The Washington times., 1925-05-06
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ing the best radio night Of >tf1e
week. The best features Of the
week, both locally and nationlly
come on that night. Hereafter, we
are always going to stay near the
Ioudspeaker on Tuesdays.
The talk'ess bill from WRC last
night proved just as entertaining az
it bore promise of being. While
there were not many new features,
1t was an unusually well balanced
musical offering.
Starting with a beautiful half
hour Of dinner music by the new
Willard orchestra, it offered half
hour OF ensemble and solo saxo.
phone music for variety's sake, I he
always attractive Brunswick Hour
Of Music. the musical travelogue,
and then the two best events Of the
evening" recital by Rose Noun
tain, from station WGY, Schenec.
tady, and dance music by the LIE
Paradis orchestra from our own
WRC.
With well arranged mixture
of classical. semi-ciassical and jazz
music, 1t was easy to park in front
OF the set and stay there through
the evening.
The thing we most enjoyed dur.
ing the entertainment was Rose
Mountains contraito voice. We
don't wonder that she Is such 4
favorite with New York and
Schenectady audiences, and while
fifteen minute recital by most
radio contrAltos Is tiring, we found
1t none too long for her.
Miss Mountain has discovered
the same secret of broadcasting
which has been so successfully used
by Olga Steck, that proper modula.
ton of voice is essential to clear
reception and that sweetness Of
voice is much more important than
volume.
The lie Paradis Band, long the
pride of Washington. is fast be-
coming a favorite with the radio
audience Of New York and New
England. In spite Of the fact that
it is limited in its selections Of
numbers because it can not use
songs copyrighted by the Society
OF Authors, Composers and Pub,
fishers, the Meyer Davis unit ID
recognized as one of the best
orchestras now on the air, IL not
the very best.
Its popularity Is wen demon
strated by virtue Of the fact that II
IL the only dance orchestra In the
| country which broadcasts regu.
larly every week from a hook.up
| of four stations. Radio Corpora.
ton officials who are in charge Of
brOadcasting the lie Paradis Band
report that it has made a grea.
hit with the sophisticated New
Yorkers.
When the program was switched
| from the New Willard to the studio
/ of VIZ, New York, last night for
the saxophone hour, there was a
little hitch in the switching and
we heard a couple of WIS an.
rouncers enjoying a little argll-
ment It's a wonder that we so
rarely hear things we are not sup
posed to, considering how much
switching is necessary for running
those pickup programs.
WGY, Schenectady, did soma
mean" switching last night, by
the way, in jumping from q hook
ur from WGBS, New York, into
its usual connections with WIZ and
WRC.
Instead of taking the Brunswick
hour, as usual. WGY rebroadcasf
the opera Lucia DI Lammermoor'
from the studio of WGBS. That
was supposed to end at 9:3O, but
ran over a few minutes, which kept
WIZ and WRC waiting.
When WGY finally was ready to
hook-up with its two regular COM
panions, WIZ and WRC were plug
ging the air with an unscheduled
recital. WGY had to wait for this
to end, and finally the three got
together and we heard Rose Noun
tain.
The opera which caused the con-
fusion was worth the trouble, how
ever. It had several voices which
were much better than the average
run Of radio prima donnas. It's
too bad we can't get in on some Of
those operas from New York and
Schenectady.