The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-09
1ERTS AND REdTAL5 Will Fill AIR FOR RADIO FANS TODAY
.ROnping Around
Radio Dial
FalIuresl
BY Listner-In-

i 1ASt4EeI : 49,
FalIureSI
| With the spirit of Forty.niner,
we struggled last night for more
than an hour to reach the Coast
But ambushed by the Drake Hotel
Indians in Chicago. we found the
effort hopeless and submitted to the
inevitable.
However, we believe that some
fwhere in Washington, q receiver got
the new call letters KGO and
listened in on the General Electric's
Sunset" station at Oakland.
Who heard it?
Try as we might. we failed also
in booking up with the Wagnerian
opera at WIZ. It may have been
cancelled or postponed but we will
not establish an alibi until we
learn that there was no opera
broadcast from New York.
The BO'sn's Bride.
Unable to get to the Manhattan
House, we swapped our pasteboard
for a seat at 1.-THE Bo'sn's Bride"
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of the General Electric Company.
The performance came in clear
as a whistle and we had no regret
for the change in our plans.
Unfortunately we can not give
credit to the cast by naming them.
AS the announcer began to read off
the roles, our pencil stumbled on
the paper and broke its point. When
we got it sharpened, there was no
score and the performers had al.
ready swung into the opening
Echorus.
There was just a touch of disap-
pointment when no burst of applause
complimented Kitty's solo in the
second act. We knocked our pipe
against the table and patted our foot
on the floor, but 1t didn't help much.
For Kitty deserved honest congratu-
| lations.
| With the assistance OF the an
nouncer who read the libretto be-
tween the acts. 1t was a simple mat.
ter to follow the story of Kitty and
the Bo'sn-of their love at first
sight, their grief at misunderstand-
ing, and then their happy reunion.
Although we knew there was moth.
ing that resembled the good ship
Binnacle in the WGY studio, 1t
didn't matter much when the chorus
opened up with all the spirit Of the
real Binnacle's sailors.
Tomorrow Night.
The community sing to be held Al
the Eastern High School tomorrow
night under the direction of Robert
Lawrence will DO broadcast through
the WCAP station, it was announced
last night. Among the features of
the program will be the Nordica
Mandolin and Guitar Club. The
WCAP program will shift to the
Cafe LIE Paradis following the COM
munity sing. Wen be at both places.
DENLY and mike"
The Cabinet will make its debut in
the WRC Studio, "The Voice of the
Capital" tonight, when Secretary OF
the Navy DENLY confronts Mike"
and speaks to a widely scattered au-
dlence.
Secretary DENLY Is expected to
speak on the program of naval ac-
tivities for the year. His address
will be in connection with the Navy
day program arranged by the Radio
Corporation for today.
WRC promises subsequent visits
to the studio by Government chiefs.
Dial!Twisting.
There is nothing particularly
commendable in reckless deal.
twisting" II station is tuned in
and there is nothing there worth
hearing, well and good. The fault
lies with the station and the pro-
1In ka
But with the more important
studios offering the brand of enter
tainment that is scheduled every
day. there is little need for a
Iistener-in to druise around the
dial, and. having hit a selection
that under different circumstances
he would pay several dollars to
hear. to switch somewhere else,
Just to see what he can get"
An occasional tour around the
dial undoubtedly is interesting and
it tests the receiving range of
set. But we ARE inclined to be-
lieve that the perpetual "twister
is unappreciative.
We INDUCED In moderate
to reach the coast. And we
DIOlllcu LHCTeuN. w mfA4A, at
Rockport. N Y. was a new dis
covery for us. And we stumbled
across some of the fascinating
"jazz music" at WAX, Cleveland.
There were other stations we heard,
but only for moment or so at a
time.
Silent Night.
The fervor of the correspondents
who have written us regarding
silent night, IL nothing else. shows
the extent to which radio has cap.
tured Washington.
When subject causes both pros
and cons TO become so "het up"
that subject has come near home.
And silent night has struck deep.
There will be more on the subject
anon.
Singing To Home.
A man-we didn't catch his name
faced the microphone at KDKA
last night and sang Maid of the
West" His home was in Cali.
fornia and out on the coast mis-
wife and daughter were listening-in
to hear daddy"
We are inclined to believe they
heard him. Such pretty senti.
ment could not go for naught.