrupt forcing the Music Master Corporation into bankruptcy in May 1926.

The World Of 1925

· President: Calvin Coolidge
· Population: 115,829,000
· Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.02
· Unemployment: 3.2%

Headlines

· Tennessee schoolteacher John T Scopes is arrested for teaching the theory of evolution.
· Adolph Hitler publishes Volume I of Mein Kampf.
· BenHur, costing a record setting $3.95 million to produce, is released.

Oscars:
No Oscars until 1928

· World Series: Pittsburgh d. Washington (4-3)

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· Pres. Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 AT&T radio stations
· Grand Ole Opry premiers on WLS radio, Nashville
· Radio's The Smith Family introduces the soap opera format.
· Fourth radio conference is held.

Listening to the Radio in 1925*

Most stations now have their own frequencies. All stations go off the air 7:30 to 8:00 PM for "Silent Night" (the local DX period). The special event of the day is KPO's Second Anniversary program.

KPO: 710 kc
7:00am:  Exercises by Bernard Drury
(silent)
11:00am: Home Making by Prudence Penny
11:50am:  Market report.
Noon - Time signals from the Naval Observatory; Reading of Scripture
12:45pm: Talk from the Palace Hotel
1:00 to 2:00pm: Rudy Seiger's Orchestra.
(silent)
4:30 to 5:30pm: Rudy Seiger's Orchestra.
(silent)
8:00 to 9:00pm: Second Birthday Anniversary of KPO: Music program by 30th U.S. Infantry Band.
9:00pm: Talk by Arthur H. Halloran, Chairman of Broadcasting Committee, Pacific Radio Trade Association
9:00 to 12:00pm: Birthday celebration continues, music program arranged by Jack Thomas

KGO: 1000 kc
11:30am to 1:00pm: Luncheon Concert, courtesy Pacific States Electric Co.
3:00pm: Studio musical program and speaker
4:00 to 5:30pm: Vinton La Ferrera orchestra.
5:30 to 6:00pm: The Girl's Half Hour, conducted by Esther Wood Schneider
6:45pm: News, stock reports, weather, produce news.
7:00 PM - Silent Night (off air for long distance reception)

KLX: 590 kc
8:00pm Presentation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in six parts by The KLX Players.
("Play revised for broadcasting by Etta Wilson Coleman, director of the KLX Players.
Note: Nothing has been taken from the structure of the play. All of the atmosphere of the original play will be included, even to the baying of the hounds. To add to the play the real atmosphere of Uncle Tom's environment, a colored choir will sing the mass parts with solo parts.")

KFRC: 1071 kc
6:30 to 6:45pm: Stock and bonds news from the San Francisco Stock Exchange.
6:40 to 7:30pm: Popular concert by Ben's Little Symphony Orchestra, Hotel Whitcomb. During intermission, late news bulletins will be broadcast.
7:30 to 8:00pm: Silent for long-distance reception.
8:00 to 9:00pm Concert by Ben's Little Symphony Orchestra.
9:00 to 10:00pm: Studio program by Joseph Carey's Male Quartet

*Radio ratings services did not begin until 1929

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