Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1929, Page 72

_ 18 RECITAL TOMGHT BY LOUISE HOMER National Chain to Present Metropolitan Opera and Concert Contralto. Louise Homer, Metropolitan Opera | and concert contralto, whose voice has | not been heard on the air for nmlyi a year, will return to the microphone | tonight for a special recital during the | Atwater Kent hour, a National Broad- casting System attraction which will come into Washington over Station | WRC. Kathleen Stewart, popular radio pianist, will be co-starred in the same | program. { One of the Columbia Broadcasting | System's major attractions will be the Sonatron program which will introduce Ruth Etting, former Ziegfeld “Follies” beauty, who will sing many of her most popular song hits. Ben Selvin and ms" orchestra will assist her. In addition to the Atwater Kent | hour, WRC has scheduled its usual ar- | ray of Sunday attractions. These in- clude the Weymouth American Legion | Band concert, which will recreate the | Confederate reunion in Memphis in! June, 1909; the weekly concert of the | Capitol Theater “family,” which tonight will feature Robert Denti, trumpeter, | and the Studebaker program, during which Quinn Ryan, famous radio an- nouncer, will repeat the dramatic story of the record-breaking automobile race | at Atlantic City last Summer. P In the afternoon WRC will broadeast the Roxy Symphony concert in which Henrik de Vrees, flutist, will be the in-| dividual star, and an address by Rabbi Stephen Wise, who will speak on “After Easter What?" WMAL will introduce a new feature this afternoon, a concert by a string quartet. The program will be composed of semi-popular and classical selections. Other regular attractions scheduled by WMAL include the La Palina hour, the Majestic Theater of the Air and the De Forest hour. An Indian program featuring such selections as “Indian Dawn,” “Pale Moon” and the “Indian | ‘War Dance,” will be heard during the La Palina broadcast. The quartet from | West Point, which already has given fwo concerts of war tunes, will present the De Forest hour in conjunction with Arthur Pryor and his band. The quar- tat's program tonight will be made up | of Spanish-American war songs. WOL will open its program at 10 o'clock this morning with the Inter-| national Bible Students Association’s | ‘Watch Tower service. The station’s | principal musical attractions will be the Meditation hour and a concert by the Wardman Park Orchestra. 1 Jean Carle, pianist, will make her | radio debut tonight at Station WJSV. | A program by the Guthbert Bible Class of the Peck Memorial Church is an- | other feature. STATE RADIO TAX URGED IN MAINE $1 Levy Would Be Placed on All| Receivers to Maintain Regu- latory Department. AUGUSTA, Me. (#).—A state tax of | $1 a year on all radio receivers, to be used for maintaining a state radio de- partment, is proposed in Maine. The department, under the provisions of a measure introduced in the Maine | Legislature, would investigate and re- | move causes of radio disturbances, It is explained that the measure is de- signed to put teeth into an act passed | two years ago which renders it unlaw- | ful to operate any receiver radiating, energy between 200 and 550 meters. | A department of radio control to be placed under the- public utilities com- mission would be created. The com-| mission would appoint a chief radio | supervisor, to whom would be delegated such powers as the commission deems necessary. Several zones would be created with district supervisors and | subordinates appointed to each zone. Office and laboratories for the radio department would be established in| Augusta. The commission would be called upon to study radio interference, investigate causes of radio disturbance, and issue rules prohibiting the use of radio equip- ment causing interference. Owners of all receivers would be re- quired to register their equipment with | the city and town clerks before Janu- ary 1 each year, and pay the license fee for that year. The sets would be marked as registered and would be sub- ject to inspection by the public utilities commission at any time. A descrip- tion of each set would be required on registering. A fine of $10 to $100 might be levied, | under the measure, for use of an un- registered radio set. o SRR 1 GLAD CLUB FOR MED. Radio Entertainers of WLW Spon- sor Organization. CINCINNATI (#).—Polly and Anna, known on the vaudeville stage as the Stewart sisters, now are the “glad girls” on radio. As harmony singers they specialize in songs for children, stories of animals and rhymes and riddles. Their appear- ance at WLW has been foilowed by the organization of the Glad Club of chil- dren, which has four rules: “To find somsthing for which to be glad each day. “To try to make some one else glad | each day. . “To be kind and obedient each day. “To avoid accidents each day.” GIRL PLAYS CELLO. Dorothy Dimm Performs Nightly Over KGO. OAKLAND, Calif. (#).—Vibrant notes of a cello played by Dorothy Dukes Dimm are heard seven nights a week over KGO. For more than three years she has been soloist and member of the studio’s musical staff. In addition to her con- cert and program work, Miss Dimm has i aided in the production of sound effects | for the broadcasting of radio plays. | SR ST Artist Joins WIN Staff. Marjcrie McGrath, concert artist, | formeriy with WMCA and WPCH. New York, hes joined the staff of WNJ, Newark. % Major “Chain” Features ‘TODAY. 2:00—Roxy Symphony concert; Henrik de Vrees, flutist—WRC and N. B. C. network. 0 6:00—Band parade; Confederate reunion in Memphis—WRC and N. B. C. network. 8:00—La Palina hour; Indian program—WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 9:00—Majestic hour; Wendell Hall-WMAL and C. B. S. network. 9:15—Atwater Kent hour; Louise | 11:00—News and DonaLD BRIAN- Today on otherwise 315.6~WRC—950. (National Broadcasting Co.) 11:00a to 12:00 noon—Service from the Foundry M. E. Church. Ser- mon by Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor. 12:30—American Pro-Arts String Quar- tet (N. B. C). 1:00—Concert. artists’ hour (N. B. C.). 2:00—Roxy symphony concert (N B.C). 2:45—Bagby-Romilli Moments. 3:00—Rabbi Stephen H. Wise (N. B.C). dral. Sermon by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. 5:28—Motion picture gui< 5:30—Twilight voices (N. B. C.). 6:00—Stetson Parade (N. B. C.). 7:00—Old Company's program (N. B. C.) 7:30—" pera as a Social and Musical actor,” by Carl Engel, chief of Congress. ward Bowes' Family, from the B. C). 9:00—"Our Government,” Lawrence. 9:15—Atwater Kent Radio hour, fea- turing Loulse Homer, contralto, and Kathleen Stewart, pianist (N. B. C). 0:15—Studebaker program (N. B. C. 0:45—Weather forecast. 0:46 to 11:15—Sunday at Seth Park- er's (N. B. C). Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45a—Tower health exercises (N. B: G '8:00a—On the 8:15 (N. B. C). 8:15a—Federation morning devotions (N, B. C.). 8:30a—Cheerio (N. B. C.). 8:50a—Parnassus Trio. 9:00a—United States Navy Band (N. B.C. 10:00a—Dr. Rdyal 8. Copeland (N. B. C. 10:30a—The Blue Birds (N. B. C.). 11:15a—Radio Household Institute (N. by David 1 1 1 11:30a—George F. Ross, pianist. 11:45a—Studio program. 12:00 noon—Farm flashes, 12:10—Organ recital. John Munce, jr. 1:00—Madrillon Trio. 1:15—Farm and home facts. 1:30—Madrillen Trio. 348.6—WABC New York—860 3:30—Ballad hour; Memory's Garden. 4:00—siguard Nilssen; String Orches- tra, 5:30—Rev. Donald G. Barnhouse. s_:oo—mmcnns on Tour; Indian pro- gram. 8:30—Famous Stars of Broadway. 9:00—Theater of the Air: 10:00—West Point Quartet: band. 10:30—Around the Samovar. 454.3—WEAF New York—660. 1:30—Royal Filipino Orchestra. 2:00—Biblical drama, “Noah.” 3:00—Dr. Stephen S. Wise. 4:00—Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. 5:30—Twilight Voices; quartet. 6:00—American Legion Band Parade. 6:30—Male quartet. 7:00—Songalogue. 7:30—Maj, Bowes Family. 9:00—David Lawrence. 9:15—A. K. hour. 10:15—Champion Orchestra. 10:45—Sunday at Seth Parker's. 394.5—WJZ New York—7 1:00—Concert Artists’ hour. 2:00—Roxy Symphony. 3:00—Young People’s Confererice. 4:00—Hear America First. ] 4:30—Musicians. 5:00—Travelogue. A 5:30+-National religius service. 6:30—Anglo Persians.. * .° 7:00—The Nomads; Russian music. 7:30—At the piano. i 8:00—Melodies; mixed quartet. 8:15—Uncle Henry's Magazine. 9:15—Jubilee Singers; El Tango Ro- ‘mantico. 10:15—National Light Opera, “Lily of Killarney.” 422.3—WOR Newark—710 5:00—Dr. Payne: Sunday forum. 6:00—Great Cathedrals. 7:00—Hour and half of orchestra. 8:30—Choir Invisible. 9:30—Market Street Playhouse. 10:30—Symphony Singers. 272.6—~WLWL New York—1,100 3:15—K. of C. Forum. 8:00—Paulist Fathers Church. 272.6~WPG Atlantic City—1,100 7:00—Sunday concert. 9:15—Concert. Orchestra. 10:00—Musical program (1 hour). 11:00—Vocal ensemble. 282.6—WBAL Baltimore—1,060 5:30—WJZ programs (4%, hours)” 9:15—~Concert prchestra. 10:15—Evening reveries. 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1.1%0 8:00—Hour of orchestra. 7:00—Booth Family; Pioneers. 8:00—W/ program (3 hours). dance hour. " 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—980 services. 5:00—Vesper 6:00—Hotel 10:00—De * Forest hour; Point Quartet—WMAL and: C. B. 8. network. 6:30—WJZ vm‘nm‘ (30 minutes) 7:00—Calvary Episcopal Church. ' 8:00-WJZ programs (2% hours). V2 4:00—Service from Washington Cathe- | 6:30—Dictograph program (N. B. C.). | the music division, Library of | 7:45—Musical program by Maj. Ed- Capitol Theater, New York (N.' 12:45—"Bridge for Beginners,” by Mrs. | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, . €. RuTu EITING - Lou'se Homer, Metropolitan - Opera and concert contralto, will be heard in the Atwater Kent hour tenight from WRC. Ruth Etting and Donald Brian are musical comedy favorites. Miss Etting Is the guest artist in the Sona- tron ml{nm tonight over WMAL. Brian will take a leading part in the Vitaphone jubilee tomorrow night over the same station. the Radio PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1929. (Meters on left of call letters, kilocyctes cn right. All time p.m. unless indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS | 475.9—WMAL—630. | (Washington Radio Forum.) | 10:00 to 11:00a—Watch tower service. | 3:00—Ballad hour (C. B. 8. | 4:00—sigurd Nilssen, basso (C. B. 8.). | 4:15—String Orchestra. | —Helen Oelheim, contralto. | 5:00—Vesper song service by Petworth Baptist Church Quartet. | 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. 8.). 9:00—Majestic hour, featuring Wen- dell Hall (C. B. 8.). 10:00—De Forest Audions, featuring Ar- thur Pryor and his band and the West Point Quartet (C. | B. 10:30 to (. Early Program Tomorrow. 10:00a—Topaz Trio (C. B. 8.). 10:30a—Brunswick entertainers. 11:30a—Topaz Trio (C. B. S.). 12:00 to 12:30—Agricultural program. | 8.). 11:00—Around the Samovar B. 8). 205.4—WJISV—1,460. (Independent Publishing Co.) 7:00—Ladies’ Choir of Fairfax, Va. 7:45—Kathryn Crowley, pianist. 8:00—L. Z. Phillips, trombonist, | 8:15—David Martin, baritone. | 8:30—Talk. | 8:45—Jean Carle, pianist. | 9:00—Hymns by Roland’ Wheeler. 9:30—Guthbert's Bible class of Peck 2 Memorial Church. 10:00—Chick Godfrey, tenor. [ 228.9—WOL—1,310. | (American Broadcasting Co.) 10:00a— Watch tower service. | 11:00a—Sertice of New York Avenue | Presbyterian Church. 12:15 to 1:15—Meditation hour. | 5:00—Program by Christian Science 4 Parent Church. 5:30 to 6:30—Vesper hour. 8:00 to 9:15—Wardman Park Orches- | tra. | 7 Early Program Tomorrow. | 71:30a—Musical clock. | 7:55a—Birthdays. | 8:00a—The Floorwalker. 8:30a—Musical clock (continued). | 9:00 to 10:00a—Musical pregram. 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. 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1.150 5:00—String quartet and soloist. 5:30—WJZ programs (1}z hours). 7:00—Religious drama. 7:30—WJZ program (2% hours). 379.5—WGY Schenectady—790 5:30—Out of the Past. 6:00—~WEAP programs (4% hours). 302.8—WBZ Springfield—990 5:30—WJZ programs (112 hours). 7:00—News; hotel ensemble. ams (1% hours). 9:15—Fashionators: violinist. 10:16—Sports; 110th Cavalry Band. 11:00—News; theater organ. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN. 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700 5:45—WJZ programs (1% hours). 7:00—Hotel orchestra. 7:30—WJZ programs (1% -hours). 9:15—Concert orchestra. 10:16—Cino Singers; cello recital. 11:00—Musicale novelesque.: 6:00—Hour from WEAF. 7:30—WEAF program (45 minutes). 8:45—Inspiration Boys. 9:15—WEAF programs (1% hours). 10:45—Dance music (2% hours). 398.8—WCX-WJR Detrolt—750 6:30—WJZ program (30 minutes). 7:00—Luche¥-n v serviee. (214 hours). 9:15—Financiers; WJZ. 10:00—Happy Half Hour. | 11:00—News; Amos; orchestra. ‘ 11:45—Theater organ; dance music. - 4052—WSB' Atlanta—T740 7:00—Pomar’'s Recording Orchestra. 7:30—WJZ and WEAF (2% hours). 10:45—Amos; Baptist Tabernacle. 263—WAP1 Birmingham—1,140 6:00—Schaefer’s Orchestra, 9:16—Concert, orchestra. 10:15—Evening Reveries. 277.6—~WBT Charlotte—1,080 6:30—Quartet; studio grmlm 7:30—First Baptist Church. 9:00—WEAF programs (1% hours). 10:45—Theater organ recital. 365.6—WHAS Lonisville—820 6:00—WEAF program (30 minutes). 7:30—WJz and WEAF programs (1% 9:15—Rathskeller Ttlo. 10:15—WEAF programs (1 hour). 461.3—WSM Nashville—850 7:30—WJZ mms (45 minutes). 8:15—First yterian Church. 9:15—WEAF programs (1% hours). 10:45—Conservatory of Music. 279.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110 17:45—8t. Mark's Church. 10:15—WEAF balf Y 258.5—~WWVA. Wheeling—1.160 1:00—Bible students’ am. -First mfi ‘Church. 4:00—] 280.2—~WTAM-WEAR Cleveland—1,070 i NEW RADID CHEF * SWELLEQUPPED (Gen. Saltzman Has Made | Communications Develop- | ment His Life Work. | By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, April 6.—Degelop- ment of communications has been the life work of Maj. Gen. Charles Saltz- man, former chief of the Army Signal | Corps, who has been selected by Presi- | dent Hoover to be the member of the | Federal Radio Commission from the | fourth zone. Since retirement from the Army in January, 1928, after serving four years as head of the Signal 'Corps, Gen. Saltzman has been ilving in Washing- ton, although maintaining his official residence in JTowa, the State of his represent, embraces Indiana, Illinois, ‘Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Missouri. Was Telegraph Operator. i radio in “the communication field as a competitor _ of telegraph and cable | larly fitting the selection of the veteran Signal Corps officer, familiar with both wire and wireless problems. {was a telegraph operator, to the com- pletion of his long Army career, Gen. Saltzman has been interested in com- munications. He has had frequent contact with | international radio problems. He was a delegate to the International Radio Conference in London in 1912, a repre- sentative of the War Department on the committee of international electro- technical communication, a member of the International Union of Scientific Radio Telegraphy and a delegate to the International Telegraph Conference at Paris in 1925. Helped Formulate Regulations. As chairman of the technical sub- committee, he had a prominent part in formulating the regulations adopted at the International Radio Telegraph Conference in Washington in 1927. Mr. Hoover headed the American dele- gation to the conference, but other duties as Secretary of Commerce de- manded much of his attention and he turned over a great deal of the radio responsibilities to Gen. Saltzman. Gen. Saltzman is 57 years old. He was graduated from West Point in 1896, won citations for gallantry in action in the Spanish-American War and - was awarded the distinguished service medal for his work the World War. 11,000 PUPILS LEARN | Wireless Instruction Solves Finan- cial Impasse of Inability to Employ Teachers. By the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, Tex.—Radio spells edu- cation to nearly 1,000 pupils in 36 scat- tered schools of Fort Bend County. A radio school, with lecturers broad- casting instructions over a county- wide, hook-up, has solved the county’s financial dilemma—insufficiency of the school tax to employ competent teach- ers in all schools. “By radio one experienced teacher is able. to address every school in the county at once,” explained Jess Ward, ction than otherwise possible.” For $3,000 the school board bought receivers and loud speakers for every school in the district. Broadcast equip- ment was installed in the superinten- dent's office here. Radio instruction, starts at 9:30.a.m. daily,” when each classroom tunes-in. | The 'station’s _assigned wave length is 200 meters. Due to a lack of general i power service, reception is by battery sets. School -authorities in nearly hevery of public instruction, the radio school address from Riehmond. _ Honor for Booth Phnhcd‘_ In commemoration of the 100th an- of the birth of its founder, the Salvation birth. The fourth zone, which he will | | Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Owing to the rapid advancement of | | lines, engineers here regard as particu- | From his | vouth in a small Iowa town, when he LESSONS BY RADIO| chairman of the county board, “saving | instrug MESSAGES SWANP RADIO COMMISSION EAuthority Is Sought of Con- ! gress to Dispose of Piles | i of Fan Mail. By the Associated Press. | Those listeners who take their radio ' soriousiy—apparently there are ‘millions | of them—have kept the Federal radio! commissioners and their large clerical force constantly on the jump to handle the communications that have poured in since the commission started func- tlonlnf two years ago. Millions of letters, thousands of tele- | grams and hundreds of long distance ; calls attest the popular interest in H brmdcn.sux:a. ‘The fans use every tyre of communication except radio itself. In order to impress the commission with the importance of their messages, a large proportion of the senders use registered mail, air mail, special delivery end the telegraph office. Scek Leave to Destroy Mail. | TIts storage facilities exhausted, the , commission, in desperation, sent an | SOS to Congress for permission to dis- | pose of the piles of fan mail which Jam its files. It is forbidden by law to destroy communications to the Goy- ernment without special authorization APRIL 7. 1929—PART 4. _ ° Behind the Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. RKING on' the theory ~that a man must be hungry before he will eat stale bread, continu- ity writers for specialized radio presentations are constantly faced with the necessity of serving up new and appetizing dishes to the listening audience. For as the science of broadcasting has grown, the taste of radio-conscious peo- ?ie everywhere has become more astidious, indeed, epicurean. Nowadays there are connoisseurs of the air, the same as of the drama and the fine arts. ~ Naturally enough, these conti- nuity writers cannot get new ideas and color indefinitely out of their imaginations, smart and fertile as they may be, any more than a| painter can execute a landscape by looking fixedly at the walls of | his studio day after day. The | worker in oils can daub his colors !in various figures and patterns, but he does not obtain the char- acter. shading and intimacy of detail he desires without a refer- (ence to actual life and nature. So with the continuity writer, he +is not likely to be successful if he | thinks that the commingling of talk and music in a radio presen- i from Congress. authorized the sale of the millions of fan letters as old paper and the eeds will bs turned into the United tates Treasury. Thus the Government, which received thousands of dollars in postal revenue from the mail, also will benefit by its final disposition. The deluge of communications reached its crest after the reallocation of last November. The commission found it impossible to answer the thou- sands of letters and telegrams from listeners condemning or approving the new set-up. More than 400,000 letters were sent by fans who protested the commission’s order reducing the time of WGY. Schenectady. When another station | sought his wave length, W. K. Hender. | son, owner of KWKH, Shreveport, La., | came to Washington with 170,000 affi- | davits by listeners testifying to the | merits of his programs. Henderson engaged a special baggage car to haul his testimony. His lawyers | told the commission that railroad men had sald more people turned out to Capital than usually met a presidential special, Many Notables Write. commission are from notables, tional, State and local. Senators an neys general, judges, mayors, aldermen and the presidents of chambers of com- merce and of women's clubs write in behalf of stations seeking better assign- ments. Many appear in person to pre- sent their pleas. “The radie commission works longer | hours, I believe, and faces more baf- | fling problems than any other tribunal | in Washingten,” says L. G. Caidwell, | who recently resigned as general coun- | sel. “The broadcasting stations alone, | | there being over 600 of them, wotld be enough to drive any -regulating au- | thority to desperation.” RADIO TUBE TYPE FUNCTIONS LISTED Manufacturers Issue Statement to Guide Users in Selecting Parts for Sets. | { NEW YORK (#).—To ‘inform the | public as to the functions of the dif- ferent types of tubes used in the mod- ern set, the Radio Manufacturers’ As- | sociation has issued a statement as a | guide. | | “So many tubes for different pur- | poses have been developed,” said H. B. Richmond of Cambridge, Mass,, direc- | tor of the engineering division, “that the public should be advised of the | functions of the different types of | tubes. - | “To tell the purchaser of a set how | many tubes he must buy or maintain {and to inform him how many are ‘radio | | tubes’ as formerly thought of and how | | many are special tubes for battery | elimination or automatic volume con- | | trol, the engineering division has recom- | | mended that these two classes of tubes | be divided into their respective groups | ‘llld that their numbers be separated | by a dash, as 6-3. | [ “In the first group would be placed | | those tubes used as radio frequency ' amplifiers, detectors, oscillators and | audio frequency amplifiers. In the sec- ! {ond group would go the speciai service | tubes, such as voltage control or ballast tubes. automatic volume control and rectifier tubes.” i WIDE RANGE OF SONGS | Training . Under Music Masters Gives WKY Singer Versa- ] tile Roles. | i | | OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (#).— Training _under metropolitan music masters enables Grace Thomas to sing | a wide range of selections over Station | Herndbmnmurynommuu-‘, cal comedy selections to arias from | grand opera. Critics have praised the | ability of her soprano voice to pret songs of any nature, | Miss Thomas' musical education_ in- cluded study under teachers in New York and Chicago. Last Summer she took a course under the supervision of éztne. Echumann-Heink , Kansas | e L French Dislike ’.l;“m f_or Fan. PARIS (#).—The designation of a | lover of radio as ‘“sans-filiste,” or “wireless-er,” - does not please the| Prench. They find the term ugly. An effort is being made to replace it by | “radiophile.” Stress Placed of design in this year's models of re-| ceivers and_speal Adams 4673 Radio Service We claim, and willing to_prove, ’Ml.nhnlh'fl':-tlubsm Organization in Washington. USE IT—- | ! CAPITOL- RADIO - SERVICE “My Father.” will in-~ and | Capitot Badio Enginopring Institate, Ine. 3166 Me. Pleasant 5t K. The committee on waste paper has | Representatives, governors and attor- | GRACE THOMAS PRESENTS Stress is being placed on the beauty | ¢ tation makes entertainment of a {high order. | Like all other literary people. ithe continuity writer must, of | rourse, have creative genius. But | he must travel and see first hand !what he is to depict on the air. | His exhibit when the program is Idm\e must appeal to the ear, { rimarily, | visible to’the imagination. Radio men today have come to |realize that, with their literary land artistic confreres, a mas- ‘ ter work. conspicuous for its char- acterization, scene painting and vivid detail. takes on realitv onlv as it reflects nature or things in life as thev actually are. The vast majoritv of these are dorfe while i the author is “on location.” ! A radio script dealing with an I'mfemiliar locale presunnoses re- ~e~rch on the ground. The recent | +rin of officials of the National {Morther Railway mav be cited as | an illustration. To obtain atmos- | rhere and program material for | eries coming into Washineton throneh WRC the broadcasting officials, together with reoresenta- tives of the railroad and a group ~f 2dvertisine men. made an ex- tensive tonr of the Northwest. but it also must be Radio, after all, has an obliga- tiom to fill. It mnst answer an unceasing challenge. It must in- fuse new spirit into old themes and old methods of expression. To the end of making them alive among us, the continuity writers must dedicate their work. * % ¥ % With the advent of professional base ball in the immediate offing radio broadcasters all over the country are planning to repeal and elaborate on the sports serv- ice furnished in past years. The National Broadcasting Co., however, is the first to announce its plans. Beginning with the opening games, April 16, and con- tinuing throughout the major league season, the company’s net- works will carry a daily resume of the scores as compiled by the As- sociated Press and the United Press. Alan J. Gould, general sports editor of the Associated Press, will |mive a resume of the games on the opening day. William J. Fa- gan, United Press radio editor, will read the scores daily there- after. The Associated Press scores will be heard through the N. B. C. sta- tions headed by WJZ from 7 to that the instrument will be used to transmit the music of the United States Army Band when it is in Seville as a part of the United States Government's par- ticipation in the exposition. * % ¥ % Radio program designers long ago discovered that a cosmopoli- tan audience was extremely diffi- cult to please; that some listeners {want all classical music, others want all jazz, and that many like a variety, and have endeavored to the best of their ability to give the listeners what they want. But now complaints about the type of programs being broadcast are coming from a wholly unex- pected source—the radio dealers. In Washington particularly, sev- eral dealers have protested vigor- ously against the noon hour pro- grams. It seems that some radio fans utilize a part of their lunch period visiting radio stores and inspect- ing radio receivers, and all the | dealers have to offer them for demonstration is bits of farm news and other information that would interest farmers, sand- wiched between advice on how to play bridge according to Work and the other experts. One of the dealers in a commu- { nication to The Star suggests that | the lunch hour programs be de- voted to music entirely, and the farm news and other noon day | features be broadcast either in | the morning or early afternoon. A noon hour musical program. he {7:05 p.m. Sunday, Monday, Tues- | day and Wednesday evenings: 6:25 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday and Sat- | urday evenings, and from 6:55 to |7 p.m. on Friday evenings. Two | excentions to this schedule will be | Anril 17 and 20. when the scores | will be broadcast from 7:15 to 7:20 |pm. Stations on the chain headed |by WEAF will be furnished the scores on Mondavs from 6:25 to | 8:30; Tuesdays. Wednesdavs and | Thursdays from 6:55 to 7; Fri- davs and Saturdays from 7 to 7:05, and Sundavs from 7:30 to |7:35. The exception to this also |is Saturdav, April 20. when the ~cores will be broadcast from 6:25 | to 6:30 o'clock. } * ok ok Kk When the International Exposi- tion at Seville,*Spain, opens May |7, a special broadcasting device greet him on the way to the National|mrondeasting Co. and the Great | designed especially for the radio | exhibit of the Department of | Commeree at the big fair will be | among other things to amplify the Many of the communications to the |the jnteresting “Empire Builders” |voice of King Alphonso in his opening address so that it may be | heard for more than a mile in the vicinity of the grounds. The device is an elaborate | broadcasting system. resembling a 'miant music box. It is expected pointed out, would serve the dual | purpose of aiding the dealers te | demonstrate sets to better advan- | tage while at the same time pro- | vide persons who visit radio stores | durine the Innch hovr with an | entertainment program. | PLANS MORE STATIONS. Costa Rica to Build Several New | Radio Plants. | SAN JOSE (#).—1t is planned to { establish several new radio telegraph | stations in Costa Rica. Stations are to | be located at El Pozo, Los Chiles, Punta- | renas, San Lucas, Dominical or La | Uvita and Liberia. | A radio telegraph office is also pro- | posed at some point in the canton of San Carlos. to be selected by the execu- tive, and a radio telegraph station in Puntarenas. | | “Conveniently Located on 14th Street” 1529 14th St. NW. Dec. 3320 Come to The HUB FOR YOUR ReC us sav orn. 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