Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1933, Page 39

MCORMACK IS WRE FEATURE TONIGHT Famous Tenor to Replace Rosa Ponselle in Electric Circle Concert. OHN McCORMACK, famous Irish tenor, will replace Rosa Ponselle as the soloist in the Electric Cir- cle C oncert tonight over WRC | and other N. B. C. “red” network stations. Illness will prevent Miss Pon- selle from filling her scheduled engage- ment on this program. The concert is scheduled from 9 to 9:30 o'clocfk. Mcc:rmnck wulb (;gdet a program of request numbers based on more than 6,000 letters which followed his broadcast several weeks ago. The selections TAclude “Rose of Tralee,” “Mother Machree.” “I hear You Calling Me,” “Just for Today.” “I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen” and “My Wild Irish Rose.” Eddie Cantor, celebrated comedian of the stage and screen, who is in Wash- ington fil a theatrical engagement, ‘will maks contribution to the va- riety hour from 8 to 9, from the stage of the National Press Club auditorium. A large Washington audience will view the broadcast. | Talks on Education. “Is Education Becoming a - child?” will be discussed dunngm:g: “Our American Schools” period from 6:30 to 7. The speakers will be Aaron Sapiro and Florence Hale. Marion Anderson, contralto, will be the guest soloist on the Garden Party program from 5:30 to 6. She is ranked among the greatest singers of the (ol- Tace. PFrom its own studios WRC will broadcast s new fmtm‘de aued "‘!;he Si Reporter,” an e regular con of the National Jubilee Singers. In the latter, Lucille Pierce Ferguson, pisnist, will render “Hungarian Dance No. 7.” by Brahms, and “Tarantella.” Melodic classical numbers will be Zfeatured on the Roxy Promenade Con- WMAL and N. B. C. blue net- opera, the program at 12:15. Natalie Bodanskaya and John Pierce ‘will be the soloists. “The Continental Congress and In- dependence” will be dramatized during ‘the Great Moments in History Period from 7:30 to 8. William Aryzt end his xy‘lmahony ensemble will provide the musical background. Series to Be Resumed. Frank Black and his orchestra will Tesume the series called “Land Where the Old Songs Go” at 8 o'clock. Songs of the last generation will make up the program. These include such old favor- ites as “Daisy Bell” “Say Au Revoir” and “Alexander’s Ragtime Band.” Marion Anderson, contralto, will be guest soloist on the Garden Party pro- groam from 5:30 to 6. Ravel's “Bolero” will be featured by the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra during its concert over WJSV and affiliated Columbia stations. Other numbers include the “Symphony in D Minor” of Cesar Franck, and “The Pines of Rome.” Another outstanding WJSV musical attraction will be the first of a series of concerts by te)ée Aeolian !mrt:g g\m‘- tet, distinguished exponents of cham- ber music. The coneert will be broad- cast from 10:30 to 11 o'clock this morn=- Conway Tearle, motion picture and stage star, will play the leading role in the “Roses and Drums” dramatic eketch from 5 to 5:30. The play will be based on the battle of Gettysburg. Victor Arden’s Orchestra will play Berlin’s latest composition, “Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much,” dur- ing the Sunday Matinee of the Air pro- m from 2:30 to 3. Other numbers lude “Blow, Breeze, Blow” and "Wmsfiering. WOL will not begin its Sunday broadcast schedule until 12:55. It will be on the air continuously then until ‘7 o'clock, presenting many of the regu- lar att: ions. In the Washington Catholic Radio. Hour from 5 to 6, Rev. Thomas Ryder will h on “The Influence of Per- sonalities.” The musical portion of the program will be provided by Flor- ence Yocum, soprano; James Nolan, baritone; Ann Arlen, violinist, and the Boys' Sanctuary Choir. BUENOS AIRES ADVANCES Takes Rank in Radio Development With New York. of Nzw“‘lror%utchmug snd Los Angeles as e -Serve radio centers in North America, at least from the point of view of & number of stations within tuning range, is Buenos Alres, according to a report to the De- rtment of Commerce from G. L. Enll, assistant trade commissioner. Though less than one-fifth of the population of Argentina is in Buenos Aires, two-thirds of its 500,000 radios are to be found there. Twenty-two of the 39 broadcasting stations, all oper- ated along American lines by private enterprise, are also within the city lim- its, and most of the remainder are within & few miles of the capital. — Germaine Booked by N. B. C. Germaine, “the Little French Girl” whose French songs and stories were regular weekly features of WMAL be- fore it shifted to the N. B. C. network, has been booked by N. B. C. officials for a series of broadcasts over the same | stations. She will be heard every Tues- day afternoon from 4:45 to 5. Major Radio Features CLASSICAL. New Yeork Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, WJSV, 3:00; The Garden Party, WRC, 5:30; Cathedral Hour, | WJSV, 6:30; Electric Sunday Circle | Concert, WRC, 9:00. | VARIETY. | Capitol Theater Family, WRC, 11:158; | Roxy's Concert, WMAL, 12 the | WISV, 1 Vee ! Lewis, WMAL, 11:15. DRAMA. Moonshine and Honeysuckle, WRC, 1:30; Roses and Drums, WISV, 5:00; Dream Dramas, WRC, 5:15; Great Moments in History, WMAL. 7:30; “John Henry—Black River Giant,” ‘WJSV, 8:00. SPEECHES. John Kirkland Clark, WJSV, 6:00; David Lawrence, WRC, 10:00. 1 MIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE. 2:15—Frederick ¥. Birchall, European ! correspondent of the New York Times, from Berlin—WEAF, WTAG, WGY, WTAM and ‘WSAL ¢ 2:30—The Foamers; Charlis Agnew’s Qrchsstta—WJIZ, WBAL, WHAM — | ls)fl.ll : Ckhgi‘ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Three Popular Radio Dramatic and Singing THESE ARTISTS ARE HEARD EVERY WEEK OVER EXTENSIVE BROADCASTING NETWORKS. “blues” singer, who is J Alice Hill (right), who plays the role of Thelma Jasper MARCH 12, 1933—PART FOUR. PRESIDENT AIDED BY RADID CHAINS Virtual War-Time Dictator- ship Extended to Him by Broadcast Chiefs. Roosevelt to order into use at his will. On an instant’s notice the viruol-uth“emtwuhlndthnum ugurated. for the organised broad- casters and networks have assured the President that, no matter what is on the air, he can command the wave lengths for messages to the American people. \%}: deem it a privilege,” President Alfred J. McCosker of the National As- sociation of Broadcasters, wired the Nation’s new Chief Executive, “to place our facilities at your disposal whenever you desire them.” Assurances of Others. Telegrams also from M. H. les- worth, padden; %t, the lllsuoml l‘r'ud- casting Co., an illiam 8. Paley, ident of the Columbia nmldulun‘m System, gave similar assurances. Shortly after receipt of these mes- sages & movement was on foot at the House to establish the closest ite ANE FROMAN (left), who broadcasts every Tuesday and Friday night over WJSV and other Columbia stations. In the center is Jeannie Lang, petm!mnlble liaison with the men who oper- arring in the new N. B. C. series called “The Musical Grocery Store.” in the “Myrt and Marge’ dramatic serles over WJSV and the Columbia network. ate the Nation's broadcasting services. In the time of war the President of the United States is empowered by ex- BATTLE EXPECTED FOR RADIO LENGTHS Mexico, Cuba and Canada Clamor for Larger Share of Crowded “U. S.” Band. With the broadcast band now used by | 1 the United States crowded “almost to suffocation,” this country faces an ardu- ous battle at the North American Radio Conference to be held in Mexico City within a few weeks. This is the view of Senator Wallace White, jr., Republican, of Maine, already named an American delegate to the conference and recog- nized as one of the Nation's foremost legislative authorities on radio. The question to be settled at the Mexico City conference, tentatively scheduled for next month, is whether the present broadcasting frequency range, covering 96 channels from 550 to 1,500 kilocycles, should be enlarged to accommodate more stations or whether the demands of neighboring nations should be met by taking away wave lengths from this country. Six Waves for Canada. The United States uses 90 of the 96 waves and Canada uses 6 exclusive channels and shares a score of others, but Mexico and Cuba have no regularly allocated facilities and are clamoring for them. The first part of the battle, Senator White points out, is now being waged among American interests alone. “At the present time” he said, “a most serious controversy exists between the different radio users of the United States, some fearing encroachment upon their services through this insistent de- mand of the broadcasters for enlarge- ment of the broadcasting band, and the broadcasters asserting that they must have frequencies below 550 kilocycles for their uses.” The channels below 550 kilocycles are sought by broadcasters as better suited to their needs than those at the other end. Senator White pointed out that such a projection below 550 would in- volve the Navy, Army, merchant ship- ping and aeronautical services, now using those waves. Shares Hard to Determine. A compelling reason for the forth- r/g;lerenu, Senator White said, “4g the feeling on the part of some of the nations contiguous to this country that the United States already occupies too much of the broadcasting band, and that the United States must yield up frequencies within that band to some of | these nations.” There is no way, he added, in which this country can stop | Canade, Mexico or Cuba from taking | from the brcadca:n?rw ll)and whatsoever frequencies they desire to use. § e“annifesfly," he said, “it will be the duty of the delegates of the United States, it will be the position of the United States and the desire of the United Sates to retain for the use of the United States its present number of frequencies within the broadcasting band.” RADIO IS NEGLECTED BY CLOSING CONGRESS| #Pocket Veto” of Davis Omnibus Bill Leaves Not One Measure of Importance Enacted. With the ill-starre’ Davis omnibus bill to amend the radio £t of 1927 killed a “pocket veto,” t > old Congress concluded its hectic tenure without hav- ing passed a single radio measure of importance. me two-score bills and resolutions, which would have torn the present ra- dio system asunder and built it up again, were thrown into the legislative waste basket. Some of them will be re- ! vived at the special session, but there is little hope for action with so much important fiscal and economic legis- lation to be handled at the request of President Roosevelt. ‘The Davis bill was tnh'oduutd b¥ Representative Davis, Democrat, o 'regu. ‘whose term expired with the sine die adjournment of Seventy-second Congress. the House if was sent over to the Senate, only to be tossed back to the committee on three different occasions. After being prac- tically rewritten, the measure was rusl to final approval, passing the Senate February 28. It then went to President Hoover, who. refused to affix his signa- ture to it. NEWS ITEM FEATURED «“King's English” Film in England Shows Progress in Delivery. International ., Co-Opera- tion with the British Broadcasting Cor- poratien, has just feleased a film titled “King's English” that features radio alities. Pemmm)ry relates the adventures of a 3 hisf in W, ‘WBAL and IAR. 10:18—Vinoent Lopes and his orchestra ing and dramatic sketch—WJZ, KDKA, WBAL and WJR. v Today on All programs scheduled for Bastern .muum‘. Time and are sudbject %o change without notice. 315.6 Meters. WRC i, )a—Melody Hour. 00a—The Balladeers. 9:30a—Sparklets. 9:45a—Alden Edkins, baritone. 10:00a—Southland Sketches. 10:30a—Impressions of Italy. 11:00a—F1ve-Minute Program. 11:05a—Musical Interlude, 3220a—Five-Minute Pr;nm 11:158—Maj. Bowes' Capitol “Pamily.” 12:15—The Singing Reporter. 12:30—Pop Concert. 1:15—National Jubilee Singers. 1:30—Moonshine and Honeysuckle. 2:00—Five-Minute Program. 2:05—Musical Interlude. 2.10—Five-Minute Program. 2:15—Full 4 Quartet. 2:20—Musical Interlude. 2:25—Five-Minute Program. 2:30—Musical Interlude. 2:40—Five-Minute program. 2:45—Success Hit of the Day. 3:00—Wayne King's Orchestra. 3:30—Hour of Worship. 4:00—Tulk of Music, by Walter Kramer. 4:15—Vee Lawnhurst, pianist. 4:30—Dramatic sketch and Frank Black’s Orchestra. 5:00—"Today’s News,” by Lowell ‘Thomas. 5:15—Dream Dramas. 5:30—The Garden Party. 6:00—National Catholic Hour. 6:30—"Our American Schools.” 7:00—Weather Forecast. 7:01—"Air-O-Torlals,” by Alan Kauf- man. 7:15—Dramatic sketch. 7:30—Concert Ensemble and Rose Chanelle. 17:45—Trade and Mark. 8:00—Rubinofl and his orchestra, and Eddie Cantor. 9:00—Sunday Circle Concert, 9:30—Album of Familiar Music. 10:00—"Current Government,” by David Lawrence. 10:15—Last Minute News. 11% :;’l—-Rex Cgangl:r‘smo;{chvfrg : o—smsg y Donald Novis. 10:45—Sunday at Seth Parker’s. 11:15 to 12:00—Orchestral Gems. Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45a—Tower Health Exercises. 8:00a—Organ Rhapsody. 8:15a—Morning Varieties, 8:30a—Cheerio. 9:00a—Three Mustachios. 9:15a—Current Events, by Ann Hard. 9:30a—Fashion News. 9:35a—Flying Fingers. 10:00a—Meditation. 10:15a—Breen and De Rose. 10:30a—Studio Feature. 11:00a—Melody Three. 11:15a—Radio Household Institute. 11:30a—Sonata Recital. 12:00m—Johnny Marvin, tenor. 12:15—On Wings of Song. 1:00—Golden Pheasant Orchestra. 1:30—Dick Fiddler's Orchestra. 2:00—The Revolving Stage. 3:00—Studio feature. 3:15—Henrietta Schumann, pianist. 3:30—Woman's Radio Review. ::oo—snlon Ensemble. ! pe! 5:15—Aunt Sue and Polly. 5:30—The Flying Family. WOL 228.9 Meters. 1,310 Kilocycles. 12:55—Police flashes. 1:00—Concert vignettes. 1:30—Rodney Hart’s Vikings. 2:00—Old-fashioned Gospel Tabernacle. 2:30—Operatic arias. 3:30—Rhapsody in Black and White. 3:45—Metropolitan Quartet. 4:oo—semo%° by Father Coughlin from the Shrine of the Little Flower. 5:00—Washington Catholic Radfb Hour, 6:00 to 7:00 — Alexandria Prosperity Hour. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:00a—Musical Clock. 8:00a—Birthdays. 8:03a—Musical Clock. 9:30a—Health Talk by Senator Cope- land of New York. 9:45a—Musical Clock. 9:55a—Police Bulletins. 10:00a—Monday Blues Chaser. 10:30a—Mothers’ 11:00a—Organ 10€S. 11:15a—This and That. 11:30a—Songs We Love. it | 11:45a—Tango Argentina. 11:59a—Weather Report. 12:00m—Lost and Found. 12:05—Midday Musicale. shed | 12:30 to 1:00—Tunes of the Times. 3:00—Variety Hour. 3:55—Thne Book Man. 4:00—Children’s Program. 5:00—Something for every one. | The Dial Log. I Stations Heard in Washington Begularly. the Radio 8:00a—Elder Michaux and Chorus. 9:00a—Columbia Junior Bugle. 9:30a—Health talk. 9:45a—Marian Carley, pianist. lo:oca—Co]mu‘:a:u Church of the Air. 10:30a—, String Quartet. 11:008—V! Chapel Hour. 12: Lake City Tabernacle Choir and 12:30—Emery Deutsch's Orchestra. 12:45—The Street Singer. 1:00—Catholic Evidence Guild. 1:15—O0ld Songs of the Church. 1:30—O0ld Englizh. 2:00—Smiling Ed McConnell. ZZXS—Q&E‘Y& Bartlett, “The Tango| 2:30—Sunday Matinee o° the Alr. 3:00—New York Philharmonic phony Orchestra. 5:00—Roses and Drums. 5:30—Elder Michaux and Chorus. 6:00—"Pitfalls Along the Legal Educa- tion Road,” by John Kirkland Clark. 8:30—Cathedral Hour. 7:00—Current Events, by K. V. Kal- tenborn. 7:15—Morton Downey. 7:30—Fray and Braggiotti. 7:48—"Your Child,” by Angelo Patrl. 8:00—Sketch, “John Henry — Black F o —Black River Giant.” 9:00—Bath Club Revue. 9:30—Parade of Melodies. 10:00—Ernest Hutcheson, planist. 10:30—The Gauchos. 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 and his or- chestra. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:00a—Elder Michaux and Chorus. 7:45a—The Sundial. 8:45a—News Flashes. 9:00a—Tony Wons. 9:15a—Reis and Dunn. 9:30a—Health talk. 9:45a—Five-Minute proJmn 9:50a—Little Jack Litttle. 10:00a—Melody Parade. 10:30a—The Merrymakers. 10:45a—The Round Towners. 11:00a—Morning Moods. 11:30a—Academy of Medicine program. 11:45a—Rhythm Kings. 12:00m—Paul Tremaine's Orchestra. 12:30—Concert Miniatures. 12:45—Columbia Miniatures. 1:15—Billy Hayes’ Orchestra. 1:30—Palmer House Ensemble. 2:00—National Student Federation of America program. 2:15—Sylvia Sapira. DANUBE. MUSIC EASTER FATURE IN. B. C. to Bring Services From Monastery Founded in 999 by Augustinian Monks. Easter services from ancient Beuron Monastery, in the lower Danube Valley, will head the special programs which will be carried over the National Broad- casting Co. networks on Easter Sunday, April 16. ‘The monastery was founded in the year 999 by Augustinian monks, was later destroyed in the course of differ- ent wars in the Middle Ages and then rebuilt in the middle of the last cen- tury by the Benedictine Order. ‘The international Easter broadcast will be introduced by Dom. William Michael Ducey of St. Anselm's Priory, Washington, who is at present engaged in research work in Europe for the Catholic University of America. The archabbott will speak briefly, after which the monastery bells will out and the monks will sing "anclent litur- gical chants. The Beuron Monks’ Cholr is one of the best known in Eu- rope. The special broadcasts will start at 7:30 am., when an Easter sunrise serv- ice will be heard over stations of an N. B. C. “blue” network frora Washing- ton. The prcgram will include s con- cert of sacred music by the United States Army Band. an Easter m.ssage by Prank L. Miller, Army chaplain; vocal solos and hymns sung by the au- dience to the accompaniment of the Army Band. On Good Friday, April 14, Verdi's “Requiem” will be presented at 11 am., under the baton of Dr. Walter Dam- rosch. The four regular Sunday religious programs broadcast over N. B. C. net- works each week also will be devoted to special Easter services on April 16 and a number of other special programs will be heard. PHYSICIAN TI.\KES LORD OFF AIR FOR REST Portrayer of Country Doctor and Seth Parker Has Been Un- usually Active. NEW YORK, March 11 (P —The doctor has stepped in and forced Phil Lord, who broedcests both as the Country Doctor end as Seth Parker, to 2:30—American School of the Air. 3:00—Eton Boys. 3:15—Columbia Salon Orchestra. 3:45—The Electric Piano. 3:55—Virginia News. 4:00—Frank Westphal's Orchestra. 4:30—Columbia Artist Reeital. ® 5:00—Columbia Miniatures. 5:30—Skippy. WAL Qi 8:00a—Tone Pictures. 9:00a—Children’s Hour. 10:00|—-Ga{ch‘s Mexican Marimba pica d. 10:30a—Watch Tower Service. 11:00a—Waldorf-Astoria Organ Recital. 11:15a—Muarning Musicale. 12:00m—Modern Instrumentalists. 12:15—Roxy’s Promenade Concert. 1:15—Travelogue. o Jul ! de. of the Negro, by John Tasker Howard 3:30—Manhattan Merry-Go-Round. 0—Dick Daring. 4:15—Temple of Song. 4:30—National Youth Conference— “Crown_the Hidden Workers,” by Dr. Daniel A. 8. 5:00—National vespers—“The Appeal From Christianity to CI " Emerson Fosdick. Dr. Harry n 5:30—Pete Macia's Orchestra. 6:00—Hamilton Orchestra. 6:20—Weather forecast. 6:30—L’Heure Equise. 7:00—Borah Minnevitch and His Har- monica Rascals. History. ‘Where the Good Songs 9:00—Harmonious Quartet. 9:15—Trioka Melodies. 9:45—The Pickens Sisters. 10:00—Late news. 10:15—Herb Gordon's Orchestra. 10:45—Orange Lantern. 11:15—Welcome Lewis with orchestra. 11:30 to 12:00—Jesse Crawford, or- Early Program Tomorrow. revise his schedule. As a result, the Country Doctor will leave N. B. C. after Wednesday night, but the Seth Parker programs will con- tinue, probably without Lord's actual participation on the air.. Lord has been ordered to submit to a treatment of rest and observation in the hospital. Although not yet 30, Lord has been unusually active as a portrayer of the roles of older men before the micro- phone In addition to his prolific writing of books and radio scripts. U. S. RADIO EQUIPMENT EXPORTS SHOW DECLINE Total Slumped From $22,635,154 in 1931 to $13,312,136 in 19832, Says Commerce Unit. Exports of American radio equipment to foreign countries, which have been mounting year by year, took a sudden drop from’ $22,635,154 in 1931 to $13,- 312,136 in 1932, according to figures re- leased by the Department of Commerce. ‘The decline of nearly 50 per cent is ac- counted for largely by the fact that Canada, largest foreign market for American radios, tubes and parts, cut its orders nearly $3,000,000, while British purcheses dropped nearly $2,000,000. Higher import duties in Italy and other countries and the new quota sys- tem established in France, diminished those markets considerably. The drop in Canadian exports was due in great part to the newly enforced regulation covering the percentage of locally made required. A ray of hope for American radio trade was seen in the fact that 46 of plicit lay—actually exercised against radio amateurs during the World War, which was before modern broadcasting began—to commandeer all the wave lengths for national purposes. Radio did not wait for any such executive flat. It proffered its services fully, freely and unquslifiedly in such prompt manner that the wartime radio power undoubt- will not be invoked by President Roosevelt. Nor did the radio leaders fail to cau- tion their own rank and file against al- lowing their facilities to be used by elarmists, cranks and self-annoint saviors of the people’s weal and poci etbooks. Both of the major networks that they have been besieged by people, in high places and low, for time on the air to propound to the listening popu- lace their particular brands of nos- trums in the present financial gency. Cautlon Strongly Urged. “As & measure of protection to your station against criticism or possible liti- gation,” the National Association of Broadcasters has warned its members, “and also as & service to the country in restricting the output of unfounded ru- mors, it is strongly urged that you care- fully scrutinize in advance all news broadcasts and speeches, for the pur- pose of eliminating all statements which may reflect inaccurately on the position of financial institutions. “When such advance scrutiny is im- possible, it is suggested that you cau- tion news commentators and speakers against giving currency te rumors which may have disastrous results both for the public and for your station.” How eagerly the American public was awaiting werd from Washington after President Roosevelt declared the na- tional bank holiday is evidenced by the tremendous reaction the radio execu- tives had to the short broadcast made to the American on by the Presi- dent the night of March 5—his first broadcast after the extensive inaugura- tion hook-ups. Shortly after his talk the major networks also carried the full text of his bank holiday proclamation and his later utterances. Through the week radio were on hand to get for the audience every official pro- nouncement from the White Heuse. It cost the network broadcasters more than $25,000 actually and more in loss of commercial hours that had to be sus- | pended to handle the all-day radio cov- erage of the inauguration. It was the most elaborate single broadcast in radio history. The way radio handled the event evoked high praise from Harold A. Lafount, acting chairman of the Federal Radio Commission, who called it radio’s “high-water mark” anc¢ who 2lso assured the new administration: play an"important part.in pebmstiing play an permitting those in authority to call together ‘our whole family’ to talk to them freely fand frankly.” emer- RADIO “ECHOES” DEBATED ‘Whether Reflected Beyond Moon Discussed, Recalling Experiments. Whether radio “echoes” are reflected from beyond the moon was the subject of a spirited debate between two noted European radio scientists recently, re- calling the experiments of a few years 2g0 whereby Dr. A. Hoyt Taylor of the Naval Research Laboratories sent direct- ed radio waves skyward, to be “bounced” back to earth from the moon, and measured the split-second duration of of the savants led that radio signals travel far beyond the moon before being reflected back to earth as echoes. In other words, he ar- gued that the waves penetrate the heaviside layer (from 50 to 75 feet above the earth’s surface) and are re- flected back from & higher stratum. The other argued that the echo lag is due to the low signal velocity in the earth’s own atmosphere as the signals :..r-vel between earth and heaviside yer. GETS NEW RADIO DESK Roosevelt Also May Use One Pre- sented to Hoover by N. B. C. President Roosevelt will have two microphone set-ups to choose from dur- ing his future broadcasts. . A “bullet- proof” desk with outlets for four micro- phones has been presented to him by the Columbia Broadcasting System as a nenonll gift. It is lined with steel and built somewhat on the order of the o e sevel ago e National Brosdeasting Co. The latter has been used regularly by President . It remains the prop- erty of N. B. C., which has allowed it to be “.fl\l'l gln for its rlmetwuk‘l k- ups and for making sound movies simul- taneously with the e . Robert r | Trout, announcer of WJSV, Alexandria, outlet, will 008 Pot Band. were m—mlmmndm $ 000,000, o:«u—Am B the Truth,” by 10:30a—Happy Jack. 10:45a—8School of Cookery. 11:00a—Singing . Strings. 090 | 1):150—Elsie Mae Gordon, charactéri- sations. 1:45—Rhythmic Serenade. 2:00—Weather reports. :05—Words and Music. :30—*“A Doll Debut.” Va., C. B. 8. Wi b, be assigned to handle all of Mr. Roosevelt's broadcasts over that network. Herluf Pro:‘; h:!‘: ‘WRC, wfimuilm' will continue dling presi broad- casts for N. B. C. D 0 FAN BELTS OKAY RADIO CO. SEE MR. ALTMAN 417 11th St. N.W. Di. 3108 “Radio Program Foundation” Is and many of the local stations report | desk | 000 auto radios Behind the Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. 0 HAT is the ideal radio program? Nearly every radio listener has his own answer to this question, depending upon time, place and condition. As the script editor of one leading American broadcasting station puts it, “The job of drawing up an ideal radio program for each week would be & sinecure if one only had to con- sider the middle-aged listener who seems to be more tolerant and more easily pleased and en- thused than any other group.” But radio must interest gray- beard, thrill -loving youngster, dancing youth, staid business man and active housewife alike. How to do it? That's the job that faces the impressarios of radio through all the waking hours of the day. Says this radio executive: “Any model radio schedule would have to be founded on nine or more general subjects, such as entertainment, education, cul- ture, religion, information, nov- elty, current events, humani- tarian effort and sports. These in turn may be subdivided into such classifications as music, drama, comedy, languages, home economics—and so on, finitum. “The proper hours for these subjects, that is, the hours that will attract the greatest number of listeners, is another angle that must be worked out with the greatest of care. Early evening is unquestionably the time when we must cater to children, with perhaps a period or two of sports. “Then come the hours when the silvery-haired audience must have its innings. They go to bed between 8:30 and 10 as a rule. BROADCASTERS PLAN OWN MUSIC SOURCE Projected as Blow to “Copy- right Owners.” ‘The “Radio Program > destined to become the repository for music and continuity used over the| radio and designed to rid the broad- | casting industry of its dependence upon | the so-called “copyright owners,” will| be incorporated under plans now being | rushed to completion by the National Association of Broadcasters. Regarded as the opening wedge in a new battle against the American So- ciety of Composers, Authors and Pub- lishers, popularly known as the copy- right owners, the board of directors of | the N. A. B. approved this plan at an executive session. The foundation will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the hroadcasters, in which it is proposed to build up & reservoir of music and other program material that eventually rve all of radio’s needs. several years the broadcasting| industry has been at rheads with “Tin Pan Alley” over the royalty de-| mands of the writers and publishers, who claim that radio has all but scut- tled their lqrmer royalty source—sheet musichu!es. slncemt:e advent of “!.1 dio, they say, royal on phon p] records similarly have dlmgflshmr‘ ‘The t owners last year boosted royalties from s flat sum of about $1,000.000 to & sum of approx- imately the same amount plus 3 per cent of the gross receipts of stations. The two groups have been at swords- points ever since. The broadcasters first retained Oswald F. Schuette, who has won his spurs as a “trust buster,” to give battle to writers and publishers. Later they retained Newton D. Baker as legal generalissimo of their copy- right forces and the law firm of the former Secretary of War now is de- vising means of combatting the alleg- edly “extortionate” royalty demands. TIRE OF TANGOES ON AIR Foreigners in Buenos Aires Seek News and Music of Homeland. Tiring of the unceasing pabulum of tangoes and vaquero music, foreign resi- dents in Buenos are demanding suitable short wave radios to bring them the news and music of their homelands, reperts G. L. Thrall, assistant American trade commissioner from the Argentine capital. In season the opera broadcasts in | Buenos Aires are regarded as excellent, but the foreign quarters are still not| satisfied. Blame for poor distance re- ception has been placed on the sets on the market, which the commissioner in- timates could stand considerable im- provement. ASKS TELEVISION PERMIT Another television broadcasting sta- tion will be allocated to the 2,000-2,100 kilocycle band if the Federal Radio Commission _grants the application of Dr. George W. Young, operator of sta- tion WDGY, Minneapolis, for a 500- watt visual station there. Recent television applications have al- most all been for the ultra-high fre- quencies, the one from Minneapolis be- ing among the few proposing to con- tinue using the intermediate short waves four bands of which have been allo- cated to television. Most Radio Sets Miniature. Less than one-fifth of the radio sets produced in the United States during 1932 were console models, that type ot receiver being far overshadowed by miniatiye models. According to trade reports, 2,620,000 radios were produced last year. Of these, only 500,000 were eonsole models and 1,830,000 were the so-called midgets. The outcropping of radios even smaller than midget types, called “cigar-box” models, represented a production of 150,000. There were 140,- manufactured = also. The GARDEN HOUR Hear It Every Sunday 5:30 P.M.-WRC Featuring The Master Gardener Vigoro Ensemble Male Quartet and Soloists Sponsored by SWIFT & COMPANY Ask Your Dealer About the Prices On VIGORO A Some youngsters want to sta later fox"mghe popular vmr'l::g and dance music. After 10 the audience to be favored is largely the class from 35 to 45 years of age.” t do these “age classes” like most? This executive thinks: “Children between 3 and 6 go for the tongue-twisting s, humorous stories of ‘goops’ W, do all sorts of ridiculous things and imitations of their older mfl;e‘nmmdukmuniwgetdvm [] ey like my: ramas, detective stories and Wild West sketches. Old folks like the revery type of am—old songs, hits of bygone days, per- haps a hymn or two. Youn t people like dance music an comedy.” It is the opinion of this execu- tive that “various stages of life should be entertained with pro- grams of their own at the most advantageous times.” But to lease all of the people all of the me—that is an imj bility. The saving feature of radio that any one can tune out any- thing he dislikes, and, at least if he lives in a big city, he is fairly assured of be! able to tune in something he Iikes from another station. * X x % WAY back in radio’s earliest days, when two stations con- stituted a “network” and any re- ceiver other than a crystal was a proof of affluence, the ether waves carried the \wise-cracks and smart music of Ben Bernie, the favorite “Old Maestro,” and his famous orchestra, who are now in Washi n for a theatri- cal engagement. Not only were the but many of them were the same ones that Bernie is today —the same ones that charm radio audiences and that are ticklin, the funny-bones of f.heamcai audiences. “Back in 1922, when radio was a new thing, we were on the air,” said Bernie. “But nobody seemed to_know it. I'd go to the Lamb’s Club afterward and ask them if they’d heard the broadcast and they'd look dumb and say, ‘Do those radios actually work? My, oh, my!’ “We were on two stations; then four; then six. Say, when we got up to 18 stations we thought l'eixu!ed the world. And now ook “We stayed on the air prett: regularly. And it wasn't unt along about 1930 that we sudden- ly discovered that our stuff was ‘taking.” Then we found that people had heard us. They started commenting on what we played or said. And a lot of things that I say now are taken as brand-new—yet some of them are gags I used way back in 1922, Imagine!” there, * k% x MINOR question facing Secre- tary of the Navy Swanson— but one which has aroused con- siderable feeling in radio circles —is whether he will maintain the ban placed lflxm the broadcasting of Navy and Marine Band pro- grams over the national networks. The taboo was ordered by former Secretary Adams just before he quit his office. His order, it is understood, was prompted by objections from musicians’ unions that the use of the bards for radio programs deprived union musicians of work. The action was defended by former Representative La Guardia of New York, but was bitterly op~ posed by. Representative Britten of Illinois, x’anl(inil Republican member of the House Naval Affzirs Committee. The War De- partment did not ban the use of the Army Band by radio. It was charged in Congress that the networks were reaping undue &roms from the use of the mili- ry bands, which have been broadcasting an average of about 14 hours a week. The networks have not replied formally to the charges, but have pointed out that the bands have never been sponsored commercially and have always been used as sustaining or non - commercial features. Government regulations prohibit payment for their services. The band leaders, it was said, are eager to broadcast il order to lay to an audience and to get he practice. cirimares Fnee/ OnNANRCH RADIO SHOP - CIAN CALL the Electric Wheels, Inc. A complete shop on wheels brought to your door. 24- hours _service. Wisconsin 4821. .~ ONE DOLLAR radio service 4091145 ST. NM DIST. 4700