SELECTED 1925 RADIO PROGRAM SCHEDULES
FROM SAN FRANCISCO RADIO HISTORY
These schedules of radio programs are taken from the radio columns of
San Francisco newspapers for the dates shown.
January 16, 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, 429.5 m (710 kc) - Hale Brothers, San Francisco
7:00 AM - Setting up exercises by Bernard Drury
(silent)
11:00 AM - Chat to housewives on "Home Making" by Prudence Penny
11:50 AM - Market report on eggs, butter, cheese and poultry
12:00 Noon - Time signals from the Naval Observatory; Reading of Scripture
12:45 PM - Talk from the Commonwealth Club Luncheon at the Palace Hotel
1:00 to 2:00 PM - Rudy Seiger's Fairmont Hotel Orchestra by wire telephony
(silent)
4:30 to 5:30 PM - Rudy Seiger's Fairmont Hotel Orchestra by wire telephony
(silent)
8:00 to 9:00 PM - Second Birthday Anniversary of KPO: Music program by 30th U.S.
Infantry Band, San Francisco
9:00 PM - Talk by Arthur H. Halloran, Chairman of Broadcasting Committee,
Pacific Radio Trade Association
9:00 to 12:00 PM - Birthday celebration continues, music program arranged by
Jack Thomas
KGO 299.8 m (1000 kc) - General Electric, Oakland
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM - Luncheon Concert, courtesy Pacific States Electric Co.
3:00 PM - Studio musical program and speaker
4:00 to 5:30 PM - Concert orchestra of the Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco,
Vinton La Ferrera conducting
5:30 to 6:00 PM - The Girl's Half Hour, conducted by Esther Wood Schneider
6:45 PM - Final reading, stock reports, weather, produce news and news items
7:00 PM - Silent Night (off air for long distance reception)
KLX 509.9 m (590 kc)- The Tribune, Oakland
8:00 PM - 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 280 m (1071 kc) - RadioArt Studios, Hotel Whitcomb
6:30 to 6:45 PM - Stock and bonds news from the San Francisco stock
exchange.
6:40 to 7:30 PM - Popular concert by Bem's Little Symphony Orchestra, Hotel
Whitcomb. During intermission, late news bulletins will be broadcast.
7:30 to 8:00 PM - Station KFRC silent for long-distance reception.
8:00 to 9:00 PM - Concert by Bem's Little Symphony Orchestra.
9:00 to 10:00 PM - Studio program by Joseph Carey's Male Quartet
March 20, 1925
KPO 429.5 m (710 kc) - KPO and the Chronicle, San Francisco
7:00 AM - Daily Dozen" health exercises by Bernard Drury
10:00 AM - Ye Town Crier, news bulletins of the world
11:50 AM - Market report on eggs, butter, cheese and poultry
12:00 Noon - Time signals from the Naval Observatory; reading of scripture
1:00 to 2:00 PM - Rudy Seiger's Fairmont Hotel Orchestra by wire telephony
2:30 to 3:30 PM - Matinee program by Johnny Buick's Amphians
4:30 to 5:30 PM - Rudy Seiger's Fairmont Hotel Orchestra by wire telephony
5:30 to 6:30 PM - Children's hour stories by Big Brother of KPO, taken from the
"Book of Knowledge"
6:30 to 7:00 PM - Dinner program by the Hess Young Band of Stanford Univ.
7:00 to 7:30 PM - Rudy Seiger's Fairmont Hotel Orchestra by wire telephony
8:00 to 11:00 PM - E. Max Bradfield's Versatile Band playing in the Palace Rose
Room Bowl
8:15 PM -Fifteen minutes of humorous philosophy by "Uncle Josh" of KPO
KGO 299.8 m (1000 kc) - General Electric, Oakland
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM - Luncheon concert
1:30 PM - New York and San Francisco stock reports and weather
3:00 PM - Musical program and speaker
4:00 to 5:30 PM - Concert Orchestra of the Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco,
Vinton LaFerrera conducting
6:45 PM - Final reading stock reports, the weather, San Francisco produce news
and news items.
7:00 PM - Silent Night
KLX 509.9 m (588 kc) - The Tribune, Oakland
6:00 to 7:00 PM - Dinner concert by Dorothy Hawley
8:00 to 9:30 PM - Studio Program: music by the Magnavox Male Quartet &
others
9:30 to 10:15 PM - Music by Wolohan's Californians
KFRC 270 m (1120 kc) - Radioart Studio, San Francisco
6:30 to 6:37 PM - Stock and bond news from the San Francisco Stock Exchange
6:37 to 7:30 PM - Concert by Bem's Little Symphony Orgestra, Eugenia Bem
conducting, playing in Drury Lane, Hotel Whitcomb. (During intermissions, late
news bulletins will be broadcast.)
7:30 to 8:00 PM - Station KFRC is silent
8:00 to 9:00 PM - Concert by Bem's Little Symphony Orchestra
9:00 to 10:00 PM - Studio program: music, and the KFRC Health Service address:
"The Undernourished Child"
10:00 to 11:00 PM - Weekly meeting of the Cuckoo Club of KFRC
11:00 to 12:00 PM - Patrick Marsh Dance Orchestra
March 24, 1925
The special event of the day is the national broadcast of the Coolidge
inauguration on KPO and KLX. This is one of the first transcontinental network
broadcasts, a special event organized by AT&T.
KPO 429.5 m (710 kc) - KPO and the Chronicle, San Francisco
7:00 AM - "Daily Dozen", Health exercises by Bernard Drury
8:45 AM - Broadcast of Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies from Washington, D.C.:
special hookup for inauguration of Calvin Coolidge.
10:30 AM - The Towne Cryer, news bulletins
10:40 AM - What is playing at local theaters?
11:30 AM - Market reports on eggs, butter, cheese and poultry
12:00 Noon - Time signals from the Naval Observatory; reading of scripture
1:00 to 2:00 PM - Rudy Seiger's Fairmont Hotel Orchestra by wire telephony
2:00 to 3:30 PM - Matinee Program
3:30 to 5:30 PM - Rudy Seiger's Fairmont Hotel Orchestra by wire telephony
5:30 to 6:30 PM - Stories and educational subjects taken from the Book of
Knowledge by KPO's Big Brother
6:30 PM - What is playing at local theaters?
7:00 to 7:30 PM - Rudy Seiger's Fairmont Hotel Orchestra by wire telephony
7:30 to 8:00 PM - Dinner program by the Conn Band Instrument Company
8:00 to 8:30 PM - Piano solo
8:30 to 10:00 PM - Program under the direction of Ruth May Friend, Nellie Hughes
Bennett at the piano
10:00 to 11:00 PM - Program by the California Grays Military Band
KGO 361.2 m (830 kc) - General Electric, Oakland
(Note that KGO has just changed frequencies from 1000 kc. in the past week.)
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM - Luncheon concert
1:30 PM - New York and San Francisco stock reports and weather
3:00 PM - Musical program and speaking
4:00 to 5:30 PM - Concert of the Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco, Vinton La
Ferrera conducting
6:45 PM - Final reading of stock reports, weather, S.F. produce news and news
items.
(Silent Night)
KLX 508.2 m (590 kc) - The Tribune, Oakland
8:00 AM - Broadcasting of inaugural ceremonies of President Calvin Coolidge,
Washington, D.C., over transcontinental lines of American Telephone and
Telegraph Company, broadcasting this event through the cooperation of the
Pacific Radio Trade Assoc.
6:00 to 7:00 PM - Dinner concert by Dorothy Hawley, American Theater Organist
7:00 to 7:30 PM - News items, weather report, market and financial news
8:00 to 10:00 PM - Studio program:
Part I: The KLX Hawaiians and vocalists
Part II: Glee Club
10:00 to 11:30 PM - Wolohan's Californians, John Wolohan conducting
KFRC 270 m (1120 kc) - Radioart Studio, San Francisco
6:30 to 6:37 PM - Stock and bonds news from San Francisco Stock Exchange
6:37 to 7:30 PM - Concert by Bem's Little Symphony Orgestra, Eugenia Bem
conducting, playing in Drury Lane, Hotel Whitcomb. (During intermissions, late
news bulletins will be broadcast.)
7:30 to 8:00 PM - Station KFRC is silent
8:00 to 9:00 PM - Concert by Bem's Little Symphony Orchestra
March 29, 1925
STATION OPERATING SCHEDULES
KPO - Hale Bros. and the Chronicle, San Francisco, 429.5
m (710 kc)
SUNDAY
8:00 AM -
10:30 AM -
11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
6:00 - 10:00 PM
MONDAY
10:30 AM -
12:00 Noon -
1:00 - 2:00 PM
4:30 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 11:00 PM
TUESDAY
7:00 AM -
10:00 - AM
10:30 - AM
12:00 Noon -
1:00 - 2:00 PM
4:30 - 7:30 PM 8:00 - 11:00 PM
WEDNESDAY Same as Tuesday
THURSDAY Same as Tuesday
FRIDAY
7:00 AM -
10:00 AM -
10:30 AM -
12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM
4:30 - 5:30 PM
6:30 - 7:00 PM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
SATURDAY
7:00 AM -
10:30 AM -
12:00 Noon -
1:00 - 2:00 PM
2:30 - 3:30 PM
6:20 - 6:30 PM
8:00 - 12:00 PM
KFRC - Radioart Corporation, San Francisco, 267.7 m (1120 kc)
SUNDAY
6:30 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 12:00 PM
MONDAY
10:00 AM -
6:30 - 7:30 PM
TUESDAY
8:00 - 12:00 PM
WEDNESDAY
10:00 AM -
6:30 - 7:30 PM
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM
THURSDAY
6:30 - 7:00 PM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
FRIDAY
6:30 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 11:00 PM
SATURDAY
6:15 - 7:30 PM
KFUQ - Julius Brunton & Sons, San Francisco, 236 m (1271 kc)
SUNDAY
5:00 - 6:30 PM
MONDAY THRU SATURDAY
9:00 - 11:00 AM
KGO - General Electric Co., Oakland, 361.2 m (830 kc)
SUNDAY
11:00 AM -
3:30 PM -
8:00 PM -
MONDAY
9:00 AM -
10:40 AM -
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:30 PM -
3:00 PM -
4:00 - 6:00 PM
6:45 PM
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM
TUESDAY
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:30 PM -
4:00 - 5:30 PM
6:45 PM -
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM
WEDNESDAY
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:30 PM -
3:00 PM -
4:00 - 5:30 PM
6:45 PM -
THURSDAY
10:40 AM
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:30 PM -
4:00 - 5:30 PM
6:45 PM -
7:15 PM - 8:00 PM -
10:00 PM - 1:00 AM
FRIDAY
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:30 PM -
3:00 PM -
4:00 - 5:30 PM
6:45 PM -
SATURDAY
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:30 PM -
4:00 - 5:30 PM
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM
KLX - The Tribune, Oakland, 508.2 m (590 kc)
SUNDAY Silent
MONDAY
6:00 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 9:30 PM
TUESDAY
6:00 - 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY
6:00 - 7:30 PM
8:00 PM -
THURSDAY
7:00 - 7:30 PM
FRIDAY
6:00 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 10:30 PM
SATURDAY
7:00 - 7:30 PM
KFUS - Sherman School, Oakland, 234.5 m (1279 kc)
SUNDAY
3:30 - 4:30 PM
8:00 - 9:00 PM
MONDAY
11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
TUESDAY
9:00 - 9:30 PM
WEDNESDAY
6:30 - 7:30 PM
THURSDAY
7:00 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 9:00 PM
FRIDAY
8:00 - 9:00 PM
SATURDAY
11:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
KZM Hotel Oakland, Oakland, 360 m (833 kc)
SUNDAY Silent
MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 6:30 - 7:00 PM
KRE- The Gazette, Berkeley, 259 m (1158 kc)
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 AM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
MONDAY
8:00 - 10:00 PM
TUESDAY
8:00 - 10:00 PM
WEDNESDAY
5:00 - 6:00 PM
8:00 - 12:00 PM
THURSDAY
8:00 - 10:00 PM
FRIDAY Silent
SATURDAY
8:00 - 12:00 PM
AUGUST 2, 1925
STATION OPERATING SCHEDULES
(Program Comments from the San Francisco Chronicle)
KPO Hale Bros. and the Chronicle, San Francisco, 428.3 m (700 kc)
SUNDAY
8:00 AM -
10:30 AM -
11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
3:00 PM -
6:00 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
MONDAY
10:30 AM -
12:00 NOON -
1:00 - 2:00 PM
2:30 - 4:00 PM
4:30 - 7:30 PM 8:00 - 12:00 PM
TUESDAY
10:00 - AM
10:30 - AM 12:00 Noon -
12:30 - 2:00 PM
3:30 - 4:30 PM
5:30 - 7:30 PM 8:00 - 11:00 PM
12:00 Midnight - 3:00 AM
WEDNESDAY
10:15 AM -
10:30 AM -
12:00 Noon -
1:00 - 2:00 PM
2:30 - 3:30 PM
5:30 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 11:00 PM
THURSDAY
10:00 - AM
10:30 - AM
12:00 Noon -
1:00 - 3:00 PM 3:30 - 4:30 PM
5:30 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 11:00 PM
FRIDAY
10:30 AM -
12:00 Noon -
12:45 PM - 1:30 - 2:00 PM
3:00 - 4:30 PM
5:00 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
SATURDAY
10:30 AM -
12:00 Noon -
1:00 - 2:00 PM
2:30 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 12:00 PM
KFRC, City of Paris, San Francisco, 267.7 m (1120 kc)
Headlining on KFRC for the week will be members of the Theater Arts Club
under the direction of Talma Zetta Wilburn, who will present a radio play on
Saturday night. Tuesday and Friday nights will be marked by special studio
offerings. Bem's Little Symphony Orchestra and Wilt Gunzendorfer's band are
among the musical organizations scheduled to broadcast during the week.
SUNDAY
4:00 - 5:00 PM
6:30 - 7:00 PM
8:00 - 9:00 PM
10:00 - 12:00 PM
MONDAY
9:30 AM -
10:00 AM -
10:45 AM -
12:00 Noon -
5:30 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 9:10 PM
TUESDAY
9:30 AM -
12:00 Noon -
5:30 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 11:00 PM
WEDNESDAY
9:00 AM -
10:00 - 11:00 AM
12:00 Noon -
4:00 - 7:00 PM
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM
THURSDAY
9:30 AM -
12:00 Noon -
5:30 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
FRIDAY
9:30 AM -
12:00 Noon -
4:00 - 7:00 PM
8:00 - 11:00 PM
SATURDAY
12:00 Noon -
5:30 - 7:30 PM
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM
KJBS - J. Brunton and Sons, San Francisco, 236 m (1271 kc)
Wednesday and Friday nights will be the "big nights" for KJBS.
On Wednesday there will be a two-hour studio broadcast, while on Friday night a
special concert is scheduled. All the other regular features of San Francisco's
"baby broadcaster" also will be put on the air during the week.
SUNDAY
5:00 - 6:30 PM
MONDAY
9:00 - 11:30 AM
2:00 - 2:30 PM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
TUESDAY
9:00 - 11:30 AM
2:00 - 2:30 PM
6:30 - 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY
9:00 - 11:30 AM
2:00 - 2:30 PM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
THURSDAY
9:00 - 11:30 AM
2:00 - 2:30 PM
FRIDAY
9:00 - 11:30 AM
2:00 - 2:30 PM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
SATURDAY
9:00 - 11:30 AM
2:00 - 2:30 PM
KGO, General Electric Co., Oakland, 361.2 m (830 kc)
Featuring the offering of KGO for the week will be a concert by the KGO
Little Symphony Orchestra, on the air Tuesday night from 8 to 10 o'clock. The
program of the trans-bay station for the week also will be marked by the return
of the Arion Trio, which has been off the air for two months. On Thursday night
another radio play, "The Thirteenth Chair", will be broadcast by a
cast of ten players. Educational features will be broadcast tomorrow, and on
Saturday there will be a feature studio program.
SUNDAY
11:00 AM - 7:30 PM -
MONDAY
7:15 - 7:30 AM
8:15 AM -
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
3:00 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
TUESDAY
7:15 - 7:30 AM
8:15 AM -
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
4:00 - 5:30 PM
6:00 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 1:00 AM
WEDNESDAY
7:15 - 7:30 AM
8:15 AM -
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
3:00 - 7:30 PM
THURSDAY
7:15 - 7:30 AM
8:15 AM -
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
4:00 - 6:30 PM
7:00 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
FRIDAY
7:15 - 7:30 AM
8:15 AM -
10:50 AM -
11:10 AM - 1:00 PM
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
3:00 - 7:30 PM
SATURDAY
7:15 - 7:30 AM
8:15 AM -
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
4:00 - 5:30 PM
8:00 - 1:00 AM
KTAB, Tenth Avenue Baptist Church, Oakland, 215 m (1395 kc)
Inaugurating its first regular schedule, station KTAB, Oakland, will
broadcast programs today, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Services of the Tenth
Avenue Baptist Church and special features will be on the air today. On Tuesday
night a program of vocal and instrumental music under the direction of Grace
Adams East will be broadcast; Thursday night will feature selections from grand
opera by a group of bay district artists, and on Friday there will be a program
by the San Franala Ensemble under the direction of Jack Thomas.
SUNDAY
10:00 AM -
11:00 AM -
7:45 PM -
MONDAY - Silent
TUESDAY
8:00 - 10:00 PM
WEDNESDAY - Silent
THURSDAY
10:00 - 11:00 PM
FRIDAY
8:00 - 10:00 PM
SATURDAY - Silent
KLX, The Tribune, Oakland, 508.2 m (590 kc)
Three feature nights are scheduled for the week by station KLX, the out-
standing programs being offered tomorrow, Wednesday and Friday. On tomorrow
night's broadcast there will be a string ensemble and soloists; Wednesday
evening will feature educational talks and a special musical program, while on
Friday night music by a male quartet, saxaphone ensemble and vocal and
instrumental soloists will be put on the air.
SUNDAY - Silent
MONDAY
6:00 - 7:30 AM
8:00 - 10:30 PM
TUESDAY
3:15 - 5:00 PM
6:00 - 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY
3:15 - 5:00 PM
7:00 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 10:30 PM
THURSDAY
3:15 - 5:00 PM
7:00 - 7:30 PM
FRIDAY
3:15 - 5:00 PM
6:00 - 7:30 PM
8:00 - 10:30 PM
SATURDAY
3:15 - 5:00 PM
7:00 - 7:30 PM
KFUS, Sherman School, Oakland, 234.5 m (1279 kc)
Music by the chorus of the Oakland Temple Baptist Church will again
feature the KFUS offering for the week. The chorus, with assisting soloists,
will be on the air today and Tuesday. On Friday there will be a special program
by the Gospel Tabernacle chorus of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
of Oakland, with vocal and instrumental solos.
SUNDAY
9:00 - 9:30 AM
3:30 - 4:30 PM
MONDAY - Silent
TUESDAY
2:30 - 3:30 PM
9:00 - 9:30 PM
WEDNESDAY - Silent
THURSDAY
2:30 - 3:30 PM
8:00 - 10:00 PM
FRIDAY
8:00 - 9:00 PM
SATURDAY
11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
KZM, Hotel Oakland, Oakland, 242 m (1240 kc)
SUNDAY - Silent
MONDAY TO SATURDAY
6:30 - 7:00 PM
KRE, The Gazette, Berkeley, 259 m (1158 kc)
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 AM
6:30 - 7:30 PM
8:15 - 9:15 PM
MONDAY - Silent
TUESDAY - Silent
WEDNESDAY - Silent
THURSDAY
8:00 - 9:30 PM
FRIDAY - Silent
SATURDAY
8:00 - 12:00 PM
KFUU, Colburn Radio, San Leandro, 224 m (1339 kc)
Station KFUU will again be on the air tomorrow, Wednesday and Friday. The
broadcasts tomorrow and Wednesday will feature orchestral music, while the
Friday evening offering will include vocal and instrumental solos and duets.
SUNDAY
1:30 - 3:00 PM
MONDAY
8:00 - 9:30 PM
TUESDAY - Silent
WEDNESDAY
8:00 - 9:30 PM
THURSDAY
8:00 - 9:30 PM
FRIDAY
8:00 - 9:30 PM
SATURDAY - Silent
KFQH, Radio Service Co., Burlingame, 220 m (1363 kc)
SUNDAY - Silent
MONDAY - Silent
TUESDAY
8:00 - 10:30 PM
WEDNESDAY - Silent THURSDAY
8:00 - 10:30 PM
FRIDAY - Silent
SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:30 PM
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