The Washington times., 1925-10-31
|ROnping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY LiStener-In

Many of us have been looking
forward to the return of Roxy"
and his gang to the microphone
and wondering If he would really
seem the same, and what effect
his absence would have on his
audience. A little before 8 we
settled down and eagerly await
ed the opening words by this
radio impressario. In a few
minutes we heard the familiar
Hello, everybody" and in his
few opening sentences we found
Roxy" just as friendly, just as
magnetic as ever. He made us
feel how glad he was to return
to the microphone and we real
lied that we had missed him and
were also glad of his return.
There was many familiar voices
on the program and also some
charming news ones. One and all,
however, should receive a warm
welcome from the listeners in.
For his first program, Roxy"
had planned to introduce nearly
every one Of the new gang and
furnished a diversity Of enter
tainment
MANIA" furnished a snappy open.
ing, and was followed by our old
friend Douglas Stanbury. Doug
sang Fuzzy Wuzzy" in his best
style and we were glad to hear
him again.
Victor Arden and Phil Oman
are also old friends and their
selections on two pianos were
good.
A newcomer who should prove
popular was Bobby" Robertson.
Her voice is sweet and clear and
came over beautifully. Another
newcomer was Adrien Da Silva
a Portuguese tenor. Frank Mou-
Ian returned to the air with one
OF his typical songs entitled,
What Is the Use Of Words?"
and was welcomed by many
friends.
While the whole program was
excellent, probably the outstand-
ing features were the violin duets
BY Frederic Fradkin and Joseph
Stopack, and the lovely contralto
solos by the ever-popular Florence
Mu1holland.
The hour closed with q. lovely
trio written by Godfrey O'ETara
and sung by him, Jack Oakley
and Phoebe Crosby. This was
entitled another Day Closes"
and made a beautiful conclusion
to the delightful return Of Roxy
and his gang.
The daily market report was
followed by a very interesting
talk on synthetic silk by e. e.
Slosson, under the auspices of
the National Research Council.
The advanced. students OF The
Washington College Of Music pre-
sented an hour of varied music
which was most enjoyable. This
was followed by an appropriate
given by John Claggett Proctor.
The evening closed with two
hours Of excellent dance music
from the Wardman Park Hotel,
Moe Bear conducting.
A few days ago letter was
published asking about an inter-
ferance causing poor reception.
This letter was referred to the
Chamber Of Commerce and the
following reply has been re-
ceived:
Referring to interference with
radio reception In Washington
and vicinity, have to advise
we have received a number Of
complaints on this subject, which
upon investigation, was found to
be caused by the Army Net sta
ton at Washington. We are
taking up this matter through
the proper channels and hope a
remedy will be affected in the
very near future. Respectfully,
r. Y. Cadmus,
Supervisor of Radio"
That Is good news for many
radio fans and with a little
patience the trouble should be
remedied. The radio listeners APP
preciate Mr.. Cadmus' action.
We don't like to brag much,
but little won't hurt. Just want
to tell the world Washington
radio programs are just about as
neat as you'll find anywhere.
Take a diagonal slant at the
programs Of other stations, day
after day. Notice they're often
just one jazz orchestra, vocalist.
talk on the pants business in
Patagonia and frightful expert.
= ences Of Uncle Skimbo and
Robbie Rabbit, after another OF
the same. Also. find another city
this side Of the ono whose walls
are OF jasper and gates are pearl,
where two powerful stations sput.
ter on alternate nights, giving
programs half a chance to get
over without a eulogy Of a de-
ceased minister being all mixed
up with the strains Of "There'N
be Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight" Except for their ex.
IRENE modesty about featuring
their big numbers, WRC and
WCAP are as near perfection as
the old lady who blushed when
her shoe came united
Program of WRC