Probably recorded in a studio on large transcription discs for distribution to individual radio stations of the day. Lots of that type of pre-recorded programing back then. Some of them had timed pauses during the program allowing a local station announcer to insert local commercial announcements. A local garage, hardware store, etc. Most of what survives of early broadcast radio is thanks to those discs not destroyed by time and target practice.
Great fun, thanks! Hadn't heard the Harold Teen song, but first discovered Harold as a decal on 1920s-'30s ukuleles. He went from comic strip to radio and a couple of movies. Popularity probably faded in the forties as fans grew older, but the strip was available in newspapers 1919-1959.
We have a place in SF, “Museum Me’chanic’” that has games and Wurlitzer’s from this period and earlier and this channel reminds me of it. I only have warm memories of there. Thank you, and I Love this Channel. ❤️
It all depended on just how far away you were, just like with the old AM radios now. But it was only AM in the 1920s. I imagine if you were on the right wave stream the recordings probably sounded like you were there live. If you were far away, however, it might sound exactly as this sounds now on RU-vid.
They were recorded onto large phonograph records, which were 16 inches in diameter. Each side would hold 15 minutes. The broadcast signal was fed directly into large transcription turntables which would make the recordings.
This program was a studio creation by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. and issued on 6 single sided, 12 inch 78rpm records in 1929. Each part was its own separate recording and intended to tie together seamlessly like a complete broadcast. These discs are known to collectors as "Brunswick Brevities" and had plain white labels. Sometimes they had the Brunswick name on them and others National Radio Advertising Co. They survived in small numbers and many times the programs are incomplete. It's great to hear this Coon-Sanders program totally complete.
My grandmother would have been 20. I don't know when she married my grandfather, but I asked her once about ragtime music and she told me "Oh, no! Only the "bad" girls listened to that kind of music!" with a little smirk on her face. I imagine her parents would have frowned upon these types of "degenerate" radio broadcasts (all parents hate their kid's music).
@@massimilianomiotello3473 Well I’d imagine, as this broadcast took place 95 years ago now, to be able to experience it you have to have been at least five, but if you were born in say, 1910 that would be the perfect time to have experienced the entirety of the Coon-Sanders broadcasts from 1922-32. I have yet to dive into it, but I’d rather hope that this small segment isn’t the only surviving radio broadcast on their behalf. if it is, we’re lucky, but that’s a real shame.
Likely WDAF, which was the station that Coon-Sanders had initially signed a contract with in 1922. Though I don’t know how you could tell the date. It was likely before October 13th though.
Well, if you acted out of line, you’d either be put in jail or the insane asylum, so most folks were just encouraged publicly to always look at the brighter side no matter how bad things were getting. The concept of mental psychology, depression and anxiety were very primitive compared to how they are viewed now. So most people weren’t even familiar with such concepts. That being the case, a lot of songs, at least that I’ve found, encouraged people to smile and forget their woes. A few songs that come to mind are “When You’re Smiling”, “Blue Skies”, “From Monday On”, ect., hope this helps in your understanding.
m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c-G4OobmftA.html&pp=8AUB, this is their official rendition for Victor records, recorded the same same year.
