Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1929, Page 63

. OPERATIC ARIAS ON AIR TONIGHT Metropolitan Tenor and Cele- brated Cellist Appear in Atwater Kent Hour. Frederick Jagel, Metropolitan Opera Co. tenor, and Beatrice Harrison, cele- brated cellist, will appear as guest art- ists in a program of operatic arias and concert numbers to be broadcast dur- ing the Atwater Kent hour tonight over WRC and a network of National Broadeasting Co. stations. Josef Pas- ternack will conduct the concert orches- tra which will accompany the artists in several numbers. Miss Harrison's program includes the “Melody in A" of Gen. Charles G. Dawes, the “Adagio” from the “Con- certo for Cello,” and “The Blackbird Reel.” Among Jagel's contributions are “Ciele e Mar,” Lohengrin's narra- tive, Im Fernem Land,” “At the Post- ern Gate,” “Wings of Night” and “Pass- ing By.” Charles Thetford, clarinetist, and Edward Mayer, flutist, will be the fea- tured artists in a woodwind duet on the Capitol “Family” broadcast at 7:30 o'clock over WRC. Other artists will be Louise Bave, soprano; Dorothea Beckloff, contralto; Waldo Mayo, vio- linist; Hannah Klein. planist; Westel] Gordon, tenor, and Yasha Bunchunk, conducting the orchestra. “Poor Butterfly” High Light. “Poor Butterfly” and Phil Ohman's composition “Jacquette” will be the high lights of the Chase & Sanborn program over WRC at 8:30 o'clock. ‘Cadma “From the Land of the Sky Blue ters,” “I'll See You Again” from itter Sweet,” and Herbert's * e” will complete the program. Musical comedy hits of this and last season dominate the program of the Studebaker Champions, who will be heard over WRC at 10:15 o'clock. The “Kinkajou,” from “Rio Rita”; “Why Was I Born?” from “Swest Adéline,” and “Bottoms Up,” from “Scandals,” are some of the outstanding selecticns. The program for the Old Company Songalogue is made up of melodies, old and new. These songs will be inter- preted by a quartet composed of Charles Harrison and Lambert Murphy, tenors; ‘Vernon Archibald, baritone, and Frank Croxton, Pre New Year Celebration. ‘The Majestic hour, one of the out- attractions tonight on WMAL and other Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem stations, will take the form of a pre New Year eve celebration, skipping from night clubs to hotel dining rooms to various cities in rapid succession. The program, arranged by Wendell Hall, will take the radio audience from New York, Toronto and Chicago. A dozen radio entertainers of national fame will take part in addition to the ‘Toronto_Sympi Orchestra and Arnold Johnson's h rapidly from one end of the to other, the McKesson News Reel of the Air, to be broadcast by WMAL at 5 o'clock, will present scenes from New York City, Constantinople, Minneapolis and Rome, together with musical numbers reminiscent of those of minstrelsy and the music of the gay '90's. Jesse Orawford, in his weekly organ poser and the world’s that came too late. ‘The Ladies Choir of Fairfax, Va., will open WJSV's program tonight with an old-time hymn sing. The station's other features include a broadcast of the services of the First Church of Christ Scientist, and a concert by the Gospel Melody Trio. NEW YEAR GREETINGS. Bixteen Dance Orchestras in Four Cities to Join Broadcast. Radioing across the country to keep up with the greetings to New Year in the various time zones is to be attempt- ed New Year eve by N. B. C. Sixteen dance orchestras in New York, Chicago, Denver and San Fran- cisco will present an hour of dance music from 'h city, starting at 12 o'clock local fime. Included will be musicians led by Rudy Vallee, Abe Ly- man, Ben Brnie, Johnnie Hamp, Ralph Bennett and Jesse Stafford. Intermin- led with the final hour of music will B<Street noises at San Francisco. MACY RESIGNS ROLE. No Longer Will Be Known as “Hank” Simmons of Show Boat. G. Underhill Macy, known to the ra- dio lic as “Hank” Simmons of Show Boat, also as Tony the Wop and Fred ‘Tibbets of “Real Folks,” has resigned the role of “Hank” Simmons. Mr. Macy has been playing the role of “Hank” for almost two years, and has been doubling on numerous other parts in the Show Boat program. As Tony the Wop and Fred Tibbets in “Real Folks" will continue to be heard on Monday evenings over an N. B. C. network. Major “Chain” Features TODAY. 2:00—Roxy symphony concert— WRC and N. B. C. net- work. 4:0p—National Light Opera Co., “Wizard of the Nile"— WBZ, ‘WBAL, KSTP, KFAB and WTMJ. 4:00—Cathedral _hour—WMAL and C. B. B. network. $:90—Twilight Voices; vocalists, ‘women’s octet and orches- tra—WRC and N. B. C. network. 7:00—Heroes of the world, dra- matic sketch with musical background—WRC and N. B. C. network. 8:00—Enna Jettick melodies; mixed quartet and instru- mental _ensemble — WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WJR, WLW and others. 8:18—Collier’s radio hour; dra- matization with musical interlude—WJZ, KDKA, WBZ, WLW, WJR and others. 8:30—Choral Orchestra; popu- lar program with Phil Oh- an and Victor Arden— WRC and 1. B. C. net- ‘work. 9:00—Majestic Theater; pre- New Year eve celebration in New York’s night clubs —WMAL and B. 8. acclalm WHAM, WBZ, W WJR. KDKA, WREN, KYW and WHK, 9:15—Atwater Kent hour; Bea- trice Harrison, cellist, and Prederick Jagel, tenor— WRC and N. B. C. net- work. 10:45—Sunday at Seth Parker's; rural sketch—WRC and N. B. C. network. 11:00—Back-home hour from a Churchill Tabernacle, at Buffalo—WMAL and C. B. 8. network. Today on T the Radio PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1929, (Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles on right. All time p.m., unless otherwise indicated.) 475.9—WMAL—630. (Washington Radio Forum.) 10:00 to 11:00a—Watch tower service. 2:00—Ballad hour. 3:00—Symphonic hour. 4:00—Cathedral hour, service. 5:00—News reel of the air. 5:30 to 6:00—Sermon by Rev. Donald Grey Barnhouse of Philadelphia, 6:30—Acousticon program. | 7:00—Our Romantic Ancestors, 7:30—French trio. 7:45—"The World's Business,” by Dr. Julius Klein. 8:00—Correct time. 8:01—La Palina Rhapsodizers. 8:30—Sonatron program. 9:00—Majestic Theater of the Air. 110:00—The Royal program, with Jesse Crawford, organist. 10:30—Arabesque: dramatic sketch. 11:00 to 12:00—Back Home hour. Early Program Tomorrow. 9:00a—"Opening the morning mail.” 9:30a—Blue Monday Gloom Chasers. 10:00a—"Radio Home Makers,” by Ida Bafley Allen. 10:30a—Interior Decorating. 11:00a—The Love Birds. 11:15a—Ben and Helen talk it over. 11:30a—The Children’s Corner. 11:45a—The Mixing Bowl. 12:00—Columbia Revue. 12:30—Piano Syncopators, 12:45—Yoeng's Orchestra. 1:30—Academy of Arts and Letters program at meeting” of the N tional Association of Teachers of Speech in New York. 2:15—Organ recital by Ann Leaf, 3:00 to 3:30—Columbia Ensemble. 315.6—WRC—960. (National Broadcasting Co.) 8:00a—The Sunday Symphonet. 9:00 to 10:00a—Children’s hour. 11:00a—Service from St. John's Epis- copal Church; sermon by Rev. Robert_Johnston, pastor. 12:30—Metropolitan Echoes. 1:00—The Nomad: 1:30—The Pilgrims. 2:00—Roxy symphony concert, 3:00—Jewish hour. 4:00—Special Christmas carol service from Washington cathedral. 5:30—Twilight Voices. k 6:00—Echoes of the Orient. 6:15—Countess Olgo Mendolago Al- bani, soprano. 6:30—Old ‘Company Sonalogue. 0—Heroes of the World. 7:30—Correct time. 7:31—Musical program by Maj. Ed- sacred music ward Bowes' family, from the Capitol Theater, New York. 8:30—Chase & Sanborn Choral Or- chestra. 9:00—"Our Government,” by David Lawrence, LOCAL STATIONS. Pro 10:15—Studebaker Champions. 10:45—Suns at Seth Parke: 11:45—Sam Herman, xylophonist, 11:57 to 11:58—Weather forecast. Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45a—Tower health exercises. 51 11:30a—Songs by Pauline Haggard. 11:45a—Bridge talk by Mrs. John 12:10—-Loftus Orchestra. 1:00--National Farm and Home hour. 1:45-—Organ recital and Grace Lee Rials, soprano. 2:30--The Melody Three.. 3:15--Studio program. !:!o—Amréicnn Foundation for the Blind. S. Marine Band. 228.9— (American Broadcasting Co.) 10:00a—Musical progri 10:30a—Paige Burroughs, contralto; Florence Yocum, soprano, and Gretchen Hood, soprano. 11:00a—Services of the Church of Epiphany. 12:15—Birthdays. 12:18 to 12:20—Public Service Man. Early Program Tomorrow, 7:30a—Reveille. 7:35a—Musical clock, les, chat by Peggy 10:15—Music. 205.4—WJISV—1.460. (Independent Publishing Co.) 10:30 to 12:30—Evangelistic service; sermon by Rev. Willlam Mc- Dougall. 17:00—Ladies’ Choir of Fairfax, Va. Christ, Scientist. 9:00—L. Z. Phillips, trombonist. 9:15—Gretta Ludwig, contralto. 9:30—Gospel Melody Trio. 9:45—Chick Godfrey, tenor. 10:10 to 11:00—Clark and Gourley, Gospel singers. Early Program Tomorrow. 8:00 to 10:00a—Helpful hints to house- 11:30a—National Fasm :30a—Nation program. 11:45a—Current events. 12:00m—Time signals. 3:00 to 5:30—Midafternoon musicale, OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS. Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern standard time. 454.3—WEAF, New York—660. 4:00—Dr. Cadman — Also 5:30—Twilight _Voices—Also WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WRC, WGY, WGR, WEEL 6:00—Echoes of the Orient— Also WRC, WGY, WCAE; Countess Olga Albani, soprano — Also WRC, WGY, WCAE, WWJ. 6:30—Songalogue—Also WEEI, WCSH, WTAG, WJAR, WRC, WGY, WGR, WLIT, 7:00—Heroes of world—Also WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WRC, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WFJC, WWJ, ‘WSAI, WRVA, WBT, WJAX, WIOD, WHAS, WsSM, WSB, ‘WFIL 7:30—Maj. Bowes’ Family, Louise WJ. WHAS, WSB, WBT. 9:00—“Our Government,” by Lawrence—Also WJAR, WTAG, ‘WCSH, WRC, WGY, AE, WHAS, WSAIL WFJC, WG ‘WSB, WBT, WWJ. 9:15—A. K. hour, cellist and tenor— ‘WEEI, WRC, WFI, WGY, WBT, WHAS, WAPL 10:15—Champions’ Orchestra — Also w , WTAG, WCSH, WFI, WRC, WGY, WGR, WOCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WGN, WJAR. 10:45—Seth Parker — Also WCAE, WHAS, WJAX, WWJ, WFJC, WIOD, WGY, WRC, 11:15—Russian _Choir — Also WWJ, WGY; S8am Herman — Also 348.6—~WABC, New York—860. 5:30—Sermon by Dr. Barnhouse—Also WMAL, WKBW, WEAN, WNAC, WKRC, WJAS, WFBL, WLBW, WCAU, WCAO, WADC, WHP. 6:00—The Fur Trappers’ Orchestra— Also WCAU, WNAC, WHK. 6:30—Joe Howard—Also WJAS, WNAC, WEAN, WHK, WSPD, WCAU, WFBL, WKBW, WADC, ‘WKRC, WGHP, WLBW, WMAL, WMAQ. 7:00—Vocal and Orchestra — WABC ‘WMAL, WFBL, WDBJ, WKBN, WDOD, WBRC, WLBW, WWNC, WJAS, WGHP, WSPD, WHP. 7:45—Dr. Klein—Also WMAL, WHP, WFBL, WDBJ, WKBN, WDOD, ‘WKRC, WEAN, WBRC, WLBW, WWNC, WJAS, WNAC. 8:00—Rhapsodizers — Also WNAC, ‘WCAU, WEAN, WFBL, WCAO, WJAS, WADC, WKRC, WLBW, WMAL, WMAK, WGHP, WSPD, WHEK. 8:30—Wayne King's Orchestra—Also WADC, WCAO, WNAC, WMAK, WEKRC, WHK, WGHP, WLBW, WCAU, WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WMAL. 9:00—Theater of the Alr—Also WADC, WCAO, WNAC, WMAK, WKRC, WHK, WGHP, WLBW, WCAU, WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WMAL, CFRB, CKAC, WBAZ, WDEL, WWMC, WTAR, WDBJ, WBRC, WDOD, WLAC. 10:00—Poet, of the Organ—Also WADC, WCAO, WNAC, WKBW, WKRC, WHK, WGHP, WLBW, WCAU, WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, ‘WMAL. 10:30— Arabesque—Also WMAL, WHP, WFBL, WDBJ, WKBN, WDOD, WKRC, WLAC, WEAN, WADC, WLBW, WWNC, WJAS, WNAC, WGHP, WHK, WCAO, WSPD, WKBW, WBRC. 11:00—Back Home Hour—Also WMAL, WHP, WDBJ, WDOD, WLBW, WGHP, WSPD, WKBW, WCAU, WWNC. 12:00—Brokenshire’s Coral Islanders; midnight organ melodies— WABC. 394.5—WJZ New York—760. 5:00—The Duo—Also WBZ, WBAL, WLW, WJR. 5:30-—National Relizious Service—Also WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, WLW, ‘WAPIL. 6:30—In the Spotlight, Vocal and Plano Trio—Also WBAL, WHAM, WJR. 7:00—Travelogue, descriptive mono- e—WJZ only. 8:00—Melodies—Also WBZ, WHAM, WJR, W, WHAS, WsSM, KDKA. B, 8:15—Uncle Henry's Magazine—Also WBZ, WHAM, KDKA, WJR, WLW, KYW. 9:16—Penrod, dramatic sketch—WJZ and stations. 9:45—The Brush Man—Also WBZ, HAM, KDKA, WJR, KYW. 10:15—Moster musicians, vocal and orchestra—Also WHAM. 10:00—Katherine Thrift-Jones—Also KDKA. 11:16—South Ses Islanders (30 m.); quartet (16 m.)—Also KDKA. 272.6—WPG Atlantie City—1100, 5:15—Religious services. 7:00—Special Sunday concert. 9:15—Hotel Concert Orchestra. 10:00—News; Glee Club. 10:40—Galen Hall Trio. 11:10—Organ concert. 282.8—WBAL Baltimore—1060, 5:30—Same as WJZ (1, hrs.) 7:00—Reveries (30m.); WJZ (30m.) 282.8—WTIC Hartford—10/ 9 10:1 4223—WOR Newark—710, 5:00—Dr. Payne; Sunday salon. 6:00—Cathedral 'Sa, 7:00—Hotel Orches 8:00—Choir Invisible. 9:00—Halsey Street Playhouse, 10:00—Moonbeams, 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1170. 5:30—Same as WABC (1}4 hours). T"“‘%’nfi’é" F.; Ploneers, 00— programs (217 hours). 10::0—-;bnuro (30m.); /GVABO ; our). 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—980. 6:00—Shadyside Presbyterian. 6:30—Musical program. 1:00—Calvary Episcopal Church, 8:00—WJZ programs (2% hours), 10:15—Pipes O’ Pan (45 m.). 11:00—WJZ (1 hour). 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1150. 5:30—Same as WJZ (1% hours), 7:00—Fireside Forum. 7:30—WJZ programs (3% hours). 379.5—~WGY Schenectady—790. 5:30—Same as WEAF (6% hours), 302.8—WBZ Springfield—890. 5:30—Same as WJZ (1 hour), 6:30—Musical pr 7:30—WJZ pi ( 10:30—WBZ Pmne“. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BTATIONS, 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700, 830 Story of a0 pera. B Ty of an o :I’:gg:‘!:&';l orchestra, B rograms (2% hours), lb—szefi as mlnu!?l). ; 30—Symphony hour. 10:30—Great adventurers. 11:00—Musical Novelesque (1 hour), «a 398.8—WJIR Detroit—750, 6:00—Entertainers; features; WJZ. 7:00—Corn Poppers; ensemble. 7:30—WJZ (1% hours); feature. 9:45—WJZ (30 min.); Little Church. 10:45—Quartet; orchestra, 11:30—Organ Requests. 12:00—Dance music hour. 2—WSB Atlanta—740. 7:00—WEAF and WJZ (3Y; hours), 10:15—Maye Badgett concert. 277.6—WBT Charlotte—1080. 8:30—Twilight program. 7:00—Same as mr (30 minutes). 7:30—First Baptist Church. 8:30—Same as WEAF (1% hours), 10:15—Organ recital. 365.6—~WHAS Louisville—320, :00—WEAF and WJZ (3% hours). 10:15—Kentucky program. 45—Same as &W (30 minutes). 11:15—Reporters. 11:25—The Royal Hungarians, 461.3—WSM Nashville—g50, 7:00—WEAF and WJZ (1% hours). S—Presbyterian church services. 15—Hour from WEAF. 10:15—WSM Rhythm Symphony. 270.1—WRV Richmond—1110. 7:00—~WEAF (30 minutes); organ. 8:00—St. Mark’s service. Special New Year Program. logu 7:30—At_plano—Also WBZ, WBAD, WHAM, WJR, WLW, WHAS, WSB, WSM. ‘WPG has arranged a special New Year eve program for December 31, £ V GEORGETTE CouaNn- DR. L ARTHURTTORRANCE ~ MARY SILVIERA- Five of the principal contributors to the week’s outstanding radio programs: Mme. Faina Petrova, prima donna of the Moscow Grand Opera Co. is to be 8:00—Services of First Church of | featured in the Baldwin hour tonight over an N. B. C. network. The Fada hour over WMAL and the Columbia network Tuesday night will have Mary Silviera as the guest soloist. Co. She is the former leading soprano of the American Opera Georgette Cohan, daughter of the distinguished George M. Coha: will make her radio debut in the “Show Folks” broadcast over WMAL and the Columbia system Tuesday night. Dr. . rthur Torrance is the scientist and explorer who is giving the series of interesting talks on “Exploring the Jungles for Science” over the Columbia network. William Gregory, adventurer, explorer and actor, has a leading role in the Arabesque dramatic sketch to be broadcast tonight by WMAL and other Columbia stations, “Graham McNamee Speaking—" ITH the exception of the Rose Bowl game on New Year's, the foot ball season is over, and I, for one, am lad. Not that it hasn't been fun. I've enjoyed every minute of it, but I think I can do without any foot ball very nicely until next Fall. ‘There were plenty of great moments— remember that 95-yard run?—but I'm not going to indulge in any post mor- tems, I am not even going to select an all-American team. Several persons have asked for such a selection from & broadcaster's point of view, but it seems to me that no one man today could bly select such a team with any degree of fair- ness. Pirst off, it is impossible to see all the big teams in action. It was different once, when practically all of the big teams were those of the East- ern colleges and universities, Today, though, there are find squads not only in the East, but in the Middle West, far West and South. No one man can hope to watch a quarter of them at work during the season. How, then, 1s he going to judge how good individual embers of those teams are? Tackles, guards and centers don't often get the breaks in newspaper stories of games unless they happen to do something spectacular, so how would it be possible to pick a line and consider for it men you never had seen? ‘There are some fine players on small college teams whom broadcasters and rominent sports writers never see or ear of. What about them? And, of course, there is always the fact to be ed that stars are made at the be- ing of the season, when a lot of oose playing by comparative green- horns allows the old hands to do their stuff. Later in the season the good teams work as units, and the early season star_is just one of the boys. Personally I believe the all-American team is as passe as peg-top pants. Like the “Call me up some time, won't you?" of casual acquaintances, it doesn't mean a thing. Jones and Hare Near Record. Six years in one show would be & remarkable record for an actor, but there are two men on the air who are about to achieve that record. They are Billy Jones and Ernie Hare, and al- though they write a new act every week, It is substantially the same as the one with which they began. A couple of duets, a few solos, half a dozen jokes and a bit of badinage and you have the recipe for successful entertainment that has never let them down. Billy and Ernie say they work hard on their shows before every perform- ance, and I know it is true, for I have seen them sweating for hours at & time trying to whip their material into an easy-flowing half hour of entertain- ment, When they are on the alr, though, it seems as if the whole thing were spontaneous. One can't believe they are reading their lines from the scripts they hold in their hands as they stand before the microphone. Billy lets fiy with a wise crack and digs Ernie in the ribs to drive home the point. Ernie accompanies a super-sentimental song with appropriate—too appropriate—ges- tures, ‘The orchestra leader has to pipe down the chuckles among his men., Much as they really enjoy clowning in the studio, Jones and Hare admit that it is done for & purpose. Their stuff must be informal it won't “take.” And the only way of making it sound informal when it comes through a loud speaker is to create a highly informal attitude in the studio. Billy tells me their antics are not al- ways appreciated by visitors to the stu- dios. The other night a very dour Yankee was among the visitors. It turned out he was so deaf he couldn’t hear much beyond the drums and trombones of the orchestra and, of course, Ernje’'s and Billy's songs and jokes were lost. When he was intro- duced to Billy at the end of the pro- gram, the latter asked him how he had liked ‘the show. # “Well, T guess it was all right,” sald the visitor, “but that other feller's act- ing when he sang that song was so bad I nearly bust out laughing.” Vallee Is Plenty Bus! Until I was overtaken by a second thought the other day, I wondered why, with his immense popularity, there are 80 few anecdotes about Rudy Vallee, and then I realized that that young man is 50 busy that he never gives an anecdote a cglnn to settle on him. Those Who have seen him on the stage or at his night club have remarked that weary look which some have called the other reason for his attraction for women, That weary look, let me assure you, is not assumed. He comes by i honestly. it TS S0k o gt 1 of sleep a night. dinarily he arises about 9 o‘clfn holl; breakfast and then spends the rest of the morn- Ing granting interviews, posing for artists and photographers and discuss- ing various business detalls. By 2 o'clock he has to appear at a large movie theater in New York or Brook- Iyn, and from then until 10:30 at night he is busy playing five shows a day, seeing visitors in his dressing room and running over new music. At 11 o'clock he arrives at his supper club and plays until 2:30 in the morning. He gets away at 3 and sends the next half hour discussing the next day's schedule with his personal representative. He gets to bed by 4 o'clock, and five hours later he begins all over again. Incidentally, he has no conception of how widely his popularity has spread outside New York. He doesn’t seem to understand fully that he means as much to a cross-roads hamlet as he does to Broadway and he can't see what all the shouting is about, any- way. He thinks of himself first as an orchestra leader rather than as the :wg:r Wwho has made & million women si “When all this wears off,” he said the other day, “there’ll be plenty of work for a good dance orchestra.” Jaxx Versus Classics. ‘The next battle of the century won't be fought in a squared ring, but before a microphone, I refer to the struggle between jazz and the classics, which ROt off t0 & fine start the other day when E. C. Mills, newly chosen to wed broadcasting and music publishing, took what was interpreted in many quarters as a swipe at popular music. It struck me that what he was really aiming at was more noise masquerading as music, but whatever he meant, I feel certain that he will put it across. Mills is one of the most dynamic fig- ures behind the microphone. For years he piloted the American Soclety of Au- thors, Composers and Publishers and the Music Publishers’ Protective Asso- clation, and back in 1923 he lambasted the companies engaged in the new busi- ness of broadcasting into paying fat fees for the privilege of putting nopi- righted music on the air, He fought over his desk and he battled in the newspapers, and won in both places, He's the busiest man I ever saw. He starts working in the morning before he has crossed the room to his desk, and more often than not he forgets to take off his hat until the middle of the morning. He can cite from memory fig- ures covering the music publishing business as if it were poker, yet when he seems to be bluffing he always holds the cards. I don't think he has any confidence in any one who wouldn't go to the mat with him in an argument. Before he has really settled down to his new job he will have shocked the daylights out of half a dozen broadcasting executives, advertising agency officials and clients, but before they have a chance to get sore he'll have them convinced he’s right. In other words, I have a feeling that our popular music will be less noisy and more melodious. McNAMEE'S QUESTION BOX Q. Can anything be done to forbld Florida broadcasters from talking about the weather? When the thermometer is about 10 above outside it rather rubs me the wrong way to hear an an- nouncer in Miami, for example, gloating about a tropical moon, palm trees, shimmering sand and a temperature of 75° or so—Rose H. Allen, Cherrydale, Va. A. I know just how you feel, but I'm afraid nothing can be done unless you g0 to Florida yourself. When I'm down there in the Winter time I don't ob- Ject to that kind of conversation. Q. Are the American Singers on the air now? Does Shamus O'Daugherty appear regularly or as_guest artist? How does one join the DX-er's Club? How can I find out what programs are scheduled for distant stations?—Mar- garet W. Trundle, Baltimors, Md. A. The male quartet formerly known as the American Singers appears in the Old Co.’s Songalogue on WEAF and other stations Sunday nights at 6:30 o'clock. Shamus O'Daugherty has no regular program at present, but he ap- ars as occasional guest artist. He is ly to pop up anywhere. There are several clubs for distance hounds main- tained by newrrpen and all operate more or less informally. You may ob- tain detalled information by writing to the headquarters of the one in which you are interested. I am sorry, but since I am not an engineer I cannot at- tempt to answer technical questions. But don't blame your set when distant t | stations fade. Everybody has the same trouble. It can't be avoided. Q. Will you kindly advise me if Pinkie Hunter, formerly with Emerson Gill's Orchestra over WTAM, is broad- casting from New York. I would also like to know what has become of . FAINA PETROVA- PAN-AMERICAN UNION ARRANGES PROGRAM Special Concert Will Be Broadcast Monday Night by Sta- tion NAA, A special concert of Latin-American music, arranged by the Pan-American Union, will be broadcast tomorrow night by station NAA and a network of Na- tional Broadcasting Co. stations. NAA will broadcast the entire concert from 9 to 11 o'clock, while the network will carry a portion of it between 10:30 and 11 o'clock. An attempt also will be made to send the concert to South America and Europe over the short- wave station of WGY, in Schenectady. ile this program will feature many of the season’s great successes among the works of Latin-American composers, it also will contain a number of selec- tions which will receive their first ren- dition. The successor in popularity to the now famous “Three O'Clock in the Morning” is another waltz from Argen- tina, entitled “Nelly.” This selection has been received enthusiastically in the Southern republics, and will make its debut in the United States on this program. Folk music from the various :.lua\ American lands also will be fea- ured. ‘The guest artist will be the interna- tionally known mezzo-contralto, Mar- guerite d'Alvarez. Mme. d'Alvarez is & native of Peru. Her father was Min- ister to the Court of St. James, and her brother is first secretary of the Peru- vian embassy in Washington. Mme. d'Alvarez has come to the United States from a triumphant concert tour of the music centers of Europe. ‘The United Service Orchestra, under the leadership of Capt. Willlam J. Stannard of the Army music group and Lieut, Charles Benter of the Navy will introduce two soloists, Sergt. Joseph L. Young, marimbista, and Bandmaster Louls Goucher, vibraphonist. PHILCO CHANGES SYSTEMS Program Will Make Debut Over Columbia Chain January 9. The new Philco hour will make its debut over the Columbia Broadcasting System January 9, presenting for the first time Jermone Kern's one-act opera, “Lamplight,” with Lois Bennett, so- prano and former “Follies” star, in the leading role. For three years the Philco hour was broadcast over a National Broadcasting Co. network. . GRID GAME ON AIR. Columbia and National Systems to Broadcast Pasadena Fray. ‘The networks of both the Columbia and Natlonal Broadcasting systems will | carry a play-by-play description of the post-season intersectional foot ball game in Pasadena on New Year day between the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Southern Cali- fornia. The game is to climax the annual tournament of roses. Ted Husing will describe it for the Columbia chain and Graham McNamee for the Natlonal Broadcasting Co. o DON'T TRUST EARS. ‘WBBM Engineers Check Programs ‘With Oscillograph. CHICAGO (#)—Radio engineers at WBBM aren’t trusting their ears ai more, but they believe what they see. Instead of checking programs by e: alone the station has added an oscillo- graph, & sensitive instrument which gives a moving picture of the sound issuing from ransmitter. Charles W. Utica, N. Y. Pinkie Hunter is not broadcasting and I have been unable to locate him. Charles W. Hamp is now on tour but probably will be heard over the air again this Winter, I mentioned him last week. Q. Have you any idea when television Wwill be in general use?—E. B, C,, Salt Lake City, Utah. A. practicability of television, I am advised, is established now, but re- celving sets cost considerable to manu- facture and would be equally expensive to the purchaser. I imagine that when manufacture costs diminish there will be a number of sets on the market and television will then come into general Hamp.—Marjorle E. Willis, use. Q. A friend of mine in Honolulu told me that he heard programs from Seoul, Korea; Tokio, Japan, and San Fran- cisco, all in one evening with an ordi- nary recelving set. Doesn't this just about set a record for pulling in dis- tant statiors?>—J, L. B. A. You've got me on that ome, be- cause I haven't any official figures on the subject. DX fans sometimes obtaln marvelous results. Perhaps some of them will write me whether they have equaled or bettered your friend's ac- complishment. Q. What is the reason for the chimes we hear between network programs?— Willlamson Hager, Detroit, Mich. The chimes are to indicate that there will be & pause in the program for New York to allow local stations to announce their call letters. Use of a simple cue of this sort is necessary in order to avold confusion. When the local announcer hears it coming over the wire he drops his own station from the network, announces his call letters and then switches back to the network. The interval allowed is 15 seconds. Q. Is Kathleen Stewart, the planist, man-lsd?—Mrs. L. A P, Benning- n, A. No. Q. What has become of Don Clarke? | ‘We never hear him on the air any more.—Russell Davies, Utica, N. Y. A. He has become continuity editor of Columbia Broadcasting System and 't_enflu his time writing things for the alr, rather than announcing. Q. I have heard that broadcastin, stations often substitute phonograp! for real orchestras. Is this true?—L. H. M., Los Angeles, Calif. A. Not in_the sense I think you mean. The Federal Radio Commission has ruled that every phonograph rec- ord must be announced as such, and the rule is obeved. Records are used very frequently by the smaller stations, but not with deception. Recently & number of records designed only for broadcasting have been made. These also must be identified as (Copyright, 1929.) (] BY THE RADIO EDITOR. DVANCE information from radio manufacturers, which is being turned out in great quantities in the form of radio forecasts for the new yeas, indicate that little, if any, radical change is to be made in the 1930 radio receiver. The manufacturers give assur- ance that the screen grid tube, the outstanding development of 1929 as far as radio is concerned, will be carried into the new year. Improvements are in prospect in circuits, however, which may re- sult in a reduction in the number of tubes in a set. Apparently there is to be a greater concentration on lower prices, with numerous indications that slightly under $100 will be the top figure for a number of sets. The cabinet design, with the re- ceiver and speaker as one unit in a console, also is expected to ad- here to the plan of making the receiver fit in with modern furni- ture requirements. In the industry itself there are further evidences of a renewal of stabilization, coupled with an ef- fort to make production match market needs more closely. A few of the 1929 lines, probably not more than half a dozen, are ex- pected to be out of the picture in the new year. ERE I Radio is to play a prominent part in advertising the 1930 auto- mobile, which makes its debut at the annual automobile show in New York January 4. Arrange- ments already have been com- pleted by the National Broadcast- ing Co. to broadcast a description of every car on display at the show through a coast-to-coast network of 48 stations. Phillips Carlin, veteran radio announcer, according to the plans, will visit every booth at the show, accompanied by Marcella Shields, and describe every detail of the colorful pageant. Augmenting the description of the new cars, a dance orchestra, directed by Andy Sanella, will accompany the cou- ple on the tour, providing a musi- cal interlude between visits to the booths. Special microphones will be in- stalled to pick up this unusual program. * k% The last few weeks have seen the introduction of a new type of radio program—a type which has unlimited possibilities, particu- p, | larly for the smaller stations lo- cated in rural districts, where program talent is scarce and the cost of wire line facilities for bringing the network programs to the smaller station is beyond tire means of the rural broadcast- er's pocket. It is the type of pro- gram recorded on discs and dis- tributed to many stations sub- scribing to the service. The first major program of this type was broadcast Thanksgiving day by 43 stations scattered all over the country and pronounced a decided success by both listen- ers and broadcasters. The pro- gram consisted of recordings of more than 20 foreign musical or- ganizations, and even included the announcer’s voice. While this type of program has tremendous possibilities for the smaller broadcasters, it is the opinion of experts that it awill not replace chain broadcasting, where artists appearing before the mi- crophone are heard simultane- ously throughout the country. It will serve supplementary, in their POLITICAL WRITER GETS MANUSCRIPT Frederic William Wile Presents Self With Hoover's Message Christmas Gift. Frederic William Wile, chief of the news service of that name and creator of that dynamic epic of the air, “The Political Situation in Washington To- night,” whieh is broadcast every Thurs- day night from station WMAL over the Columbia Broadcasting System, gave himself & Christmas present this year. The present consists of the original manuscript used by President Hoover when he broadcast a message to the American people from his study in the White House the evening of September 18 last. The occasion was the dedi- cation of the New York studlos of the Columbia Broadcasting System, when the President was introduced to the Nation's air audience by Mr. Wile. It was the first time in history that the presidential study was ever con- verted into a broadcasting studio. Sta- tion WMAL, Washington, acted as the key_station, with its manager, Milton H. Baker, at the controls. “The President's notes” sald Mr. Wile, “struck me as possessing such historic value that I ventured to ask him to give them to me, which he un- hesitatingly did, accompanied by a lef ter from one of his secretaries express- ing the hope that I would be able to ‘read the last-minute changes’ I de- cided to have the document appropri- ately framed, after asking Mr. Hoover to lumgrl h and I will hang it on my Christmas tree.” . ‘The many manuscript oorrections penciled by the President in his own handwriting indicate the infinite care that Mr. Hoover exercises in all that he undertakes. The salutation itself was changed three times, There were transpositions and other “copy” alter- ations. Mr. Hoover read the address while sitting in the same room in which Abraham Lincoln signed the proclamation of the emancipation of the Negro race. Columbia Gets New Station, Station WBOM, Bay City, Mich., will be added to the Columbia Broadcasting System January 1. The station operates on a frequency of 21 meters, 1,410 kilocycles, with a_po: ,And Analysis Pade Livingston, Inc. 722 13th St. N.W. NOLAN MOTOR CO. Sales Service § Always Opc;l 1109-15 18th N.W. Dec. 0216 ] LEHIGH belief, and thus contribute $o the improvement of the financially hsndlcapged rural station. Only through the use of re- cently developed methods of elec- trical recording has it been pos- sible to make records which would reproduce with sufficient fidelity for broadcasting. The problem is that when a disc is transmitted it is literally “second hand,” hav- ing been recorded on wax, matted and then broadcast through the radio transmitter. By the time it reaches the listener it is third hand. Because of this repetition of reproduction, it is essential that the original be prepared with the greatest amount of care to insure good quality when the program is broadcast. While the recorded program idea has been under considera- tion for more than three years, it did not gain impetus in its pres- ent form until last month. when several of the recorded programs were placed on the schedules of New York broadcasting stations as a regular feature. The large broadcasting compa- nies are watching the develop- ment of recorded programs with keen interest. Neither the Na- tional nor the Columbia A}m&ms. however, has made plans for en- tering the recorded program busi- ness in the immediate future. It is reported, however, that the N. B. C. is prepared to enter the field upon a moment's notice. v * X x x In addition to a census of radio receiving-set owners in the United States, the 1930 Federal census will include the first complete Government record ever made of radio sales. ‘The radio census of 1930 is be- ing made at the direct request of the Radio Manufacturers’ Associ- ation, first, to secure data on the market for radio products; sec- ond, to ascertaln accurately the radio audience and for radio ad- vertising data, and third, to se- cure more accurate figures on the 1929 sales of radio products. The question, “Have you a. ra- dio set in your home?” will be asked in the Government census of all heads of families. This will give data on radio population, with accurate detail by Statesand counties as well as natjonally. It will be of assistance to the Fed- eral Radio Commission, to broad- casting interests and also to radio advertisers, giving them the cov- erage of broadcasters. The co-operation of radio own- ers in making the Government census complete is belng urged. The information cannot be made the subject of either congressional or State taxation. This assurance has come from the Department of Commerce and Census Bureau of- ficlals. The possibility of taxation of radio receiving-set owners has blocked previous attempts to take an owners’ census, The census law has a specific provision that the data and information secured in 1930 cannot be used for taxa- tion purposes. Efforts in Con- gress in the past to have a radlo owners’ census taken, and also through the Post Office Depart= ment, have been opposed because of the possibility of taxation of recelving-set owners, which is op- posed by radio industry interests. The radio owners’ census also will give the manufacturers reli- able data regarding potential markets in various States and communities. It will show the districts where radio is not ex- tensively used as yet, NEED FOR ENGINEERS HAS LONG BEEN FELT | Appointment Approval of Congress Meets With Ideas of Broadcasters. When Congress gave its official ap- proval to the appointment by the Fed- eral Radio Commission of & chief engi- neer with a salary of $10,000 it took action which has been urged by broad- casters and others. ‘The need of a high-grade engineer, famillar with the practical problems of broadcasting and able to serve full time permanently, has been manifest sipce regulation was placed in the hands of a commission, radio authori- ties say. The chief engineer will receive the same salary as the commissioners and the chief of the legal division. 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