The Washington times., 1925-02-17
|ROmping Around.
the
Radio Dial

In any discussion Of the best
radio features of the East, the
A. & p. Gypsies are sure to receive
considerable attention. After hear
ing one of its presentations It Is
difficult not to proclaim the en-
semble the outstanding attraction
of any weeks air concerts.
The guitar duet which heralds
the arrival Of the Gypsies and the
same Smelody amidst which they
take their departure has become al
most as familiar to listeners as
Roxy,s Good night, pleasant
dreams, God bless you"
And the concert that falls be-
tween the coming and going Of the
ensemble has IA charm all its own
-insinuative, fascinating, exquisite
The advertisements which might
be expected to accompany the.
Gypsiess music have been cut and
jectionable to even the most fas-1
tidious listener. In fact, there is
less Atlantic and Pacific. in the
programs than there is Capitol
Theater'' in the Sunday evening
arrangements Of Roxy.
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The. Gypsies'. success serves
further to prove that the presenta-
ton of an air feature is equally as
important as the program matter
-if not more so.
Call the Gypsies by some other
name say just the A. and r. String
acknowledgements them as the
majority OF radio programs are an
nounced, take away the guitar ac-
compartment ITO their introduction
and their farewell, give them d hap
hazard arrangement Of the usual
run sof n1lfsic-aIld the gypsiess al
though brilliant performers, would
become merely part of radip pro-
gram.
Radio presentations might be said
to have begun with Roxy's Sunday
evening concerts. The Eveready En-
tertainers next carried the idea
little further to perfection. Tie
Gypsies and the Silveftpwn Orches-
ira have added their help.
Our own washington stations, l
after q few colorless attempts at
presentation. have at last got around
to the real thing
In its broadcast of the concert by
the Choir Invisible" last night,
Piers0n, gave us something out Of
the ordinary for local program.
The choir has immense possibill-
ties. There is the name, which
alone is worth considerable, there
is the direction of Otto Torney Simon
and there Is sufficient vocal talent
In the double 0ctette that forms the
choir, to provide q weekly featur6
that would warrant a much more
extensive hool-up than the three
city affair which It was given last
night.
Edward 3. Glaypoole, billed as q
pianist-corlposef Of Baltimore, did
some marveluns things with popular
songs shoFtly AT ter the dinner.
hour. His arrangements were de
cidedly original and his program
thoroughly entertaining.
Cincinnati's little wave.Iength
sQuabble between WLW and WAId
has been settled anicabiy, for the
present, at least. Chief Radio
Supervisor w. D. Terrell returned
to Washington yesterday and an
nounced that by mutual agree
ment the two stations which Cor
several nights broadcast simultans-
ousIy on 324 meters, had agreed to
divide the time originally claimed
by each plant.
II you have had difficulty find.
ing some of your favorites on the
Pacific Coast for the past month,
try out a different wave length.
The Kay stations. as well as the
wv stations Of the East, have
undergone an experimental opera
ton, and have now been definitely
realIocated.
KGo, Oakland, for instances is
now on 361 metres: XIII. Los
Angeles, is on 405.2;; KPO, San
Francisco, has moved to 1888
KFOA, at Seattle, has been given
3S44, and KFAE, Pullman, Wash,
is now on 348s6. The other four
class b stations Of the Pacific
from to II O'Clock. The Eveready
Entertainers will be on the air FROM
to 10 and the Silvertown Orchestra
from 10 to II.