Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
by Jnne Dixon.
Radio station wJz!

I', jane Dixon.
! Radio Station VIZ!
High up under the skies. where
I night burned her ruttering March
. candles against blustery blue, we
stood atop man-made mountain
and turned in" on the voices OF a
nation.
Somcwherc--in Pittsburgh. perhaps,
a man was giving message 10 the
world. his deep bass voice booming
Keen and clear across surmountable
space.
Again-we thought it might be
Sch"ncctady-the contagious plant OF
the saNophone could be heard invit-
ing thousands TO fox trot to the SYN
copaton OF "Dapper Dan"
What's this? y piano on the roof?
On, no. The piano is four or five or
maybe six stories below, closed in :,
studio. That "Etudc in \ Flat" Oh
pin. is being played by oliver Den
ton. pianist. for "A little old lady far
down on Long Island farm. and for
another little old lady far up in n
Catskill village. And yct-onc would
gamble piano and player were al
elbow.
\Oniy Eternity to solve.
SO. in marvels. does this merry
sphere swing in its orbit. Time and
space are annihilated. only eternity
remains to solve. and science tanner,
with the seal on the door.
station WIZ. by the by. Is the New
ark On. j. industrial home of the
late George Westinghouse. sturdy
American wizard OF invention, VINO
NV
interviewing railroad switch. the NJ
ternating electrical current and the
first Saturday half-holiday
because the whole world seems
suddenly TO have broken out in radio
rash, journeycd thithcr throuSr
that amazing artery OF traffic whi:i
winds its way under the Hudson
River. to listen In" on invisible wires
destined 20 span an entire century .,
ordinary progress.
AZ the entrance to the square block
OF brick and concrete plant" l wa.
met by First Sergeant Joseph q
Grant, as fine a lad as ever wore tn,
TWO shades of blue and the bras,
shield OF the Westinghouse police. Il
Is the business of Sergeant Grant &c
toss down the welcome mat, a bust
ness mt which he exccls. Also. h.
knows radio
Five minutes after admission to tn,
studio | was comfortably seate,
alongside small black box with ;
pair or what looked like disc tcle
phone receivers clnmped TO my ears
enjoying flrst-clasS concert Ser
Sraht Brown was as pleased over IN,
enthusiasm as II he had been playin.
the concert himself. His is one OF tn,
most acute attacks OF radioitis In III,
present epidemic
IN End u,.,tn,
Pretty SOON" uuoth Grant. "itl
get so man can't quarrel with hi.
wife. because the minute he start:
anything all the ncighbors will 'tun,
In anu get wise TO the family skcle.
tons.
Yes and his mother-in-law out lr
Waco. Texas. viii rush in on tn,
next train 10 ask him what he mean:
by abusing her daughter"
Having thus predicted, the scrGean,
turned me over To Thomas II. Cowan
OF the studio force 1t is Mr.. Cowan.
boast he has not been absent from
the broadcastinS center more thar
TWO evenings since last October II,
is the chicf censor and the keeper D
artistic temperaments-a position ad
hitting Of neither long distanc.
treatment nor delay.
nave been everything from trair
"'"''' ~ Srahu opera star to plane
mover" explained Mr.. Cowan. RE
Gently when celebrated woman play
wright came over To deliver a lectur,
J had TO take care OF her pet dog
Larry. Larry is an Irish terrier aCet
months and he Is full OF the deuce
poured him out Il bowl of milk an,
he almost submerged himself. ThAI
sat him up on shelf where he coult
look down and watch his mistress
Every few minutes she would iptcc
rupt her Lecture 10 greet the pup Will
All right now, d.aric.' and he n goo,
boy, Larry. and Larry. lie down.
m wondering what the listener.
thought when they heard those in,
ierjections. or course. shot my han,
on the vibrator whenever | saw on,
OF them coming. but you can't AWAY.
outEucss II woman
Whnt the DIVA Did.
Another time famous diva SANG
selections from That's She played
her own accompaniment, so
crouchcd on top Of the paino and hclt
the receiving apparatus in front OF
her To catch her voice. In the mid.
die OF an aria she stopped and shout.
ed. How am going to sing with tina
chipmunk pcrChch before me- lookjnr
as it he were ready TO leap after
every note" Tempcraments are aw,
III! things. Tho greatest hero in Tn,
country today is Gatti-casazza. chic
OF the generals OF the metropolitan
Opera
X. IL. fopcno". who aside from tn.
distinction OF having been born IT,
Ohio. is intrustcd with the wcu-be
Ing OF station WIZ. told some inter.
"StinE facts concerning radio. Here
are u few OF them:
liroadcaStinr is under Federal su.
pcrNision. Department OF Commerce
In order To broadcast. the operator
must secure Il Federal license.
II The government is at liberty tu
TAX" away hro;niCastinr license
whenever the radio Inspector of the
district so advises.
Arthur iiatchrilor is chief radio