Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1931, Page 65

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 18, 1931—PART FOUR THREE B EVNTS ON TODAY'S RADI Combined N. B. C. and Co- lumbia Networks to Carry Presidential Address. An address by President Hover, a Te- cital by Rosa Ponselle, prima donna so- prano of the Metrop-litan Opera Co. and a concert by the New York Phil- harmonic Symphony Orchestra stand out among the array of features on to- day’s radio schedule. The President’s address wil come dur- ing a special unemployment program to be breadcast from 6 to 7 o'clock over the combined N. B. C. and Colum- bia networks. Both WRC and WMAL will carry the program. In addition to Mr. Hoover, Will Rogers, the United States Marine Band, conducted by John Philip Sousa, the Philadelphia Sy phony Orchestra directed by Leopcld Stokowski and two opera stars—Lily Pons and Lawrence Tibbett—will take part. The President will speak from Fortress Monroe, Va. coming ashore from the battleship Arkansas, on which he is en route to Yorktown, Va. Miss Ponselle will be heard over WRC in the second of the new series of Kent concerts at 9:15. She will sing “O Divina Alrodite,” “The Fairy Pipers, “Santa Lucia Luntana” and “Kiss Me Again.” - N. B. C. Dedication Featured. Another special feature scheduled by WRC is & gala program arranged by N. B. C. to dedicate its second Pacific Coast network. This program will be breadeast at 11 o'clock this morning. Georzge F. McClelland. vice president and general manager of N. B. C., will welcome the new stations. The musical ortion of the program will be provided By ‘Amy’ Goldsmith, soprano; Veronica Wiggins. contralto; Fred - Gufsmith, tenor; Theodere Webb, bass; the Rus- slan singers and Erno Rapee’s Concert Orchestra. One of the outstanding new features on WRC's program is the Twilight Hour at 5:30. Geraldine Farrar will present the initial program. She will be followed next Sunday by John McCor- mack. Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, vice presi- dent of Georgetown University, will go before a Columbia microphone at 1 o'clock to reply to the recent broadcas! from London of George Bernard Shaw. He will speak on “America, Russia and George Bernard Shavw." The New York Philharmonic concert is made up of the works of Dvorak, Beethoven and Weinberger. Albert Spalding, world-famous violinist, will be the soloist New Columbia Attractions. Two new Columbia attractions on the WMAL program are a dramatic sketch at 9:30, and a concert by a novelty or- chestra directed by Dan Rybb at 7:30, “The Distant Shore.” a lovely story based on the Titanic disaster, is the title of the dramatic sketch. The “Music Along the Wires” pro- gram at 8:15, will feature Fritz Reiner’ Orchestra. George Gershwin, pianis composer, will be the guest artist. He will play several selections, including excerpts from his own “Rhapsody in Blue.” Estelle Taylor, stage and screen star, will take part in the Foxettes program to be broadcast tonight by WJSV. Charles Vennington and his New York Newsboys Pollock. pianist, also will contribute to this broadcast. WOL will broadeast the terian_Church, the regular Washington Catholic Radio Hour and several musi- cal features. These include a concert by tre National Hawaiians, and a re- cital by Jimmie Harbison, pianist o Railway Radio Phones Expand. The Canadian National Railways hav- ing proved the practicsbility of tele- phone service by radio from moving trains, the British London & North Eastern Railway has been conducting a series of experiments-designed to enable passengers on the run fram London to Edinburgh to keep in touch with other phones throughout the British Isles. Engineers of the railroad are also ex- perimenting with telephcny fof cab-to caboose and engineer-to-conductor con- versations. l Major Radio Features SPECIAL EVENTS. Unemployment program, featuring ad- dress by President Hoover, WRC and WMAL, 6:00. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTS. *Henry Cavendish, the Father of Mod- ern Chemistry,” by Brig. Gen. Sir HHorold Hartley, WMAL, 12:30. SPEECHES. “Sugar Coating Our Taxes." by M Gen. James G. Harbord, WRC, 1:30 “The French Empire and Its Trad by Dr. Jullus Klein, WMAL, 7:00; “Devils, Drugs and Doctors,” by Dr. Howard W. Haggard, WMAL, 8:00; “Our Government,” by David Law- rence, WRC, 9:00. CLASSICAL. New York Philharmonic Orchestra, WMAL, 3:15; Through the Opera Glass, WRC, 7:00; Rose Ponselle, Metropolitan ' Opera soprano, WRC, 9:15; Ernest Hutcheson, planist, WMAL, 10:00. VARIETY. Rubinoff’s Orcl 1, with Eddie Cantor, WRC. Along the Wires, WMAL, t 9:00: Estelle Tayl star, WJSV, 10:00 organist, WRC. 11:30. DRAMA. and Hon and screen Crawford, Moonshine WRC, 2:30: Club of tre Air. WRC, 7:30; Romances of the Sea, WMAL, 9:30. 'suckle, HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE. 4:00—-Sermon by Rev, Charles E. Coughlin_of the Church of the Little Flower WOR, WCAO. WFBL, KMOX, WORC and WCAV. National Vespers; Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick-——WJZ, WBAL, WLW and WSM. Harcld Stokes and his Orches- u-'n”—tw‘lz, WBAL, WSM and WJR. 7:30—The Three Bakers and Billy Artat’s Orchestra—WJZ, WBAL and WJR. 8:00—Melodics; Betsy Ayres, Mary Hopple _and Ensemble—WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, WJR, KDKA and KYW. 8:15—Magazine hour; guest speaker and Ernest La Prade's Orches- 5:00 7:00 Harmonica Band, and Ralph | morning | service of the New York Avenue Presby- | . WMAL, | WGR, | | RADIO TENOR NEW YORK, October 17 (#).—There are no skids under the radio tenor. Neither is he slipping because of his lack of appeal. Men in broadasting who should know, and one of them a baritone, make this statement. One might think they were wrong, in view of the fact that there has been a concentration lately on baritones, but the broadcasters say a little more at- tention paid to other types of singers i1s just an effort toward increasing the { scope of the microphone toward greater | variety. Reinald Werrenrath, outstanding | American baritone .and vocal counsel at | N. B. C., doesn't believe the tenor has lost favor. He said, “This last year we have had | a greater demand for tenors than ever before, and I rot only think tenors are | more numerous than in past years, but | are better musicians and possess better brgndcastlng voices than they formerly Gaid.” Turning to the baritone, Werrenrath does not think he is in greater demand Today on (All programs scheduled for ! WMAL 4358 Meters. 630 Kilecycles. 9:00a—Land o' Make Believe. 10:00a—Columbia Church of the Afr. 10:30a—Quiet Harmonies. 11:00a—Duets by Julia Mahoney and | Charles_Carlisle. 11:15a—Watch Tower Service. 11:30a—Volce of St. Louis. 12:30—Rcbreadeast from Tondon — “Henry Cavendish, the Father of Modern Chemistry,” by Brig. Gen. Sir Harold Hartley. 1:00—"America, Russia and George Bernard Shaw,” by Rev., Ed- mund A. Walsh, 1:30—Singing Violins. 2:00—Sons of Eli. 2:30—Columbia Church of the Air. 3:00—Fray and Braggiotti, plano_duo. 5—New York Philharmonic Sym- phony Orchestra. | 4:00—Service from the Washington | Cathedral. | 5:00—Washingtor’s Musical Art Gal- | lery—Gretchen Kier, soprano; | Helen Donofrio, soprano; Cap- | ital Instrument Tri> and George | Washington University Glee Club. 5:45—Edward Robinson with Paul Specht's Orchestra. 6:00—Unemployment program, featur- | ing address by President Hoover. 7:00—"Tke French Empire and Its Trade,” by Dr. Julius Kiein Success interview with Father Leonard. | 20—Lloyd Weidner, baritone, 30—Novelty Orchestra :00—"Devils, Drugs and Doctors,” by Dr. Howard W. Haggard. 15—Music Along the Wires. 45—"Your Child,” by Angelo Patri. :00—The Masters. 9:30—Romances of the Sea 00—Ernest Hutcheson, pianist, and concert orchestra. | | 0:30—The Gauchos. :00—Continental String Quartet. :30—Ben Bernie's Orchestra. 1 1 1 12:00—Weather forecast. ! i | 1 Early Program Tomorrow. | 8:00a—Morning Devotions. 8:15a—Something for Every One. | 8:45a—The Dutch Girl 9:00a—Opening the Morning Mail. 9:30a—Tony's Scrap Book. | 9:45a—Melodles Parade. 10:00a—Chatting with Ida Bailey Allen. ! | 10:15a—Harmonies and Contrasts 10:30a—Broadcast _of President Hoover's address At Yorktown Sesqui- | centennial. 11:45a—"“Character _ Education,” by Harry P. McKenna 12:00m—Don’ Bigelow’s Orchestra. | 12:30—Columbla Revue. | 1:00—Aster Orchestra. 0—Harry Tucker's Orchestra. | 2:00—Ann Leaf at the organ. | | WOL 2289 Meters. ‘ 1,310 Kilocycles. 10:00a—Light Opera Gems. | 10:30a—Symphony orchestra. | 11:00a—Services of the New York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church. | 12:25—Birthdays. | 12:30—In Funnyland With Uncle Jerry. 00—Sign off. 4:30—National Hawaiians. 4:45—Jimmy Harbison, pianist. 5:00 to 6:00—Washington Catholic Radio Hour. Early Program Tomorrow. | 11:00a- | 11:15a—With the Composers | 12:00m—Luncheon music. 12:30 to 1:00—Dance musie. |SERVICES TO PUBLIC Self-regulation and the confidence i that, given time to work out their own problems, the broadcasters can con- tinue to improve the services they are endering the public will be the key- notes of the ninth annual Convention | of the National Association of Broad- casters. meeting in Detroit October 26. ! 27 and 28, according to an announce- ment by Philip G. Loucks, the associa- tion's managing director. | No groun of men recognize more keenly their own handicaps than the| broadcasters, said Mr. Loucks. But no group of men are more keenly aware of their public service obligations, he added. If some commercial announce- | ments are too long and if some are in bad taste, the broadcasters soon learn about it from their audiences and it them, he continued. ! Commercial practices will be one of | the chief topics of discussion at the| convention, which will be opened with | A remote-control speech by President Hoover that will also be broadcast over the N. B. C. and C. B. S. networks. | Other speakers on the prog: are | Maj. Gen. Charles McK. Saltzman, chairman of the Federal Radio Com- | mission; Senator-elect Wallace White, | jr., co-author of the radio act; John Benson, president of the American As- sociation of Advertising Agencies; Bond Geddes, _executive secretary of the' Radio Manufacturing Association, and | Levering Tyson, director of the Na- tional Advisory Council on Radio in tra—WJz, WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, | KDKA, WJR and WMC. 0:15—The Stag Party; Raymond Knight: Male Quartet and Brusilofl’'s Orchestra — WBAL, WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, KDKA, WJR and WLW. 11:00—Balkan Mountain Men—WJZ, WBAL, WHAM and WGR. 12:00—Henry Theis and his orchestra Z, WBZ, !?”R‘ KDKA, 32, AL 'and WRE! | 1817 ADAMS MILL RD. % INVESTORS SYNDICATE qu«gms Male Trio-String Quintet -Featured Guest Artists- WRC at 2:15 p.m. On Coast-to-Coast Network | National Broadcasting Company | 10:15a—Dr. Copeland’s Health Clinic. | 10:00a—Hints to Housewives, BROADCASTER’S TOPIC! is to their own advantage to correct W: l S HOLD OWN Increase in Other Types Seen by Critics as Due to Stations’ Efforts to Satisfy Public Demand for Variety. than formerly. In fact, he added, “I do not think either voice has the slightest advantage over the other. Each has its own indisputable place in broadcasting programs.’® Another radio authority, Jullus F. Seebach, director of program operations lox;n? B. 8., expresses an almost similar opinion: “It cannot be said that the general taste for any one category of vocalists is ascending, as compared to others which are descending. We have been taught that public taste does not re- strict itself to any one type of voice. “As for the crooner, the tenor or the baritone permanently outstripping the others in popular taste, it is but neces- sary to recall the numerous vocal fads that had their brief day in the radio sun. Temporarily one class of singers | will be a sensation and then find their popularity declining as rapidly. “Until the improbable day arrives when every listening ear will be soothed by the same voice, no singer need har- bor the slightest fear that his particu- lar type of performance is lost to radio.” the Radio Eastern Standard Time.) 8:00a—Melody hour. 9:00a—Children’s hour. 10:00a—Mexican Typica Orchestra. 10:30a—Trolka Bells. 11:00a—Dedication of the second net- work of N. B. C. Pacific Coast stations, 12:00m—Sparklets. 12:15—Echoes of the Orient. 12:30—Biblical drama. 1:00—Artists Service program. 1:30—"Sugar-Coating Our Taxes,” by Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord. 1:45—American Singers, with Willlam Wirges' Orchestra. 2:15—Sunday Bright Spots. 2:30—Moonshine and Honeysuckle. 3:00—Wayne King’s Orchestra. 3:30—Friendly Hour With Dr. Parkes Cadman. 4:30—Ruth Lyon, soprano, with Sym- phony Orchestra. 5:00—Gilbert & Sullivan Gems. 5:30—Twilight Hour. 6:00—Unemployment program featur- ing address by President Hoover, 7:00—Through the Opera Glass. 7:30—Club of the Air. 8:00—Rubinoff’s Orchestra, with Ed- die Cantor. 9:00—"Our Government,” Lawrence. 9:15—Rosa Ponselle, Opera_soprano. 10:15—Ted Weems' Orchestra. 10:45—Sunday at Seth Parker's. 11:15—Last Minute News. 11:17—Witherspoon Chorus, 11:30—Weather Forecast. 11:31—Jesse Crawford, organist. 12:00 to 1:00a—Palais d'Or Orchestra. Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45a—Tower Health Exercises, 8:00a—Gene and Glenn. 8:15a—Morning Devotions. 8:30a—Cheerio. 9:00a—Le Trio Charmante. 9:15a—Tom Waring's Troubadours. 9:45a—Food program. 10:00a—Mrs. Blake's Radio Column. by David Metropolitan ‘ 10:30a—Broadcast from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration featuring address by President Hoover. 11:45a—Jill and Judy. 12:00m—The Home Circle. 12:15—Black and Gold Orchestra. 12:30—National Parm and Home Hour. 1:00—Broadcast from Yorktown. 1:15—National Farm and Home Hour. 1:30—Pennsylvania Luncheon Music 2:00—Broadcast from Yorktown of historical pageart. 205.4 Meters. WYJSV 1.460 Kilocycles. . 10:30a—Salon music. 11:00a to 12:15—Services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church. 2:00-—Church of the Atlr. 3:00—Metropolitan Dance Orchestra. 4:00—Crescendo Male Chorus. 4:30—Gospel Twilight Hour, 5:00—Tango Troubadours. 5:30—Silver String Revelers. 6:00—Gospel Spreading Assoclation. 7:00—Shoreham Concert Orchestra. 7:55—Service at FPirst Church of | Christ Scientist. 9:00—Roland Wheeler, tenor. 9:15—Health talk. 9:30—Baptist Chapel Echoes. 10:00—Foxettes. 10:30—Evangelical Church of the Air. 11:00—Full Gospel Tabernacle Service. Early Program Tomorrow, 9:00a—Treasure Chest. 10:30a—Health Talke. 10:45a—Program by Women's Clubs. 11:15a—Sacred Hour. 11:45a—Gospel Choir, uncheon music, Federation of 1:00—Concert Trio. 1:30—Sunskine Hour. 2:00—Luncheon Concert. 2:30—Ballad Hour. 3:00—Organ Melodies. The Dial Log. Stations Heard in Washington Kcys. | Regularly. Kcys. Flashes from The Evening_Star, a resume ‘of world mews, is broad- cast daily by WMAL at 5:45 o'clock. Lady Announcer Marries. ‘Too many mash' riotés in the fan mail was the Teason given for the Italian redio authorities’ decision. later rescind- ed, to drop lady anncuncers, otherwise known as “speakerines.”” From Milar comes word that the lady announcer of the station there, Luizi Rizzi, has just married the station engineer, Jiulio Marconi, nephew of the famous inventer. Presents their regular afternoon program of music and song featuring The Cedar Hill Quartet, \ the Cedar Hill Ensemble and Durwi Bowersox, violinist. WMAL 1:30 Today KANSAN'S STATION IN MEXICO WORRY Air Authorities Try to Curb Brinkley, Deposed Medico- Broadcaster. BY MARTIN CODEL. Serious international complications that involve the radio administrations of the three largest nations of North America are developing from the fact that Dr. John R. Brinkley, deposed Kansas medico-broadcaster and candl- date last year for the governorship of Kansas, has made good his threat to build a powerful radio station in Mex- ico in order to reach his old American audience. American and Canadian government agents have been watching with keen interest the erection of the new 75,000,- watt station at Della Acuna, province of Coahulla, Mexico, just across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Tex. The sta- tion has been testing on 735 kilocycles with the call letters XER. With 75,000 watts, it is destined to be the most powerful station in the Western Hem- isphere, the next most powerful being the several 50,000-watters in this coun- try. hough 1t is admitted that the sta- tion has been built with Brinkley cap- ital, its erection has been authorized by the Mexican government and licensed to a Mexican corporation. This despite the fact that an official of the Mexican embassy was informed, when he made personal inquiries at the Fed- eral - Radio_Commission sofe months ago, that Dr. Brinkley's radio license had been revoked by the commission, Iater sustained by the courts, for carr} ing medical advice regarded as inimi- cal to public health and ‘contrary to public interest. Dr. Brinkley, defeated for Governor of Kansas by a narrow margin after using his former radio station, at Mil ford, Kans, as his campaign mouth- plece, later also had his physician’s license revoked by the Kansas State Board of Health, Station Studios in United States. First of the international complica- tions arises out of Brinkley's an- nounced intention to establish studios in various American citles and from them to pick up programs designed to please the American ear and attract an audlence, to which he will resume giv- ing medical advice. He has been quoted s stating that he has completed ar- rangements for the necessary wire hook-ups between the station and his oid home town of Milford. as well as Wichita, Oklahoma City, San Antonio and other Southwestern points. Since the American radio law desig- | nates the site of the studio as the locus of a station, it is probable that the( Radio Commission through the Depart- ment of Justice will prosecute an action against Brinkley if he uses such studios. | Thé commission now has this matter | under the advisement of its legal di- | vision. but its members in the mean- | time have been outspoken in their con- | viction that something should be done about the Mexican station There is a question, however, as to whether the American law can apply to a station in Mexico, if that country has no similar law and is unwilling to re ognize the American law. It is q tionable whether the Brinkley wire transmissions, though plainly interstate commerce, can be haited on this side of the border, and Brinkley will prob- ably go to the courts to maintain that they cannot. Causes Air Interference, The second complication arises out of the selection of a wave length for XER Operating with such high power on 735 kilocycles, the station would be only 5 kilocycles away from the American clear channel of 740 kilocycles and the Canadian clear channel of 730 kilo- cycles, on both of which are 5,000-watt stations owned by important ne a- pers. The normal separation between channels is 10 kilocycles, operation with | high power any closer being deemed by the techniclans a source of interference. The Americzn station is WSB of the Atlanta Journ:l and the Canadian sta- | tion is CKAC of the Montreal la Presse. The Montreal newspapér is understood to be considecably concerned and to have taken the matter up with Do- minion officials. The American station, being so much nearer to the location of XER, stands to suffer much more inter- ference. Dr. Brinkley is said to be planning to | resume his ‘“Medical Question Box" over the new station, giving advice to per- scns who describe their ailments to him by letter. According to his own testi- mony before the Radio Commission, he usually prescribed a medicine prepared by him and described to the ailing one by number. He had an arrangement with an assoclation of druggists in Mid- dle Western States, which he formed, whereby they distributed the medicine. It was this feature of his conduct of the station at Milford that evoked the chief criticism of the commission and the courts. At present Dr. Brinkley has a suit for $5,000,000 pending against the Kansas City Star, which conducted the campaign which ied to his removal from the air and the revocation of his license to practice medicine in Kansas Korff, war-time flying ace and a member of the famous Richthofen Squadron, has been killed t a crash at Hamburg, Germany. : TONIGHT WBAL, 6:45 P.M. EDWARD G. ROBINSON Famous Warner Bros. Star, Will Be Guest Artist on the Castelberg’s Radio Revue Sunday, at 5:45 P.M. ' OVER WMAL Assisted by Pgul Specht and His Dan®® Orchestra 7" Opera and Stage Stars Vie for Radio Honors THREE CELEBRATED ARTISTS IN OUTSTANDING NETWORK FEATURES. Folks Behind The Microphone ATHERINE FIELD, _youthful lyric soprano, is the latest BY THE RADIO EDITOR. addition to N. B. C.'s roster of singers. Miss Field is & product of the Middle West. She was born in Caldwell, Kans., and has lived most of her life in Texas and Oklahoma. Her home is now in Fort Worth, Tex. For the past four years Miss Pleld has been a student at the Juillard School in New York where she studied voice with Francis Rogers. going to New York she studied violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music under Andre de Ribaupierre. It was while in Cleveland that she discovered she had a | voice worth training. During a lesson one day under De Ribaupierre she played out of tune. Finally, her instructor told her to sing the melody. She did it so well De Ribauplerre advised her to drop violin for the devlopment of her voice. She then came to New York for advanced study. * x k% USS COLUMBO, N. B. C.s sotto- voiced baritone, found radio fame almost overnight as a singer of | popular tunes, but his personal musical interest is opera. lection of every recorded, including the early impres- slons of Caruso's voice. “I would rather hear the works of Igor Stravinsky than any others writ- ten,” he said. “I think it is the great- est ‘music in the world.” Columbo, still youthful, has been singing only six years. His early train- ing_was devoted to the violin and the study of composition. His initial ambi- tion was to be a great compoeer. ‘Then he entersd the popular field as an Prior to| He has a private col- | operatic work _ever | | Nan Dorland (left), dramatic_ star, | engaged for the leading role in “Keep- ing Up With Daughter,” a new N. B C. production. Rosa Ponselle (center), | Metropolitan Opera soprano, who is to | be heard tonight in the Kent hour over | WRC. Bernadine Flynn (right), an- | other N. B. C. dramatic star, who is playing in “Rin-Tin-Tin,” “Miniature Theater” and “Empire Builders.” 'on:hu'.rl leader and discovered his | yolce potentialities under Pacific Coast teachers, TEXAS SETS NUMEROUS | e Census Counts 257,886 Families in That State Supplied. Among the 255 counties of the State tof Texas, the Census Bureau enumer- ators counted 257,686 families that had radios when the census of population was taken April 1, 1930. With the is- suance of the Texas figures this week the Census Bureau has completed com- piling the radio census for all the States with the exception of New York | New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Illinois These figures are expected to be made available shortly. ‘Though the percentage of radio- owning families in Texas runs low in comparison with the Northern, Middle Western and Western States thus far reported, being 18.6 per cent. its total places it among the first 10 States for which the census figures have been completed. ‘ New Superstation in Europe. | Another superpower broadcasting station has been projected in Europe the German Broadcasting. now build- 1r1m 2 150,000-watt transmitter for Leip- 2ig. AD CLUB TO HEAR SOBY | Wil Learn How to Take Guess- work From Radio Advertising. Benjamin Soby of Pittsburgh, direc- tor of sales promotion of Westinghouse radio stations, will tell the Washington Advertising Club at its luncheon meet- ing Tuesday now to take guesswork out of radio advertising. The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Na- tional Press Club at 12:30 o'clock | A method whereby it is possible to determine the number of persons in a radio audience was recently discovered by Mr. Soby, who is using it at station | KDKA. S gl N. B. C. Stations Total 82. With the addition on October 10 of WWNC, Ashville, S. C.,, and WIS, Co- lumbia, §. C,, the N. B. C. brought the total number of its affiliated stations to 82. The C. B. S, with which both Carolina stations previously were affili- ated, has 84 outlets and calls itself “the world's largest network.” 24-Hour Broadcasting Schedule. Among other plans for New York's giant Radio City project is one con- templating a chain brcadcasting sched- ule of 24 hours a day. When the Na- tional Broadcesting Co. moves into Radio City in the Spring of 1933, it proposes staying on the air day and night, carrying interchanges of pro- grams with other ccuntries during the carly morning hours, according to Frank A. Arnold, N. B. C.’s director of develop- ment. Authorized Service Link Belt Chains & Norma Bearings MILLER-DUDLEY CO. 1716 14th St. N\W. North 1583-4 BROADCAST DEALS SEEN SIGNIFICANT Large-Scale Operations in Station Market Continue as “Chess Game.” BY ROBERT MACK. Large-scale operations in the broad casting station “market” are taking place these days, portending significant changes in the broadcasting structure. In this master game of chess, with the stations as the pawns, the two net= works, Columbia Broadcasting System |and National Broadcasting Co., are making the primary moves to strength= | on their respective positions for Nation- | wide distribution of their programs. In- | vasion of the “local” broadcasting fleld by Willam Randolph Hearst also is viewed as an important development. Chicago Situation Better. Chicago's radio situation, admittedly one of the most muddled in the coun- try because of the preponderance of ations in the same locality, is about to regain normal balance with respect | to chain operations anyway, after hav- ing been thrown into an upheaval two | Weeks ago. As an aftermath of the | transaction that switched Station | WMAQ from Columbia to N. B. C. Station WGN, another clear channei outlet, is aligning with Columbia and is leaving the other network. Both changes are effective November 1. WMAQ, operated by the Chicago Daily News. for a long time has been the Columbia anchor station in Chi- cago. National Broadcastigg Co. pur- chased one-half interest in it and takes over its management. The station is of 5,000 watts. WGN is owned by the Chicago Tribune, and is one of the | ploneer N. B. C. outlets, using 25,000 watts power. Under the new arrange- ment the station will continue to be operated by tbe Tribune, with a sub- stantial portion of evening time allotted | to Columbia programs on long-term | contract. | WGBS Deal Significant. Purchase of Statlon WGBS, N York City, by the American Radio News Corporation, Hearst subsidiary, is an- other late development likely to have a far-reaching effect on the future radio structure. Of 500 watts, the station will be the first newspaper-owned out- let in the New York metropolitan area. |1t is understood that the Hearst or- ganization is negotiating for Station WCAE. Pittsburgh. Predictions are rife in Radio circles that Columbia shortly will acquire a sizable station in the Middle West, and another in a large Ohio city. On Oc- tober 10, two North Carolina stations, WWNC. Asheville. and WIS, Columbia, joined the N. B. C. network and severed affiliations for program service with Columbia. 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