In a special, "encore" presentation, we re-broadcast the pilot episode of Radio Journeys, now edited and improved. We jump into 1930, with three shows from that year: "The Life of Irene Castle" (photo at right), the earliest known recording of a full daytime women's program; "The Voice from the Housetops," another syndicated "musi-mercial"; and "Coca-cola Top Notchers," from March 19,1930, the earliest known recording of a full network entertainment program.

his week, it's more great 1920s jazz from the radio, with three excerpts from the syndicated shows of 1929 and 1930: Two from the Sunny Meadows Show featuring Ray Miller and His Orchestra (Photo at right). Plus, an undated, unnamed set of excerpts featuring Red Nichols. Great, historic, rare radio recordings to take us way back... on another Radio Journey.

This week, it's a night of music as it would have sounded on the radio in 1929. Syndicated, pre-recorded music shows were one of the great innovations in radio that year, with corporations hoping to market their products through shows that presented not only those products, but also some of the best music of the day. We listen to four examples: One from The Maytag Minstrels and three excerpts from Brunswick Brevities, the most successful of these shows. Brunswick Brevities include great, hot jazz performances by Irving Mills and Red Nichols. And hidden away in all of this is a sizzling vocal performance by a very young Hoagy Carmichael. Running Time: 55 minutes.

This week, we return to Newark, NJ, to hear local radio as it sounded in 1929. We hear two programs recorded for WAAM by the Edison Studios. Plus, a brief history of WAAM and its successor, WNEW, New York.