The Washington times., 1924-12-31
WRC TAKES
EXTERIOR
TONIGHT
Special Watch Night Program
and Church Chimes Fea-
ture Festivities

AHAPAS opportunity Will % pIO"
vided the radio listener tonight
to welcome the New Year at his
receiving set.
Special watch night programs
and New Years greetings have
been arranged at practically allNof
the stations scheduled to broad
cast during the evening hours.
Locally WRC, through an ex-
change Of time with WCAP, will
be on the air throughout the last
evening of the year. From 11:15
to some time after midnight, the
station will broadcast jointly with
WIZ, New York, and WGY,
Schenectady, the watch service
and chimes from Trinity Church,
New York.
New Orchestra On Air.
Directly preceding the watch serv,
ice, WRC viii broadcast jointly
with WIZ a program Of dance
music by the Greenwich Village Inn
Orchestra, Of New York. 1t VIII lie
the first time that this music has
been picked up and rebroadcast by
a local station.
The early evening program from
WRC includes a, concert Of dinner
music, songs by Hook Kennedy,
concerts by the Harmonious Quar-
tet and the Lee House Trio, talk
by Professor w. F. G. Swami, OF
the University Of Minnesota, on
why the Earth Is a Magnet"
and a program by the Dixie Stars.
a popular radio singing d." ( New
York.
The detailed program follows:
6:45 p. m.-Children's Hour ny
Peggy Albion.
o. m.-Dinner music.
| 8 D. m.-"Why the Earth Is q
Magnet" by Prof. w. F. G.. Swami,
of the University of Minnesota, un-
der the auspices of the Americad
Association for the Advancement Of
Science, in cooperation with the
Smithsonian Institution.
| $40 D. m.-Concert by the Dixie
Stars, broadcast jointly with Sta
ton WIZ.
$40 p. m.-Concert by the Har-
monious Quartet.
9:15 D. m.-COncert by the Lee
House Trio, under the direction OF
Samuel Udrin.
Gas p. m.-Scotch songs by Hook
Kennedy. George F. Ross at the
piano.
9:55 o. m.-Retransmission of
time signals and weather forecasts.
| 10 p. m. Dance program by
the Greenwich Village Inn Or
chestra, broadcast jointly with Sta
ton WIZ, from the Greenwich Vii
lage Inn, New York.
| 11:15 p. m.-Watch service and
chimes from Trinity Church, New
York, broadcast jointly with Sta
tons WIZ and WGY.
| Final WEAF Program
For its final program Of the
year, WEAF, New York, has
scheduled a concert by the New
York Philharmonic Orchestra that
will be rebroadcast by WGR, Buff
falo; WCAE. Pittsburgh, and
WEEP, Boston. A special New
Year greeting will be put on the
air at midnight.
WOR, Newark, will present as
its chief attraction a special pro-
gram of talks by the. consul gen.
erals Of many of the most irnpor-
tant nations, who will broadcast
New Year greetings to their fellow
nationals in this country and
abroad.
wNYc, New York, will broadcas:
jointly with WOO, Philadelphia
the ringing Of the Liberty Bell in
Philadelphia at midnight. A spe-
cial musical program will follow
the ushering in of the New Year
at the New York station.
Canadian Program.
CKAC. Montreal, is another
Eastern station that has made
elaborate plans for the New Year
Eve on the air. Following greet.
ings to the other countries of the
world, the Canadian station will
entertain with lengthy program
Of popular music.
In the middle West, one of the
most interesting programs is SEIZED.
! uled /at the new KTHS, Hot
Springs, where the formal opening
Of the studio and station will be
celebrated with a program begin.
ming at o'clock. Several promi.
nent men Of the middle West will
felicitate the new station with
broadcast addresses and an excel
lent program Of music is SEIZED.
uled.
Other New Year Eve programs
have been arranged at the Chicaeo
stations, WCCO, Minneapolis: woo.
Davenport; WDAF, Kansas civ
and WTAS, Elgin.
Down South, WSB, Atlanta. will
present New Year skylark.
All OF the Pacific coast stations
are scheduled to broadcast special
programs as well as KOA, Denver.
where an international program of
music has been arranged.