Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1929, Page 67

v RUSSAN BARTON N DEBUT TONEH George‘Cehanovsky to Make First Radio Appearance on National Net. George Cehanovsky, Russian baritone, of - the Metropolitan Opera Co. will make his radio_debut tonight in the Atwater Kent half hour, a National Broedcasting Co. attraction, coming into Washington over WRC. With Josef Wohlmann as his piano accompanist. Cehanovsky will be fur- ther assisted by a concert orchestra un- der direction of Josef Pasternack. The program is made up of the works of Kreisier, Delibes, Herbert and Paster- nack. “Lolita”” “The Dream Girl" “Morning Hymn"” and “Come, Love, With Mec,” will be Cehanovsky's solo numbers. : A patriotic touch will bs added to WRC's program by the broadcasting of the vesper flag services of the United States Flag Association on the west steps of the Capitol. WMAL also will broadcast these ceremonies, which are | to be opened with a presentation by Vice President Curtis of 36 flag asso- ciation crosses of honor to regional win- ners of a school children’s flag contest. The United States Marine Band and the Hudson Singers of Detroit. a fa- mous male quartet, will provide the| musical setting. Regular Sunday Features. The remainder of WRC's program contains its regular Sunday features. Outstanding among these are the Roxy symphony concert, the Maestro’s hour and a violin recital by Godfrey Ludlow in the afternoon, and the Capitol Thea- ter “family” presentation, the concerts of the Studebaker Champions and the Russian Cathedral Choir at night. Josepf Stopak, violinist, will be the principal soloist in the Roxy concert, while the Maestro’s hour will present Cesare Sodero’s Orchestra and a group of soloists in a classical program, com- posed of the works of Wagner, Beetho- ven, Mozart, Rossini. Brams, Saint- Saens and Gaul. Ludlow has arranged a program _representing the varlous moods of Francols Couperin, famous French composer. The Capitol Theater program has | been designed as a reunion of some of the most prominent members of the “family.” The Champions will feature a solo by Fred Waldner, tenor, and a piano duet by Clay Boland and Buryl| Retting. The Cathedral Choir will pre- sent a varied program of Russian litur- gical music, which includes a composi- tion of the great Russian composer Sergel Rachmaninoft. Ford and Glenn, a popular harmony team. assisted by Muriel La Prance, soprano, and Roy Smeck, known as “The Wizard of the Strings,” will take part in the Majestic Theater of the Alr, one of WMAL's stellar attractions to- night, coming from New York over the Columbia Broadcasting System. Ford and Glenn will sing some of their most Today on PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY, JU (Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles on right. All time p.m. unless | otherwise 315.6—WRC—950. (National Broadcasting Co.) 11:00a—Service of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church. Sermon by Rev. Earle Wilfley, pastor. 12:15—Concert _artists' hour. 1:00—Roxy symphony concert. 00—The Balladeers. 2:30—Riviera-String Quartet. 3 frey Ludlow, violinist. 3:30—The Maestro's hour. 4:00—Service from the Washington Cathedral. Sermon by Dr. A. C. Murray of the Irving Street Friends' Meeting House. 5:16—Vesper flag service, under aus- pices of the United States Flag Association, broadcast from Capitol Plaza. 6:30—Correct time. 6:31—Motion picture guide and base ball scores. tol Theater, New York. | 8:00—"Our Government,” by David| La wrence. :15—Atwater Kent radio program, 5—Rapid Transit. 5—Studebaker program. 5—Sunday at Seth Parker’s. 5—Sam Herman, xylophonist. 10:30—Russian Cathedral Choir, 11:00—Weather forecast. Early Program Tomorrow. 6:450—Tower health exercises. 7:15a—Federation morning devotions. songs. :15a—Harry and his or-| chestra. 9:15a—La Salle String Quartet. 'arnassus String Trio. 5a—Radio Household Institute. a—Studio program. a—Parnassus String Trio. | a—-Bridge for Beginners,” by Mrs, John Munce, jr. 11:45a—Rolfe’s Palais d'Or Orchestra. 12:45—Studio_program. 1:00—Oscar Levine, violinist, and Bur- rus Williams, pianist. 1:30—"Farm and Home Pacts.” by the Department of Agriculture, 00—La Salle String Quartet. 5—Studio program. 434.5—NAA—690. (Washington Navy Yard.) 10:05a—Weather Bureau reports. 35—Arlington time signals. 10:05—Weather Bureau reports. Programs prepared by the Associated Pre: 348.6—WABC New York—860 —Well known ballads. 0—Musical program. 00—Cathedral hour. 0—Sermon by the Rev. Donald G. Barnhouse. 5:00—Vesper flag services. 00—Entertainers in musical program. 30—Broadway stars. 00—Theater of the Air; Wendell popular selections, including “Lullaby Time.” “The Song Shop” and “Hymn Time.” Miss La France's contributions will be “Bell Song,” from “Lakme.” and “Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark.” ndian Love Song” and “Southern Echoes” will be Smeck’s selections. Other WMAL Attractions. ‘The West Point Quartet is again fea- tured in the De Forest hour, another outstanding WMAL attraction. It will be assisted by Arthur Pryor’s Band. The quartet’s program is composed of the most interesting and typical musi- cal numbers of the graduation exercises of the Military Academy. “Mrs. Murphy’s Boarding House,” a | comedy skit with a background of musical _entertainment, will be the La Palina hour presentation, scheduled by | WMAL at 7 o'clock. In the “Around | the Samovar” period, which closes this station’s Sunday program, Eliena Kaza- | nova. violinist, will play “The Hymn to | the Sun,” Rimsky-Korsakov's beautiful song from “Coc d'Or.” Aside from the vesper flag services, WMAL's afternoon program includes the Ballad and Cathedral hours and the services of Tenth Street Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. The famous compositions of Gounod will be sung by the Cathedral Ensemble in the Cathe- dral hour. The Flag day ceremonies of the Elks at_the Sylvan Theater this afternoon will be broadcast by WJSV. The prin- cipal address will be made by Charles | Colfax Long. The National Guard Band will provide the music. Phis station’s program tonight is made up of its usual features. “Amos 'n Andy” will be the principal contributors to the WOL program to- night. The station also has scheduled its regular vesper hour and a program by the Christian Sclence Parent Church, BYRD PROGRAM “LEAKS” INTO COMPANION STATION XGO Rebroadcasts WGY Entertain- ment After Oakland Short-Wave Station Picks It Up. SAN FRANCISCO (#).—Proprietory pride in receiving sets soared skyward in many California homes recently when from loud speakers came the words, distinctly and clearly, “This is Station WGY. Schenectady, N. Y. We are ?;oad{;:tnsnlng a special program for e benefit of the Antarctic part, Comdr. Richard Byrd.” e But it developed that WGY's short- ‘wave companion station in New York was_rebroadcasting the program and &n Oakland short-wave station having & directional antenna was picking it up. From this, it “leaked” into KGO, operating in the same channel as WG Y. All-Chinese Prog;;n P;‘Iiled. chestra, 1 10:00—Market Street Playhouse. 9:30—Around the Samova 454.3—WEAF New York—660 0—National Sunday forum. 0—When Shadows Lengthen. 00—"Our Presidents.” 30 Scores—Maj. Bowes' Family. 8:00—“Our Government,” by David Lawrence. 8:15—A. K. half hour of music, George Cehanovsky, baritone. 8:45—Rapid Transit Sketches. 9:15—Champlons’ Orchestra, with Clay Boland and Buryl Retting. 9:45—Sunday at Seth Parker’ 10:15—Sam Herman, xylophonist; chor. 394.5—WJZ New York—760 1:00—Roxy Symphony Concert. 2:00—Friendly hour, Rev. J. 8. Durkee. 3:00—Godfrey Ludiow, violinist, with Mme. Lolita Gainsberg. 3:30—The maestro’s hour, orchestra and vocal. 4:30—Twilight Reveries, “Life's Sur- prises.” 5:30—Anglo Persians. 6:00—Base ball scores; American Singers. :30—The Nomads in Russian folk sony Fisher, speaker, and dramatized | short stories. 8:15—Tone pictures. 8:45—At the piano. 9:15—Light opera. 272.6—~WLWL New York—1,100 7:00—Studio program. 422.3—WOR Newark—710 00—Lawyer’s Air Magazine, 0—Italian’ Marine Band. 00—Great Cathedrals. 00—Hour and half of orchestras. 0—Manhattan ~ Symphony Or- 272.6—~WPG Atlantic City—1,100 4:15—Religious services. pe :00—Vocal ensemble. 282.8—WBAL Baltimore—1,060 256.3—WCAW Philadelphia—1,170 0—WABC pi ms. 00—Booth Family; Ploneers. LOCAL STATIONS. 6:35—Musical program from the Capi- |1 11:00a—Services of the New York Av THE SUNDA > STAR, WASHINGTON, D €, JUNE 8 1 929—PART 4. - the Radio 9, 1928. indicated.) 475.9—~WMAL—630. (Washington Radio Forum.) | 9:00 to 10:00—Watch tower service. 2:00—Ballad hour. 2:30—DuBarry program. 3:00—Cathedral hour. 4:00—French Trio and soloist. 4:30—Service of the Tenth Presbyte- rian Church of Philadelphia. | 5:00—Vesper flag service, from Capitol Plaza. 7:00—Mrs, Murphy's Boarding House. | 7:30—Sonatron program. 8:00—Majestic Theater of the Air, 9:00—De Forest hour. 9:30 to 10:00—Around the Samovar. Russian music. Early Program Tomorrow. 00a—The New Mother Hubbard. to 12:00a—Luncheon concert. 0 0 11 a: 2:00 to 3:00—L'Apres Midi. 01 00 30 00 205.4—WISV—1,460. (Independent Publishing Co.) 4:30—B. P. O. E. Flag day celebration, | from Sylvan Theater, 7:30—Ladies’ Cholr of Fairfax, Va. 8:00—L. Z. Phillips, trombonist. 8:15—Kathryn Crowley, planist. 8:30—Talk. 8:45—Roland Wheeler, baritone. 00—Moment musicale. 5—David Martin, baritone. 9:30—Studio program. 10:00—Chick Godfrey, tenor. 228.9—WOL—1,310. (American Broadeasting Co.) nue Presbyterian Church. Se mon by Rev. Joseph Siz00, pas- | tor. 12:15 to 1:15—Meditation hour. 5:00—Program by Christian Parent Church. 5:30—Vesper concert. 7:11—*“Amos 'n Andy.” Farly Program Tomorrow. 7:30a—Musical clock. 7:55a—Birthdays. 8:00a—Musical cloc™ 9:00a—Musical program. 10:00a—Household chat by Clarke. 10:30a—The shoppers’ guide. 11:00a—Helpful hints to parents. Science Peggy 3. Scheduled for Eastern standard time. 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—980 4:00—Shadyside Presbyterian Church 5:00—Scores: Bestor's Orchestra. | 5:30—Same WJZ (5'; hours); scores. | 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1,150 | 5:00—Studio program. 5:30—WJZ (30 minutes); program. 6:30—Same as WJZ (3'§ hours 379.5—WGY Schenectady— 2:30—Organ recital. 3:00—WEAF programs (63; hours). 302.8—WBZ Springfield—990 6:00—Scores: news; ensemble. 6:30—Mae Sheperd Haywood. 7:00—WJZ programs (1%, hours). 8:15—Ensemble and soloist. 8:43—WJZ program. 9 ports; WBZ players. 10:00—Scores; theater organ. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN. 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700 4:30—Same as WJZ (1!; hours). 6:00—Songs at twilight; scores. 6:30—Same as WJZ (23, hours). 9:15—Concert orchestra. 10:15—Cino Singers; cello recital. 11:00—Musical Novelesque (I hour). 280.2—~WTAM-WEAR Cleveland—1,070 | 6:00—The Gnomes. 6:30—Scores; WEAF program. 7:45—The Inspiration Boys. 8:15—WEAF (30 minutes); Connell. 9:15—WEAF program. 9:45—Variety hour. 10:45—Dance and vocal (24 hours). 398.8—WCX-WJIR Detroit—750 5:30—WJZ (30 minutes); vespers, 7:00—WJZ programs (2!, hours). 10:00—Happy half hour, 10:30—News; Amos-Andy; dance. 11:00—Dance and organ (11 hours), 405.2—WSB Atlanta—740 6:00—Vesper services. 7:00—WJZ and WEAF (1% hours). 8:45—Harry Pomar's Orchestra, 10:15—Baptist Tabernacle; Amos, 263—WAPI Birmingham—1,140. 9:00—Evening services. 10:15—Nappi and his orchestra. 11:00—Amos-Andy; orchestra. 277.6—WBT Charlotte—1,080 6:30—Bible Club; WJZ program, 7:15—Mayme Durham; chimes. 8:00—First Baptist Church, 9:00—Plano; organ recital. 365.6—WHAS Louisville—820 7:00—WJZ and WEAF (1% hours), 8:15—Hotel orchest, 8:45—Courier Journal Symphonet. 9:45—WEAF (30 min.) ; Amos-Andy. 461.3—WSM Nashville—650 7:00—Same as WJZ. 7:15—Sacred concert, 8:15-WEAF program, 9:00—Vine Street Church. 10:15—WSM Rhythm Symphony. _ 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110 71:00—WJZ program (15 minutes). 7:45—St. Mark’s Church, ; 258.5—~WWVA Wheeling—1,160 Twllight Ed. Mc. 00—WABC programs (4 hours). “Graham SAN FRANCISCO (#).—Those who | | sald Chinese music wouldn't be popular with a radio audience were proved wrong by KYA. An all-Chinese broad- cast brought many letters of praise from listeners, both within and outside | of Chinatown i s | Begin New Radio Series. | Marcella Shields and Helene Handin | begin a new series to be known as “The Two Troupers” Wednesday night on WEAF and group. An ll-plece dance | band will assist, 2 ““, 2.9 Major “Chain” Features TODAY. 3:00—Cathedral hour: Gounod program—WMAL and C. B. 8. network 2:00—Godfrey Ludiow, violinist: French compositions — WRC and N.'B. C. network. 3:30—The Maestro's hour; So- dero Orchestra and soloists— WRC and N. B. C. network. 5:30—Anglo - Persians: variety program—WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, || ‘WLW, WHAM and others. | 7:15—Colller's hour; Irving Pisher, guest speaker—WJZ, ‘WBZ, WBAL, KDKA, WLW, and others. 8:00—Majestic hour; Ford and Glenn, harmony team—WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 8:15—Atwater Kent hour; George Cehanovsky, baritone — WRO and N. B. C. network. 8:45—Baldwin hour; Dorothy Kendrick, pianist—WJZ, WBZ, KDKA, WBZA, WHAM, WJR, KS8TP, WREN, WTMJ. 9:00—De Forest hour; West Point Quartet—WMAL and C, B. 8. N radio broadcasting you soon learn that a noise doesn’t necessarily fin- ish as the same kind of a noise it started out to be. When we first began adding a few noise acces- sories to some dramatic recital—having to do with a shipwreck, or some such dramatic happening—our results wege painful indeed. What was intended to be a roar of the gale sounded more like a busted steam pipe. When we got down to bukiness, in staging radio dramas, we had to master this problem and we did—I used the editorial “we” merely as & member of a broadcasting taff and not in the Lindberghian sense. Radio is rapidly developing a school of astonishingly clever and resourceful noisemakers. Many persons have asked me how they do it. At the risk of ex- ! posing inside studio technique here are some of the main secrets: Crying baby—This is a mechanical device, made by a toy company and in- volving the same principle as a squawk- ing doll. Extended experiments showed that this thin squeak was translated by the “mike” into a realistic baby vell. Battle nolses—Flat sticks lald on heayily .on a bylky, leather pillow; two professional “whizzers” standing close to the mike and impersonating whiz- zing bullets by making a queer hissing noise. Pine career open to any boy who wants to become an expert whizzer, Paper Bag for Pistol Shet. Pistol shot—Nothing to beat the old paper bag—infiated and smacked with the open palm. Choo-choo of a train—Knotted rope McNamee I 1:00—Bible students’ program. 7:30—First Baptist Chu‘x"%‘}.l. Speaking-——”\ coconut shell; slapping knees with the Palms of the hands also is good. Driving a spike—Kitchen knife struck by hammer two feet from mike. Afrplane crash—Big stack of chairs toppled over. Must be two crashes, for e ashaon or. other, 4o, make i ealistic; second obtained by dropping a pile of broken sticks. AR Alrplane motor—Upward zoom by flapping leather strips on a fast turn- | ing electric fan; downward by an elec- | tric vibrator on'a kettle drum. Surf—Sandpaper; accomplished swish artists in demand. Cannon shot—Kettle drum. Swords—Two pieces of light tin—any | kind of tin—clashed together. Mowing machine—Toy railroad train under full steam is only thing which will do this. Beans boiling on stove—Blow a mac- caroni tube into a glass of water and rub sandpaper close to the mike. Come up to the studig with me some night, peek through th® glass on the | mezzanine and watch all these solemn workers, tickling a mechanical squawker, | pounding pillows, rubbing sandpaper, pounding with.a cogonut shell and tip: ping over chairs—all swallowed up the mike as convincing and realistic drama. Ben Bolt Is Popular. ‘Will some one who has time to earry through investigation kindly give Phila- delphia the once-over and find out why this town has an overpowering yen for “Ben Bolt.” On four different concert drawn & hole in a d 975 National Light Opera Co. 1 ational T in Nordland"— JZ, KDKA, WHAM, KWK. rum. Flames—Big plece of wrapping paper, crumpled close to the mike. Vacuum cleaner—siren whistle. mlhm horse— a cork mat under the mike wi of & appearances there I have been asked to sing it, and here today is a letter from | the “Barcarol CONCERT AND STAGE STARS HEADLINE RADIO PROGRAMS National Broadcasting Co. stations on w fine artistic worth, and T like to sing it, but just why one city shou'd yearn for it more than any other is beyond me. Philadelphia has as much musical culture as any city in America with its magnificent orchestra, its splendid pat- ronage of good chamber music and its generally sophisticated taste, and one would expeet to be looking for modern composers. However, as I have said. “Ben Bolt” is a,song of fine qualities and beautiful traditions, and maybe explains it. It would be reasonable, at any rate, to find this mellow old city preferring the traditionally great music to the possibly ephemeral modern brand. Several times T have noticed this queer sectional preference for certain songs. Columbus. Ohio, for_instance, always wants “Meet Me by Moonlight Alone,” another grand old song. New York seems to like “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes’—somewhat to my surprise, as I always thought you could drink to a New Yorker with almost any- thing these days. Boston, one mighi think, would want highbrow songs, but not at all. It wants the snappy jaz jingles, Chicago, curiously enough, has a leaning toward old English folk songs. Can you beat that? And with Bill Thompson on the job, too. Modern Studio Is Cool. In the early days of radio broad- casting, the coming of Summer was an annual horror to siudio workers. We now have no such fears, Here it is, with the thermometer climbing and nobody cares. Here's the reason. The anclent broadcasting studio—and six years is an epoch in this business —was a sweat box. Housed in an ordi- nary office bulding, it had to be. The slightest opening for ventilation was sure to let in some horrible intrusive noise which would gum up the finest program we could put on. I remember one terrible, blistering night at 195 Broadway when, stripped almost down to our dungarees, we were putting out a program which' included with its cool rippling waters and moonlight. It was madden. ing to be shoving this sylvan stuff when we were sizzling and boiling, bu there was no way out. We made sure —or thought we did—that every door and window was plugged tight. In the midst of one of the ironically cool moonlight passages, the voice of the president of the company came over the phone from Long Island. “I never knew that the love tal Hoffman had a railroad train in it, said. “What have you doing? Did you get the Grand Central to run a switch engine up to the studio?” We protested that everything” was tight but it w One "window had been of he roar of an elevated train, blocks away, was joining up with the “Barcarole, could not hear it in the studio, but there it was, filtering through the mike and spoiling the music. The building which we occupy wa: bullt, like the modern cold-air theater, with the best scientific provisions for coolness and ventilation. The studios are absolutely barred from outside noises, and yet are as cool and airy as one could wish. Executive offices are all on the outside, with the studio in the center, (Graham McNamee receives a great deal of mail. but each week he will publish the Answers to those questious hold the greatest amount of general auestions stamped, ie. New York Cily, or in care of this hews- uncr. Please make yOur- auestions brief.) Q. To decide a bet, did you broadcast the Kentucky Derby?—J. W. Hamilton, Hamilton Sanitorium, Hamilton, On- tario, A. I announced the start of the race. Clem McCarthy picked the horses up on the way around the course. Credo Harris of Louisville gave color and background; Ted Husing was there for the Columbia chain; I picked up again after Clem McCarthy. b chindil Q. Did Young Stribling speak into the microphone at any time within 20 min- utes of his fight with Tom Shawkey at Miami? — John Bozenske, Wheeling, W. Va, A. No. Ma Stribling, however, spoke for several minutes, just before the start of the bout, telling why she thought her boy would win, etc. G. W. Newkirk of Radnor, just outside of Philadelphia, asking me if I will inelude it in my next recital. think, myself, that this is a song o 3. Who pays the bill in broadcastthg? —H. C. W.,, Towson, - & Qonsiderable S o e ] that | left open about half an inch, and the | We | Wednesday nights. Ford and | | tained from the so-called “supporting” | programs provided by advertisers. It | | would be ‘impossible for broadcasting | studios to provide the programs which | they now offer were it not for the use | | of the radio in advertising. The first | | programs_were primitive affairs com- | pared to the nightly list of great enter- | tainers now put on the air. The radio industry, naturally, has provided and is | still providing a vast amount of air en- tertainment by its “sponsored” pro- grams. Your question, with its subordi- | nate_questions, for the discussion of which I lack space here, requires a more detailed answer which I am send- | | ing you personally, and which will pro- | | vide the basis of a later discussion in | | this column. | Q. How much is an old Stradivarius worth and where could I sell it?>—Ed | Hylan, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. | | . A. Of course, the first thing you want | to know is whether it is a real Stradi- | | varius. " You can ‘safely intrust it for | examination and advice either to | | Schurmer’s or Dittson's, music_ pub- | ishers, in New York. I am writihg you | | personally. ; | | + (Copyright, 1929.) NIGHTIrNGALE.S BROADCAST Put | Microphones in Trees for Results. DANVILLE, Va. (P).—Twice, during recent evenings English nightingales have been heard in the United States, singing in their native surroundings. The British Broadcasting Co. places microphones in trees where the song- sters assemble at night and the’ deep- | | | | British Broadcasting Firms e SRS SR SRR AR R R AR A AR Y | Radio Service Phone Adams 3803 | | g 4 1% 2 ? : s ’ 18th & Col. Rd. ; | @ Fastest and Best Radio Service In Town ’.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\)\\\\\ | e e HAWKINS D ttatedtatetetttadetidetittadedateted 4 | For SCREEN GRID a ALL OTHER A Sete Y The Potrers " COMPANY ~ The major broadcasts of the week will introduce Ford and Gleny known concert tenor, in addition to “The Potters” company, whi a pioneer radio team, and George Rymer, well s presenting a serial drama over WRC and other | Glenn are featured in the Majestic Theater, a | L —Columbla network—attraction tonight, while Rymer will be heard from the same station Wednesday night as | guest soloist with the United Symphony Orchestra. ' throated warble of the birds is con- English _listeners, transmitted across the Atlantic by short | to have the characteristics wave. 6O New ‘Mike’ Is Needed Every Three Months | | By Rough Announcer CHICAGO (#).—Now comes radio’s Pat and “mike” story. It concerns Pat Barnes, WGN announcer, who is Tough with his mike, An ordinary carbon micro- phone il last about 1,000 hours, with care, but Pat eats 'em up at the rate of one every three months or so. He has spent more than 16,000 hours before the mike, nearly two solid years. That's time enough to have pro- nounced each of the 600,000 words in the English language 82,128 times. TAXNG LISTENER NEETS DSFAVOR Leaders in Radio Industry |Trade Show Exhibits (£ T NEW GRID TUBES IN GREAT FAVOR Also Featured Improved Dy- namic Speakers. By the Associnted Press. CHICAGO, June 8.—Duplicating (o ascendancy of the dynamic speaker o |a year ago, the AC screen grid tube | s riding the crest of the 1929 redio receiver wave. | Nearly all of the large cxhibitors =" | the annual trade show of the Radic Manufacturers’ Association dispiezai some development of this clectronie e [ vice, which gives greater amplification | without external oseillation contr | than previous RF tubes. However {adoption was on a conservative E: See Harm in Plan" While Brodacasting Improves. BY C. E. BUITERFIELD, Associated Press Radio Editor. |~ Another suggestion that America’s listeners give closer support to radio by means of & small tax apparently did |not hit a responsive chord in the radio industry. Acting as spokesman. Ernest Kauer, | president of a Providence, R. I, tube plant, commented: “Senator W. Brookhart of Towa is ing set owners. The idea seems to be that the tax would render unnecessary such commercial support from advertis- ing sponsors as broadcasting now has. Maybe it would, but it also would put the Government in the position of censoring broadcasting. g Broadeasting Is Improving. “Broadcasting has been getting bet- ter every year. Getting its support from sponsors, .as at present, is a nor- mal and sound economic method. To | drop “this method and substitute direct tax on set owners, I believe would be harmful to the radio in- dustry.” | ‘The drive continues to cast aside | the’ obstacles lying in the path leading to success in radiovision. | _Another experiment looking toward that end has gone through its early | stages. Paul A. Kober, Newark, N. J., | engineer, who has spent many years in | 1aboratories dealing with the question of light transmission, developed a proc- | ess whereby pictures and sound were | sent by visible light and ultra-vioiet rays. Beam of Light Used. The method employed used & beam of light from a mercury induction lamp, which glowed and darkened at the ter- rific speed of 30,000,000 ‘imes a second. | In the tests the transmitter was about 50 feet away from the iver. From a bulb in the transmitter there emitted a ray of ligit of different colors, chang- ing in intensity in step with the voice of a man speaking into a microphone. It acted similarly in the receiver. ‘The mercury induction lamp, Mr. It | tinued 15 minutes for the benefit of | Kober said, first was developed for | The feature also is |therapeutic work, but has been found needed in | light modulation. quoted as suggesting a tax on receiv- | designers not attempting to pross the : tube tco hard. Three scrcen grid tube: were placed in most mocols using it ‘The result was a more stable eircusc {han wouid be the case were mtempts made to work the screen grid to its maximum, with cttendant difficuliies Improvement in Speakers. Tmproved dynamic speakers, the “boom boom” that marked their deout last year eliminated. comprised another show high spot. The new speakers, their sponsors said, produced “highs" and “lows” at equal amplification. More attention was paid to the acoustic properties of cabinets, and provision was made for a proper baffle board for the dynamic. In cabinets the trend seemed defi- nitely toward the console and away from the table set. All receivers were designed to take more compact, hous- ings, adapted for the modern home and the small apartment. Radio furniture makers have been ac- tive in refining details, and mode; istic models won attention. Cabinets to match home furnishings were shown in many period designs. Veolume Control Automatie. Automatic volume control was an addition to many sets, and a new sta- tion selector dial was shown. Remote control by means of a 50-foot cord and armchair turning contrpl box was an improvement intended to take the “drudgery” saway from manipulating the receiver. This was accomplished by including a small motor in the re- ceiver to turn the dial, the motor being operated from the control box. One of the features of the show was the new Kyle condenser speaker. It also was used as part of a public ad- dress system. Prices give no indication of increase, but rather an opposite swing. Manu- facturers said that a downward trend was shown in the greater quality, with prices on a stable basis. About 250 members of the association were numbered among this year's ex- hibitors. Radio Trouble? Call ADAMS 4673 Capitol Radio Service {3166 Mt. Pleasant St. N.W. i i | i | Washington’s Popular Shopping Center LDENBE “At Seventh and K”—Charge Accounts Invited—The Dependable Store Absolute Clearance / ENTIRE STOCK . 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