WNAX schedule in 1929

The book House of Gurney was published in 1929 commemorating the 63rd anniversary of the Gurney Seed and Nursery company but also the 8th anniversary of 570 WNAX-AM which had signed on in 1921. It's worth pointing out that WNAX did a lot of publishing. In addition to the above, they had their seed catalogs, there were vocational learning newspapers, The Common Sense newspaper, innumerable cook books, and then what at first appear to be at least two teen interest books.

The books were both also printed in 1929. Messages to Boys was written by Edmund Reed Gurnsey, clearly a member of the family. But these are not adventure stories, these are stories, parables intended in instill moral guidance. Edmund had nicknamed himself the "Radio Philosopher" and every Sunday evening for an hour he lectured and gave advice intended to make young men into upstanding citizens. It sounds a tad patronizing.

Radio Heart Throbs was written by Pastor Denton E. Cleveland. So Heart Throbs turns out to be a collection of sermons. He writes in the introduction "at the request of hundreds of friends for a printed copy of sermons that your Radio Pastor has given. I am putting seventeen years of my life of ministry into this book...we hope that it will serve as a personal handclasp in friendship and heart –to- heart talk..." So he does not mean Heart Throb in that sense. Despite the fact that the etym0ology of that phrase goes back to the 1820s. Both books were printed by the Verstegen Printing Co., Sioux City, Iowa on cornstalk paper. [More here]

The schedule included is meant to be generic, it doesn't mention a specific day of the week, but I'm assuming it's somewhat representative. So I wanted to post a chunk of their schedule. More here.

TIME	PROGRAM	NOTE
6:00 AM	Variety Entertainment
	Welk's Novelty band	Lawrence Welk's first band
	Bill's Harness Makers
	Master Co. Music Makers	I hope this is connected to Master Liquid Hog Tonic
	Battery Boy's Program	Jada Wyman & Bill Goodrich
	Sunshine Paint Orchestra	Performed at Daum's Opera House with Lawrence Welk's band
	Old Time Variety
7:30	Children's Variety	Hosted by "Aunt" Esther Smith and Roy Eastmanaka "Harmonica Dutch"
8:00	Price Quoting Hour
	Old Time Melodies	This could be the syndicated NBC program
	Gurney's Hawaiians	Bob, Lon & Frances Kia
	John Jensen, songs	A harmonica & guitar player
	Happy Jack's Trio	Happy Jack O'Malley
	Esther Smith, Contralto	"Aunt" Esther Smith again
9:00	Radio Orchestra
	Sunshine Coffee Boys	Happy Sunshine Coffee Boys, Violinists, Eddie Dean and Johnnie
	Grain and Livestock Markets
10:00	Sacred Services	Pastor Denton E. Cleveland did a 20 minute weekday service and more on Sunday with studio choir
	Meridian Trio	Nancy Wyborny Gurney (aka Aunt Sammy) , Harvey Nelson & Corenne Horst
	Art Haring, Cornetist	Often played with Corenne Horst
	J.V. Barborka, Harpist	Joseph V. "Dad" Barborka
11:00	Old Time Variety
	Concert Orchestra	Orchestra directed by Art Haring
	Grain and Livestock Markets
12:05	Announcements
	Weather, News, Markets
	D.B. Gurney, President	Deloss Butler Gurney
1:00	Concert Orchestra	Orchestra directed by Art Haring
	Gurney's Hawaiians	Bob, Lon & Frances Kia
	Grain Market Close
2:00	Welk's Novelty Orchestra	Lawrence Welk's first band
	Sunshine Coffee Boys	Happy Sunshine Coffee Boys, Violinists, Eddie Dean and Johnnie
	Saxophone Quintet	Frank Hobbs, Harvey, Paul Donnelly, Zeke Stout, Rolly Chesney, John Matuska (also a member of the Royal Serenaders)
3:00	Harmony String Trio
	Earl and Esther, Duets	"Aunt" Esther Smith probably with C. Earl Williams
	John Jensen, Songs
	Edith Gurney, Soprano	Sang Irish songs with Alice Williams on Piano
4:00	Radio Orchestra
	Gurney's Hawaiians	Bob, Lon & Frances Kia
	Bohemian Program	polka and/or polish language program
	Old Time Variety
5:00	E. R. Gurney	Ed Gurney and wholesome moral talks
	Little German band	There were multiple bands in the region, by this name in that era.
	George B. German, Cowboy	A country guitarist and singer, later host of RFD
	Musical Clock Program	This is a long-running thing in radioland there were numerous musical clock programs. . More here.
6:00	Weather, News and markets
	Delila Jorgenson
	Hawaiian Melodies
	Sunshine Cord Orchestra	Sunshine Cord Tire Orchestra: Harvey Nelson, John Matuska, Zeke Stout, Charley Steinbach & Jada Wyman
7:00	H. Lemke, German singer	Herbert Lemke, mostly sacred songs in German
	Gurney Little Symphony
	Hubbard Milling Trio	sponsored by the Hubbard Milling Co.
	Radio Orchestra
	E.R. Gurney	Ed Gurney again
8:30	Sign Off