KFRU schedule for a typical broadcast day in 1932

Mark had a photocopy of the station’s schedule for the week of Oct. 31, 1932. At the time, KFRU shared time with WOS (Jefferson City, MO) and (at night) with WGBF Evansville, Indiana. The typical weekday schedule appeared to be 6 am-9 am, 4 pm-5 pm (5.30 pm on Mondays), and 7 pm-9 pm (12 midnight on Wednesdays). Here was the schedule for Saturday, November 5:

  • 6:00 A.M. Taylor Fur Co.–Familiar Melodies
  • 6:30 A.M. Vocal Hits
  • 6:59 A.M. Time and Weather.
  • 7:05 A.M. Dance Rhythms.
  • 7:15 A.M. Ralph Anderson’s Melody Mixers.
  • 7:30 A.M. Organ Melodies with Kathleen Fowler.
  • 8:05 A.M. Popular Hits.
  • 8:15 A.M. News of the Day.
  • 8:30 A.M. Dance Band Revue.
  • 8:40 A.M. KFRU Today.
  • 8:45 A.M. Homemaker’s Corner–Lillian Lawless.
  • 8:59 A.M. Time and Weather.
  • 2:00 P.M. M. U.-Oklahoma Football Game.
  • 7:00 P.M. The Central Dairy’s Old Time Music.
  • 7:30 P.M. Taylor Fur Co.–“Merry and Gay”.
  • 7:45 P.M. Jack Randolph, bass baritone.
  • 8:00 P.M. The Southland Singers.
  • 8:30 P.M. International Oil Co.–The Legionettes.
  • 8:45 P.M. “Visiting St. Louis”–Connie.
  • 9:00 P.M. College Inn Dance Program.
  • 9:30 P.M. KFRU Sunshine Minstrels.

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