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18 ALMA GLUCK SINGS ON WAL TONIGHT Mme. Sigrid Onegin, Oper-, atic Star, Will Be Heard Over WRC. 4, group of outstanding stars of the eoncert and vaudeville stage, headed by Alma Glurk, internationally known so- prano, and Mm¢ Sigrid Onegin, the newest and youngest European concert contralto and operatic star, will be hfiff:amw‘::h }nh;t nd'l: px;lognmx to ccme n fon tonight through WRC and WAL, s n Miss Gluck will be the soloist in the De Perest hour, scheduled by WMAL and bther Columbia network stations at 10 ‘o’clock., Her appearance before the mieraphoné ~ was originally scheduled several weeks ago, but had to be post- poned because of illness, e. Onegin's radio. concert will be | the feature of the Atwater Kent hour, | A regular WRC attraction. Her pro- gram has been arranged to give free | play to her many vocal accomplish-| ments. It includes Haydn's “Piercing Eyes” and “She Never Told Her Love." Gaul's “While the West Is Paling” and | Brewer's “Fairy Pipers.” | Rassian Folk Sengs. "Miss Gluck has selected as her offer- | ing two folk songs of Russia, arranged by Zimbalist, and a group of American popular songs, consisting of “Carry Me | Batk to Old Virginia,” “Little Log Cabin in the West” and “My Old Ken- ! tucky Home.” | Aside from Miss Gluck and Mme. | Onegin, the chain broadeasts also will introduce Walter Kelly, famous mono- | logist, known all over the world es! “the- Virginia Judge"; Andrew Mack, Irish singer and actor, and Jose Mario | Barone, the first man to drive an au-| ' tomobile from Rio de Janeiro to New |1 York City. Kelly will take a leading part in the Majestic hour and Mack | will be heard during the b m, both of which are scheduled | i~ sdxd;.n?m will bl‘olduslwd;r- ng er program over WRC. Still another popular’concert star to | hle-&:n in the Sunday radio programs is O’'Hara, the famous Irish tenor, who, is. to be :the guest soloist in the| Dictograph hotir, & WRC feature. Both | ‘OHara and Mack will sing Irish songs | and_ballads in' commemoration of St. Patrick’s day. i . ~ Oraterio to Be Heard. 4 | The outstanding_afternoon program will . come over during the Symnhonic and Cathedral hours, which | have been combined for a two-hour nresentation of Bach's oratorio, “Pas- | sion According to St. Matthew.” This| | ‘The La Palina hour and Around the Samovar, a period devoted to Russian music * by native artists, are other| ‘WMAL attractions. The former will be devoted to Irish music. The Russian | broadcast will inaugurate a riew series! of ‘ballroom dances, featuring Peter | Biljo.and his Ballalaika Orchestra. | /The Stetson Parade, which WRC will | broadeast at 6 o'clock, is designed as| a tribute to Capt. William J. Stannard, | leader of the famous United States| Army ‘Band. 'The Weymouth Post Legiop Band, which will give tch;z'eonmt, ":fll open it “rnh one of Stannard's most popular marches, ( "x& Evening Star,” which- he - dedi- | cated to this newspaper. m‘efla& de.cgtw Theater broadcast and mpany program are among WRC's other features. Nicholas, Vasi- lief?, dramatic tenor, will be the indi-| vidual star of Capitol program. The | Old Gomipany have arranged an Park. Ofchestra will give another concert over WOL touight, and WJBV is.featuring a recital by! Kathtyn Crowley, pianist. BLEASE SEES RADI AS SNSTER THIG Senator Says He Cannot Un- .derstand Why U. S. Wants | - - to Control Air. one. in his life. “Now they want to put a radio right | behind me to broadcast what is going on in the Senate,” he says. “I don't| know. what they might do with it. | “L do not care very much about the | radio bill. I was the only man who | voted against it when it came up. I may have some peculiar ideas, buf save my life I cannot see what right we have to control the air that God gave the people. ‘The Government al ready has control of fish, the sidewalks, the birds. the trees. Now they are going to‘take the air away from the people. Made No Votes. “The candidate for Vice President on the Democratic ticket came to my city, a place of 60,000 inhabitants, all Demo- erats. They charged, as I understand | it; $3,000 for Joe Robinson to make that ! speech in Columbia, 8. C. He never| made a vote for the Democratic party. He never made a vote for the Repub- liean party. Hoover got only 5,000 votes in my whole State.” The Senator says that he himself has no desire to make a speech over the' radio, s he doesnt want to talk 1o an audience he cannot see. He said he had the same viewpoint as the Negro preacher in South Carolina who said he “didn’t want to talk to no aydience he eouldn’t take up a collection from.” While the average member of Con- gress, like the general run of listeners, admits that the technique of radio is 30 much Greek to him, Senator Dill, co- author of the radio act, takes pride in “knowing his wavelengths.” At hear- ings, Senator Dill Is often called upon by, his_colléagues to explain in under- standable terms some scientific phase of broadeasting. Explains Wave Lengths. ““Admitting that the scientists prob- ably will not like his terms, the Senator thus describes’ the behavior of radio waves: “The theory of the whole thing is that radio travels 300,000,000 meters a sscond and the tubes used for broad- ! cast! send out impulses of electrical g at a certain rate of speed. If they send out 100 electrical impuls in ‘a second they will travel at 300.- 000,000 meters a second. In the ether they will be 3,000,000 meters apart. 1f the vibration in sending out these waves is 100,000 times a second, divide that into 300,000,000 and you have 3,000 meter wave lengths. The short waves are due to extremely rapid vibrations and the long waves to comparatively slow vibrations. Two &ve Chain Programs. WSMB, New Orleans, and KTHS, Hot | are giving an N. B. C. Saturday Loud Spelkérr‘hble on Market. Sonatron | 12:2 | 10:00—Audions, Orchestra. Today "E)E 315.6—WRC—950 (National Broadcasting Co.) 1i:02a to 12:00 noon—Service from | the New York Avenue Presby- | terian Church: sermon by Rev. | Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor. | 1:30—Peerless Reproducers (N. B. C.). Z’M—léoxy Symphony concert (N. B. | | D: | | 3:00—Dr. Stephen S. Wise, “Is Life| | Worth Living?” (N. B. C.). | 4:00—Service from Washington Ca- | | thedral. | 5:28—Motion picture guide. 5:30—Caplitol String Ensemble. | 6:00—Stetson parade (N. B. C.) | | 6:30—Dictograph program (N. B. C.). 7‘00-gld Company's program (N, B. | ) | 7:30—Musical program by Maj. Ed- ward Bowes' Family from the Capitol Theater, New York (N. | B.C.). | ‘Our Government,” by David Lawrence. | 9:15—Atwater Kent radio hour, fea- | turing Mme. Sigrid Onegin, con- tralto (N.B.C.). 10:15—Studebaker program (N. B. C.). | 10:45—Weather forecast. | 10:46 to 11:15>—Sunday at Seth Park- | er's (N. B. C.). | 9:00— Early Program Tomorrow. 6 453-;_’1‘0!‘!1’ health exercises (N. B. ) 8:00a—On the 8:15 (N. B. C.). 8:15a—Federation morning devotions (N. B. C.) 8:30a—Cheerio (N. B. C.). | 9:00a—U. S. Navy Band (N. B. C.). 10:00a—Dr. Royal S. Copeland (N. B. | C ). 0a—The Blue Birds (N. B. C.). | 5a—Radio Houschold Institute (N. B. C). | 11:30a—Organ recital. 0 noon--Farm flashes. :10—"Bridge for Beginners,” by Mrs, John Munce, jr. :20—Noonday Lenten services. 1:00—Madrillon Trio. 1:15—Farm and home facts. 1:30—Madrillon Trio. 205.4—WJISV—1,460 (Independent Publishing Co.) :00—Ladies’ Choir of Fairfax, Va. 7:45—Kathryn Crowley, pianist. | :00—L. Z. Phillips. trombonist. | 8:30—"Diamonds_in the Rough,” by Dr. D. H. Martin. | 8:45—Brass quartet 10:00—Chick Godfrs 10:30—Weather report 10:3 1 1 | 11:00a—Service THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. € MARCH 17, 1929—PART 4. the Radio PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1929. (Meters on left of call letters, kilocyctes on right, otherwise indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS All time p.m unless 475.9—WMAL—630 (Washington Radio Forum) 10:00a—Watch Tower service. 11:00a to 12:30—Woman's Missionary Council service from Mount Ver- non Place M. E. Church South. Cathedral hour, presenting Bach's “Passion, According to St. Matthew” (C. B. 8.). 5:00—Vesper song service by Willard C. and Christine Pierce, “The 3:00— Midnight Evangels of Toronto."4 | 5:30 to 6:00—Service of the Tenth Presbyterian Church of Phila- delphia. 8:00—La Palina hour (C. B. 8. 8:30—Sonatron program (C. B. S.). 9:00—Majestic_hour, featuring Walter Relly, “The Virginla Judge" (C. ) S. 10:00—De Forest Audions, Alma Gluck, soprano, thur Pryor and his band featuring and Ar- (C. B. S). 10:30 to 11:00—Around the Samovar (C. B. 8.). Early Program Tomorrow 10:00a—Topaz Trio (C. B. 8.). 10:30a—Brunswick_concert. |11:30a to 12:30—Woman's Missionary from M E Council Lenten service Mount Vernon Place Church South. 228.9—WOL—1310 (American Broadeasting Co.) 10:00a—Watch Tower service. of the Church of Epiphany. 12:30 to 1:30-—Medita‘ion hour. 0—Program by Christian Science Parent Church. 5:30—Vesper hour. 6:30—Joseph Bruno, baritone, and Sal- vatore Carta, tenor. 7:11-—“Amos 'n’ Andy.” | 8:00—Wardman Park Concert Orches- tra. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:30a—Musical clock. 8:00a—Birthdays. 8:05—Musical clock continued 9:00 to 10:00a—Request program. 434.5—NAA—690 (Washington Navy Yard) 10:05a—Weather Bureau reports. 9:55—Arlington time signals. 10:05—Weather Bureau reports. OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS. nfi; work has rarely been heard on the | Programs prerared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern standard time. Tadlo. 454.3—WFAF New York—660. | 1:30—Royal Filipino Orchestra. | 2:00—Biblical drama: soprano. 3:00—Dr. Stephen S. Wise. 4:00—Dr. S, Parkes Cadman. 5:30—Dayton Westminster Choir. 6:30—Male quartet. 7:00—Songalogue with Dr. Spaeth. 7:30—Maj. Bowes' Family. 9:00—David Lawrence. 9:15—A. K. hour of music. 10*15—Champions Orchestra. 10:45—Sunday at Seth Parker's. 394.5~WJZ New York—760. 9:00a—Children’s hour. 1:00—National Artists’ hour. 2:00—Roxy Symphony Orchestra. 3:00—Young People’s Conference. 4:30—Musicians; travelogue. 5:30—National Religious Service. 6:30—Anglo Persians Orchestra. 00—The Nomads. 30'—At the’ piano; melodies. 15—Uncle Henry's Magazine. 15—In the Days of St. Patrick. 9:45—Jubilee Singers. 10:15—Light opera, “‘Boccaccio.” 422.3—WOR Newark—710. 2:30—Lawyer's Air Magazine. 3:00—Philharmonic Symphony. 5:00—Dr. Arthur F. Payne. 5:15—Sunday forum. 10:30—Ronaldi ensemble. 348.6—WABC New York—860 11:00a—Church services. 3:00—Cathedral hour. 5:00—French trio. 5:30—Tenth Presbyterian Church. 6:00—Philadelphia Concert. Orchestra. 6:30—Entertainers. - 7:00—Orchestra concert. 7:30—Entertainers. . 8:00—Famous personalities of music. 8:30—Musical world tour. 9:00—Theater of the "Air, 10:30—Around the Samovar. 272.6—WLWL New York—1,100 3:15—K. of C. Forum. 8:00—Church services. 272.6—~WPG Atlantic City—1,100 4:30—Community recital. 5:15—Religious services. 7:00—Sunday concert. 9:15—News; concert orchestra. 10:00—Sunday evening musicale. 11:00—Organ concert. 282.83—WBAL Baltimore—1,060 3:00—Young People’s Conference. 5:30—Dr. Fosdick. 6:30—Anglo Persians; the Nomads. 7:30—At the piano; melodies. 8:15—Uncle Henry's Magazine, 9:15—Concert orchestra. 10:15—Evening reveries. 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1,170 11:00a—Church services. 3:00—~WABC programs (2 hours). 6:00—Hour of orchestras. * 7:00—Booth Family; Pioneers. 00—WABC programs (3 hours). 00—New York dance orchestra., 305.9—KDEKA Pittsburgh—980 11:00a—Church services. 6:00—Hotel Orchestra; Persians. :00—Evening services, 8:00—Melodies; Uncle Henry's Mag. 9:15—Days of St. Patrick. 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1,150 10:30a—Church services. 5:30—Dr. Fosdick. 30—Persians; religious drama. 30—At the piano. melodies. 8:15—Uncle Henry's Magazine. 9:15—In the Days of St. Patrick. 379.5—~WGY Schenectady—790 10:45a—Church services. 4:00—Dr. Cadman. 6:00—Band parade; WEAF program. 1 | 7:00—Songalogue. 7:30—Maj. Bowes' Family. 9:00—D. Lawrence: A K. hour. | 10:15—Challengers Orchestra. | 302.8—WBZ Springfield—990 11:00a—Church services. 5:30—Dr. Fosdick. 6:30—Persians; news: ensemble. 7:30—At the piano; melodies. 8:15—Unele Henry's Magazine. 9:15—In the Days of St. Patrick. 10:16—Sports; 104th Infantry Band. SOUTHERN. 405.2—~WSB Atlanta—740 7:00—-Orchestra; at the piano. 8:00—Melodies; Theater Family. 9:00—D. Lawrence; A. K. hour. 10:15—Champions Orches | 10:45—Baptist Tabernacle. } 263—WAP1 Birmingham—1,140. 12:00—Church services. 7:00—Highland M. E. Choir. 8:00—Evening services. | 277.6—WBT Charlotte—1. | 11:00a—Church services. | 4:00—Dr. Cadman. 113 1 speaker table, built to fit the N:mrgnflmg.o( a proper baffie for the dynamic, has been introduced. It was designed to accommodate various types of - ppeskers. 6:00—Band parade. 17:30—Church services. 8:30—Musical feature. 42:00—D. Lawrence; A. K. haur. ’ | 10:15—Champions. 10:15—0&:- | 11:15—WSM Rhythm Symphony. 365.6—WHAS Louisville—320 6:00—Band parade. 7:30—At the piano. 8:00—Melodies; Theater Family. 9:00—D. Lawrence; trio. 0:45—Sunday at Seth Parker's, 461.3—WSM Nashville—650 6:30—Sacred concert; at the piano. 8:00—Melodies; Christian Church. 9:15—A. K. hour of music. pions Orchestra. 0:45—Conservatory of Music program. 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110, 11:00a—Morning services. :45—Evening church services. 10:15—Champions Orchestra, 258.5—WWVA Wheeling—1.160 10:35a—Church services. 1:00—Bible students, 3:00—Organ recital. 7:30—Evening church services. CENTRAL. 293.9—KYW Chicago—1,020 8:15—Uncle Henry's Magazine. 9:15—Good reading; orchestra, 10:00—Week-end party; news. 12:00—Dance music. 416.4—WGN-WLIB Chicago—720 8:30—Dinner concert; Nighthawks. 9:15—A. K. hour of music. 10:15—Champions orchestra. 10:45—Features; popular (24 hours). 7.5~WMAQ Chicago—670 8:00—Sunday Evening Club. 10:15—Sandy; old timers’ tales. 11:00—Amos-Andy; orchestra. 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700 9:30a—Church school and services. 6:00—Dr. Fosdick. 6:30—Anglo Persians; orchestra. 7:30—At the piano; melodies. 8:15—Uncle Henry's Magazine. 15—Concert orchestra. 10:15—Cino Singers; cello recital 11:00—Musicale novelesque. 280.2—WTAM-WEAR Clevelarfd—1,070. | 1:30—Sunday afternoon musicales. 5:30—Westminster Choir. 6:00—Band parade; WEAF program. 7:00—Music; Maj. Bowes' Family. 8:45—Sunburst of Song; ‘A. K. hour. 10:15—Champions Orchestra. 10:45—Dance orchestras. 398.8—WCX-WJIR Detroit—750 10:00a—Church services. 6:15—Orchestra; Anglo Persians. 7:00—Vespers; at the piano. 8:00—Melodies; Uncle Henry's Mag. 9:15—Financiers; WJZ programs. OKAY RADIO CO. 415.417 ELEVENTH ST 1625 H ST. N.W. The Transportation Bldg. Featuring the Crosley Gemchest SEVEN.TUBE ELECTRIC DYNAMIC SPEAKER CHINESF CHEST RED, BLACK or GREEN | By the Associated Pres BOARD MAY HEAR COMPLAINTSATSITE Commission Considers Sit- ting at Scene of Broad- casters’ Battles. By the Associated Press. | Battles between broadeasters over |wave lengths may be staged in the fu- | [ture in the city or State of the defend- | ing station instead of at Washington, as | at_present. The Federal Radio Commission is considering the recommendations of Senators Broussard of Louistana and | | Dill of Washington that the hearings |be held at the place where is located the station whose rights to a channel are challenged by another, The Sen- ators contend that the broadcaster, who | | has been granted a license by the com- | sion, should not be compelled to spend | thousands of dollars in bringing wit- | es to Washington to defend 1ii. | “W. K. Henderson, owner of KWKH |at Shreveport, La. has spent $30,000 in the last 18 months to resist efTorts to |take away from him that which the | commission has granted him,” Senator Broussard says. “We are asking that |the commission proceed as the Inter- |state Commerce Commission does, send | |a man to take testimony and report to the commission for adjudication of the case. Senator DIl says the Radio Commis- {cion now has full power to hold hear- ings at any place in the United Sta: but that its work has been so pressing that the commission has never made regulations covering cases of this kind. It has been the custom to have the pPr-I |son whose station wave length was! |challenged come here, and “a great| hardship has been worked upon certain stations,” he said. | “Complaint has been made regarding |certain wave lengths in the Northwest |and I have induced the members of the | | commission to agree to a hearing being held on the Pacific Coast,” Senator Dill added. “I belleve that the commission will soon adopt that as a practice, and |1t it does not, I think legislation to com- |pel it to do so would be proper.” |, Members of the commission say they | have lacked the necessary funds and | personnel to hold hearings at various ‘vnla s throughout the country, but may n the future be able to send examiners [0 cities located at a considerable dis- | |tance from Washington. | 'ENGINEERS PERFECT TINY AIRPLANE SET | | New Receiver Heralded as Decided Advance in Flying Appliances. A tiny radio receiver, light in weight, | easy to install and simple to operate, | has been developed by engineers of the | Signal Corps for Army aircraft. | __The new set, heralded by radio experts | s a decided advance in receiving ap- paratus, contains severai novel features. |, The recetver is 12 inches long, 8 inches high and 23 inches thick, and with one set of coils weighs 10 pounds. With the two extra sets of coils the weight is 1117 pounds. In thinness it is to other receivers what the modern | watch is to the kind grandfather car- | ried. Lying on an office desk it occu- pies less space than that required for a | wire desk tri It is battery powered, using “peanut” tubes. The set 1s designed to afford safety to fiyers, The control knobs, dials, etc., have been constructed so they project as little as possible from the panel and are carefully beveled to prevent their catch- ing the clothing or equipment of the | aviator. This is a precaution in the event the pilot has to leave the plane by parachute. The controls have been 50 designed that they can be easily op- erated when, the aviator is wearing heavy gloves or mittens. The set contains a coupling tube, a stage of tunnel radio frequency, a re- generative detector and two stages of audlo frequency amplification. The re- ceiver is uni-controlled and its opera- tion is simple. The coupling tube was employed so that variations in the an- tenna would not react on the receiver and affect its tuning. Another feature 1s the regeneration | control. The regeneration on the detec- tor stage has been so designed that the receiver can be made to enter oscilla- tion smoothly, without electrical back- lash, throughout the range of the re- ceiver. It covers a frequency band from 250 to 1,500 kilometers. It is mounted with sponge rubber shock absorbers on two brackets, one at each end, d ikl installed or remo: Latest Model 6-Tube ELECTRIC RADIOS Complete, $45 to $70 plus your old ra On display 1736 Penn. Ave. N.W. 4 to 6 P.M. Daily Brent Daniel—Shepherd 3044 N.W. and Complete 111 510 DOWN and Installed to Your Aerial FREE ALL CROSLEY MODELS IN STOCK Phone Fr. 8089 FOR FREE DEMONSTRATION AT NO COST OR OBLIGATION TO YOU “Graham | all around the country. This gave it a | McNamee ‘ ADIO is rapidly annexing New York- to the rest of the United States. 1 mean by that that national chain broadcasting is uncovering national standards of taste and interest which are putting | the skids ‘under the old school of Broadway wisecrackers, including im- presarios and theatrical producers and, In many ways, national standards of entertainment are making some of the native Broadway oufput look like “old stuff. A sizzling letter from an unhappy fan in Omaha started me checking up on these things. This chap was so sore that he wrote his letter in blue vitriol, although I don't know why he took it out on me. I'm just one of a half| dozen who assist before the final put- out, and they shouldn't try to plaster me with the shortcomings of radio or hand me any bouquets for its merits. “You birds seem to think that noth- ing of any importance ever happened outside of New York,” wrote my dis- gruntled friend, “and you keep a regu- lar stream of New York stuff filling up the air when we have all sorts ef good | stuff we would ltke to put over in our towns.” This was one of the mildest of his bitter complaints. ‘To begin with, I have previously re- ferred to the one-way system of tele- phone wires which keeps national pro- grams bound west fnstead of the other way. But, aside from that, the fact is that New York is the one best place in the country to get the big-time radio talent which radio has to have or go out of business. I don't want to be- little what dther towns are doing—not for a minuté—but sooner or later the singer. the erack comedian, the monol- ogist, the chap with a good entertain- ment specialty comes to New York. This is where the market is, and he has to_come, no matter how much he | loves the old home town. Come From Other Places. E But the main point is th: ¢ most of | them do come from somewhere else, | and they bring a lot of their nauvo| heath with them. It would make you blink to see how many of the head- liners in New York, not only in en- | this was not one of them. To begin | volume and without fadi 2 9 Speaking—" [ | in business, are from other cities—and | villages and farms, too, New York, | then, becomes merely the funnel | through which the voice of America— | decidedly not the voice of New York alone—is poured back to the Nation. ‘Take any fair-sized town in America | and you may find two or three people | ith some line of goods that would work up nicely for radio use. Their citi- zens, getting a chain program, maybe from- clear across the country, natural wonder why, when they have good per- formers in their own town, they should be given programs originating in New York. They fail to remember that the radio runs 16 hours a day and 365 da; a year. You could drop into almost any middle-sized American city and scare up a pretty good program for a few weeks, and then the grass would ! begin to get short and there would be | squawks about too much municipal band or the Rev. Dr. Whoozis. Radio | just has to have a great big central | rolling mill, where the best hired help | in the entertainment world is to be| found. and New York is it. This brings me back to my main | point—that it is America and not New | York which speaks daily and nightly | and weekly and monthly through the | microphone, and makes national instead | of sectional standards of taste. The | old-time Broadway theatrical producer | had a narrow and limited technique | which. when he clung to it, in spite of change, pretty nearly wrecked his busi- [ ness. He had a few formulas for throwing together a play which would get the mid-town crow He souped it | up with 'a few rough gags—as near to | the danger line as he dared—threw in | some girl trimmings, penciled in a shad- | owy plot and stirred to a proper consist- | ency. This got by in New York, but, al- | though the producers didn’t know it, the | country was running away from them. | Little theaters began to spring up every- | where, and once in a while some pro- ducer would get offside and put a little | intelligence in a road show and it would kncck them over all over the country. Recruits From All U. §. | Radio has made some mistakes, but | natfonal point of view, and then it became obvious that & program director ought to have one eye on Dallas, Tex., or Portland, Ore, when framing a national program. Responses to radio programs have n closely and intelli- gently studied- uch more, I think, than the box office returns of the theaters. The result has been' that, taking the Nation as a whole, there has been a revelation of informed interest in good music, a cosmopolitan appreci tion of clever comedy and a public dis- | crimination which has barred bad taste, bad ethics and ill-willed controversy from the radio and placed a premium on good artistry and first-rate intelli- gence. So. when Des Moines, for instance, catches the voice of a home town singeg or entertainer wafted back to the old home town it has no call to be unhappy because it is coming from New York. No more than if the right end of its pet college eleven makes the all-American team. That's what a national radio program 1s, in a sense—an all-American entertainment team. At any big party there are always two or three people who can put on some snappy line of entertainment. It isn't their fault that the piano is in one corner of the room and they have to go into a huddle to do their stuff. This radio business is Uncle Sam’'s big party, where the specially gifted boys and girls do their turns. People never got the habit of writing to a theatrical producer and roasting a show if they didn't like it, or commend- ing it if they did. But they certainly got that way right at the kick-off in the radio business, and radio comes nearer to being constantly subject to genuinely national criticism than any other art. It is not unusual for us to get as many as 5,000 letters Jauding or condemning soma particular offering. To me this has been one of the most encouraging things in my radlo career. When folks speak up like this they are going to make broadcasters and performers watch their step, and radio is going to be the real expression of the Nation, rather than something plastered onto it (Copyright, 1929 English Station Heard in U. S. Short-wave set owners in New York to tests being made by 5SW, Chelmsford, England. One record of reception said that the station was heard on the speaker with plenty of ing. The wave lisunin? o tertainment but in the professions and | with, it had to recruit its talent from |length of 5SW is 25.53. We Do Not Penalize Our Friends by Adding Interest or Extras to Our Budget Plan! OLDENLELRGS At Seventh and K Streets Broadcasting a Real Sensation! Charge Accounts Invited BUREAU WILL SEND SIGNAL WEDNESDAY Stations on 1,500 Kilocycles to Get Chance to Set Transmitters. Broadcast stations which operate on 1,500 kilocycles will have an opportun- ity to make their transmitters more | accurate Wednesday, when the Bureau | of Standards will send signals of stan- dard frequency. | The signals will be transmitted from | the bureau's station, WWV, in Wash- ington, under a new schedule con- | forming with the terms of the interna- tional radio telegraph convention. which | became effective Januar: They can be heard and utilized by stations equip- ped for continuous wave reception up i 1,000 miles from Washington. | The transmissions are by continuous | wave radio telegraphy but the modula- tion which previously was on the sig« | nals has been eliminated. The stans | dard frequency signal is a series of long dashes with the call letter WWV intervening. This signal continues about four minutes. The announce=- | ments are on the same frequency as | the standard signal. | Standard signals on 1,500 kilocycles will be broadcast from 10 to 10:08 | pm. March 20. Transmissions on oth- | er frequencies that night 1,700 | kilocycles, H B | cycles, 10:24 to 10:32; 2 110:36 to 10:44; 2850 kilocyles, | to 10:56: 3,200 kilocycles, 11 to | 3.500 kilocycles, 11:12 to 11:20: kilocycles, 11:24 to 11:32. 2, 0 kilocycles, 10:48 11:08; 4,000 | WINS MOVIE SINGER. inelli Says Radio Is Dolores Ca: Now Her Life. NEW YORK (#)—Radio has won & | singer from the movies. Dolores Cas- | sinelli, with her soprano voice, says | that she never will go back “unless per- | have been experiencing the delight of | haps T make a sing-le, for radio is my life now.” Heard often from WEAF, she will be the guest soloist for the Happy Bakers in their first country-wide broadcas: over stations associated with that transmitter. | Washington’s Popular Shopping Center COMBINATION Panatrope with Radiola No. 18 Model With 7 Tubes At a Low Price That Breaks All Value Records! 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