The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-10
COOLIDGE ON AIR IN BRIEF TALK
ROmping Around
Radio Dial
BY Listener-M

Splendid cooperation by local
broadcasting talent enabled WRC
to furnish Washington listeners
with entertainment last night In
spite of the fact that the station
was notified at 1928 that the pro-
gram it had planned to broadcast
| at 1880 would be unable to get
| through from New York.
WRC had planned to broadcast
| two and a half hours of entertain.
ment from New York beginning at
| 7:3O o'clock. Just two minutes be-
fore the program was scheduled to
get underway, the station was no
| titled that the wires were down
because Of a storm near Baltimore.
It was a terrible moment for the
station staff, which had two min
utes to plan a program for two
hours and q half. Sidney Seiden-
mans Shoreham Hotel Orchestra
was playing the last number of
a half hour OF dinner music. His
organization agreed to continue for.
another half hour to give the sta
ton time to get together some
talent.
While the dinner music con.
tinued its additional half hour,
WRC's staff kept the phones busy
calling talent scattered around the
city. The stations SOS call was
| met by q ready repsonse.
AS soon as the dinner music
stopped, the microphone was turn
ed over to Norman Brokenshire,
the fluent youngA gentleman from
New York, who =, has struggled
through many embarrassing sltua.
tons in front Of the mike. Broke
explained the catastrophe to the
radio audience and promised that
program would be put onto the
air.
It was 8 o'clock and none Of the
artists had. had time to get to the
studio. George F.. Ross staff pain.
list, who has filled in many an
anxious moment with delightful
music stepped forward and played
as though he had been planning
that concert for weeks.
In about ten minutes the first
artist, Alden Finckel, well.knOwn
New York cellist. who happened co
be in town, arrived, and was in
stantly put onto the air. BY tie
time he had finished others were
arriving and Broke" introduced
them in the order of their appear
ance.
Among the other rescuipg artists
who performed to keep WRC on
the air Were Clara Young Brown,
zone OF the city's most talented so
pranos; Harlan Randall, baritone
OF some note; Eleanor Glynn, staff
pianist and a trio from the Hotel
Washington Orchestra under the
personal leadership Of Irving
Boernstein.
It was really D great response
from the musicians and songsters.
the heat to hurry 70 the station and
furnish entertainment for which
they had gotten no advance pub
licity.
And in the end WRC presented a
program that would stack up well
with the best of its pFeplanned ones.
All Of the distress artists were good,
in fact they represented the best
talent in Washington.
The trio. composed Of Boernstein,
Robert Stickney, pianist and Paul
Rooster. 'cellist opened its program
with selections from the opera
"Cavaleria Rusticana," which was
supposed to have been broadcast
earlier in the evening, and offered
about three-quarters of an hour OF
good entertainment.
The two vocal soloists, Clara
Young Brown and Harlan Randall,
were charming. We particularly
remember the formers rendition of
Little Orphan Annie. .
The lie Paradis music which fol-
lowed the spontaneous bill was
great. Meyer Davis seems to have
gathered another brilliant dance
orchestra to take the place Of his
former combination which Is tour
ing in vaudeville.
Harry Albert, the leader Of the
new orchestra, is a versatile music
ian and is likely to be found play
ing nearly any instrument. In fact
each time we have seen him he
has been playing a different in
strument. The orchestra Is greatly
helped out by the singing and
comedy work Of Solari, the bantoist
who adds much to the radio per-