Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1931, Page 47

JFRIDAY, DEC EMBER 4, 1931, AWAIT CONGRESS VIEWS ON RADIO Broadcasters Are Wondering What Action Will Be Taken in Regard to Advertising. BY ROBERT MACK. 1 the new congressic only a short ti we throughout the Each succee & greats int s in radio, and the broadcasters are | not unmindful of compl excessive commer they predicted ion of a na that would not t the broad- t industry advertising,” al able that such le dliced. There is oratory about considerable memb broadc Als ng s who believe their con: ers have not received fai Radio Co s to be Inf i from the last session re of broadcasters sowerful offens the Pess radio edu- would set aside accredited educational itutions 15 | per cent of the available broadcasting facilitles, or 131, of the 90 exclusive wave lengths. Senator Fess, Republican, Ohio, declares he will reintroduce the measure in its original form, and he predicts it will be the basis of hearings before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, charged with the origination of radio legislation. Broadcasters, through the National Association of Broadcasters, already have laid their plans of combat Claim Sheet Sales Ruined. ‘The second measure is the Vestal ght bill, which, among other provides for the automatic copy- of musical and other compositions. measure, broadcasters contend, would stifle the use of music on the air if enacted in its original form, and would mean the paying of tribute to the owners of the compositions to a degree wholly outside the bounds of good busi- ness. The composers, publishers and authors, on other hand, say that broadcasting ugs” good numbers to death and has ruined sheet-music sales Another bill to be introduced, and ke to pass during the early days of the session without serious objection, is the McNary bill to bar lotteries from the air Senator Couzens, Republican, Michi- gan, will reintroduce his bill for a Fed- eral Commission on Communications, which would take over all the functions of the Radio Commission as well as the radio and communications activities of the Department of Commerce, Interstate Commerce Commission and State De- partment, The bill, however, has little chance tp pass at the current session. (Copyright, 1931.) CHICAGO TO RECEIVE RADIO TRADE SHOW| E— | Will Be Host Next May to Largest Industrial Gathering of United States. and from | | Chicago next May will again be host | to the largest Industrial gathering of the | United States, the Seventh Annual Con- vention and Trade Show of the Radio Manufacturers’ Association, which at- tracted over 22,000 persons last June. According to announcement by B. G. Erskine of Emporium, Pa., chairman of the Show Committee of the Radio Man- ufacturers’ Assoc the big annuai radio conclave at Chicago will be held during the week of 23, 1932, with headquarters at Chicago hotels to be se- lected later, subject to approval expected later by the R. M. A. board of directors. Show Committee met at 3 and decided nd the week ustry events. tsturgh, Det and Toronto- e 1932 Several other cities—Pit St. Louis, Atla also presented invi Allied radio or the Institute Radio Wholesa National Fed: tions, are expe: the Radio Manufacturers jons, including io Engineers, the sociation and the io_Associa- | perate with | ciation in and manufacturer exhibit current merc mitted to show other electrical pr isior p- ment also are in prospect for the May, 1932, trade gat) COLUMBO WILL DIRECT ORCHESTRA AT WALDORF Wi Empire Room Brc Romeo of Song Make deast First on December 14 lumbo, known as the has been er his own’orchestra in t of the Hotel Waldor! umbo's v familiar to listeners, will at the Waido ber 14. The si tra, play the ceremonies at su Col dort will not { broadcasting s “Romeo ed to direct | empire room be per six nig: affli master of s a week e Wal- nightly ule “MESSIAH” ON NETWORK —_— | “The | the er | 1asterpigee, st from a 35-place | Tabernacle | Albert J. | Will Broadcast Plans for Olymplc COLUMBIA SYSTEM BOOK HE Gay Sisters, newest addition t drawn from the vaudeville signe the network. I New Sister Team to Broadcast circult up chiefly for television work, the sisters also will THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. S POPULAR VOCAL TEAM. o Columbia's network by a tempting cq ;‘/{MOUS FOLK FEAR MICROPHONE IN THEIR BROADCASTING DEBUTS | Chevalier Saved by Yelling *“Gensberg—Novarro, Al Smith and Dempse Fame and fear go hand in hand be- fore the microphone, according to Na- | tional Broadcasting Co. production men and engineers who have introduced | most of the Nation's celebrities to radio. | The greater they are the greater fear they show at their broadcasting debut, s & general rule, although there are notable exceptions. Many politicians who have faced crowds fearlessly quiver when brought face to face with thal unresponsible black box. Movie stars, the idols of millions, seek flight when asked to en- tertain those same admirers over the alr, When Maurice Chevalier rehearsed for his first broadcast upon returning from Europe last Winter he frankly de- clared he “didn’t like that thing. It makes a person nervous.” [ John Wiggin, production man, won-| dered how to allay this fear. A mu-| siclan gave him the solution. The| horn blower said he had played at| recording studios when Chevalier was| making records. When the French| comedian did a good job all yelled | “Ginsberg " This rehearsal was in the great | N. B. C. Times Square Studio and Wig- gin was directing from up top in the control room, giving orders through an intercommunicating public address sys- tem, at the first oportunity Wiggin velled “Ginsberg.” As the yell boomed through the studio, Chevalier looked up with a great smile and shook his clasped hands in the manner of a vic- torious pugllist. He showed little nerv- ousness thereafter. No one, however, | explained the origin of the cry “Gins- berg.” Ramon Novarro, movie star, displayed | such perturbation that & chair was| placed before him for support. Billie| Burke, stage star, restrained her nerv- ousness while acting in a recent R. C. A-Victor dramatic program, but let loose as she spoke the concluding line, threw the script ceilingward and kicked one foot high as she gave vent to a yell of rellef. A watchful engineer cut the microphone in time to keep the shout off the a | ‘When Al Smith started his Nation-| wide campaign tour as presidential| nominee of the Democratic party, he| GLADYS RICE'S MOTHER WILL BE GUEST ARTIST | Sally Cohen, Who Was Broadway | Star Before Daughter Was Born, Will Go on Air. Sally Cohen, who was a Broadway | before her daughter, now @ radio | , was bor The mother of G and the feminine half of the old | theatrical team of Rice and Cohen, hasn't appeared before the public in 15 vears and bas never spoken into & microphone, but she will be guest of honor, with her daughter, on Nellie Revell's “Voice of Radio” program over &n N. B. C. network Wednesday. “Sure, you can come—if you bring your mother,” Miss Revell said when Miss Rice told her she was planning to “drop in” and sing a song for the pro- gram, which will be devoted largely to interesting facts about the young so- prano. So Sally Cohen will be present | to add what she knows about Gladys Rice and to discuss old times with Nellie Revell. DR. DEWéY ON AIR Games at Lake Placid. Plans and preparations Olympic Winter game: N.'Y., will be ar Dewey, Committee, over an N Wednesday, December 16 Dr. Dewey also will tell something about the foreign teams coming to the | United States to participate and de- scribe some of the leading athletes who will take part in the skating, skiing, hockey and other sports for the at Lake Placid, by Dr. Godfrey Winter Games | B. C. network Kipling Will Be Portx;nyed‘ Rudyard Kipling as his friends see him will be portrayed by Valentine | failed and proceeded to drag the table y Easily Perturbed. entertained great dislike for the micro- phone. When he stepped to the ros- trum for his first speech, he took one look at the microphone and then reached out to pick it off the table and place it to one side out of his way. Of course, his voice was not heard with full strength and effect over the air. Next day Norman Sweetser, N. B. C production man accompanying the party, nailed microphone to the table 'and smiled to himself. However, he felt differently that night when | Snith again stepped forward, at-| teNoted to 1ift the instrument aside, to one side. So on the third day Sweetser nailed the table to the floor and placed the seats of other speakers in such posi- tions that Smith was hemmed in. That night the Democratic leader made one attempt to rémove the inoffensive mik gave a gesture of despair, and went with his address. When Mme. PFrances Alda, former Metropolitan Opera Co. prima donna, made her radio debut she showed much temperament in singing, but little before or after the program, according to Sweetser. Not so Maria Jeritza, how ver, as she insisted that every one except the musieians leave the studio and that the lights be dimmed and the windows curtained Oscar Straus, when directing an or- chestra in this country for the first time, displayed no nervousness but di- vected with such enthusiasm that he broke his baton and had to continue using only his finger. Frieda Hempel, another opera star, refused to he impressed by the fear- inspiring object “So this is a microphone, marked and then proceeded 1o ignore it. Jack Dempsey never has been at ease before the microphone. Particularly did he “blow up” when attempting to describe a figh he radio audience. Gene Tunney refuses to be disturbed and broadcasts in a matter-of-fact way MAZDA lectric Light Y 8Colored Lights 8¢ 1932 TELEVISION DEMONSTRATION 5to6 P.M, 8to 11 Wardman Park Hotel SHOREHAM HOTEL LA FRANCE TELEVISION Co. Although | be heard over AND M. A. LEESE RADIO CO. Daily Except Sunday director of station | Willilams in the thirteenth of his im- | ists be | Bower will soprano; ralto; Harold John W. Sum- ten ard Kimball will be the organist N. E. A Head to Broadcast. “The Challeng gram under the auspice tional Education Associa broadcast over an N. 6:30 p.m. Sunday to Education,” a pro- of the Na jon, will b B. C. network at Miss Florence Hale, president of the N. E. A will speak | from Washington, and Dr. Willis Sut- ton, former president, will speak from Atlanta. Technique Unchanged. Sophie Brasiau, contralto who sings on the N. B. C. Artists’ Service program ¢ each Sunday, ceclares there is no dif- pressions of famous Britons, to be broadcast over an N. B. C. network at 6:30 pm. on Sunday. MAL Television Programs Promised In Very Near Future Actual television broadcasts from WMAL are promised soon. Announcement was made at the station today that television equipment it ordered several months ago is on fts way and should arrive within the next few days. Installation and testing of the Apparatus will require about 10 ays The television broadcasts will ference between concert and radio tech- nique in singing. “I interpret a song ctly the same on the stage and be- is tL microphone.” be conducted under a rtable licence. Call letters of the tele- vision station will be W: g Pone Dist. 4700 STAR RADIO CO. SERVICE DEPT. 409 11th St. N.W. TELENSONTEST STATIN PLANED N. B. C. Project on 150 Me- ters Is to Be Located on Empire State Building. NEW YORK, December 4—Some | time within the next two months New York hopes to have another experi- nental television station. But its ob- jective is to be somewhat different from those now on the air Although no date has been set for its pening, that being determined entirely fculties to be overcome in its cor st mentary to the present experi station of N. B. C. on 150 met it is to be located on t building, the Empire State Its prime purpose is to be the inves- tigation of television transmi waves shorter than has been attempted heretofore in a large city with all of its steel buildings. The license calls for experimental work on bands ranging from 3 to 7 meters, which engineers are now prob- | day may be the practical spot t locate all picture transmission. The answer as to whether they are right awaits in pturb the results of this | experimental station. *RE present it is nof intended to have a regular schedule of programs, due to the experimental nature of the set-up. This may be changed, however, if actual operating conditions are found to be | equivalent to some of the accomplish- ments of the laboratory. Like the wave length, the operating system is to be different. Instead of 60-line pictures, as with most of the picture stations now in existence, it is understood that various types of trans- | mission will be attempted. High Aerial. The idea of locating the antenna, to- gether with the transmitter and the experimental studio, on the highest building in the world is in keeping with the belief that the higher one places 'the aerial on ultra-short waves the | greater will be the coverage and the better will be the reception within the station’s area < The plan undoubtedly s to shoot the signals down upon the city rather than to spread them broadcast, as is the case with aerlals not so high. In constructing the station many new | problems must be solved before it goes | on the air. And the puzzlers that spring up in ing in the belief that this territopy some | “Revelation Week” In D. C. Radio Stores To Close Tomorrow Washington's “Radio Revelation Week” will close tomorrow, and indications are now that its pur- pose will have been fully achieved —attraction to the radio stores of thousands of persons who did not, know the advantage of the mod- ern 1931 receiving set. Dealers in all sections of the District have reported keen inter- est by the public in their demon- strations and exhibits. These individual exhibits have taken the place of a radio show and have provided dealers with an oppor- tunity to demonstrate thelr sets in accordance with their own ideas. | more numerous than they are in the | | higher wave lengths, even 30 meters | So far the quarters have been laid out and some of the more bulky ap- paratus put in. ;Chlna, have converted many acres of | barren land into productive rice fields by using almost primitive water-wheel the use of ultra-short waves are far methods of frrigation. 815 e 816 Select Your Philco Tomorrow at Radio Hea PH dquarters | Chicago | Farmers of Annam, French Indo- | FIVE JUDGES TO PICK BEST COMPOSITIONS N. B. C. Manuscript Contest Due| to End December 31 Has | Famous Arbiters. Judges to select the five best manu- scripts by American composers entered in the National Broadcasting Co.’s $10,- | 000 orchestral award were announced | | played by an N. B. C. symphony o | chestra. - } _On February 22, 1932, at the beghw- ning of the George Washington Bice tennial Celebration, the work select for the $5,000 first award will be plavet over nation-wide N. B. C. networks, ‘® The awards will be distributed as fol lows: First, $5,000; second, $2,5 third, $1,350; fourth, $750, and Aff $500—a total of $10,000 ‘Was Composer at 15. Walter Blaufuss, direcior of the Sun- birds, early morning broadcast over an N. B. C. network each Friday, was a pianist at 15 years of age and had two popular hits—“Coon Frolics” and “Chi- today by M. H. Aylesworth, president of the N. B.'C. The judges, all famous conductors, are Waiter Damrosch, N. B. C. musical counsel; Nicolai Sokoloff, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra; Frederick Stock, Symphony; Tullio Serafin, Metropolitan Opera, and Leopold Sto- | kowski, Philadelphia Symphony. | Deems Taylor, director of the award plan for N. B. 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