The Washington times., 1924-04-10
ROMPING AROUND
RADIO DIAL
BY Listener-In-

I'VE don't need much more law
for RADIO" Judge Stephen B. Davis,
OF the Department Of Commerce,
declared before the Federal Club
last night. THE application Of the
common law is all that is needed"
he said, pointing out that the COM
mon law. provides that a person
may use his own property as he
wishes, so long as 1t does not in
tertere with the similar privilege Of
others.
mat may all be true, but mean
while these disturbers Of the peace
continue to clutter the air with
theli s1ueak5 and whistles, and dots
ana daSheS, and no one takes them
to court to try out the law. And
until someone does, the broadcast
listener will continue to gnash his
teeth and clamp his head phones
closer, to his head in an effort to
distinguish something from the
maze OF confusion in the air.
Local Program.
Bob Lawrence's concerts continue
to improve, out we have heard more
adverse criticism of his hambone
songs than of any other feature on
the programs. Most listeners feel
that with all the talent he presents,
more entertaining numbers could be
found. We particularly enjoyed
Henry Goldstein on the xylophone,
HreIchen Hood in soprano solos,
ana Anton kaspar with his violin.
we dropped in for the Penn State
hlght little while and found lots
OF pep there. Good talks and ex-
cement music was interpreted.
Buffalo came in well, in spite of the
static, and we thoroughiy enioved
WendaH Halls latest version of his
songs.
Roaming Around.
After returning to WCAP lust
to see what was going on there.
we turned to Pittsburgh to get
some OF their $40 program, but
though 1t was good, we had the
wande rlust. Had WOR in Newark
Tor a while and then someone else
came l.. and ruined II. Guess II
was the 4.eviathan program we
were listening to.
At o'clock Cincinnati was of.
ferlng the music supervisors IAN.
quet, but though we turned the
'aIs to the usual plac.. nothing
put static came into the speaker,
S'ur Wanderlust spirit vas rapidly
LicelnS In the face of The stare.
ana we were content listen to
the local for a while,
but at $3.50 we found what we
nad been searching for, some real
not Music. It came from Toronto
WIN the ! accompaniment Of the
qsnal static, hut for some reason
was con'ng in stronger than usual.
AFTER the local signed off, we
round the late concert from WGN.
Cnlcago, coming in as strong as
aanything on tie dial They must
nave been using couple of thou.
stno watts, because they drowned
OUT all the static and we hal TO
Iune 1t off a little 70 keep from
waxing up The whole house.
Varied Programs.
we have no kick to make about
the local program, in fact we still
Deileve as we have always claimed.
tnat they have the best programs in
the country, but why not have a lit
Tie variety. We hear the same bands
ana orchestras and the same fea-
lures night after night.
We would like to see them obtain
some of the many interesting peo-
pie right here in Washington, that
other stations are picking up.
Newark has started series of talks
by wives Of former Presidents. We
have three Of these living here in
Washington, and If Newark can get
them to talk, certainly our own sta.
tons should.
One of the most interesting fea.
lures put out by any station In the
| country comes from Schenectady,
where a play is staged every week.
These plays are specially chosen fer
their adaptability for radio. An
amateur company could easily be
organized in Washington using local
talent that could stack up with the
WGY players.
Circus Tonight.
Don't cuss your neighbor with
the single circuit regenerative nor
throw your set in the ashcan IL be.
tween 6:15 and 6:45 tonight you here
hear the worst assortment Of howls
that your speaker has ever pro
duced. 1t will probably just be the