The Washington times., 1926-07-23
ROMPING AROUND THE RADIO DIALS.
FEATURE SONGS
IN AIR BILL

The financial barons In the radio.
industry may make WEAF jump
through when WIZ cracks the
whip and the greedy little broad
casters may take advantage Of the
traditional unintelligence Of Con.
gress and scramble the wave.
lengths. All of these things can
go as far as they like without dis
sturbing the serenity Of this de-.
partment OF human uplift-so long
as they keep fair to middlin pro.
grams coming through to the loud
speakersl
"A pest on all your interests, say
we listeners, with the late Iamented
Meructia. All we want Is q regu.
lar supply 81 music and talk .Ind
Jazz. We know we're going to pay
for II in the end, either through
the excess profits we make possible
for the grocer and the yeast pow
der man and the rug manufactures
and the near-beer baron-Or by the
first cost and upkeep OF our radio.
sets.
we KNOW that--so the picay.
unish details Of who will be the
receiving teller don't worry US q bit,
So let the broadcasters consolidate
and monopolize and control and
scramble all they please but keen
the microphones busy while they're
Going it so the loud speakers viii
yaWp their regular yawps when we
turn tho dials. All we know, or
care to know, about radio business
or technique or financing is what
comes TO us through the loud speak
ers. And we don't want to be both
cred while we're listening
INSURANCE QUARTET
MARES ITS DEBUT
The Insurance business is about
to be- projected into the atmosphere
on the wings of song. SO that.
neither accident. health conditions,
burglary, or other forms Of liability
can disturb its straight iifes Be
lleye all Of the various kinds Of
Insurance. represented In the Insur-
ance Quartet which WCAP puts on
the air this evening at 8:45 are men
toned In tile first sentence.
Ed Ca;loW. who Is one kind OF an
Insurance. man. the kind that sells
It's stuff basso profundo. has gath.
cred in Winifree johnson, who talks
to prospects as q first tenor: n. LIE
Roy Goffs who uses second tenor
tones for assuring customers they
will pass the medical test. and
T1arry Middleton, whose first bass
like not,S have giyen many Wash
ingtonianA direction to the well
known dotted line. That is the
quartet, They will sing quite lot
of regular quartet uusicand II
ought TO be good because Ed Callow
says 1t Is and Ed usually knows
what he's talking about.
SINGERS FILL
LOCAL PROGRAM
Singers OF songs will have the
cali on other forms of entertain
ment from WCAP this evening"
save for the Nordica Orchestra and.
the Anglo Persians. Dorothy Neff'
Tyler, soprano. will be heard in re-
citaI, as will Fannie Shreye Heart
sill, also soprano. There VIII also,
be the Mt. Zion Church Choir, which
promises to bring some really big
music to the loud speakers. and the
Hawaiian Melody Boys.
The wise Department of Agricul-
ture expert who talks about things
to buy in market and the scientific
sharp of the National Research
Council who tells Of scientific facts,
each have q place on the WCAP
schedule. For those who plan vaca-
.tlons by sea there may be bit Of
interest In talk on seasickness
and how to prevent 1t; which ]. II.
Kraus will present at 7:45 from
WRNY. And for those who want
more instrumental music--there is
the Baltimore Municipal Band from
WRAT, at o'clock