Tuesday, December 12, 1928

These are schedules for clear channel stations as made available to the Associated Press. All times are Eastern, PM unless noted. Program description (where available) for network programs is included by the first occurance on the schedule.

Eastern

WEAF New York, 660 (NBC Red)

1:45: Afternoon Music
6:00: Dinner Music
7:00: Morley Singers
8:00: Mediterraneans (dance music)
9:00: Eveready Hour (pioneering variety show, dating back to 1923; a musical excerpt from a 1928 broadcast was presented as part of the Thomas Edison's Attic show on WFMU)
10:00: Clicquot Club Eskimos (Harry Reser's orchestra presenting "sparkling" music, with the banjo to the fore; Many commercial recordings, an excerpt from 1927 was played on an edition of Recollections at Thirty (6/11/56))
10:30: Cassinelli and Sevillanos
11:00: Dance Hour

WJZ New York, 760 (NBC Blue)

1:00: Music and Features
6:00: Dance Music
7:00: Smalle and Robertson
7:30: In Memories Garden
8:00: Air Weavers
8:30: Tiremen (popular music)
9:00: Theater
9:30: Minstrels
10:00: Great Composers
11:00: Slumber Hour
2:30 AM: Music

WOR, Newark (NJ), 710

6:00: Baritone; Newscasting; N. Y. U.
6:30: In Toyland
7:00: Koko; Vocal Program
7:30: Bubbles
8:00: Luke Higgins' Main Street Sketches (New England small town humor and music.  A good-sized portion of a program from earlier in the year was broadcast as part of WFMU's Thomas Edison's Attic (see above))
9:00: Recollections
9:30: R. C. Williams Dinner
10:00: Shades of Don Juan
11:00: News; Dance Hour
1:00 AM: Music

WABC, New York, 860 (CBS)

6:00: Feature Half-Hour
6:30: Santa Claus
7:00: Short Feature
7:30: Rock Boys
8:00: Tucker's Orchestra
8:30: Taking the Air
9:00: United Light Opera ("The Pretty Persian")
10:00: Showboat
11:00: Dance Music

WLWL, New York, 1100

6:00: Two Hours of Dance Music

WPG, Atlantic City (NJ), 1100

5:30: Organ Recital; News
8:00: Concert; Studio
9:00: Musical Feature
10:00: Bridge; Musical Maids
11:00: News; Dance Music

WBAL, Baltimore (MD), 1060

6:00: Sandman; Santa Claus
6:30: Staff Artists; Motorists
8:00: Air Weavers
8:30: Tiremen
9:00: Theater
9:30: Minstrels
10:00: The Pattersons

WCAU, Philadelphia (PA), 1170

6:00: Aviators; Sporting Page
6:30: Radio Specials
7:00: Dance Orchestra
7:30: Salon Orchestra
8:00: Reed Birds
8:30: Concert Program
9:00: Feature Hour
10:00: Hawaiians
10:15: Dance; News; Dance

KDKA, Pittsburgh (PA), 980

6:00: Orchestra
6:30: Charles W. Hamp
7:00: Address; Sacred Songs
8:00: Air Weavers
8:30: Tiremen
9:00: Theater
9:30: Minstrels
10:00: Happiness Program
10:30: Orchestra

WHAM, Rochester (NY), 1150

6:30: Dinner Music
7:10: Musical Journeys
8:00: Air Weavers
8:30: Tiremen
9:00: Theater
9:30: Minstrels
10:05: Organ; News

WGY, Schenectady (NY), 790

6:30: Dinner Music
7:30: Sketch
8:00: Mediterraneans
9:00: Eveready Hour
10:00: Clicquot Club Eskimos
10:30: Dance Program

WBZ, Springfield, 990

6:00: Orchestra & Features
7:06: Lowe's Orchestra
7:30: In Memories Garden
8:00: Air Weavers; Tiremen
9:00: Theater; Minstrels
10:00: Sports

Southern

WSB, Atlanta (GA), 740

WBT, Charlotte (NC), 1080

WHAS, Louisville (KY), 820

WRVA, Richmond (VA), 1110

WSM, Nashville TN, 650

WWVA, Wheeling W. VA, 1160

Central

KYW,  (IL), 1020

6:30: Uncle Bob (children)
7:00: Orchestra; Organ
8:00: Air Weavers; Tiremen
9:00: Theater; Minstrels
10:00: Clicquot Club Eskimos; Orchestra
10:50: Hockey Game
11:30: News; Slumber Music
12:00 AM: Orchestra; Insomnia Club

WGN, Chicago, 720

7:00: Quin; Nighthawks; Almanac
8:00: Radio Floorwalker
9:00: Eveready Hour
10:00: Musical Comedy
11:00: Features; Popular (2 hrs.)

WMAQ, Chicago, 670

4:15: Topsy Turvy; Orchestras
8:00: Lecture; Musical Program
8:30: Chicago Historical Society
9:00: Concert Orchestra
10:00: Brewerton Program
10:30: Meadows Program
11:00: Amos 'n' Andy; Orchestra
11:35: DX Club; Orchestra
12:00 AM: Dance Music (3 hrs.)

WLW, Cincinnati (OH), 700

6:30: Diners
7:00: Orchestra
7:30: Sohio Program
8:00: Symphonic Hour
9:00: Theater; Minstrels
10:00: Cossacks
11:00: Aviation; Kahn and Lombardi
11:30: Office Boys; Dance Music

WTAM-WEAR Cleveland (OH), 1070

6:00: Orchestra
7:00: Musical; Symphony
8:30: Musical Program
9:00: Eveready Hour
10:00: Clicquot Club Eskimos
10:30: Dance Music (2 hrs.)

WCX-WJR Detroit (MI), 750

6:00: Baritone
6:30: Dinner Music
7:00: Musical Miniatures
7:30: Industry; Air Pilots
8:00: Air Weavers
8:30: Tiremen
9:00: Cigar Girls
9:30: Minstrels
10:00: Red Apple Club (2 hrs.)

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