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ing J1owAe7 werei rby iquent. There 'was? even one1 what mîgsht be deservibed as, bi)'Rth of radio as a Y.editu4 entertainmeiut, wheni the -~Damne eltie Melba was per-j ed to appear befoire the m phone on June l5th, 1920 *~ it as a nerve-racking roi the man who had to escort~ temperamretal prima donrý the Marconi studio at Ch tord. And as shesaîed th the works yard he pointed two enormous maýsts to a3bove them, frcon whilcaerial was suspended, anmnarked, hoping to irnprez;ý *'Tromn up there, Damne yjour voice will go out' heard over miost of Europe The singer stared upthen snapped: "Youngm youi think l'i going to clirp there at My fUrne ofi life, ,nistaken!" "To describe- activities i sýtudios in those early da erratic woulid be putting it ly," says Freddie Grisewo4 his Story 0f The EBC". H-1 eribes that first famnous studio at Marconi House, don, as ". , . a dingy room tý feet square, with a faded carpet, a grand piano a4 worn-out setteeé with the1 hair coming througifh." A programme of songs frequently interrupted by quest for, "'One mnoment, pý while we nove the piano." il a singer Was too sho, reacli the mikie he had to on a pile of books. One- i reachinig for a high oe o Èrackwards and finished u~ thie floor! Conditions vwere so crai t.hat first 2LO station fth studio had to be used as ficee during the day, then l tldied up for the evening's l' - east , while- the ,music librard housed-I an old kitchen r On1 one occasion, says FI- 4Grisewood4, diiring early d4, Savoy Hill an orchestral co was overrun-ning iti; timne s&eusly that he had Iess thar~ >x4nutes to fit in songs1 'e1lebrated vwoman singer,. (,ýüud he do? He couldn't i singer in viewt of her repiý *.then she camne f0 his T.astily 4ragging lier e~mnthe microph~one, lie WITI" FAMILY AND Your festive secson CQtarts mnomeýnt youj Step on boatm -your CUNARD Christmnai ...superb service and comifort at Thrift Seasýon ri .. Frther Chrisimas wiII board ... Christmas treles childreq's parties and Yuletide mQnus ta tempt your sec-sharpene~d appeti. fun galore for ail!