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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 1, 1933—PART FOUR. 4 Three Outstanding Singers Featured on the Radio mw MUR[IS WUN TAKE PART IN COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS OVER EXTENSIVE NETWORKS. SCHIPA IS SOLOIST | Behind the Microphone IN'WRC PROGRAM Metropolitan Opera Tenor Substitutes Tonight for Lily Pons. | | | ITO SCHIPA, leading tenor o(' the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany, will return to the micro- phone tonight as the guest solo- ist in the Electric Circle program ©over WRC and other N. B. C. stations. Substituting for Lily Pons, Who was scheduled to take part in this broad- cast, Schipa will sing several operatic arias and his own lyrics to Liszt's “Liebestraum.” Mme. Pons, a victim of was forced to cancel her it. Leopold Stokowski, celebrated direc- tor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, will conduct the Roxy Symphony Orchestra during the second of its series of mam- moth concerts from 12:15 to 1:30. The orchestra’s selections range from the prelude to “Die Meistersinger” to ex- cerpts from “Lohengrin.” Eddie Cantor will sing “When You Kissed Me,” as the feature of his pro- gram with Rubinoff and his orchestra from 8 to 9. The orchestra will contrib- ute “Let's Put Out the Light,” “Over the Week End” and “Here It Is Mon- & For his solos Rubinoff will pla “When Day Is Done” and “I Wouldn't Trade the Silver in My Mother's Hair for All the Gold in the World.” Philharmonic Concert. WRC's other major N. B. C. attrac- tions include a talk by Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady, chairman of the women's, division of welfare and relief mobiliza- tion, and the first of a new series of programs by Trade and Mark, other-| wise known as Billy Hillpot and| “Scrappy” Lambert. Bruno Walter, outstanding German orchestra conductor, will direct the New York Philharmonic’ Symphony Orches- tra during its weekly concert today over ‘WJSV and associated Columbia stations. Reger's variations on a theme by Bee- thoven will be played by the orchestra, in addition to several of the principal ‘works of Schubert and Tschaikowsky. Jack Knight, war-time instructor in merial acrobatics and gunnery, will be interviewed during the Parade of Melo- dies program. The musical background will be provided by Harry Sosnik's Or- chestra and Bill Miller, tenor. Thora Martens Will Sing. Song hits from “Sweet Adeline” and *Sweethearts” dominate the Memories in Melody program. The soloists will be Thora Martens, contralto, and Phil Porterfield, baritone. ! For the first time the Columbia. Church of the Air will go outside the United States for a broadcast. The afternoon period will originate in Tor- onto. In the morning Rev. Joseph R. Sizo00, pastor of the New York Avenus Presbyterian Church, will preach the sermon. Meyer Goldman’s Orchestra, Norman Frauenheim, pianist,-and Earl Carbauh, baritone, will contribute to the program ! of WMAL. There also will be charac- ter sketches by Marjorie Webster and a cconcert by the WMAL Salon Orchestra. Very Rev. Ignatius Smith, famous Dominican preacher, will begin a series of nine sermons during the Washington Catholic Radio Hour over WOL. His ic is “Christ and the Delusions of 1933." 'WOL also will broadcast the morning service of the Church of Epiphany and its regular musical features. iz Microphones Banned From Cortes. ones have been banned from the precincts of Spain’s Cortes, or Par- Jiament, which will allow no broadcast- ing from its “Capitol Hill."” Major Radio Features CLASSICAL. New York Philharmonic Orchestra, WJSV, 3:00; Maurel, WISV, 7:15. VARIETY. Capitol Theater Family, WRC, 11:15a; Vee Lawnhurst, WRC, 4:15; Rul noff's Orchestra, WRC, 8:00; Pa- rade of Melodies, WJSV, 9:30; Jack Benny and Ted Weems' Orchestra, WJSV, 10:00. DRAMA. and Honeysuckle, SPEECHES. Dr. Julius Klein, WJSV, 7:00; Lawrence, WRC, 10:15. Symphony Barbara Moonshine WRC, 2:30. David HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE. 10:30a—Fiddlers Three—WJZ, WBAL, WLW and WBZ. 11:00a—Morning musicale—WJz, WBZ, ‘WBAL, WLW' and WHAM. 12:00—Baby Rose Marie—WJZ, WBAL, WHAM and WLW. 1:30—Golden Revue, Harold Levy's Orchestra _and soloists—WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, KDKA and WHAM. 2:30—The Foamers; Charlie Agnew’s Orchestra—WJZ, WBAL, WHAM and WBZ. 3:00—"Our American Music”; Thomas Belyiso's Orchestra—WJZ, WBAL, WGAR, WRVA and WWNC. 3:30—Manhattan Merry Go Round; Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra and soloists — WJZ, WBAL, WLW, WMAQ and WJR. 5:00—National Vespers: Dr. Harry { tween 6,050 and 21,470 kilocycles (49.5 | and 13.97 meters) are used to meet the { peculiar diurnal, seasonal and other va- | riations of radio. | vided into five zones for the broadcasts, { each to have its own schedule of trans- | missions to be picked up either by lis- ILY PONS (left), Metropolitan Opera prima donna, who has been booked for a new radio series. Her scheduled broadcast tonight, however, had to be can- celled because she fell a victim to influenza. Her place will be taken by Tito Schipa, tenor. heard with George Olsen’s Orchestra over an N. B. C, network Saturday night. programs over WJSV and other C ‘olumbia stations. In the center Ethel Shutta, popular “blues” singer, who is Vivian Hart (right), soprano, who takes part in the Pive Star Theater ELABORATE BRITISH SET-UP COMPLETED Empire Relay Broadcasting Service Now Spreading on Daily Basis. BY MARTIN CODEL. RITAIN'S world-wide system of “voices across the seas,” an B empire broadcasting system ra- diating out of Daventry to fur- nish all-British radio programs to King George’s colonies and domin- ions, is now an accomplished fact. The New Year brought a final real- ization of what Sir John C. W. Reith, head of the government-owned British Broadcasting Corporation, five years ago envisioned as “a consummation de- voutly to be wished”—the broadcasting of programs from the mother country to all parts of the empire at hours when it is most convenient to listen. Now on Daily Basis, The empire service is undoubtedly the most elaborate and extensive sys- tem of short-wave relay broadcasting in the history of radio. Indorsed by the delegates to the 1930 empire con- ference in London, its object is to bind all British subjects closer to the home- land through the medium of radio. ‘Whether it accomplishes that aim de- pends upon the interest it provokes among British listeners the world over, which in turn depends upon the pro- gram quality and technical merit of the system. Six years aborning, the system was inaugurated without great fanfare De- cember 19. But on Christmas day, King George himself spoke over it for all his subjects, and indeed for all the world, to hear. The time variance be- tween Greenwich meridian and the rest | of the world was met by the simple ex- | pedient of recording the King’s speech on the Blattnerphone and then repeate ing it for the particular time zones of destination. Today the service is on a daily basis, offering a wide variety of programs of peculiarly British culture and news in- terest. What is described as its “main- spring” is the elaborate system of news dispatches it features, a news service | officially said to be “aimed to satisfy the most fastidious with spot news| while it is happening of national and | empire importance.” | Setup Easy to Understand. The technical setup, while extremely elaborate and highly complex, is never- theless simple to comprehend. Around | Daventry, where the most important | broadcasting station in England has | long been operating, B. B. C. engineers | have erected two 20,000-watt short- wave transmitters to radiate the em- | pire programs through 11 directional | and six omnidirectional antennas. | Built around a hilltop site, the station | gives the appearance of a giant pin- | cushion. | Eight different wave lengths be- The empire is di-| teners having their own short-wave re- | ceiving sets or by colonial broadcasting Emerson Fosdick—WJZ, WBAL, WLW and WSM | 6:00—Paul Whiteman's Rhythmic | Concert—WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, KDKA, WLW and WHAM. 7:00—Eva Jessye Choir—WJZ, WBAL, WGAR and WREN. %:30—"Great Moments in History”; | dramatic sketch—WJZ, WBAL, KDKA and WLW, 8:00—Russian Gaieties, Balalaka Or- chestra—WJZ, WBAL, KDKA,| WLW, WJR and WHAM. | 9:00—Melodies, Mixed Quartet, Ralph | Kirbery and Orchestra — WJZ, | R, | wJ KDKA and KYW. 9:30—Walter Winchell—WJZ, WBZ, | WBAL, KDKA and WHAM. 10:30—“Crange Lantern”: mystery | drama—WJZ, WBAL, WHAM, WGAR, WLW and KOIL. WBZ, WBZA. WHAM, star — WJZ, WBAL, WMAQ, 'thelr r(‘gEljr local wave lengths. EBROADCAST OF SACRED | CONCERTS IS CONCLUDED | WRC | made up chiefly of selections requested #1:00—Aileen Stanley, stage and screen | PY individuals and church organiza- KDKA and WHAM { 31:30—Jesse Crawford, organist, Prances Langford. WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, KDKA and and contralto— | WHAM. i 2:00—William Stoess and his Flying | Dutchmen— KOIL and WSB, BT Stations Heard in Washington Regularly. ._560 ) nounced today. ++.1040 | cisco police apparently are the first to .1020 | install. o A Star, JZ, WGAR, WLW, | stations for relay to their listeners on Brass Quintet Has Been Giving Sunday Programs Over WRC Since Early in Summer. | The National Brass Quintet has con- | cluded its series of sacred concerts over Every Sunday afternoon since early in the Summer, the quintet broadcast a sacred concert, its programs being | tions. The quintet is composed of Cecil Mc- Lendon, T. H. Barker, Calvin Rodgers, | Joseph Virga and William P. Blake. | Mrs. D, Bradley is the accompanist.| During the period of its broadcasts many letters of appreciation were re- | ceived from the radio audience. COOK SIGNS CONTRACT “One-Man Army of Voices” Re- turns to Broadecasting. Phil Cook, versatile “one man army of voices,” has signed a new long-term agreement to appear under the exclu- sive management of the National Broadcasting Co's. Artists Service, | George Engles, managing director, an- | The contract, effective immediately, | places Cook under the management of | N. B. C. Artists Service for a period of two years. Newest wrinkle in police radio is the | motor cycle radio set, which San Fran- They are midgets not much | larger than a medium box camera, at- tached to the cycle's luggage carrier, Today on All programs scheduled for Eastern the Radio Standard Time and are subject to change without notice. 205.4 Meters. WJSV 1,460 Kilocycles, 8:00a—Michaux's Radio Revival 9:00a—Columbia Junior Bugle. 10:00a—Columbia Church of the Air. 10:30a—The Compinsky Trio. 11:00a—Rhoda Arnold and Charles Carlile. 11:30a—The Melody Makers. 12:00m—Salt Lake City Tabernacle Choir and Organ. 12:30—Reis and Dunn. 1:00—Cathedral Hour. 1:30—Columbia Church of the Air. 2:00—Smiling Ed McConnell. 2:15—Elder Michaux and Chorus. 2:45—The Hoosier Editor. 3:00—New York Philharmonic Sym- phony Orchestra. 5:00—Roses and Drums. 5:30—Ballad Hour. 6:00—"Current Events,” Kaltenborn. 6:15—Little Jack Little. 6:30—The Gauchos. 7:00—"“The World's Business,” by Dr. Julius Klein. 7:15—Barbara Maurel, contralto. 7:30—Memories in Melody. 7:45—"“Your Child,” by Angelo Patri. 8:00—Mary Eastman, soprano, and Evan Evans, baritone. 8:30—Roxy Theater Ensemble. 9:00—Bath Club Revue. 9:30—Parade of Melodies. 10:00—Jack Benny, comedian, and Ted Weems’ Orchestra. 10:30—Ernest Hutcheson, pianist 11:00—Isham Jones’ Orchestra. 11:30—The Globe Trotter. 11:45—Eddie Duchin’s Orchestra. 12:00—Ben Pollack’s Orchestra. 12:30a—Bernie Cummins’ Orchestra. 12:45 to 1:00a—Hal Kemp's Orchestra, Early Program Tomorrow. 7:00a—Elder Michaux and Chorus. 8:0va—Salon Musicale. 8:30a—Rhythm Kings. 9:00a—Little Jack Little. 9:15a—Columbia Miniatures. 9:30a—Tony Wons. 9:45a—Reis and Dunn. 10:00a—Artells Dickson. 10:15a—Melody Parade. 10:30a—The Merrymakers. 10:45a—Vocal Art Trio. 11:00a—Morning Moods. 11:30a—Academy of Medicine program. 11:45a—New York State Gubernatorial Inauguration. 1:00—George Hall's Orchestra. 1:30—Atlantic City Musicale. 2:00—Ann Leaf at the organ. 2:15—Sylvia Sapira. 2:30—American School of the Air, 3:00—Music of All Lands. 4:00—Frank Westphal's Orchestra. 4:30—Columbia Salon Orchestra. 5:00—Columbia Miniatures. 5:15—"Today and Yesterday.” 5:30—Skippy. 475.9 Meters. WMAL 630 Kilocycles. 9:00a—High Spots. 9:15a—Red Nichols' Orchestra 9:30a—The Christensen Players. 9:45a—Readings by Dee Shannon. | 10:00a—"Starting the Week Right,” by Rev. Prederick B. Harris. :15a—The Leef Brothers. 10:30a—Watch Tower Service. 10:45a—Studio Program. 11:00a—Services of National City Chris- | tian Church 12:00m—Colonial Club Orchestra. 12:15—Band Box Review. 12:30—Tom Gerun's Orchestra. 12:45—Guy Lombardo’s Orchestra. 1:00—National Dance Marathon. 1:15—Salon Orchestra. 1:45—Chilcren's Program. 2:30—Choral Hour, with the Choir of Sixth Presbyterian Church. 3:00—"Kitty Clive,” drama. 3:30—Old Hymn Book Hour. 4:00—Tea Ensemble. 4:30—Studio Program 4:45—Mary R. Williams, soprano. 5:00—National Dance Marathon. 5 ~Harmonious Quartet. 5:30—Pete Macias’ Orchestra. 6:00—Robert Ruckman, organist. 6:30—Earl Carbauh, baritone. 6:45—Heart Songs by Dick Tabor and Kathleen Gallahorn. 7:00—Meyer Goldman's Orchestra. 7:30—Norman Fraunheim, pianist. 8:00—Character sketches by Marjorie ‘Webster. 8:15—Evening Serenaders. 8:45—Monty, Mike and Skip. 9:00—WMAL Salon Orchestra. 9:30—Robert Ruckman, organist. 10:00—News Flashes. 10:15—Dance Marathon. 10:30—Boernstein’s Orchestra. 11:00—Meyer Davis' Orchestra. 11:30—Theater Program. 12:00—Weather Report. Early Program Tomorrow. 8:00a—Smart Set. 8:15a—Morning Devotions. 8:30a—Organ Recital. 9:00a—Broadway Echoes. 9:15a—Ben Bernie's Orchestra. 9:30a- llen H. Wheatley, pianist. 9:45a—Jesse Stafford’s Orchestra. 10:00a—Colonial Club Orchestra. 10:15a—National Troubadours. 10:30a—Tom Cline’s Orchestra. 10:45a—Home Chats by Alice Stewart. 11:00a—Elsie J. Rellly, soprano. 11:15a—Guy Lombardo’s Orchestra. 11:30a—Phil O'Brien and Jimmy Sant- meyer. ‘ 11:45a—Anglo-Persians. 12:00m—Robert Ruckman, organist. 12:30—Boernstein’s Orchestra. 1:00—National Dance Marathon. 1:15—Norman Goldman’s Orchestra. by H. V. 1:45—Monologues by Mary Ruff. 2:00—Afternoon Prolickers. 2:30—Studio Feature. with a tiny loud speaker der the 315.6 Meters. WRC 950 Kilocycles. 8:00a—Melody Hour. 9:00a—Children’s Hour. 10:00a—Musical Art Quartet. 10:30a—Impressions of Italy. 11:00a—Radio_Rubes. 11:15a—Maj. Bowes' Capitol “Family.” 12:15—Roxy Mammoth Symphony. 1:30—"Pop” Concert. 1:45—Five-Minute Program. 1:50—Musical Interlude. 2:00—By the Fireside. 2:15—National Jubilee Singers. 2:30—Moonshiine and Honeysuckle. 3:00—Wayne King's Orchestra. 3:30—Hour of Worship. 4:00—Jane Froman. 4:15—Vee Lawnhurst, pianist. 4:30—Eunice’s Peanut Party. 4:45—The Revelers With Orchestra. 5:00—"Today’s News,” by Lowell Thomas. 5:15—Talk by Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady. 5:30—Russian Symphonic Choir. 6:00—National Catholic Hour. 6:30—Rex Chandler’s Orchestra. 7:00—Weather forecast. 7:01—“Air-o-Torials,” by Alan Kauf- man. 7:15—Comedy Sketch, with Raymond Knight. 7:30—Concert Ensemble. 7:45—Trade and Mark. 8:00—Rubinoff and his orchestra. 9:00—Sunday Circle Concert. 9:30—Album of Familiar Music. 10:00—Ohman and Arden, piano_duo. 10:15—“Current Government,” by David Lawrence. 10:30—Last-Minute News. 10:32—Romances. 10:45—Sunday at Seth Parker’s. 11:15—Sam Herman, Xylophonist. 11:30 tx;s 12:00—Jesse Crawford, Organ- t. Early Program Tomerrow. 7:30a—Rise and Shine. 8:00a—Organ Rhapsody. 8:15a—Morning Varieties. 8:30a—Salon Orchestra. 9:30a—Flying Pingers. 10:00a—Meditation. 10:15a—Breen and De Rose. 10:30a—"“The Nagsby’s Reform.” 10:45a—Johnny Marvin, tenor. 11:00a—Melody Three. 11:15a—Radio Household Institute. 11:30a—Sonata Recital. 12:00m—Five-Minute Program. 12:05—New Yorker Orchestra. 12:30—Correct Time, 12:31—Special Program. 1:30—Rose Bowl Parade. 2:00—All Nations' New Year. 3:00—"Pardon My Resolutions.” 3:20—Welch Choir. 4:00—United States Marine Band. 4:15—Aunt Sue and Polly. 4:30—Happy Laundrymen. 4:45—Fast and West Foot Ball Game. 228.9 Meters. WOL 7356 Kitoeyetes. 9:55a—Police Bulletins. 10:00a—Light Concert Gems. *9:30a—Old-Fashioned Gospel Taber- nacle, 10:452—Organ Reveries. 11:00a—Services of the Church of the Epiphany. 12:15—Concert Waltzes. 12:29—Birthdays. 12:30—Viennese Waltzes. 1:00—Voice of Lawrence Tibbett. 1:15—"Stamp Romances,” by Albert F. Kunze. 1:30—Rodney Hart's Vikings. 2:00—Operatic Arias. 2:30—Bonanno Brothers. 3:00—Sonata. 3:30—Artists’ Musicale. 4:00—Sermon by Father Coughlin from the Shrine of the Little | Flower. 5:00 to 6:00—Washington Catholic Badio Hour. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:00a—Musical Clock. 8:00a—Birthdays. 8:05a—Musical Clock. 9:55a—Police Bulletins 10:00a—Men's Request Program. 11:30a—Songs We Love. 11:45a—Tango Argentina. 11:59a—Weather Report. 12:00m—Luncheon Concert. 12:30 to 1:00—Tunes of the Times. 3:00—Variety Hour. 3:55—The Book Man. 4:00—Children’s Program. 5:00—Something for Every One. —_— Egypt Ends Private Broadcasting. Egypt's several private broadcasting stations must shortly cease operation, under a decree of the government lim- iting the fleld to a governmental mo- nopoly. A mew 20,000-watt station near Cairo, belng built by the Marconi Co. at a cost of about $70,000, will hereafter furnish program service. — — Eddie Leonard to Broadcast. Eddie Leonard, minstrel man of the stage, has agreed to appear on N.B.C.a half hour a week in a program that will include Percy Hemus, Al and Pete, Gracie Deagan, the Rollickers Qulfl‘fl e |and Phil Spitalny's Orchestra. starts January 7. Authorized Agent A. C. & Northeast Speedometer Repairs MILLER-DUDLEY CO. 1716 14th St. N.W. NOrth 1583-4 RADIO MEASURE TOBALK CRIMINALS House Given Bill Designed to Keep Them From Pick- ing Up Police Signals. At the request of police officials, irked because criminals are using short-wave radios to follow the activities of police squad cars as broadcast over police radio stations, Representative Ludlow, Democrat, of Indiana, has introduced & bill in the Mouse making it illegal to employ radio to pick up police signals to evade the law. Mr. Ludlow also an- nounced he is preparing a supplemen- tary bill to prohibit any one from equip- ping his car with short-wave radio without special authorization, presum- ably to be given by local authorities. Radio’s lack of secrecy, and especial- ly the inability of the police to devise an effective speech-code in broadcast- ing instructions to squad cars, has led to the situation that has impelled po- lice officials to ask the aid of Congress. The Ludlow bill would subject violators to a fine of $5,000 or five years im- prisonment. In urging his bill, the In- diana Representative pointed out that by using radio-equipped cars criminals are aided in escaping from the scenes of crimes by knowing precisely when the police have been notified to get under way. The legislation is expected to be sup- ported strongly, although it is virtually an imj ibility for police or any other officials to locate fixed short-wave re- ceiving stations. Since the public’s fa- vor in the matter of auto radios is al- most _exclusively centered on longer wave broadcast receivers, there is little opposition from that source. The ef- fect of the law will simply be to make more severe the punishment of crimi- nals caught using radios at fixed loca- tions or on their cars. FICTION WRITER SIGNED Octavius Roy Cohen Will Take Hand fn Radio Composition. NEW YORK, December 31 (#).—Oc- tavius Roy Cohen of Birmingham, Ala., is the latest of the fiction writers to take a hand at radio composition. He has signed to do a 54-episode se- rial which injects negro humor into a murder mystery. The series is to be called “The Townsend Mystery.” It ;gtllnbecput on three nights a week via SHANGHAI TAKES TO RADIO Buys $150,000 Worth of Bets Fyom | U. 8. in Three Months. For some unaccountable reason, there has been a growing demand for radios in Shanghai ever since the Sino-Japa- nese incident of a few months ago. Re- porting on the radio export trade, the Department of Commerce states that the United States, whose radios are most popular with Shanghai residents, exported $150,000 worth of radio sets during the three months ending with September, with a marked rise in the market reported for the later months. Part of the boom is attributed to the radio exhibition at the Astor House late in October, where eight of the nine ex- hibitors were Americans. There are seven broadcasting stations in China, the largest being operated by Ameri- can and British interests. Fully half of the programs are in English, the re- mainder being in French or Chinese. g‘h‘ere are about 5,000 radios in Shang- ai. Judging Experiments Conducted. Conducted by several noted psycholo- gists, the Danish broadcasting system is prisenting a series of experiments over the radio in which listeners are asked to judge the personality, char- acter and personal qualities of the speakers by their voices. —e Radio Letter Writers Increase. Indicating radio fans are still letter writers, Columbia Broadcasting System reports more than 3,000,000 letters re- ceived by its sponsors and stars at New York headquarters alone during 1932, an increase of 50 per cent over 1. Program From Puerto Rico. Station WKAQ, at San Juan, Puerto Rico, will broadcast a special program for the United States from 1 to 5 am., Eastern standard time, on January 8. This station transmits on the 1,240 kilocycle wave band. J. Agusty is its manager. Call HOTEL CONTINENTAL for Banquets—Bridge Parties Meeting: heons Our Attractive Ball Room N BROADCASTING Other Branches of Radio In- dustry Feel Effects of Depression. I : industry suffered a dishearten- ing year, along with the mer- cantile world generally. Even the business of brodcasting, which heretofore knew no depression, fell the effects of curtailed budgets of rogram sponsors during the Summer, ut the Fall and Winter brought an | influx of new programs and talent that more than made up for it. Commercial program technique, in- volving the agitated question of how to handle the advertising message in spon- sored programs, remains a big problem, with opponents of commercial broad- casting heaping criticism upon stations. To meet this and other attacks upon the industry, the broadcasters girded them- selves for action during the year through strengthening of their indus- BY ROBERT MACK. ADIO broadcasting won new ac- claim for program excellence in | 1932, but other branches of the | trial organization. They promise to hire | b an overlord to guide the destinies of the industry. Programs Shortened. m{l'e;ldlngh;mene:n reaction, there were e changes types of pre ms during the year. The trend (:gor:lrd shorter programs, which began in 1931, became a reality. More of the spoken word, as distinguished from musical programs, was offered. Drama and detective stories became popular, as the crooner began to wane in favor. The comedian of the stage scored and there is hardly a star of the opera, concert or dramatic stage who has not done his turn before the microphone. Only Kreisler, the violinist, and Paderewski and Rachmaninoff, pianists, have thus far withstood the spell of the micro- phone. Even their appearances are promised during 1933 by the ether impresarios. The affinity of radio to the stage was strikingly reflected in the opening toward the end of the year of Radio City, in the heart of New York’s down- town area. Embraced in this remarka- ble entertainment center are the Met- ropolitan Operna, theaters, concert halls, broadcasting studios, and even tele- vision studios. National Broadcasting Co. moves its entire program plant into the center. Radio outlets, such as microphone and television connections, have been lled in every one of the maze of concert halls and theaters. ‘The manufacturing industry strug- gled through a depressing year with little in the way of new developments given the public. While the volume of set sales continued good, manufac- turers report that price levels perforce were reduced to the point where there was little profit-making. Engineers re- doubled their efforts in producing sets of greater tonal fidelity, forgetting “revolutionary” developments of former ym which resulted in large turnovers o 5 Trust Decision Helps. Expected to have a salutary effect on the manufacturing business is the re- cent dissolution of the group owner- ship of the Radio Corporation of Amer- ica, which places that giant of the radio realm on its own by separati it from the General Electric Co. an ‘Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. This development, brought about through a consent decree which ended the Government anti-trust suit against these and other companies, according to industry leaders, should clear the atmosphere of radio patent strife and pave the way for healthy growth. Vying for listener favor, the two major networks—National Broadcasting Co. and Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem—continued closely competitive dur- ing the year. An effort to match pro- grams on the two chains for practically every hour of the day to win over the bulk of the audience was detected. Both networks added to their station total during the year, in outright ownership of outlets and in numbers of *“sub- scribing” stations, which take chain programs much in the fashion that newspapers purchase press association news. Television, the thought of which a few years ago quickened the public's imagination, still remains a subject of the laboratory. Destined to be radio’s next big contribution to mankind, the progress of the visual art has been disappointing. While advances were made in technique, and some of the mist which blurred the experimental images has been lifted, practical in- troducton of television on a basis com- parable with broadcasting seems as far away as ever. Television today, accord- ing to unbiased engineers, is compara- ble with the crystal set and cats-whis- ker days of broadcasting in 1924. 35 Stations Licensed. There are about 35 experimental tel- evision stations licensed by the Federal | Radio Commission to conduct commercial experiments on the air in the hope of hastening the arrival of practical picture transmission. One of the retarding factors has been lack ufi avallable space in the radio spectrum to accommodate transmission of pic- tures in the necessary detail. Use of the ultra-high frequencies in the range beyond 40,000 kilocycles, which only months ago was regarded as radio’s “no man's land,” however, gives prom- ise ultimately of accommodating tele- vision. Engineers are constantly pur- suing their studies, hoping to harness these frequencies which are so high that they simulate light waves. In other flelds of radio science there was the notable progress that has char- acterized this youngster .of industries since its advent, with most of it cen- tering in the United States. The globe- girdling radio telephone and telegraph services were augmented so that more than 90 per cent of the world tele- phones can be interconnected by radio, while direct lines of radio code contact reach over the entire world. A dozen of the oceangoing passenger liners now provide ship-to-shore telephone service, 5o that direct radio contacts can be made from every point in the United States and many cemters of Europe, to passengers on these vessels as they plow across the Atlantic. Even the transmission of pictures and weather maps, called facsimile transmission, now is_accomplished by radio to ships at STAR RADIO CO. _ 409 11th Se. N.W. non- | F the revenues of the major l networks from the “sale of time” to radio program spon- sors may be accepted as an index, reflecting as they do a loos- ening of purse strings for exploit- ing goods and services, the busi- ness cycle would seem to have taken a definite turn for the better. Indeed, despite the severe de- | pression into which the business | of broadcasting fell last Summer, | record revenues have already been | achieved by N. B. C. and C. B. 8, | with only 11 months of 1932 re- ported. According to National Advertis- | ing Records, N. B. C. and C. B. 8. | enjoyed a combined revenue from | time sales during the first 11| months of 1932 amounting to $36,- 101,093. This figure exceeds that of the whole of 1931, a record year, by something over $300,000. It in- sures a better record for 1932 than any year since network radio egan. In 1931 the network figure was $35,791,999, in 1930 it was $26,- 815,746, in 1929 it was $18,729,571 and in 1928 it was $10,252497. In 1927, when N. B. C. was alone in the field, its gross receipts from sponsors amounted to $3,760,010. With more than $3,000,000 worth of business reported in November, representing a steady climb up- ward from the depressed Summer months, it is not unlikely that De- cember business when reported will build the 1932 figure to close to $40,000,000. The fact that net- work business maintained itself ahead of 1931 is attributable mostly to the record months of January, February, March and April, which more than offset the declines that followed. Roughly, the ratio between N. B. C. and C. B. S. incomes is something like 2 to 1. The for- mer organization has two basic networks and various supplemen- tary groups. The latter has one basic network and adds stations or groups as desired. Though the figures are not thus broken down, it is apparent that N. B. C.’s in- come for 1932 will run above $25,- 000,000, while C. B. 8. runs well ! over $12,000,000. sea, and gives promise of providing a| | new type of international navigation in- | formation service. In the transmission end of broadcast- | ing developments during the year al- ready have resulted in improved serv- ice. Howls and squeals, technically called_heterodyning, have all but been chased from the wave lengths through an_action of the Radio Commission which made mandatory a 900 per cent improvement in the degree of permis- | sible “wave wabble” by stations. Last Msy the commission cut the permis- sible frequency deviation from 500 to 50 cycles and required the installation | of apparatus capable of maintaining that degree of adherence. Rejected as Remedy. Synchronization, for several years looked as the cea for broadcast- ing’s many technical ills, by making possible the operation of a multiplicity of stations on the same wave length 'm.hzuv. mwrxe;ena:é wis ldjudxednl quacl remedy by commission. 28 tension experiments authorized during the two preceding years by the commis- sion by clear channel stations, were terminated because of failure to accom- plish the result hoped for. The com- sion suggested that the method be taken back to the laboratory, to emerge again only when it could be proved that no objectionable interference would result and that more good would accrue to the | general public through increased pro- gram service than is now possible with- out synchronization. In station ownership there was one significant trend. More and more news- papers are vading broadcasting, viewed by a large section of the press | as a definite competitor in advertising, | through outright purchase of or cor- | porate affiliation with existing stations. Latest unofficial ow that about 100 American stations, of the 610 on the air, are owned, controlled, leased, operated or otherwise corporately affili- apapers, and that some 300 stations have news-broadcasting | tie-ups with newspapers in their com- | munities. Also evident was a gradual shift of non-commercial stations, like those licensed to educational institutions, churches and the like, to commercial | operation or ownership. These stations | have found themselves, for the most part, unable to stand the financial gaff of operation through endowment only, and therefore have been forced to transfer to _commercial operation through sale of time on the air. There have been other large-scale operations in the station “market” dur- ing the last year. Each of the networks acquired additional ownership or oper- | ation of stations through leases. In addition, possibly two dozen stations changed hands, mainly in the South and West. Few Bills Considered. In session only a portion of the year, Congress gave little consideration to radio, although a number of its mem- | bers indulged in violent outbursts against “too much advertising.” A nll]‘ to ban lotteries from the air, which al- ready has passed the House, is Hkely o receive Senate approval at the current session. Other minor legislative steps are contemplated also, but the bulk of the 30-odd measures on the legislative calendar are destined to die March 4 ‘with the “lame duck” Congress. BY THE RADIO EDITOR. Representing national business only, these are the only fi regarding current radio revenues made available from any source, It is generally believed that if local time sales by individual sta- tions were added, the aggregate annual revenues of all American broadcasters would run $100,000,- 000 or over, though the Federal Radio Commission’s estimates this year from a questionnaire to all stations indicated the gross re- ceipts figure in 1931 was $77,- 750,000. That year gross expenditures ran $77,995,000, indicating a net loss in the operation of broadcast- ng as a whole. The expenditure column listed about $20,000,000 for talent, $17,000,000 for regular em- ployes, $5,000,000 for equipment and $36,000,000 for miscellaneous items. A parvenu industry, radio’s 1931 total receipts compare with $2.- 167,621,196 reported by the Census Bureau for the publishing and printing businesses in 1931. News- aper advertising that year ran 66,428,584, the census report shows. Newspaper revenues from subscriptions and sales ran $423,- 240,468 during the same year. * % x ¥ NIN!,'I'Y-SEVEN American broadcasting stations are either owned by or directly and indirectly affiliated in.a cor- porate capacity with newspapers. In Canada there are 13 newspa- per-owned radio stations. Mexico and Cuba have one each. These figures reveal a marked trend in American broadcasting. Hardly a week passes without one or more applications to the Fed- eral Radio Commission for trans- fers of station ownership to news- paper interests or for authority sought by newspapers to erect new stations. Latest of the newspapers to ac- quire their own stations by pur- chase are the Greenville (8. C.) News-Piedmont, which has pur- chased WFBC, in that city; the Norfolk (Va.) bedger-DI%tch. which has purchased 'AR, there; the Rock Island (Ill) Ar- gus, which has bought WHBF, there, and the Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat and Chronicle and Times-Union, whose owners have taken over WHEC, Rochester. Of the 600 or more stations in the United States, about half have news tie-ups with local newspa-. pers. These relationships, how- ever, are rather loose by compari- son with the news relationship between radio and those news- apers owning their own stations. e list of newspaper-owned sta- tions shows that some of the most impqmnt newspapers in the coun- try have been ploneer‘ln broad- ca%llng. e trend toward newspaper ownership and control u';'fl {:e more marked at present when it is recalled that a few years ago cer- tain newspapers owning stations divested themselves of their radio properties, only to see them de- veloped in other hands. Notable examgles are KHJ, formerly lnde%.n{ t!he uul Angel:; he , formerly own e Detroit Free Press. Sy re The newspaper-radio log reveals several newspaper publishers own- ing two or more stations. It also shows newspapers owning radio - stations who publishers, until they themselves went into ‘r: ‘were among the severest critics of radio as a competitive medium. A no- table examfile is the Gannett group, which now not only owns , Rochester, and has an in- terest in WOKO, Albany, but also recently has taken over the op- eration of WESG, licensed*to Cor- nell University, und leasing rumgement. b el * K ok ¥ ’I'mtm cardinal crimes in every- day, and especially in radio, speech, were specified by Miss Dagmar Perkins, president of the National Association for American Speech. They are (1) failure to open the mouth widely enough, (2) ignorance or carelessness in diction and (3) too much imita- tion of the English. “What we want is pure and beautiful American speech, un- trammeled by affectation and cu;lfis.! gaglg’;l sllxe declared. “The g a; len itself to clarity lngm:mony (fi g:operly spoken. 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