During this time period John L. Barnes held the licence for amateur station 3ABW, listed at 113 Mansion Avenue in June 1923, and 113 Warwick Road in June 1924, with both addresses located in Haddonfield.
The transmitting wavelength of 210 meters is equivalent to 1430 kHz, while 236 meters is 1270 kHz.
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 6, 1923, page 5:
HADDONFIELD BABIES WILL HAVE A PARADE
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That and Athletic Field Day by the Schools Will Feature Child Welfare Week
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HADDONFIELD, N. J., May 5.--A baby parade and a field day with athletic contests will be features of Child Welfare Week in Haddonfield, beginning tomorrow. It is an annual event conducted by the Loving Service in the interest of the health and happiness of the children in Haddonfield and vicinity.
Clinics will be conducted daily in the Community House under the direction of physicians, assisted by visiting nurses. Babies will be weighed and measured according to the standard of the National Health Bureau. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the week to the healthiest babies. Miss Clara Kearney, a visiting nurse, will give daily talks to the mothers.
The field day, Wednesday, will be in charge of the schools, and on Thursday there will be a film in dental work shown at the high school.
A mass meeting will be held Friday night in the high school in charge of the Parent-Teachers' Association at which it is hoped to have Governor Silzer speak.
The baby parade will be conducted Saturday under the supervision of the Haddon Fortnightly and the Garden Club.
Business houses have planned to cooperate in the observance of the week. Church and civic and patriotic organizations will elso take part. It is planned to broadcast over the radio a talk on "Child Welfare" during the week.
Camden (New Jersey) Daily Courier, May 10, 1923, page 7:
Haddonfield Radio Fan to Broadcast Program Tonight
Radio page fans of South Jersey and especially those in the vicinity of Haddonfield are planning to "tune in" on the special Child Welfare Week program that will be broadcast from a Haddonfield radio station tonight.
The program of health talks will be broadcast from the station of John Barnes, of Haddonfield, who has secured special permission from the Radio Inspector in charge of this district, to broadcast these talks in connection with the welfare observance.
The special program will be broadcast at 7.45 tonight. Addresses will be given by Dr. J. C. Lovett, who will speak on "Prevention of Contagious Diseases in Children" and Dr. J. W. Barron, who will speak on "Care of the Teeth and Mouth."
For the purpose of broadcasting this program Mr. Barnes has been given the special call letters of WRAQ and the program will be broadcast on a 210 meter wave length. Many fans throughout South Jersey are expected to take the opportunity to join in the celebration that has been in progress in Haddonfield during this week.
Camden (New Jersey) Post-Telegram, May 10, 1924, page 15:
The committee in charge of Child Welfare Week has been granted permission by the Secretary of Commerce at Washington to broadcast every night from May 11 to 18, inclusive, from the John Barnes station, 236 meters, and has given the station a special designation, "WRAQ," for identification. Tomorrow evening at 6.15 o'clock Rev. Robert Hugh Morris, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will talk on "Give the Youngster a Chance," which will be broadcast. The following evenings, between 8.30 and 9.30 talks on subject relative to child welfare will be broadcast.
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 12, 1924, page 2:
CHILD WELFARE LICENSED
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Committee Obtains Special Broadcast Permit Through Secretary Hoover
License to broadcast has been granted the committee in charge of Child Welfare Week, which begins today and comes to a close next Saturday, it was announced yesterday.
Through Secretary of Commerce Hoover, a special license was granted to the committee to operate station WRAQ on a wave length of 236 meters. Rev. Robert H. Morris broadcast a talk, "Giving the Youngsters a Chance," through this station last night. A health talk will be given every evening during Child Welfare Week by a prominent speaker. The talks will be given from 8.30 to 9.30 o'clock every night.
Camden (New Jersey) Daily Courier, May 12, 1924, page 3:
WELFARE DRIVE ON AT HADDONFIELD
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Children's Week Marked by Clinics, Lectures, Games, Conferences and Parades
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Haddonfield, May 12.--The official beginning of the borough's annual Child Welfare Week started yesterday.
Clinics, including advice and free examinations, will feature every day this week at the Community House, under the charge of borough physicians and community nurses. Tomorrow a meeting at the same headquarters will be addressed by Dr. Lake, eminent specialist.
Wednesday will be field day. Children from all borough schools will participate in athletic events and contests. The races, drills and exhibitions Will take up the entire afternoon on the Presbyterian athletic field.
Thursday will see a round table conference and party for children of pre-school age and their mothers at the First Baptist-Church. Mrs. Walter Dawson will lead the meeting. A mass meeting will conclude the observation Friday evening, in the high school auditorium.
On this occasion Dr. Frederick W. Maroney, of Atlantic City, will make an address and school children will present a health playlet. Prize essays will be read and prize scrap books and posters exhibited. Saturday a baby parade will be held on Chestnut street between King's Highway, East, and Lincoln avenue, and more prizes will be awarded.
A novel innovation this year is a lecture on health subjects every evening broadcasted from one of Haddonfield's own radio stations, WRAQ, between 8.30 and 9.30 p. m. The meterage will be 236.
Camden (New Jersey) Daily Courier, May 13, 1924, page 3:
RAIN AT HADDONFIELD HAMPERS BABY WEEK
Haddonfield, May 13.--Due to yesterday's inclement weather, babies up to one year old will have a clinic Thursday from 11 a. m. noon as part of Haddonfield's Child Welfare observation. Dr. Walter Horstmann will be in charge.
The broadcasting program of station WRAQ, co-operating in the work in sending out health talks each evening, has been completed. Dr. Alice Lake was the speaker last night.
Tomorrow night Mrs. E. H Barnes will be the speaker. Wednesday evening Dr. Lavinia Clement, of Haddonfield, will talk on the state's work in the tuberculosis field. Mrs. James L Pennypacker will speak Thursday evening. The concluding address Friday night will be by Dr. Mary Ryan, of the Interstate Dairy Council.
Tomorrow, if the weather permits, field day, an annual attraction, will be staged on the Presbyterian athletic field, with Miss Ethel Bloodgood and Herbert Mathers, the physical training directors of the school, in charge.