The Washington times., 1924-10-14
WRC PRESENTS FLORA KEEFER
RoIllping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Listener.In

Radio reception from distant sta
tons. that last winter was difficult
enough to achieve, has prpfited not
at all by a summers lay.off and
the advances of sceince.
Time was when we had hope,
but night after night our despond.
Cllcy grows.
We have come to hold a heart
full Of hate for the spinners Of re-
radiating dials and the harmonic
distributors at high.powered code
plants.
Good reception from distant sta
tions is at present q myth
The annual conference of the
best radio minds has come and
gone. The results of their confer
ence may be evidenced later In q
decrease Of code and code-har-
New wave band assignments may
clear up some Of, the shrill beat
notes that at present denote q, col
fusion of stations on the same wave
length.
But there is no relief promised
from that most offensive of all
Enan-made interferences-the re-ra-
dating bowler, that makes the
nights a perfect torment to mind
and body.
Found No Solution.
The conference could find no way
to deal with the reckless driver Of
the. air and the. jay walker Of the
ether.
He is put on his honor, to be
sure he Is asked as man to man to
respect the rights OF his fellows.
But he only laughs and goes on
bowling his set.
Perhaps the only solution will be
for the dealers to bind themselves
together and agree that no more re
radiatihg sets will be sold.
With the reradiater swept out OF
existence last night, reception would
have been bad enough--what> with
the natural atmospheric static and
the harmonic of a code station that
swept clear around the dials?
Signals were strong but not strong
enough TO come pleasantly through
all the interferences that nature and
man has set up against them.
Local Programs Good.
In relief we must turn to. our
LOCAL stations that are often enter.
tanning, but sometimes duh.
Last night, fortunately, we were
entertained. We say fortunately
because great would have. been
our anger IL the local program had
failed us and we had been tortured
by the interferences that beset
what should, under reasonable con
ditions, have been one Of the hes,
nights for distance reception Of the
The Hawaiian Melody Bows, whc
opened the 'WCAP. program. pro
vided a pleasant introduction. fOt
the evening, OF course, we prt.
sums thai &, . -lIsteng
IKE OURS es a.. .fond lse: e,
the strunmings Of the South Ss;fs
] Mr.. Truscott took hold OF a sub.
Ject that we had feared would be
uninterestingly discussed, and turned
out one OF the most fascinating
talks Of the month. Booking Mr.
Truscott at a time when the
Shenandoah and the. IRIS are
front-page topics. showed keen
program direction, And we list stied
enthralled as the speaker drew his
pictures OF the aeronautics OF the
future.
| Madame COquelet.
The songs of Madame Henrietta
Coquelet were the feature OF thu
night. What a voice 1t was thai
she sent into our local speaker.
Moe Baer and his Wardman Parl,
Trio, who seldom fail to strike q
popular s.chord in their programs
found an enthusiastic audience with
their "Barc1rolle" and 'Perfec,
Day.
Caleb O'Connor's reading of ''Tht
Shooting Of Dan McGrew' is good
for as many, more request perform
ances as he cares to give.