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Salt Lake City Plans Elaborately
for Western Music Trades Conclave
C ALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, March 25.—The
motto of the convention of the Western
Music and Radio Trades' Association, to be
held in Salt Lake City this year, will be "Work
While We Work and Play While We Play,"
according to President Royal W. Daynes, who
is general manager of the Consolidated Music
Company of this city. Mr. Daynes promises
an excellent program of both work and play.
Salt Lake City has splendid facilities for the
accommodation of conventions, both from the
standpoint of work and play.
President Daynes said the registration will
take place on Monday morning, June 10, with
the opening session on the morning of the next
day. He said they plan to start the entertain-
ment features on Monday afternoon by a trip
to Bingham Canyon in Salt Lake County where
a mountain of copper is being removed, and a
visit to certain other metal mining properties
in the vicinity of Salt Lake City, In the eve-
ning an entertainment feature, the nature of
which has not yet been decided, will be provided,
President Daynes announced. On Tuesday eve-
ning, the famous resort on Great Salt Lake,
America's famed Dead Sea, will be visited and
here an entertainment will be held following-
bathing in the salty water—so salty the human
body cannot sink—and a round of the conces-
sions. The annual banquet will be held at the
Hotel Utah the next evening. Speakers at this
function will be men of great prominence in
the trade. There will also be a number of
unique features.
The annual golf tournament will be. on
Thursday, conducted under the same manage-
ment as previous years. This tournament will
be staged at Salt Lake City's wonderful coun-
try club on the outskirts of the city. In addi-
tion to the features mentioned, there will be a
stag party and some other things not yet
worked out, according to President Daynes.
During the convention a special organ recital
at the Tabernacle will be enjoyed, followed by
a close-up inspection of the great organ.
The business end of the convention will be.
divided into four sessions, with the first on
Tuesday morning, as already stated, and ending
on Wednesday afternoon. No business pro-
gram has been drawn up so far, but it is stated
that matters of vital importance to the trade
will be discussed.
The allotment of space for the Western Radio
and Phonograph Exposition, to be held in this
city on June 11, 12 and 13, will be made at
the offices of the Chamber of Commerce on
Television Service
Promised for May First
JERSEY CITY, N. J., March
25.—Construction
work is well under way on a 5-kilowatt tele-
vision transmitter to be installed on the roof
of the Jenkins Television Corp. plant building
on Claremont avenue, this city. The Federal
Radio Commission has granted this organiza-
tion a license calling for a 100-kilocycle band
between 2,100 and 2,200 kilocycles, or approxi-
mately 140 meters, with unlimited time such
as will not interfere with other services. The
officials of the Jenkins Television Corporation
state that the transmitter will be completely
installed by April 15, and will be testing on or
about that time, followed by experimental tele-
vision programs beginning May 1.
April 1 and, from the contracts already signed,
the success of the show appears to be assured.
Manufacturers' space has sold remarkably
well, and the attendance promises to be large.
The exposition will be held during the conven-
tion here of the Western Music and Radio
Trades' Association, which in itself assures a
good attendance from the trade. A big effort
will be made to get the general public inter-
ested and various features are being worked
out with this end in view. The board of gov-
ernors of the exposition are headed by Royal
VV. Daynes, general manager of the Consoli-
dated Music Co. and president of the Western
Music and Radio Trades' Association. The
other members are prominent in wholesale
circles locally,
Bush & Lane Go. Plans an
Elaborate Radio Campaign
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, March 23.—Evidence that
the Bush & Lane radio agency will be a very
desirable and valuable one is emphasized in the
aggressive and comprehensive program that is
being planned by the manufacturers, the Bush
& Lane Piano Co. of Holland, Michigan.
The company plans to do a large radio busi-
ness during 1929 and states that a formal an-
nouncement will be made to the trade regard-
ing the line and the complete program follow-
ing a meeting of the Bush & Lane territorial
salesmen the first of next month.
Years of experience in manufacturing radios
as well as pianos gives the company an insight
and knowledge regarding the manufacture and
retailing of radios which permits intelligent co-
operation with its radio representatives.
A complete line of high-grade radios in beau-
tifully designed cabinets will be introduced with
a price range that will permit exclusive Bush
& Lane representation. The Bush & Lane high
standard of quality will be reflected in the cabi-
net and the radio itself.
Gretchaninoff on Baldwin
Radio Hour on March 31
Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Russian composer-
pianist now on his first visit to the Unjted
States; Miss Hilda Burke, prima donna, so-
prano of the Chicago Civic Opera Company,
and Ralph Wolf, American pianist, are the fea-
tured artists on the "At the Baldwin" radio
program Sunday, March 31, over WJZ and as-
sociated stations. The Baldwin Singers also
will contribute to a crowded half-hour.
Telling the Whole World
The arrival of five carloads of Majestic elec-
tric radio receivers shipped to Louisville, Ky.,
by the Grigsby-Grunow Co., Chicago, the manu-
facturers, was made the occasion for the pub-
lication of an eight-page supplement in the
Louisville Times, devoted entirely to editorial
articles regarding the Majestic product and its
success together with announcements of over
thirty-five Majestic dealers in this territory, in
eluding a full page by the Grigsby-Grunow Co.,
another page by the Cooper-Louisville Co.,
local distributors of the Majestic who were in-
strumental in getting up the display.
National Chain of Retail
Radio Stores Organized
Radio-Vision Stores, Inc., Establishes Head-
quarters in Chicago, Taking Over 23 Shops
in That City
CHICAGO, I I I . , March 23.—The Radio-Vision
Stores, Inc., has been organized with headquar-
ters in Chicago as the nucleus for a national
organization of retail radio chain store distribu-
tors. The headquarters of the new company
are located at 310 South Michigan boulevard,
Chicago.
It is announced that the firm has taken over
twenty-three retail radio stores in Chicago, and
is considering the application of eight other
Chicago stores and six in Milwaukee. Only
those stores which have enjoyed public prestige
and confidence, and have been operated on
sound and constructive business policies are
being considered as potential units of the new
organization.
It is also announced that as soon as the stores
desired for the initial program of the Chicago
and Milwaukee organizations have definitely
come into the corporation the chain will take
in other cities.
The purpose of the Radio-Vision Stores, Inc.,
is the same which motivates practically all
chain-store organizations—namely to offer the
public the best values obtainable at minimum
prices plus service, all accruing from the ad-
vantages of centralized purchasing, servicing,
warehousing and delivering.
Radio-Vision Stores, Inc., was formulated by
Max Shore, proprietor of the Halsted Music
Shop, Chicago. Associated with him as an or-
ganization committee are: Ray M. York, of O.
R. Martin Co.; C. H. Carr, of Carr & Son;
Joseph H. Lazar, of Lazar & Son, and William
Haedicke, of Wonder Radio Sales.
The corporation has been granted an Illinois
charter and will operate as a Chicago corpora-
tion with headquarters in that city. The Chi-
cago firms comprising Radio-Vision Stores,
Inc., as of March 16, are as follows:
Belmont Radio Co., Bryn Mawr Music Shop,
B. F. Carr & Son, Escorad, Inc., Gulbransen
Store, Halsted Music Shop, Holicky Music
Shop, Lazar & Dubetz, Lazar & Son Music
Center, Levinson Radio Stores, Lindgren &
Co., O. R. Martin Co., National Music Shop,
Reichardt Talking Machine Shop, Ristow-Radio
Store, Servall Radio Store, Shore Radio Store,
West Side Talking Machine Co., Wonder Radio
Sales Co., Dumke Radio Co.
New Company Formed to
Finance Majestic Dealers
The Grigsby-Grunow Co. announces the
formation of the Majestic Corp., with offices at
120 S. LaSalle street, Chicago, to finance tin-
paper of its authorized dealers in connection
with instalment sales of Majestic radio receiv-
ing sets.
All of the stock of the Majestic Corp. will
be owned by the Grigsby-Grunow Co. The
office will be in charge of Mr. Harry C. Straus,
and the officers will be: B. J. Grigsby, president;
VV. C. Grunow, vice-president and treasurer; A.
C. Winnan, secretary, and R\ R. Trimarco, as-
sistant secretary and treasurer. >
Paul M. Gazlay, secretary
Music Co., San Francisco,
from the Hawaiian Islands.
found business conditions
of the Continental
Cal., has returned
He stated that lie
good at present.