Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1930, Page 63

BENIAMING GIELI | - TOSING OVER WRC Metropolitan ~ Opera Co. Tenor to Be Guest This Evening. ‘Beniamino Gigli, tenor of the Met- ropolitan Opera Co., will be the gues: soloist in the Atwater Kent hour to- night over WRC and affiliated National Broadcasting Co. stations, Operatic and concert numbers make up Gigli's program. The principal se- lections are “L'Elisir D'Amore,” “Lie- bestraum,” “Reve” and “Then You'll gll?l\g.mbet Me,” from “The Bohemian George M. Cohan's most .popular compositions, woven into a pot pourri of incidental solos and choruses, will be resented in distinctive style by the ‘hase & Sanborn Choral Orchestra in its broadcast over WRC. Mary MeCoy. soprano, and Frank Luther, tenor, will contribute a duet, “Your Eyes” while Ohman and Arden, the piano duo, will play as their speciaity A new arrange- ment of the popular “My First Lov Rudy Vallee's “Deep Night.” Two other outstanding musical fea- tures on WRC's program tonight will be provided by the Studebaker Cham- jong, under the direction of Jean dkette, and the Capitol Theater “Family.” The Champions have ar- gnpd & popular, fast-moving program, specialty being Rudy Vallee's ‘'Decp Night.” The Capitol broadcast will fea- ture the studio orchestra directed by ‘Yasha Bunchuk in & special version of Brahms' “Symphony No. 3, in F Major.” ‘WRC will open its afternoon pro- gram with the weekly concert of the Nomads. A condensed version of Gil- bert and Sullivan’s comic opera, “The Mikado” by the National Light Opera Co., will follow. Other afternoon musical attraetions include the Davey hour to be presented by Chandler Goldwaite, organist, and a mixed quartet; the Old Company Song- alogue, which features selections from various standard hymnals, and the Roxy Symphony concert, during which Joseph Stopak will play the famous Stradivarius violin owned by Joseph Haft of Flushing, Long Island. Arnold Johnson and his new orchestra will take a prominent part in the week- 1y Majestic Theater program tonight over WMAL and assoclated Columbia Broadcasting System stations. The so- loists will be Redferne Hollinshead and Muriel La France. Ben Alley Guest Tenor. ‘Ben Alley, tenor, will be the guest artist on the program of the La Palina Rha) izers, contributing two solos, “At Parting” and “Love The or- chestra will play Herbert's “Pan Amer- feana,” Bourdon's “Ginger Snaps” and MacArthur's “Rain Drops.” In the Royal program at 10 o'clock Jesse Crawford, mmu will play his latest recording, ‘* Me,” from the Prench success “Dejfa,” in addition to s number of other popular melodies which include “If I Had a Talking Pic- ture of You,” “Traumerei” and “Hello Baby.” The Arabesque dramatic sketch following Crawford’s recital be on the s “Dream Heaven." ‘The Back H ‘hour, WMAL's clos- ing attraction will feature “The Sanc- tus,” from Mozart's “Mass in G.” Th> sermon by Rev. Clinton H. Churchill will be on “Things That Keep Men From God.” Cathedral Hour to Feature. Outstanding among WMAL's after- noon attractions are the cathedral and symphonic hours and the McKesson news reel of the air, the mueical por- tlon of which will be provided by Lois Bennett, soprano: Dan Gridley, tenor, and Eugene Ormandy, violinist. Gou- nod's “Mass of the Sacred Heart,” adapted for radio by Channon Collinge, will be presented by a choir and sym- phony orchestra in the cathedral hour. WOL's abbreviated Sunday program ncludes a broadcast of the morning service at the First Congreghtional Church and a joint recital by Paige Bufroughs, contralto, and Mathilda Heuser, soprano. A special musicale, starting at 7:30 and continuing to 9 o'tlock, i the chief attraction of WJSV. Clark and Gour- ley, gospel singers, and Chick Godfrey, tenor, also will be heard through this station. —_— COLOR TO BE THEME OF ZELLA HARPER TALK Badio Institute Authority Will Discuss Bed Room Decoration in Tuesday Series. Oolor is the magic password to suc- eesstul decorating, especially in the bed room, according to Zella Drake Harper, interior decorating authority of the Women's Radio Institute, who will visit ‘Washington Tuesday morning to broad- oast over Station WMAL. Mrs. Harper will describe how, by in- ftelligent use of the paint brush ;:5 woman can make that faded old room look like new, can make it radiant with her own personality. She will tell how this may be accomplished without spending much money. Mrs. Harper's talk wili be the second of & series to be broadcast from Sta- tion WMAL on Tuesday mornings from 11:30 to 12 o'clock by the Women's Radio Institute. The programs will comprise 20 minutes of musical enter- tainment and 10-minute practical chats about beauty, style, food, health and interior decoration by experts of the institute staff. Mrs. Harper is the second of the eight women who will visit Washington each Tuesday. Major “Chain” Features TODAY. 1:00—National Light Opera Co., “The Mikado"—WRC and N. B. C. network. 4:00—Cathedral _hour — WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 8:00—Davey hour; varied musi- cal _program—WRC and N. B. C. network. 7:00—Heroes of the world dra- matic_sketch of an im- portant _incident in the ife of Richard the Lion- hearted. 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, 8:15—Colller's radio hour; talk by Senator Capper of Kansas and dramatization with musical interlude— WJZ, KDKA. WBZ, WLW, WJR and others 8:30—Choral_Orchestra; popu- lar program with Phil Oh- man and Victor Arden— WRC and N. B. C. net- work. 9:00—Majestic Theater; Arnold Johnson and his orohes. tra—WMAL and C. B. B. network. 9:15—Dramatic sketch based on Booth Tarkington's “Pen- rod” — WJZ, WBZ, WJR, WHAM, WCKY, KDKA and WREN. 9:15—Atwater Kent hour; Ben- famino Gigli, tenor—WRC and N. B. C. network. 10:45—Sunday at Seth Parker's; rural sketch — WRC and Today on otherwise 475.9—WMAL—630. (Washington Radio Forum.) 10:00 to 11:00a—Watch tower_ service. 1:30—Washington Memorial Park pro- gram. 2:00—Ballad hour. 3:00—Symphonic hour, 4:00—Cathedral hour. 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. 0—French_ trio. 7:45—"The v;(orld'a Business,” by Dr. zo—aon-tren_xpmtr m. 0—Majestic Theater of the Air. 10:00—The Royal program, with Jesse Crawford, organist. 10:30—Arabesque; dramatic sketch. 11:00 to 12:00—Back Home hour. Early Program Tomorrow. —"Opening the morning mail.” —Blue Monday Gloom Chasers. 10:00a—"Radio Home Makers,” by Ida Bailey Allen. 10:30a—Harmonies and contrasts. 5-~Yoeng's Orchestra. :30—Ambassador Orchestra. 2:00—-The Honolulans. 30—Organ recital by Ann Leaf. :00 to 3:30—Columbia Ensemble. 315.6—WRC—060. (National Broadcasting Co.) 8:00a—The Sunday Symphonet. 0 to 10:00a—Children’s hour. 11:00a—Service from St. John's copal Church; sermon by Rev. Robert_Johnston, pastor. 12:30—The Nomads. 1:00—“The Mikado,” by National Light Opera Co. 2:00—Roxy- symphony concert. 3:00—Jewish hour. 4:00—Service from the Washington Cathedral; sermon by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. 5:00—Davey hour. 6:00—Echoes of the Orient. 6:15—Countess Olgo Mendolago Al- bani, soprano. 6:30—Old Company_Sonalogue. 0—Heroes of the World. 0—Correct time. ward Bowes' family, from the Capitol Theater, New York. 454.3—WEAF—New York—660. Cadman — Also , AR, WTAG, WCSH, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WRVA, WJIAX, WSM, WSB, ‘WHAS, WBT, WAPIL 5:00—Tree program — Also WEEI, WJAR, WTAG, WSCH, WFI, WRC, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WFJC, WSAI, WTAM. 6:00—Echoes of the Orient—Also WRC, WGY, WCAE, WWJ; Coun! Olga Albini, Amtp““o_ Also WRC, WGY, WCAE, WWJ, #:30—8ongalogue—Also WEEI, WCSH, WTAG, WJAR, WRC, WGY, WGR, WFI. the World — Also WSAL WWJ. 7:30—Maj. Bowes' Theater Family— Also WIAR, WRC, WGY, WCAE, WWJ, WSAIL,_ WFJC, WIOD, WHAS, WSB, WTAM. 8:30—Choral Orchestra—Also WTIC, WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WRC, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WFJC, WWJ, WSAL WIOD, WHAS, ‘WSB, WBT, WTAM. 9:00—"Our Government.” by David Lawrence—Also WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WRC, WGY, WCAE, ¥ WFJC, WGR, WSB, WBT, WWJ. 9:15—A. K. hour, Benjamino Gigli— Also WE] FI, WGY, WGR, WOAE, WTAM. WWJ, WSAL WGK, WsM, WS, WET, ‘WHAS, WAPL. IO:IS—Chn;npions‘ Orchestra—Also WT! , WTAG, WCSH, WFI, WRC, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WTeM. WWJ, WGN, WJAR, CKGW. 10:45—Seth Parker's—Also W C § H, S, WJAX, WWJ, WFJC, WIOD, WGY. 11:15—Choir (30 minutes)—Also WWJ, WGY, WRC; Sam Herman (15 minutes)—Also WWJ, WRC. 348.6—~WABC, New York—860. 8:30—Sermon by Dr. Barnhouse—Also WNAC, WEAN, WCAU, WCAO, WMAL, WHP,” WJAS, WLBW, WFBL, WKBW, W. , WKRC. 6:00—The Fur Trappers' Orchestra— Also WCAU, WNAC, WHK. 6:30—Musicri Hits Review —Also WNAC, WEAN, WCAU, WMAL, WJAS, WLBW, WFBL, WKBW, WADC, WHK, WKRC, WGHP. 7:00—Orchestra and tenor—WABC only; Romantic Ancestors—Only to WCAO, WMAL, WHP, WJAS, WLBW, WFBL, WGHP, WKBN, WWNC. 7:30—French Trio— Also WMAL, WHP, WJAS, WLBW, WFBL, WGHP, WKBN, WSPD, WWNC, WDBJ, WDOD. 7:45—Dr. Jullus Klein—Also WEAN, WMAL, WHP, WLBW, WFBL, WKBN, WDBJ, WDOD. 8:00—Rhapsodizers — Also WEAN, WCAU, WCAO, WJAS, WLBW, WFBL, 3 WADC, WHK, WSPD. 8:30—Wayne King's WNAC, WEAN, WCAU, WCAO, WMAL, WJAS. WLBW, WFBL, WMAK, WADC, WHK, WKRC, ‘WGHP, WSPD. 9:00—Theater of the Air—Also WNAC, WEAN, WCAU, WCAO, WMAL, WJAS, WLBW, WFBL, WMAK, WDEL, CFRB, CKAC, WADC, WHK, WKRC, WGHP, WSPD, WWNC, WSAZ, WTAR, WDBJ, WBBC, WDOD, WLAC. 10:00--Poet of the Organ—Also WNAC, WEAN, WCAU, WCAO, WMAL, WJAS, WLBW, WFBL, WKBW, WQ;JE WHK, WKRC, WGHP, WE 10:30—Arabesque—Also WNAC, WEAN, WCAO, WMAL. WHP, WJAS, WLBW, WFBL, WKBW, WADC, WHK., WGHP, WKBN, WSPD, ‘WDBJ, WBRC. 11:00- e]mk Home hour—Also WCAU, WADC. WGHP, WSPD, WDBJ, melodies—WABC only. 394.5—WJZ New York—760. 5:00—National Religious Service—Also WBZ, WBAL, ‘WAPI. 6:00— T‘wllxxht Voices—WJZ and sta- 5. tions 6:30—In_the Spotlight—Also WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WJR. 7:00—Travelogue, descriptive mono- logue—WJZ only. 7:30—At plano—Also - WBZ, WHAM. 8:00 WBZ, WHAM WLW, WHAS, WsM WSB, KDKA N. B. C. network. 11:00—Back-home hour _from Churchill Tabernacle, at Buffalo—WMAL and C. B. B. network. 8:15—Uncle Henry's Magazine WB2Z, WHAM, KDKA, WJR, WLW, KYW. 9:15—Penrod, dramatic Agketch—Also KDKA, WJR. 7:31—Musical program by Maj. Ed-| WKRC, WGHP, | Orchestra—Also | MAL, WHP, WLBW, WKBW, | WDOD | 12:00—Coral Islanders: Midnight organ WHAM, WLW,| WBAL, WLW, WHAS. Also THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, the Radio PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, (Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles on right. All time p.m., unless 1930. indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS. 8:30—Chase & Sanborn Choral Or- chestra. 9:00—"Our Government,” by David Lawrence. 9:15—Atwater Kent hour: featuring Benfamino Gigli, tenor. 5—Studebaker Champions. 5—Sunday at Seth Parker's, 5—Russian Cathedral Choir. 5--Sam Herman, xylophonist, 1:57 to 11:58—Weather forecast. Early Program Tomerrow. Sa—Tower health exercises. —The Aunt Jemima Man. 5a--Morning devotions. 0a——Cheerio. by Pauline Haggard. on—-sonr 1:45a—Bridge talk by Mrs. John 0—The Melody Three. 3:15—"Crime in Ink," Carvalho. I:!o—Ame;lcm Foundation for the Blind. 4:00 to 5:00—U. 8. Marine Band. 228.9—WOL~—1,310. (American Broadcasting Co.) 10:00a—Post half hour. 10:30a—Paige Burroughs, contralto, and Mathilda Henson, soprano; Pirst Congregational Church. 12:15—Birthdays. 12:18 to 12:20—Public Service Men. Early Program Tomorrow. by Claire 10:00a—Household " by Pe Clarke. 4 - 10:15—Music. 205.4—WJISV—1.460. (Independent Publishing Co.) 10:30 to 12:30—Evangelistic service; sermon by Rev. Willlam Me- Dougall. 7:30—Sunday evening musicale. 0—L. 2. Phillips, trombonist. 15—Gretta Ludwig, contralto. 0—Chick Godfrey, tenor. 10:10 to 11:00—Clark and Gourley, Gospel singers. Early Program Tomorrow. 8:00 to 10:00a—Helpful hints o house- wives: music. 11:30 to 1:00—Farm news. Current events and music. to 5:30—Midafternoon musicale. chat OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS. Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern standard time. Dzis—r‘enure program—WJZ and sta- ons. 10:15—Master musicians, vocal and orches -Also WH. tra—/ AM. 11:00—Caliope and Katherine Tift- Jones—Also KDKA. 11:15—South Sea Islanders (30 m.); 4 Quartet (15 m.)—Also KDKA, 272.6—~WPG Atiantic City—1100." 5:15—Religlous services, ' 7:00-8) 1 Sunday concert. otel Concert Orchestra. -News; 3 Trio. ot -288:8—~WRBAL Baltimore—1088:1 . . 5:00—8ame a8 WJZ (2 hours). 7:00—Reveries (30m.); WJZ (30m.). 282.8—WTIC Hartford—1060. 0—Same a8 WEAF (45 m.). 5—The Enchanted Hour. 10:15—WEAF (30 m.); musicale. 11:00—Continentals; news; organ. 422.3—WOR Newark—7 5:00—Dr. Payne: Serenaders, 8:00—Choir Invisible. 9:00—Symphony orchestrs. 10:30—Halsey Street Playhouse, 11:30—Moonbeams. 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1170. 5:30—Same as WABC (1l hour¥). 7:00—H. and F.; plonnn.% BC programs (8% hrs.). ture (30 m.); W A hn). 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—980, 6:00—Musical (30 m.); WJZ (30 m.), 7:00—Calvary Episcopal Chureh, 8:00~WJZ programs (2% hrs.), 1n.1s~usm opera. 11:00—~WJZ programs (1 hr.). 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1150. 8:00—Travelogue; WJZ. 7:00—Fireside Forum. 7:30—WJZ programs (3% hrs.). 379.5—WGY Schenectady—799. 5:00—Same as WEAF (6%, hours), 302.8—WBZ Springfield—00, 6:00—To be announced, 7:00—Hotel ensemble. 7:30—WJZ programs (13 hrs.). 9:15—Musical program. 10:15—Sports; WBZ Players, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN STATIONS. 428.3—WLW Cineinnati—300. 5:00—Same as WJZ (1% hrs), 6:30—Story of an opera. 7:00—Hotél orchestra. 7:30—WJZ programs (2% hrs.). 9:15—Kernels (15 m.); symphony hour. 10:30—Great adventurers. 11:00—Musical Novelesque (1 hour). 12:00—Little Jack Little (30 m.). 398.8—WJIR Detroit—750. 6:00—Entertainers; tenor; WJZ, 7:30—Same a8 10 154Hlp£y half hour. 11:00~—Orchestra program. 12:00—Organ requests; dance (1 hr), 405.2—WSB Atlanta—740. 7:00—WEAF and WJZ (3% hours), 10:15—Bright spot hour. 277.6—WBT Charlotte—1680. 6:00—Twilight hour. 7:00—Same as WEAF (30 minutes), 7:30—Pirst Baptist Church. 8:30—Same as WEAF (1% hours), 10:15—Organ recital. 365.6—~WHAS Louisville—820, 7:00—WEAF and WJZ (3 hours) 10:15—Kentucky program (30 % WEAPF (30 m.). 11:15—Reporters; Royal Hungarians, 461.3—WSM Nashville—650. 7:00—WEAF and WJZ (114 hours). 8:15—First Presbyterian Church. 9:15—Hour trom WEAF. 10:15—WSM Rhythm Symphony. 2 1—WRVA Richmond—1110. | 7:00—WEAF (30 m.); organist. | 8:00—St. Mark's service, | e Signs With WEAF Cavaliers, | Jessica Dragonette, formerly solofst |in the Theater Memories program on WJZ and chain, has signed a contract | to appear exclusively with the orchestra and Cavaliers on WEAF and network on | Friday nights. . . , Mary Nolan to Sing. Mary Nolan, movie star, i to sing with Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra on the C. B. 5. chain Tuesds D. C, JANUARY 12 RADIO DRAWS STARS FROM CONCERT STAGE AND M HARRIET LEE- VERNON DALHART- Four artists who are featured in the week's principal broadcasts. Margaret Schilling, soprano, will take part in the R. K. O. hour Tuesday. Harriet Lee, who possesses a deep contralto voice, will de heard in the Paramount-Pub- lix hour Saturday. Mary Nolan, Holly- wood star, will be the guest star with Paul Whiteman's Orchestra in the Old Gold hour Tuesday. Vernon Dalhart, who popularized the “Prisoner’s Song,” will appear as the guest artist with the Happy Wonder Bakers Wednesday. WAL PLANS GALA ANNIVERSARY BILL Marked Development in Four Years of Station Noted in Program. Plans. Station WMAL will celebgate its fourth anniversary Thursday with a gala program, reminiscent of its de- velopment And progress. ‘The station made its debut on the air January 16, 1926, dedicated to Wash- ington. The four years that have fol- lowed were marked with many changes and improvements and have seen the station outgrow its original studio and its program increase from two hours three times a week to & seven-day serv- ice ranging from 15 to 16 hours & day, and numerous refinements in its broad- casting equipment. M. A. Leese Founder. Founded and financed by M. A. Leese, WMAL s slll one of his proud posses sions. The original staff of the station was composed of Mil R. Baker, gen- eral manager; Herl L. Wadsworth, chiet engineer, and Charles J. Colum- bus, a m director and announcer. To 1] trio several additions were made. These include William T. Pler- son, program diréctor, who held & sim- {lar position at defunct WCAP; Stan- ley William Bell, announcer and com- mercial department executive; Frank Young, announcer, And Ralph L, Ham- 1ll and Charles Fisher, engineers. As the Washington key station of the Columbia Broadcasting System WMAL originates features of national interest that are put on the chain, but distrib- utes the highlights of American and foreign broadcasting programs of Co- lumbis. Thus WMAL has achieved the distinction not only of serving the Na- tional Capital in a local, but a national sense, but projects through the ether the business and affairs of the Federal Government at Work in Washington. Mouthpiece for Many. WMAL is the radio mouthpiece of the National Radio Forum, the Federation of Citizens' Associations, the Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants and Man- ufacturers’ Association, the Advertising Club 6f Washington, the Better Busi- ness Bureau, the Department of Agri culture and other departments, bu- reaus and commissions of the Federal Government. News flashes, radio topics by local and national experts present in Wash- ington, discussion of timely topics by Senator Arthur Capper of Kansa chairman of the Senate District com mittee, and concerts by the three service bands of the Federal Government—the Army, Navy and Marine Bands, glving five concerts a week—include & part of the local programs of Station WMAL. THE LISTENERS’ FORUM Radio Editor: Tell me what interest there is in a 31,-hour broadcast of a foot ball game at the other end of the country. And why every radio feature was = side- tracked except “Amos 'n’ Andy’ And why one microphone foot ball addict (he s if he listens for 3'; hours) is eatered to At the expense of 99 normal radio listeners. Before debasing a radio system, as they undoubtedly did New Year after- noon, if WRC and its chain would poll their audience they would discover that a long-drawn-out foot ball game and dual who punished himself listening to that impossible game. I would take pleasure in pinning on his manly chest a leaden medal weighing 150 pounds. He deserves it and will get it if I can find him. The game broadcast cer- tainly was an achievement, but not an enviable one. 8. SALOMAN. Radio Editcr: Has station \7RC been subsidized by the politicians? “Amos 'n’ Andy,” the most popular entertainers who ever appeared before a microphone, are eut off for an uninteresting speech by a cabinet officer. ineult to injury by dropping the “Mys- tery House' gerial at its most thrilling episode to broadcast a political speech. Perhaps a boycott would bring WRC to & realization that Washington listen- ers want “Amos ‘n’ " and not po- litical broadcasts. . P, LE! | duce sound reflection, but that's about trimmings would please very few of the | atrons. i 1 elnuld like to meet the lone indivi- | And then WRC adds | NOLAN- 1930—PART FOUR MARGARET | ScuiLLING Commission Retains Webster. The Federal Radio Commission has retained Bethuel M. Webster, jr, as speclal counsel in the case of WGY now pending before the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Webster for- merly was general counsel of the com- mission. “Graham McNamee Speaking—” J T doesn't pay an announcer to in- dulge in humorous mispronunci- ations, even when no microphone is about to expose him. One of the best—I won't mention his name, but if you heard the program you'd know the man I mean—is taking no chances these days. For years he had been speaking of “Mile. Modiste” as “Millie Modiste.” and not long ago he was an- nouncing a selection from that tuneful operetta. The inevitable happened, and 1 hear he has been delt with letters whose general tone was “‘Take him out! He’s terrible.” “Mighty Lucky Rose.” There are other slips of the tongue, too. Milt Gross, the diction medal win- ner, had a terrible time with the phrase “first tenors” the other night. It simply wouldn't come out straight. He finally made it “first tennis” and let it go at that. One of my own prise boners is the time I made “Mighty Lak' & Rose” into “Mighty Lucky Rose.” Mistakes of this sort aren't usually very serious. What every announcer of network programs dreads is that he may punch the wrong button on his contral box and send the program to the wrong network of stations. As many as four programs go out to different stations at once, and the first announcer to punch a particular button gets the channel it controls. This is & very rare mistake, fortunately, but more than one listener, tuned to a certain station, has been sur- rised to hear part of a program he nas accustomed to hear on another's ‘wavelength. Political Speech Boloney. Coincidence has been responsible for several occurrences that were guite un- fortunate. One of the worst of these happened during the political campaign a year ago last Fall An important speaker had just finithed his campaign address, and the following program came from a hotel roof garden. The | program was under way when the | switch was made, and listeners heard the last part of the following sentence: | “And the next number, ladies and gen- tlemen, will be—'That's a Lot of Bo- loney’ " If you have ever visited a broadcast- ing studio, you have seen “no smok- ing” signs piastered all over the place. True, you see them nearly everywhere, but in'a studio they really mean some- thing. The fire hazard isn't anything to worry about, of course, because each studio, rather bare in itself, i8 isolated from its neighbors by thick walls packed with asbestos. A hole might possibly be burned in & monk’s cloth hanging draped against the wall to re- all that could happen. The reason for | it is that the throats of most singers are sensitive to smoke in & room, and it more than a couple of people were smoking the studio ventilation system would not take care of it rapidly enough. Smoking used to be tacitly allowed at rehearsals and violations of the rule were winked at. It turned out, how- ever, that a studlo in which the cast of a play had been rehearsing, often went on the air immediately after with a program including singers. Now smoking is out. Broadcasting company officlals, musicians, members of the staff and visitors all have to observe the rule. S8am Lanin and Harold San- ford have to leave their cigars outside, just so they won't be tempted to light up. Page Corrects Maestro. Cesare Sodero, the conductor of ra- dio grand operas, to whose wishes the studio staff long Ago learned to defer, has been won over, too. ‘The other night he stepped down from the po- dium after conducti an _especially difficult score, mopped his brow and lighted a cigareette. Letting Sodero have h{x way had become something of a habit with most of those present, ands no on¢ seemed anxious to remind him |of the rule. The littlest page boy of them all saved the situation, however. He seized an ash try from a reception room, marched up to the conductor and said, “Would you like to put out your cigarette in this, maestro?” Sodero was startled, d bystanders expected & commotion. However, the maestro grinned and said, “Thank you, my boy,” and put out the last cigarette any one has seen him smoking in the studio. | Quite innocently I asked the other | day why radio actors should have to be picked from the ranks of those who | have had a good deal of stage experi- | ence, and Gerald Stopp and Vernon | Radcliffe, who were conducting the | audition into which I had chanced to| wander, opened up on me. I heard a| lot about actors in the next five min- utes, but it all boiled down to the fact It’s time to cha fURDS STANDARD for EVERY leading SE? |and you will notice a great many points |of difference. |ing station can ask, except experience.| | quite possible that you might become a| that it is much easier to teach stage actors how to put their lines across in front of a microphone than it is to take a greenhorn and work from the ground up. Radio, nerally speaking, hasn't time to train its actors. “One word of explanation on what I want has to suffice,” Stopp told me. “When I tell an experienced actor what I want— just once—I get just that when the program s on the air. With an amateur, I never could be sure. The matters of pace, volume and distance are, after all, rather simple, and any good %rouuloml can learn all the microphone technique necessary in a couple of hours.” 01d Trouper Frightened. Experienced stage actors don't always make the best mike stars, of course. The worst case of microphone fright I ever heard of was that of an old trouper who got so scared in front of the mike that she couldn't read her seript, and ended by erying her panic into the mfllcronhone before it could be switched off. I know of only one person without stage eéxperience who has done excep- tional work as & radio actress, and that is Rosaline Greene. Miss Greene got into_radio when she was a student at the New York State College for Teach- ers, at Albany, N. Y., and her years with the WGY Players have given her all the technique of the professional. 8he is the exception that proves the rule, and I doubt if she could have gotten a job if she had had to start today. No director would taken a chance and put her on the air, ho matter how good she seemed In rehearsal. You can't blame the director, either. It's just that he simply cannot have one person in his show on whom he cannot rely to deliver just the article ordered. McNAMEE'S QUESTION BOX Q. Will you kindly tell me whether or not the company which plays “Seth | Parker's Singing School” and the one| that presents “Real Folks” are the ;nme?—mm J. M. Bassani, Pittsburgh, 8. A. No. George Frame Brown, the Matt Thompkins of “Real Folks” and Phillips Lord, who plays Seth Parker, have entirely separate companies, and I do not know of any instance in which a member of one has appeared with the | other. There is a slight similarity be-| tween Matt and Seth, but I think this| is due largely to the fact that the| voices of Brown and Lord has a little| “color” in common. But listen closely | Brown handles a sen- tence in an entirely different way from the manner in which Lord would speak it. Women's voices are, I admit, often confusing. A good many of them sound alike. Getting women’s voices that are distinctive makes many a casting direc- tor tear his hair. e voices in the same show must all be different, so that the listeners will not have trouble keep- ing them separate after the first few| lines have been spoken. Q. The other day I received an ad- vertisement of correspondence lessons | on radio announcing. I should like to| become an announcer, but could I learn the business that way?—J. P. A, New Orleans. A. No one ever has, and I doubt if announcing could possibly be taught by mail. If you have the personal qualifi-| cations and the proper background, you | have everything for which a broadcast- If you have a pleasing voice, good sense and an education which includes some knowledge of music and languages, it is good announcer, but you'll have to| learn the rest of it by actual experi-| ence in a broadcasting station. Not one | man in & hundred can make the grade, | and as & result most stations are always | glad to give aspirants a hearing. But| :on‘l, be disappointed if you are turned lown, Q. Do radio actors learn their parts? —F. R. C, St. Louls. A. No. If a radio actor were to for- | get his lines, it would be impossible to | prompt him, for every word would go | out over the air, and the pause would be much more noticeable than it would be on the stage. Reading from script | also makes it possible for the director to complete his rehearsals in much less HEN the Naval Con- ference convenes Janu- ary 21 radio listeners throughout the entire United States will be able to hear accurate accounts of the hap- penings direct from London through the medium of short- wave transmissions. Both the National and Colum- bia broadcasting systems have sent the aces of their respective broadcasting staffs to the scene of the conference to give dally resumes which are to be picked up and rebroadcast over extensive networks in this country. Fred- eric William Wile, veteran po- litical radio analyist, will be the Columbia mouthpiece at the con- ference. William Hard, promi- nent Washington newspaper cor- respondent and broadcaster, will represent the National Broad- casting Co. Wile and Hard are the first American representatives ever sent abroad for the expressed purpose of reporting a conference for a radio audience. Engineers have been working for weeks on the short-wave apparatus for their epochal broadcasts. Merlin H. Aylesworth, president of the National Broadcasting Co., expressed the belief that the broadcasts will mark another epoch in international relations. “Years of study and experimenta- tion are beginning to bear fruit,” he said. “It is a great stride for- ward when conferences between the representatives of nations may be supplemented by in- formation about the conferences given to the peoples of the na- tions over radio. It brings into relief the prediction that inter- national exchange of radio is destined to be one of the most potent forces in establishing world understanding and amity between nations.” * * % % Fifteen thousand persons, mu- sicians, singers, actors, speakers and others not subject to & gen- eral classification, were given au- ditions last year by the National Broadcasting Co. And of this number, léss than 1000 were heard on the air. Approximately 100 passed the microphone tests, however, and turned to radio for a regular livelihood. A check up on the records of those who took the auditions showed that persons with mu- sical ambitions were most numer- ous. The majority of them were singers, and half of them were sopranos. Tenors came second and baritones third. Contraltos and bassos were comparatively scarce. Pianists were in the majority among the instrumentalists. Vio- linists, though second, were far behind. It is noteworthy that but few saxophonists applied for auditions. Aoggroxlmately 3,000 of the 15, who were given auditions were actors, and more than 60 per cent of them were profes- | sionals, many of them with many | years of experience on the stage and whose names are well known on Broadway. Character voices were the most numerous, though many of the applicants claimed the ability to play leading roles. * % %% Elaborate plans are being made by WRC for new and better pro- grams in 1930, according to Frank M. Russell, vice president of the National Broadcasting Co. ““The achievements of 1020 were noteworthy,” said Mr. Russell, “pbut I am confident the present year's activities will surpass them. Invaluable experience has been obtained by the National Broad- casting Co. in the three years it has beéen building programs. This experience, leading to the discovery of new ways to enter- tain the radio public, will be uti- lized to the fullest extent in 1930. “Only a few years back ‘Roxy and His Gang’ was virtually the only outstanding radio program on the air. Today the picture is| different. Roxy's programs still remain one of the best features, but these programs must compare | with more than a score of other features which have won tre- mendous gopulnmy. “In looking back over the ac- complishments in 1929, a number | of new programs have been de-| vfln:ed on our networks, ‘Amos 'n’ Andy,’ ‘Sunday at Seth Park- er’s, Floyd Gibbons in ‘The Head- line Hunter,’ Harbor Lights, william Hard in ‘Back of the| News in Washington,’ Merle| Thorpe in ‘The New Business World,’ and others. These pm-; grams nave been acclaimed far and wide. “1t is, of course, impossible to predict the trend of programs during this year. I am sure, how- ever, that 1030 will bring to the| LOOSE LEAF Accounting System Binders’ Forms And Analysis Pads Livingston, Inc. 722 13th Se. N.W. NOLAN MOTOR CO Sales Service Always Open time. 1109-15 18th N.W. Dec. 0216 SUNDAY AFTERNOON 1:30—2:00 W-M-A-L BEGINNING GULAR SUNDAY AFTERNOON CON FEATURING WASHINGTON'S FIN ET AND STRING CE ES' TRIO, SPONSORE Washington éMemorial Park e Behind the Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. radio public probably a score or more of network programs which will attain the popularity of the new features which were heard over the air in 1929. “It also is important to note that the old standbys on the air, the programs which have been broadcast for several years, are undergoing a change. Many of these programs are changing in the entirety, while others are being revised and improved ma- terially. “New York, the market place for America’s talented artists, has been contributing materially to the programs of the past. This will continue, of course. But the rest of the country also will be heard from. The development of the art of broadcasting wili an- able the National Broadcasting Co. tq call on other parts of the United States to contribute to the program field. “As we leave the entertainment field in New York, Washington becomes the logical originating point for many programs. In 1929, the Nation heard more than 1,200 programs originating through the activities of the Washington orsamntion of the National Broadeasting Co. In 1930, Washington will become still more important as a broadcast- ing center. “Chicago is going forward. Last year that city produced ‘Amos 'n’ Andy’ and a dozen more programs heard every week over C. Studios as large almost as any in the world are being erected there. Chicago will come into the picture more and more as the year passes. “San Francisco is a great dis- tance from Washington. But the radio can and will cut down that distance to nothing. ‘The Pacific Vagabonds,' originating on the Coast, have made a hit in Wash- ington. This far Western city will be heard from many times during the year. “Not only will the National Broadcasting Co. comb the United States for programs, but will go to foreign countries as well. Suc- cessful experiments in exchan ing programs with England, Ger- many and Holland have béen made. The plans of the National Broadcasting Co. for 1930 include more foreign programs. “In all, 1930 should be another banner year for radio broadcast- ing. The National Broadcasting Co. will do its share to make it so. “And Washington radio fans, through Station WRC, will share in these new and bétter programs to come during the year.” Gittelson Is Signed. Frank Gittelson, internationally known American violinist, has been en- gaged by WBAL for a series of Sunday morning recitals. e Program Change Noted. 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