The Washington times., 1924-07-19
ROmping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Listener-In-

The Paul Bleyden Studio Is prov
ing the outstanding dark horse In
the broadcasting popularity race Of
the summer. Is.
The studio artists, in particular
Mr.. Bleyden himself and Miss Mar
tina X. Woolley, have been main.
tanning a pretty stiff pace in their
microphone appearances since, the
coming Of the warm months and
their popularity has grown accord.
ingly.
With the thousands of broadcast.
ers who are doing service at the
present time. 1t is not easy for any
one artist to establish himself as q
favortte through one broadcast.
There are IA few who can do 1t
or who have done 1t. Even Roxy's
Gang and Wendell Hall were not
instantaneous successes.
We listeners, an a rule hear a
new artist and think him or her
good. We hear the artist a. second
time and perhaps begin to believe
that we have moderated his ability
by considering the performance only
good. Then We begin to look for
artist.
Moe Baer and his trio seems To
us a., good example of this slow
march to- popularity.
Last night we found ourselves in.
terestedly awaiting tha recitals Of
MISS Woolley and Mr.. Blevden.
ana nearing them we were not dis
Mr.. Bleyden, we think, knows a
Iot about what the. public wants
from its broadcasters.
The United States NAVY Rand ~
me virgin Islands, playing it's
WCAP last night, found an un,,sM.
ally large and expectant aI,die,,cs
awaiting its. appearance. S 49,
A band from the VIRGIN .TsVand.
sounded interesting.
And the concert was all ~ 4ho+
Inefe was a true appreciation ae
grasses apparent in the Dlavinc -
the island musicians.
The Organization win Ma baa.d
again on the air tonieht from
Mr.C ana next week from WIZ,
WCAPs paased the buck to the
newspapers for the error in. the an.
nouncement Of the program and
We as promptly pass Il back.
we received nothing from yvc,Ap
20 indicate that the guest hand
would appear at 10 o'clock instead
- "a
international Radio Week, which
= 70 pe celebrated November 23-30
a1so<wlu be the anniversary date az
Sne commencement of .broadcastinr
~ hoxy and his Capitol Theater
On November 10, 1922. Ricbard
strauss Elm HeidenIeben'' WAS
broadcast by the Capitol Grand or.
-chestra, that being the first time.
IN the history Of radio that sym.l
pnonlc music, was broadcast direct
from any theater. IN Celebration
OF 'lts second radio anniversary. the.
capitol Theater will take an active.
part IN International Radio Week I.
an event which Will be recoRnizedi
IN Great Britain, Canada and cuba.
a letter from the managers Of
Station WIN, New York. STATS
that that many reports Of reception ~
The Voice OF the Great Whifa
way have been received from
Washington. ~
WIN is always glad to hesr
from its distant friends and invites
mail-a log of the numbers heard
being especially welcome" the let.
ter states.
II you picked up the appeal FOR
chorus girls. which was recentIv
ton that. s'Ae ai'
The appeal got the girls INT n
Drought down the wrath of Man.
NATHAN on the Broadway station. I"
we are willing to bet our ne,,.
trocyne against nickel grid lealr
that the trial OF Richard I.oeh ana
Nathan Leopold win never get On
the air, despite the recent requests
That Chicago station De given ths.
broadcasting rights. III = s"S
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