Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1932, Page 49

BARITONE T0 SING POPULAR MELODIES Chamber Music Concert Will Be Broadcast at 11:30 This Morning. ! | | | | famc the New v Orches- | tiar ci- Beethoven's to Weber New Series to Open. | task of “r the | n | am | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 17, 1932—PART FOUR. i ! ’ Network Programs Feature Famous Singeli and Radio Artists SUNDAY BLUE LAW TWO STARRED ON COLUMBIA AND OTHER ON NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO. CHAIN. " RGED FOR DO Amlie House Bill Drafied to Curb Commercialism on Sabbath. BY ROBERT MACK. UMBLINGS favoring a Sunday blue law for radio, ranging | from complete silencing of all stations to exclusion of pro- grams other than those in har- | | mony with the Sabbath, are recurring in officia] Washington The latest proposal is made by Rep- resentative Thomas R. Amlie, Repub- lican, Wisconsin, a newcomer in Con- gress, who has shown unusual interest | in broadcasting and opposes what he | views an undue commercialism. He has introduced a bill in the House pro- | viding that there be no commercial | announcements broadcast on Sunday except a simple mention of sponsor- ship of programs, with a minimum of | one hour to intervene between such | | announcements, Blames Broadcasters, “The listening public has a right to some voice in the type of program that |is hirled mto its homes,” Mr. Amife | | declared, “although the broadcasters proceed on the theo | are the recipie t to be Am mover | | | that the public | heir bounty and ke N. B. C. At right is Bess Jot MARSHALL (] blue'’ 1 ia dramatic progran; The Witching Hou power over broad members of Con- o feel the sentl- AIRWAYS RADI0O |HOME TOWN GREETS SONGBIRD | SYSTEMS COMPLETE AFTER TRIUMPHS ON BROADWAY ra | Aviation Has Exchanged Some of Kate Smith Has Busy Week Its Wave Lengths With Tele- vision and Police Services While Appearing at Keith's. Will Sing at Mount Alto and Walter Reed and May See President. tion has Kate Smit stage communica r transpor {of 90 s’ Banctu- usic. 'WOL | ar program | ir will provide the m will broadcast & popt al by the Stevens Sisters and the morning | p service of the New York Avenue Pres. rterian Church. Major Radio Features INTEFRYATIONAL BROADCASTS. m Wile and | su FAmendirg the Oonstitution,” by Finis J. Garyett, WRC, 1:00; “Consumers’ | New Importance” by Dr. 5 | Klein, WMAL, 7:00. | CLASSICAL WMAL, '9:00. VARIETY. Sisters hestra WOL, wi 1:30; | George h Kirbery, ogram, WISV, neysuckle WM WRC, | Club HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE. Da WBAL, WHAM, | A ng Master JZ. 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DI. 3106 83 Years’ Reliability ment of the | abuse of the quickly.” [ Brondcasters dispute certain statis- _| ties cited by Mr. Amlie in connection Radlo GYy to Have Its Own 878~ o il 1yll ‘as out of date ans o | | accurate. These disputed statements | relate to the n that in the total investmer $1,500.600,000, represented the : regarding the alr, relief would come ROXY TELLS OF TUNNELS tem of Subways Like Capitol. Samuel L. “Roxy” Rothafel, unofi- titled “Mayor of Radio City,” who | have direction over the theatrical Radio City develop- k, revealed duri recent talk.that plans are being con- sub- with the 1929 in radio was more of which 98 per value of recely- cial prises in sidered for a syst Claims Charges Raised. “The cost of k h s ir over y going probab fact seek on Sunday NEW SERIE.S ON WRC to Make Debut Night to be known as j make 1ts debut night over 1 be broadcast 1 It 1 The Old Timers fon tc o the m! (Copy , 1932) | antee of public service. | islators, have no money value, as | use facilities that are really owned Behind the Microphone 45 ORSE-TRADING?™ in|covering transfers of license withe | | out the detalls of the financial practice that has been| .o cuners’ were financlally re- growing lately and yield- | ¢5ongible and not aliens was sub- ers because the wave lengths are! S5y already loaded to the saturation cu%’;’:&;%r;,m?:éffigflom specity ederal officialdom. Anticipating com panied by a detailed sworn action by Congress, the Federal|giatament covering terms of the new rigid regulations designed to 4 e overn transfers of licenses in the hf‘gng?fi b:[i'nag‘l};g ‘;gnfir;’l;:f’; Undue in wave| ;¢ i lengths and licenses, through sales ;lslpgorr)nr?:‘e?dlf“l‘r‘g g : LD;O ;zr;(i of proportion to the tangible value | i, "t <commission’s jud t . ol SS gment, i of the properties, is assigned as|then can determine whether the Among other things, the commis- | 3ng amounts to an improper salc sion 1s demanding sworn state-| of a Goyernment francphisg siderations involved in any_pro-|mission’ hearings shows that it i Jected shifts in ownership. These neyt to imposslile to procure nev tions for assignments of licenses| ties and trade areas. Provision are made. of the radio law requiring ar that Congress was contemplating | together with the fact that it i legislation to prevent such radio| physically impossible to cram ad definite value was being placed the desirable merchandising area on the wave-length privileges in- | without causing interference, pre . Wave- | Few desirable stations are on th length licenses, according to leg-|market, but these that are bein such, simply being franchises to| e SLATION to rest broadossing Stalons, |t ranagctions Assurance thatithe ing handsome profits to the trad-| (;ntially all the information the oint, is being eyed askance bY|that a1l applications shall be ace Radio Commission has adopted | hronosed transfer and all other uture. trafficking definite valuation on the property of stations for sums entirely out jg placed on the item of good will the reason for the regulations.| transaction exceeds limitations ments detailing the financial con- | Eyperjence at hundreds of com must be submitted when applica- tion licenses in desirable locali Word reached the commission equitable distribution of facilities deals, when it was obvious that a| ditional stations into the ether i: trusted to stations on the guar-|yent the licensing of new station: | sold are bringing handsome price. rcl by the people. There is now pending before thr Ser the White omnibus bill fered by Senator Wallace Whi of Maine, which provides the shall be held o 1 for transfers of licenses and that the commission shall ascertain whether the sales| prices proposed are equitable The commission regulation is not as drastic as the proposed legis-| The bill, offered as an amend lation, since it does not require| ment to the radio act, provide public hearings. | “that on Sunday there shall t Commissioner Lafount belleves|no commercial announcement by sérutinizing such proposals be- | whether direct or indirect, broac f nd, the commission can|cast by any radio station, excer prevent the charging of exorbi-|that the name of the sponsor ¢ tant rates for radio station ad-|- vertisi When a station is sold reasonable based on ed, the investment will be s at he will not have to assess high advertising rates to give him a proper return on that invest- ment. 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