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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1946 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE GKDO GOES ON THE AIR SATURDAY * Music by Popular Orchestras Will Be Heard Over CKDO Z «+ + To be heard regularly over Oshawa's new radio station. sextet, The Jumping Jacks are to be heard regularly over station CKDO, pa NORMAN CLOUTHIER Director LOUISE CARLYLE Vocalist o 9 o This is the best transcribed music available "We Are All Set to Go" Says George Elliot Owner Station CKDO "Our station OKDO will be clear listening and strongest within a 14 mile radius of Qshawa," sald George Elliott to The Times-Gazette stres- sing that this was a conservative estimate and that actually the broadcast would be heard within a in radius up to 25 miles at times even further, "We are all set to go," he sald "for the past two weeks the station has been on the air from one to two hours testing each day. Since regu- lations do not permit testing during the day or evening most of these broadcasts have been beamed at night or more correctly during the early hours. The staff of i includes a number erly Chief Announcer at CKCW, Monc- We Extend CONGRATULATIONS to Oshawa"s New Radio Station and Sponsored By: WARD'S DEPT. STORE ton, NB. Ross will double in brass here and will be Director of Pro- grams as well as Chief Announcer. It was learned that while he was in Moncton the station won "The Beaver Award" for community service, an annual presentation of the magazine "Canadian Broadcast- will mark the culmination of a goal set six months ago, when the de- cision to build the station was reached, According to Mr, Elliott Bont goal was reached in record "Thanks that plans have gone so well are due largely to the co-opera=- tion of ROA. Victor Company Limited, whose sales and engineer- ing staff in Toronto, Montreal and the United States, left no stone un- turned to supply us with equipment at the earliest possible date," Mr, Elliott declared. "Our studios here in the Genosha Hotel are now in readiness for Sup. bij GAT and I feel that our young do all in its power to supply the best for the Sishtiets Us audience," he sa ! » ... You're Invited to "LISTEN IN"' to the "MORRISON FUR COMPANY oe WORLD o . NEWS BROADCAST DAILY at 6 p.m. over -- Station CKDO-- 1240 on Your Dial «+» We also invite you to visit our store and see our fine selection of new Fur Coats and Accessories. Hundreds of coats to choose from'in your favorite furs. WE SPECIALIZE IN REPAIRS AND REMODELLING MORRISON FUR COMPANY 12 KING ST. WEST Oshawa Also on the announcing staff is Don Allman, son of Mr, and Mrs, R. G. Allman, 215 Athol Street East, Oshawa, Don gained considerable experience handling the public ad- dress system at the Arena, here, Also on the announcing end will be Jim Marsh, son of Mr, and Mrs, Fred Marsh, 700 Dundas Street, Whitby, Jim has been a resident of Whitby for the past 12 years. He is a graduate of the Re-establishe ment Institute, Toronto, and maj- ored in a radio announcing course, Jim spent three and a half years in the army, two of them overseas. He served with the 2nd Survey Regi- ment, R.C.A. 'The duties of Chief Engineer will be handled by George Blanchett, formerly with CKOC, Hamilton, His assistant will be Syd Townsend, son of Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Townsend, of 120 Maitland Street, Whitby. Syd is also a graduate of the Re-estab- lishment Institute and specialized in electronics and broadcast theory. COMPLETE MUSICAL LIBRARY As for what listeners can expect, Mr, Elliott told The Times-Gazette he had secured a complete up-to- date musical library from the Na- tional Broadcasting Company's Ra- dio Recording Division. The lib. rary, which now consists of over 5,000 transcribed selections, will in- clude modern dance music as well as classical masterpieces, band and religious airs, The station will also present news throughout the day from the wires of The Canadian Press, the Associated Press and Reuters News Agency. It will stress national news and an arrangement has also been made to receive about 800 words from Detroit, fea- turing automotive news, This is a special arrangement, inasmuch as the service is not usually leased to cities this far east but will be of particular interest and value locally, Besides news and musie, Mr, El- lott intends to feature special events broadcasting, This wil § in- clude hockey games from Oshawa and other sport events, when pos- sible. Dance band music will also ent time these broadcasts will limited due to th fact that only one remote control unit is av- allable. It iv hoped that further equipment will be made available in the near future. CHURCH BROADCASTS Perhaps one of the most inter- esting weekly features to be present ed will be a regular one-hour church broadcast each Sunday. Thus, residents of the district, who, because of infirmity or other cause, Juve | Rot 1 been apie to attend their urch for many will now be able to listen he r-- from their own church and hear the message of God as they did previously. Churches with which (3 ments have been completed, accord- ing to Mr. Elliott, are: Albert Street United Church, St. George's Angli- can Church, Simcoe Street United Church, First Baptist Church, King Street United Church, Knox Pres- byterian Church, St, Andrew's Unit- ed Church and the Salvation Army. When CKDO "The Voice of Dur= ham and Ontario Counties," takes to the air Saturday, October 5, it » . F 4 o. eccese® Cree Se LISTEN TO ~ "YOUR APPOINTMENT BOOK" every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY, 6:15 to 6:30 over CKDO for social announcements of the week. This is a programme designed for your convenience to give you advance notice of coming events, Remember 6.15 to 6.30 Monty Wed., and Friday, at 1240 on your CKDO N o matter what the occasion . . « no matter how large or small . . . you may be sure of find- ing the gift that will suit perfectly here. Com- bining artistry of craftmanship with quality, the maximum value awaits your preference in every price range. OSHAWA --BASSETT'S JEWELLERS