10:36 PM May 16, 2012
Temp: 43°F
Wind is 7 mph from the North
KWMR Live Weather
Tickets for Sweethearts of the Radio are on sale now. Click HERE to reserve your seats at this KWMR event - tickets available on line ONLY UNTIL NOON, Saturday, Feb 11! This concert never disappoints - and Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum are back again! Suzy & Eric Thompson will be joining them along with Misner & Smith and Steve & Karen Tamborski. Tasty desserts, fine beverages and an evening of fun with everyone who loves RADIO! Doors at 6:00 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm! There may be a few tickets available at the door, but this event is very close to selling out.
What is a Radiogram?
The radiogram system operates much like old Western Union telegram system. The sender writes out the message along with the name and address of the recipient on a radiogram blank. One of the KWMR Radiogram Girls will help with this.
The completed radiogram is handed to me for transmission by Morse code to a designated relay station. If needed, the radiogram will be relayed from station to station across the country, all by manual Morse code, until it reaches the destination city where some geezer like me will deliver the radiogram by phone, reading it to the addressee. So it's important that the phone number be included in the address.
Sometimes it takes a bit of explanation for the recipient to understand that it's not a sales call but a radiogram instead. But once they get it, they are invariably thrilled.
Transmitter Wrangler Richard Dillman and his Lovely Assistants will be making Radiograms available for those attending Sweethearts of the Radio. Send your sweetheart a Radiogram in "real time" from the event!
See you there!!!