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0B 5 | ; ' SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, JULY 14, PART 4 ; o ' ANNOUNCER SINGS N WRC PROGRAM Alois Havrilla Will Take New Role Over Air Tonight. Alois Havrilla will step out of his usual role as a radio announcer tonight to appear as the guest soloist in the At- water Kent half hour to be broadcast by WRC and associated National/ Broadcasting Co. stations. i A baritone, Havrilla appeared in ag number of light operas and musical comedies before beginning his career before the microphone as an announcer. In his radio recital he will sing “The Blind Ploughman,” Kernochan's “Smug- gler's Song,” “A Wanderer's Song.” by Rasbach, and Pisher's “Sittin’ Thinkin'." Aside from the Atwater Kent half hour, WRC's program contains its regular array of N. B. C. presentations and an added feature—a special pro- gram of chime music from the Church of the Epiphany in celebration of the; eighty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the church for worship. The pro- gram, to be played by Thomas Spence on the McKim Memorial Chimes, will be broadeast at 10:30 o'clock this morning. Biblical Drama Scheduled. WRC also has scheduled tonight in !} place of the sketch “Rapid Transit,” & Biblical drama “Stephen” It will be presented by the National Players un- der the direction of Gerald Stopp. In the “Roxy” Symphony Concert this afternoon Joseph Stopak, violinist, will be the featured soloist. There also will be another violin recital by Godfrey Ludlow at 3 o'clock. The maestro’s hour to follow includes a special orches- tral and vocal version of Tschalkowsky’s “Symphony in F Minor.” The Capitol Theater broadcast this evening will have as its star Laura Newell, harpist. The Studebaker Cham- pions will present a popular program which contains “My Hero,” from the| musical comedy “The Chocolate Sol- “Hallelujah” from “Hit the and “By the Waters of Minne- tonka.” The specialty of the Russian Cathedral Choir will be “A Beetle and a Rose,” Melnikofl's musical satire on a Russian general and a peasant girl. Station CKAC, Montreal, will join the Columbia Broadcasting System tonight for the Majestic Theater of the Air. and the initial portion of this program to be heard in Washington over WMAL will be devoted to welcoming the new addition. Maxine Brown, musical comedy and vaudeville star, will be the guest artist for this broadcast, assisted by Murlel La France, Redferne Hollins- head, Wendell Hall and Arnold John- son’s orchestra. Her contributions in- | clude such romantic tunes as “Miss | You,” and “To Be in Love.” 1 Other WMAL Attractions. { WMAL's other major attractions to-! night include another episode of “Mrs. | Murphy's Boarding House,” the regular | broadcast of Russian music, known as “Around the Samovar”; Brokenshire's Choral Islanders, and ‘“Arabegque,’ which will present a thrilling drama on a lonely isle in the Pacific. In the afternoon WMAL will broad- cast the regular symphonic and Cathe- dral hours. John Corgliano and his orchestra will_present the Symphonic Tour, in which is to be featured the overture to Mozart's “Magic Flute.” Many soloists will contribute to the Cathedral. hour. Among them are Helen Oelheim, contralto, and John Barclay, baritone. WOL will open its program this| morning with a “Where to Motor To- day” broadcast. The morning services at the Foundry M. E. Church will fol- low. “Amos 'n’ Andy,” the vesper hour | and the program of the Christian Science Parent Church are among the evening attractions. The Bethany Male Quartet will be heard tonight from WJSV. The sta- tion's other attractions inciude recitals | by Jack Perry, tenor: David Martin, baritone, and L. Z. Phillips, trombon- | ist, and s concert by the Ladies' Choir | of Fairfax, Va. RADIO ENGINEERS EXPLORING THE AIR New Channels Being Sought for Broadcasting in Hitherto Undeveloped Areas. Into that vast and unknown region of the ether which extends from the very high frequencles of 23,000 to| 30,000 kilocycles, radio engineers are | embarking in search of new channels to supply the increasing demand. The most recent entrant in this fleld of experimentation, where a few ama- teurs and scientists have been doing pioneer work, is the Universal Wireless Communication Co. The Federal Radio Commission has granted permission to the company to erect stations at New York, Chicago, Buffalo, Salt Lake City and San Prancisco for experimentsl transmission in the 23,000 to 30,000 kilocycle band. Engineers of Universal, which has applied for a group of transoceanic wave lengths to supplement their pro- Jected land radio telegraph system, hope to find ways of utilizing the extremely short waves. The commission desires to_encourage the development of this new fleld owing to the congestion in the bands now avallable for service, To date these frequencies have not ‘been made serviceable, and consequent- ly the international radio authorities have not assigned them for regular use. ‘The fading of signals has been found to be bad and the “skip distance” effect has been most pronounced. It is in these high frequencies that the heavi- side layer plays its mysterious role. Radio waves hit this layer, a ceiling of fonized air, and are reflected at vari- ous angles back to earth. Some of the waves are believed to be refracted at such an angle that they skip off the earth or perhaps pierce the ceiling. The engineers are confident that eventually apparatus will be developed which will enable them to utilize this big part of the spectrum for dependable communication. ARMCHAIR IS CLASSED SMALLEST RADIO STUDIO| Children Gather Sunday Evenings and Listen to Bible Stories Told by Father. CHICAGO, (#).—A big. armchair is the smallest broadcasting studio at ‘WLS. Every Sunday evening, during the ‘Book of Life Family Circle, Billy, Mary and Bob gather around the chair and listen to Bible stories told by their father, Ray Eriandson. Their mother takes part in the informal program which sometimes takes unexpected turns as the children ask questions about the stories. The tales are simplified for children and old hymns sung by a mixed quar- tet form a musical background. . Syncopators on Air Regularly. Jack Crawford and his orchestra and | Edgar Benson's Syncopators are play- Today on (Meters on lejt of call lett otherwise f 315.6—~WRC—950. (National Broadcasting Co.) 10:30a—Chimes from the Church of the Epiphany. 11:00a—Services of the Central Presby- terian Church. Sermon by Rev. James A. Taylor, pastor. 12:15—Concert artists' hour. 1:00—Roxy symphony concert. 2:00—The Balladeers. 2:30—Riviera String Quartet. 3:00—Godfrey Ludlow, violinist. 3:30—The Maestro’s hour. 4:00—Sc-vice from the Washington Cathedral. Sermon by Rev. An- son Phelps Stokes, canon of the cathedral, 5:00-—Echoes of the Orient. 5:!5-“‘;“00 to Face With Our Presi- ents.” 6:00—"In Time of Roses,” 6:30—Correct time. 6:31—Motion picture guide and base ball scores. 6:35—Musical program from the Capi- tol Theater, New York. 8:00—"Our Government,” by David Lawrence. 8:15—Atwater Kent program, featur- ing Alois Harrilla. 8:45—Bibical drama, “Stephen.” 9:15—Studebaker program. 9:45—S8unday at Seth Parker's. 5—Sam Herman, xylophonist. 0—Russian Cathedral Choir. 0—Weather forecast. Early Program Tomorrow. 5a—Tower health exercises. 5a—Federation morning devotions 0a—Cheerio. 0a—Parnassus Trio. 0a—Milt Coleman, songs. S5a—Harry Merker and chestra. 5a—La Salle String Quartet. 5a—Studio program. 5a—Radio Household Institute. 0a—Studio program. 0a—Twelve O'Clock Trio. 5a—Rolfe’s Palais d'Or Orchestra. :45—"Bridge for Beginne: John Munce, jr. 1:00—Organ recital. 1:30—"Farm and Home Facts.” by the | Department of Agriculture. recital, -pll gton-Cl " his or- y: account of the ‘Washin, hicago base ball| game. 348.6—~WABC New York—860 3:00—Cathedral hour, religious mu- | 7:30—Broadway stars. 9:00—Arabesque. 3:00—Naticnal Sunday Forum. 5:00—Echoes of Orient, string en- 6:00—In the Time of Rost Programs prepared by the Associated Pre! 2:00—Symphonic hour. 2:30—Musical program. sical service. | 7:00—Mrs. Murphy's boarding house. | 8:00—Theater of the Air; Wendall Hall and staff. i 9:30—Around the Samovar. 454.3—WEAF New York—660 4:30—When Shadows Lengthen, string | trio and quartet. semble. :15—"Our Presidents.” - songs. 6:30—Scores; Maj. Bowes’ 8:00—"Our Government,’ Family. by David Lawrence. 8:15—A. K. half hour of music; male quartet. 8:45—Biblical drama, “Stephen.” 9:15—Champlons Orchestra, Fred | Waldner, tenor. 5—At Seth Parker's. i 5—Sam Herman, xylophonist; choir. | 394.5—WJZ New York—760 2:00—Friendly hour. 3:00—Godfrey Ludlow, violinist, with Mme. Lolita Gainsborg. 3:30—Maestro’s hour, orchestra and = 4:30—Twiiight Reveries, Dr. Goodell. 5:30—Anglo Persian. 6:00—Base ball scores; American Sing- ers. 6:30—Retold Tales—"A Study in Sear- o 7:00—Melodies in voice, mixed quartet. 7:15—Liebestraum, vocal and orches- tra. 8:15—Tone Pictures by Lew White. 5—At the piano. 9:15—Light opera (1'% hours). 272.6—~WLWL New York—1,100 7:00—Studio program. 422.3—WOR Newark—710 0—String Quartet: Salon. 0—Dr. Payne; Good Will Court. 0—Concert ensemble. 30—Philharmonic Symphony. 9:15—Market Street Playhouse. 72.6—WPG Atlantic City—1,1 3:30—Community recital. 4:15—Religious services. 6:00—Special Sunday concert. 8:00—News: operatic concert. 10:00—Wandering Poet; organ. 282.8—WBAL Baltimore—1,060 3:30—Same as WJZ (3 hrs.). 10:15—Evening Reveries (45 m.). 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1,170 5:00—Orchestra; melody drama. 6:00—Booth Family; Pioneers. 7:00—Same as WABC (4 hours). 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—980 1:00—Same as WJZ (4% hrs.); scores. 5:30—WJZ Progs. (5% hrs.); scores. 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1,150 3:30—WJZ programs (2% hours). 00—Orchestra Music. 0—WJZ programs (2% hours). {15—WHAM Concert Ensemble. 379.5—~WGY Schenectady—790 3:30-—Same as WEAF (113 hours). 6:30—WEAF programs (34 hours). ," by Mrs.| 7 OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS. 33, Scheduled for Eastern standard time. the Radio PROGR;M FOR SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1929 c”n. kilocycles on righd, All time p.m. unless indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS. 475.9~WMAL—630. (Washington Radio Forum.) 9:00 to 10:00a—Watch tower service. 2:30—DuBarry program. 3:00—Cathedral hour. 4:00—French Trio and soloist. 4:30—C. B. 8. presentation. 7:00—Mrs. Murphy's Boarding House. 7:30—Sonatron 9:00—Arabesque. 9:30—Around the Samovar. 10°00—Souvenir—sentimental music. 10:30 to 11:00—Brokenshire's Choral Islanders. Early Program Tomorrow. 10:00a—Radio Homemakers, 10:30a—Columbia Ensemble: 11:00a~—Agricultural program. 11:30a—The Meridians. 11:45a to 12:00—Piano syncopations. 2:00~—L’'Apres Midi. 3:00—Play-by-play _account of the ‘Washington-Chicago base ball game, by Denman Thompson, sports editor, The Star. 205.4—~WJISV—1,460. (Independent Publishing Co.) 7:30—Ladies’ Choir of Fairfax, Va. 8:00—L. Z. Phillips, trombonist. 8:15—Jack Perry, tenor. 8:30—Sermonette. 8:45—Roland Wheeler, tenor. 9:00—David Martin, baritone. 9:30—Bethany Male Quartet. 10:00—Chick Godfrey, tenor. 228.9—WOL—1,310. (American Broadcasting Co.) 10:00a—" “Where to Motor Today.” 11:00a—Services of the Foundry M. E. Church. Sermon by Rev. Fred- erick Brown Harris, pastor. 12:15 to 1:15—Meditation hour. 5:00—Program by Christian Science Parent Church, 5:30—Vesper concert. 7:11—"Amos 'n’ Andy.” Early Program Tomorrow. 8:00a—Musical clock. 9:00a—Variety hour. 10:00a—Household chat Clarke. 10:30a—The shopners’ guide. 11:00a—Helpful hints to parents, 3:00—Washington-Chicago base ball game, play by play. by Peggy 302.8 WBZ Springfield—990 5:30—WJZ (13 hour). 6:00—Scores; ensemble: tales. 7:00—WJZ (15 min.); orchestra. 8:15—Studio program. 9:16—Sports; musicale; scores. 9:30—WBZ Players, Yellow Triangle. 10:00—News; theater organ. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN. 428.3~WLW Cincinnati—700 5:00—Same as WJZ (1 hour). 6:00—Songs at twilight; scores. 6:30—45 minutes from WJZ. 17:15—The Angelus hour. 8:15—Orchestra; WJZ program. 9:15—Orchestra; soloists. 10:15—Cino Singers; cello recital. 11:00—Musical Novelesque (1 hour). 280.2—WTAM-WEAR Cleveland—1 5:00—Musicale: scores. 6:00—Ginger Ale Gnomes. i (45 min.); Inspiration | Boys. 8:15—WEAF (30 m.)., Ed McConnell. 9:15—WEAF half hour. 9:45—Variety hour. 10:45—Dance music (2 hours). 398.8—WCX-WJIR Detroit—350 5:30—WJZ (30 m.); vespers. 7:00—WJZ (15 m.), orchestra. 7:30—Concert band, financiers. 8:45—WJZ program. ) 9:15—Baritone; concert trio. 10:00—Happy half hour. 10:30—News; Amos; dance. 11:00--Dance and organ (2 hours). 405.2=~WSB Atlanta—740 7:00—WJZ and WEAP (1% hours). 8:45 Harry Pomar’ 10:15 " Baptist Tabernacle; Amos. 263—WAPI Birmingham—1,140 12:00a—Church services. 8:00—Dr. Henry Edmonds. 277.6—WBT Charlotte—1,080 5:00—Twilight organ recital. 6:00—Musical program; Bible Club. 7:00—WJZ (15 m.); Arthur Cornwall. 8:00—First Baptist Church. 9:00—Owen Ogborn at organ. 365.6—WHAS Louisville—820 7:00—~WJZ and WEAF (1% hours). 8:15—Little Symphony; studio orch. 9:45—WEAF program. 10:18—Times Trio; Amos; News. 461.3—WSM Nashville—650 7:00—~WJZ (15 m.) sacred concert. 7:45—Same as WEAF (114 hours). 9:00—Church services. 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110 7:00—WJZ program (15 minutes), 7:45—Organ; church services. 258.5—WWVA Wheeling—1,160 7:30—Church services. RADIO MEN IN DEMAND. Need of Trained Operators Increases Threefold in Year. The demand for trained radio men has increased threefold in a year, ac- cording to the National Institute, which conducts an employment department. The requests for trained men during the first six months of 1920 were three times as many as in the correspending period in 1928. Drama to Be Broadcast. Charles Rann Kennedy’s drama, “The Servant in the House,” will be broadcast over KDKA (Pittsburgh), WJR, KWK and WREN at 8 p.m. Eastern standard time July 20. WRVA Increases Power. RICHMOND, Va. (#).—New equip- ment is being installed at WRVA to increase its power. The old 1-kilowatt transmitter has been discarded and a new S-kilowatt transmitter containing two of the latest features—crystal con- trol and double modulation—is being installed. It will be ready July 30. Major “Chain” Features TODAY. 3:00—Cathedral hour — WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 3:00—Godfrey Ludlow, violinist —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 - ; Orlen- — WJZ, WBZ, and 'v‘VlBAg. WLW, WHAM MME. LOLITA CABRERA GAINSBERG. régularly on WPG, Atlantic City. Glenn . Riggs Added to Stafl. Glenn F. has been added to the of KD! soloist, Popular cvomposer-pianist, heard fre- quently over the N. B, C. network, whe ital Tuesday night at Union in connection home” econcert of announcers. He is a reader and NAA | S:tmld tales: “A Study in let”—WJZ, WBZ, KA others. | 8:00—Majestic hour: Maxine Brown and others — WMAL and C. B. S. network. 8:15—Atwater Kent hour? Alois Havrilla, baritone —WRC and network. others. and HELENE HANDIN and MARCELLA SHIELDS » ThefioToUPers" Helene Handin and Marcella Shields are the “Two Troupers” who present a comedy skit on Wednesday nights over WEC and other N. B. C. stations. Ethel Louise Wright, soprano, will be featured in the “RoxY” broadeast tomorrow night over WRC and associated stations. The Fada symphonic hour, over WMAL and other Columbia Broadeasting System stations Tuesday night, will have Ethel Godd, operatic soprano, as its guest soloist. Maxine Brown is a prominent musical comedy star, who will be heard in the Majestic Theater broadcast to- night over WMAL and other Colambia stations, “Graham McNamee Speaking—" YS | | | | | GIRL up in Northampton, Mass writes me a chatty little letter wanting to know what I think about the prevailing fad of get- ting tanned all over. As I sidestep this one, here’s another, asking for the “lowdown” on a certaln bran of throat medicine. And here’s a cor- respondent who wants me to mark an inclosed list of words for him, indicat ing the correct pronunciation. I even get an occasional inquiry which belongs in the “Advice to the Lovelorn” columr It's the Midsummer madness. There’ no reason in the world why any one should pick on me when they have troubles like the above, but in the Summertime they always do. Perhaps in vacation days people have time to play up little personal affairs which they overlook the rest of the year, and they want somebody to unload on. like to get letters, but my work is in radio, and I am not a horse doctor, & beauticlan or a school teacher, and, above all, T wish the class would re- member that old Doc McNamse not carry a line of Tiger Marrow which cures all ailments of man or beast. Radio program makers take account of the ranging fancies and interests of the Summertime. Current programs are packed with health and recreation Talks, bridee hours. clothes talks, light music, humorous skits, Hawailan string ensembles and other easy-going diver- sions. A talk on philosophy or eco- nomics is apt to fall pretty flat in the Summertime. Sports, the stock market and light music are the year around sure-fire attention getters. It seems that no matter how hot it is or how busy they are trying to have a good time. the fans always iave time to check up on their investments or on the prize-fight returns. There are some close observations be- ing made on the seasonable appeals of radio, and some interesting things are being discovered. I am inclined to think that in time radio may throw a bright light on the trend of public in- terest at different times of the year. Maybe politicians will time their cam- paigns accordingly. The heavy-hitting | economist will work in the Winter and | the gayer and more debonair statesmen of the type of Mayor Walker of New York in the Summer. However, this may be just Midsummer rambling. One gets that way. Another Strange Interlude. T heard an interesting tale the other day, which suggests the radio_deriva tive of “The Face on the Barroom® Floor.” Elvin N. Erwards, district at- torney of Nassau County, N. Y. was| broadcasting a smashing radio speech against booze. It was caught by the loud speaker in & populous New York speakeasy in the upner Forities. MTr. Edwards wag eloquently denouncing the alliance of crime, rum, corrupt politics and the speakeasies, The customers began to shout, “Turn it off!” when a rather frazzled but stately figure, wearing a fuzzy hat and a frock coat, advanced to the middle of the barroom. With an imperial ges- ture, he demanded the attention of the | legt Broadway playboys. His was a shabby but commanding presence and they all piped down. The orator bowed low. “Gentlemen,” he said, “I hold here between my thumb and forefinger & small glass.of what I was assured was Cointreau, My informant and I under- | st each other thoroughly. It is a chemical concoction of inferior alcohol and other ingredients, and it is no more Cointreau than it is eau de cologne. Before the enactment of the eighteenth amendment liquor had ruined me. The liquor we get now will kill me, as it will kill all of you if you persist in drinking it. The gentleman now ing over the radio speaks the truth. There are those among you who are young enough to take heed and save yourselves. The rest of us are doomed.” By this time the bouncer was barg- ing out around the end of the bar with his sleeves rolled up. 2 gesture to toss the polson s,” continued the orator, toss- ing the liquor glass to the floor. “But it may dramatize for you the alterna- tive between continued indulgence and death and rulna' He bowed and departed. “That's old Whoozis. Used to be & actor before the booze got him,” sald Th.e W‘t” in the mvll:u i i, stuss game D! up again, there was a renewed thump of glasses and the swish of towels over the bar, d the and babble of lude” was forgotten. e Gives Lesson to Speaker. Several da I met at & New York % % New York poli- “that radio accentuates defects of speech or inferior. “Decidedly,” I answered. “Incorrect ¥ ;Radio Trouble? pronunciation or mannerisms of speech | loom up big on the radio.” | | “Do you think this is important in | political speeches?” | “Yes,” I replied, “although its effect | would be controlled by circumstances. I think that good speech is more im- portant over the radio than it is on the | stump, as a platform speaker may have | personal qualities or magnetism which make his hearers overlook his diction.” “I have a fair education,” said my | friend, “but I realize that there are many words which I mispronounce. What do you think I ought to do about 1 | | | \ I gave him some suggestions, which are not important here. He took | voluminous notes and earnestly pr. ded fme for all the information I could give n. The incident interested me as fore- shadowing the diligent adaptation of public men to the requirements of radio discourse. I am convinced that radio campaigning not only will eliminate a great deal of bunk and demagogery but will place public debates on a much higher level of competence and dignity. | | TION ] 'S ‘QUES' BOX. Graham McNamee receives -~ greal| eal of malil, but each week he will pub- lish the answers to those questions hold- | ing the greatest amount of general interest. All questions should be ac-| companied by a stamped, self-addressed | envelope and addressed to Graham Mc- Namee, 711 PFifth avenue, New York City, or in care of this newspaper. | Please make your questions brief. Q. Can insurance be obtained against damage by lightning through radio an- —Franck C. Coffin, Cleveland, McNAME A. There are firms in America which make special contracts of this kind. Germany, however, has gone into this extensively. The Reich Radio Cor- poration has an arrangement with five | insurance companies by which a maxi- mum of $24,000 is pald for personal in- juries and $6.000 for property damage. ‘mmo subscribers receive this insurance ree. Q. What were the first radio stations | in New York? This is to settle a dis- Eutev—mrold K. Jackman, Brooklyn, . Y. A. They were WEAF and WJZ. . Where is the new radio univer- 'y, and by whom was it organized?— Donald R. Fillmore, Portland, | g. *" The university has not been es-| tablished, but has been planned for Orange County, Calif.. about 40 miles from Los Angeles. Permission to es-| tablish it was granted by the Federal | Radio Commission last November. Its directors include Dr. Ray Lyman Wil- bur, Secretary of the Interior: Dr. Wa ier P. Dexter of Whittier College, Aurelia Henry Rheinhardt of Mills Col- ege, and Dr. A. Blaisdell of Claremont {College. It has brought together a | group of educational, social service and { cultural organizations, with an invest- !ment of $2,000,000, who will use a 50,000-watt broadcasting station. ~ Do musical composers receive pro- tection for their compositions in radio use?—R. C. Orland, Philadelphia. A. Yes. Radio rights are sold just as movie rights. The most notable re- | cent sale was that’of the radio rights to George Gershwin's “An American in Paris.” . About how many million miles of | telephone and telegraph wires are used in a big world hook-up for some such ! event as a world ¢hampionship fight?— ©. E. Kenyou, Sioux City, Iowa. 'A.” From 400,000 to 420,000. (Copyright, 1929.) “UNCLE BOB” CHARMS. Popular With Young Radio Enthu- siasts as Story Teller. CHICAGO, (#).—“Uncle Bob” has been a friend to youthful radio fans since crystal set days. Outside KYW he is Walter Wilson. Inside he is “Uncle Bob,” bedtime story teller, who against tra Bob” was master of ceremonies on a national chain prof . Call ADAMS 4673 Capitol Radio Service 3166 Mt. Pleasant St. N.W. ETHEL LouIse WRIGHT MAXINE Brown Education by Wireless Pre- dicted by Former Chief of Signal Corps. By the Associated Pr A super uhiversity of the air, dis- seminating knowledge and. culture to people of all ages and classes in America by means of wired radio, is foreseen by Gen. George O. Squier, former Signal Corps and inventor less devices. Citing the move by Secretary Wilbur to develop Government promotion of education via radio, Gen. Squier says that it will be only a matter of a few years until courses in instruction from the best teachers in the country will be transmitted over huge wired radio chains. Advantages Outlined. By this means education will not stop in the printe of a young man’s life, but will go on until his death” he predicted. to hear lectures by the best minds of the State universities and the depart- ments at Washington. The day of the untrained rural school teacher will be at an end.” The advantages of wired radio over the present space broadcasting as a medium of education is its ease and cheapness of operation and its superior reception, he contends. Volume con- trol is provided, and static and fading are_eliminated, he claims. There are no heterodyne effects, seasonal changes | or day and night variations which ne" inherent in space radio. System Subjected to Tests. Recent tests at Freeport. Ill., where the system is being tried out, show that five watts of energy are sufficient to saturate satisfactorily. 6.000 cable pairs, Gen. Squier says. This power is less than a tenth of that used in the average electric bulb socket. The latest form of receiving set com- prises three tubes under a special circuit arrangement. The first is the new A.C. shield grid tube, the second a power detector, and the third an audio ampli- fler with an undistorted power output of approximately 1!; watts—sufficient to operate a dynamic speaker. Comedy dialogues have been added to the repertoire of Mansfield and Lee, Andy Mansfield and Virginia Lee, who appear on the Saturday night pro- grams at WLW. QUIER FORESEES | “The farmer, as well as the | | resident of the largest city. will be able | HE wizardry of modern radio broadcasting was never so impressively demonstrated perhaps as early last Sun- day morning when American ra- dio listeners were taken into his- toric Westminster Abbey in Lon- don for the thanksgiving services in celebration of the recovery of | King George V, and later shifted | to a radio studio in Sydney, Aus- | tralia. | _The event was not especially an | | epochal one in the history of radio | broadcasting, but it served to| | show the progress that has been | made in the feat of rebroadcasting ! | In recent months and to illustrate | more strikingly the potentialities | of radio. The rebroadcast of the | English and Australian stations | was highly successful from virtu- | ally every standpoint save atmos- | pheric, but the static barrages were mild in comparison with the thun- | derous blasts that marked previous | | attempts at international rebroad- casting. | The obvious success of the latest | experiment in rebroadcasting pro- grams from the other side of the | Atlantic again raises the question: i ‘When will there be a regular ex- |change of programs between | American and foreign stations? | | It is quite possible now, accord- ing to authorities on radio, to ex- | | change programs between London | | and the United States on a regular | | schedule, but indications are that | such an arrangement is not con- | templated. The difference in time | and the even more marked dif-| ference in the type of radio pro- grams in the United States and; European countries are two of the | principal factors which, radio au- | thorities point out, make a regular exchange unfeasible. ook % | One of the principal exponents | of these views is Charles W. Horn, | general engineer of the National | Broadcasting Co., who has just re- | turned from a two-month survey | of broadcasting conditions in Eu. rope. Mr. Horn came to Washing- | ton last week and at a luncheon | with a small group of radio wri |ers and N. B. C. officials at the | Carlton Hotel he endeavored to |answer not only the question | “When will there be a regular ex- | change of international pro- | grams?” but presented a compre- | hensive picture of the radio situa- | tion in Europe in comparison with | the United States. “International program ex- changes probably n2ver will be a | night-to-night basis, in so far as | the United States is concerned,” sald Mr. Horn. “I confidently be- ! lieve that while such an exchange | | is technically possible, attempts will be made to broadcast from| one country to the other only spe- | cial events of mutual interest to| these countries. International tennis matches, the Olympic| cames, golf matches and out- standing political events are some of the things I think would have international appeal.” The capricious American listen- er, Mr. Horn said, would not stand for the European type of broad cast on a regular basis, since th foreign programs are “heavy” | with classical music and lectures | on cultural subjects. while the Eu- ropean listeners scoff at the spon- sored American programs, which they liken to the patent medicine | advertisement. { | “European radio programs are monotonous,” said Mr. Horn.| “Monotony is the enemy of radio. | In Europe it is a common practic> | for a station to broadcast heavy | classical music for two solid hours. In America, however, the response of public taste is the basis for pro- | gram consideration. There is an| element of competition in pro-! gram making which is tota lacking in Europe. The listene: there get what the government | wants them to hear. and they pav ifor it in taxes on their receiving | sets.” { | | | * % *x % Adolph Zukor, president of the Paramount-Publix Co., which re- cently merged with the Columbia Broadcasting System, revealed last week that one of the first develop- ments resulting from the consoli- | dation will be the presentation of SS SN S Y Radio Service Phone Adams 3803 | é 18th & Col. Rd. n Town Behind the Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. famous moving picture stars over the C. B. 8. network. It is planned, according to Zu- kor, to broadcast the stage per- sonalities from the nearest thea- ter, placing the programs on the air from the adjacent station. Where the station is too far removed the nearest land connec- tion will feed the program into the network. “I do not mean by this,” said Mr. Zukor, “that the use of Para- mount-Publix talent on the Co- lumbia System will be limited ic these programs alone, as, in the interest of improving radio enter- tainment, the personnel of Para- mount pictures and Publix thea- ters will be available to the net- work whenever their other book- ings permit. Their work before the microphone in making talk- ing pictures should prove them excellent broadcasting talent. “On the other hand, the radio broadcasting talent developed and popularized on the Columbia 8ys- tem will be available for visual entertainment in the pictures and in the theater presentations.” * X ¥ x Phil Cook, broadcasting’s all- around entertainment man, lieves that radio is profoundly more aware of a need for original- ity than- any other medium of public entertainment. Cook is weil known to radio audiences for his continuity writing, singing and acting, being one of the few per- sonalities in radio to participate in all of those branches. “Give radio originality and it will establish itself as one, if not the most important medium of entertainment,” he said. “At the moment there is little enough originality anywhere. I believe radio is the only one of the enter- taining group that realizes the present dearth of originality; this business of taking ideas every- where but never presenting a new one cannot go on forever. Radio is presenting originality and by so doing I believe it is winning the public seeking amusement.” It would be easier to say what Cook does not do than to list the many things he does. Once he wrote musical shows and still writes them when he has nothing else to do. He is a commercial artist of some reputation. He is a violinist. He is a blackface comedian, a character actor and a vriter of radio skits. Almost all his work now is for or in front of the microphone. * oo George F. Ross of WRC's an- nouncing staff and Washington's oldest announcer, in point of serv- ice, will celebrate tomorrow the fifth anniversary of his career be- fore the microphone. It was back in July, 1924, when Ross left the Shipping Board to accept a post as an announcer at WRC. Radio then was in its in- fancy and WRC was operating on a part-time schedule. “In those days there were but two announcers at WRC.,” Ross said reminiscing. “But today it's different. WRC is on the air every day and every night throughout the year. “In retrospect, I can see now that some of our early programs were pretty bad. We had a good many hours to fill and only a few artists to call on. It was a strug- gle for any program manager. With the advent of network broadcasting, however, radio took a new lease on life, and the devel- opment since has been rapid. And I feel quite certain that the future holds still greater development.” Chevigny in Speaking Part. SEATTLE, Wash. (®.—It was the daily tesk of Hector Chevigny as con- tinuity editor for KOMO to write the romantic_lines for the station's pro- grams. Recently he collaborated in a speaking part with Claire Graves of Seattle ngd spoke the most romantic inag—* WHERE TO MOTOR TODAY On WOL at 10 O'Clock TO GETTYSBURG, the Nation's historic shrine, by way of Wis- consin Avenue, and through Frederick, Md. TO THE LITTLE TEA HOUSE. utes from town. Cool and petizing. TO WESLEY HEIGHTS, by of Massachusetts Avenue, Ca. thedral Avenue, to 2925 Glover Driveway, corner of Hawthorne Street, to see the beautiful homes there for sale by the realtors, W. & A. N. Miller. TO RENO ROAD. out Van Ness Street, two blocks past the Bu- reau of Standards. to 4327 Reno Road. Willis-Built Homes with built-in antennae and eother conveniences, for sale by Eaton & Company. 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