The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-03
|ROmping Around
Radio Dial
BY ListsNcr-IIl-

A dnster is not enough for Fred
eric William VILE.
When Mr.. Vile set about the Job
Of fall cleaning in the political re-
ception halls OF Washington last
night, he carried with him a can Of
I've. a bucket OF water and a scrub.
bling brush. 9
The mirrors, after he was done
with them, threw back reflection
OF political activity that the most
meticulous investigation of the
daily newspapers had failed to re-
veal.
Whether Mr.. Vile is afraid. after
all, OF losing his political broadcast.
ing job in the event Of continued
guinness and calm In Governmental
circles, or whether he Is a iump
ahead Of the bored tale-bearers from
capitol Hill remains to be seen,
AT any rate, in his talk last night,
ne stirred up a new interest in
radio politics and indicated very
emphat1cally that the broadcastinp
show that closed cold on November
Is 10 be rewritten, recast, and re-
costumed into one of the airs big.
gest winter successes.
Politics for long time ALWAYS
done right by our RADIOS since
election has eased gracefully out
OF the ether. For a solid month
there has not been even one wave
tnat boosted political curl.
PRESIDENT Coolidge, who once
strung up chains OF a score Of
proadcasting stations to carry hts
words. to all appearances, has
forgotten the existence Of vacuum
tubes and willing ears.
His message to, Congress ia to
De delivered today without the as.
sista4ce OF single watt. Within,
Iorty-eight hours he will deliver two
addresses in Chicago, which like
mis- Congressional message, win lie
read only to visible audiences.
But II Mr.. Vile is correct. lust
give our political friends a HttIe
time and they'll. all be coming
around to the broadcasters to find
out what's the chance Of making 4
little speech to the radio millions.
The LIE Paradis Band, plus Leader
w. Spencer Tupman, was presented
with Mr.. Vile in a two-station
uSDuL last night.
[ More and more the Gothamites
are consenting to lend an ear to
the Capital. First It was the
service bands that rose to multista.
ton stardom. Then Moe Baer's
Trio and later the wardman Park
Hotel Dance Orchestra were moved
up out OF the rank. and file of
District brOadcasters.
Now Mr.. Vile and LIE Paradis.
Who next?
AS has been noted in these
columns often in the past, we are
one OF the most willing listeners to
Mr.. Tupman's band. The LIE
! Paradis music appeals very honestly
to our ideas OF what dance music
should be.
But---and the Radio Corporation
must share the but-there IL being
displayed in the present series of
weekly concerts too much similarity
in the programs to keep US raptly
attentive.
Restricted from the use OF Com.
posers' Society numbers, the I,a
Paradis Band is, at a disadvantages
! in its competition with the MANY
orchestras that make music in the
I skies.
In presenting 4 series Of jazzed
classics, Mr.. Tupman is stalling OFF
much Of the criticism that might
| otherwise be his. But there IL =
1 lunit even to this type of numbers.
The ether was plenty good for
the night owls and the early eve
ming fishers last night
The boom station of the early
hours was VIRGO, the new REQ
Motors station at Lansing, Mich.
! WREO took jump out on 28S
meters and made that wave-length
resound as 1t has seldom done in
the past. It is worthy Of mention
that the Lansing station broadcasts
every Tuesday, Thursday and sat-
urday nights.
Turning back for a. moment TO
the international tests Of last week.
William F. Dram, Ballston, Va.
writes that George w. Grimes,
whose letter and logged program
appeared in this column, heard
XII, at Los Angeles, on Saturday
night. XII was broadcasting from
IL p. m. until after midnight. His
program Of the broadcast as pub
lished in The Times is correct
Another pleasant hope gone
! wrong.
CHADWICK OVERTURE