The Washington times., 1927-11-07
SHOTGUN SHOW
ON THE AIR

The most resounding explosion
the loud speakers have promoted
Is expected to test them tonight
when the General Motors Corpora.
ton makes its debut in the enter.
tainment business as q regular visi
tor to the homes of the ultimate
consumers of its products. We're
otling up the dials. testing out the
tubes and batteries and putting
everything in shipshape for the
gala event-it. will be gala-and
then some.
The gentleman who first thought
OF sending Uncle Toms Cabin" on
the road with a quartet of Uncle
Toms, a chorus Of Torseys and
flock of bloodhounds, had absolutely
nothing. on the Big Business Man
when he prepares for radio en-.
terprises. The program the General
Motors Corporation has finally
agreed upon as best fitting their
needs Is probably the most shotgun
species Of entertainment we've ever
had the chance to scan. The idea
behind 1t is to put on something
during the course Of the hour which
starts at $50. that will pie ass every.
body In the world-great and small
high'and-low-brow. man, woman or
child-and the family cat,
FAMOUS STARS
TO SCINTILLATE
William Collier, William Collier
1r., Nora Bayes, Nathaniel Shilkret,
Patrick Conway, Jessica Dragon.
cite. and Lewis James are the in.
div1duals who will participate az
such. Shilkret will have a sym.
phony orchestra of ~ musicians and
Conway IL to direct the Goldman
Band, as guest-conductor.
The program is called a family
hour. and is divided into three
sections so no member of the fam.
lily will be slighted. The first sec.
ton will be symphonic compo-
sitions by the orchestra and will
include the works OF Grieg, Tschai.
kowsky, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff,
Herbert and BroWn-the latter be.
ing the popular doll Dance" The
second section will be presided over
by the Golfers as joint masters Of
ceremonies and will include songs
and Joe Green's Marimha Band. 1t
Is IN this section that the vocalists
Will hold forth and Collier Is ex.
pected to be his wittiest.
The third section will be devoted
to the Goldman Band. with the
veteran Patrick Conway conducting.
In this section. Nora Bayes will
sing again-this time the famous
old ditty HAS Anybody Here Seen
Kelly"
There will be 20 broadcasting
stations serving the program to
it's customers. including WRC. In
cidentally, every person participating
in the program will wear full eve
ming dress. This is a requirement
OF the General Motors Corporation
and naturally insures the entertain
ment as being entirely proper. No
Instructions have vet been given
as to what listeners are to wear
so let nature take its course.
The regular programs OF the
evening will. of course, be on the
air as usual-in addition to which
Santa Claus will make his seasons
debut from WRC at $50. Sidney
and his gang will entertain at 4;
Roxy and his gang are to be with
us from 1880 until $3.50 when the
itinerant. Gypsies serenade their
friends in Texas. After the general
motoring the Swanee Syncopators
will close the WRC evening with
dance tunes. From WMAL one of
the high points of the evening will
be Louis Rothschild's Better Bust
ness Bureau talk about protecting
the Public" There IL to be an
organ recital by Mary Vogt from
WOO at sos and a Breyer hour
from WIZ at 10 o'clock.