Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1930, Page 49

- SCHOOL MUSICIANS WILL BROADCAST Programs to Come From Or- chestra Camp in Michigan. The first of a series of eight col certs by the National High School Or- chestra will be broadcast tonight by WMAL and a network of Columbia Broadcasting System stations during the Majestic Theater of the Air. The concert will come from Inter- lochen, Mich., a little spot in the north woods, 14 miles from the nearest town, ‘where the orchestra and the National High School Band are in camp for the Summer. The orchestra is composed of 250 picked musicians, ranging in age from 13 to 19 years, representing vir- tually every State in the Union and Alaska and Hawali. There are 150 pieces in the band. In the orchestra are two Washington boys. William Rodier, 4515 Ellicott street, violinist, and Frank Law, 530 Varnum street, cellist. The programs will feature master- pieces of musical literature. The in- itial concert contains the “Prelude” to ‘Wagner's “Die Meistersinger,” Bee- thoven's “Turkish March” and Her- bert's “American Fantasie.” Another special attraction coming over WMAL and other Columbia sta- tions is a talk by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Episcopal bishop of the Dio- cese of Washington, who is in London. “The Unity of English-Speaking Peo- ples” is Bishop Freeman's topic. He will be heard from 11:30 to 11:45 o'clock this morning. The regular Conclave of Nations pro- gram will honor Germany. The speaker will be Herr Friedrich Wilheim von Prittwitz und Gaffron, German Am- bassador to the United States. His subject is “German-American Rela- tions.” With the conclusion of the Wil Rogers series, Mayhew Lake and his band will occupy the periad formerly taken by the famous humorist. A change also has been made in the time of Jesse Crawford's organ recital. He will be heard at 7 o'clock instead of 6:30. A program made up entirely of the works of Reginald de Koven will be presented by Josef Pasternack’s Orches- tra and Wilfred Glenn, bass, during the Atwater Kent half hour tonight over WRC and a network of other Na- tional Broadcasting Co. stations. Glenn's solos will be the “Turnkey Song” and “Farewell to the King's Highw ‘The orchestra will play “Oh, Promise Me" and the “Crusader's March” from “The Canterbury Pilgrims. Ranging from London’s Strand to ‘Harlem's night clubs, the Chase and Sanborn Choral Orchestra will present Love” are the principal numbers. In his weekly program, Sam Her- man, xyvlophoni V] “My Sin,” ~Old New Enj Here in My Arms” and “Around the Corner.” The Todent Big Brother Club will present a dramatic_sketch based on the life of Bonnie Prince Charlie, the young pre- tender and last of the romantic figures in the dispute for the English throne. WJSV has added to its regular Sun- day program a broadcast of the morn- ing service at the Fourth Presby- terian Church. The evening schedule includes a presentation by the Robert Downing Players and a concert by Ethel ‘West's Singers. WOL wili broadcast the morning serv- ice of the Calvary Baptist Church and several musical features. Ll COMMISSION EXPANDS Two New Members Join Engineer- ing Staff. Coincident with its change of quar- ters to the National Press Bulding, the Federal Radio Commission expanded its engineering staff to include two new members. Capt. Edwin L. White, Reserve Sig- nal Corps Officer, who for the last three years has been assistant Army Signal officer in Hawail, and W. N. Krebs, in charge of broadcasting over NAA, Arlington, have reported for duty as assistants to Lieut. E. K. Jett, in charge of commercial communications. One of the two posts of assistant engi- neers at $7,500, authorized by Congress last Spring, still remains to be filled and an appointment is expected mo- mentarily. TIME OVER RADIO Device to Set Clocks on Time Sig- nals Designed. Corre-t time via the radio would be furn by Thaddeus S. Casner of Plainfic.d. N. J.. through a selector he has invented and patented. It is a de- vice for correcting clocks in accordance with a code of radio impulses, such as those sent out by the Government time signal stations. The device is electro-mechanical in its operations, being tuned to a particular signal or set of signals and automatic- -175' setting a clock accordingly. Pigeons Check Radio. Carrier pigeons are still “standard equipment” in the Army Signal Corps for use in military communications problems when the radio fails. Fort Monmouth, N. J., radio training school of the corps, has lofts of carrier pigeons .k?d sport is frequently had in racing them. 50 Elements in Tubes. NEW YORK (#).—In the manufac- ture of radio tubes more than 50 of the 92 known elements are used. Major “Chain”’ Features TODAY. MATEURS who have in the past materially aided in the transmission of messages during times of emergency are now being organized by the Navy Department, in co-operation with the national headquarters of A the American Red Cross, for speedy communication when fu- \ture disasters occur which destroy all other normal means of contact with stricken areas. In an announcement last week {the Navy Department disclosed that the 2,300 amateurs who are enrolled in the radio division of the Naval Reserve will within the next few weeks receive full in- structions on the handling of emergency communications. It was pointed out that during the Florida hurricane, in Septem- ber, 1927, an amateur in Miami established communication with the “outside” when all other means of communication failed. His dispatches were relayed m} the Red Cross headquarters in| Washington and aided materially | in the facilitation of rescue work. | At a conference between repre- sentatives of the Red Cross and the Navy Department a plan was | worked out whereby a complete network of amateur stations will be assigned to a communication unit for establishing contact with the 3,500 local chapters of the| Red Cross and in turn with the national headquarters. In times of disaster these sta- tions will communicate directly with Washington and advise the nature of the emergency, locality and any additional information | available. It is expected that the | speedy transmission of this in- formation to the national head- quarters will greatly facilitate rescue work and the organization of relief. * ok x ¥ ADIO has piloted the Southern Cross safely across the vast stretches of another ocean. It was radio that got much of the credit of the plane’s successful navigation in two hops of the air channels of the great Pacific from San Francisco to Australia. Now, the self-same radio equipment has added to its laurels by guiding | the plane through the dense fog off the shores of Newfoundland to the land haven of Harbor Grace from across the Atlantic. Not only did the dot and dash apparatus make possible the steering of a correct course, but it eased the anxiety of the flyers| well wishers by keeping them in- | formed of the progress through | air. It was true with both oceanic flights. It was the transmitter and re- ceiver designed by Heintz and Kaufman, San Francisco engi-| neers, that played this big part in the success of the flight. Most | of the transmissions were on the | 33.5 meter short wave. There also | was on board an intermediate wave receiver for communication | | with ships on from 600 to 800 | meters. * a0 ek LTHOUGH broadcast. trans- mission and reception have | made remarkable strides toward perfection in the last five years, those familiar with either or both realize that imperfections and little flaws inevitably find their way into the process of transmit. ting and receiving. : As advanced as tone quality is today, any series of tests. will prove conclusively that there is still opportunity for improvement. The fact that one must have a “radio voice” or a “talkie voice” to sound well through these me diums is best proof for the man of the street that in the record- ing and reproduction of sound | the characteristics of the human voice are changed. The same pertains to musical programs. Certain elements are lost, certain others are emphasized despite the high degree of development found in modern amplifiers, in the broadcasting station and in talk- ing picture reproduction. In any process of electrical voice or musical reproduction two sets of amplifiers are needed—one for the purpose of magnifying that which the microphone picks | up before broadcasting or re_rord- | ing and another in the radio re- ceiving sets, electric phonograph or talking picture reproducing system. Naturally, any defect in the receiving amplifier will be greatly enlarged by a similar de- fect in the reproducing amplifier, and, while the expensive ampli- fying systems in radio, movies and phonograph studios are far more efficient than those at the repro- ducing end, even a slight distor- tion through uneven amplifica- tion will reappear at the repro- ducing end with considerable em- phasis. * ok ok Ok EXT in radio, library. ‘Why not record favorite pro- grams, especially momentous broadcasts of great events, and thus preserve them for reproduc- tion on the phonograph at home the audible 11:30a—Rebroadcast from Lon- don: talk by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Epis- copal Bishop of Wash- ington—WMAL and C. B. S. network. 2:30—Conclave of Nations: pro- gram in honor of Ger- many—WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 7:00—Enna Jettick melodies; Betsy Ayres, s0prano; mixed quartet and in- strumental ensembles— and tralto—WRC and N. B. C. network. 7:45—"Chic” Sale, comedian— WMAL and C. B. S. net- work. 8:00—Majestic Theater; Nation- al High School Orchestra —WMAL and C. B. S. network. 8:15—Atwater Kent hour; Wil- fred Gl - = ‘nn, bass—WRC AS—AR R Bk 8:45—An _hour - d "W WHAM, KDKA and CKGW. 9:00—Mayhew Lake and his band—WMAL and C. B. S. network. 9:45—“Sunday at Seth Park- er's”; rural sketch—WRC and N. B. C. network. 10:00—Back-home hour Churchill Tabernacle at Buffalo—WMAL and C. network. B. 8. .| tachment - combina JZ;| - | considering from the or for broadcasting again? 1t is being done, but on a small scale. Prospects are that it will be done on a large commercial scale soon, the copyright laws per- mitting. Rather than lose radio per- formances forever to the infinity of the ether, a few farsighted broadcasters and experimenters are recording programs as they are received on the radio. There hasn’t been much talk about it as yet, but it is altogether likely that popular radio programs will soon be repeated on the air by means of such recordings. And it is already possible for the radio fan to purchase a record of some of the programs that have espe- cially pleased him. In fact, it is now expected that home recording apparatus, en- abling the radio set owner to re- cord either the radio programs he likes or the voices of himself and his friends, will be the next at- to radio-phonograph . One: company - is placing such an at- tachment on the market next Fall. The recording device is relatively simple to construct and can readily be made part of a talking machine. President Hoover had the pleas- ure, shortly after the opening of London Naval Conference, of receiving a set of phonograph disks containing the complete ad- | ous dresses of King George and the | WBBR, New York, and WORD, Ba- heads of the several delegations exactly as they were heard over the radio. They were the gift of Lawrence Elliott, the former radio announcer, who now represents the Speakophone recording inter- ests in Washington. This is believed to be the only complete recording extant of the great international broadcast from London, although Victor made a record of King George's speech, which was made avail- able to the public. The Speako- phone reproduction is fully as clear as the radio’s, with no more and no less static distortion than the voices suffered as they crossed the Atlantic. Victor also has marketed a re- cording of Graham MacNamee's description of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's triumphal return on the cruiser Memphis. Only re- cently several New York experi- menters recorded the speeches of Thomas Edison, Guglielmo Mar- coni, Owen D. Young and Matthew Sloan as picked up from the inter- national broadcasting exchanges in connection with the Interna- ;_ionnl Power Conference at Ber- in. Radio announcers use voice re- cordings to study their own im- perfections. A recent report from London said that records of American programs are being made as they are received via the |short waves to enable British broadcasters to study American technique. Political speakers are turning to recordings to preserve their speeches. It is a peculiar phenomenon of recording that speakers and artists, hearing the reproductions of their talking or singing voices, seldom can recog- nize their own voices. RELIGIOUS SECT STATIONS DECLINE Commercial Institutions Are Replacing Those Operated by Churches. Broadcasting stations owned by re- ligious institutions are gradually yield- ing their places in the radio spectrum to commercial interests. In recent months no less than seven church sta- tions were sold and the transfer of their licenses ratified by the Federal Radio Commission. Efforts of other church groups to find a lodgement in radio are almost invari- ably resisted by the commission, which has shown a decided preference for stations furnishing an all-around pro- gram service rather than for those with highly specialized messages. How- ever, even before the commission came into being there were about 50 stations owned by churches, theological schools or evangelists. The ranks of the 50 are slowly being depleted, though some of the religious stations, notably those owned and oper- ated by evangelists, show no disposition whatever to abandon radio. For the most part churches are depending for radio outlets upon affiliations with their local broadcasting stations, while their national organizations are being heard over the radio networks. The church stations which recently abanodned or offered to abandon their licenses to commericial enterprises were the following: WABI, First Universalist Church, Bangor, Me.; WG First Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenn.; WNBJ, Lonsdale Baptist Church, Knox- ille, Tenn.; WEMC, Emanuel Mis- GFG, Faith Tabernacle Assoclation, Oklahoma City: WDAH, Trinity Metho- dist Church, Ei Paso, Tex., and KQW, First Baptist Church, San Jose, Calil. Most church stations are local, low- powered affairs. Among the sects rep- resented in the list of those remaining are the Baptists, Methodists, Presby- terians, Catholics, Congregationalists, Lutherans and Seventh-day Adventists. Only a few have 1,000 watts or more power, and these almost invariably are on the air only part time, as, for ex- ample, WLWL, Kearny, N. J, owned by the Paulist Fathers, which broad- casts only from 6 to 8 pm. daily; tavia, 11, owned by the People’s Pulpit Association, each sharing time three ways with nearby stations; WMBI. Chi- cago, Moody Bible Institute, which shares time with WCBD, Zion, Ill, owned by Wilbur Glenn, Voliva, and KTBI, Los Angeles, owned by Aimee Semple Mc- Pherson, which shares with KGEF, Los THE SUNDAY STAR, ' WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 6, 1930—PART {¥OUR.’ Behind the Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. BRENDA BOND, ‘Who has appeared on the musical comedy stage and the miovies, is the latest newcomer to radio. She is the hostess of the Brush Man programs broadcast every Saturday night over an N. B. C. network. X | Today on the Radio (All time p.m., unless otherwise indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS WMAL 475.9 Meters. 630 Kilocycles. 315.6 Meters. WRC 950 Kilocycles. 7:00a—Tone pictures. 8:00 to 9:00a—Children’s hour. 11:30a—American Pro-Art String Quar- tet. 12:00m—The Pilgrims. 12:30—Neapolitan Nights. 1:00—Roxy symphony concert. 2:00—Works of great composers. 3:00—National Sunday Forum, featur- ing Dr. Ralph W. Sockman. 4:00—Sabbath Reveries. 5:00—Catholic_hour. 6:00—Iodent Big Brother Club. 6:30—Correct time. 6:31—Capitol Theater “Family.” Talk by Right Re®. James E. Freeman, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Washington. 1:00—Organ recital by Ann Leaf. 1:30—Ballad hour. 2:00—Tremaine’s Orchestra. 2:30—Conclave of Nations. 3:00—Cathedral hour. 4:00 to 5:00—Vesper service Washington Cathedral, 5:30—The Globe Trotter. from 7:30—Chase & Sanborn Orchestra. 6:00—Columbia String Symphony. 8:00—"Our Government,” by David 6:30—The Round Towners. Lawrence. +| 6:45—"Rapid Progress of Refrigera- 8:15—Atwater Kent hour, featuring tion,” by Dr. Julius Klein. Wilfred Glenn, bass. 7:00—Correct time 8:45—In the Time of Roses. 7:01—Organ recital by Jesse Craw 9:15—Studebaker Champions. 0—"Kaltenborn Edits the New: | 9:45—"Sunday at Seth Parkers.” 7:45—"Chic” Sale, humorist. 10:15—Russian Cathedral Cholr. 8:00—Majestic Theater of the Air, 10:45—Sam Herman, xylophonist. 9:00—Mayhew Lake and his band. 11:00 to 11:02—Weather forecast. 9:30—Around the Samovar, 10:00—Back-home hour. 11:00—Coral Islanders. 11:30 to 12:00—Nocturne. Early Program Tomorrow. 8:00a—Something for_every one. 8:30a—Blue Monday Gloom Chasés. * 9:00a—Radio Home Makers. 9:30a—"Opening the Morning Mail.” 10:00a—Ben and Helen Talk It Over. 10:15a—"Our Government,” by Senator Capper of Kansas. 10:30a—Frank W. Young, pianist. 10:40a—Cutting the food bill, 10:45a—Solos on fretted inst: by Sophocles Papas. 11:00a—Columbia Revue. 11:15a—"Your Neighbor Next Door.” 11:20a—Columbia Revue, . 11:30a—Manhattan Towers Orchestra. 12:30—Ambassador Orchestra. 1:00—The Honolulans. 1:30—Organ recital by Ann Leaf. 2:00—Columbia Ensemble. ~ 2:30—Women's forum. 3:00—The Merrymakers 4:00 to 4:30—Dancing Troubadours. WJSV 205.4 Meters, 1,460 Kilocycles. 11:00a to 12:15—Service of the Fourth Presbyterian Church. eyl 2:15 to 3:45—Patriotic Protestant Evan- A gtlic?l smcu‘fmn” A :00—Gospel Spreading Association. 7:00—Robert Stewart, ;ilnht. e 7:30—Time signal. 7:31—Studio feature. 7:55—Service of First Church of Christ Scientist. 9:05—Ethel West's Singers. 9:30—Robert Downing Players. 10:00 to 11:00—Home hour, +* OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS. Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern Standard time. (Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles on right.) W 454.3—WEAF New York—660. (N. B. C. Chain.) 7:00-—Melody Hour. 8:00—Balladeers. 8:30—Recitalists. Early Program Tomorrow. :45a—Tower health exercises. :15a—Morning devotion. 30a—Cheerio. :00—The Crackles Man. :15a—Morning melodies. 9:00a—Hits and Bits. :00a- —National farm and home hour e :30—Organ recital from Kitt studios. | i 2:30—Gladys Britain, soprano. 3:00—The Moxie Hostess. 3:15—Musical moments. 3:25—Address by the Prince of Wales, rebroadcast from London. 228.9 Meters. WOL ;35 Kilocyeles. 9:30a—Springtime.” Church. 12:00m—Birthdays. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:30a—Reveille and musical clock. 8:00a—Birthdays. 1 ‘Today's bright spots. 11:00a—Helpful hints to parents. 11:30a—Half hour with great com- posers, 12:00m—Luncheon music. 12:30—Ethel K. Brown, pianist. 1:00—"Rastus,” by Grace Nash. 394.5—WJZ New York-—760. , (N. B. C. Chain.) 7:00—Tone Pictures. lkla:ggzgmmrrn‘s Hour (until 9). s omads, Balalatka Orch . 12:00—Southland Sketches. R Angeles, owned by the Trinity- Metho- dist Church. Only a few of the church stations themselves “'sell time” to commercial sponsors of programs. Except for the evangelists, who often solicit funds for their stations over the air, the church stations have found the economic bur- den of operating broadcasting stations too great for them. This accounts for the willingness of many of them to sell out. On the other hand, others, like the People's nflrfl Association and Wilbur Glenn Voliva, have persistently sought better wave lengths and more time on the air from the Fede - thoritles. S 11:30—String Quartet. 12500 Piigrime 12:30—Spanish Dreams. 12:45—The Fusiliers. 1:00—Metropolitan Echoes. e L Composers. < orks of Greaf ; 3:00—Sunday Forum. 4:00—Echoes of the Orient. 4:30—Tea Time Tun 5:00—Catholic Hour. 6:00—Big Brother Club. 6:30—Scores; Maj. Bowes' Family. 7:30—Choral Orchestra. 8:00—“Our Government.” 8:15—Half Hour Concert. ::46—1 In Time of Roses. lf:zg::;&pollmn Nights. B Xy Symphony Orchestrs. 2:00—Friendly Hour.’ g:gg:gc;rllng Singers. b n Carlos’ Marimba Band. 4:00—Twilight Reveries. 4 5:00—Songs at Eventide. 5:30—Harbor Lij es. £:00—Scores; 20. 6:30—Josef Koestner Orchestra. 7:00—Melodies by Mixed Quartet. 7:15—Spanish Melodies, 7:30—Goldman Band. 9:45—South Sea Islanders. 10:15—Nocturne, Instrumental Trio. 10:30—Reminiscences by Male Quartet DISCUSS 2 PROGRAMS ON SAME CHANNEL et Simultaneous Operation on Each Coast Believed Feasible by Some Engineers. Feasibility of simultaneous operation of an Atlantic and a Pacific Coast sta- tion on the same clear channel may be tested soon by the Federal Radio Com~ mission, The majority of the commission seems d to make the test, although it I:n:’l}‘derltooddm& Dr]c dB‘ olliffe, chief eer, and other lea engineers, believe the arran mentn‘wunfln not fi‘“’" practicable, ey hold that the terference range between the stations would seriously cut down the service area. On the other hand, members of Con- gress have contended that the commis- sion is wasting radio facilities in pro- viding for only one station at night on clear channels. Advances made in synchronization, improvement of transmitters, use of crystals and other developments tend to make most of the commissioners w&wc over the possibilities of such a Should the experiment prove success- ful, it is pointed out that much conges- tion could be relieved, and many berths would be provided for stations now clamoring for high power. Stations Combine. NEW YORK (#)—Three New York stations, WEVD, 1300 kylocycles; WPCH, 810, and WOV, 1,130, have combined their and are making a daily two-] simultane- (30 min,). 5—Russian Choir. s—sclx;l:)flerm-n, xylophonist (15 min.). 10: 10:4; 422.3—WOR Newark—710. 5:16—Malids; orchestra; choir. 7:00—String’ Quartet. 8:00—Variety; orchestra, 9:00—Life Stories; Playhouse, 10:30—The Moonbeams, E 348.6—~WABC New York—860. (C. B. S. Chain.) 7:00—Heroes of the Church. 8:00—Morning Musicale. 9:00—Land o’ Make Believe. 9:50—Dr. Fleischer. 10:00—West End Presbyterian Church. 11:30—London Rebroadcast. 11:45—Jewish Art program. 12:30—Astecs. 1:00—Ballad Hour. 2:00—Ann Leaf at the organ. 3:30—Conclave of Nations. 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1;170, 5:00—WABC (1 hour); Chick Griffin. 6:15—Entertainers: Features. 7:00—Pioneers; Feature. 7:30—Same as WABC (2!, hours). 10:00—Atlantic City on Parade. 305.9—KDKA Pitisburgh—980, }'oo—onthednl !I'n\lr. 5:00—Hour from WJZ. 4:30—The Gauchos. 4 i S e Orchee 7:00—Seme as WJZ (3% hours). 6:00—Columbis. String Symphony. 10:15—Sports; WJZ program. 30—Roundtowners. ] 6:45—Dr. Klein. 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1,150, esse Crawford. 6:00—Sax Smith Cavallers. 6:30—Same as WJZ (3% hours). 8:00—Theater of Air. 9:00—Mayhew Lake’s Band. 9:30—Around the Samovar. 10:00—Back Home Hour. 11:00—Choral Islanders; Ann Leaf, organist. 272.6—~WPG Atlantic City—1,100. 5:10—Hymns (20 min.); WABC. 6:00—Orchestra (45 min.); WABC (15 379.5—~WGY Schenectady—790. 5:00—Same as WEAF (5% hours). 302.8—WBZ Springfield—9t 5:00—Violin and piano recital. 5:30—Same as WJZ (2% hours). 8:45—Serenaders; ensemble. oY CENTRAL AND SOUTHER! 10:15—Atlantic City on Parade. 428.3-WLW Clmeinnati-=700, - - 6:00—Opera Story (30 min)); WJZ. 7:00—Orchestra Hour. 8:00—Variety; orchestra; concert. 10:15—Variety programs (2% hours). 282.8—WBAL Baltimore—1,060. 398.8—WJR Detroit—750. 6:15—Hour from WJZ. 7:15—Meditations (15 min.); WJZ (45 282.8—WTIC Hartford—1,060. 8:00—Orchestral Gems; scores. 5_WEAP (30 min.); Strings. 00—The Merry a ) Happy Prog. dance’ @ Baursy, 4a.reply explain] INCE the Sharkey-Schmeling fight I have received hundreds of let- ters asking me to explain the voice that said “Don’t say that!” when I had climbed jnto the ring with my microphone after the foul that disabled Der Maxie, A good many people have wondered if I had a prompter with me on that occasion or if there was a little fight going on that I didn’t describe for the radio listeners, As a matter of fact, it was neither. It was a protest from one of Schmel- ing’s seconds who, out of loyalty to his principal, objected to a statement of mine to the effect that Schmeling had had the worst of it all the way through. Here's what I said, according to & stenographic report made at the stu- dios: “Certainly it couldn't have been an intentional foul, because he had hit the German—Jack had hit Schmeling— about five or six times to every time that Schmeling hit him.” At that time we were all in the ring, and Jimmy Crowley, the referee, who hadn't been able to see the blow that put Schmeling out, was talking with Charles Mattison and Harold Barnes, the judges. The decision hadn't been announced, and 1 suppose Schmeling's second, who protested so loudly that it went over the air, thought anything I might say might have an effect on the decision. It wouldn't have, of course, but in the excitement of the moment it is easy to understand his agitation. I don't know just who'it was that made. that remark,’by the way. All I’caught out. of the corner of my eye t he was wearing onetof Schmelirg's un- forgetdble swedters.> + At boxing nyatchés no one hélpst me when I am actually on the air, some of you may be interested to know. At foot ball games, however, all of us have men from each of the competing col- leges at our elbows to help identify the | players quickly. Men who can call the names of horses just by a glimpse of their ears usually aze on .hand to help with the “identification at races. But in boxing, lt'l.re:lly‘ n‘hne game, Milt Cross is trying these days . to explain away a letter from a woman in Fall River, Mass. The letter complained " | bitterly about a flirtatien Milt was sup- posed to be carrying on over the air with a singer—unnamed—in Roxy's Gang. It was addressed to one of the officers of the company. After de- scribing how the two of them were supposed to be sending each other very sugarly messages, hidden in the words of announcements and songs, the writer of the letter declared that “steps should be taken.” The officer of the company, with his tongue in his cheek I imagine, referred the letter to an official of the program depargment with a note to tell Milt to lay off the hot stuff. In turn it was referred to Milt, who wrote g that the woman was a crank who had been writing him very gooey letters for more than a year and that he imagined she was angry be- cauge he id .any attention DAgn'ts, to” them. 'P‘unhcrn;’:re, he- added, the type of none of the programs on which he appears would allow him to go in for_any; sentiment and even if he were #0 ‘incliried he’d address it to his lttle |° family listening at home. ‘The story of the letter has leaked about the. studios, -however, and every One préfésses”to take it seriously. a matter of fact, it is only the newest of the men who take such letters seri- ously and they need have no fear that they Will' put therh 1n & bad light before | the powers that be. More than & millioh and a quarter letters came to our studios last year and that meant theve were hundreds of crank leters among them. Tt's always easy to tell when there is a real basis for a complaint. If there is, there won't be just one letter on the subject, there will be- dozens, at. least. Almost-nll €he announcefs save their erank letters as souvenirs. Ihave one from a manfi"h&! ,demlnd:?hl:gfl because., he d fixed it up wi e police mhx‘vtm me cutoof a mifrder he said I Had committed in Spain. I haven't been to Spain and s I am in $500. LI ot What to wear before the microphone during the Summer is the talk of the studios these days. Custom prescribes dinner jackets for announcers and pro- duction men during. the: evening hours and practically’ all’ performers on elabot programs dress for their appeart 3100, A~ . AL B It is a custom of long standing and on some programs_the orchestra musi- clans -are aiso requived-to dress.: Even when guests are not present during the broadcast the mere dressing for the occasion tone€ one up.after a day that may have been spent in long rehearsals. B t goes, I think, even among sing: ers who “clear for action” before they go on the 1 have seen Werren- ath, Chalia) K 1 cont and collar just before the broad: cast (when guests weren't present. of course), but- the stiff shirt and: dress and a.dgzen others shed another. He very seldom has an un- damaged baton around by the time the am 1is ready to go on the air, and studio visitors often see him conduct- ;n{t with half a baton or merely the utt. But on this particular day Pasternak must have been in a singularly tol- erant mood, for when Gregory Willlam- son, the production man on the job, asked him if he thought he'd need ex- tra time for the rehearsal, Pasternak answered that he expected to be able to finish up on time—and sent the stock of batons away. He explained that they were of a short size, so short, in fact, that he was afraid he couldn't beat 4-4 time with them, but only 3-4. The conductor’s estimate of his own mood was correct, for he stopped his men only 15 times In the course of a two-hour rehearsal, and then so calmly that the original baton remained intact. Musicians who had expected Pasternak to haze them right royally were so re- lieved that they went out and bought themselves 50-cent cigars. Speaking of beating time reminds me of an old anecdote some of the opera broadcasters tell about Cesare Sodero. Some minor repairs were necessary in a studio in which Sodero was conduct- ing a rehearsal, and they couldn't wait until later. One of the workmen busied himself with some miscellaneous ham- mering. The orchestra nearly drowned the sound of 1t, but it worried Sodero badly. ~After some 10 or 15 minutes, when he had stood it as long as he |could, he-stopped the orghestra, fixed i hammerer with .a maestro’s most {devastating frown and - asked, “My friend, if you must hammer, would you 'mind hammering on.the proper beat?" McNAMEE'S QUESTION | BOX. Q. What are the real names of Gene ar;ldl Glenn?—Esther Elbs, Youngstown, 0. ‘They also appear on the air as “Jake and Lena.” Q. Can you tell me anything about Frank Singiser, the announcer?—L. 8. 'T., Moblle, Ala. A. He is 21 years old, and lived in India, where his father was a pastor of an English church several years when he was a child. He was graduated from Brown University two years ago and started announcing at WGY, Schenec- tady. Last Fall he quit radio to study law, but after three months shifted to a theological course. He is back on the air only for the Summer, and will re- turn to the seminary in the Fall. Q. Do child microphone actors have to have any special qualifications?— Mrs. P. R, Washington, D. C A. The best ones usually have been ‘znmed in a good professional children's school. Besides pleasant voices and a high degree of intelligence, the children must” be ‘free from any affectations. Amateur training and too much experi- ence in ‘“reciting” frequéntly spoil a child for radio work. Q. Are the Parnassus Trio and the Gotham Trio the same people?—S. P. T., Baltimore, Md. A. Mo~ Both trios sometimes appear "undér “different names, but these two are entirely separate. Sometimes you can catch them both on the air at the same time. Q. Has Nathaniel Shilkret's brother Jack ever conducted an orchestra?—J. T. McCagthy. Utica, N. Y. A. Yes. But he does most of his brdadcasting as a piano player. Q. How old is Jessica Dragonette?— N. B, 8acramento, Calif. A. T haven't her exact age, but it is in the early twenties. Q. Can you tell me something about Devora Nadworney and Frederic Baer, l',he radio opera singers?—Nelson Smith, Butte, Mont. A. Miss Nadworney, contralto, was boryi, in New York City, was graduated from highachool in Bayonne, N. J., and received an A. B. degree from Hunter College, New York City. She began her musical career in a quartet in a New York church and was awarded the na- tignal prize by the National Fed- eration of Music Clubs in 1922. On January 4, 1923, she was the first per- son fo- sing over a network. She sang with the Chicago Civic Opera Co. in the season of 1925-26. Next season she became 'a regular broadcaster. Baer. a baritone, is also a native of New York City, and, made his concert debut in 1923. He'entered radio after appearing as soloist with the old New York Sym- phony“and other famous orchestras and at several important music festivals. | He also made numerous concert tours, :;N}Dg:l been on the air since the Fall Q. Is*Harry Neville, the radio char- waistcoat remaining seemed to bBelacter actor, an Englishman?—F. P, P, enough fo, impart the “lift” that goes Petersburg, Fla® il WRh 4n Important actasion. : .1 'ANG.° He was born in Australia and But now that hot weather is on the b t's, a different matter. A refrig pi‘i jon ‘plant keeps ‘the -studios at a very comfortable temperature, no mat- ter how hot it may be outside. but one. can't dress in a studio nor is it pos- sible to remain within refrigerated bounds-all evening. » 3 B A hurried conference over a last- minute change in.a program, usually taking place’ in the ‘hottest corner of the building, can bé counted on to de- feat even the starchiest of shirts and collars. Several of the men have put in words for non-reflecting rub- ber collars for Summer use, but they aren’t in general favor. There is much_agitation for white flannel , treusers, white shirts, but our ranks are divided. 8:45—Shakespearean Hour, - “Othello, | White flannels have their disadvantages i a place where you miight suddenly have to help move a piano. I don't think, we'll really go in for the blue and’ white. Neel Enslen mote or less settled the matter when he said such & Summer outfit would be perfectly sat- isfactory to himsif some one would pro- vide him with & yacht to go with it. * It looked like a tough rehearsal for Josef Pasternak’s musicians when the condifetor’s assistant came into the stu- dio the other day with a whole bundle of, batauk. " Rappink the desk sharply with the baton {5’ the regular manner of stopping an orchestra when a mis- take is made in a rehearsal, and a fire: eater such ns‘:ukrnl!kn?mlshes up & good many batons getting programs ready for the air. Harold Sanford is e —— 405.2—WSB Atlanta—740, 277.6—WBT Charlotte—1,080. 00—Hour from WABC. A 00—WABC (30 min.). 30—WEAF (15 min.); WABC (15 min.). 00—First Baptist Church. ~ . 00—John Long, violinist. - 3 as WABC (2% hours). 365.6—~WHAS Louisville—820. 7:00—WJZ (15 min.); scores, 20—WEAF and WJZ (3 hours). 10:15—Pianist; Reporters. foming.H e :00—WJZ (15 min.); sacred concert. 7:“—gurch.fl‘l (30 min.); WEAF (30 n.). 45—Hour of Church Services." 45—Same as WEAF (30 min.). 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110. 6:00—WJZ (30 min.); music. 15 min. blue coats and soft served in the Boer War in South Africa |#s a lieutenant. After the war he be- | came an Attor and toured from London | to Japan. He came to.America in 1912 \as: difector. of the Pollard Opera Co. in Seattle, and later appeared in Broad- way -shows, from Shakespeare to farce comedy. He has been broadcasting reg- ularly nearly three years, Q.1 the Countess Albani married?— R. J. Willlams, New York City. A. Yes, Q. Who was first tenor of the Revel- ers before James Melton?—Mrs. P. Rich- ard, Bridgeport, Conn. A. Franklyn Baur, who has been heard until recently in the Firestone program. Q. Do announcers always read what they have'to say when they are present- ing programs?—Florence Olmstead, Lex- ington, Ky. A. Practically always on evening pro- grams, although Miiton Cross seidom has a script when he announces “Slum- ber Music.” The announcing on most afternoon programs is extemporaneous. (Copyright, 1930, JAPANESE ACHIEVES SHORT-WAVE MESSAGE Imperial University Engineering Student Communicates on Less Than One Meter, NEW YORK (#).—Radio communica- tion on ultra short waves below one meter has been achieved by Shintaro Uda of: the college of engineering, To- hoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan. Using a wavelength a half meter long, Uda was able to transmit and receive both telegraph and telephone signals over a distance of 10 kilometers, or ap- p‘;'m'myw:xju:" n:. y the experimente: paper n by the e enter and published by Proceed! of the Inpstitute of Radio ineers said that “this schievement is chiefly due to the development of a special receiver for such extremely short waves, and thus there remains no question of the possi- bility of the practical application of these extremely short waves.” the universities and colleges to radio in its technical and social aspects. Swarth- more, for example, is giving its senior engineering students a course covering the operation of electron tubes. Uni- versity of Florida is now distributing a book on musical appreciation to be used in the schoois in connection with a radio course to be over the A. Gene Carroll and Glenn Rowland. | 8ral STATIONS APPLY FOR 4 CHANNELS Others Expected Following Announcement of 50,000- Watt Decisions. ‘The decision of the Federal Radio Commission limiting to four to each zone the number of channels that may be used by broadcasting stations of 50,000 watts power brought immedi- ate applications for that power from Stations WOR, Newark; KFI, Los An- geles and WMAQ, Chicago. Many more such applications are expected, for at present there are only five full- time and three part-time stations of 50,000 watts power in operation and only six others authorized to build to that power, three of these part time, Under the commission’s ruling, room is made for the full-time occupancy of 20 channels by maximum power sta- tions. Stations now on cleared chan- nels are eager to boost their powers in order to retain them free from inter- ference, since there is vey little likeli- hood of duplications on the majority of such channels. Fourteen other appli- cations for 50,000 watts are scheduled for hearing in the Fall. Station WOR is being mentioned as the New York key of & new national network, presumably backed by one of the big motion picture companies eager to go into broadcasting. Since sever- ing its connection with the Columbia chain, WOR has been operating inde- pendently and is rated as one of the Big Four of the metropolitan New York area. For certain programs, it is occa- sionally linked with various other im- portant stations, including WLW of Cincinnati and WMAQ of Chicago, in a special network, Another noteworthy development of the last week in broadcasting was the nt of authority to the Buffalo Broadcasting Corporation to sell the equipment of one of its four statiofis to the Buffalo Evening News, thus defi- nitely enabling that newspaper to enter the radio fleld and obviating the pend- ing litigation growing out of its charges of a local broadcasting monopoly. Station KFKB, Milford, Kans., the “goat gland” broadcaster, against which charges of improper prescriptions of patent medicines via radio were leveled by the national and State medical asso- clations, procured an injunction from the Court of Appeals here staying the commissions’ decision ordering it off the air. It was thus able to resume broad- casting after a lapse of only a few days. The case will be heard by the court in the Fall, when the station’s attorneys undoubtedly will renew their Argus ments against an allegedly improper exercise of the censorship authority of the commission, SHORT WAVES FIND INCREASING USES Broadcasts from Airplanes and Ships at Sea Now Reach Radio Audiences. CHICAGO (P —Short waves, as an adjunct of broadcasting, are finding an ever-increasing place in the world of listening in Portable transmitters. operating on wave lengths under 100 mete are making it possible to pick up programs where a microphone connected directly to a wire line could not be used. Broad- casts from airplanes, ships at sea and numerous other points of origin can be brought to the radio audience in no other manner, Short-wave apparatus also is finding a place in the description of track meets and other similar events, One-man portable transmitters have been de- signed which can be taken directly onto the field on the back of the announcer, whose hand microphone permits him to get at the heart of things without diffi- culty. ‘With broadcasts where short waves are used, the transmitter, using up to 50 watts power, feeds a receiver which at the most is not more than 40 miles away. This receiver is directly connect- ed to the wire line leading to the broad- cast chains Engineers, while confronted with transmission problems on short waves that they did not meet on the broadcast bands, have solved many of them, and short-wave pick-ups now are of a qual- ity that compares favorably with the regular broadcast waves. AMATEUR NAMED VICTOR WITH SELF-MADE SET 75-Watt Transmitter of 0. P. Tay- lor Leads International Con- testants—Set's Second Prize. SUNNYVALE, Calif. (#).—With a 75« watt transmitter which he built himself, O. P. Taylor, assisted by Byron Ballou, won first prize in the international tests for amateurs. ‘The set was the same with which Taylor set a world record by holding two-way communication with radio sta- tions in all continents in 13 hours 20 minutes. ‘Taylor and Ballou both are students in San Jose State College. They re- lieved each other in their station during the two weeks of the international tests, carrying on their college studies as usual. ‘Taylor is studying to become an engineer and Ballou to be a geologist. ‘Their station call is W6BAX. During the tests about 120 messages were handled with 80 stations in five conti~ nents. A two-tube regenerative receiver was used. The wave length was 20 meters. Jenkins' Wave Leng(h (‘Jhnnget JERSEY CITY, N. J. 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