The Washington times., 1927-06-04
Times Makes
RADIO DEBUT

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The Washington Times and The
Washington Herald viii make their
debut this evening in the regular
program broadcasting field through
station wMAL at o'clock with
what both hope to be a continuous
series OF radio entertainments. The
program is an experiment in broad.
casting, and it depends altogether on
its reception by listeners as to
whether or not It will be q perma-
ncnt institution. It Is to be pre-
scented at what is probably the most
intimate period of home life--the half
hour between and 1880, when most
Washington families are gathered
together for the first time-and in
many families for the only time-of
the day.
We're calling these experimental
programs AT Home" and we wish
to make them just that. We want
to bridge the distance between the
microphone in the studio and the
family living room, with the most
interesting things We can bring to
tho attention Of the family. For the
present these programs will be pre-
sented each Saturday and Tuesday
evenings.
An effort win be made to give the
listening public form of production
entirely different than the usual run
Of radio entertainment. We would
like to know what the listeners
think about it, and we would appre-
ciate their comment and suggestion.
Therefore, we ask all our readers to
tune in on WMAL this evening at z
o'clock. And we further urge them
to tell us exactly what they think
Of our program. The experiment
cannot succeed unless we give lis
teners things they like to hear, and
we have no way Of knowing whether
or not they want our entertainment
unless they tell US.
WAR HEROES
DINNER BROADCAST
OF perhaps greatest national i'm
portance of any broadcast this eve
ming will be the annual banquet of
the Second Division Association to
be held at the New Willard Hotel.
Washington, this evening and broad
cast, beginning at o'clock, by
WRC and WIZ. The dinner is the
climax of the annual convention of
this famous fighting unit of the
A E. F., which has been held in
Washington this past week.
The U. s. Army Band will pro-
vide a musical program and adj
dresses will be made by Maj. Gen.
Hanson f. Ely, Maj. Gen. Preston
Brown, Maj. Gen. James G. Har-
bord. Maj. Gen. John e. LeJeune,
Maj. Gen. Wendell E. Neville, Maj.
Gen. Albert ]. Bowley and others.
All of these officers were either
division or brigade commanders dur
ing the historic period Of the d.
VISIONS activities in France. In ad-
dition to WRC and WIZ the pro-
gram will be broadcast by the WIZ
chain of stations throughout the
country.
To Washington listeners perhaps
the most important programs Of the
evening, aside from those men,
toned, will come from WMAL where
two unusually well trained choruses
and an orchestra of tenor banjos
ment. The first of these is a chorus
under the direction of DR.. Alexan-
der Hannemann, director of music
Of the Catholic University OF Amer
lea and a composer and chorus d.
rector of unusual ability. The pro-
gram will come to loud speakers
at 7:45.
The second choral feature. which
IL al
WMAL, will come at 9 o'clock, and
will be presented by the Howard
University Glee Club. directed by
Prof. Roy Tibbs. This organiza-
ton, as we've had occasion to state
before, is one Of the best singing
choruses in the country. This eve
ming the soioists to be presented
will be Lester Dorsey, baritone; Bar
rington Guy, baritone. and Harry G.
Smith, pianist. TIL banjo orchestra
will be heard at 500 under the di-
rection of Sophocles Papas.
The WRC program opens at 1880
with three-hour orchestral concert
from New York, including contribu-
lions by the Waldorf, Role and
Jansen orchestras, as usual Satur-
day afternoon. The afternoon hours
will be filled with varied enter
tainment from both Washington and
New York. At o'clock there be-
gins two and a half hours more
of orchestral music from the Frank
Farrell, Waldorf and Jansen or
CARNATIONS, followed by half an
hour of the Parnassus Trio. The
evening exercises include the usual
Bible talk. hits and bits of musical
comedy from WEAF, and the Sec
ond Division banquet.
Outside the wave lengths will
carry a pop concert from SYM
phony Hall, Boston, through WIZ
at $40. and at $50 there will be
another Of those famous fight re-
productions at WGN, Chicago, the
McTigue-Sili combat being the sub
ject this week.