Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-16
RADIO FANS WON
BYLEDGER STATION
Welcome Announcement Of Pro-
rsssive Broadcasting Pro-
gram Of Expansion
eovER pINCHoT INAUGURAL

PUBI1c LEDGER haoio prouucaS''hS
Station J!
Hundreds of thousands Of radio fans
x,bin radius of 500 miles heard this
announcement last night. Today it
I, their principal topic Of conversation.
Tho decision TO combine the forces Of
n. CImbcl Brothers Station and the
,,,ources Of tho PUmIc LEDGER and
EVENING PuHL1c LEDGER was mnde
I'm weeks ego. and the Intervening time
n, heen flied with activity in mapping
,ut and arranging program Of cxpnn-
dan that will make Station WIP the
rost progressive broadcasting station in
the country.
The call letters will now stand for
swatch Its Progress"
Tho first big public event that has
b.eu tied up for radio broadcasting is
,be inauguration of Governor Pinchot
At Harrisburg January 18. This will
Ss done BY means of long distance land
ri,es. which will be connected directly
10 the transmitting instrument in the
.tstion on the seventh floor of the Gin
bsI Store. and from there It will 60 out
AZ radio 80 that everybody in the city
can hear it with the simplest kind Of
crystal set. and everybody in the State
and neighboring States can hear it with
me average audion bulb outfit.
will Describe Each Event
There will be member Of the PUBLIC
fEpGrI staff in n special glass booth on
the retrieving stand. and he will de-
scribe every event as it takes place IN
Harrisburg. just as the plays Of foot
hall game are broadcast. He will tell
when each marching club from each
ward is passing the stand and will
''cut in the microphone on the speak
ers' stand so that the radio audience
eon hear the bands playing and the
crowds cheering. This microphone will
also be "cut in when the Governor
takes his onth. and the full ceremony
will he heard as well rs the speeches.
This is something that has never been
attempted before in radio, and the
carrying Of radio signals from such
a distance with land wires involved
problems the solution Of which has
taxed the ingenuity Of engineers.
The plan Of corporation as now
outlined for Station W1P embraces
every possible kind Of Listeners in"
With their varying tastes. There will
Ne a judicious arrangement Of popular
and classical music; there will be
many very attractive educational fea-
lures which will amount almost TO a
University Extension course. and there
will be concerts By the best musical
organizations that il Is. possible TO
obtain.
Concerts OIL Program
The splendid concert that was broad.
east last Tuesday night by the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania Glee Club was
arranged by this new combination. and
the plan will be continued on January
9. when the University Banjo Club will
nlay; on Friday. the 10Th. when the
University Band will play. and on the
18th, after the Governors inausura-
ton, when the University Orchestra
will visit the studio and give a concert.
A special permanent transmitting in
strument has been installed in the new
Cafe L'A!glon for the purpose Of giving
regular Saturday night dance pro-
grams. the music being broadcast
through the ether Just as it is played
In the LAiglon by Charlie Kerr and
his orchestra.
Sunday will be devoted to lovers of
'he highest tvue of sacred and classical
music \ Transmitting set is being
Installed in Holy Trinity Memorial
Chapel. Twenty second and Spruce
streets, where Ernest Felix Potter, one
Of the best known organists and choir
directors Of the city. will arrange his
services with special view TO their
effectiveness via radio. The full serv-
Ice Of the chapel will be broadcast on
Sunday morning.
To Broadcast Chamber Music
On Sunday afternoon, from :. to (
o'clock. WlP will broadcast n series
tt chamber music concerts by one Of
the most famous organizations OF The
Kind in this section Of the country.
The full details OF this chamber music
program will be announced later.
One OF the most interesting events
% the general public will take place on
January 8, when the Military Order.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, hold their
annual banquet in the ballroom Of the
Bellevue -StratfOrd. 4 transmitting
@t will be installed there and the
'PNNNh'o anu husiC VIII Dc SeIlt out over
the radio beginning at y o'clock, after
The University Banjo Club concert is
ended.
The speakers at this banquet will
nc General John Pershing, Assistant
secretary of the Navy Theodore Roose-
,elt, Jr.. Admiral Rodman, who was
10 command Of the North Sea fleet
curing the war; Senator L. II. Ball,
a noted orator from Delaware md a
member Of the Senate Committee on
IICrelgn Affairs, and Representative
Sohn Jacob Rogers, who is one of the
most eloquent members Of the lower
Next Tuesday afternoon a concert
Mll 6e given by the Hahnemann Col
.tse orchestra and the Glee Club will
eng at later date
friday evening, December ~, the
..alladelph!a Police Band, under Lieu
snn ,smant Joseph kiefer, will play a very
SSU'el program and will be introduced
wa speech from Director Cortelyou.
III me new combination the staff of
Msnhicians s.s developed by Gimbel Broth
GGs, under the management of John II.
.Jsotse' Will continue to have charge
W ,rd tae engineering part Of the station.
rit"e Iu t"e development work and program
Gsns nave been placed in the hands Of
r.My msMnry NJ. Neely, the PUBLlC LEpGIR's
iss.J iJ expert Harry T.. Ehrhart, be.
w. "T,u oy thousands Of kiddies for his
81, Mhcie Wtp' bedtime stories and roll.
md ,;,i WI continue that popular feature