Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12

Getting a job through the ether is
a. new activity which would have
been classed among the seven wild
est dreams of the world just 10 years
ago. 1t merely is one of the side
Issues of broadcasting and may YET
develop into something which will
enable the broadcasters to put their
gratis entertainment on more
profitable and Self-sustaining basis.
Radio has brought out a vast
amount of home talent. good, bad and
otherwise. A lot of ii is improving
rapidly and many listeners are be-
ginning to observe that there are
plenty of new names for the enter
tainment hall of fame. These artists
for the most part have given their
services free to the broadcasters in
return for the publicity which it
gives them. Others have charged in
accordance with their popularity and
their standing with the broadcasters.
1t was only natural that many Of
these persons should become popular
enough to be sought by those plan
ming TO give private entertainment
and vet not SO good as to awaken
monograph interests. The broad
casters have not been asleep, and the
result is that they are pushing the
idea of advertising the fact that their
radio entertainers have open time for
private work. carefully and perhaps
justly reserving for themselves Is
per cent of any such contract money.
Broadcasting-at least one phase OF
Therefore is becoming a modern
ICED employment bureau of sopranos,
pianiSts, tenors and violiniSts, not for
getting orcheStras and bands. The
plan has its business advantages, and
so far as the radio owner is concerned
it makes no difference so long as the
talent is good and the programs
worth while.
Another Gilbert & Sullivan comic
opera, "Iolanthe,", will travel the
wave lengths tonight, propelled by
the powerful transmitters of WEAF,
New York; WRC. Washington: WGY,
Schenectady, and WCAE, Pittsburgh.
The cast includes those artists affili-
ated with the WEAF Light Opera
Company, notably Adele Parkhurst,
soprano; Frances Paperte. mezzo.
soprano; George O'Brien and Harvey
Hindermeyer, tenors; Theodore Webb,
baritone, and Jack Oakley, basso.
WRC also will offer its usual Wed
nesday night attractions originating
In New York-the concerts of the
lpana Troubadours, the Davis Saxo-
phone Octet and the novel entertain
ment of the Smith brothers, .n addi-
ton to a concert by the United States
Army Band to be given at the Wash
tngton Barracks.
Three talks are scheduled by WRC.
Frederic William Wile of course, will
headline the speaking schedule with
his customary resume of the politi-
cal situation in Washington. DR.
William Mann will be interviewed by
high school student on his African
experiences, while William H. Craw-
ford has promised an interesting talk
on "Reminiscences of Reporter"
Another good night of radio recep-
ton gone. Coming infrequently as
they do these rare occasions should
be duly recorded in all log books. The
rigid weather, 1t seems, should take
credit for these vastly improved con-
ditions, which have given an added
zest to dialing. The cold blasts have
not only covered the North and Mid.
die West, but, according to newspaper
dispatches, have done the unusual
thing of penetrating far into the
sunny South" where overcoats have
been dug out of the moth balls for
the first time in a decade.
The signals of practically all of the
distant stations were clear and strong
last night, especially those in the
South and Southwest which have suf:
fered most of the Winter from static
interference. WFAA in Dallas, Tex,
was heard with unusual volume. as
were WDAF, Kansas City; WSM.
Nashville, Tenn; WSB, Atlanta, Ga,
and WAX, Jacksonville, Fla Seldom
heard broadcasters to the North also
came through with exceptional
clarity. Among them were WCSH,
Portland, Me-; WMAK, Buffalo, and
WMBS, Harrisburg, Pa.
An emphatic plea for honesty in the
radio business was made by J. Fred
Huber, president of the Radio Mer-
chants Association of Washington, at
a luncheon meeting of the organizA.
ton yesterday afternoon at Harvey's.
This organization is 100 per cent
strong for honesty in the radio bust
ness" he said. I'VE would rather
have 10 honest dealers in this organ
tzation than 100 others
The association had as it's guests a
number of out-of-town dealers, some
of whom came from sections of the
Shenandoah Valley.