Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1930, Page 55

-TORADIO TONIGHT James Melton, From lliness, to Give Rom- berg Compositions. ' Recovered from the illness that pre- Wented him from singing in the concert | ©f Sigmund Romberg music last Sun- day, James Melton,-tenor, will be the | soloist tonight in the Atwater Kent half hour over WRC and other National Broadcasting Co. stations. Melton will sing “One Alone,” from the “Desert Song,” and other favorites of Romberg composition, assisted by Josef Pasternak and his orchestra. The orchestral specialties will be “Your Land and My Land” from “My Maryland,” and “When Hearts Are Young.” ‘Waldo Mayor, violinist, and his in- Strumental ensemble will feature the Capitol Theater program. There_also Wwill ‘be solo numbers by Louise Bave, Soprano: Westell Gordon, tenor, and Hannah Klein, planist. Duet to Be Feature. “Memo Ciro Pinsut! will be sung as a soprano lndunornuetuthehlghu. kn(lhc program called “In the Time of Roses.” A women’s octet and orchestra also will be_heard in this program. Lee Lockhart, sul instru- du the Majestic Theater hour over WM, and a network of other Colum- bia Broadcasting System stations. The program opens with Guild’s “March of the mh\l." and contains several clas- sical numbers such as the “Second Hun- garian Rhapsody” of Liszt and the “In- troduction to l.he ‘Third Act” of Wag- ner’s “Lohengr One of thc novel features of the WMAL m will be the broadcast of the of the women’s air derby. ‘The starting gun will be fired in Chi- cago and carried over the Columbia net- ‘work to Long Beach, Calif., where the entrants will hear it over a battery of Joud speakers. Commissioner to Speak. The speaker in the series known as “The World’s Business” will be George R. Putnam, commissioner of Xlghthcuus His topic is “How Science Helps the iner.” “The Ride of the Valkyries,” from ‘Wagner's “Die Walkure,” will be the p rincipal selection in the concert by yhew Lake and his band. The band play “Opal Moon,” a fantasy u “Mi(hty Lak’ a Rose” and two Bousa marches. Pollard’s Sacred Singers, Roland Wheeler, tenor, and Myra Marshall, s0- will contribute to the program h'. of WJSV. WOL's abbreviated hmmnlt includes a musical d the morning service of the iphany. %hnmh of the Ep! AGREE ON CHANNELS FOR NAVIGATION AID V. 8. and Canada Have Same Idea on Allocating Both Short and Long Waves. As in the case of last year's division of the continental short ;:'!‘ zn%r‘v agreement now prevails between the United States AI!I w} %o the allocation of both short and onl ‘waves for aeronauf radio - services. ‘weather in- hmmmeol Tadio-] a.lrcun in flight and for mmunications. Under & newly adopted scheme !ur the communica~- on same must IIW l.t least 750 apart. Varlous technical detalls are lnvolved in the division of wave lengths be. tween the two countries and in '.hn wdmeolmenvehnmln countries. In the high-frequen range the United States will mntlnue o use 3,106 kilocycles as the national ealling ency, and Canada will use S same purpose. The fre- ncies 3,492 and 5,630 have been re- ed for Canadian stations on the transcontinental airways from llmlx to Vancouver. of the two countries have ;: o m out with aviation companies rating between Chicago and Lhe ties a change of freq& O.hone now specified in meri- can aviation radio plan, so that Cana- dian planes flying from Winnipeg to Minnenpolis and St. Paul will be able to work their radios in closer co-or- dination with the American lines. A conference on the subject is expected to be called this Autumn. —_——— STUDIES POLICE RADIO [Engineer for Federal Commission to Visit 16 Cities. study of police radio made by Lieut. E. K. .mz. Federal Radio Commis- sion, in the Great Lakes area. Jett will visit 16 towns and ecities, 13 in Michigan, to obtain first-hand knowledge. He will inspect the radio system at Detroit, one o first iblished. At Lansing he will confer with officials on the establish- ment of the new State-wide police radio service. Major “Clngn" Features work. Ifl—hma Jettick m Margaret Olsen, mixed quartet and mental en-emble—w.!z ‘WBZ, WBAL, WJR, WLW and others. 7:30—Choral Orchestra; popu- lar program with Muriel Wilson, soprano, and Mary Hopple ‘contralto — WRC and B. C. network. LE Hrocklu, M ou n taineers; Hill Billy music—WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 8:00—Majestic Theater; Na- tional High School Or- chestra—WMAL and C. B. 8. network. ll—-A!l’l'er 5ent hour; James CKGW. 9:00—Mayhew Lake and his band—WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 9:45—"Sunday at Seth Park- er's”; rural sketch—WRC and N. B. C. network. 10:00—Back-home hour; sacred music by soloists, quartet and orchestra — WMAL r and C. B. B, network. ry,” by the Italian composer |, THE SUNDAY Louise Groooy and MARIONMSAFEE ly, Broadway musical comedy headliner, will be heard Tuesday Louise Grood; might in the R-K-O hour over WRC and an N. B. C. net work. Marion McAfee is the principal soloist in the Cathedral hour over WMAL and the C. B. S. net- work. Formerly she was the in Paris and the London Royal Today on sosr'no soloist with the Orchestre Philbarmonique the Radio (Al time p.m., unless otherwiss indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS. 4759 Meters. WMAL ¢3¢ Kitoeyens. 9 00 to 10:00a—Watch tower services. 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—Evensong service from ‘Washington Cathedral—Sermon by Very Rev. Willlam H. Nes, dean of Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans. 5:30—The Globe Trotter. 6:00—Columbia String Symphony. 6:30—Women's air derby program from Chicago. 6:35-—The Round Towners. 6:45—"How Science Helps the Mar- iner,” by George R. Putnamn. t 'l time. :01—Organ recital by Jesse Crawford. 'l b—’lenhom Edits the News.” T4 lountaineers. 8:! oo—mjuue 'nmm of the Afr. 9:00—Mayhew Lake and his band. 9:30—Around the Samovar. 10:00—Back-home hour. 11:00—Coral Islanders. 11:30 tu'z:oo Organ recital by Ann ‘Earl Program Tomorrow. 8:00a—Something for every one. 8: 30a—Blue Monday lem Chasers. -Radio Home Maker: the Mumlu: Mail.” ld Utilities program; Ben and Helan talk it over, 0:30a—Children's “corner. m :45a—Back Fence. 8:45—In the Time of Roses. 9:15—Studebaker Champions. - 9:45—"Sunday at Seth Parker's.” 10:15—Sam Herman, xylophonist. 10:30—Russian Cathedral Choir. 11:00 to 11:02—Weather forecast. Eaily Program Tomorrow. 6:45a—Tower health exercises. 7:15a—Morning devotions. Z:SDl—Cheerio. 10:30a—Mildred Grizelle, soprano. 10:45a—Sweet and Low Down. 11:00a—Organ melodies. 11:30a—Luncheon Ensemble. 12:00m—Farm flashes. 12:10—Palais d'Or Orchestra. 12:45—National farm and home hour, 1:30—Kitt Studio organ recital. 2: 30—8!10" Singers. 3:15—Denver Municipal Band. 4:00 to 4:30—The Lady Next Door. WJSV 2054 Meters. 1,460 Kilocycles. 11:00a to 12:15—Service of the Fourth Presbyterian Church. 2:15 to 3:45—Patriotic Protestant Evangelical Association. 6:00—Gospel Spreading Association. 'I M—um lnrshfl. soprano, 7:30—Time signal. 7:31—Roland Wheeler, tenor. 7:55—Service of First Church of Christ Scientist. 9:05—Ethel West. 9:25—Virginia = Powell and Mabel 3 Owens. . - 10:00—Pollard’s Bacred Singers. Lawrence. 8:15—Atwater Kent hour, featuring James Melton, tenor. Early Program Tomerrow. 9:00a—The. weather man. Sa—Cross-country J 2289 Meters. "| WOL 358 Kioepces 10:00a—Musical program. 11:00a—Service of the Church of Epiphany. 12:00 to 12:15—Birthdays. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:30a—Musical clock. 8:00a—Birthdays. 8158 Breakfast brevities. lo M-—'nlk :( Peggy Clarke, program. !1 oo-—x-m?mx hints to parents. 11:30a—Half hour with great composers. 12:00m—Musical program. 1:00 to 1:30—Luncheon musie. 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—860 (N. B. C. Chain), 7:00—Melody Hour. 8:00—Balladeers. 1 ao—sum;uou-rwh 12:00—The 12,30—Spanish Dreams. 12:45—The Fusillers. 3:00—Sunday Forum. 4 (m——Hlndu Nntlve Music. ‘Tenor. ker. 15—Sam Herman, xyloggonht. 1030 Russtan Gathedral 348.6—WABC New Yerk—860 (C. B. §. Chain). 7:00—Heroes of the Church. 8:00—Morning Musicale. A 9:50—Dr. Flelscher, 3 2 t End Presbyterian Church. Paul Tremaine’ 2 So——Condl" of NIHOM 3:00—Cathedral Hou 4 m—-xnl(hum ts of Oolumbul Conven- 5:00+] 'l'nppen Orchestra. . go—emm 8ymph 6: ony. 6:30—Round Twmn 6:45—World Business. 7:00—Jesse Orawford. 7:30—Kaltenborn Edits the News. 7:45—Crockett Mountaineers. 8:00—Theater of Air. 9:00—Mayhew lAka's Band. 9 30—Around the Samovar. 0:00—Observer; Back Home Hour.. ll 00—Choral rs; Esther l&l!, Organ. 394.5—WJZ New Yfl)-—'l“ (N. B, C. 7:00—Tone Pict 8: w—cnnmnu Hmll‘ (until 9), 11 30—Nomads, Balalaika Orcheun‘ 2:00—Southland Sketches, 1 30—Neapolitan. 00—Roxy Bymnhony Orchestra, 5:30—Harbor Lights. 6:00—Scores; El Tango. 6:30—Koestner Orchestra, 7:00—Melodies by Quartet, 7:15—Spanish Melodies. 7:30—Goldman Band. 10: lS—Remlnlsomus (45 m). 112 G—WPG Alhnue City—1,100. 8an (30 min.); WABC. l DO—Ol‘chelLrl) (45 " ‘min, )i WABC l 15—Orchestra; Studio. 0—Same as WABC. 10:00— Atiantie @ity on Parade. nu—wul. n-m-...—uu. 5:00—WJZ (1 hour); Reveries. 6:30—Soprano (30 min.); WJZ. T lS—The Biltmoreans, 282.8—WTIC Hariford—1,060. 8:00—WEAF (15 min); Scores; Strings. 5—Organ (30 min.); WEAF, 9 4B—Vocll Merry Mndcapa 422.3—~WOR Newark—710, 5:15—Malds; Trotter; Oellh'-. STl er an Jld- - 0—Orchestra: !ul’l 256.3—WCAU leb—l,l". 5:00—WABC (1% hours; Lost Clue. 7:00—Pioneers (30 min.); WABC (3l ). 10:00—Atlantic City on Parade. 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—980, H'GO—WJZ (1 hour); Trio. 6:30—Same as WJZ (3% hours). 10:15—Sports and WJZ Program. 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1,150. 6:00—Same as WJZ (4% hours). 379.5—~WGY Schenectady—190, 6:00—Same as WEAF (5 hours). 302.8—WBZ Springfield—990, 5:00—Same as WJZ (3% hours). 8:45—Melody; Sports; Ensemble. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN STATIONS., 428.3—WLW Cinelnnati—100, 6:30—Half Hour from WJZ. 7:00—Orchestras; Vox Humana, 8:30—Trio; Orchestra; Concert. 10:15—Variety Programs (2 hours), 398.8—WJR Detroit—750. 6:00—Entertainers, 5—Same as WJZ. B—-l‘:.ooonnell 5 Couriers. 10:15—Mummers; -p mecrun. STAR. WASHINGTO! _TENORTORETURN | [smar_exremranvens o sroavcasr | RADI IS DENIED DROUGHT CAUSE Electrical Effect on Ether Held Barely Detectable Near Stations. BY MARTIN CODEL. ‘There's absolutely nothing any claim that radio is responnble for drought. That is the answer of men who ought to know to the suggestions that broadcasting and other radio services ought to be shut down as a mensum of rellef for drougkt-stricken Electnc waves dry up the air and prevent rainfall,” say the self- anointed weather luen. who crop up whenever & drought descends. “Nothing to it,” reply the meteorolog- ical and radio scientists. It's an old story, as recurring as droughts themselves. Bm-dcuung sta- tions, newspapers and the United States Weather Bureau inevitahly get letters ntaining suggestions, if not demands, that radio stations cease operating and t the rain to fall. This y!un because of its D. C., AUGUST 17, 1930—PART FOUR. Behind the Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. PECIALIZED announcing is the latest refinement in ra- dio broadcasting. No longer are announcers required to jump from prize fights to grand opera or the origin of one of Tschaikowsky’'s compositions. Recently the Columbia Broad- casting System classified its staff in groups, which will be enlarged and subdivided as the experiment progresses. provides five groups which cover the principal branches of the en- tertainment and news events pres- entations. David Ross and Frank Knight are assigned to syms)hony con- certs, grand operas, classic recit- als and poetic readings. Don Ball and Harry Von Zell announce dance programs, both in the stu- 1dios and remote points. Script acts and dramatic features are announced by Frank Knight and Reynold Evans., Sports events and sport news broadcasts are handled by Ted Husing and Herbert Glo- ver. Gilbert Willlams, George Beuchler and John Mayo are as- the | Signed to a general group which the | handles miscellaneous features. These divisions and assignments t | were made by Jack Ricker, direc- imagination that radio affects the weather. They have no relation what- ever that way. Oddly enough, some of the letters we recelve at other times blame radio when it rains too much.” Says Dr. A. Hoyt Taylor, radio chief of the United States Naval Research Laboratory and an eminent research scholar in radio: “The weather affects radio, we know, but you may rest assured that radio has no effect on weather. I doubt whether the electrical influence of a radio station affects the atmosphere beyond 50 or 100 yards from the sta- tion. It's an old idea. I remember the 1910 droughts in the Dakotas, when they tried to blame the old spark sets.” Such an infinitesimal amount of electrical power travels through the ether, which pervades atmosphere and solids alike, that the heating or drying effect is regarded as nil. It is axiom- atic in o that the power that ac- tuates a receiving set, even when trans- mitted by a superpower broadcasting station, is measureable only in flypower even & few blocks away from the trans- mitter. Some one has estimated that a fly walking up s window pane con- sumes more energy than it takes to tune in a radio program. This season’s crop of radio weather advisers of the Weather Bureau in- cludes & man who offers to control rainfall by seiting up broadcasting apparatus to te on the extreme shonmw:vel. Tt is -mwell‘lu‘ kl:m’vn fact that wer on the requen= clesotnrunnetuplhen-.rn within a few feet of the transmitter, making it possible for medical men to induce fevers into patients for certain vurpou-. But beyond a few feet the heating effects become nil—the power, however great, has been dissipated in that magical thing called the ether. JESUIT NAMED HEAD OF RADIO IN VATICAN Father Giuseppe Gianfranceschi Ap- pointed by Pope to Run New Station. VATICAN CITY, P).—A Jesult scientist, Pather Giuseppe Gianfran- ceschi, has been named by the Pope to uhudolt.lunewv-mmndbm- ht.her Giantranceschl s president of the ‘),l‘uovi Lincel Anll,dfimy neyu and rec- Gregoriana Univers! Because ol his wide scientific knowledge he was taken along by Gen. Umberto Nobile on the lll-hted ble expedition to the North Pole in pH'l}f of 1928. ‘The Vatican auuon 1 be ready in the olrly Autumn. h ex- pected to uxmu h!mu , al- though he has not yet ‘lven & definite promiseto this effect. Lightship Has Radio !mon, Modern lightships lervo as gul mariners. even beyond the nmnot v.h-lr masthead uxhu In more ful light, the new unmmp by the U. 8. Lighthouse it off Savannah this month carries io beacon that sends out its guid- ln( signal continuously during fog and at regular intervals during clear ‘weather. 405.2—-WSB Atlanta—740. 7:00—WJZ and WEAF Programs. l 45—-—0‘)!!0"! Dlfl"'l 11 OO—Bfllhl spnt Omn 271.6—~WBT Charlotie—1 6:00—8ame as WABC flVI hours). 365.6—WHAS Loulsville—820. 'I III)—WJZ and WEAF (I% hours). 9:45—WEAPF ( lnlh.) wfi. 270.1—-WRVA Ilflhl-fl—l.ll.‘ “Music, All-Electric Radios Sgie of foer mn. piradein and G ..fl.u ik I bl (b ol Your chatice 7o radio for very little. OKAY RADIO CO. 415-417 11th St. NW. 1760 Pa. Ave. N.W. tor of production and studios for Columbia, after a six months’ study, during which announcers were tried out on various types of programs and the manner in which they handled them was judged and noted. “Naturally a good sports an- nouncer cannot be expected to turn in as good a job on a grand opera concert,” said Ricker. “Then, on the other hand, would you expect a slow, deliberate but highly trained man, who knows classic music from beginning to end ,to go out on the foot ball field and give you a good radio picture? Radio has progressed to Thi in use | e plan now in us ittty " the state where specialized an- nouncing is lbsolutely necessary. EVER so ofl.en the hope that there is to be a real static eliminator crops up, lives for a time and then times. The de: generally comes when the difficult task of making it work under all conditions is faced. The static eliminator is almost a parallel to the perpetual motion It just will not func- tion. Many an inventor has found | tal that out to his sorrow. The greatest difficulty in the elimination of static, or atmos- pherics, lives on the fact that its wave length or frequency is iden- tically the same as the signal be- ing received. Attempting tu filter it out electricall about like trying to filter out water from two wells after it has been mixed to- gether. Any scheme looking toward the placing of a device between the set and the antenna runs into the frequency snag. It may help to a certain extent, but as to the com- lete elimination of static—well, t doesn’t. The same is true where an at- tempt is made to tune or filter out the static in the audio sec- tion. Some of the static may be sidetracked, but where it happens to be the same frequency as a cer- tain tone, that goes by the boards, too, and the music or voice may not sound just right. About the only successful way of cutting down on static, so the engineers say, 18 by the use of a sharply directional antenna, such as a loop which can be pointed toward the station being received. This method tends to exclude static coming from directions gther than that of the transmit- er. Some research workers have used two aerials, one to balance resenting o\:ht thg“ tlt:tt‘!ue uceive;inon the other, some 0! ble E trouble is &c i .b e desired s! is eliminated. o I(n..l * ok % and a network of other National Broadcasting Co. stations will begin tomorrow a se- ries of political discussions, in which special emphasis will be placed upon questions before the mise voters in the coming Fall elec- tions. These programs will be under the auspices of the Repub- lean and Democratic National Committees. They will go on the air during the regular period, “A m;.l's Hour in the Nation's Capi- The first talk in the serles will be made by Jouett Shouse, chair- man of the executive committee of the Democratic National Com- mittee. Senator Simeon D. Fess, Jjust selected as chairman of the Republican National Committee, will make the initial radio talk for the Republicans August 25. During succeeding weeks the pro- grams will alternate between the Democrats and Republicans. Invitations have been issued to prominent leaders in both parties to take part in these discussions, and responses already received show that the radio audience will be treated to inters talks by the foremost represenfatives in American pontical ute‘ EYWOOD BROUN, one of Co. | BeHods lumbia’s leading drawing cards for fan mall, runs into com- plications in his career as a “radio columnist” as a result of his can- didacy for Congress from his New York district, His nightly talks over the Co- lumbia system may be construed by his political onnnean as be- ing in behalf of his candidacy, es- pecially since a leading New York station is one of his outlets. If it is so construed, his opponents are in a position to demand that they be accorded an equal oppor- tunity to speak as often over the same number of stations and une der the same eonditions. 3 . Such is their right under the rtunity” clause of the act of 1927. As a matter of faet, the radio law sp‘lles directly to candidates and makes no men- tion of what they say. It reads, “If any licensee shall permit anyss person who is a legally qualified™ candidate for any publlc office to use a broadcasting station, he shall afford equal opportunities !to all other such candidates for that effice in the use of such bmdcut.mg statlon." So confldent srn che sponsors of.... Amos 'n’ Andy of their con-... tinued popularity that they hav signed the blackface pair for 2. new five-year contract calling for... a sliding-scale increase every six months over the $100,000 a year - now paid them. It was a year ago . August 19 that Charles J. Correll and Freeman Gosden were gradu-. ated from WMAQ, Chicago, to the national network TRY RADIO CLASSES Lincoln Memorial University Mak. . ing Experiment ijj Education. HARROWGATE, Tenn. (#)—An exs periment in adult edueltion thi h Thoril DRiversity coroperating vt toe mor! iversity, co~ Federal ?en A number of nd!o sets have placed in many counties of Tennessee, * Virginia and Kentucky and at regular reports and answered ques- "' tionnaires will be returned to the unj" versity and to the department at Wash- - ington in o!?r to gauge the advance- ment in leafning through radio pro.s grams, . Radio Cenml Faces Delay. 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