Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1929, Page 49

WRGTOBROADCAST 1N OLD MADRI Original Drama, Set to Mu- sic, Will Be Given Premiere Tonight. “In Old Madrid,” an original drama #et to music, will have its premiere to- night in the Concert Bureau hour, to be broadcast by WRC and associated National Broadcasting Co. stations, A cast of prominent microphone art- xts will present the new drama, its story being a colorful plot of intrigues and intrepid adventures in Spain Countess Olga Medologa Albani, for whom the play was especially written, will appear in the leading role. Sup- porting her will be William Rainey, tenor, and Waiter Preston, baritone. Other Features Offered. The WRC program also contains all of its other regular National Broad- casting Co. attractions. Principal among them are “Buck and Wing~’ a comic sketch of a small-time vaudeville team; the Hoover Sentinels, the Seiberling Singers and Broadway Lights. The Seiberling presentation will fea- ture Wilfred Glenn, bass. His contribu- tion will be “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep.” Frank Black, director of this group, also will be heard in another “improvisation” at the piano, and the singing violins will play his special transcription Saint-Saen’s “The Swan.” An ‘acute attack of “rhythmitism” by the Landt Trio and its heroic effort to return to normalcy is announced as the specialty of the Broadway Lights broadcast. Featured artists on this pro- gram include Emily Wooley and Sue Baxter, and a dance band under the direction of Hugo Mariani The activities of Nathaniel T. Con- nolly, former acting chief of the Boston district Secret Service in rounding up Boston's_notorious counterfeiting gang during the Wilson administration, will be described in the Detective Mysteries broadcast tonight over WMAL and other Columbia Broadcasting System stations. Marine Band to Give Concert. WMAL's outstanding musical features will be the Marine Band's concert at the Sylvan Theater and a late dance program by Vincent Lopez and his or- chestra. The station also has sched- uled a half-hour period devoted to light opera gems and a recital by Alice Har- vey, Washington pianist. ‘The Carlton Concert Orchestra and another “Amos 'n’ Andy” episode are ‘WOL's_ principal attractions tonight, while WJSV announces a variety pro- gram which includes a playlet, a chil. dren’s hour and a concert by the Ha. walian Melody B EXPERT EXPLAINS SCREEN-GRID TUBE 0. H. Caldwell Says Device In- creases Amplification and Sen- sitiveness in Set. of ‘What is this screen-grid tube, about which s0 much ado was made at the Chicago radio show last week? Do the mewly-designed radio receiving sets, which were the cynosure of all eyes at Chicago, represent a radical improve- ment over old types of receivers simply because they employ screen-grid? These questions are being asked every- where by radio fans, particularly those about to purchase new sets. O. H. Caldwell, former member of the Federal Radio Commission, now publisher of several electrical journals and himself an engineer of standing, was asked to make reply. He thus ex- plains the utility of the new vacuum tube, whose thinly woven mesh or screen of wire separates one tube ele- ment from the other to make it possi- ble to attain increased amplification and greater sensitivity in the new sets. “The gcreen-grid alternating current tube,” said Mr. Caldwell, marks a tre- mendous technical advance in tube de- sign in the matter of amplification and sensitiveness of operation. On that all engineering advice seems to agree. Increases Amplification. “The outstanding characteristic of the screen-grid tube, of course, is that it greatly increases amplification in both radio and audio freqeuncy stages. This, together with its use as a power detec- tor, gives increased distance reception and added quality of reproduction. “From the electrical standpoint, it s important to note that the screen-grid tube remains unaffected by small line voltage changes. Due to the higher amplification possibilities of this tube, an extremely sensitive set also can be designed, because of the sceren-grid. ‘The tube has characteristics which eliminate the necessity for certain bal- ancing or neutralizing practices which heretofore have been commonplace.” ‘The screen-grid is said to be the first major engineering change in ragio that has reduced rather than increased the cost of manufacture. Since competi- tion 1s keen in this young industry, the reduced cost of making the set will in- evitably be passed on to the buyer. The consumer also enjoys lower power-sup- ply cost and maintenance expense. Many of the set manufactarers are turning to screen-grid designs exclu- sively, and the tube makers say they will produce large quantities of the new tubes this year. Screen Grid Has Critics. ‘The screen-grid has its crities as well. ] express cynicism at the whole sc rid situation, say- ing they wi old lines until the future of screen-grid demand s definitely known. It is a fact that the untrained ear has diffi- y in detecting the difference in the ty of the old sets and the new. the technical arguments all seem to be in favor of the new. Against the screen-grid it is argued that its present popularity is only a passing fad stimulated by much ad- vertising. Great sensitiveness is mot needed, it is said. Screen-grids are no better than any good commercial old- line set and will take their places merely as another line to sell, according to some observers, Moreover a shortage of tube supply is foreseen. Nevertheless, the engineers are in- sistent that the screen-grid has come to stay. “The alternating current screen-grid tube.” says Mr. Caldwell, “must be re- garded not only as a technical achieve- ment, making for better radio reception, but its advocates look to it as the first triumph of economic improvement—a device making better radio receivers less expensive to build. If it can accomplish this end, and also clear itself creditably of the charges and complaints which its critics have brought against it, the industry will have taken a long step ahead and the “screen-grid era” will be with us.” (Copyri 1929, by the North American Newspaper Aliiance.) ‘WJZ Has New Feature. A new_program, described as the “College Drug Store” and made up of comedy and songs of the campus, is billed for Tuesday nights on the WJZ chain, %“Radio Organ” Put Into Use. MUNICH (#).—Munich has just put into service a radio organ with 50 stops, 3,183 pipes, 3 keyboards and pedals. It was selected with a view to the special meeds of radlo transmission. we producing their | THE EVENING Today on the Radio PROGRAM FbR THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1929. (Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles on right. otherwise All time p.m. unless indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS. 315.6—~WRC—950. (National Broadcasting Co.) 3:00—United States Navy Band. 4:00—Happy Harmonies. 4:15—"The Magic of Speech,” by Vida Sutton. 4:30—Jolly Bill and Jane. 5:00—Vocational guidance, by the Ki- wanis Club. 5:15—Black and Gold Room Orchestra. :55—Motlon picture guide. 00—Federation hymn sing. :27—Base ball scores. 30—Brumback’s Virginians. 00—Correct time. 01—Buck and Wing. :30—Hoover Sentinels. :00—Seiberling Singers. 30—Broadway Lights. 00—Halsey-Stuart hour. 30—National Broadcasting and Con- cert Bureau Hour. :30—Jack Albin's Orchestra. :00—Weather forecast. 01 to 12:00—Lotus Orchestra. Early Program Tomorrow. :45a—Tower health exercises. :15a- -Federation morning devotions. :30a—Cheerio. :50a—Parnassus String Trio. :00a—Milt Coleman, songs. :15a—Harry Merker and his orchestra. :00a—National home hour. 10:00a—Parnassus String Trio. 10:15a—Radio Household Institute. 10:30a—Evening Stars. 11:00a—The Recitalists. 11:15a—Young’s Orchestra, 12:00—St. Regis Orchestra. :00—Wallace Memorial Sunshine Carolers. 1:30—"Farm and Home Facts,” by the Department of Agriculture. 1:45—Sunshine Carolers, continued. 2:00—Gotham String Trio. 2:15—"Movie Chats,” by Don Hancock. 2:30—Studio program. 205.4—WJISV—1.4 (Independent Publishing Co.) 6:30—Clvic classified program. 7:30—Children’s program. 8:00—Hawaiian Melody Boys. 8:30—Ray Harper, tenor. 8:45—Playet. 9:00—Studio presentation. 9:15—Walter Holt. 9:30—Columbia Trio. 10:15—Jewel Downs. 434.5—NAA—690. (Washington Navy Yard.) 3:45—Weather Bureau 9:45—Arlington time signals. 10:05—Weather Bureau reports. 475.9—WMAL—630. (Washington Radio Forum.) 3:00—Musical Echoes from Broadway. 3:30—Dialect songs by Art Dickson. 3:45—Joseph J. Patti, the singing taxi ariver. 4:00—Farm hints from the suburb- anite. 4:10—Newsboys’ Band of Orlando, Fla. 4:45—Lucille Black, planist. 5:00—Al Llewelyn, “The Lone Wolf.” 5:15—"Going to Press.” 5:30—Tulsa, Okla, C. of C. Male Quartet. 5:45—The Columbia Heights Rambler. 6:00—Correct time. 6:01—Flashes from The Evening Star. 6:15—"Roman Temples in German: by Science Service. 6:30—Alice B. Harvey, pianist. 7:00—Talk by Harlan Wood, comman- der of “Celebrating the 4th of July in the National Capital.” 7:15—Belle Haven Entertainers. 7:30—U. S. Marine Band concert at the Sylvan Theater. 8:00—True detective story. 8:30—Light opera gems 9:00—Vincent Lopez and his orchestra. 10:00—Paramount Orchestra. 10:30—Pancho’s Orchestra. 11:00 to 12:00—White Bros’ “Ginger Band.” Early Program Tomorrow. 10:00a—Radio Home Makers. 10:30a—Topaz Ensemble 10:45a—Radio beauty school. 11:15a—Agricultural program. 11:30a to_12:00—Luncheon concert. 2:00 to 3:00—L’Apres Midi. 228.9—WOL—1,310. (American Broadcasting Co.) 5:45—The Town Crier. 6:00—Public_Service Man. 6:03—Andy Claus. 6:10—“What's on the Air Tonight.” 6:30—National Theater Players. 6:45—Florence Jane Adams, imper- sonator. 7:00—Carlton Concert Orchestra. 7:11—"Amos 'n’ Andy.” 17:20—Carlton Orchestra (continued). 8:00—News flashes. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:30a—Musical clock. 7:55a—Birthdays. 10:00a—Household Clarke. 10:30a—Advertisers’ period. 11:00a—Beauty talk by Berth Parker. 11:10a—The shopper's guide. by Peggy OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS. ‘Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern standard time. 348.6—WABC New York—860 7:00—Arabesque. 7:30—United States Marine Band. 8:00—Detective mysteries. 8:30—Light opera gems. 9:00—Concert dance orchestra. 454.3—WEAF New York—660 5:00—Black and gold room orchestra. 6:00—Midweek federation hymn sing; o—&omtort mus 6:3 0! music. 7:00—Buck and Wing, with Phil Cook. 'l:soasenmez:l': Orchestra; Jessica onette, soprano. I:W—S‘lfilflm; ‘male quartet and vio- lins. 8:30—Broadway Lights. 9:00—Old Counselor’s reception, with Andy Sannella’s Orchestra. 9:30—Concert Bureau hour. 10:30—Jack Albin and his hotel dance orchestra. 11:00—Dave Bernie's hotel orchestra. 394.5—WJZ New York—760 5:00-—O1d Man Sunshine; Bob Plerce’s stories; scores. 5:30—Ben Pollack's Hotel Dance Or- chestra. 6:00—Harvey !"lewd):cr: May Singhi Breen, Peter de Rose. 6:30—Retold tales, “Avenging Angels. 7:00—-Beauty ml{:&.‘wlfih guest art- ist and orcl 5 7:30—Ben Bernie and his dance or- chestra. 8:00—Orchestra. 8:30—Rosario Bourdon’s Concert Or- tra. 9:00—Jean Goldkette Dance Orchestra. 9:30—Around the World; Claude Mc- Arthur Orchestra. 10:00—Slumber music hour; string en- semble. 272.6—~WLWL New York—1,100 5:00—Musical program. 6:00—K. of C. hour. 422.3—WOR Newark—710 5:30—Fulton Royal Orchestra. 6:00—Charles W. Hamp. 6:30—Slim Figures. 7:00—Musical overtones. 7:30—WOR Stock Co. 8:00—Musical program. 8:30—Character concert. 9:00-~To be announced. 10:00—News; dance hour. 272.6—WPG Atlantic City—1,100 4:30—Twilight organ recital; news. 7:00—Scores; Gospel hymns. 7:20—Organ recital. 8:00—Entertainers; ensemble and vocal. 9:00—Studio; Subway Boys. 9:30—Dance music (112 hours). 282.8—WBAL Baltimore—1,060 6:00—Organ recital. 6:30—The Arcadians. 7:00—Same as WJZ (2 hours). 9:00—The Liners, 9:30—Same as WJZ (1% hours). 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1,170 5:20—Scores; quartet. y 6:00—WABC programs (12 hours). 7:30—The Fur Trappers. 3:00—Hour from WABC. 9:00—Baker Boys; orchestra. 10:00—News; dance and organ hour. 305.9—KDEKA Pittsburgh—980 :00—Band concert; scores. 00—Studio program. :30—Feature program. :00—WJZ programs (4 hours). 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1,150 :30—School of music program. :50—Newscasting. :00—Same as WJZ (4 hours). :00—Organ recital half hour. 379.5—WGY Schenectady—790 :25—Scores; dinner music; scores. 0—String quartet. 0—WGY agriculture program. :30—Same as WEAF (3 hours). 30—Organ recital hour. 302.8—WBZ Springfield—990 :00—News; dinner music. 30—Melodies; news; scores. 00—Studio music, 30—Variety half hour 00—Same as WJZ (3 hours). 10:00—Sports; news; scores; dance. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN. 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700 6:30—Diners’ Orchestra; scores, 7:00—Two hours from WJZ. 9:00—Feature program. 10:00—The Hall 10:30—Orchestr: 11:00—Crosley review. 12:00—Dance and variety (1 hour). 280.2—WTAM-WEAR Cleveland—1,070 00—Hotel orchestra; scores. 30—Orchestra. 00—Invisible Chorus. :30—Hour from WEAF. 30—Musical tour; Ed McConnell. :30—Orchestra; Radioet. :30—Variety hour. :30—Dance music (17 hours). 398.8—WCX-WJIR Detroit—750 6:00—Hour of features. 7:00—Same as WJZ (2 hours), 9:00—Radioet. 9:30—WJZ program, 10:00—Singing school. 10:30-—News; Amos; dance. 11:00—Dance and organ (2 hours). 405.2—WSB Atlanta—740 7:00—Harry Pomar’s Orchestra. 7:30—WEAF and WJZ (2 hours). 9:30—Same as WJZ. 10:00—Concert program. 11:45—Sheldon organ recital. 277.6—WBT Charlotte—1,080 5:45—Musical programs. 7:00—Theater menu; features. 7:30—WEAF and WJZ (2 hours). 9:30—Dramatic miniatures. 9:45—Margaret Harris; scores. 365.6-—~WHAS Loulsville—820 7:30—WEAF (30 minutes). 8:00—Orchestra. 30—WJZ and WEAF hour. 9:30—Studio orchestra. 10:00—Homing hour. 11:00—Amos; news; dance music. Radio Service Phone Adams 3803 18th & Col. Rd. Fastest and Best Service in Town y . It needs a new set of tubes Loss of volume, quality and distance are usually signs of worn-out vacu. um tubes. Once a year they should be replaced by a new set of RCA Radiotrons. RCA “Radiotrons are the Heart . of your Radio Set” ‘ the American Legion, | TALKING PICTURES DRAW RADIO MEN Stations and Laboratories of Broadcasters Furnish Most Film Engineers. BY MARTIN CODEL. HOLLYWOOD, June 20.— Talking motion pictures have precipitated a ver- itable hegira of radio men toward Hollywood. Hardly & lot where the talkies are being made is without its quota of radio 389.4—WAPI Birmingham—1,140 7:00—University of Alabama. 7:40—Newscasting. 8:00—NBC programs (2 hours). 461.3—WSM Nashville—650 7:00—String quartet: newscasting. 0—WEAF and WJZ (2%5 hours). 00—Musical program. 10:30—Studio feature. 11:00—WEAF program. 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110 6:00—Orchestra; Amos-Andy. 7:00—Richmond First Club; talk. 7:30—Studio recital. 8:00—WRAF and WJZ (2 hours). 10:30—Dizie Spiritual Singers. 11:00—Luxury Boosters (1 hour). To maintain RADOTRON | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. THURSDAY, engineers. Some have been drawn from | A. L. Wi the radio stations of California and other States, but most of them came here from the stations or laboratories of such companies as National Broad- casting Co., Radio Corporation of America, Western Electric, Edison, Vic- tor, DeForest, Brunswick, General Elec- tric and Westinghouse. The influx of radio men has been so great that the Los Angeles Chapter of the Institute of Radio Engineers has had to maintain an employment divi- sion to help place the technicians. Salaries are large, often quadrupling those paid by the leading radio sta- tions, but jobs are relatively few. Usually the movie people have gone out directly to get men with reputations achleved in the radio field, mostly men with good theoretical background cou- pled with years of experience. Loses Sixty Men to Talkies. O. B. Hanson, the engineering chief of the National Broadcasting Co., has complained that he has lost some 60 men to the talkies in the year since sound pictures went into general pro- duction. Eugene Grossman, one of his best men, came out here to go with Fox Films; George McElrath, formerly of WRC, Washington, refused an offer from the movies to succeed Grossman: Al Proseman, formerly in charge of long-line broadcasting on the network, left with Grossman to go with Fox also. Station WJZ, New York, is regarded out here as one of the leading graduate schools for talking technicians. The General Electric laboratorles is also & prolific source of technical talent. Le- roy Brien of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sound staff has served at WOR (New- ark), WIP (Philadelphia) and WEAF (New York), as well as WJZ. J. R. Franks of the same company came from WJZ, while Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer obtained G. A. Burns from the N. B. C., a slender figure, no one can deny the truth of the advice “REACH FOR A LUCKY INSTEAD OF A SWEET. JUNE 20, 1929. . L. Wilson from Westinghouse, O. L. Ceccarini and W. C. Miller from West- ern Electric, J. K. Brock from WJAX (Jacksonville) and others from out this way. ‘The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's engineer in charge is Douglass Shearer, who was in the movies from the start. There are a few others like him, usually elec- trical engineers, in high places, but very few. Willlam Waddell, with Fox, for example, went into the movies after working on talkles with Edison and DeForest, only to find that his re- searches on talking pictures were com. ing to fruition 15 years later. Many Radio Engineers. Radio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures, sub- sidiary of the R. C. A., is honeycombed with radio engineers. In fact, all but one of its 18 technicians came from the General Electric or the Radio Corpora- tion of America. The staff is headed by Ralph Town- send, who was in charge of the record- ing laboratories for the Brunswick- Balke-Collender Co. in this country and abroad for many years. Pathe, which also uses the R. C. A. photophone, has Radio Corporation men throughout, and Sennett's staff is headed by Arthur Blinn of Schenectady. Shearer has seven. men working on research and development. In this fast- moving village, however, the stress is upon production rather thmn pure sci- ence. Relatively few men are assigned purely to investigation, for the pace is too swift for the quiet, young and old, men of the laboratory. Results count, and results only are what the movie magnates will buy—at fabulous prices— as soon as they are demonstrated as practicable. (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alllance.) Many Industrial ventures are being launched in South Africa. 49 Major “Chain” Features ‘TONIGHT. 7:00—Buck and Wing: comic sketch by Phil Cook and Vic Fleming—WRC and N. B. C. net- ‘work. 0—Serenad; Lewis James, tenor; male trio and orchestra— WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WLW and others. '7:30—Sentinels; Jessica Drago- nette, soprano—WRC and N. B. C. network. 8:30—Maxwell hour; Bourdon Orchestra—WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, ‘WHAM, KDKA, WLW, WRVA and others. 9:00—Vincent Lopez and his orchestra—WMAL and C. B. S. network. 9:30—National Concert and Broadcasting Bureau Hour—WRC and N. B: C. network. HIT IN RADIO IS BIG. Chicago “Mirthquakes,” East and Dumke, Weigh 500 Pounds. CHICAGO (#)—Ed East and Ralph Dumke, WGN'S “mirthquakers,” are Just a couple of light-hearted boys who went into radio in a big way. They went into radio and couldn’t help the rest. Standing side by side, they measure 6 feet across, and their combined heights is 12 feet plus. Together they weigh 500 pounds. Five years in vaudeville gave them skill and exverience and a large reper- toire. —_— Ceylon exported last year 10,000,000 more pounds of tea than in 1927. WRC ANNOUNCER IS GIVEN NEW POST George Beuchler Transferred to Duty at National Radio Studios in New York. Transfer of George Beuchler, for more than a year an announcer at WRC, to the National Broadcasting Co. studlos in New York was announced today by Frank M. Russel, vice presi~ dent of the company, in Washington. Beuchler reports in New York for his new assignment Monday. His voice will continue to be heard in Washing ton, however, as he will announce net- | work programs. many of which are | broadcast by WRC. A native of Washington, Beuchler is one of the youngest announcers with the National Broadcasting Co. He was a contestant in the 1928 audition of the Atwater Kent Foundation, won by Miss | Hazel Arth of Washington, and in addi- tion to announcing he has been heard | in a8 number of vocal recitals over WRC. —— o. Natural Storehouse for Chemicals. | The possibilities of the sea as a source of valuable chemicals, necessary to life, is not generally appreciated. "Accord- | ing to an authority on this subject the ocean basin hoards untold millions of tons of phosphates, nitrates and other | chemical building materials, including | the rarer ones that are being found essential to life. 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