Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1931, Page 53

? * I GEURGEABE PLAY ON WRC TONIGAT . Glenn Hunter and Arthur Byron to Play Leading Dramatic Roles. Ade’s comedy, “Speaking to _ PFather,” will be broadcast tonight by WRC and other National Broadcasting Co. stations as the second in the series Lof rl g written by famous dramatists reted by famous actors. Glenn Hunter, star of the s'age and screen, and Arthur Byron, well known Jeading man in Broadway productions, Wwill take the principal roles. N ‘WRC's outstanding musical feature, . the Kent hour, will present Carol Deis, - soprano, of Dayton, Ohio, and Alfred . Wallenstein, cellist of the Philharmonic " Symphony Orchestra.. The orches ral numbers will be provided by Josef Pas- ternack’s Orchestra. Muriel Wilson to Sing. 4 Murlel Wilson, soprano, will be the . Buest soloist with the Choral Orches- tra. She will sing “She Is My Ideal” and “Two Hearts Swing in Three-Quar- ter Time.” The orchestra will feature & medley of Strauss melodies, “Where the Volga Flows"” and “I Got Rhythm.” How Benjamin Franklin labored in the face of taunt and ridicule to obtain proof of his theory of electricity will be described in a dramatic episode during the broadcast of the Big Brothers’ Club. Old-time melcdies, ranging from “Take .Me Out to the Ball Game” to the " i‘Message of the Violets,” from the “Prince of Pilsen,” will he heard during the Tree hour program. The Roth String Quartet of Buda- pest will play in its entirety the “String Quartet in A Major” of Robert Schu- mann. The great Russian poet Pushin -1 represented in the librettos of two operas listed on the program of the Russian Cathedral Choir. London Program on Air. Sir Herbert Samuel, member of the - SUNDAY' STAR, Left to right: most popular WMAL-Columbia_artists, T rogram Tuesday over WRC and an e Wi AL Connae and Ethelind ’l'mv star of “Rio Rita,” who will be Choral Orchestra tonight over WRC and associated N. N. B. C. . statfons. . the former Brag giotti stage dancer, who will talk on “Dancing for Beauty” AL TasLyion b B, C. network: Morton Downey, fenor, one of the the guest soloist with the UNCLE SAM LEADS RADIO SET PARADE 75 Per Cent of World’s Re- British Parliament and chairman of the Liberal party, will be the speaker in the international rebroadcast from London, to be heard today over WMAL and associated Columbia Broadcasting System staticns. He will review the political situation in England and make Teference to the results of the recent India round-table conference. Rumania will be honored in the Con- clave of Nations program. The speaker, Charles A. Dayila, Rumanian Minister to the United States, will discuss con- ditions in his own country. The musi- cal portion of the program will feature 80los by Rosa Low, soprano, and Gregoire Alexandresco, pianist-com- " Toscha Seidel to Play. ‘Toscha Seidel, violinist, will take part in the concert of the New York Phil- clude the over- ture to Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” and “La Rossiniana,” from Rossini’s suite, “Les Riens.” ‘Two solos are on the of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. They will be given by Ilya Ssckolnik, con- certmeister of the orchestra, and Muriel le, aopnno ‘The ao-pszoe orchestra y “Pom] Circumstance” program of Jesse Craw- ford, ornnht. The soloist will be Paul Small, tenor. Scottish Program Offered. ‘The New World S lony program ite to B.befl. are ‘The ulm:zlom v ;‘1:“" from “Hulln Cave” to WOL will the service of the Church, in addition¥o m ‘usual array tions. by the Lovett: Choral Club and t.hn ‘Washington Cath- olic hour. ‘WJSV has scheduled its regular re- addition will in program presented by the Silver Btdn[ Revelers, Roland ‘Wheeler -nfl Joseph DiMeglio, tenors. :, Complny Drops Broadcasts. The Grigsby-Grunow Co. has drop- ped all activities, - includ- broadcasting ing the Majestic Hour of the Air and the American School of the Air. Coin- SPEECHES. “The Political Situation in England ‘Today,” by Sir Herbert Samuel, member of Parliament, rebroadcast from London, WMAL, 12:30; “Ru- mania Today,” by Dr. Charles A. Davila, Rumanian Minister to the United States, in the Conclave of Nations _program, WMAL, 1:30; “Devils, Drugs and Doctors,” by Dr. Howard W. Haggard, professor of physiology at Yale Unlversm' 8:00; “Our Government,” b) David Lawrence, WRC, 9:00. CLASSICAL. lhxy Symphony Orchestra, WRC, 11 .; National Oratorio Society, , 12 Cathedral Hour, WMAL, 00; Roth String Quartet, WRC, 3:00; New York Philharmonic Orchestra, WMAL, 3:00; New World Symphony, WMAL, 8:45; Carol Dels, soprano; Alfred llenstein, ‘cellist, and Josef Pasternack’s Orchestra, WRC, 9:15; Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Edgar Guest, WMAL, 9:30. VARIETY. Jack Ralston’s Orchestra, WOL, 3:30; Capitol “Family,” WRC, 8:00; Choral Orchestra, WRC, 8:30; Stlver String Revelers, WISV, 9:30; Jesse Craw- ford, WMAL, 10:00; Champions Orchestra, WRC, 10:15; Muriel and Vee, vocal and instrumental duo, WRC, 11:15. DRAMA. Moonshine and Honeysuckle, WRC, 2:00; Big Brother Club, WRC, 7:00; “Speaking to Father,” comedy, ‘WRC, 7:30. HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE. 4:00—New York Philharmonic Orches- | tra — WABC, WEAN and WNAC. 6:30—Th: Dandies; Gus Van, Diane Howard, soprano; Ben Aliey, tenor, and _ Freddie Rich’s Orchestra —WABC, WFBL, WEAN, WNAC and WCAU. 7:00—"War,” dramatic _reading by Frederick Palmer—WJZ, KDKA, WREN and WSUN. 8:00—Melodies; Betsy Ayres, Mary Hopple and Wilworth's Ensem- ble—WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, WJR, KDKA and KYW. $:15—Magazine hour: Gov. Ritchie of Maryland—WJz, « WHAM, KDKA, WJR ‘WMC. 9:30—World Adventures With Floyd Gibbons”—WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM KDKA, WJR and WCAU, and 10:15— Allfly Scnelln and his nowelty | WLW | ) icago Studies Possibility of Us- orchestra—WJZ. WHA . - WBZ, WJR, KDKA anil WRVA. "10: ZD—Slumber music; Ludwig Laurier’s tring Efsemble—WJ2Z, WBZ, WBZA WHAM, KDKA, WJR Islanders; string ceiving Equipment Is Made in United States. BY ROBERT MACK. Radio is staging a big parade of progress around the world, with Uncle Sam at the head of the procession. The little inscription, “Made in America,” adorns the name plates of some 75 per cent of the world’s receiv- ing sets, while three-fourths of the in- habited area of the globe is within range of broadcasting stations. Every lren of the globe has been penetrated . _Even in the heart of darkest A.mcu radio sets are in use. Survey Shows Progress. Radio’s phenomenal march of prog- ress in the 10 years since its advent is depicted in a survey made public today by Lawrence D. Batson of the Com- merce Department analyzing world markets for equipment. More than 24,- 000,000 receiving sets, representing about one and a half billion dollars, are in use throughout the world, he said, and 45 per cent of the total, or a mini- mum of 10, 500 mm uu valued at u’u. 000,000, are in te !n not jibe with trade estimates of some 14,000,000, but he explains that it is the “average estimate.” Allows U. S. Half of Total ‘The total investment in bmul‘n”.:s stations throughout the world is pl by Batson ll $29,000,000, of which one- half is &fiunm by the 600-odd sta- “The | tions of country. By allowing the States half of the world total, itson figures that the investment in is $14,370,180. “Plug-in" Today on 315.6 Meters. WRC 550 Kilocycles. 8:00a—Melody hour. 9:00a—Children’s hour. 10:00a—Woodwind Ensemble. 10:30a—Southland Sketches. 11:00a—Roxy Symphony Orchestra. 12:00m—The Pilgrims. 12:15—John Barclay and Dagmer Rybner. 12: SO—Nelpolltln Days. 1:00—National Oratorio Society. 2:00—Moonshine and Honeysuckle. 2:30—Guy Maler and Lee Pattison, piano duo. 3: oo—nom String Quartet of Buda- 3: SD—EI Tlnlo ‘Romantico. 3:45—"The Washington Auwmohlle Show,” by R. J. Murpl 4:00—Religious service by Dr s Parkes Cadman. 5:00—The tree hour, with mixed chorus and orchestra. 6:00—Catholic_hour. 7:00—Big Brothers’ Club. 7:30—George Ades comedy, “Speaking to Father. 8:00—Correct time. 8:01—Capitol “Family.” 8:30—Choral Orchestra. 9:00—"“Our Government,” Lawrence. 9:15—Carol Deis, soprano; Alfred Wal- lenstein, cellist, and Josef Pas- ternack’s Orchestra. 10:15—Champlons’ Orchestra. 10:45—Sunday at Seth Parker'’s. 11:15—Weather forecast. 11:16—Muriel and Vee, vocal and in- strumental duo. ‘ 12:00—Russian Cathedral ofr. by David Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45a—Tower health exercises. B heerio. 9:00a—Morning melodies. 9:45a—Our Daily Food. 10:00a—"Safeguarding Your Food and gmg Supply,” by W. R. M. 1| 10:15a—Hits -nd Bits. quarter . old “cat’s whisker” srystal sets represent 1 and 2 per cent, respectively, of the sets in use in North and South America nndmundzopercenzmnumm Turkey. One and one-half billion people of the world population of 1,8906,000,000 live within “constant receiving distance” of broadcasting stations, according to Batson's analysis. ‘The receiving S ete in use all are within areas where re- ception o least on station is certain. With an average of five members to each family the economist figures that 20,000,000 people are equipped with receiving facilities, or 6. would be juired, as inst, 24,000,000 now rl;qun s American Sets Preferred. Like American programs, American sets are generally regarded as the best obtainable, Batson believes. In Euro- pean countries, his report shows, most of the sets in use are domestic, but in other areas the American set predomi- nates. England and Germany, how- ever, have made great advances in radio and ‘have built up a substantial export u'nde in sets-and equipment. American sales increased from about $9,- 000,000 in' 1927 to 12,000,000 in 1928, while the 1929 figure was more than $23,000,000. (connuht’ 1931, by the Consolidated Press). ”|RADIO RULE-BREAKERS DEALT WITH STIFFLY |} Commission Wielding Big Stick to Compel Adherence to Regula- tions for Broadcasting. The Federal Radio Commission’s | declaration of war against broadcasters who flaunt the radio law is assuming large proportions as that agency doles out “probationary” licenses to about 50 stations and threatens 15 others with loss of their franchises to the ether. On the basis of past experiences, those close to radio realize this latest action is but a grandiose gesture and that by no stretch of the imagination will those stations be “deleted.” It is simply a threat, but it does tend to make broadcasters as a whole watch their kilocycles and power, As to the 15 stations threatended with the loss of their licenses, they have failed to file formal applications for rencwal for the new license period, which begins January 31. Under the stations licenses since they have not requested them, but it is only a tech- nicality and usually the station turns up at the last minute with & plausible | | excuse. That the commission is wielding the | big stick more effectively than here- tofore, however, is evident. Stations are called on the slightest provoca- and after standing trial before hundreds and perhaps thousands of dollars in the course of it, realize it is cheaper WBZ, | to adhere closely to the regulations. Thus the commission is getting results and by degrees is knocking the rough spots out of bmndcuzlng TELEVISION FOR POLICE ing Discovery Against Crime. CHICAGO (#).—Two committees of the Chicago City Council are studying '.hek possibilities of television in police "'3;1,‘ investigation is a result of the recent demonstration of how radio television could be employed in chas- ing criminals made by WMAQ-W9XAP, |law the commission can refuse these | 10:30a—"Please Tell Me,” by Jean Car- roll. The | 10:45a—Hits lnd 'Bl'-u. 1:008— 12:15—Luncheon Ensembl of | 12:30—National farm md “home hour. 1:30—Mayflower Orchestra. 2:00—Organ recital. 2: 30—-;“”811 Forecast,” 2:45—The Me! ady ‘Three. 3:00—Current events. 3:15—Franz Baumann, tenor. 3:30—The Sixteen Singers. WISV 2054 Mete by Mary 205.4 Meters. 1,460 Kilocycles. ‘the | 11:00 to 12:30—Services of the Fourth urch. Presbyterian Chi 2:15 to 3:45—Church of the Alr. 5:15—Tango Troubadours. 6:00—Gospel Spreading Assoclation. 7:00—Myra Marshall, soprano, 7:30—Time signal. 17:31—Roland Wheeler, tenor. 7:55—Service at First Church of Christ Scientist. 9:05—Josenh Di Meglio and Swanee Drofton. 9:30—Silver String Revelers. 10:00—Studio program. 10:15 to 11:00—Radio Revival. Early Program Tomorrow. 10:00a—Down South in Dixie. 10:05a—Town Crier. 10:15a—Weather report and grand- father's cloek. 10:30a—Hints to Housewives. 10:40a—Recipes. 10:50a—Style talk. 11:00a—Gospel song service. 2:00—Correct time. 12 05—Musical program. 12:20—Farm chat. 12:30—Harmonica selections by Harry Fitzgerald. 12:45 to 1:00—Radio Revival. 2:00—Afternoon musicale. WOL 228.9 Meters. & 1,310 Kilocycles. 10:00a—“The End of the World,” by Judge Rutherford. 1 Earl Carbauh, baritone. 1 —Musical program. 11:00a—Service of the First Congrega- tional Church. 12:00 to 12:15—Birthdays. 3:30—Ralston’s Orchestra. 4:30—Lovette Choral Club. 5:00 to 6:00—Catholic radio hour, broadcast from the Church of Immaculate Conception. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:30a—Musical Clock. 8:00a—Birthdays. 8:10a—Musical program. 10:00a—Talk by Peggy Clarke. 10:15a—Musical pregram. 10:30a—Organ recital by Bob West. 0000000000000000000000000 60ECATUR the Radio (Al time p.m., unless otherwise indicated.) 475.9 Meters WMAL 630 Kilocycles. 12:00m—Jewish Art program. 12: SO—RGMCMC trom London—Talk Sir Herbert Samuel, member o Parliament. 12:45—Canadian Grenadier Band. 1:30—Conclave of Nations. , 2:00—Cathedral hour. 3:00—New York Philharmonic Sym- phony Orchestra. 4:00—Evensong service from the Washington Cathedral. 5:00—Sermon by Donald G. Barnhouse. 5:30—Auto show program. 5:45 to 6:00—French Trio. 7:00—The Golden Hour of the Little Flower—Religious service from Detroft. 8:00—"'Devils, Drugs and Doctors,” by | Dr. Howard W. Haggard of Yale University. 8:15—United States School of Music. 8:30—Kaltenborn Edits the News. 8:45—New World S8ymphony. 9:00—Around the Samovar. 9:30—Edgar A. Guest, with Detroit Symphony Orchestra. 10:00—Jesse Crawford, organist. 10:: so-—'tl;hz Gauchos with Tito Guizar, | nor. 11:00—Back-home hour, from Buffalo. 12:00—Correct time. Eatly Program Tomorrow. 8:00a—Tony's Scrap Book. 8:15a—The Playboys, Brod and Al 9:00a—Opening the Momlnx Mail. 9 son——N-vy d by " Baley Alle: lfl !5»—Hnrmp7;fles and Contrasts. 10 5I—Melody Parade. Mrs. Mary Breckinridge. ll lBl—Mldl.wn Singers. ow—alu.'uuun: for ;hfldren 'S par- t. 11:45a—Three Modern Maids. 12:00--Paul Tremaine's Orchestra. 12:30—Columbia Revue. WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 25, STUDIO PROBLENS SEEN INTELEVISION Production of Recent Play| Caused Make-Up and Sound Troubles. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 24.—Studio ar- tisans have discovered that they, like engineers, face a whole new set of prob- lems and difficulties in the development of television. The production of & play before the microphone of WMAQ and the photo- electric eyc of its companion television station WOXAP proved to studio work- ers that production of a sight-sound drama is more, much more, than merely pointing a television camera at some actors and starting transmission. Matters of costume and make-up, the proper lighting of the studio to obtain a clear image, and elimination of all unwanted sound must be perfected, it was quickly discovered. Actors Carefully Garbed. ‘Three figures were televised in “The Maker/of Dreams,” but lighting and coloring defects frequently blurred de- tails. Close-ups were the best features, but here, too, eyes, hair and dark shades in costume were obstacles to clear vision. ‘The Chicago Daily News received comments from about 100 owners of television sets. It was estimated that in all 2,000 persons at 500 receivers watch- ed the broadcast-televised drama. Sound extraneous to the drama was eliminated by clothing the actors, Irene Wicker, Douglas Hope and Vinton Haworth, in soft cotton garments. Hope and Haworth were in stockinged feet, and Miss Wicker wore light sandals. ‘Watches Not Permitted. No watches were permitted in the studio, and all were cautioned by Haworth to breathe slowly. So sensitive was the microphone used that it picked up the click of a door lock 20 feet away. Faces of the actors were made up in a heavy white and gray, with lips and eyes outlined in reddish-brown. The costumes were brown and white. To switch from long to close shots, engineers of W9XAP designed a relay system operated by remote control from three different locations, one of which was at the side of the bank of photo- electric cells at the close-up position. Faint lines in the images, at first puzzling to the studio technicians, were finally classed as disturbances from an- other station operating upon the same wave length, but using a scanning sys- tem dfl!renl from that of W9XAP. RADIO TAX IS VOIDED |South Carolina Court Holds Law Against Constitution. South Carolina’s proposed State tax on radio receiving sets has been de- clared unconstitutional by the State’s own Supreme Court, thus ending the first effort in the short history of American broadcasting to levy fees on the listening public for the reception of radio programs. Station Charlotte, N. C. fought the case through the courts, backed by other broadcasters and the radio manufac- turers. As passed by the South Carolina Legislature the law placed a graduated tax of 50 cents to $2 on the use of all radio receivers costing $50 to $500, the proceeds to go to the State Tubercu- losis Hospital. The tax was fought largely on the grounds that radio waves are interstate in character and that the proposed State tax would have been an interference with the Federal Government's exclusive authority over interstate commer 1931—PART FOUR Behind the Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. of the Department of Com- merce radio supervisors corps, is back from a 9,000~ mile tour of the country’s radio centers with a message of high praise for the sincere efforts of the broadcasters to adhere to Fed- eral regulations, at least in so far as the technical operation of the stations is concerned. Conditions prevailing on the ! RTHUR BATCHELLER, ace, broadecasting lane, Batcheller re- I ports, are about as good as can be expected considering the conges- tion that necessarily exists with 615 stations of all sizes and types on the air. Those peanut whistlts, Known in radio parlance as beat notes or heterodynes, continue to mar re- ception on most of the wave lengths, including even some of the so-called clear channels, ac- cording to Batcheller. But this problem is inherent in the over- crowding of the wave lengths, and as far as the broadcasters are con- cerned, they are making every ef- fort to minimize it, he says. They are maintaining the sta- bility of their carrier waves, ad- hering to their assigned frequen- cies and otherwise conducting their technical operations with a high degree of efficiency, Batchel- ler reports. They know, for one thing, that they are being vigi- lantly policed by the radio super- visors, whose staffs, although greatly undermanned, are work- ing overtime at the district offices and suboffices of the Department of Commerce to maintain order in the ether traffic. For another thing, the broad- casters realize that technical im- Eerrectlons will only redound to heir own disadvantage. Though nearly every broadcaster he in- terviewed is ambitious to obtain higher power for his station, there was a decided appreciation of the fact that “wave wobbling” on a widespread scale would bring bedlam to American radio. Of 53,000 measurements on stations taken during 1930, only a small percentage showed consistent off- frequency operation—a vast im- provement over previous years. The fundamental technical prob- lem in American radio—as every- one in radio knows—is the mul- tiplicity of stations. Yet even the minor local stations have their place to fill and enjoy their ad- herents. Batcheller found several local stations on the Pacific Coast which operfite 24-hour schedules; if they should sign off at night they would be flooded by tele- grams of protest from their noc- turnal audiences. “There wasn't a place I visited where I could not tune in plenty of stations,” said Batcheller. “Of course, this applies primarily to the populous centers, and I do not mean to say that reception was perfect in all cases. I heard all too many beat notes. Yet I can say that the cities, generally, get fair to excellent reception. We know there are many rural areas that are -not as well served.” Inthe main, Batcheller says, he found broadcast programs good. If abusess of the broadcasting privllega occur in certain in- | stances, they are the kind that can be corrected by the pressure of public opinion expressed by the mere twist of a dial. For the radio station without an audierice might as well close up shop. Batcheller says he was particularly impressed by the earnest desire of the broad- casters to gex(orm a public service while at the same time conduct- ing their stations on a business basis. W F one super-radio fan had list- ened to every Promm broad- cast over the Columbia network during the past year he would have heard approximately 4,315 hours of music and 2,028 hours of talk. Those figures were arrived at from records kept by Bernard Prockter, assistant program di- rector, for the period between May 1 and the end of the year. Of the more than 4,300 hours of music, 1,768 hours, or more than_one-third, were devoted to popular tunes. Classic music was next, with 988 hours, while the re- mainder of the time was about evenly divided among light, semi- classic, novelty and religious music. The talk programs were divided as follows: Nine hundred and thirty-six hours, or slightly less than half the total, to script acts; 468 hours of news events, such as ‘Ted Husing’s descriptions of ath- letic events, public receptions to returning flyers and explorers and news commentators, and 104 hours of educational talk—Ameri- can School of the Air broadcasts, Alexander Woollcott's Early Book- worm programs, and others; the remainder, politics, religion and home economics. ‘The ratio between tune and talk programs varies proportionately with the changes in season. Spring finds a slackening off of talk pro- grams, and by Midsummer there are three hours of music to every heur of discourse. In the Fall the pendulum starts swinging the other way again,-and Christmas finds music leading by less than two to one. Prockter gives a psychological explanation for this: Summer time, he holds, is play time, and listeners prefer music. They are out of doors a good deal more and their habits are less regular; they frequently take their evening meals on the beach, in the woods, or at the golf club. Listening to a radio drama, for instance, de- mands close attention; requires, at least, being in the same room with the radio. It is easier and more pleasant to loll in the re- freshing coolness of the screened front porch and listen to the strains produced by Guy Lom- bardo and his Royal Canadians. Prockter’s theory is born out by the fact that the percentage of popular music broadcast, as against other types of musical programs, is greater in Spring and Summer than in fall and Winter. For example, Prockter’s charts for the week of June 8 show 45%% hours of popular music and 111 hours of 1 ht music, as against 8 hours of classic and 11 of semi- classic. 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C. and its associated stations on a sustain- ing basis. A statistical chart of those months show that dramatic pro- grams and special events, as well as educational and religious fea- tures, occupied distinct niches in the program plan as a whole. Of the educational programs predominated by occu- pying a total of 8.6 per cent of the broadcasting time, or 60 to 70 hours per month. * ok k% O far as the Columbia Broad- casting System is concerned, synchronization, or the broad- casting of chain programs by a multiplicity of stations on a single wave length without mutual in- terference, is still in the labora- tory stage. This, in substante, was reported to Columbia's board of directors last week by Willlam S. Paley, president, who stated that “in a quiet way we have car- ried on some preliminary experi- ments, but we are far from achievement of a definite syn- chronization plan.” Columbia is working hand in hand with Bell Telephone lab- oratories engineers on the techni- cal phases of synchronization, which one day will wreak a revo- lutionary change in the American broadcasting structure by en- abling the networks to have full time national outlets of their own. ‘The N. B. C,, having announced a few weeks ago that it had per- fected a synchronizing method, is now engaged in lnstnlllng equipment for synchronizing WBAL, Baltimore, and WTIC, Hartford, with WJZ and WEAF, New York, its key stations. This first regular use of synchroniza- tion, which probably will begin early in March, is expected to show definitely whether practical synchronization is ready for gen- eral use. 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