When Powel Crosley Jr., radio-manufacturer and operator of a network built around Cincinnati's big Station WLW. started out singlehanded 15 years ago. he put a chamber music record on the air as his first musical broadcast. In succeeding years WLW has been the proving ground of many a U. S. jazz orchestra, including such hot ones as Thomas ("Fats") Waller's. Something of a pioneer in putting swing music on the air, Towel Crosley last week was revealed as something of a pioneer in taking it off. He had, it appeared, become irritated when he heard a simple tune swing so wide...
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