Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1930, Page 73

MISS LEWIS SINGS OVER WRG TONIGHT Wetropolitan Opera Star Will Open Radio’s Observance of Music Week. Mary Lewis, prima donna soprano of the Metropolitan Opers Co., formally will open radio’s observance of “Music week” tonight by appearing as the guest soloist in the Atwater Kent Hour to be broadcast by WRC and an ex- e network o{l other National Broadcasting Co. stations. Miss Lewis stopped midway in the filming of her first motion picture to travel across the continent to take part i . She will sing a group of grand opera arias and two songs from her talking picture, “The Siren o aiao 2311 bo pia ot oy e Ab- also ay Sater Kent C:rches!n, directed by Josef Pasternack. One of the most dnrlns exg:om in American naval history, Stephen De- catur's burning of the frigate Phila- under the pirates’ in Tripoli ' harbor, will be the Big Brother Club period. PFifth Symphony,” by Alexandre Glaz- ounow, will be played in condensed form by Yasha Bunchuk's Orchestra as the feature of the broadcast by Major Ed- ward Bowes' Capital “Family.” Arrangement of Melodies. Melodies of Richard Rodgers, Broad- way composer, have been arranged by Director Frank Black for presentation during the Chase & Sanborn Choral Orchestra program. “When I'm Look- ing at You,” from “The Rogue Song, is to be sung as a duet by Frank Luther, tenor, and Gitla Ers 80~ prano. Ohman d Arden, twu-p}nm duo, will present “My Love Parade.” A Gaditionsl Mexican folk _song, “La Golondrina” (“The Swallow”), is an- other ensemble number in which Eliza- beth Davenport, contralto, latest addi- tion to the Choral Orchestra, is to be heard. "mnocum,"“m upfid:\’!'yl odi‘el: ran; medley pula; 3 Nb.v':: by Jean mlfim’s Orchestra, will be featured on the Studebaker come hits as well as tune from talking a:mvle productions will be luded in the program. ncAnnther rebroadcast from London is one of the earlier attractions today of WMAL and associated Columbia Broad- casting System _;uuo%. It ':fllwb:"a “The Two Ways Peaces L. Garvin, noted Euro- pean 3 the regular “Conclave of Nations' :!\:r-m Nicaragua will be honored. Dr. Joint Recital Scheduled. In addition to the usual variety of other Columbia presentations, WMAL has scheduled a joint recital by Toscha Seidel, violinist, and John Barclay, baritone. The works of Schumann and Strauss will be featured. P! ired by May flowers be presented in the Majestic ‘Theater broadcast by Arnold Johnston's Orchestra, Muriel LaFrance, Soprano; Redferne Hollinshead, tenor, and Grace LaMar, contralto. Mme. Luda Lud- milova, Russian soprano, will be the soloist in the Around the Samovar prescutation. As a feature of the pro- of the Coral Islanders, David , Columbia announcer, will give several Hawaiian readings. 1 and sacred songs make up the program of Mrs. Eva Whitford um?u. soprano, to be broadcast this morning by WOL. She will be assisted by Elsie Cranmer, pianist. The recital will be followed by a broadcast of the morning _services at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, at which Rev. Joseph Sizoo will preach. Services tonight at the First Church of Christ Scientist will be broadcast ‘WJSV. The station also has sched- led a variety of musical features. RADIO MAKERS PLAN ANNUAL TRADE SHOW Display of New Models and Much Business on Atlantic City Program June 26. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (#—Radio a8 an industry is getting set for its annual dress-suit display. Joining with a number of other or- tions, Radio Manufacturers’ Association is to assemble here the week of June 2 for its yearly trade show, where will be displayed the new in radio. Besides, there will be business , closing June 6. Gen. Charles McK. Saltzman, chair- man of the Federal Radio Commission, is to deliver the principal address on Wednesday, with the annual banquet that night. The Institute of Radio En- gineers will hold sessions on Tuesday, and during the week the Radio Whole- salers’ Assoclation, the National Asso- ciation of Broadcasters, the National Federation of Radio Associations, the Radio Press Association and the Radio ‘Writers’ Association will assemble. BETTER RECEPTION AIMED FORT MADISON, Iowa (/) —Seeking better radio tion, a non-profit cor- rnunn has been organized under the ws of Towa. Called the Associated Radio Councils, Inc., the organization, with head- quarters at Fort Madison, has for its| ] goal elimination of controllable and preventable interference and promotion of legislation to that end. Major “Chain” Features TODAY. 11:30 to 11:45a — Rebroadcast from London; address by J. L. Garvin—WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 3:00—Cathedral hour; soloist and symphony orchestra— WMAL and C. B. 8. net- work. 7:00—Enna Jettick melodies; Betsy Ayres, mixed quartet and mental ensembles — WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WJR, WLW thers. and of : 7:16—Collier’s radio hour; dra- matization with musical interlude — WJZ, KDKA, ‘WBZ, WPR and others. 7:30—Choral Orchestra; Wf‘l' lar program with Gitls Erstinn, soprano, and Elizabeth Davenport, con- tralto—WRC and N. B. C. network. 8:00—Majestic Theater; orches- tra and_soloists — WMAL and C. B. S. network. 8:15—Atwater ‘hour; Mary Lewis, soprano— WRC and N. B. C. net- win rs—! C. B. 8. network. 9:15—National Oratorio Society; “Passion According to St. Matthew,” Part 1—WJZ, KDKA, KWK and WHAM. 9:45—"Sunday at Seth Park- er’s”; rural sketch—WRC and N. B. C. network. 10:00—Back - home hour from Churchill Tabernacle at Buffalo— WMAL and C. B. B, network. rano; stru- work. 9:00—Squibb _program; Rogers—WMAL and LuDA Luomirova- Mme. Luda Lus scheduled tonight by over WRC and a network of N. donna, will open the Atwater THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 4, 1930—PART FOUR. TRIO OF SINGERS FEATURED IN BROADCAST PROGRAMS OLIVE PALMER= i!| Grigsby-Grunow Co. of Chicago has in-! TELEVISION FIELD LURES BIG CONCERN Makers of Majestic Set Join Purdue in Research Program. With an eye to the future, the vaded the experimental television fleld. It has joined forces with Purdue 5| University in television research, and MARY LEWIS ‘who will be the guest soloist in the Russian program, “Around the Samovar,” a special gram program this week. Mary Lewis, tonight over WRC and associated stations. dmilova, Russian WMAL and OM%MI stations. Olive Palmer, star of the Palmolive hour Wednesday nights B. C. stations, has arranged ent hour’s “music week” pro grand opera prima Today on the Radio (ANl time p.m., unless otherwise indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS. 315.6 Meters. WRC 950 Kilocycles. 7:00a—The melody hour. 8:00 to 9:00a—Children’s hour. Rev. Albert J. McCartney. 12:30—Neapolitan Nights. 1:00—Roxy symphony concert. 2:00—Jewish hour. 3:00—Dr. 8. Parks Cadman. ic_hour. 00—Iodent Big Brother Club. 6:30—“What the City Needs for Child Health,” by Dr. James Murphy. 6:41—Capitol Theater “Family.” 7:30—Chase & Sanborn Choral Or- chestra. 8:00—"Our Government,” by David Lawrence. 8:16—Atwater Kent hour, featuring Lewis, Mary , S0prano. 9:15—Sudebaker Cham 9:45—Sunday at Seth er's. 10:15—Russian Cathedral Cholr. 10:45—Sam Herman, xylophonist. 10:58 to 11:00—Weather forecast. Early Pfogram Tomorrow. a—Tower health exercises. —Morning devotions. 0—The Moxie Hostess. 3:15—Pacific Vagabonds. 4:00 to 4:30—"“The Lady WOL 2289 Meters. 1,310 Kilocycles. a—Eva Whitford Lovette, soprano. 30a—May day celebration. :00a—=Service of the New York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church—Ser- Next Door.” 1 10 1 475.9 Meters. WMAL G35 xioeycies 9:00 to 10:00a—Watch tower services. 11:30 to 11:45a—Rebroadcast from Lon- don—Talk by J. L. Garvin, European journalist. 1:00—Ballad hour. 2:00—Columbia Male Chorus. 2:30—Conclave of Nations—"Nica- ragua. 3:00—Cathedral hour. 4:00—Toscha Seidel, violinist, and John Barclay, baritone. 4:30 to 5:00—Sermon by Rev. Donald Grey Barnhouse of Philadelphia. 5:30—The Gauchos. 00—The Globe Trotter. 30—Twinplex Twins. 6:45—"The World's Business,” by Dr. Julius Klein. 7:00—Correct time. 10:00—Back-home hour. 11:00—Coral Islanders. 11:30 to 12:00—Midnight melodies. Early Program Tomorrow. 8:00a—Something for every one. 30a—Blue Monday Gloom Chasers. 00a—Radio Home Makers. —"Opening the Morning Mail.” 10:00a—Ben and Helen talk it over. 10:15a—"Timely Topics,” by Senator Capper of Kansas. 10:30a—The children’s corner. 10:45a—“Your Diet,” by Janet Lee. 11:00a—Columbia Re: & 205.4 Meters. WISV 146 Kiocyete. 2:15 to 3:45—Patriotic Protestant Eva: gelical Association. 6:00—Gospel Spreading Association. 7:00—John Marshall, tenor. 7:15—Studio feature. 30—Time signal. 7:31—Musical interlude. 7:50—Service of First Church Christ Scientist. 05—Gretta Ludwig, contralto. mon by Dr. Joseph 8izoo, pas- |1 tor. 1 OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS, Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern Standard time. (Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles on right.) 454.3—WEAF New York—660. (N. B. C. Chain,) 7:00a—Melody half hour. 8:00a—The Balladeers. Dreams. fl:‘b—?flnope and Katherine Tift- fones, 1:00—Metropolitan Echoes. ;;to—m E ur, 6:00—Big Brother Club, 6:30—Scores; Maj. Bowes' Theater 7:30—Choral Orchestra. 8:00—“Our Government.” 8:15—A. K. hour. 9:15—Champion’s Orchestra. 9:45—Seth Parker. 10:15—Russian Cathedral Choir. 10:45—Sam Herman, xylophonist. 348.6—WABC New York—860. (C. B. S, Chain.) 7:00a—Heroes of the Church. usicale 0a—Jewish program. 12:30—Aztecs, 1:00—Ballad hour. 2:00—Columbia Male Chorus. 2:30—Conclave of Nations. 3:00—Cathedrai hour. 4:00—Joint recital. 4:30—Sermon by Dr. Barnhouse. 5:00—Fur Trapper's Orchestra, 5:30—The Gauchos. - 6:00—The Globe Trotter. 6:30—The Twins. 6:45—Dr. Julius Klein. 7:00—Rhaj 3 7:30—Arabesque. ::oo—%am of the Afr. 9:30—Around the Samovar. 10:00—Back Home hour. 11:00—Choral Islanders; Melodies. 394.5—WJZ New York—760. (N. B. C. Chain.) Midnight 12:30—Neapolitan %hu 1:00—Roxy Symphony. 2:00—National Youth Conference. 3:00—Southland Singers, Marimba Band. 4:00—National religious service, 5:00—Echoes of the Orient. 5:15—The Wandering Bard. 5:55—8cores; travelogue. 6:30—Koestner Orchestra. e Yee Hanry's Magazh t e '8 ne. 8:15—"Prince Charlie.” 8:45—Penrod and Sam. 9:15—National Oratorio Soclety. 10:15—South Sea Islanders. 10:30—Armchair Quartet (30 minutes), 272.6—~WPG Atlantic City—1,100. 5:10—Hymns (20 minutes); WABC (30 minutes). 6:00—Orchestra (45 minutes); WABC hours). 8:15—Hotel Orchestra, 00—News; St. Andrew’ d Quartet, a8 WABC (2% hours), l 282.8—WBAL Baltimore—1,060, 5:00—Hour from WJZ. 6:00—Henriette Kern, soprano. 6:30—Reveries (30 minutes); WJZ (15 minutes). 7:15—The Baltimorians. 282.8—WTIC Hartford—1,060. 8:00—Organ recital; scores. 8:50—Orchestral gems. 9:15—Same as WEAF. 9:45—Sports (15 minutes); Madcaps (55 minutes). 422.3—WOR Newark—710. 5:00—Trio; concert orchestra. 6:00—Jesters; By the Fireside. 7:00—Variety program; melodies. 8:00—Orchestra and organ; recital. 9:00—Players; moonbeams. 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1,170. 5:00—Same as WABC (1% hours), 6:45—Melody Furnishers. 7:00—WABC (30 minutes); Ploneers. 8:00—WABC programs (2 hours). 10:00—Stylemasters; dance music. 11:00—Hour from WABC. 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—980. 5:00—Musicians; sports. 5:30—Same as WJZ (30 minutes). 6:00—Calvary Episcopal Church. 7:00—8ame as WJZ (13 hours). 8:45—~Wizard (30 minutes); WJZ (1 hour). 10:15—=8ports (15 minutes); WJZ (30 minutes). 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1,150. 6:30—Same as WJZ (2% hours). 9:15—Dance orchestra. 10:15—Same as WJZ (45 minutes). 379.5—WGY Schenectady—790. 6:00—WEAF programs (4% hours). 302.8—WBZ Springfield—990. 5:30—Legion; Chocolate Box. 6:30—Same as WZJ (2% hours). 8:45—S8ymphony ensemble; sports. 9:30—WBZ Players. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN STATIONS, 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700. 6:00—Orchestra (30 minutes); WJZ minutes). of an opera. 0—Soloists; Farm_Orcl —WLW Concert Hour. 5—Variety; historical. :00—Novelesque; orchestra. 398.8—WJR Detroit—750. 6:00—Entertainers; rhymes; scores. 0—Same as WJZ (3% hours). 5—Happy Half Hour. 11:00—Police Quartet; dance. 12:00—Hour of dance music. 405.2—WSB Atlanta—T740. 00—WJZ and WEAF (2% hours). 277.6—~WBT Charlotte—1,080, 00—WJZ (15 minutes): studio. zo—wxum (30 minutes); church $:00—Violin; crgan resiial, | . . RADIO GALLERIES LIKE PLAY HOUSES Visitors at Chicago Station See Artists Through Triple Glass Curtain. CHICAGO, May 3 (#).—Visitors’ gal- leries, resembling tiny play houses, are radio’s latest contributions to the lis- tener's comfort, Ardent studio callers no longer will have to return home tired from hours of twisting and shifting on their feet after watching their favorite artists per- form. For WENR's new $150,000 broad- casting _quarters, located on the top three floors of the 43-story Chicago Olvie Opera skyscraper, has all of the . | theater conveniences in its guests’ gal- leries. Innovation for Gallery. These amphitheaters, separated from the studios by a triple glass curtain, are an innovation for the gallery gods. The of the main studio, with five rows of seats on a terraced platform, accommodates 50 persons. 3 upholstered in red velour, reflect the comfort of the parlor armchair, and visifors may lean back and hear the pro from two loud speakers set at each side of the room, the walls of which are covered with full-length rust coral mohair curtains. As the listener views the main studio, furnished in modernistic design and similar to a roof garden, he is struck by the effect of actual daylight which is uced by 32 300-watt beam reflector ts recessed in the ceiling. The walls are formed by a series of 20 parabolic arches between which are convention- alized palm trees. This studio seats more than 100 musicians. Predominant Studio Tone. ‘The tone of the main studio is pre- dominant throughout the entire station. The studios are engineered with par- ticular attention to acoustics, lighting effects and decorations. The rooms are all designed in decorous fashion, rang- ing in color schemes from a soft, efiu green to a black and gold marbleized tile. Besides a music library containing more than 80,000 sheets of music, in addition to artists’ lounges and women's rest rooms, there are six soundproof rooms that may be used as studios, au- dition or rehearsal rooms. —— OUT-OF-TOWN GAMES ON WRC SCHEDULE Washington Club Will Be Followed Play by Play, Except at Philadelphia. A play-by-play description of all out- of-town games played by the Washing- ton Base Ball Club, except those in Philadelphia, will be broadcast by Sta- n WRC. ‘William Hahn & Co., in co-operation with the Washington Club and the Na- tional Broadcasting Co., will sponsor the base ball broadcasts. Broadcasting of the games begins when the Nationals make their next out-of-town trip. Blaine Cornwell and Herluf Proven- sen, both N. B. C. announcers in Wash- ington, have been selected to describe the games. The announcers will re the games from the studios, where a hlef:flhlc account eominf direct from the parks in various cities will keep them in touch with every ball, strike and play of each game. Decision to broadcast the base ball games followed many hundred telephone and letter requests to the National Broadcasting Co. This will be the fifth base I season in which WRC has broadcast descriptions of the out-of- town games. In granting permission to WRC to broadcast the out-of-town games the American League stipulated that no descriptions of any games played in 8Shibe Park, Philadelphia, could be broadcast. It is understood that Phila- delphia ball club officials refuse to per- mit such broadcasting. Clark C. Griffith, president of the ‘Washington Club, announced that he would make every effort to get the offi- cials of the Athletics to waive their objections. Hans and Otto New Air Clowns. A new humorous broadcast, Hans and Otto, is being ted on Wednes- day nights by WOR. One of the char- acters is a comedian of national repute. “The Moldau” to Be Given. “The Moldau,” written by Smetana shortly after he became deaf, will be played by the Walter Damrosch Sym- phony Orchestra Saturday night. 365.6—~WHAS Louisville—820. g:?g:w!s(lm'e“u ‘WEAF (2% hours). 8 en program. n:cs—mratyw minutes); Kenny & Nol R m:;o—mmm; homing program. 461.3—WSM Nashville—850. 17:00—WJZ (15 minutes); concert. 7:45—Concert orchestra. 8:15—Hour from WEAF. :15—Presbyterian Church service. 10:15—Craig’s Symphony Orchiestra, 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110. has as its objective the manufacture of television receiving sets as a sister line to its Majestic radio set. The arrange- ment with Purdue is to conduct ex- periments jointly, and once it is felt the visual art has successfully ovel come the technical obstacles now col fronting it, the manufacturing concern will begin production of televisors for the public. ' Grigsby-Grunow will get exclusive commercial rights to the uni- versity's patents, for which they will pay royalties. Divulged at Hearing. Entry of the company in the tele- vision fleld was divulged at a formal hearing before the Federal Radio Com- mission on the ‘application of Purdue for an experimental television station. ‘The station would be used in transmis- sion experiments between Lafayette and the Majestic laboratories in Chicago. B. J. Grigsby, president of the com- pany, last week conferred with Presi- dent Hoover and with Chairman Saltz- man and other members of the Radio Commission. It is understood he dis- cussed the television enterprise with the commission. ‘The “working arrangement” between the manufacturing company and the university was entered into a year ago. After eers of the Grigsby com- pany investigated what are B ported to be revolutionary inventions and processes in the visual art devised by Prof. R. H. George, research asso- ciate at the university, the contract was made. “Cathode Ray” Tube. ‘The “cathode ray” tube, actually de- veloped in 1897, but improved upon in recent years, is the device around which the Purdue system has been developed. Prof. George told the commission that this tube obviates the need of a scan- ning disc and of the neon hw on both the transmitting and receiving ends. Moreover, he stated, much prog- ress has made at the university in television synchronization, an element of primary import in bringing the visual art into the realm of practicability. H. E. Kronz, chief engineer of Grigs- by-Grunow, said that today commercial production of televisors for home use is not feasible. His company, he ex- plained, is trying to hasten the day When television will be practicable for the commercial fleld. All of the engineering skill at Purdue is being concentrated in the efforts to develop television, the commission was told, and authorities predict its com- mercial practicability soon. RADIO FAN FARE Every Radio Noise Makes a Job for Somebody—“Dad” Pickard a Southerner. BY ALMA SUE SCARBERRY. When every neighbor on the court seems to be holding a private radio endurance contest— And when every turn of the dial brings a falsetto warbling of the new- est in heart blah-blah— And when every little air wave seems to be loaded with static— Remember, every one of those awful noises means a job for somebody. It's mkucl wind that blows nobody a meal et. According to the Radio Manufac- turers’ Association there are 300,000 employed in radio in America today, as oomened with 200,000 five years ago. That is in the manufacturing end. N. B. C. alone employs 1,004, not in- clug artists. It has 60 staff musicians and 200 artists under contract in New York City. 0. B. 8. tor employs over 350. A modest estimat admits that about a half million more people would be tramping the streets looking for work it werent's for “Mike.” So give the old boy a great hand. He's nolsy, but he’s not all air. And speaking of static— Have you read that interesting f‘m of the business schools and colleges training their typists to music, and hngn. Tegular orchestras? vins ne set of tappers represent drum, another the fiddle! They say as how it’s quite musical— and makes work a mere trifle. First thing you know some typewriter company will come on the air with an hour of keyboard jazz! Now there’s an idea! “Little Lizzie Secretary and her charm- ing stenos wi Play for you on the incomparable type- writer—Love, Your Spell Is Everywhere.’” Static with a rhythm! Elaborate preparations are under way to make “Smoky Joe” 's appear- ance before the “mike” Tuesday nigh realistic. The veteran New York fire- man will enter the studio to the accom- paniment of sereeching fire sirens and clanging gongs. If he doesn’t think he's at a real fire and start at the firemen he will relate the - lights of his 46 years as a smoke-eater, The N, B. C. arranged the broadcast after “Smoky Joe,” a few weeks ago, “passed out” at a fire for the first time. Hope he doesn't get “mike” struck and do another fade-out. And now comes Phil Cook, who fills the air every week day morning with songs and chatter, with an announce- ment that radio fan mail doesn't “knock.” “I've had nearly 20,000 letters every week for several weeks,” “Believe It Or Not” Phil insists, “and only 39 said I was terrible.” He adds that he's checked with other radio artists and they bear out his theory that if the en isn't liked he's simply tuned out and few care how punk he is, “Big Boy” and “Dickey,” the singing canaries, who actually carry a tune, have become schoolmasters—they are breaking in a friend and hope to have a trio before long. Miss Elizabeth Free- man, owner of the birds, and %g Serlis, director of the Parnassus 3 keep watchful eyes and ears on the am- bitious youngster as “Big Boy” and “Dickey” show him how it's done. Miss Freeman taught her two orig- inal singers to keep time to music by placing their cages before radio speak- ers. The new artist, however, isn't so smart, and the personal instruction has resulted. Obed “Dad” Pickard, whose back- | wood melodies from Chicago set your feet tapping every Friday night, is a real Southerner. ~His dra bfll; wling, natured type of Tennessee chatter is fast becoming one of the lost 1 ages. His only ambition since the 5‘:12:' sun warmed the buds in the parks to life is “to get a week off and 0 back down yonder for a big mess uh Elw!l and cohn pone.” A pll.lhd.wmblinhl‘. Civil ‘:hr vet- eran, trying to carry his stooping frame erect, ‘presented himself to Eddie Thor- gerson, chief N. B. C. announcer, for & d.mz on l‘,l'"l;‘lhfl. His chief was proud assertion that he was “the youngest soldier in the Union (Copyrisht. '»Wnum- (. 1,3 15 Behind the Microphone 'SMUGGLERS’ 1 BY THE RADIO EDITOR. HERE is a fabulous story of. buried treasure in the tale of a ballad that jumped in a few short weeks from the obscurity of a small university campus to the most sung, whis- tled, hummed and abused song in the public repertory today. It is the story of “The Stein Song” of the University of Maine. The popularizing of “The Stein Song” was no accident. It was a deliberate act made as a test to answer the questio “What makes 2 song popular?” Here is the story as told by E. C. Mills, president of the Radio Music Co., Inc., which is responsible for “putting the song over.” More than 25 years ago E. A. Fenstad and Lincoln Colcord, both former students of the University of Maine, composed a stein song and dedicated it to their alma mater, Fenstad wrote the music and Coleord the lyrics. The song delighted the undergraduates and alumni and afforded a great op- rtunity to the parodist of aine’s neighbor and rival, Bow- doin College. Otherwise the bal- lad was little known, in spite of the fact that the copyright was &urchned by the Carl Fischer usic Co. of New York. From the financial angle the song was a n}}:‘ure, as only a few copies were sold. About two years ago the uni- versity requested the publishers to return the copyright to the institution merely for sentimental reasons. Fischer agreed to do so if the school would make & nomi- nal fi:yment, usuel in such cases, for the ghtaa, but it never com- pleted the transaction for some unexplained reason, thus saving the song from oblivion in the Maine woods. ‘When the Radio Music Co. was organized as a subsidiary of the National Broadcasting Co. several months ago the Fischer Co. was one of the publishers included in the merger. Shortly afterward Mills and others connected with the new organization determined to take a “dead” song and “plug” it as a test of what made a song pog‘ula Vaudeville, radio, rec- ords, sheet music and the sound fll‘cturas had played various parts 1po ularizing a song. Did the melody, the words, the medium or the manner of presentation determine the fate of a song? they asked. Could radio alone make a song popular? veral old pieces were con- sidered. These included “Down % the Old Mill Stream,” “Silver reads Among the Gold,” “Ben Bolt.” But they were discarded as being too well known. In the files some one discovered “The Stein Song,” a copy of which had not been sold in 24 years. This piece was selected for the test, and the officials decided to give to Rudy Vallee, another product of the radio, the task of handling the song. Vallee was chosen pri- marily because he is a native of Maine and attended the Univer- sity of Maine for a year. It was agreed that Vallee would sing “The Stein Song” on the Fleischmann program for two or three weeks, and the results would be watched. That was less than two months ago. Within 35 days the song sold 350,000 copies of sheet music and untold thousands of records. Forty thousand records were sent to Boston in one shipment alone. The song became the rage on the air, All this happened at a time when sales of sheet music had taken a great slump. Before the advent of broad- casting and talking motion pic- tures it was not unusual for a song to sell more than a million coples of sheet music. Some, like “Dardanella,” even reached three million. Now, however, the most popular songs seldom exceed 200,000. Three months are usually allowed for a song to “get across.” “The Song” was in full swing in less than a month. Financially the “test” was an undoubted success. A buried treasure has been discovered. 7THERE was once a radio editor William J. Fagan. Now there is a radio artist of the same name. All the time that he was radio editing Fagan had ambitions. He wanted to become a radio singer. He studied vocal and got on the microphone with a daily broadcast of base ball scores, good training, he thought, for what he hoped to be. Opportunity knocked, and there came to him a place on the staff of the Columbia Broadcast- ing System. It wasn’t radio -rglst's department, however, but it was next door in the sales pro- duction office. Finally, in the minute drama half hour there developed a need for a singer as well as one who could play character roles. So Fagan became “Bill” in the pro- gram. AVE you ever thought you would like to be a radio an- nouncer? Do you think it is an easy job? If so, read the follow- ing test and wee})! This is a sample of the Imnfil- nary announcement which appli- cants for the position of an-| nouncer are obliged to read aloud for the Columbia Broadcasting System, while Jack Ricker, pro- duction manager, and Charles Speer, continuity writer, stand by to pounce upon any mispro- nounced word. “Among the other prominent MOTT MOTORS, Ine. “HUPMOBILE!” Better Used Cars 1520 14th St. N.W. DECATUR 4341 musical directors you will hear are Gustave Haenschen and his orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, under the direction of Ossip Gabrilowitsch, featuring Jascha Heifetz and Fritz Kreisler as guest soloists. Ignace Jan Paderewski will accompany a concert featur- ing the phenomenal youngster, Jehudi Menhuin, while Ernestine Schumann-Héink will sing the ‘Erl King’ of Franz Schubert. “The fiery Russian, Peter Ilitch Tschaikovsky, with selections from tge ‘Oiseau &eull‘eu‘, ;_r}nldtt};e ‘Symphony Pathetique. e troi- ka nfso will be heard. Ippolitov Ivanov will offer the delightful composition—The March of the Sirdar,” from the ‘Caucasian Sketches” Modest Moussourgsky will be selected as one of the com- ers, with ‘Khovantischina’ as is contribution to the program. “Among the other composers you will hear are Jacob Ludwig, Felix Mendelssohn, Johann Se- bastian Bach, Ludwig Von Bee- thoven, Charles Camille Saint- Saens, Richard Strauss (the fa- mous Till Eulenspeigels)—Richard Wagner, Moszkowski, Cesar Cui, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Guiseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Maria von Weber, Christoph Willibald von Gluck, Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Arrigo Boito and Amilcare Ponchielli, closing with Hector Louis Bertioz, Fried- rich von Flotow, Charles Francois Gounod, Ambroise Thomas and Alexandre C. L. Georges Bizet. We regret that we will be unable to present the works of Glacomo Puccini, as they are at present under restriction.” INEW engineering methods are continually being tried out and put into effect at various broadcasting stations, and along this line WBAL at Baltimore has done a considerable amount of individual experimenting with an outstanding degree of success. Comes now_the announcement by Frederick R. Huber, director of Baltimore’s 10,000-watt station, that under the supervision of G. W. Cooke, chief engineer, a novel method of broadcasting “pick-up” programs—whereby the announcer in the station’s own studios remotely controls the en- tire broadcast—has been put into effect at WBAL. When the “Witching Hour” is broadcast by this station on Thursday nights from 11 o’clock to midnight this novel arrange- ment is employed, and those lis- tening in who hear the an- OF WAVE DEPLORED Relay League Secretary Says “Ham” Organization Co- operates With U. S. If the amateur wave lengths are be- ing used by liquor smugglers to signal their ships off the coast, it is being done without the knowledge—and cer- tainly without the consent—of the American Radio Relay League, official organization of the country’s radio “hams.” This avowal comes from K. B. War- ner, secretary of the radio organisa- tion, of which Hiram Percy Maxim is president. It comes at & time when Federal radio officials are redoubling their surveillance of the amateur radio bands to detect the messages which are still passing back and forth between the shore stations and rum-running vessels off the coasts. One ‘guumc rum-smuggling _ring having already been uncovered by means of radio sleuthing, the Federal authori- ties belleve that others can be revealed by the same means. For the most part they absolve the amateurs from any blame, because other operators, usually unlicensed, have encroached upon their wave lengths to carry on their contra- band communications. Indictments Being Served. Indictments are only now being served on the 50 persons alleged to have been in the big liquor ring which was found last Autumn operating be- tween Atlantic City and Sag Harbor, Listening-in on suspicious code signals in the amateur bands, Federal radio inspectors not only decoded the mes- sages but by well known radio n finding methods were able to lead the prohibition agents directly to the boot- leggers’ lair, near Highland Falls, N. J. An unlicensed operator, who claimed Canadian citizenship and could not be held, was arrested, and a huge arsenal, as well as a fully equipped short-wave radio station, seized. The decoding of the messages also revealed many names to the Federal agents. That such broadcasting is still being done is well known. The radio activity of the bootleggers is greatest along the North Aalantic coast, though it has been reported from other points also. Some years ago, even before the Federal Radio Commission was formed, Depart- ment of Commerce radio officials had to cm down on a former Pacific Coast b casting station which was sus- pected of broadcasting code words and songs to rum-runners while ostensibly entertaining the public. Ingenious Codes Used. Only dots and dashes are now used by the bootleggers, and some highly ingenious codes e been worked out, ‘The amateur es are preferred be- cause they are the most crowded and the ones least likely to attract suspi-. cion. “It's like a criminal minglin with a _crowd,” said one Government nouncer’s voice against the soft tones of the organ as a back- round, will no doubt find it dif- cult to believe that the an- nouncer is in one section of the city while the organist is in still another part of town. In fact, the announcer is in the broadcasting studios of WBAL, while John H. Eltermann, the organist who broadcasts these “Witching Hour” programs, is at the console of the James Wilson Leakin Memorial organ in the concert hall of the Peabody Conservatory of Music. In spite of this fact, however, the connection between the studio announcer and the Peabody Con- servatory of Music during these programs is never broken, such as was necessary in the old days of broadcasting, and so successful is this “pick-up” method that to all appearances the announcer speaking from the same micro- phone that is “picking-up” the organ. This particular remote control method at WBAL is effected by means of a specially designed fader which mixes the an- nouncer’s voice with the organ music. Incidentally, this fader, which is another radio device re- cently designed and developed by WBAL's chief engineer, was origi- nally installed for the purpose of fusing the local programs into the opening of the network programs; it is therefore serving a double purpose through this latest use. RADIO SOUNDS ALARM Henry Ford’s Home Town First in World With Fire Signal. i8 | ning radio official. “It's pretty hard to fer< ret him out.” This official pointed out further that the bootleg radio operators invariably avoid the maritime wave lengths and those used by commercial companies. For one thing, they would immediately attract suspicion by their strange mes- sages. Moreover, they would be heard 1ar too often for their own comfort, for it would be only & short time before the commercial people would report tho signals to the Federal radio agents. Then there is the danger of interfer- ence from the high-powered commer- cial stations used for transoceanic and a?,?l;n::wpomt-m-pomz ;'mlcsmm’; powers can:be empl u:(e) m;uvx:r b";uti: o ne device of the bootleg operators is to shift wave lengths frequently. At prescribed hours they will be on one channel or another, their precise waves being known, by prearrangement, only to the recipient. Most of the . Judging from those that have been de- ciphered, carry instructions to rum-run- g vessels as to where to land thef¥ cargoes at a given time. LIGHT OPERA COMPANY FORMED FOR BROADCAST “The Chimes of Normandy” to Be Sung in Municipal Audito- rium at Denver. DENVER, Colo. (#)—A complete | light opera company has heen r | from a radio breadeast studio to preseqt. | the principal treat on tbe program of Ee:l':et'n annual music week, May 4 The KOA Light Opesa Co. with a chorus as well as its leads composed of concert sclomcu. will sing Planquette's opere! A 'himes of Normandy, in the Municipal Auditorium. It will be the first time the radio group has made a stage a ce, even though the individual are DEARBORN, Mich. (#)~This suburb | Well known to the stage, of Detroit, home of Henry Ford, will be the first city in the world to use| radio for fire alarms. 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