Evening star., 1923-11-11
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS

Broadcast fans within "hearing" of
| the two aerial spokesmen at the Cap
ital city, certainly those living with
in l,500 miles of Washington, may rest
| assured that they will be informed
Immediately by radio of any import
| ant events affecting the country
Two class B transmitting stations
| are on guard here constantly. Like
sentinels. they are watching that all
| is well, ready to call out the guard,
so to speak. in any emergency.
| Throughout the twenty-four hours
| watch, one or the other sends out
items of national interest news,
| music. entertainment and many
| unique features.
Popular NOF. the old naval sta
! tion at Anacostia, later succeeded by
| NAA at Arlington. has been relieved
of most of It's unofficial broadcasting g
| including the transmission of the
| Army, Naval and Marine Band con-
! certs, by two limited commercial sta
| tions of high class and power, WCAP
| of the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
/ phone Company. and WRC of the
Radio Corporation. Working alter
nately, these two stations, each nav
| ing unique facilities. will keep the
phases Of the governments activities,
! bringing from time to time the voices
, of the White House and Capitol to
| the listeners very ears
,, By way of current examples OF
! what is going on: VICAR broadcast
LLOYD Georges address recently and
transmitted last night Ex- President
Wilson's first speech since his illness
! WRC is transmitting music IRON
| bands, and has just inaugurated a
series of talks by government OF
| fcials and heads of national organ
izations. Both stations. II is seen
are handling matter never before
available outside Washington.
The Washington station or the
Radio Corporation. initiated IN mono
gram style WRC, went on the ar las'
August and is now known In practi
cally all states of the Union. Reports
from listeners-in have come from as
| far north as Maine and Canada
Miami. Fla. in the south: san An
tonic, Tex, in the southwest; Lexins
ton, Neb., in the west, and Lake Clty,
Mimi, on the north. The Whole plaht
was overhauled recently by engineers
from the New York Office and trans
mission now ranks Al, even haHai
experts admit.
Among the new features introduced
by WRC are: instruction In radlo. IN
cluding code practice three times
week the Inauguration last FRIDAY OF
entertaining features. The niohis
entertainment will be new IN tne
east, where it will fill long felt
want, since all eastern stations, most
central and some of the mld-western
stations have closed down by mlo-
night eastern time. One of the most
popular forms of entertainment by
WRC is the daily children hour.
other broadcasts include lectures
from representatives of the Nationai
Geographic Association and Sfnith-
sonian Institution on travel. explora-
tion and scientific events, talks on au
tomobiling by experts from the A. "A
A and Navy nights, when officers
hold forth with tales of the sea and
air. Fashion, fact, finance and hlction
are all included on the daily sched-
ules, besides the regular lhstfu
mental and vocal musical numbers;
WCAP of the Chesapeake and 70
tomac Telephone Company. while
without a studio for transmitting, rs
unique in that my means OF It's laha
lines and field radio truck II can
broadcast practically anything "nlch
happens in the capital. Alreaoy tne
omen air concerts of the Marine Band
have been made available to the
country. So with other meetings ana
functions, if there is anything to near,
WCAP plans to send II, whether IL Is
in the White House, State Department
or Capitol building.
The President could in very Few
minutes talk to the whole country. If
necessary. with the aid of the Tel,
ephone Company's engineers ana
WCAP. This station has been heard
in Lancaster. England; on the IA
cific coast. in San Salvador, Central
America and in every state in TINS
country. according to messages re-
ceived.
more extensive program is plan