The Washington times., 1924-02-14
ELABORATE PROGRAM IS ARRANGED FOR OPENING OF WCAF
ROMPING AROUND
RADIO DIAL
BY Listener-In-

There is a peculiar fascination
about the North Pole programs
broadcast every Wednesday night
from the Edgewater Beach Hotel
station, Chicago.
Promptly at midnight the station
changes it's name to 9XN and be-
gins calling WNP, the Macmillan
auxiliary schooner "Bowdoin," froZ'
en- in at about eleven degrees from
the Pole. Then follows for an hour
or more communications from rela-
tives and friends of the marooned
men, news dispatches, several musi-
cal numbers and friendly-though
one-sided-conversation from the
Edgewater studio.
Last night we returned for the
program after an absence of several
weeks.
There was the usual good hearted
Introduction, Good evening, Mac
MILAN and all the boys
Then came a batch OF letters and
communications.
The first was to Dan" from
Edmund Skillens, of Freeport. Me.
After a customary greeting, Skillens
wrote at length of the dog racing
''at home"
Carnival Success.
Portland has just had its third
annual winter carnival he wrote,
land it was great success. Harold
Whitehouse entered his dogs in
the twenty-five mile race and won
easily from a Mr.. Clark, of New
Hampshire. c. Nunninuck was
hitched in his team and behaved
well. The team was a special act
at Keith's after the racing" ;,
The second letter was from Mrs.
w. r. Browning, of Chicago, who
extended her best wishes to the
party and asked that greetings pe
extended to Miss Frances Byer at
the Grenfell Mission, st. Anthony,
Newfoundland.
A third letter was from the de-
partment of research in terrestrial
magnetism Of the Carnegie Institu-
ton, Washington, and announced
that a radio received January 10
from the Amundsen ship Maude
stated that the vessel was drifting
east and west about the seventy
fifth parallel near 157 degrees east
longitude. The work of the Maude
party was progressing splendidly,
the letter stated, and the informa-
ton obtained by the two Northern
expeditions would make a valuable
contribution to the scientific knowl-
edge of the high latitude regions.
The letter was signed by John A.
Fleming.
The Bowdoin party was notified
that station WFAA, Dallas, will
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cital tonight at 11:45 o'clock, central
time, which will be dedicated to Mac
MILAN and his boys.
Then came the North Pole enter
tainers, Danny" and Nick Lucas,
the latter with a new "geetar" re-
Gently presented to him by an ad-
miring fan. The two made music
MY Marie" my Dream Moon" an
English version Of 20 Sole Mo-"
and others.
!. There can be little doubt that,
with the strength of the Edgewater
station last night, the party heard
clearly the program in their honor.
One of the strongest stations that
got into the air last night was
1-XAB-the testing signature of the
Westinghouse station WBZ at
Springfield. Mass.
BY providing a musical program
by one of the best dance orchestras
we have heard from up New Eng
land way, the station must have
attracted a full house for it's tests.
Unfortunately, like IT'S sister station
at Pittsburgh, 1-XAB was beset by
occasional spells of annoying fading.
hA nj
up in WRAX, at Gloucester City,
N. j., station and city both un-
known to us-which was entertain.
ing around midnight with the Peer
less Dance Orchestra from the
Brooklawn Inn. We were disap-'
pointed when the music makers
were compelled to discontinue their
program for several minutes to
allow one Of their, number to
answer a telephone call. 1t was
the first time we had run into that!
There seemed to be plenty of power
in the station and there was not
much code interference and no
fading. The program was well
worth hearing.
StOp-Overs.
WOS, jefferson City, Mo-, was
tuning deep and wide all over the
dials from midnight on. They
offered an old-time string trio that
certainly knew the difference be-
tween a barn dance and jazz. Got
ton Eyed Joe" was a wow"
Dave Harmon's Gotham Enter
tainers at WOR,, Newark, soothed
the atmosphere considerably with
their rendition of "Sleep."
KYW, as usual, was too intimate
with code.
Atlanta, Kansas City and WDAP,
Chicago, ran off their regular owl
entertainments in good style.
William Tommy Amy Sammy, at
Elgin, ILL.,, was offering theater
tickets in contest for nearby fans.
We weren't interested in the tickets
I,,+ xua did ni0v tho music Tho