We recently shared a 1940 picture of opera singer Lily Pons listening to her GE radio-phono combo. But it appears that Miss Pons had more than a passing interest in radio. Here, we see her in the April, 1938, issue of All Wave Radio magazine at the mike of amateur station W2JKQ. Shown in the picture are, from left to right, maestro Andre Kostelanetz, Miss Pons, and W2JKQ.

Miss Pons was probably first introduced to ham radio by her camera man, C. Roy Hunt, W6CNE. Mr. Hunt had allowed her to speak to her South American manager, who was at the mike of LU1DA in Buenos Aires. In this photo, she duplicated the contact from W2JKQ’s New York station. She also chatted with a fan in Greece, SV1KE.

Lily Pons in 1940.

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