Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-21
WRC TO LOSE SIX
FEATURES IN 1927
viii Sever Link with WIZ and
Hook Up with WEAF at
New Year.

The birth Of the now year will mark
the passing of six sponsored radio fea-
lures from the programs of Station
WRC. simultaneously the Washing
ton broadcaSter viii sever IFS long
operating alliance With its parent sta
tion. VIZ, in New York, and draw
from that city only those features
originating in the WEAF studio.
For a long time now, or. to be more
exact, ever since the organization of
the National Broadcasting Co, WRC'
has endeavored TO unshackle itself
from a contract which requires IL TO
use a telegraph line when linking UP
with VIZ.
Noisy at best. the telegraph line has
been a source of much trouble to the
WRC staff. To end this annoyance it
was thought that it would be in the
interest of the listening public and Of
better transmission TO cut loose, tenn
porarilv at least. from WIZ in SO ia"
AS the joint hroadCastS are concerned.
All of WRC'S program originating
in New York therefore. VIII come
through WEAF over the telephone
circuit formerly used by the now de
funct WCAP.
Losing i'm a Shake-Cp.
WRC will lose in the shake-up the
Champion Sparkers, the Cook Travel
Tour. the Voice Of the Silent Drama,
the Brewer Ice Cream Social and the
Saturday night dance by Jack Denny
Frivolity Club Orchestra. The auc-
ton bridge game. now ranked as
WRC'S most popular attraction. will
be broadcast on Tuesday instead OF
Thursday night.
Only one commercial feature has
been booked thus far to replace the
,,-fn That * tho
Jolly Buckeye Bakers, who perform
on Tuesday night for WEA' and asso-
ciated stations.
A suggestion has come from fan
that WRC broadcast the dinner con
certs during the Washington dinner
hour, and not, as he says, when most
folks are preparing to leave home for
the theater, lodge, club and whatnot.
Il never use my radio set during
my dinner hour" he complains, be
cause all l ever get is some 'blurb
about the proper way to prepare q
meal on an electric range or review
of some book in which ] am not the
least interested"
The question that most naturally
arises is. what is the average dinner
hour in Washington? The largest in
dividual group of workers those IN
the Government departments, who
stop work at 4:30 O'Clock. probably 90
not sit down to the dinner table until
o'clock. 1t would seem, therefore.
that if WRC intends to serve the
largest majority of it's potential audi
ence with dinner music during the
dinner hour il should advance the din
ner concerts TO instead of I o'clock.
The station would be forced. however,
in order to make this change, TO find
some other source Of dinner music
than the hotels, where the dinner con
cert orchestras do not report for duty
until O'Clock.
Elsie Janis. one of the most strlk-
ing of American condolences, VIII
fiji the ether lanes tonight with her
pep and personality. She is the par
ficular star of the EVeready Hour,
which WRC will broadcast in con-
nection with WEAF and other sta
tions.
There is just one Elsie Janis. and
her radio program has been prepared
with a view to presenting to radio
listeners as much of her versatility as
is possible within an hour. Supported
by the Eveready Orchestra and vocal
artists of the Eveready group. Miss
Janis will do bright bits of the mimic
ry with which she won fame early
IN her career, There will be snatches
of the songs and stories with when
she cheered thousands of homesick
soldiers when she was known as the
Sweetheart" of the A. f. +. There
also will be hint of Christmas in
the hour.
A wave of Christmas music will
sweep over America on Christmas eve
from 1880 o'clock until midnight,
when the largest chain of radio sta
tons in the world will be linked for
a national concert and songfest. The
people of Washington are urged to
take part in this Nationwide event,
which will come to them locally
through station WRC.
The concert here viii be broadcast
under the auspices of The Evening
Star. In its issue of Friday. Deem
Der "a, the program and the words
and music for all of the carols will
be printed to enable those desiring
to take part to join their voices with
the huge radio choir under the direc
ton of DR.. S. Parkes Cadman and