Evening star., 1927-02-16
WRC WILL CARRY
ROXY'SPROGRAMS
Precedent Broken to Put 10.
cal Station on "BIue" Net
work for Series.

Definite announcement was made
today by S. l.. Rothafel Roxy that
the programs of his gang" who will
resume broadcasting February 2s. will
come to Washington radio listeners
through Station WRC.
While the Roxy programs will be
broadcast through the blue network
OF the National Broadcasting Co, with
which WRC is not affiliated, the great
radio impresario indicated that he
was able to arrange TO have the
Washi yton station added TO the hook
UP.
Roxy's announcement was made IN
q letter to the radio editor of The
Star, which follows:
Il can now definitely inform You
that when we broadcast over the
blue chain of the National Broad
casting Co, WRC will be added to
this chain. breaking a precedent es-
tablished by this company. for which
i am deeply grateful
1T seems to be intimated in sew
eral articles / have read in the vari
Gus columns that it was up to me
whether or not ] wanted to come to
Washington. Is there any one who
thinks that / would skip my old
friends? If you had known the battle
that / put up, you would not doubt
my desire to come through Washing
ton directly. Even when it looked
dark for time. managed to procure
line into Walter Reed Hospital,
which the company promised me. but
now l am proud to announce that we
shall be heard through WRC and we
will try to give a program that will
mark new standard i'll radio bread
casting"
Again last night dialing produced
good results. Static was almost COM
pletely obliterated, and there was
nothing to complain about except per
hapS the continued congestion on the
wave lengths, which produced consid
cradle heterodyning. Signals came in
with clarity and good volume.
The ether had adjusted itself early
for good reception, and, as result,
stations in the Middle West were
tunable before the last rays of day
light faded. The chimes concert at
Voc, Davenport. Iowa, was heard
clearly between 6:45 and O'clock as
Well as the subsequent program of
popular music.
Signals from the North and South
west seemed to be somewhat stronger
than usual. Two of Canada's stations,
CNRO, at Ottawa, and CKCL, at To-
ronto, fairly roared into the loud
speakers. WSMB, at New Orleans,
also came through with added volume
A tabloid version of the Gilbert &
Sullivan comic opera "Mikado," sung
by the WEAF Light Opera Company,
appears as the headline attraction to-
night on the program of WRC. The
soloists who, will be heard, under the
direction of Cesare Sodero, include.
Adele Parkhurst, soprano: Frances
Paperte, contralto; Harvey Hinder
meyer and George O'Brien, tenors;
Theodore Webb, baritone, and Jack
Oakley. bass
WRC also has listed it's regular
Wednesday night features, the Ipana
Troubadours, the Smith Brothers and
the Davis SaXophone Octet, in addi-
tton to new attraction known as
the National Cavaliers, a male quar-
tet, which it will import from New
York via WEAF
Fred Van Epps. noted banjo So
loist. will be the guest artist with
the Troubadours. He will play Felix
Arndt's "Nola," which was originally
written for the banjo. Van Epps
plays the five-string instrument with
his bare fingers.
Two other features scheduled bv
WRC are the weekly concert of the
United States Army Band and a re.
cital by Katherine Floecker Cullen.
Washington pianist