Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1927, Page 30

30 PRIZE DX TUNING T0 START TONIGHT Identification of Stations to Offer Tests of Sets and Dialing Ability. Radio fans will have a new incen tive tonight for tuning in the out-of; town stations. The 's radio sta Mon {dentification cor will start, iving the liste h prize of 5 weekly to tune for ddition to n_opportunity to te ability their sc As explained in the simple rules for the contest announced Saturday and Sunday, the radio editor will pick one distant stat listeners to identify. the progra together will be published the following day. All that the contestants will have to do is to fill in the blank space left for the station’s call letters and send it to the radio station indentification con- test editor. At the end of the week the fan who succeeds in identifying the greatest number of stations will re- ceive the cash prize. In the case of a tie the prize will be divided equally. The first week's contest will end Sunday night. The final station for identification will appear in The Star next Monday. The winner or winners will be announced the following ‘Wednesday. A, A des Schumann, jr.,, 1447 Chapin . | during the daylight. street, heard the New Year celebra-| tions in five cities radio, the new | worder of the world,” as he puts it. At midnight he heard the tolling of the cracked Liberty Bell in Independ ence Hall, Philadelphia. An hour later he heard WJAZ in Chicago announc ing the arrival of the new year: it was then midnight, Central standard time. At 2 o'clock he picked up KOA in Denver and listened to the program there marking the birth of 1927. Three o'clock, or 12 o'clock Pacific time, found him tuned to KFI, Los Angeles, which was broadcasting its New Year program “Hires Harvesters,” one of WRC's new additions, heads that station's program tonight. The orchestra with this group is under direction of Eu- zene Ormandy, formerly a member of “Roxy’'s Gang. 7 Another outstanding attraction on WRC's program will be an entertain ment by Nora Bayes, the vaudeville star, who is appearing this week at a local moving picture theater. WRC also presented a. distinct inno- vation today by broadcasting an after- noon concert by the Palais d'or Orchestra of New York in conjunction with WEAF. The station announces that it has planned to give the Wash- ington fans an opportunity to hear a number of other New York orchestras The Palais d’or Orchestra. will be a regular Monday afternoon attraction. Quite an improvement was noted in the broadcast reception last night un- til about 11 \"(:lnck!’:A Whel“ |h: B'l;(:: to cling to the antennae. = ::eogtx!snin the North, South and Middle West came in with clarity earlier in the evening, but when the snow be- gan to fall the signal strength seemed to diminish. The change in reception (‘afldfllbn’ rently had little effect, however, :‘l‘:pe(hfi signals of WPG in Atlantic City and WORD in ‘Batavia, Ill. The program of the former station was marred as usual by fading. LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1927. Programs of Distant Stations Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time Vocal and instrument WBAL Orchestra Philadelp} alk, ““Te 11ade] . “Tomp arki Boston: Shepard Colonial Orchestra: #:30—Friladeiphia. Studio recital e Yo New Astor Concert Orch #:40—Philadelphia: Police reports; organ 5 TO 6 P.M. 8:00—Philadelph Minneapolis: [o Mandel Trio. . Osburn’s_Orchi orge ork: AStOF Orchestra; market reports. 6 TO 7 P.M. markes Teporis: sicries. - News bulletins an, @:00—Detroit: Tuller Orchestra Detrojt: Dinner concert. Chicago: Mandel Trio: {opi Cleveland: Lombardo's Roy: Hartford. Bedtime _stories: York: Waldorf-Astoria_Orchestrs. Klub; Elks' Dance Baad Toston: Riddies' n Hadelphia Benjamin Franklin OFches! Philadelphia: Weather: Jket reports ¢ S.banegmd.\‘ Stock reports. @115—NMinneapolis: Childre Cincinnati. Roehr's . Shelton Ensemble: rts @:45—Davenport: Chimes Cflnbefl.p &port. '.:k 7 TO 8 P.M. g Minneapolie: Market repor Chicago: Stock 3 . Ensemble, New_ Yorl A Philadelp) Roll call: birthday Boston: Buckminster Orchesira; Baltimore: WBAL Orchestra: organ Hariford, ' Cotn.: Talk; vocal soloist £ Chii ‘Lee's Orebesira. Cincinnati: Visconti's itra; th ical review. Atlantic City: News: organ recit orton, ™ Boacadors Cheloca. “Haddon Hal i, rep Orchest, Adelphia Orches! Dream Daddy, with boys and gir! phia: Atlantic Ensemble: Cincinnati ; f',Ymsl(I Burnt Corkers. ..... Newark: Talk: Anette White, violinist. 2 ew York: The Record Boys: Overland prograin. Cleveland: Willard Orchestra . ... ... New York: Musical program: A riford, Conn.: New: Departure Band timore: ~ Lithuanian Quartet: vocal and i $olots e Boelon etrgpolitan ' Drogram 55 Min: polts Lon s Drihcsiar tarm’ ialk 4 New York: Musical Knight's Dance Orchesira ork: Christian Science lecture cipnaty, Public echools program Detroit: Musical program. Detroit, Little_Symphony Orchéstra New York: Trio Ideale; “Current T fSOBETL i Jefterson City: Talks: ‘music conte: Troy. ¥. ¥ Collar City @uartet sgloiste: concert, with read San ¥rancisco; Children's ort Worth: ) s clsco: Stories; market ork: A& P._ G WCSH. WCAE. WTAM, " WS Des Moines: Stewart-Warner Orchestra . Angeles: ; travel talk: By sts . Portland; Dinner concert ... 9:30—Dzllas; Agricultural program . New Fork: WIZ Armhair Bowr . 10 TO 10:00—New York: Eelen Turley. contralto: ir_ Orchestra . n Oreheatra Gale: news New York: Bil Now York: Tuita reports i an Francis: Meyer Lty service” .1} Gpapeville Fiddi Atlantic” City: “Renewing ‘acquaintances and features: orchestra: entertainers; awagling asting until 7 a.m. 1d* Willard Orchestra . Memphis: Movie Club program 11 'T0 12 MIDNIGHT. 31:00—New York: Rolfe's Orche Cleveland: Gill's Orchest cal program, four* hours Quecics. Musical ‘program ... Fort Worth: Grapeville Fiddle . Hot Springs: Ozark Philosopher: piant San Francisco: Chamber o bridge lesson ... ngeles: Musical “program Montana Rambl 08 “Angel Cincinnau: Popular _program an Francisco: Studio program \geles: Feature program Dance program ... Musical program . Organ recital ... Nighthawk frolic; Pl 170 2 ville entertainment sical program .. Festure program Long's Cabirians °. 2 T0 Arnheim's Dance Orchestra vocal _an: 0 45—Kaneas City ow York: Vi S Angeles Lo ‘Angeles 8an Francisco 2:00—Los Ange San ¥ 5 - W W st 1 Commerce talk; book review: Stations. Meters. Miles. 1 EAF 0. Variety hour: tramental = aructs —‘_-—--—--—n-——--——-—-* MRS, bt geazes ] r2cseoncacs 22290 . o S 8 > ® & [EP L MDD o SEDD O 19omacs) 3352 & BEERS BEDRGBBABRR B OOk miom ] proiri] e DR 5 B st A 2% SOEERSGE e o N0 3 58 SRo-axoD 3 3 a0 b AR rC0 ) S SO o o D0 IB LG 1000 E o0 35D DWCOBS Srar 255 Festaiis ity FE RN et e ] DA 9D~ Sormiaiar o, DI, o thgons Comomestooan 8583 £3& S88R ok e L e ot o3 ges 853 = on e oo 8652 {5835 THE EVENING D. C., MONDAY, DOROTHY WILSON HALBACH, Contralto, whose vocal solos will in- tersperse the concert tonight by the Burlington Orchestra, a..WRC fea- ture. LocalRadio Entertainment| ‘Monday, January 3, 1927 NAA—Naval Radio_ Station, Radlo, Va. (435.5 Meters). 8:45 p.m.—Weather Bureau reports. 9:55 p.m.—Time signals. 10:05 p.m.—Weather Bureau reports. WRHF—Washington Radio Hospital Fund (256 Meters). 11 to 12 (noon)—Current events; police reports (daily). . WMAL~—Washington Radio Forum (203.9 Meters). Silent. WRC—Radio Corporation of America (468.5 Meters). 7 p.m.—Mayflower Orchestra. 7:30 p.m.—Concert by the Burling- ton Orchestra, with Dorothy Wilson Halbach, contralto. 8 p.m.—Star Radio Twins. 8:30 p.m.—Hire's Harvesters, from ‘WEAF, New York. 9 p.m.—Emerson Hour of Music. 10 p.m.—Grand opera, “Rigoletto,” by the WEAF Grand Opera Co. 11 to midnight—Nora Bayes. Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45 to 7:46 a.m.—Tower health ex- ercises broadcast jointly with WEAF from the Metropolitan tower, New York City. 11:55 a.m.—Arlington time signals. 12 (noon)—Crops flashes. 12:16 p.m.—Organ recital by Kath. ryn Hill Rawls. 1 p.m.—Mayflower Orchestra. RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. Hire's Harvesters, WEAF and other 8:30 to 9 o'clock. Metropolitan program, WNAC, 8:15 to 10:20 o'clock. ‘WRC, stations, American Legion program, ‘WKRC, 9 o'cloc. Renewing acquaintances with WPG artists and fea- tures, WPG, 10:15 pm. to 7 am. Nora Bayes, WRC, 11 to 12 o'clock. STAR, WASHINGTON, STATIONS SOUTH FORM NEW LINK National Adds WSM, WHAS and WSRB to Radio Chain. Extension of its facilities to radio listeners in the Southern the United States thro the tion of three stations —WSM, ville, Tenn.; WHAS, Louisville, Ky., and WSB, Atlanta, Ga.—was an nounced today by the National Broad- casting Co. Beginning tomorrow these stations will be linked with the portion of addi Nash- company’s Broadcasting Co. |- rk” for the broadcasting of the Eveready IHour. The three Southern stations. which will cooperate with the company in this latest extension of its facilitfes, have heen outstanding in thir own territories, and the new hook-up will ce at their disposal new program material of high quality ANl three stations will broadeast the ceready Hour as a regul v feature and WITAS and WSB will regularly tranzmit the entire apitol Theater program on Surday evenings, beginning Sunday, January 9. For the present company’s pr s will be sent to this South on Tuesday and red net the ern extension only Sunday nights. Owners of Stations. WSM is owned and operated by the National Life and Accident Insurance (‘0. on a wave length of 283 meters (1,080 kilocycles) with 1.000 watts power. WHAS, owned and operated Dy the Courier-Tournal and Louisvilie uses a 400-meter wave length kilocyeles) with 500 watts power B 1s owned and operated by the JANUARY 3, 1927. Atlanta Journal on a wave length of 428 meters (700 kilocycles) with a 1,000-watt transmitter The first I 1y Hour which will be heard by Southern listeners direct from a station in their own terr! tomorrow evening will conxist a variety program by 1 Eveready Orche divec tion of ~Nathani nd by vocalists of the E iroup. in cluding Betsy Ay woprano: Har bara Maurel, and the Iiveready Mule ( made up of Franklyn Bauer, tenor; Lewijs Jumes, second tenor: Eillott Shaw baritone, and Wilfred Glenn, bass. Features of Pro; Included in the progrs go0lo number by Miss Ay “0O Lovely Night rangement hy My Sweetest Story kver Told,” in which Miss Maurel will sing the solo part, with the male quartet furnishing the vo background. Ocher features of the Eveready Hour will include a duet by Miss \yres and Mr. Bauer, “The Two of Us,” Lute Player. ber is one Mr. ( ing his appear where he ha TRANSATLANTIC PHONE SECRECY IS ASSAILED Cvmversntlor;srlmponible Except at Prohibitive Cost, Accord- ing to Officials. and a solo by Mr. Glenn, “The The last named num nn discovered dur e in London, from recently returned. accidentally and print Londo what ment The date for records disclosed January 3.—The secrecy projected transatlantic radio- vice, a_point strongly em-| = = i by British post office officials, « now challenged. According to the officials, nobody would be able to overhear the con- versations except by employing elab. orate special apparatus at a prohibi- tive cost The Daily Mail, however, reports that during the customary Sunday afternoon tests yesterday, one of its reporters at Sutton Coldfield, England, overheard tences exchanged between New York The without a breach of the law, confines its report to the foregoing bare state- the opening of the service is still unannounced, but it is generally beliqved it will be this week. Recent investigations of longevity that probably the oldest man of modern times was “Old Parr” of England, who remained a bachelor yntil he was past %0, then married and became the father of a son and daughter, and died at 152. —where courtesy prevails The FEDERAL-AMERICAN No account too large or too small for customers who try to do the right thing. 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