The Washington times., 1925-04-01
RIAL TO THEATER ARTISTS ON AIR
ROmping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Listener-In

1t was a great evening Tor tne
loud.speaker fans last night.
For six full hours WRC poured
good entertainment into the horns
and earphones, and throughout most
Of this time there was another ex-
cellent program from the WEAF
chain, which could be listened to
instead, and which was coming in
almost as clearly as local.
Harmony filled the air, with
Quartets, glee clubs and other vocal
ensembles competing with each
other for unseen favor WRC con-
tributed to the mean harmony" of
the evening, with quartets in the
Minstrel and Brunswick programs.
WRC started with a half hour of
Borgunos best brand of dinner
music from the New Willard, paused
for a short talk by Doctor Jason
Noble Pierce and then stepped right
into the business of the evening
with the Minstrels, from WGY,
Schenectady.
And those boys, by the way prob
ably caused some dissension among
the listeners grouped around loud
speakers as to their talent. We
liked them a Lot, because they were
something different from the usual
local programs. Some of their
cracks" were not SO good, but
every now and then they pulled a
new one, and the atmosphere of the
whole program was something that
we usually miss here.
Our most cynical fellow listeners
remarked that they frequently for
got their southern accent and drawl,
but it didn't detract particularly
from the entertainment.
Frederic William Vile, who fol-
lowed the Minstrels, left all his
heavy artillery, sarcasm and meta
pAlorical phrases at home last night
and calmly reviewed the executive
department of the Government, par
ticularly foreign relations. 1t was
not one of his most brilliant talks
by a long ways.
The Brunswick music was 80
easy last night that 1t was almost
a joke as far as guessing titles OF
the pieces was concerned. The TN.
nouncing for that program is get
ting ''worser and worset," though
five minutes, giving the call letters
over and over again while waiting
for WGY to get ready to take the
program. And then we had to lis
ten to it a couple of times more by
other announcerS.
The Club Chantecler ensemble in
their debut did not begin to COM
pare with the LIE Paradis band mu'
sic which they Immediately fol.
lowed. Perhaps a little practice
before the mierophone lis needed.
This organization is evidently try
ing to pull a new stunt, because
the announcer did not give the
titules of it's numbers. Looks like
they will try to get away with some
copyrighted pieces by not giving
the names.
Throughout the program from
WRC, WEAF, New York, was doing
its best to squeeze into the lime
light and did almost succeed in
crowding the local out. We listen
ed to / snatches OF the Eveready
hour, with 900 voices from the COM
bined glee clubs of New York and
parts of the opera, La Traviata."
WY, New York, was giving US the
81 NSCSlId NlOD COHCCEI WA1Cu e44SO
had a large number of voices.
firing Of the local programs, we
found much of the same order at
Cincinnati, Chicago, Omaha and
Detroit. All had vocal programs.
We got Detroit, by the way, both
direct and from WHB Kansas City
which was picking up programs for
rebroadcasting. That is an old
trick of theirs but it's always inter
esting.
Another new station, WRNY, will
be opened at the Hotel Roosevelt,
New York, within a few weeks to
further clutter the air Of the metro
polls. The new station will be
operated by the Experimenter Pub
fishing Company, publishers OF \
radio and other scientific magazines.
Owners of the new station are
firm believers in the future OF
short wave lengths, and the station
will use a length of between $50
and 275 meters. 1t will utilize about
500 meters.
Station WOAW. Omaha, is cele-
brating it's second anniversary late
tonight and all through tomorrow
evening with special programs.
During this time it will award 1000
prizes for reports on distant re-
ception during day and night hours.
DISTRICT BANK CLEARINGS
SMASH MARCH RECORDS
Local bank clearings for the