Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
LISTENER tAUDS
COMMISSION WORK
Omaha Fan Says Programs
Have Been Greatly
improved.

An Enthusiastic radio observer in
Omaha, Nebr.. reports that the Fed.
eral Radio Commission literally has
worked won, -" in stimulating the
hroa ,asting stations which serve
that territory 10 Improvement in the
quality OF their programs. This corfe'
spCnien<, an expert on radio. main
tains that the commission has the
Midwest hroadcasters shaking in
thel boots" and "all trying to Quito
the other fellow in putting hiSh-srade
programs on the air.
Up until the Crt alton OF the Radio
Commission he reports, many OF
the Midwest stations were content 10
clutter IN the air with any old kind
a. program. To have their stations
Of the air at all times without
thought Of what the listener might
want seemed TO he their delight. III
The, had minute open and throaty
tenor or a gentleman ready With any
Kind of sneeCh from treating hos
cholera to selling real estate, they put
him on ard the radio audience SUI
fered IS different kinds of agony.
Tut row that the commission is
searching only for those stations
which best serve public interest, con.
Te-:ence and @ceSSity, with a prom
Use Of a first-class spanking for those
who do not. the Midwest broadcasters
have become almost panicky in their
efforts 10 become classified under these
magic words from the radio law. The
result is that a listener, in this part
ef the country at le 81 an now tune
in the first station he hears and sit
hack in his | " chair with some assur-
ance that he won't be made into
nervous wreck before the evening is
over"
In the same tenor the writer goes
or 10 say that the commission could
close up shop today and give up its her.
sulean task Of crowding 200 stations on
so wave lengths and consider its job
we'll done. while listeners would
thank their XIV stars for its hav-
ing existed" He asserts tn vastly
better programs a~e now emanating
generally from most of the stations In
Nebraska. Iowa. Kansas. Texas. Mis-
souri,, Sou Dakota, Minnesota, Colo
RADIO, Illinois and Arkansas.
Roxy and his gang" the a. & F.
Gypsies and the General Motors
weekly family party, with Merle
Alcock. famous Metropolitan contraito,
as the chief star, headline the program
tonight OF WRC.
A portion of the Roxy" bill will be
get aside for the celebration of the
ninth anniversary of 'Gamby's" con-
nection with the gang" The Gypsies
viii dedicate their program TO New
Han1pshire. Tostis Good Bye, the
favorite selection of Gov. II. NJ. Spauld-
ing. viii be eatured.
Joe Green's Marimba Band and 40
piece symphony. orchestra also Will
take part in the General Motors So
called family party" This program
will be in three parts. In the first the
orchestra will play popular classics and
accompany Miss Alcock in two Mum
bers. The second period will be light
musical features by the marimba band.
The concluding part viii offer full
hand playing popular and Christmas
music. with Miss Alcock again singing
two numbers.
The WMAL program tonight will be
chiefly musical. with dance orchestras
occupying more than two hours on the
bin.
Sandwiched between 1.-The musical
numbers. there will be a talk by Louis
Rothschild. director of Washington
Better Business Bureau, on Some New
Year Resolutions That VIII Help Your
Bank Books" and a program Of the
spoken word by Caleb O'Connor.
WREF's activities this evening con.
sist OF its usual dinner concert and
special recital by Hannah Klock. who
viii sing Christmas carols in German.
These two features will be broadcast
between 8 and o'clock.