Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
RADIO LISTENERS
INTERESTED IN FAIR
Stars of New York Studios
Assembled for Programs
Over Big Hook-Up.


Essentially a trade exhibit. inaug-
urating a business season. which it
Is freely predicted Will result in sales
exceeding half million sets.
the Radio Worlds Fair, now in fun
swing in Madison Square Garden
nevertheless has its attraction for
listeners of the Nation who are no
farther removed from Broadway than
the dials on their receivers permit
For New York has mustered all OF
Its star radio talent for continuous
broadcasting of varied programs from
the Fairs "crystal studio" a glass
incased chamber. into which visitors
on the main exhibition floor are en-
abled to gaze as the artists appear.
Remote Control.
The talent comes from the leading
stations among New 1orks 80, ana
the broadcasting. under the direction
of Edgar Felix. is being done by re-
moteN control from the transmtters
of the various stations. These lncIuoe
the key" stations here of the two
national networks, the National
Broadca sting Co. and Columbia
Broadcasting system chains. Thus
the larger part of the country's radio
audience is enabled 10 listen i'll ON
what transpires in this unusual studio.
The Radio Worlds Fair itself Is an
immense display of every branch and
angle of the radio art, covering some
thing like $4,000 square feet of floor
space. There are 800 exhibitors, chief
ly manufacturers of sets and parts.
with a scattering here and there OF
exhibits by amateurs, schools ana
publications. Practically every man
ufacturer in the radio industry Is
represented.
EIectrificatiOn Popular.
Among the newly introduced sets
there is a noteworthy tendency TO-
ward electrification-that IS, ST 2t
"plug-in' attachments doing away
with batteries. These will be offered
the radio buying public in greater
profusion. Cabinets are of many ana
varying designs, compact and huge,
plain and ornate, of highly finished
wood mainly and also OF steel There
has been a great burst in the develop
ment cf finer receivers and speakers
Tubes and other accessories have at
tanned a new stage of perfection 100.
the exhibits reveal.
Complying with the Federal RADIO
Commission and with the preference
of radio scientists, the set builders
more and more are celebrating thelr
dials in kilocycles rather than meters.
Ultimately, it is anticipated, the ire
ouency measurement will entirely dis
place the length designation
The most pretentious program ever
arranged for radio will go on the AR
over WRC at o'clock tonight
continuing for four or more hours.
The program will come direct from
Madison Square Garden, New YORK
City, where the fourth annual r2dlo
industries banquet is being held.
The broadcasting of this program
also will establish a new record for
the number of interconnected sta
tions. The Red, Blue and Pacific Coast
networks of the National Broadcast
ing Co, numbering more than nfty
stations, together with many other
stations throughout the country, VIII
be linked together.
Among the entertainment features
scheduled are the Eveready ReVelers
Orchestra and Walter c. Kelly, the |
Virginia Judge; Senator F0ro, tns
Maxwell House Orchestra, Reginald |
Werrenrath, baritone: Maj. Bowes
and his Capitol Family, Sam N Henry
the RCA Radiotrons, Van and Schenck,
the NBC combined opera ensembles, |
Moran and Mack, the Philco Orches-
ira, the Happiness Boys, the Royal |
Stenographers, the American singers, |
EVELYN Herbert, soprano; the Silver |
Masked Tenor and the Goodr1ch Sill
vertone Quartet, the Ipana Trouba.
dours. the Cities Service Cavaliers and
Don Voorhees,.
Promptly at o'clock Paul King,
chairman of the banquet committee,
will strike his gavel and introduce
Rear Admiral William H. G. Billiard,
chairman of the Federal Radio Com
mission. the only speaker. Maj. An
drew White, master Of ceremonies,
will introduce each feature.
On the early program tonight will
be George Halls Orchestra, talk by
John B. Kennedy, South Sea Island
ers, Campus Travellers and organ
masters.
A variety program made up of vocal
and instrumental solos and talks Is
scheduled tonight by WMAL. Bell
and Christie, popular entertainers;
Leslie Mack of the 'Vo Do Duo; Mar
garet Webster, soprano; Katherine
Iippert, concert pianist, and Paul Ed
ward CARRIER are the artists who Will
take part.
The principal address will be made
nv Charles w. Darr, chairman of the
public safety committee of the wash
ington Chamber of Commerce, who
will continue his radio discussions Of
Washington's traffic ills.
Excellent volume and clarity marked
the reception Of distant broadcasting
stations last night. Signals from all
directions responded strongly, especial
lv those in the Middle West, which
are rarely heard in Washington.
Static, however, continued to cling
tenaciously to the wave lengths, but
it's cracking and suffering caused
but little interference with the incom.
ing signals, so great was the strength
of most of them.