The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-12

have been searching the eth
err in an effort to find sta
ton who broadcasts fast moving
popular programs of the better type.
Our search has been rewarded and
we are going to let you in on the Sc
cret. WTAS, Elgin, to our way Of
thinking. comes nearer to broadcast
ing this kind of program than any
other station we know Of.
The program that is to be pre-
scented by the Victor people tonight
should prove very interesting. Emf
lilo De Gorggorza, famous concert
baritone who viii be heard on this
program, recently sang for Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge at the White
House. Renee Chemet is a distin-
Sguished French violiniste who will
play over the radio for the first time
the famous Guadagnini violin OF the
late Maude Powell, most famous of
women violinists. With these two
artists will appear the Victor Salon
Orchestra under the conductorship
OF Nathaniel ShiIkret
.sr
Last Sunday night S. l. Rothafel.
known to the radio audience as
Roxy" changed his style Of an
nouncing after being asked by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company to be more formal in his
announcements before the micro
phone of WEAF. e
Thousands of letters and tele-
grams were received by Roxy and
WEAF asking that Roxy" be him
self
j. A. Holman, manager OF WEAF,
said: I'VE have always wanted
Roxy to be more dignified: not stiff
and unnatural, but little less
breezy. We feel that radio audi
ences prefer more dignified an
nouncing. and we told Roxy about
1t. There is nothing at all new
about our request to him to modify
his style somewhat. but last Sun
day night he became perhaps 1T
tie too formal. We want Roxy to.
be himself"
ROXY" says he will do every
thing possible to cooperate with the
officials Of WEAF and viii try to be
IN accord with their rules when he
comes on the air on Sunday nights.
Despite the fact that springIike
weather has prevailed during the
past week, radio reception could not
have been much better. The past
week has been, beyond doubt, the
best week we have had in the past
few months. Insofar as reception is
concerned. It has been very easy
to tune in distant stations with
plenty Of volume to spare, and there
has been very little Interference
from so-called static" which pgen-
orally makes its appearance during
this kind Of weather. Thursday and
Saturday evenings were the two out
standing on this very unusual week.
A great deal of this wonderful re-
ception can be laid to the super
power station, whose signals are
cutting through the ether like bull
let. It Is the writer's opinion that
the coming warm weather should
! hold no fear for the radio fan, with
the advent of super-stations we ara
going to be able to enjoy radio the
year round.
In the radio music memory con-
test that is being conducted by the
Brunswick Company through sew
eral OF the large stations, world
famous artists sing and play before
the microphone in programs totally
unannounced. neither the names Of
the artists nor the selections being
disclosed to the listening public. Ra-
do listeners must guess the names
OF the artists and what numbers are
given. Awards totalling $1,000 are
made each month to the persons
guessing the largest number of Sc
lections correctly. A brief essay on
the subject announced is required of
the contestants. Never before have
such famous artists participated in
such an Important step in the move
ment to increase the appreciation Of
good music In America. Many re-
quests have come to this depart
meat during the past week from
fans wanting to know what artist
sang or played such and such num-
Der on the program that was broad
cast last Tuesday evening. We are
just as much up a tree, as one would
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