Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1930, Page 55

VICTOR HERBERT PROGRAN TONIGHT Lewis James Will Be Soloist in Atwater Kent Half Hour. Another Victor Herbert program will Be presented in the Atwater Kent half Bour tonight over WRC and & network ©f other tional Broadcasting Co. sta~ Sons. Lewis James tenor of the fa- fous Revelers' Quaret, will be the woloist. This nrogram of Herbert music, the third 1. the present Summer series, will show the versatility of the great Irish American composer. It includes “Pan- Americana,” the “Neapolitan Love Song” from “Princess Pat,” excerp's from “The Only Girl,” and “Beautiful Isle of Our Dreams” from “The Red il Liszt’s “Second Polonaise” will be yed by the orchestra, directed by asha Bunchuk, during the broadcast Ma'. Edward Bowes' “Family” from e Capitol Theater, Others participat- ing includ Lcvise e, soprano; Wes- Gordon, tenor; Hannah Klein, planist, and the Southernaires, a male Quartet. Seth Parker on Vacation. Seth Parker and his neighbors have e on their vacation, but will return thc .u- again September 6. A pro- titled “Musical Memories,” fea- FATG: 8. o Singers and Lew Whits, organist, will be presented in- stead. T is presentation will be heard for two consecutive weeks during the @bsence ! Seth Parker. Songs of dreams predominate in the which Sam Herman, xylophon- ist, will present. The program includes "leln[ n Lue of Dreams,” “A Dream.” Gl:! eart,” “Mammy’s Little lllck Hnu" and “Ka-Lu-La.” ‘The music in Rimsky-Korsakofl's m “Sadko,” will be interpreted by Russian Cathedral Choir, under the d!reer.km of Nicholas Vasilioff. Percy Grainger, noted composer, will eonduct the National High School Or- chestra in its weekly concert during the Majestic Theater of the Alr tonight over WMAL and a network of other Columbia Broadcasting System stations. e program includes five of Grainger's own compositions and Sousa’s stirring march, “The Stars and Stripes.” George M. Cohan Hits. Mayhe.; Lake and his band will fea- ture a group of the musical hits of George M. Coban. There are six aum- ing Mar Maple Leaf Rag” will be played by re- George Burgess, director of the lumn of sunrural will give the regu- in the series known as His_topic 1s THE Behind the Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. T last radio engineers be- lieve they have discovered the cause of the peculiar fading and surf-like sound of the London voices rebroadcast in the United States after crossing the Atlantic on short waves. This strange effect, which has been described as the sound of a giant surf breaking on a rocky cliff, changes a speaker’s voice in a fraction of a second’s time from the high, distinct characteristics of a tenor, to that of a rumbling bass. Music, deep and sonorous one minute, may be swiftl changed to tones which are high and shrill. Fcr a long time this gecunnny of speech and music d many radio engineers puszled. After months of testing with a ial transmitter located at Deal Beach, N. J. and a receiver near London, England, the engineers arrived at the conclusion that “selective fading” is the cause of the trouble. They say the earth’s magnetic field, which causes the mariner's compass to assume a general north and south position, also may, at different times of the day, literally cause the spreading radio | waves to turn somersaults. Facts have been discovered by the engineers which lead them to believe that only on rare occasions | do any two tones of the human voice or a musical Instrument, when transformed into radio energy, travel the same path in the ether between widely sep- arated transmitting and receivmg stations. | Although the transoceanic) tests were carried out chiefly on| the short waves, the engineers point out that the same surf effect and tone distortion may be heard frequently while intercepting the ogram of a distant broadcast- ng station. When projected into space the low tones of the voice, | or the bass notes of the cello, may skip off the “radio roof” at en- tirely different places. It has been found, however, that a consider- able amount of distortion in the “voice or music patterns,” may be presented without any serious effect on the intelligibility of the | radio telephony. The changes occur often and with great rapidity. First the low tones will be deficient in signal strength, or entirely absent, then the fading will be evident in the middle tones, then at the high tones. Obviously, when fading is greatest on the low tones, a voice will sound harsh and tinny. When the righ tones are lost in the radio transmission the voice will sound ming and drummy. of the Bureau of Stand- An organ recital by Jesse Crav‘ord and a coucert by the Coral Islanders| T ary among WMAL's other outstanding musical features. ‘WOL will brundcu‘t t‘gl: mor‘nlng ‘: musical program an services the New York Avenue Presbyterian The of WISV con- s features a .1 Ihg I-r-hnll soprano, and —— TWO TUBES, 6 FEET HIGH, ‘NERVE CENTERS’ OF KDKA Rated 200 Times More Powerful Than Thote Used in Average Broadeasting Station. gh.n tubes, each standing 6 feet high and requiring the passage of nve tons of cool water through their every hour, are the “nerve mftn" of the new KDKA, which has been completed by the Co. at Saxonburg, near Rated at 200,000 watts the tubes are 20 times as power- Muuhulnnnlnthenvenze by station and more X as powerful as those uufl in a radio recelvlnl Instead of stepping up its power to 400,000 watts immediately, the operators of propose to go gradually to tts, the maximum power now the Federal Radio Commis- sion. And instead of making a sudden transition to the new transmitter, they have asked the commission to authorize the usé of the old KDKA at East Pitts- burgh simultaneously with the new for a period of three weeks, during which the old transmitter's output will be de- creased lually and the new one's ine ‘The old and new stations will operate n s ization with one another during the transition period. Thus the station’s listeners will not suffer the in- convenience of adjusting their receiving sets to the new volume expected from the nmew station. The Westinghouse company hu asked the commission for nuthority operate experimentally after l\ldnllh& this Fall and Winter with its maximum power of 400,000 watts, the highest power any station in the world has ever undertaken to use. ¥or normal operations, the power will be held to 50,000 watts, as required by the commission, in spite of the eight- fold greater capacity of the station. RECORD TO AID LISTENERS Phonographic Device Aids in Iden- ttying “Parasites.” 1s it static or other forms of elec- trical interference that is marring re- ? To assist listeners in identi- ndiot “parasites,” a Czecho- jovakian firm has ced a phono- ph record in which every known ot of interference i included from natural atmospherics to the noises created by household appliances ‘Wireless World of London reports ¥hat listeners and radio clubs are highly enthusiastic over this idea and that a wide eireuiation has been gained for | the records. A . 9y Major ““Chain” Features TODAY. 90—Conclave of Nations: talk * o Dr. Charles Flelscher— and C. work. 7:00—Enna Jettick melodies; M t Olsen, soprano; mixed quartet and instru- mental _ensemble — WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WJR, WLW and others. 7:30—Choral Orchestra; popu- ler program, with Muriel B. 8. net+ It is the same with music. * ® X % ‘HERE'S a young man in radio who seems to be getting along |, right well. His mail, and he nu loads of it, comes addressed: “Phillips H. Lord.” Maybe thos%ewho listen know him much better as Seth Parker, and then again maybe he is more familiar as Uncle Abe of the Abe and David sketches. This artist dotes on portraying aged Yankee characters, although he is com- glnmvely young in years. His came July 13, 1902. e son of a minister, Lord |them grew up on a Maine farm. Besides “Sunday at Seth Park- er's” and the “Uncle Abe and David” daily skits, he also is the President Hoover made 11 conceived not as radio entertain- ment, but to show how crime is &nmtad and to acquaint the yman with police methods of defending society against the machinations of tricksters, rack- eteers and other criminals. N. B. C. officials asked Arthur B. Reeve to sufply the dramas be- cause of his familiarity with the police d tment and his recog- nized ability as a story writer. He is the creator of Craig Kennedy, the scientific detective, and other fictional criminologists. Now he has created another crime detec- tor for radio, Thurlow Wade, who appears as a leisurely person, wealthy and independent, devot- ing his studies to a perusal of crime and the ways of criminals, Wade has developed a remarkable faculty for remembering faces and his keen gaze can penetrate al- most any disguise. Finis Farr, author of the radio mystery thriller known as “Mys- tery House” and writer of short stories, was selected to assist Reeve in writlng the dramas. LAWMAKERS US Some 500,000 Words Went Into Homes During 71st Congress, Survey Reveals. Congressional palaver to the amazing | extent of some 500,000 words, and from the lips of about 200 members of the National Legislature, percolated into homes of American radio listeners dur- ing the Seventy-first Congress. ‘These figures, computed by the Wash- ington headquarters of the National Broadcasting Co. and the Columbia Broadcasting System, disclose the marked increase in the use of radio facilities by legislators. Every impor- tant plece of legislation was discussed pro and con over the Nation-wide chains in open forum debate before an audience that constituted virtually the entire nation. Besides these men of Capitol Hill, other Government officlals, headed President Hoover, appeared before the microphones of the two networks to tell the American populace of the func- tion of these Federal agencies and how the taxpayers’ money is being expend- ed. New records were established for microphone w{a‘mwa- of Federal officials during the period. According to N. B. C. statistics, more than 100 addresses, totaling in excess of 250,000 words, were put on the air from ashington from the ol t.he Seventy-first Congress, lllt July, when Lhe upecln.l umlm ended. voices more than ane-thlnl o( mmbefl f the House were heard by the people. Columbia’s Senators, the two poll parties, and 19 Rlp- resentatives spoke over its network dur- ing the same period. In addition, every member of the Cabinet took hll turn over the network, and several of them made more than one appearance. For the first six months of 1930 hes N. B. C. network am ;bout originator of Seth Parker’s Sing- | . ing School. To accomplish all of his tasks—and radio does not get | officials all of his attention—requires just about 15 hours of plugging a day. Here are some of the other things he does besides writing and acting: Writes books, com- poses hymns, makes records, and writes four newspaper articles a week. It is estimated that his prolific pen turns out the equivalent of three three-act plays a week. ‘Then thm are rehearsals for his radio earances to be taken into cons denmon * * ETER ILJI’I‘CH TSCHAIKOW- SKY'S “First Symphony” will be broadcast by the Roxy Sym- phony Orchestra, under the di- rection of Joseph Littau, in honor of the famous composer’s niece, Mme. Natalia Lvovka Rimsky- Korsakoff, Sunday afternoon, August 24, at 2 o'clock, over sta- tion WJZ and associations of the National Broadcasting Co. Mme. Rimsky-Korsakoff has long desired to hear this infre- uently played work by the noted ussian, which was comj the year of her birth. 8. Rothafel, “Roxy,” who caused L. viving Tschlikowskys “Third Symphofiy” last month decided to broadcast the “First Symphony” in honor of the distinguished Russian_exile. Mme. Rimsky-Korsakoff, daugh- ter of Tschaikowsky's only sis was his favorite niece, He in- structed her in music and com- osed for her the “Nutcracker uite,” which proved to be one of his most popular pieces. She married Vice Admiral Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakoff, who was vice secretary to the Russian navy and a cousin of another noted com- | poser, Nikolas Rimsky-Korsakoff.| Tlchnikow%kyfi “First Svm- phony” is characterized by inter- esting and original motifs, full of the strongly marked rhythm and | unusual harmonies of the nation- al folk songs. It has never before | played during concerts that was necessary to send to Cali- fornia in order to get enough scores for the Roxy Symphony Orchestra. o e 'HE New York Police Depart-~ ment, representing a standinj army of 19,000 men, is the chie contributor of plots and material tive melodramas which are broad- cast each Monday night by the ‘Wilson, soprano, and Mary ple, contraito — WRC N. B. C. network Thelt.er Na- School Ol'- AL and B, 8. network. 8: 15—-Awnur Kent hour; Lewis James, tenor—WRC and & ant 8:00—Majestic N. B. C. network. 8:45--An hour with Shake- P‘n; “Hld!ummer ight's Dream” —WJZ WHAM KDKA and 9l ”——I(lyh!w Lake and his band—WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 10:00-—Back-home hour; sacred music by soloists, quartet and orclm'.u —~WMAL and C. B. 8. network. National Brondcastmg Co. Arthur B.-Reeve, noted writer of detective fiction, and Finis Farr, continuity writer, are co-authors | of the dramas. Before bcmnnlng their series, the two writers an intensive course of training at olice headquarters under the tu- elage of the department's mos astute and experienced detectives, With the program in full swing, the authors and the actors keep in contact with headquarters, fre- quently attend the headquarters morning line-up, and a member of the department has been de- talled to search through the po- lice archives for material suitable much favorable comment by re- | du been broadcast and is so seldm‘xh for the crime-prevention detec-| this year, 'fl.h 15 Wi m - P uring 105 it son- m hum to the dhm-lm activities. For the six monms of 1930 more ttun !00 hours have been used, representing an ore- than 50 per cent. nted Press.) CLEARED STATIONS DOING “RURAL J0B” Federal Commissioner Reaches Con- clusion After 7,500- Mile Tour. Thcexgentto Cleared-channel broadcas tions are doing “the big rural job. " 8uch is Federal Radio Commissioner H. A LaFount’s conclusion after a 7,600-mile personal survey of the radio situation in certain Middle Western States and In States of the Rocky Mountain region. Stanchest of the in | advocates of cleared-channel wnruon with high power, Commissions Fount declared that his ohmn!lm- luring this tour bore out his convic- tion that farmers and other rural lnd remote listeners must depend largely on the cleared-channel m- mml for their quality programs. “That is not to say that the regional ::‘d local o:;m;n;l stations are not do- a g job,” Commiss Fount added. ; depends om the which can bring quality programs to them without interference—and only the cleared channels are really inter- ference-free. “My obsrvation is that regional sta- tions give excellent local service, but rarely are heard without interference beyond B0, or at the most, 100 miles. Then t| strike heterodynes. due to the fact that other stations are crowded on the same wave length, The purely local stations with very low power, of course, can heard " only within a radius of a few miles.” Commissioner La Fount carried with him a small portable recelving set with which he heard programs from 98 sta- tlons during stops in 15 States, includ- l"f Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyo- ‘ming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, New Mex-~ fco and Arizona. He said he had ex- cellent results with reception from major stations in cities like Chicago and St. Louls. He conferred with 46 broadcasters, 17 applicants for new -u- tions, 64 radio deal and hundreds of listeners, besides d| radio with many chambers of commerce, Rotlry and Kiwanis clubs, radio trade associa- tlons and “just plain listeners,” H‘ was extremely gratified, he said, with the enthusiasm over present radio con- ditions that prevalls’ almost every- ere. “I found the public, broadc radio dealers well satisfied \Vl.a'f" ."d tlon,” said Commissioner La Fount I found that interest in radio is increas- ing. This I feel 15 due to flu splendid luablé in ton informa broadcast. I heard onl; ints, during » (P of ] "" very minor.” New Radio Stnfl Additions. Latest additions to the staff of the Federal Radio Commission are John A Willoughby, of Plorence, N. C. who comes to the commission from Alladin Industries, Chicego, as a senjor ndla engineer, and Hobart Newman wuhln ton, formerly assistant h‘- for the series. The crime prevention series was attorney for the District of Qo ulmbll who has joined the legal de- partments . otmam-unmmehnu nem- | 1 bers of -_ 1 SUNDAY STAR ———— MARIE G-ERARD - MARCELLA SHIELDS- one of Columbia’s in the mlhl ll.o.tfi broadcast leading soloists, featured Wednesday night. Marcella !hlddl. star of married several N. B. C. dramatic productions, who was secretly Bruee MacN: amee, former newspaper man. (ATl time p.m., unless otherwiss indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS. 475.9 Meters. WMAL G xioesele. D 00 to 10:00a—Watch tower services. 1:00—Army Pursuit Banquet of the National Air Race. l :o—mm hour. 00—~Tremaine’s Orchestra., z o—Couhve of Mr‘{x;um coo m boo—!:vensonl service from ‘Washington Cathedral—Sermon by Very Rev. William H. Nes, dean of Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans. 6:30—The Round Towners. 6:45—"The Work of the Bureau of Standards,” by George K. Bur- gess. 7 ‘orrect time. 74 g?:gmn recital by Jesse Crawford. ’l 30—“Kaltenborn Edits the Newe." 11:00—Coral Islanders. 11:30 wul:‘:oo—omn recital by Esther Early Program Tomorrow. 8:00a—Something for every one. 8:30a—Blue Monday Gloom Chasers. R 9 “‘Opening the Morn!ng Mail.” 10:008—" Wl;‘e-n the Guests Drop In,” Bailey Alien. 1 lfib—gn and Helen Talk It Over. -B0a—Chil -Aml 1130 _rgan vecital by Esther Leat. an rec! y oo—c;mm- Ensemble. I 30—Marine Corps Race from Na- tional Air Races. 3:00—Wardman Park Orchestra. 3:30—The Gypsy Camp, 4:00—Daneing by the sea. WOL 228.9 Meters. 1,310 K‘lle!d- 10:00a—Musical progra: 11:00a—Service of the N!vl York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church. 12:00 to 12:15—Birthdays. Early Program Tomorrow., :30a—Musical elock. :00a—Birthdays. 8:15a—Musical 10:00a—Talk by 10:30a—Musical 11 OOI.—He] Clarke. mhhw‘nu 1200 Munul o ym—] program. 1:00 to 1:30—Luncheon musie. 315.6 Meters. WRC 950 Kilocycles. 7:00a~Tone pictures. 8:00 to 9:00a—Children’s hour. ll:ao.—uAmencm Pro-Art String Quar- 't 3:00—National eundw Forum, Ielmr- ing Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, oo—albblth Reveries, 00—Catholic hour. ll—Clplwl Theater “Family.” 30—Chase & Sanborn Orchestra. 8:00— Our Government,” by David wrence. 8: lS—Atvlter Ken'. hour, featuring wis Jame 8:: 45—In the Tlme of .Rosec 15—Studebaker Champions. 45—Musical Memories. 15—Sam Herman, xylophonist. 30—Russian Cathedral Choir. ll 00 to 11:02—Weather forecast. Early Program Tomorrow. 5_45&—Tuwer health exercises. s—-munnu farm and home hour. l ao—xm Studio organ recital. 0—Salon Singers. akers. I 00 to 4:30—The Lady Next “Door. 205.4 Meters. WJSVI.‘G. Kilocycles. 11:00a to 12:15—Service of the Fourth Presbyterian Church. 2:15 to 3:45—Patriotic Protestant Evangelical Association. :00—Gospel ng Association. 7:00—Myra Marshall, soprano. 7:30—Time signal. 7:31—Roland Wheeler tenor. viee 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.) 17:00a—Melody Hour, 11:30a—String Quartet. | 12: 00m—Piigrime. | 12:30—Spanish Dreams. | 12:45—Fusllliers. 1:00—Metropolitan Echoes. l 30—N. B. C. Artists. 2:00—Great Composers, 00—Sunday Forum. 00—Echoes of Orient. 15—Silver Masked Tenor. 30—Tea Time Tunes. 8:00—Mystery House. 6:30—8Scores; Ml{nsno'u Family, 7:30—Choral Orci 00—Our Government. 15—Half Hour Concert. 45—In Time of Roses. 15—Champions. 45—Musical Memories. 15—Sam Herman, :30—Cathedral Cholr. ist. 348.6—~WABC New York-860. (C. B. 8. Ohain) :00a—Heroes of Church, :00a—Morning Musicale. :00a—Land o' Meke Believe. -Dr. Flelscher. ] urch. | flfl- flo—Cnlumbu Ensembls 00--Comedy Trio. 00— Esther Leaf, Organist. :30—Ballads. 00—Themaine's Orchestra. 2:30—Conclave of Nations. 3:00—Cathedral Hour. 6 UO#“EnfihnT;l; taineers. 4:30—Crocke ounta 5:00—Fur Trappers Orchestra, wlt,h Earl N.hon, tenor. 5:30—Globe Trotte: 6:00—String Eymphany. 6:30—Round Towners. 6:45—World’s Business, 'l 00—Jesse Crawford. . V. Kaltenborn, uiet Harmonies. of Alr, 18 11:30—Esther Leaf, Organist. 272.6—-WPG—1,100. $:00—Gospel Hymns. 5:30—Same as WABC. —Congert Orchestrs. ame ABC. 10:00—Parade (2 hrs.). 282.8-—WBAL~—1,060. 5:00—Seme as WJZ. 6:00—Night Reveries, 6:30—Soprano. 7:00—Same as WJZ, LH lB—BRulmoreln 2586 E—WCAU—I 170. b: 30——-WABO (1% Hl). 8:45—Lost Clue, 7:00—Pioneers., 304.5—WJZ New York—760, (N. B. C. Chain.) 7:008—Tone Pictures. 8:00a—Children’s Hour. 11:30a—Nomads. 12:00m—Southland Sketches, 12:30—Neapolitan. 1:00—Roxy Symphony Orchestra. 2:00—Friendly Hour, 3:00—Sterling singen :l :30—Carlos Marimba Band. . 3 'ango. 6:30—Josef Koestner Orchestra. 7:00—Melodies by Mixed Quartet. 7:15—Spanish Melodies. 7:30—Goldman Band Concert. 8:45—8hakespearean Hour. 9:45—South Sea Islanders. 10:15—Ponce Sisters. 10:30—Reminiscences. 282.8-=WTIC~1,060. 6: 7:00—8tring Quartet. 8:00—Lacquer & Jade. 8:30—To be announced. 9:00—Life Stories. 9:30—Playhouse. 10:00—The Moonbeams. 305.9~KDKA—080, 5:00—Same as WJZ. 6:00—Trio Half Hour. 6:30—WJZ (33 hrs.). 10:18—Feat.; WJZ. 260.7—~WHAM—1,150, 6:00--WJZ (4% hrs.). 6:00-~] 630 WEAP (494 hrs). 302.8—WBZ—90, 5:00—-WJZ (82& hrs.). 8:45—Melody d. 9:15—8ports; Ens. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN STATINOS. 398.8—~WJIR—150. D ll—To be mnnunced 9:48—Same 10:15—Happy Hll( Hour. 11:00—Variety (2 hrs.). 277.6—WRT—1,080. S_SD«W C (2 hrs). 8:00-—Ch 9:00—WABC (3 hrs.). Main Trend Toward Dra- matic Sketches and Kin- ship With Stage. — BY MARTIN CODEL. whole. ‘That the radio audience likes serial features in short ‘has beco: every one knows. ©One-hour programs, once rule, are now exceptions on nétworks and single mum alike, and the sponsors of many weekly features are considering shortening their periods az.xg.?ylmumelmthmmruor“l Offer More Variety. Even the half-hour ropose matic dialing device to relieve the lis- tener of that trouble. Dramatic sketches and microp into it so the enginesrs controls to the vnlume nt will in public When he speaks in pre| from & little black book, whic! ally unnoted by the visible crowding for time on hhn networks, mb : ting down the derance of music , is coming and it will not be surprising to #nd authors and publishers selling ndla rights to best kellers soon, just s they now dispose of motion picture rights. ‘What will be radio’s next big hit? New “Feature” Clicks. It is not given to any one person to say, but national radio’s latest big hit seems to have been scored by “Uncle Abe and David,” who in a very few weeks have “clicked,” as only “rural folk stuff” seems to be able to take with the masses. The Maine pair bid fair to become the rivals of Amos 'n’ Andy as the most popular feature on the air. Like Amos 'n’ Andy, they have to broadcast twice each evening to reach sudiences separated by the time zones. Nor does it hurt them to appear dur- Eastern net- work, just as Phu Cook is aided in gaining a M’.h audience by following shortly after the blackface pair. It is significant to note that Phil Cook also takes on rural character to put his one-man radio act across. ‘The sponsors of Uncle Abe and David are making one grave mistake, however, in antagonizing their audiences by con- xumm‘ s0 much time with little #peeches by their executives, who more th: 1 often have exceedingly poor micro- phone personalities. Under the Ameri- can system no one can begrudge the sponsor his meed of commercial results from radio, but these talks it far better be incorporated in the an- nouncer’s introduction and conclusion, as is done in the case of Amos 'n’ Andy. “Whoops “Sisters.” Against the nrly evening time occu- C. by Uncle Aé‘:]“d al % Amos 'n’ Andy Columbia stages the Crockett Mountaineers. “stalled” And then he turned :flke:e at the audience, as if ldmltm‘ 'w they were in on the secret precedent set when Iflnleflfinwmuflou. * % X X Say what you will about there is one place where always be on their very best and that's the broadcasting studios. There are parts of the city where the prohibition laws don’t seem to mean very much, but the liquor bam is strictly enforced in the studios. A few drinks are likely to damage the quality of an announcer’s or a singer’s voice, and a :l'lgm muddle-headedness on part, any ome concerned with a program might easily throw it in noniuslopn. Guests invited to the studios are al- ways watched carefully for siy of drinking, and sometimes, when is doubt, there “aren't any mma seats” !.mide the studio doors. Once a man qu&red to have himself under went, asleep and fell out of his chzlr much to the iture of the ?n’e‘m Since then there’s been a is out of favor, teo. Not only is the fire to be —in spite of steel and struction—but even the disturbs many singers. Those who hnve been requested to stop studios and control booths have in uded :llix’h officials of several great companies a Swearing is a habit that is discour- aged among all duties New York, must strategy is of doubtful value to Columbia, ac-|the to some critics, who also see la_descending from its normal high quality level in carryi tnng!- line Adams’ astrol m latter, however, are heard over onh about a doze. stations. While many of their broadcasting r-ollet{uu are going lnb vaudeville to -ml t.he\r ndln reputations, Amos busily GM r mkln‘ mmim pkm in theory fre- &'m Adnnudmg radio -ircles that picturs will either make or break Andy, their commercial spon- son h.ve confidence enough in their continued popularity to have the pair to & new five-year contract. There seems to be some foundation for the theory that Amos 'n’ Andy will dispel the fllusion they have created vocall: when they seek to satisfy the visual sense also by their screen appuarance, scheduled for this Winter. New features are being added almost | weekly by the networks, and it is sig- nificant to note that they are prepon- derantly of the dialogue variety. Two features on individual xunom that give much promise of luating to one or the other of the c! soon are Gene a.d Glenn (Jake and Lena), who have scored a tremendous hit over WTAM, Cleveland, and H. L. McMurray (Uncle Remus), who has been winning countless children over by his adapta- tions of the Joel Chandler Harris rab- bit and other animal fales over WQAM, Miami, Fla. ‘:m’dlng ‘Columbi RS Y SEEK TO RAISE POWER WGN and WBBM Apply for 50,000-Watt Stations. ing to double their mmuou 'ZP" ‘"ued to the o, have lonpgor authori ity to go to 50000 nm Station KFRC, also applied for that the number of chlclgn mmm ‘whi have formally filed for maximum power to five and the number in the whole country to 24. More are be-« fore the Commission holds hearings on their applications during the of !Cgu 15. 428.3—WLW—700. 5:45—Story of Opera. 6:30—Same as WJZ 7:00—Orchestras; scores. 7:30—Hotel Orchestra. 8:00—Vox Humana. 8:30—Vocal Trio; Orch. 9:15—Concert Hour. 10:15—Variety; weather, 10:30—Crimelights. 11:00—Mus. Novelesque, 12:00—Dance Half Hour. 405.2—WSB~740. &ruem u :00—Theater “l.l—wflAHll 1:00—~WJZ (18); Scores, 0 3 10:30~Reporters. 10:35~-Homing ®rog. 461.3~WSM—650, 7:00~WJZ (18, 7:48~—Concert S—Same as ", 8:45—Church Services, 9:45—Same as WEAF. 10:15—The Jackrabbits, 270.1—WIVA—] 6:00—8ame as WJZ, 0—Same as WJZ, —Dinner Music. 7:30—Same as WEAP, 8:00—Church Service. 9:00—sStudio Program. 1] moments in long rehearsals. You can't observe table manners with a seript in one hand, n. sandwich in the ou:a', and a director read: ly to pounce on you gu lhouldn" hlon the flm but that didn’t Mice might mw their end it. Crumbs from the attracted mice. way in'o delicate nm-nms, now sandwiches are barred, too. * ok Kk K Tt is something of 8 tradition in the newspaper business that a man who writes well can't talk for sour apples. They aiways tell of the job hunters who brace the eity editor and = “Listen, I never could talk myself & job, but let me have a typewriter and Tll show you that you need me on isn't anything in it. A New York columnist'’s daily fir l cult. registrar of vital statistics, ll making Main Street lga it, and there are obably more to come. mAnofi{er writer who recently batted for Floyd Gibbons on the air was per- fectly well behaved—almost, but mot quite at ease—before the mluvphvne and on the occasion of that and his other bl“oldclsés ll;e fan mail indicated a hearty appetite for more. A]exly-lder ‘Woolcott. put in several Woolcott, like other writers, had overcome his terrors of audiences by lecturing long before microphones came along. And there have been bunches of news- n-pexmnonthedr!wnmpm- grams. Some of them have been scared stiff, but not one funked his job. One even got such a kick out of it that he wangled a small part in a radio drama— and then g;’f' & column nboxg nit..‘,hu Among ler newspaper N e mike” are Tex O'Reilly, “The has | oS mmmmter " and Clem McCarthy, pom ‘writers have several times to am radio reports, and t,hey'l] probably do more of ¥ in the ful And m ! think the myth that writers can't talk has been m nicely ex« loded. They 1 talk, of course, ut they are real Jun s articuiate as the other folks. e A very sad tale has reached our audi- tions department. It's from a young lad in Pennsylvania, a coal miner, who wants to come to New York to sing for the radio audiences. He was scheduled for an audition on a Tuesday, but he wrote to say that he had l'\ld a little trouble, and wanted a postponement. “One week after 1 lnt fired from the coal mines,” he wrote, “I went down to the mlnel ‘to see my I sang ene song for them, and my hired me nnlnmdtowme he was sorry for firing ™%1 worked one week with two other men in one spot and we were h\l!l a fall of coal, but not serious. We uxm}u t‘;‘uho':pflu‘nvo'u-. lhd my foot in plaster of R;m “I sang in the hospital so they would let me out for Tuesday, but instead of tting me out they m-do me sing for m sicl .I people, but I'll be out Wi o llthl went on to say that the miners already bought a radio set and taken it down into the mine, so oo;uh‘a hear him he got e air. sing when o0, the The same Joung the audition, had ed that he had & singular quxey reuniting wives and hu oo uu'.‘e'fi“ who were perte of co: who their wives,” he wrote, “butpl‘lupi sing- ing love songs and made them go back to their wives and kids. I only had two wives that wouldn't make up, but I went to their homes and sang all all n|¢hL and the mext morning I kissing their husbands. That's a talent thlt thp bro-dcnten may be able to use. If h as he ‘says he is, there mly l job for him. But, at any rate, & new time has [ an, in writing for 1t's interesting to kncw that the iy of the troubadour isn't over yet. Q. spoken of in your Qut middle of July?—P. T. i | ] xyiophone player l-n'b—MynMN 9 "az&-,n'! kcxc.- 1t mns Hehubmmw ’h. Q. Is Rosalie Woife German?—F. J. P..Luonml!. Quebee. er (Copyright, 1930.) TELEVISION TO MAKE COMMERCIAL PREMIERE Announcement Is Made That Stage Plays Will Be Broadeast From London Theater. Television's world premiere om a commercial basis Is booked in London. Althoush reg-rdea as bngcr e s By stage a London thente! will be broadcast as the flrat recognition of the visual art for practical entertain- ment. The im: and suddenly dashed by mwammuxry un- interesting images which are the they have to offer. Chicago Studio Opens September 15 ing of Chicago of Nnu';m%mdcutlng (o fo be the mast elaborate broldcuun: stumos in t.ho vmndi has been sched- The automobile eolumn in the glassified section of today's Star for Packard's list of used cars, PACKARD’S USED CARS 6 ECATUR IOO