The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-31
LIBERTY BELL
ON AIR LANES

The main feature Of the New Year
Eve program scheduled for radiotics
this evening will be the way in
which 1t jumps about the continent
and the way the listeners will be
compelled to keep tuning IL they
hope to sample all the good things
both WRC and WMAL will offer
the Washington broadcast area this
evening.
Because tomorrow is New Year
day WMAL is celebrating tonight
and will not stage its usual Satur-
day program. But the celebration
tonight will be an all night affair
with q big studio party in the mid
die or It which will help put every
body in good spirits for the New
Year festivities that come later.
LIBERTY BELL
TO GREET 1927
Perhaps one might say that the
really great feature of the evening
exercises will come when the old
Liberty Bell in independence Hall,
Philadelphia, will be rung over the
wave lengths Of WRC. WEAF and
a great network OF stations, as a
welcome for the New Year. Ar
rangements were made this week
Tor the ringing of the sacred relic OF
revolutionary days, and no previous
announcement was possible.
At the same time the Liberty Bell
Is ringing another bell Of scarcely
less historic interest will ring out
from the tower on the old City Hall
Building in New York city. This
cIamorous greeting Of the New Year
will be broadcast by the New York
municipal station, WNYC.
MARINE ORCHESTRA
TO OPEN PROGRAM
The days activities for WRC will
open with the United States Marine
Band Orchestra concert at the Ma,
rine Barracks, which WEAF will
also broadcast. A tea time concert
from the Mayflower Hotel will take
the program up to o'clock. At Z
Beatrice Marsh. a new soprano tc
radio, will be introduced for q
short recital and at 7:15 Nina Reed
will give her regular weekly book
reviews feature that usually is
presented at 6:45.
A concert by the Goldman Orches.
ira at the Hamilton hotel will pre-
cede the weekly Hohner Harmonica
program from WEAF. This will be
followed by an hour OF Paul Spect's
dance orchestra from WIZ. Then
come the Anglo Persians and a visit
to some Of the New York night clubs
with WEAF, to be followed by the
Trinity Church New Year Eve serv-
vices which will be Interrupted for
the broadcast of the Liberty Bell
exercises. The WRC evening closes
with an hour Of dance music after
midnight from the Club st. Marks.
At WMAL q dinner concert begins
the evening, and some Of the high
spots on the program include a talk
by VIII Kennedy on the prospect of
party which Director Will Pierson
calls a musical soriee and review; a
dance program from the City Club
where Meyer Goldman's orchestra
holds forth, and another dance pro-
gram from Borguno's orchestra at
the Valencia Club.
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM
FROM NAVAL STATION
The United States Navy will
spread itself very much over the
wave lengths this evening when
Secretary Curtis D. Wilbur and
several other distinguished speak
ers are heard from NAA in the
National Patriotic Council program
which will begin at S:4S. Secretary
Wilbur will tell listeners something
Of the needs of the Navy in his
usual vigorous fashion. Assistant
Secretary of Commerce William p.
MacCracken, Jr., Mrs. Noble New
port Potts, Rexford L. Holmes and
others will participate in the exer.
cises which are designed to inform
the country OF the state Of national
defense. Announcement, is made
that February IL a similar program
will be staged with United States
Army chiefs as the speakers.
In the outer reaches OF the wave
lengths there will be much worth
tuning, beginning early In the even
ing with a New Years party at
WIS, Chicago, which starts at z
o'clock. Memories OF the old year
will be celebrated In music by the
staff Of VIDAL at 3 o'clock, and a
similar program will be heard from
WOO, Philadelphi at the same hour.
At 10 o'clock the Baldwin Chorus.
directed by Vernon ARCHIBALD will
provide music for the regular Bald.
win Hour from WIZ, and at 1O:45
there will be a big party IN the
studio OF WSB. Atlanta. which will
be broadcast.
service will he received at 11:35